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Abdur Rahman Khan Abdur Rahman Khan (1844 - October 1, 1901), Emir of Afghanistan, was the third son of Afzul Khan, who was the eldest son of Dost Mahommed Khan, who had established the Barakzai's family dynasty in Afghanistan. Abdur Rehman Khan was considered a strong ruler who re-established the writ of the Afghan government in Kabul after the disarray that followed the second Anglo-Afghan war.
Abdur Rashid Sir Abdul Rashid the first Chief Justice of Pakistan was born on 29 June 1889. He received his early education at Central Model School Lahore, and got his BA from Forman Christian College and Masters from Christ's College Cambridge.
Abdur Razzaq (traveller) Abdur Razzaq, also spelled Razzak, was an ambassador from Persia to Calicut, India, during the Vijayanagara empire in the 15th century CE. He chronicled many events in the empire as well as noting daily life in the Ancient City of Vijayanagara, describing its immense grandeur.
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Abdurahman Khadr Abdurahman Khadr (born 1983) is a Canadian citizen, a member of the well-known Khadr family, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba, after being detained in Afghanistan under suspicion of connections to al-Qaida. He later trained to work as an informant for the CIA and eventually admitted that his family did have connections to al-Qaida.
Abdus Salam Dr. Abdus Salam (Urdu: عبد السلام) (January 29, 1926 at Santokdas, Sahiwal in Punjab – 21 November, 1996 in Oxford, England) was a Pakistani theoretical physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979 for his work in electroweak theory which is the mathematical and conceptual synthesis of the electromagnetic and weak interactions, the latest stage in the effort to provide a unified description of the four fundamental forces of nature.
Abdus Sattar Justice Abdus Sattar (1906 - 1985) was a Bangladeshi jurist and politician who served as the president of Bangladesh following the assassination of Ziaur Rahman. He had previously served as Zia's vice-president and organised the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
Abdus Sattar (West Bengal politician) Abdus Sattar is a politician in West Bengal, India, belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). After the 2006 West Bengal state assembly election (in which he was elected MLA from the Amdanga constituency) he became Minister of State for Minorities Development, Welfare and Madrasah Education.
Abdussattar Shaikh Abdussattar Shaikh' (ar عبد الستار شيخ)(born Abdussattar Chhipa) is an FBI informant who was called "The FBI's Best Chance to Uncover September 11th Before it Happened" by the Joint Congressional 9.11 Intelligence Committee.
Abdylonymus Abdylonymus was a gardener for the Persian Satrap of Sidon in the 3rd Century BC. 12 years before Alexander's arrival at the city, there had been a uprising against Persian rule and the rebels had wanted to torch the gardens of the satrap.
Abe (Oddworld) Abe is a fictional character and protagonist in the Oddworld fictional universe created by Oddworld Inhabitants. Abe was introduced in Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee as a slave attempting to free himself and his brethren.
Abe Attell Abraham Washington Attell (born February 22, 1884 in San Francisco, California, United States – died February 6, 1970 in New Paltz, New York), better known in the boxing world as Abe "The Little Hebrew" Attell, was a boxer who became known for his record-setting period as world Featherweight champion, as well as for his involvement in the Black Sox scandal and other scandals.
Abe clan The was one of the oldest of the major Japanese clans (uji). The clan's origin is said to be one of the original clans of the Yamato people; they truly gained prominence during the Heian period (794-1185), and experienced a resurgence in the 18th century.
Abe Cunningham Abe Cunningham, born in Long Beach, California on July 27,1973, is an American musician; he plays the drums in the world-famous Deftones and has also played drums for Phallucy. He first started playing the drums for Phallucy as a teen in the early 90's.
Abe Gibron Abe Gibron (September 22, 1925- September 23, 1997) was a former American football offensive lineman and coach whose ample girth was arguably his most recognizable feature. During his playing career, he weighed 250 pounds (on a 5-11 frame), but as a coach, ballooned to over 300 pounds.
Abe Landau Abe Landau (December 25, 1898 - October 24, 1935) was the chief henchman for New York gangster Dutch Schultz. Landau was Schultz's most trusted employee, often given tasks that required coolness and cunning rather than gunfire and brutality.
Abe Lenstra Abe Lenstra (November 27, 1920 in Heerenveen – September 2, 1985) was a Dutch football player and national football icon in the 1950s. He was also a Frisian legend, most notably with the club where he made his name as a football player, SC Heerenveen.
