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Alabama State Route 119 State Route 119 is a state highway in Alabama that extends 45 miles northeastward from Montevallo to Leeds. Although there are shorter and faster routes connecting Montevallo and Leeds, SR 119 is a heavily traveled local route that connects several suburbs and subdivisions in the suburbs of Birmingham.
Alabama State Route 176 State Route 176 was created in September 1980 along previous County/Secondary State Roads 81 and 89 in DeKalb County and part of County/Secondary State Road 89 in Cherokee County. Part of the route took over what had been State Route 275 and forms the northern end of the Little River Canyon Rim Parkway: a scenic, but severely substandard highway following the northern rim of the limestone canyon for 22 miles.
Alabama State Route 18 State Route 18 is a 65 mile long route in northwest Alabama. It runs from the Mississippi state line (MS 12) west of Vernon, Alabama, east to AL 69 south of Oakman, passing through mainly rural areas of Lamar County, Fayette County, and Walker County.
Alabama State Route 20 State Route 20 (Highway 20) runs from the Tennessee state line (State Route 69) northwest of Florence, Alabama, east to I-65 east of Decatur in the northwestern Alabama. It crosses the Tennessee River at Florence (with US 43, US 72, AL 2 (hidden), AL 13 (hidden), AL 17, and AL 157) and also at Decatur (with US 31, Alternate US 72, AL 3 (hidden))
Alabama State Route 208 State Route 208 or SR 208 is a short, west-east route that serves as a connector between State Route 165 and the bridge across the Chattahoochee River at Cottonton, the only bridge across the river between Phenix City and Eufaula.
Alabama State Route 261 State Route 261 or SR 261 is a 6 mile state highway that connects Helena with Pelham in northern Shelby County, as part of the Birmingham/Hoover metropolitan area. SR 261 is two lanes wide for the entirety of its route.
Alabama State Route 297 The Warrior Loop or the Tuscaloosa Eastern Bypass is a proposed four-lane, 18-mile, $250 million bypass of the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama to be completed by 2012. Its route would begin at Interstates 20/59 in Cottondale and terminate at U.
Alabama State Route 5 State Route 5 is a 205 mile long route that extends from Thomasville in Clarke County to Natural Bridge in Winston County. Other cities and towns along the route include Marion, Brent, Bessemer, Birmingham, Graysville, Sumiton and Jasper.
Alabama State Route 53 State Route 53 runs from the Tennessee-Alabama state line near Ardmore and runs to Huntsville at a junction with US 231. It remains unsigned with US 231 until Dothan, then it splits off and continues south to border with Florida near Grangeburg, becoming Florida State Route 71.
Alabama Steeldogs The Alabama Steeldogs, originally known as the Birmingham Steeldogs, were incorporated in 2000 as one of the charter teams in the af2, the developmental league of the Arena Football League. Entering their sixth season as of 2005, they are the longest running of many professional football franchises in the city of Birmingham.
Alabama Territory The Alabama Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States that was formed by the eastern portion of the Mississippi Territory. The territory was organized March 3, 1817, shortly before Mississippi became a state.
Alabama Theatre The Alabama Theatre in Birmingham, Alabama is a movie palace built in 1927 by the Paramount-Publix Corporation. Seating about 2500 people at the time, it was one of the larger movie theatres built in Birmingham and is the only one remaining of its size from that era.
Alabama-Florida League The Alabama-Florida League was a low-level circuit in American minor league baseball that existed from 1936 through 1939 and 1951 through 1962. In 1940-41 and from 1946-50, the absence of clubs based in Florida caused the league to change its name to the Alabama State League.
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad The Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad was a short line railroad operating within the state of Alabama. It was founded in 1897 as the Carrollton Short Line Railway to link the city of Carrollton, Alabama with the Mobile & Ohio Railroad at Reform, Alabama.
Alabanda Alabanda – also hê Alabanda, ta Alabanda, Alabandeus, Alabandensis, Alabandenus, and for a time, Antiochia of the Chrysaorians – was an ancient city of Caria, Anatolia, the site of which is now located near Doğanyurt (also called Araphisar), Aydin Province, in the Asian part of Turkey.
Alabaster brow An alabaster brow is an often-used (or even clichéd) literary device, used particularly in romantic fiction. It describes the forehead of someone who is particularly pale, and usually young and handsome/beautiful.
Alabaster Box Alabaster Box is 6-piece, female led rock/pop band from Australia's Gold Coast, arguably one of the nation's top Christian bands. The band put aside their 'real jobs' and became a full-time music ministry at the beginning of 2000.
