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Alinda (Caria) Alinda was an ancient inland city of Caria in Anatolia (situated near the modern-day village of Karpuzlu, Aydin Province, in the Asian part of Turkey). Alinda was an important city in the second millennium BC, and appears in Hittite sources as Ialanti (J.
Aline and Valcour Aline et Valcour; ou, Le Roman philosophique is an epistolary novel by the Marquis De Sade. It contrasts a brutal African kingdom with a utopian South Pacific island paradise known as Tamoé and led by the philosopher-king Zamé.
Aline Lahoud Aline Lahoud, born 2 March 1981, is a Lebanese singer, and the daughter of well-known singer Salwa Katrib. She was selected to sing for Lebanon at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kyiv, where the nation had been due to make its debut appearance in the competition.
Aline Nakashima Aline Nakashima (born 1982 in SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian supermodel who was discovered at a modelling tryout in Brazil when aged 17. She made her first appearance in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition in 2006.
Alinghi The Swiss syndicate Alinghi was the winner at the America's Cup yachting regatta in Auckland in 2003, against the defenders Team New Zealand. Alinghi's winning International Americas Cup Class yacht was identified and christened by its sail number: SUI-64.
Alinne Moraes Aline Cristine Dorelli de MagalhĂŁes e Morais (born December 22, 1982 in Sorocaba, SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian actress best known for her role as MĂ´nica Paiva (Nina) on the soap opera Como Uma Onda. Her stage name is Alinne Moraes.
Alinta Alinta (, formerly ALN) has grown from a small, Western Australia based gas distributor and retailer to the largest energy infrastructure company in Australia. It has become known for its aggressive approach to growth through acquisition and financial engineering.
Alion Science and Technology Alion Science and Technology (pronounced: ah-LYE-un) is an employee-owned technology solutions company delivering technical expertise and operational support to the Department of Defense, civilian government agencies and commercial customers.
Alioramus Alioramus (IPA: ; "different branch") is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of Mongolia. It was smaller than its gigantic relatives Tyrannosaurus rex and Tarbosaurus, although the only known specimen is a juvenile, so estimating an adult size is difficult.
Alioth (Debian) In computing, Alioth is a GForge system set up by the Debian project for development of free software, especially software to do with Debian. Most of the projects hosted by Alioth are packaging existing software in the Debian format.
Alioum Boukar Alioum Boukar (born January 3, 1972) is a Cameroonian football goalkeeper, who played for several clubs, including Canon Yaoundé, Samsunspor and Istanbulspor, both in Turkey. Currently he plays for Altay in Turkish 2nd level league.
Alipate Qetaki Alipate Qetaki is a Fijian lawyer and politician, who served as Attorney-General and Minister for Justice in the interim Cabinet formed by Laisenia Qarase in the wake of the Fiji coup of 2000. He held office till an elected government took power in September 2001.
Aliphatic compound In chemistry, aliphatic compounds are organic compounds, in which carbon atoms are joined together in straight or branched chains as opposed to aromatic compounds which include a benzene ring. The simplest aliphatic compound is methane (CH4).
Alipore Alipore is the poshest and costliest locality in Kolkata. It is flanked by the Tolly Nullah to the north, Bhowanipore to the east, the Diamond Harbour Road to the west and Budge Budge section of the Sealdah South section railway line to the south.
Alipurduar Alipurduar is a sub-divisional town of Jalpaiguri district, and is located at the eastern end of the district. The suffix "duar" (that is a door) has been added to the original name Alipur to differentiate it from the more well known Alipore in Kolkata and because it is located in the Duars region.
Aliquippa, Pennsylvania Aliquippa is a city in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The city was founded via the merger of three pre-existing towns, Aliquippa (now called West Aliquippa), Woodlawn, and New Sheffield.
Aliquot sequence In mathematics, an aliquot sequence is a recursive sequence in which each term is the sum of the proper divisors of the previous term. The aliquot sequence starting with an integer k can be defined formally in terms of the sum-of-divisors function σ in the following way:
Aliran kepercayaan Aliran Kepercayaan is the formal expression of kebatinan or religiously syncretic Javanism in Indonesia. A set of religious practices, Aliran Kepercayann has recently been rejected by the United Development Party [PPP] heterodoxy.