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (film) Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln. The film covers his life from his early days as a lawyer up until his election as President of the United States.
Abe Lyman Abe Lyman (August 4, 1897 - October 23, 1957) was a popular bandleader from the 1920s to the 1940s. He made recordings, appeared in films and provided the music for numerous radio shows, including Your Hit Parade.
Abe Masahiro Abe Masahiro (阿部正弘)(1819-1857) was the chief senior councillor (rōjū) in the Japanese government at the time of the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry. Against the shogun's wishes, and the wishes of many other government officials, he worked to open Japan to the West, signing the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854, and other unequal treaties shortly afterwards.
Abe Mickal Abe "Miracle" Mickal (July 9, 1912 - September 20, 2001) was an American football player. He was named to the College Football Hall of Fame for his career as a running back at LSU and went on to play in the NFL.
Abe Motozane (1513-1587) was a samurai general in Japan during the Sengoku period. As a member of the prestigious clan of Suruga and an officer of the Imagawa, he was placed in charge of the defense of the Castle of Suruga when Shingen Takeda invaded Suruga.
Abe no Sadato Abe no Sadato (1019-1062) was a samurai of the Abe during the Heian period of Japan. Sadato was the son of Abe no Yoritoki, the chinjufu shogun (general in charge of overseeing the Ainu and the defense of the north).
Abe Ruef Abraham Rueff (September 2, 1864 San Francisco, California - February 29, 1936 San Francisco, California), known as Abe Ruef, was an American lawyer and politician. He gained notoriety as the political boss behind the administration of Mayor Eugene Schmitz of San Francisco.
Abe Saffron Abraham Gilbert Saffron (6 October 1919 - 15 September 2006), was an Australian nightclub owner and property developer who was widely reputed to have been one of the major figures in Australian organised crime in the latter half of the 20th century.
Abe Sapien Abraham "Abe" Sapien is a fictional character in the comic book series Hellboy, created by Mike Mignola. He is an "icthyo sapien", something of a merman, although at first glance, one might mistake him for an aquatic "grey alien".
Abe Sarkis Abraham "Abe" Sarkis (December 9, 1913-June 1991) was a Boston mobster who, along with his partner Ilario "Larry Baione" Zannino were the most powerful and feared bookmakers in New England and New York. Their reign lasted over fifty years beginning in 1934.
Abe Silverstein Abe Silverstein (1908 - 2001) was an American engineer who played an important part in the United States space program. He was a longtime manager at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its predecessor the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).
Abe Stark Abe Stark (September 16 1893 - July 1972) was a Russian-American politician from New York City. An immigrant who came to America from Russia as a small boy with his parents, he became a tailor and owned a clothing store at 1514 Pitkin Avenue in the East New York section of Brooklyn.
Abe Tadaaki Abe Tadaaki (安倍忠明)(1602-1671) was a high-ranking government official in Japan under Tokugawa Iemitsu and Ietsuna, the third and fourth Tokugawa Shogun. Daimyo of Ōshi castle in modern-day Saitama prefecture, with an income of 80,000 koku (earlier 50,000), Abe was appointed wakadoshiyori (junior councillor) in 1633Though Frederic gives 1663 as the date for this event, Sansom gives 1633, which seems more likely given the context and the other events and actions of his life.
Abe Tran Abe Tran (born June 11, 1986) is an American martial artist and reality TV participant. As a contestant on MTV's Final Fu, he distinguished himself by way of his aggressive style of fighting, for which he received frequent penalties.
Abecedarian Abecedarians were a 16th century German sect of Anabaptists who affected an absolute disdain for all human knowledge, contending that God would enlighten his elect from within themselves, giving them knowledge of necessary truths by visions and ecstasies, with which human learning would interfere.
Abecedarian Early Intervention Project The Abecedarian Early Intervention Project was a controlled scientific experiment that was conducted in 1972 in North Carolina, United States, by the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute to study the potential benefits of early childhood education for poor children to enhance school readiness. It has been found that in their earliest school years, poor children lag behind others, suggesting the fact that they were ill-prepared for schooling.
