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Aqueous homogeneous reactor Aqueous homogeneous reactors (AHR) are a type of nuclear reactor in which soluble nuclear salts (usually uranium sulfate or uranium nitrate) have been dissolved in water. The fuel is mixed with the coolant and the moderator, thus the name "homogeneous" ('of the same physical state') The water can be either heavy water or light water, both which need to be very pure.
Aqueous two phase system Aqueous biphasic systems (ABS) or aqueous two phase systems are clean alternatives for traditional organic-water solvent extraction systems. ABS are formed when 2 polymers, one polymer and one kosmotropic salt, or two salts (one chaotropic salt and the other a kosmotropic salt) are mixed together at appropriate concentrations or at a particular temperature.
Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana Aqui comienca [sic] un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana is a Spanish-to-Nahuatl dictionary by Alonso de Molina published in 1555. It was the first dictionary to be published in the New World, and was a forerunner to Molina's significant Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana of 1571.
Aquia Creek Aquia Creek is a tributary of the tidal segment of the Potomac River located in Northern Virginia. The creek's headwaters lies in southeastern Fauquier County and it empties into the Potomac at Brent Point in Stafford County, 45 miles south of Washington, D.
Aquifer An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, silt, or clay) from which groundwater can be usefully extracted using a water well. The study of water flow in aquifers and the characterization of aquifers is called hydrogeology.
Aquifer test An Aquifer test is conducted to evaluate an aquifer by "stimulating" the aquifer through constant pumping, and observing the aquifer's "response" (drawdown) in observation wells. Aquifer testing is a common tool that hydrogeologists use to characterize a system of aquifers, aquitards and flow system boundaries.
Aquifex aeolicus Aquifex aeolicus is a rod-shaped bacterium with a length of 2 to 6 micrometers and a diameter of around half a micrometer. It is one of a handful of species in the Aquificae phylum, an unusual group of thermophilic bacteria that are thought to be some of the oldest species in the eubacteria domain.
Aquifex pyrophilus Aquifex pyrophilus is a rod-shaped bacterium with a length of 2 to 6 micrometers and a diameter of around half a micrometer. It is one of a handful of species in the Aquificae phylum, an unusual group of thermophilic bacteria that are thought to be some of the oldest species in the eubacteria domain.
Aquificaceae The Aquificaceae family are bacteria that live in harsh environmental settings such as hot springs, sulfur pools, and hydrothermal vents. Although they are true bacteria (domain Eubacteria) as opposed to the other inhabitants of extreme environments, the Archaea, Aquificaceae genera are an early phylogenetic branch.
Aquifoliaceae Aquifoliaceae is a small flowering plant family with only one genus, Ilex, the hollies, a large genus with about 600 species distributed nearly world-wide, absent only from Australasia and western North America. They are shrubs and small trees, including both evergreen and deciduous species.
Aquil Aquil is a character in Encantadia, a television series in the Philippines being aired by GMA Network. Filipino actor Alfred Vargas played Aquil in the Encantadia series while Filipino child actor BJ Forbes plays the young Aquil in Etheria.
Aquila (constellation) Aquila (IPA: , ; sometimes named the Vulture), is one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy, also mentioned by Eudoxus (4th century BC) and Aratus (3rd century BC) and now also part of the list of 88 constellations acknowledged by the IAU. It lies roughly at the celestial equator.
Aquila Airways Aquila Airways was founded by Barry Aikman using two ex Royal Air Force Short Sunderland flying boats for freight work. During the Berlin Airlift a further 10 Sunderlands were acquired, flying from the River Elbe to Lake Havel.
Aquila of Sinope Aquila of Sinope (Latin: Aquila Ponticus), was a 2nd Century CE native of Pontus in Anatolia, celebrated for a very literal and accurate translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew into Greek. Epiphanius (De Pond.
Aquila Suite - 12 Arpeggio Concert Etudes for Solo Piano Aquila Suite - 12 Arpeggio Concert Etudes for Solo Piano was a music project by Uli Jon Roth composed for solo piano, or two pianos. It was written in the summer of 1991, and recorded at Sky Studio Seaford in 1991, but unreleased until 1998.
Aquila, Switzerland Aquila is a municipality of the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. On 25 January 2005, the cantonal authorities announced that Aquila would merge with Campo Blenio, Ghirone, Olivone and Torre to form a new municipality to be called Blenio.
Aquilaria Aquilaria is a genus of eight species of trees in the Thymelaeaceae native to southeast Asia. They occur particularly in the rain forests of Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Northern India.