Alireza Amirghassemi Alireza Amirghassemi (born September 19, in Tehran Iran) is a Persian TV personality. He is the the co-founder of Persian Broadcasting Company and its three channels "Tapesh", "T2", "T3" and Tapesh magazine.
Alireza Jafarzadeh Alireza Jafarzadeh (born 1957) is an expert on the Middle East, an author, a media commentator, and and an active dissident figure to the Iranian government who is best known for revealing the existence of clandestine nuclear facilities in Iran in 2002. He has been associated with the National Council of Resistance of Iran and Mujahedin-e Khalq.
Alis Vidūnas Alis Vidūnas (born November 8, 1934, in the village of Reketija, Marijampolė district) is a Lithuanian politician. 1952-1958 he studied at Kaunas Politechnical Institute, Faculty of Hydrotechnology and received profession of an engineer.
Alisa Durbrow Alisa Yuriko Durbrow (アリサ・ユリコ・ダーブロウ Arisa Yuriko Dāburou) (born April 16, 1988) is a Japanese model, actress, and singer who played the role of Mio Kuroki in the Sailor Moon live action show Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.
Alisa Lepselter Alisa Lepselter is a movie editor. Since 1999, she's exclusively edited films directed by Woody Allen, including The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, Hollywood Ending, Match Point, Melinda and Melinda and Small Time Crooks.
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez (born February 28, 1969 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American novelist of Cuban-Irish descent known for her literary works in the Chick-Lit genre, including The Dirty Girls Social Club (2003), Playing with Boys (2004), Make Him Look Good, and Haters (both 2006).
Alise-Sainte-Reine Alise-Sainte-Reine is a French commune with a population 674 located in the centre of the département Côte-d'Or in the région of Bourgogne. It is believed to have been the site of the ancient city of Alesia, where Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix in the Battle of Alesia.
Alisha (singer) Alisha (born in Brooklyn, New York is an American singer, who had several hits in the 80s and 90s, including "Baby Talk", "Too Turned On", "All Night Passion", "Bounce Back" and more. She worked with producer Mark Berry on her first album in Vanguard Records and sold over 2 million records with this label.
Alishan Forest Railway The Alishan Forest Railway (阿里山森林鐵路) is an 86 km network of narrow gauge () railways running up to and throughout the popular mountain resort of Alishan in Chiayi County, Taiwan. The narrow gauge lines were originally constructed by the Japanese Colonial Government in 1912 to facilitate the logging of cypress and Taiwania wood, however today the line caters mostly to tourists.
Alisma plantago-aquatica The Common Water-plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica), also known as Mad-dog weed, is a flowering plant native to most of the Northern Hemisphere, in Europe, northern Asia, and North America. It grows in shallow water, and consists of a fibrous root, several basal leaves 15-30 cm long, and a triangular stem up to 1 m tall, with a branched inflorescence bearing numerous small flowers with three round or slightly jagged, white or pale purple, petals.
Alismataceae The Alismataceae or water-plantain family is a family of flowering plants, comprising 11 genera and between 85-95 species. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the greatest number of species in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Alismatidae Alismatidae is a botanical name at the rank of subclass. [circumscription|Circumscription] of the subclass will vary with the [system|taxonomic system] being used (there are many such systems); the only requirement being that it includes the family Alismataceae.
Alison (song) "Alison" is the fifth track on Elvis Costello's first album, My Aim is True, released in 1977. Because "Alison" was recorded before Elvis Costello and the Attractions formed, his backing band was Clover, which would later become Huey Lewis and the News.
Alison Brimelow Alison Brimelow (born in 1949) is a British civil servant and former Chief Executive and Comptroller General of the United Kingdom Patent Office. She is currently Deputy Chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation.
Alison Cockburn Alison Cockburn (or Alicia Cockburn) (8th of October 1713 - 22nd of November 1794) was Scottish poet and author of one of the most famous Scottish ballads; the Flowers of the Forest. She was the daughter of Robert Rutherfurd of Fairnalee, Selkirkshire.
Alison Dunlap Alison Dunlap (born: July 27, 1969) is an American professional cycle racer who won the World Cross Country Mountain Bike Championship in 2001 and also has 2 Mountain Bike World Cup victories to her credit. In addition, she has a number of high achievements in the road racing aspect of the sport, including a victory in the Redlands Bicycle Classic in 1996.