Abed Hamed Mowhoush Abed Hamed Mowhoush (Arabic "عبد حامد موحوش") was a major general believed to be in command of the Iraqi Air Force or Iraqi air defence during the regime of Saddam Hussein immediately prior to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, until his capture by United States forces on 10 November, 2003. He died on 26 November, 2003 while in U.
Abeer Qassim Hamza Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi (عبير قاسم حمزه الجنابي; August 19, 1991 – March 12, 2006) was a 14-year-old Iraqi girl who lived in the village of Mahmoudiyah southeast of Baghdad who was gang-raped, burned and killed, by American troops. Abdul-Ahad, Ghaith.
Abegg's rule In chemistry, Abegg’s rule states that the difference between the maximum positive and negative valence of an element is frequently eight. In general, for a given chemical element (as sulfur) Abegg’s rule states that the sum of the absolute value of its negative valence of maximum absolute value (as −2 for sulfur in H2S) and its positive valence of maximum value (as +6 for sulfur in H2SO4) is often equal to 8.
Abeid Karume Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume (1905–1972) was the first President of Zanzibar. He obtained this title as a result of a popular revolution which lead to the deposing of the last Sultan in Zanzibar during January 1964.
Abel (hominid) Abel is the name given to the first and only specimen ever discovered of Australopithecus bahrelghazali. Abel was found in January 1995 in Chad in the Kanem Region by the paleontologist Michel Brunet, who named the fossil "Abel" in memory of his close friend Abel Brillanceau, who had died of malaria in 1989.
Abel AntĂłn Abel AntĂłn Rodrigo (born October 24, 1962 in Ojuel, Soria) is a Spanish long-distance runner, who won gold medals in the marathon at the 1997 and the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. In 1998 Anton became the first Spanish runner to win the London Marathon .
Abel Carlevaro Abel Carlevaro (1916–2001) was an virtuoso performer, classic guitar composer and teacher born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He established a new school of instrumental technique, incorporating a fresh approach to seating and playing the guitar, based on anatomical principles.
Abel Ehrlich Abel Ehrlich (1915 in Cranz, East Prussia - October 30, 2003, in Tel Aviv, Israel) was an Israeli composer notable for winning the Prime Minister's Prize for Israeli Composers and the Israel Prize for Music Israeli Music Institute Biography.
Abel Goumba Abel Nguéndé Goumba (born September 18 1926) is a Centroafrican political figure. He has unsuccessfully run for president of the Central African Republic four times and was vice-president under François Bozizé from December 2003 until March 2005.
Abel Gower Abel Anthony James Gower (years of birth and death unknownThe editors of Bakumatsu-ishin jinmei-jiten were unable to discover either.) was a British consul at two posts in Japan during the Bakumatsu: Nagasaki and Hakodate.
Abel J. Jones Abel John Jones was born in Rhymney, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, Wales on the 26 May, 1878. His parents, David Rees Jones and Hannah Jones (nee Evans) and his sister Annie and brothers Rees and David Rees spoke only Welsh whereas Abel spoke Welsh and English (and later German) fluently.
Abel Lafleur Abel Lafleur (1875 – 1953) was a French sculptor who designed and made the FIFA World Cup trophy, first simply called 'Coupe du Monde', later renamed the Jules Rimet Trophy. The trophy was 35 cm in height, weighed 3.
Abel Meeropol Abel Meeropol (1903 - 1986) was an American writer best known under his pseudonym Lewis Allen, under which he wrote the anti-lynching poem Strange Fruit which he subsequently set to music and was famously performed by Billie Holiday.
Abel Muzorewa Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa (born 14 April 1925 in former Rhodesia), a Methodist bishop and nationalist leader, was prime minister of the short-lived coalition government in what was called Zimbabwe Rhodesia; he held office for only a few months in 1979.
Abel of Denmark Abel of Denmark (1218 – June 29, 1252) was Duke of Schleswig from 1232 to 1252 and King of Denmark from 1250 until his death. He was the son of Valdemar II by his wife, Princess Berengária of Portugal, and brother to Eric IV and Christopher I.
Abel Pacheco OAS and the international community. Costa Rica, having disbanded the formal army in 1949 set up a hastly prepared national force that repelled the invasion stopping the Calderon Guardia forces in the Hacienda Santa Rosa in northern Guanacaste.
Abel Prize The Abel Prize is awarded annually by the King of Norway to outstanding mathematicians. In 2001 the government of Norway announced that the bicentennial of Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel's birth (which was 1802) would mark the commencement of a new prize for mathematicians, named after Abel.
Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute The Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar - ICBAS (English: Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute) is a medical and biosciences school, located in Porto, Portugal. It is also a renowned biomedicine research center, operating as an autonomous unit of the University of Porto, and was founded in 1975.
Abel SantamarĂ­a Abel Santamaria was an important leader in the Cuban Revolutionary movement. Abel and his sister Haydee let revolutionaries like Fidel Castro use their tiny two-room apartment on the corner of O and 25th streets in Havana to plan the revolution.
Abel Servien Abel Servien, marquis de Sablé et de Boisdauphin, comte de Roche-Servien and comte de La Roche des Aubiers (November 1, 1593 - February 17, 1659) was a French diplomat who served Cardinal Mazarin and signed for the French at the Treaty of Westphalia. He was an early member of the noblesse de robe in the service of the French state.
Abel transform In mathematics, the Abel transform, named for Niels Henrik Abel, is an integral transform often used in the analysis of spherically symmetric or axially symmetric functions. The Abel transform of a function f(r) is given by:
Abel Tasman (ship) The Abel Tasman was the first ferry of the TT-line (Tasmania) - a passenger/vehicle ferry that was built at HDW Nobiskrug, Rendsburg, Germany for the TT-line (Germany) as the Nils Holgersson (3) for the TravemĂĽnde - Trelleborg route in 1975 along whith her sister Peter Pan (2). In 1975 the Australian National Line (ANL) announced they would be pulling out of the Bass Strait run, so the Federal Government gave the Tasmanian Government the capital required to buy a suitable ferry.
Abel Tasman Inland Track The Abel Tasman Inland Track is a 38 km tramping track that runs through the centre of the Abel Tasman National Park and is maintained by the Department of Conservation. It diverts from the main Abel Tasman Coast Track between Tinline Bay and Torrent Bay.
Abel Tasman National Park The Abel Tasman National Park is a national park located at the north end of the South Island of New Zealand. The park was founded in 1942 and with a coverage of only 225 km², is the smallest of New Zealand's national parks.
Abel's identity In mathematics, Abel's identity (also called Abel's differential equation identity) is an equation that expresses the Wronskian of two homogeneous solutions of a second-order linear ordinary differential equation in terms of the coefficients of the original differential equation. The identity is named after mathematician Niels Henrik Abel.
Abel-François Poisson, marquis de Marigny Abel-François Poisson de Vandières, marquis de Marigny and marquis de Menars, often referred to simply as the Marquis de Marigny (1727, Paris - May 1781, Paris) was a French nobleman who served as the director general of the King's Buildings. He was the brother of King Louis XV's influential mistress Madame de Pompadour.
Abel-mizraim Abel-mizraim (the "meadow of Egypt", or "mourning of Egypt") is a place "beyond," or west, of the Jordan river, at the "threshing-floor of Atad." Here the Egyptians mourned seventy days for Jacob (Genesis 50:4-11).
Abelardo DĂ­az Alfaro Abelardo DĂ­az Alfaro (1916 - July 22, 1999) was a Puerto Rican author who reached great fame throughout Latin America during the 1940s. He has been recognized by many university deans, teachers and book critics as one of the greatest hispanic writers of all time.
Abelardo Fernández Abelardo Fernández Antuña (born March 19, 1970 in Gijón, Asturias), known as Abelardo, is a former football player from Spain, who was a member of the national side that won the golden medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Abelardo Montoya Abelardo Montoya is the Big Bird equivalent on the Mexican, Spanish language version of the children's television program Sesame Street, titled Plaza SĂ©samo, Literally Sesame Square. He is similarly tall as Big Bird with several obvious differances.
Abele Abele is a small village or hamlet in the city of Poperinge, in the Belgian province of West-Flanders. The village is located on the territory of Poperinge proper and its "deelgemeente" Watou, but is also partly located on French territory.
Abelia Abelia is a genus of about 15-30 species and many hybrids in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae, in the part of that family split off by some authors in the segregate family Linnaeaceae. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group considers Linnaeaceae to encompass such genera as Linnaea, Abelia, Dipelta, Kolkwitzia, and Zabelia.
Abelian and tauberian theorems In mathematics, a large number of methods have been proposed for the summation of divergent series. These generally take the form of some linear functional L with domain contained in some space S of numerical sequences.