Alabastron An alabastron (plural: alabastra or alabastrons) is a type of pottery used in the ancient world for holding oil, especially perfume or massage oils. They originated around the 11th century BC in ancient Egypt as containers carved from alabaster – hence the name – but spread via ancient Greece to other parts of the classical world.
Alaborg Álaborg or Áluborg is the name of a Varangian fort mentioned in the Norse sagas about Halfdan Eysteinsson and Hrolf Ganger. The first saga indicates that it was possible to sail from Aldeigjuborg (Ladoga) to Alaborg northward by sea, but a more rapid and practicable way was by land eastward.
Alaca Höyük Alaça Höyük is a village in the Çorum Province, Turkey, located 170 km east of Ankara. It is northeast of Bogazkale (Boğazköy, the ancient capital city Hattusa of the Hittite Empire) and lies on the road to Corum in modern Turkey.
Alacaluf The Alacaluf (also called Halakwulup, Kawésqar, Kaweskar) are a South American people living in Chile in the Strait of Magellan (Brunswick Peninsula, and Wellington, Santa Inés, and Desolación islands), Chile. Their traditional language is known as Kawésqar.
Alacritech Alacritech is a networking company based in the United States. The company specializes in high speed network interface cards (NICs) that enhance performance by moving some TCP/IP processing from the CPU to the NIC.
AladaÄź Named Karsanti until recently, AladaÄź is a district of Adana Province of Turkey about 100km north of the city of Adana, up in the mountains. This is an undeveloped area, the people live from agriculture and forestry.
Aladár Gerevich Aladár Gerevich (born 16 March, 1910 in Jászberény – died 14 May, 1991 in Budapest) was a fencer from Hungary, who won medals in sabre in six Olympics. He's the only athlete to do so, and the only athlete to win the same event six times (despite two games passed because of the Second World War).
Aladdin Aladdin (a corruption of the Arabic name , Arabic: علاء الدين literally "nobility of faith") is one of the tales with a Iraqi originJohn Payne, Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp and Other Stories, (London 1901) gives details of Galland's encounter with 'Hanna' in 1709 and of the discovery in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris of two Arabic manuscripts containing Aladdin and two more of the 'interpolated' tales. Text of "Alaeddin and the enchanted lamp" in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, and one of the most famous.
Aladdin (1992 film) Aladdin is a 1992 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on November 25, 1992. The thirty-first animated feature in the Disney animated features canon, it relates a version of the story of Aladdin and the magic lamp from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.
Aladdin (Disney character) Aladdin is a fictional character who first appeared in the Disney theatrical animated movie Aladdin, and then in the two direct-to-video sequels: The Return of Jafar (1994) and Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996), and the animated television series, Aladdin, set between the two sequels. He is based on the mythical character Aladdin.
Aladdin (musical) Aladdin, was a musical/pantomime written by Sandy Wilson for the inaugural Christmas Pantomime at the newly refurbished Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. It played during the Christmas pantomime season of 1979/80 at the theatre, (Opening on the 21st of December 1979) and starred Richard Freeman, Joe Melia, Aubrey Woods, and Ernest Clark.
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp is a two-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Popeye Color Specials series, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on April 7 1939 by Paramount Pictures. It was produced by Max & Dave Fleischer for Fleischer Studios, Inc.
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (Faerie Tale Theatre episode) Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp is the 23rd episode of the television anthology Faerie Tale Theatre. The story is adapted from the story of Aladdin from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights and stars Robert Carradine as the title character and Leonard Nimoy as his enemy the Moroccon Magician.
Aladdin Deck Enhancer The Aladdin Deck Enhancer, produced by Camerica, was a device that one would plug into a Nintendo Entertainment System. It contained a bypass chip which would work with the lock-out chip inside the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Aladdin Las Vegas The Aladdin is an Arabian Nights themed hotel and casino located on the famed Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada at 3667 Las Vegas Boulevard South. The hotel has 2,600 rooms, a performing arts theatre, and a 475,000 ft² (44,000 m²) shopping arcade called the Desert Passage.
Aladdin Records (US) Aladdin Records was a post-World War II United States record label, headquartered in Hollywood, California. The label was founded in 1946 by the brothers Eddie, Leo, and Ira Mesner as Philo Records, then changed to its better known name.
Aladin (UAV) Aladin (German: Abbildende Luftgestützte Aufklärungsdrohne im Nächstbereich, airborne reconnaissance drone for close area imaging) is a small, simple and cheap reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle employed by the Bundeswehr (German Army).
Aladin Sky Atlas The Aladin Sky Atlas is a Java-based star atlas for astronomers. Unlike most other astronomy software such as Starry Night, Distant Suns or Celestia, the Aladin Sky Atlas retrieves unretouched photographs of stars.