Aquilegia Aquilegia (columbine) is a genus of about 60-70 species of herbaceous perennial plants that are found in meadows, woodlands, and at higher altitudes throughout the Northern Hemisphere. They are known for their distinctive flowers, generally bell-shaped, with each petal modified into an elongated nectar spur.
Aquilegia caerulea Aquilegia caerulea is a species of Aquilegia native to the Rocky Mountains from Montana south to New Mexico and west to Idaho and Arizona. Common names include Colorado Blue Columbine and Rocky Mountain Columbine, the latter also shared with Aquilegia saximontana.
Aquileia/Ecclesiastical history (a work in progress) The former city of Aquileia, situated at the head of the Adriatic, on what is now the Italian Adriatic coast, important in the Roman Empire, in the former Habsburg country of Goerz, at the confluence of the Anse and the Torre, was important in the Roman Empire, for many centuries the seat of a famous Western patriarchate, playing an important part in ecclesiastical history, particularly in that of the Holy See and Northern Italy.
Aquiles Serdán Aquiles Serdán (November 1, 1876 – November 18 1910), born in the city of Puebla, Puebla, was a Mexican politician who took part in the Mexican Revolution as an opponent of Porfirio DĂaz, supporting Francisco I. Madero and Emiliano Zapata.
Aquilifer An aquilifer was a senior signifer bearing the eagle standard of a legion . The name derives from the type of standard, aquila meaning "eagle", which was the universal type used since 104 BC; before that time the wolf, boar, bull and horse were also used.
Aquilla J. Dyess Lieutenant Colonel Aquilla James Dyess (January 11, 1909 – February 2, 1944) was a United States Marine Corps officer who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life" at the head of his troops during the World War II Battle of Kwajalein, on Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands on 2 February 1944.
Aquinas Academy (New Jersey) Aquinas Academy is a private coeducational Roman Catholic school located in Livingston, New Jersey that serves students from preschool through eighth grade. The school was founded in 1952 by Monsignor William McCann and the educational guidance of the Sisters of Saint Dominic of Caldwell, New Jersey.
Aquinas College (Michigan) Aquinas College, located on a 107-acre wooded campus in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a small, Catholic college that aims to provide a liberal arts education with a global perspective. Noted for its academic rigor and challenging professors, Aquinas is consistently considered one of the best liberal arts colleges in the midwest region by U.
Aquinas College, Adelaide Aquinas College is a Catholic Residential College for tertiary (predominantly university) students to live at while studying at one of South Australia's three major tertiary institutions, the University of Adelaide, Flinders University and the University of South Australia. Former residents have also attended various TAFE institutions in Adelaide.
Aquinas College, Melbourne Aquinas College is a Roman Catholic Regional College established to provide a secondary education for boys and girls residing in the parishes of the Eastern region of Melbourne, centred particularly on the Maroondah Deanery. By tradition the Knox Deanery parishes of Wantirna, Bayswater, Boronia and Scoresby also have a close relationship with the College.
Aquinas College, Perth Sport Aquinas College has a long sporting tradition dating back to 1905 when the PSA was established and Aquinas was known as Christian Brothers College. Within the PSA it competes in interschool sports against Christ Church Grammar School, Guildford Grammar School, Hale School, Scotch College, Trinity College and Wesley College.
Aquinas College, Stockport Aquinas College, Stockport, Greater Manchester is a Catholic educational institute providing further education to those aged 16 and above. It was established in 1980 on the site of St Michael's Secondary School, and is owned by the Diocese of Shrewsbury.
Aquinas High School (Augusta, Georgia) Aquinas High School, home of the Fightin' Irish, is located in Augusta, Georgia. Aquinas High School, a Diocesan Catholic Secondary School, opened in 1957 following the merger of Boy's Catholic High School, operated by the Marist Brothers under the Diocese of Savannah, and Mt.
Aquinas Institute of Theology Aquinas Institute of Theology is a Roman Catholic graduate school and seminary founded by the Dominican Order. The school offers a number of graduate degrees, such as a Master of Arts in theology (MA), a Master of Divinity (M.
Aquitaine Aquitaine (Occitan: AquitĂ nia; Basque: Akitania) (anciently "Guyenne", in Occitan: Guiana) is one of the 26 regions of France, in the in south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain.