Abelian category In mathematics, an abelian category is a category in which morphisms and objects can be added and in which kernels and cokernels exist and have nice properties. The motivating prototype example of an abelian category is the category of abelian groups, Ab.
Abelian group In mathematics, an abelian group, also called a commutative group, is a group (G, * ) such that a * b = b * a for all a and b in G. In other words, the order in which the binary operation is performed doesn't matter.
Abelian integral In mathematics, an abelian integral in Riemann surface theory is a function related to the indefinite integral of a differential of the first kind. Suppose given a Riemann surface S and on it a differential 1-form ω that is everywhere on S holomorphic, and fixing a point P on S from which to integrate.
Abelian variety In mathematics, particularly in algebraic geometry, complex analysis and number theory, an abelian variety is a complex torus that can be embedded into projective space. Also it is used for the generalization of this concept studied in algebraic geometry over fields more general than the complex numbers.
Abelian variety of CM-type In mathematics, an abelian variety A defined over a field K is said to have CM-type if it has a large enough commutative subring in its endomorphism ring End(A). The terminology here is from complex multiplication theory, which was developed for elliptic curves in the nineteenth century.
Abelians Abellians, also known as Abeloites or Abelonians were a christian sect that sprung up in the 4th century near Hippo in north Africa during the reign of Arcadius. They were required to be married but were forbidden to consummate the marriage.
Abeliophyllum Abeliophyllum (White Forsythia) is a monotypic genus of flowering plants, in the family Oleaceae. It consists of one species, Abeliophyllum distichum Nakai (Korean Abelialeaf), endemic to Korea, where it is endangered in the wild, occurring at only seven sites.
Abelisaur Abelisaurs were a group of Ceratosaurian dinosaurs which lived all over the southern hemisphere (with the exception of Tarascosaurus in Southern Europe) during the Cretaceous period. Some well-known species include Abelisaurus, Carnotaurus, and Majungasaurus.
Abelisauridae Abelisauridae ("Abel's lizards") is a family (or clade) of ceratosaurian theropod dinosaurs. Abelisaurids thrived during the Cretaceous Period, on the ancient southern supercontinent of Gondwana and, today their fossil remains are found on the modern continents of Africa and South America, as well as on the Indian subcontinent and the island of Madagascar.
Abelisaurus Abelisaurus (IPA ; "Abel's lizard") is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. It was a bipedal carnivore that probably reached 25 to 30 feet (7 to 9 meters) in length, although it is known from only one partial skull.
Abell 2029 Abell 2029 is a large cluster of galaxies a billion light years away in the constellation Serpens, close to its boundary with Virgo The central galaxy (IC 1101]) is perhaps the largest known, with estimates ranging from 5.6 to over 6 million [[light years across; contrast this with the Milky Way, which is 100,000 light years across.
Abell 754 Abell 754 is a cluster of galaxies in the constellation Hydra that was formed from the collision of two smaller clusters. This collision, which began about 300 million years ago, is ongoing, and the system is still disturbed.
Abelmoschus Abelmoschus is a genus of about fifteen species of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to tropical Africa, Asia and northern Australia. It was formerly included within Hibiscus, but is now classified as a distinct genus.
Abelmoschus moschatus Abelmoschus moschatus (Ambrette seeds, Annual hibiscus, Bamia Moschata, Galu Gasturi, Muskdana, Musk mallow, Musk okra, Musk seeds, Ornamental okra, Rose mallow seeds, Tropical jewel hibiscus, Yorka okra; syn. Hibiscus abelmoschus L.
Abenaki The Abenaki (also "Wabanuok" or Wabanaki) are a tribe of Native Americans/First Nations belonging to the Algonquian peoples of northeastern North America. The two major tribes within the Abenaki people are Western Abenaki and Eastern Abenaki.
Abenaki language Abenaki (also Abnaki) is the cover term for a complex of dialects of one of the Eastern Algonquian languages, originally spoken in what is now Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Modern Western Abenaki is currently spoken by a very small handful of elders in Odanak, Quebec.