Alison Elliot Dr Alison Elliot OBE MA MSc PhD LLD DD is the Associate Director of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2004 she became the first woman ever to be elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
Alison Fraser Alison Fraser is an American singer and actress. She is a nationally acclaimed performer who has appeared in concert at such venues as Carnegie Hall, The White House, Town Hall, The Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, The Tisch Center for the Arts, The Folger Shakespeare Library, The Wilma, The Emelin, and Symphony Space.
Alison Galloway Alison Galloway is a forensic anthropologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz She is best known for her work in identifying the physical remains of Laci Peterson] in the [[Scott Peterson Trial. She co-edited a book called The Evolving Female: A Life History Perspective with Mary Morbeck and Adrienne Zihlmann.
Alison Goodman Alison Goodman (1966- ) is an Australian writer based in Melbourne. She is best known for her award-winning science fiction novel Singing the Dogstar Blues (first published in Australia 1998, subsequently released in several foreign editions).
Alison Hargreaves Alison Hargreaves (February 17, 1963 – August 13, 1995) was a British female mountain climber who was considered by some in the early 1990s to be one of the best in the world. Her accomplishments included being the first woman to scale Mount Everest unassisted in 1995, and soloing all the classic north faces of the Alps in a single season—a first for any climber.
Alison Holloway Alison Holloway is a British journalist and television presenter, now living in the United States. She was the original presenter of Sky Television's Sky World News Tonight and is now a television producer and reporter in the US.
Alison Chiu Alison Chiu (Traditional Chinese: 趙海珠) is a newsreader (commonly known as anchor) and reporter on TVB News in Hong Kong. After graduating from the University of Hong Kong (major in Japanese Studies in Faculty of Arts) in 2004, she began her career as a reporter at tvbN channel in exTV (now called TVB Pay Vision) first.
Alison Jolly Alison Jolly is a primatologist. She has written several books for both popular and scientific audiences and conducted extensive fieldwork on Lemurs in Madagascar, primarily at the Berenty Reserve, a small private reserve of gallery forest set in the semi-arid spiny desert zone of the far south of Madagascar.
Alison Lapper Alison Lapper MBE (born 7 April 1965 in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire) is an English artist who was born without arms. She is also the subject of the sculpture Alison Lapper Pregnant, which is on display in Trafalgar Square until April, 2007.
Alison LaPlaca Alison La Placa (born December 16, 1959 in New Jersey) is an American actress best known for her role of acid-tongued yuppie Linda Phillips in the Fox sitcoms Duet and its spin-off Open House, both of which aired in the late 1980s.
Alison Littell McHose Alison Littell McHose (born May 24, 1965) is an American Republican Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2003, where she represents the 24th legislative district. McHose has served in the Assembly as Assistant Minority Leader since 2006 and was the Assistant Republican Whip from 2004-2006.
Alison Lohman Alison Marion Lohman (born September 18, 1979) is an American actress. She became known in 2002, after a leading role in the drama White Oleander, and has since starred in several Hollywood films, including Matchstick Men, Big Fish and Flicka.
Alison Maclean Alison Maclean is a film director of music videos, short films, commercials and feature films. Her works include the music video Torn (Natalie Imbruglia, 1998), the short film Kitchen Sink (1989) and the feature film Jesus' Son (1999) starring Billy Crudup.
Alison Matthews Alison Matthews is a Canadian voice actress who works for Ocean Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She has played several roles in anime, most notably Ezalia Joule in Gundam Seed as well as the narrator in Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny.
Alison Owen Alison Owen is a British film producer and mother of pop singer Lily Allen and actor Alfie Owen-Allen with her ex-husband, comedian Keith Allen. Her credits as a producer include Elizabeth (1998), Sylvia (2003), and Proof (2005).
Alison Parrott Alison Parrott (September 28, 1974 - July 25, 1986), was an 11-year-old girl who went missing from her home in Toronto, Canada. Her remains were found two evenings later in a densely-wooded area of Kings Mill Park.
Alison Pill Alison Courtney Pill (born November 27, 1985) is a Canadian film, television and theatre actress. In 2006, Pill starred as Grace Webster in the short-lived NBC drama The Book of Daniel, and was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in The Lieutenant of Inishmore.
Alison Ramsay Alison Ramsay (born on April 16, 1959) is a former Scottish field hockey player, who was a member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She's one of the world's most capped women's hockey players, with over 250 appearances for Scotland and Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and received the MBE.