Aquitani The Aquitani (Latin for Aquitanians) were a people of horsemen living in what is now southwestern France, between the Pyrenees and the Garonne. Julius Caesar, who defeated them in his campaign of Gaul, describes them as not being Celtic but "Iberian".
Aquitanian language The Aquitanian language was spoken in ancient Aquitaine (approximately between the Pyrenees and the Garonne, the region later known as Gascony) before the Roman conquest and, probably much later, until the Early Middle Ages.
Aquitar Aquitar is a fictional planet in the Power Rangers universe. It was first seen during the television series Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers, a miniseries at the end of the third season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in which five Aquitians with Ranger powers come to Earth to temporarily take the place of the incapacitated Earthen Rangers.
Aquitian Rangers The Aquitian Rangers, sometimes referred to as the Alien Rangers on Earth, are fictional characters and heroes from the Power Rangers universe, starring in the television series Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers. They are directly based on the sentai team Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, the first use of an entirely different sentai team in Power Rangers.
AQAL In the Integral theory of Ken Wilber, AQAL stands for "All quadrants, all levels", and equally connotes "all lines, all states, all types". An account or theory is said to be AQAL, and thus integral (inclusive or comprehensive), if it accounts for or makes reference to all four quadrants and four major levels in Wilber's ontological scheme, described below.
AQB Sports Ratings The AQB Sports Ratings is a mathematical system for ranking sporting teams devised by Michael Cameron of the University of Waikato in New Zealand. The system is based on a relatively simple formula and can be used for a number of different sports.
AQi Fzono is a Japanese composer, synthesizer musician and Electronic music artist. The translunary and hybrid sound of his Synthesizer/Electronic music that fuses Techno, Ambient, Progressive Rock and Classical music, and his spacey and vast-scaled instrumental Electronic music album series that project a visual atmosphere has an international following.
AQM-37 Jayhawk The AQM-37 Jayhawk (originally designated the Beech KD2B) is an air launched supersonic target drone manufactured by Beechcraft (now Raytheon) capable of simulating inbound ICBM warhead packages for fleet shoot-down exercises.
AQM-60 Kingfisher The AQM-60 Kingfisher, developed by Lockheed Martin, was a target version of the USAF's X-7 test aircraft. The X-7's developement began in 1946 after a request from the USAF for a mach-3 unmanned test vehicle.
AQPS AQPS ("Autre Que Pur-Sang"), translated as "Other than thoroughbred", is a general term used in France to refer to horses not listed as thoroughbreds. Anglo-Arabians, French saddlebreds and trotters plus all other crossbreds can be qualified as AQPS.
AQS-20A The AQS-20A is an airborne mine countermeasure detection system, developed by Raytheon. The system is utilized by the MH-60S and MH-53E helicopters and as part of the mission package for the Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) of the United States Navy.
AQUA Magazine AQUA Magazine (the business magazine for spa and pool professionals) is a monthly trade magazine publishing 12 issues a year with a circulation of around 15,000. It serves spa dealers, swimming pool dealers and builders, swimming pool and spa dealers and builders, swimming pool & spa supply dealers, maintenance and service businesses, distributors, casual furniture and patio dealers, landscape architects and designers, manufacturers and their representatives and others allied to the field.
Ar (Unix) The archiver (also known simply as ar) is a Unix utility that maintains groups of files as a single archive file. Today, ar is generally used only to create and update static library files that the link editor or linker uses; it can be used to create archives for any purpose, but has been largely replaced by tar for purposes other than static libraries.
Ar begs Ar begs (in Russian chronicles "ĐŃ€Ńкие князья") was a formation of Noqrat Tatars' nobility, served to Muscovy in 16th-17th century. In 14th-15th centuries they were rulers of semi-independent duchy in the middle Cheptsa, nowadays Udmurtia.
Ar Hyd y Nos Ar Hyd y Nos (All through the night) is a Welsh folksong sung to a tune which was first recorded in Edward Jones' Musical and Poetical Relics of the Welsh Bards (1784). The lyrics were written by John Ceiriog Hughes.
Ar Jani Na Ar Jani Na is the name of the first album by the bangla band Chandrabindu (also known as Chandrabindoo). It was released in 1997 by T-Series, designed and produced by Shobhan Mukhopadhay and recorded by Ephraim Isaacs at studio Vibration in Calcutta.
Ar Raqqah Ar-Raqqah (الرقة, also spelled Rakka), is a city in north central Syria located on the north bank of the Euphrates River, about 160 km east of Aleppo. It is the capital of the Ar Raqqah Governorate and one of the main cities of the historical Diyar Mudar, the western part of the Jazira.
Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah (Arabic: الرŮاع Ůالمنطقة الجنŮبية) (Rifa and Southern Region) was a municipality of Bahrain in the southern part of the country. Its territory is now in the Central and Southern Governorates.
Ara Baliozian Ara Baliozian is an Armenian author, translator, and critic, born in Athens, Greece on December 10, 1936. He received his education at the Mekhitarist College of Moorat-Raphael in Venice, Italy, where he also studied economics and political science at the University of Ca Foscari.
Ara Celi Ara Celi (born 31 May, 1974 in El Paso, Texas) is a LatinaArticle: "A Latina in Hollywood" actress active in American film and television. She had a starring role in the minor 1997 dance movie Looking for Lola, but she is probably best known for her role as Ampata Gutierrez from season two of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (also 1997).
Ara Darzi Professor Sir Ara Darzi, KBE, MB, BCh, BAO, LRCPI, LRCSI, FRCSI, MD, FRCS, FACS, etc., is one of the world's leading surgeons, specialising in the field of minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery, having pioneered many new techniques and technologies.
Ara Gaya Ara Gaya, also known as Ana Gaya, Asiryangguk (아시량ęµ, éżĺ°¸č‰Żĺś‹)), and Alla (ě•라, 安羅), was a kingdom of the Gaya confederacy, in modern day Haman County of South Korea. As the confrontational foreign policy of Daegaya failed, Ara Gaya and its less confrontational policy gained support in the 540s.
Ara Pacis The Ara Pacis Augustae (Latin, "Altar of Augustan Peace"; commonly shortened to Ara Pacis) is an altar to Peace, envisioned as a Roman goddess. It was commissioned by (or for) the Roman emperor Augustus, consecrated on 30 January by the Senate to celebrate the peace established in the Empire after Augustus's victories in Gaul and Spain.
Ara Parseghian Ara Raoul Parseghian (born May 21 1923 in Akron, Ohio) is a former collegiate football coach who served as head coach for three teams, most notably the University of Notre Dame team from 1964-1974. During his 11 seasons as head coach with the Fighting Irish (known popularly as "the Era of Ara"), he compiled a 95-17-4 record, for a .
Arab al-Mawasi massacre On November 2, 1948, two squads of Israel Defence Force soldiers captured an encampment of bedouins at 'Arab al-Mawasi in the eastern Galilee. While some soldiers guarded the Arabs, others went to a nearby hilltop where the headless bodies of two Israeli soldiers were found.
Arab and Persian astrology Much of the survival of classical sciences like astronomy, mathematics, geography and philosophy in the Western world is due to the fact that it was preserved and used by the Arab world from about the 8th Century, when Europe was going through its Dark Ages. Astrology, being linked to astronomy at this stage, was also one of those disciplines preserved.
Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport The Arab Academy for Science & Technology and Maritime Transport is a maritime academy that has its main campus located in Alexandria, Egypt. Other campuses are located in Cairo,Syria, Bahrain, Qatar and the Emirates.
Arab Africa Arab Africa represents the countries and territories in Africa in which Arabic is an official or working language, if not also where there is a large ethnic Arab population. The list of such countries, in alphabetical order, is:
Arab Air Carriers Organization [Arab Air Carriers Organization (Arabic]: الإتŘاد العربي للنقل الجŮŮŠ) is a regional [[airline alliance of Arab airlines established in 1965 by the League of Arab States (more commonly known as the Arab League). Its goal is to promote cooperation, quality and safety standards among the Arab airlines.
Arab American Arab Americans are Americans of Arab ancestry and constitute an ethnicity made up of several waves of immigrants from 22 Arab countries, stretching from Morocco in the west to Oman in the east. Arab Americans are also Middle Eastern and North African Americans i.
Arab Banking Arab Banking Corporation was incorporated as a Bahrain joint stock company on January 17, 1980 through a special decree by the Amir of Bahrain. It obtained an offshore banking unit licence from the Bahrain Monetary Agency on April 7, 1980, and began operations in the same month.
Arab Banks The Modern System of Arab Banks has started in Egypt in the Late 19th Century, with the campaign of Modernizing the Country, Today Arab banks are among the Pioneering in the Developing Countries, and some are competitors to Big Major International Banks.
Arab citizens of Israel Arab citizens of IsraelThe Israeli Nationality Law did not come into effect until 14 July 1952, after prolonged debate. Between Israel's declaration of independence on 14 May 1948 and the passage of this bill four years later, there technically were no Israeli citizens.