Aladzha Monastery The Aladzha Monastery is a cave monastery, situated in Eastern Bulgaria outside Varna, about 3 km west of the Holiday Club Riviera and Golden Sands beach resorts. It is located within the Zlatni Pyasatsi Nature Park.
Alafranga Two native concepts known as alaturca and alafranga, which point to the sense of distinction between the Eastern (rather than Turkish in ethnic terms) and Western culture in the Balkans. This distinction, applicable to various cultural features and aspects of everyday life, encompasses the opposition between "old" (old- fashioned) and "new" (modern), as well.
Alagappa University Alagappa University is located on about 420 acres in the business town of Karaikudi in Sivaganga District in Tamil Nadu, India. Karaikudi is 400 km south of Madras on the Madras - Rameswaram line and is accessible from Tiruchirappalli and Madurai in about 2 hours by road and rail.
Alagasco Alabama Gas Corporation (Alagasco) is the largest natural gas utility in north and central Alabama that provides energy to 460,000 homes and businesses. Its history dates back more than 150 years and has operating divisions in Anniston, Birmingham, Gadsden, Montgomery, Opelika, Selma, and Tuscaloosa.
Alagebrium Alagebrium (formerly known as Alt-711; chemical name 4,5-dimethyl-3-(2-oxo-2-phenylethyl)-thiazolium chloride) is a drug produced by Alteon Corporation, currently in clinical trials, which is the first drug to be tested for the purpose of breaking the crosslinks caused by advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs), thereby reversing one of the main mechanisms of aging. Through this effect Alagebrium is designed to reverse the stiffening of blood vessel walls that contributes to hypertension and cardiovascular disease, as well as many other forms of degradation associated with protein crosslinking.
Alaghi In the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the alaghi is a monstrous humanoid that lives in temperate mountains and forests. It is 6 feet tall and covered in shaggy brown hair.
Alagir Alagir (Ossetian and ) is an industrial town in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, an autonomous republic within Russia. It is situated on the west of the Ardon River, located 54 km west of the republic's capital Vladikavkaz, at .
Alagoas Curassow The Alagoas Curassow, Mitu mitu is a large, up to 89cm long, pheasant-like bird with a whitish-tipped red bill, black glossed purplish blue plumage, chestnut under belly, reddish brown iris and fourteen pale brown-tipped tail feathers. It has a unique bare greyish crescent-shaped ear patch, not found in other curassows.
Alachua culture The Alachua culture is defined as a Late Woodland Southeast period archaeological culture in north-central Florida, dating from around 700 to 1700. It is found in an area roughly corresponding to present-day Alachua County, the northern half of Marion County and the western part of Putnam County.
Alachua County School District Alachua County School District (SBAC, School Board of Alachua County) is a public school district serving Alachua County, Florida, and the Gainesville Area. The district currently has a student population of 29,533.
Alachua County Today Alachua County Today is a weekly newspaper in Alachua County, Florida. The publication which was established in November 2000 was originally known as Alachua Today and published its first edition on December 14 2000.
Alain Aspect Alain Aspect (born 15 June 1947 in Agen) is a French physicist and alumnus of the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan in France. In the early 1980s, with collaborators in France, he performed the crucial "Bell test experiments" that showed that Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky & Nathan Rosen's reductio ad absurdum of quantum mechanics, namely that it implied 'ghostly action at a distance', did in fact appear to be realised when two particles were separated by an arbitrarily large distance.
Alain Caron (ice hockey) Alain Caron (April 27 1938 – 1986) was a professional ice hockey player who played in various leagues from 1956 to 1976. Born in Dolbeau, Quebec, he played in the NHL for 60 games while playing for the Oakland Seals and Montreal Canadiens.
Alain Colmerauer Alain Colmerauer (born January 24 1941) is a French computer scientist. He is the creator of the logic programming language Prolog and Q-Systems, one of the earliest linguistic formalisms used in the development of the TAUM-METEO machine translation prototype.
Alain Couriol Alain Couriol (born 24 October 1958 in Paris) is a former football striker from France, who earned 12 caps and scored 2 goals for the France national football team, including playing in the 1982 FIFA World Cup where France finished fourth. During his career, he played for Inf Vichy (1978-1979), AS Monaco (1979-1983), Paris Saint-Germain (1983-1989), Toulon FC (1989-1990), Saint Denis Saint Leu (1990-1991).
Alain de Cadenet Alain de Cadenet (born on November 27, 1945 in London) is an on-air personality for the SPEED Channel. The British-born de Cadenet has hosted many shows on SPEED, including Legends of Motorsport, as well as the network's coverage of the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Alain Delon Alain Delon (born 8 November, 1935) is a French actor, one of the best known outside his native country. Delon’s star rose quickly, and by the age of twenty-three he was garnering comparisons to French screen legends such as Gérard Philipe and Jean Marais, as well as American actor James Dean.