Alison Richard ProfessorAlison Richard gained her Professorship at Yale, not Cambridge, and University statutes indicate that she is not strictly entitled to use the title in office. However this technicality is ignored and she is referred to and uses the title Professor.
Alison Sheppard Alison Sheppard MBE (born November 5, 1972 in Glasgow) is a freestyle swimmer from Scotland, who competed in five consequentive Summer Olympics for Great Britain, starting in 1988. She was one of Britain's leading freestyle sprint swimmers for almost two decades, prior to her retirement early in 2005.
Alison Starling Alison Starling is the co-anchor of WJLA-TV's morning program "Good Morning Washington" and has co-anchored its noon broadcast since January of 2004. She is rumored to be a leading candidate to replace Kathleen Matthews on WJLA's 5 p.
Alison Stewart Alison Stewart (born July 4 1966, Glen Ridge, New Jersey) is a television news anchor currently at MSNBC where she hosts The Most with Alison Stewart weekdays at 12pm ET. Stewart first gained widespread visibility as a political correspondent for MTV News in the 1990s.
Alison Weir Alison Weir (born 1951) is a popular British writer of history books for the general public, mostly in the form of biographies about British kings and queens. She currently lives in Surrey, England, with her two children.
Alison Wheeler (singer) Alison Wheeler (born March 4, 1972)is a British singer, best known as the female vocalist since 2003 for The Beautiful South]. She was dubbed Alison 'Lady' Wheeler jokingly by her band mates in The Beautiful South who felt that her demeanour and education at Trinity College, [[Cambridge University was in contrast to the band's trademark working class northern image.
Alison Whyte Alison Whyte is a Tasmanian born Australian actress best known for her role on the Australian television series Frontline. A former student of classical ballet, Whyte graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts before rising to prominence on Australian television for her role as Emma Ward on Frontline, the ABC's parody of current affairs programs - a role for which she won a Logie Award.
Alistair Begg Alistair Begg is the Senior Pastor of Cleveland's Parkside Church (located near Solon, Ohio), and is the voice behind the "Truth for Life" Christian radio preaching and teaching ministry that broadcasts his sermons daily in many stations across the U.S..
Alistair Cameron Crombie Alistair Cameron Crombie (4 November 1915 – 9 February 1996) was an Australian historian of science who began his career as a zoologist. He was noted for his contributions to research on competition between species before turning to history.
Alistair Carmichael Alistair Morrison Carmichael (born July 15, 1965) is a Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of Parliament for the Scottish seat of Orkney and Shetland. He has been an MP since the 2001 general election and is currently the Liberal Democrat Transport Spokesman.
Alistair Cookie Alistair Cookie is Cookie Monster's alter ego when hosting "Monsterpiece Theater" on Sesame Street. Created as a spoof of the original Masterpiece Theatre host Alistair Cooke, Alistair Cookie is basically Cookie Monster in an English smoking jacket and ascot, introducing viewers to a spot of culture while relaxing in a well-stuffed armchair.
Alistair Crane Alistair Ephraim Crane is a fictional character on NBC's daytime drama Passions. Alistair has been played by Alan Oppenheimer (voice; August 23, 1999 - September 24, 2004), Bill Dempsey (body double; November 11, 1999 - September 24, 2004), David Bailey (September 27, 2004 - January 13, 2005) and John Reilly (January 21, 2005 - July 17, 2006).
Alistair Forrester Alistair Forrester is a retired Scottish professional darts player who competed in the 1980s. He qualified twice to play in the World Professional Darts Championship, but lost in the first round on both occasions.
Alistair Griffin Alistair Richard Griffin, (born 1 November 1977 in Middlesbrough, England), is an English singer/songwriter and musician. Already an established songwriter, he first became famous as a solo artist through his appearances on the BBC television show Fame Academy 2 in 2003, where he was "spotted" and championed by Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees.
Alistair Hulett Alistair Hulett, born in Glasgow, is an acoustic folk singer with a distinctively political tone. In the early 80's Hulett was the founding member of the five piece folk punk band, Roaring Jack, opening for overseas acts, including Billy Bragg, The Pogues and The Men They Couldn't Hang.
Alistair Ian Cragg Alistair Ian Cragg an international track and field athlete was born in Johannesburg, on 13 June 1980, and was brought up in South Africa and has since lived in England and Fayetteville, Arkansas where he attended the University of Arkansas. He races for Ireland and competes most often over 3,000 and 5,000 metres.