Arab culture in France People of Arabic descent currently make up about 2% of the population in France, predominantly in the south, around Marseille, Toulon and Nice, and in the capital, Paris. This has had a profound effect on the culture of Marseille, where French is rarely heard spoken in inner city schools and in the quartier of Noailles and the North.
Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services The Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) is an organization formed to support the needs of the Arab American community. A national group, the headquarters is located in Dearborn, Michigan.
Arab Cup Winners' Cup The Arab Cup Winners' Cup (Arabic: بطŮلة الأندية العربية لأبطال الŮؤŮŘł) was a football competition that started in 1989 and merged with the Arab Club Champions Cup in 2002 to form the Prince Faysal bin Fahad Tournament for Arab Clubs. It was a competition between the winning clubs of national cup competitions in Arab nations.
Arab diaspora Arab diaspora refers to the numbers of Arab immigrants, and their descendants, who voluntarily or as refugees emigrated from their native countries and now reside in non-Arab nations, primarily in Western countries as well as parts of sub-Saharan Africa (West Africa, primarily Sierra Leone, Senegal, and Liberia).
Arab charter The Arab Charter on Human Rights was adopted by the Council of the League of Arab States on 15 September 1994 and affirms the principles contained int he UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Interncational Covenants on Human Rights and the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam. A number of traditional human rights are provided for, including the right to liberty and security of persons, equality of persons before the law, protection of persons from torture, the right to own private property, freedom to practise religious observance and freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
Arab Chess Federation Arab Chess Federation includes 17 members that are also members in the Arab League, the federation was created under a motto of "Arab as one Nation|Pan Arabism", it was established in 27 july 1975 in Damascus, capital of Syria.the federation was established in the presidence of Mr.
Arab League The Arab League or League of Arab States (), is an organization of predominately Arab states (compare Arab world). Headquartered in Cairo, Egypt, the League's charter states that the League shall co-ordinate economic affairs, including commercial relations; communications; cultural affairs; nationality, passports, and visas; social affairs; and health affairs.
Arab League headquarters The headquarters of the Arab League are located near the central business district of Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Egyptian Opera House, Egyptian Museum, and Cairo Tower are nearby, and the headquarters have a magnificent view of the Nile River.
Arab Legion The Arab Legion (al-Jaysh al-Arabī) was Transjordan's and later also Jordan's regular army. It was formed in 1921 by Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Gerard Peake as a police force to keep order among Transjordanian tribes and to guard the important Jerusalem-Amman road.
Arab Liberation Army The Arab Liberation Army (Jaysh al-Inqadh al-Arabi) was an army of volunteers from Arab countries led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji. It fought on the Arab side in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and was set up by the Arab League as a counter to the Arab High Committee's Holy War Army, though in fact the League and Arab governments prevented thousands from joining either force (Sayigh, 2000, p.
Arab Media Watch Arab Media Watch is a London-based media watch organization with a pro-Arab perspective. Founded in 2000, by Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi from Kuwait, Arab Media Watch claims to be the "only organization of its kind in the UK".
Arab Nationalist Movement The Arab Nationalist Movement (Harakat al-Qawmiyyin al-Arab), also known as the Movement of Arab Nationalists and the Harakiyyin, was a pan-Arab nationalist organization influential in much of the Arab world, most famously so within the Palestinian movement.
Arab Organization for Industrialization The Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) supervises nine military factories which are producing civilian goods as well as military products. Saudi Arabia and the Emirates gave back to Egypt their shares in AOI in 1993, valued at $1.
Arab Parliament In the Arab League Summit of 2001-Amman, the Arab States have agreed to create the Arab League Parliament, and came up with a resolution to give the secretary general of the Arab League the power to start and create the Parliament. In 2004 in the ordinary Arab League Summit in Algeirs was the official date where all Arab League Members agreed to send there representative to the temporary Parliament sessions that took place in the Arab League Headquarters, with each member state sending in 4 members, until the Parliament is reassigned permanently in Damascus.
Arab Socialist Movement The Arab Socialist Movement is a political party in Syria. It is part of the National Progressive Front of legally licenced parties which support the socialist and Arab nationalist orientation of the government and accept the leadership of the Ba'th Party.
Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz ('ASMLA) is an Arab terrorist organization that advocates the independence of Ahvaz from Iran.Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz MIPT Terror Knowledge Base
Arab Studies Quarterly The Arab Studies Quarterly was founded in 1968 by Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, then at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois), where he was professor of political science. It is the largest circulating journal in English devoted exclusively to the Arab World.