Abenakiite-(Ce) Abenakiite-(Ce) (or IMA1991-054) Na26(Ce,Nd,La,Pr,Th,Sm)6-[O|SO2|(CO3)6|(PO4)6|Si6O18] is a mineral of sodium, cerium, neodymium, lanthanum, praseodymium, thorium, samarium, oxygen, sulfur, carbon, phosphorus, and silicon. It is named after the Abenaki, an Algonquian tribe of New England.
Abeokuta Abeokuta is a city in Ogun State in southwest Nigeria and is situated at , on the Ogun river; 64 miles north of Lagos by railway, or 81 miles by water. As of 2002, the Abeokuta proper had an estimated population of about 230,000, while the figure for the city and outlying environs was approximately 500,000 individuals.
Abeona In Roman mythology, Abeona was a goddess who protected children the first time they left their parents' home, safeguarding their first steps alone. She is related to Adeona, a goddess who guided children back to their parents' home.
Aber Alaw Aber Alaw (Welsh: "Mouth of the Alaw" ) is at the mouth of the river Alaw on Anglesey. According to Branwen ferch Lyr, it is here that Queen Branwen died of grief after escaping the destruction of Ireland.
Aberangell Aberangell is a village in Gwynedd in north Wales. It stands at the confluence of the River Angell and the River Dyfi and was the terminus of the narrow gauge Hendre-Ddu Tramway and had a station on the Mawddwy Railway.
Aberbeeg The small village of Aberbeeg () lies in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, traditional county of Monmouthshire, southern Wales. It is a former mining community which thrived during the days of the South Wales coal mining community.
Aberconway Medal The Aberconway Medal is a medal of the Geological Society of London, formerly awarded annually by the Institution of Geologists but since the Institution's merger with the Society in 1990 it has been awarded bianually by the Society. The award was made with a gift from English China Clays and its chairman Charles McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway.
Abercorn Commons Abercorn Commons is a 169,000-square-foot shopping center in Savannah, Georgia. The center was the first LEED-certified shopping center, whose design incorporates efficiency with attractive buildings and public spaces.
Abercorn F.C. Abercorn Football Club was a football (soccer) club based in Paisley, Scotland. They were formed on November 10, 1877 with an initial membership of 200, a few months after St Mirren had been formed in the town.
Abercorn, Quebec Abercorn is a village in south-central Quebec, Canada on the United States border in the Regional County Municipality of Brome-Missisquoi, led by Bloc Quebecois deputy Christian Ouellet. It is near the larger town of Sutton, Quebec, Bromont, Quebec, and Jay Peak, Vermont, all three of which are renowned ski stations.
Abercrombie Kids Abercrombie Kids, or in the advertised form, abercrombie, is a childrens version of the popular Abercrombie & Fitch "Casual Luxury" retailer. It is one of their four concept stores, but is mainly targeted towards boys and girls ages 7-14 years old, unlike the other three concepts.
Abercrombie River The Abercrombie River is a river in New South Wales, Australia. The river flows through freehold land as well as the Abercrombie River National Park area, which serves as important habitats for platypuses and eastern water rats.
Abercrombie, Fife Abercrombie is a small village in Fife, situated a short distance to the north of the village of St Monans. Abercrombie was the former name of the parish of St Monans, although both Abercrombie and St Monans had churches.
Abercwmboi Abercwmboi is a village in the Welsh county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff, Glamorgan. It lies on the B4275 Cardiff Road - the old main route to Cardiff before the A4059 was built - between Aberdare and Mountain Ash.
Aberdare Aberdare () is an industrial town in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff in the traditional county of Glamorgan, in south Wales, situated (as the name implies) at the confluence of the Dar and Cynon rivers. The population at the (1991) census was 31,619.
Aberdare Athletic F.C. Aberdare Athletic Football Club were a Welsh football team founded in 1892 and based in Aberdare. They joined the Football League in 1921 but were replaced by Torquay United after failing to be re-elected in 1927.
Aberdare railway station Aberdare railway station is a railway station serving the town of Aberdare in Rhondda Cynon Taff, South Wales. It is the terminus of the Aberdare branch of the Merthyr Line, 36 km (22½ miles) north of Cardff Central.
Aberdare Range The Aberdare Range (formerly, the Sattima Range, Kikuyu: Nyandarua) is a 160 km long range of uplands in west central Kenya, north of the capital Nairobi, that forms a section of the eastern rim of the Great Rift Valley as it runs from the Kinangop Plateau, to the Laikipia Escarpment roughly north-south.

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