Alistair MacLean Alistair Stuart MacLean (April 28, 1922 - February 2, 1987) was a Scottish novelist who wrote successful thrillers or adventure stories, the best known of which are perhaps The Guns of Navarone and Where Eagles Dare. He also used the pseudonym Ian Stuart.
Alistair Rooney Alistair Rooney (born August 24, 1961 in Salisbury, Rhodesia) is the author of various computer-related titles including "Foundations of Java for ABAP Programmers (with Java EE 5)" published by Apress CA. Information Technology Consultant.
Alistair Taylor James Alistair Taylor (born in Runcorn, Cheshire, 21 June 1935, died in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, 9 June 2004) was the personal assistant of Brian Epstein who accompanied him to the Cavern Club when he first saw The Beatles play on 9 November 1961. Then he become, for a short period, General Manager of Apple Corps.
Alister Hardy Sir Alister Clavering Hardy (February 10, 1896 - May 22, 1985) was an Oxford-educated marine biologist, expert on zooplankton and marine ecosystems. He was the zoologist on the RRS Discovery voyage to explore the Antarctic between 1925 and 1927, and in his studies of zooplankton and its relationship with predators became expert in marine mammals such as whales.
Alister McIntosh Sir Alister Donald Miles McIntosh, KCMG (29 November,1906-30 November,1978), New Zealand diplomat. McIntosh was New Zealand's first secretary of foreign affairs, and is widely considered to be the father of New Zealand's independent foreign policy and architect of the department of foreign affairs in New Zealand.
Alita Alita (known as "Gally" in Japan) is the main character of Battle Angel Alita and its followup, Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, both written by Yukito Kishiro. She is renowned for her fighting prowess and skill at the most popular sport in the Scrapyard, motorball.
Alitalia Flight 771 Alitalia Flight 771 was a scheduled flight from Bangkok International Airport, Bangkok to Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai, with 94 on board. On July 7, 1962 it crashed into a hill about 84 km north-east of Mumbai while on approach.
Alitame Alitame is an artificial sweetener developed by Pfizer in the early 1980s and currently marketed in some countries under the brand name Aclame. Like aspartame, alitame is an aspartic acid-containing dipeptide.
Aliuska LĂłpez Aliuska Yanira LĂłpez Pedroso (born August 29, 1969 in Havana) is a Spanish athlete competing mostly in hurdling. The world junior champion from 1988, she is still the world junior record holder at 100 metres hurdles.
Alivaltiosihteeri Alivaltiosihteeri ("Undersecretary of State") are a band formed in mid-1980s in Tampere, Finland, consisting of four members: bassist Simo Frangén, lead guitarist Pasi Heikura, drummer Jyrki Liikka and singer Satu Kurvinen, who was later replaced by Matti Toivonen.
Alive '95 Alive '95 was the first live album by Kai Hansen's Gamma Ray. It was released on May 1996, following the live concerts in Milano, Paris, Pamplona and Erlangen, during the band's "Men on a Tour" European tour.
Alive & Well AIDS Alternatives Alive & Well AIDS Alternatives is a 501(c) non-profit organization of AIDS dissidents (people who do not believe that HIV is the cause of AIDS). The organization's stated mission is to "present information that raises questions about the accuracy of HIV tests, the safety and effectiveness of AIDS drug treatments, and the validity of most common assumptions about HIV and AIDS.
Alive (1993 film) Alive is a 1993 film by the husband and wife team, director Frank Marshall and producer Kathleen Kennedy. It is based upon Piers Paul Read's acclaimed 1974 book, Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (which itself was based upon interviews with survivors of the crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 on October 13, 1972).
Alive (2002 film) Alive is a 2002 Japanese action/horror film and the fourth film by cult director Ryuhei Kitamura. It stars Hideo Sakaki (the villain from Versus, first Kitamura important work) as the protagonist, Tenshu, with Tak Sakaguchi (the hero from Versus) having a small role as Zeros, the villain, at the climax.
Alive (Jennifer Lopez song) "Alive" is the other part of the double A-side along with "I'm Gonna Be Alright (Track Masters Remix)", the second and final single from Jennifer Lopez's remix album, J To Tha L-O!: The Remixes.
Alive (Kate Ryan song) "Alive", is the second official single from Alive, the third album from Belgian artist Kate Ryan, released August 14 2006. It was recently featured amongst the music on the website for Abercrombie & Fitch.