Arab Super Cup The Arab Super Cup was an Arab football competition, held as a game between the reigning champions of the Arab Champions Cup and the Arab Cup Winners' Cup. It started in 1992 with an unofficial edition, and was discontinued after the 2001 edition.
Arab tone system The modern Arab tone system, or system of musical tuning, is based upon the theoretical division of the octave into twenty-four equal divisions or 24-tone equal temperament (24-TET), the distance between each successive note being a quarter tone (50 cents). Each tone has its own name not repeated in different octaves, unlike systems featuring octave equivalency.
Arab tribes in Iraq Most Iraqis identify strongly with a tribe ('ashira), and nearly half of Iraqis are more loyal to their clans or tribes than to the national government. Thirty of the 150 or so identifiable tribes in Iraq are the most influential.
Arab world The Arab world (Arabic: العالم العربي) (al-`alam al-`arabi) consists of twenty-two countries stretching from Mauritania in the west to Oman in the east. They have a combined population of 323 million people and their combined economies surpass 1 trillion U.
Arab World Institute The Arab World Institute (AWI), also known as the Institut du Monde Arabe in French, was established during 1980 in Paris, when eighteen Arab countries concluded an agreement with France to establish the Institute to disseminate information about the Arab world and set in motion detailed research to cover Arabic and the Arab World’s cultural and spiritual values. The Institute also aims at promoting cooperation and cultural exchanges between France and the Arab world, particularly in the areas of science and technology, thus contributing to development of relations between the Arab world and Europe.
Arab-Israeli conflict The Arab-Israeli conflict (, ) spans about a century of political tensions and open hostilities. It involves the establishment of the modern State of Israel, as well as the establishment and independence of several Arab countries at the same time, and the relationship between the Arab nations and the state of Israel (see related Israeli-Palestinian conflict).
Arab-Israeli Wars (game) Arab-Israeli Wars is a tactical level wargame published in the US in 1977 by Avalon Hill and simulates at a tactical level the various Middle East conflicts. It is designed to be played by two players and game length is dependant on scenario but ranges from 2-4 hours.
Arab, Alabama Arab is a city in Marshall and Cullman counties in northeastern Alabama, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. The name of the city is pronounced "AY-rab" and was an unintentional misspelling by the US Postal Service of the city's intended name, taken from a city founder, Arad Thompson.
Arabah The Arabah (Hebrew HaArava הערבה; Arabic Wadi Araba Ůادي عربه) is a section of the Great Rift Valley lying between the Dead Sea to the north and the Gulf of Aqaba or the Gulf of Eilat to the south. It forms part of the border between Israel to the west and Jordan to the east.
Arabari Arabari or Arabari Forest Range in full, is the name of a forest range in West Midnapore district of West Bengal, India contiguous with the Dalma range of East Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The centre of the range is 30 km from Midnapore town.
Arabat Spit The Arabat Spit (, , ) is a spit (narrow strip of land) in Azov Sea, which separates a large, shallow and very salty system of gulfs named Syvash. The spit is located between the town of Genichesk, Ukraine and the north-eastern shores of Crimea.
Arabayona de MĂłgica Arabayona de MĂłgica is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 24 kilometres from the city of Salamanca and has a population of 486 people.
Arabber An arabber is a street merchant who sells fruits and vegetables from a colorful, horse-drawn cart. Once a common sight in American East Coast cities, only a handful of arabbers still walk the streets of Baltimore.
ArabDev ArabDev is an Giza (Egypt)-based non-profit that uses information and communication technology (ICT) to "promote existing development projects and for innovative developmetnal intiatives". ArabDev provides women and youth with an educational venue for livelihood opportunities, through improved access to information and its use in skill development as well as small and micro enterprises.
Arabela Arabela is an indigenous American language of the Zaparoan family spoken in two Peruvian villages in tropical forest along the Napo tributary of the Arabela river. It is an official language of Peru, like all languages of Peru.
Arabella Arabella is a lyric comedy or opera in 3 acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, their sixth and last collaboration. It was first performed on July 1, 1933, at the Dresden Sächsisches Staatstheater.
Arabella Country Estate Arabella Country Estate, known as 'Arabella' is a residential estate with golf course and 5 star hotel located 1 hr from Cape Town, near the coastal town of Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa. The golf course is rated #2 (2005) in South Africa.
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