Alive (Melissa O'Neil song) "Alive" is a pop song performed by Canadian Idol season three winner Melissa O'Neil. It was written for the final two contestants—O'Neil and Rex Goudie—of the third season of Canadian Idol, and both performed a different version of the song.
Alive and Schticking Alive and Schticking is the eighth-season opener of NBC's Will & Grace that aired live on September 29, 2005. The episode was performed twice that evening: once for the East Coast and once for the West Coast.
Alive at the Dynamo Alive at the Dynamo is an EP from Sacred Reich, a thrash metal band from Arizona, United States. It was recorded at the Dynamo Open Air Festival in Eindhoven, Holland, in May of 1989, and released on Metal Blade Records and Roadracer Records.
Alive Again (Chicago song) "Alive Again" is a song written by James Pankow for the group Chicago and recorded for their album Hot Streets (1978), with Peter Cetera singing lead vocals. The first single released from that album, it reached #14 on the U.
Alive in Athens Alive in Athens is a live metal album by the band Iced Earth. It was recorded on the nights of January 23rd and January 24th 1999 in front of sold out crowds of approximately 2000 people (on both nights) at the Rodon Club in Athens, Greece.
Alive in Athens (DVD) Alive in Athens is a 2006 DVD release from Century Media featuring live footage of heavy metal band Iced Earth's 1999 concert at The Rodon in Athens, Greece. Recording took place during two separate performances, one on January 23, the other on the 24th.
Alive N Kickin' Alive N Kickin’ (known originally as Alive and Kicking) is a Brooklyn band led by singers Pepe Cardona and Sandy Toder, known mainly for their 1970 hit “Tighter, Tighter” which reached number seven in the United States charts, and whose chorus was borrowed from Janis Joplin's previous breakthrough single "Piece of My Heart". Members of the band included Bruce Sudano, Thomas Woody Wilson (bass), John Parisio (guitar), and Vito Albano (drums, live only).
Alive, She Cried Alive, She Cried is a live album by the American rock band The Doors; the title of the album is taken from a line in the song "When The Music's Over". The recordings are from various concerts during the period 1968-1970; they include "Gloria", originally a hit for Them, and an extended version of The Doors' best known song "Light My Fire".
Aliveri Aliveri (Greek, Modern: Αλιβέρι, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), older forms: Aliverio and Aliverion is a town in the Greek prefecture and island of Euboea, it is also a suburb of Athens. It is part of the municipality Taminaioi.
Alivuokralainen Alivuokralainen (Finnish for "the sub-tenant") is a Finnish comedy play written by Timo Kahilainen and Heikki Vihinen and directed by Heikki Vihinen. The play stars Heikki Hela, Heikki Kinnunen, Kake Aunesneva, Jukka Leisti, Ritva Jalonen, Ilpo Hakala, Tuija Ernamo, Pete Keskinen and Mikko Rantaniva.
Aliwal Aliwal is a village in India, located in the Punjab, on the Sutlej, where, during the First Anglo-Sikh War, Sir Harry Smith gained a brilliant victory over the Sikhs, whose forces had superior numbers, in 1846.
Aliwal Shoal The Aliwal Shoal is a coral reef approximately 5km off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Aliwal Shoal was named after the sinking of the 3 Masted vessel "Aliwal", Captained by James Anderson in 1849 (source: Aliwal Shoal Tourism).
Aliweb ALIWEB (Archie Like Indexing for the WEB) can be considered the first Web search engine, as its predecessors were either built with different purposes (the Wanderer) or were literally just indexers (Archie, Gopher, Veronica and Jughead).
Alix Mathon Alix Mathon (born 1908) was a Haitian novelist, lawyer, politician, and journalist. He received the France-HaĂŻti prize for his novel La Fin des BaĂŻonnettes, which described the events leading up to the United States' occupation of Haiti.
Alix of France Alix of France (1151 – 1197/1198) was the second daughter born to Louis VII of France by his first wife Eleanor of Aquitaine. She was named after her aunt Petronilla of Aquitaine, who was also called "Alix".
Alix Olson Alix Olson is an American poet who works exclusively in spoken word. She graduated from Wesleyan University in 1997 and uses her work to verbally combat and highlight the problems with capitalism, sexism, homophobia, heterosexism, transphobia, misogyny, and of course the ever present power of the patriarchy.

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