Alain Desrosières Alain Desrosières is a statistician at the INSEE and a sociologist and historian at the EHESS (France), well-know for his work in the history of statistics. He is the author of The Politics of Large Numbers: A History of Statistical Reasoning (Harvard University Press, 1998).
Alain Finkielkraut Alain Finkielkraut (born in Paris on June 30 1949) is a French essayist, and only son of a Jewish Polish artisan manufacturing fine leather goods who was deported to Auschwitz. He currently teaches at the École polytechnique, an elite engineering college, as professor of the "history of ideas" in the department of humanities and social sciences.
Alain Gerbault Alain Gerbault (1893-1941) was a French aviator and tennis champion, who made a circumnavigation of the world as a single-handed sailor. He eventually settled in the islands of south Pacific Ocean, where he wrote several books about the islanders' way of life.
Alain Giresse Alain Giresse (born August 2, 1952 in Langoiran, Gironde) was a French professional football (soccer) midfielder. He played for the France national football team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup (fourth place) and the 1986 FIFA World Cup (third place).
Alain Glavieux Alain Glavieux was a French professor in electrical engineering at École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne. He was the coinventor with Claude Berrou and Punya Thitimajshima of a groundbreaking coding scheme called turbo codes.
Alain Chabat Alain Chabat (born November 24, 1958 in Oran, Algeria) is a French actor and director who appeared in La Cité de la peur, Gazon maudit, The Taste of Others and The Science of Sleep. His career took off in 1987 when he founded the comedy group Les Nuls with Bruno Carette, Chantal Lauby and Dominique Farrugia.
Alain Jacquet Alain Jacquet is a French artist born February 22, 1938 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. He is widely acknowledged as being a French representative of the American Pop Art movement, a visual artistic movement that emerged in the 1950s.
Alain Juppé Alain Marie Juppé (born 15 August 1945) is a French conservative politician; among other positions, he was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997. In December 2004 Juppé was convicted of mishandling public funds; since then, his political career was suspended till he was reelected mayor of Bordeaux in October 2006.
Alain Krivine Alain Krivine (born 10 July 1941 in Paris) is a leader of the Trotskyist movement in France. He was a leading member of the Ligue Communiste RĂ©volutionnaire (LCR), which is the French section of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International, until his resignation from its political bureau in March 2006.
Alain Lamassoure Alain Lamassoure (born 10 February 1944 in Pau) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-west of France. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, which is part of the European People's Party, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets.
Alain Menu Alain Menu (born August 9, 1963 in Geneva) is a Swiss racing driver. He was one of the most successful touring car drivers of the 1990s, winning the prestigious British Touring Car Championship twice (the only driver during the series' 1991-2000 Super Touring era to do so).
Alain Mesili Born a Parisian in 1949, Alain Mesili was a political activist in France during the 1968 disturbances. Frustrated with the failings of the French Communist Party he left Europe in 1969 and went, together with a number of other leaders of the failed uprising, to Argentina.
Alain Mikli Alain Mikli (born Alain Miklitarian in 1955) is a French designer of high-end handmade eyeglasses and accessories. Mikli's line features unique colors and shapes, and are a favorite among European celebrities and avant-garde Americans.
Alain Nasreddine Alain Nasreddine (born July 10, 1975) is a professional ice hockey defenceman. He was selected in the sixth round of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, 135th overall, by the Florida Panthers, although he never played for that organization.
Alain Payet Alain Payet (born January 17, 1947) is a French director of Nazi exploitation and chic porn movies. He has also been credited as Alain Garnier, James Gartner, John Love, Alain Paillet, Jean Pardaillan, and Alan Payet.
Alain Provost Allain Provost is a French Landscape Architect. His works include designs for Parc André Citroën in Paris, Courneuve Park (1972-2000), the Eurotunnel in Calais (1987), the Technocentre Renault, Guyancourt (1992-2000), the reconstruction of the castle gardens of Villarceaux (1994-1999), and the Thames Barrier Park, London (1995-2000).
Alain Resnais Alain Resnais (born June 3, 1922 ) is a French film director whose early works are often grouped within the New Wave or Nouvelle Vague film movement. Although he has had a long and fruitful career, Resnais is best known internationally for three of his early works: Night and Fog (1955), Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959), and L'Année Dernière à Marienbad (1961).
Alain Robbe-Grillet Alain Robbe-Grillet (French IPA: ) (born August 18 1922) is a French writer and filmmaker, born in Brest, Finistère, France into a family of engineers and scientists. He was trained as an agricultural engineer.
Alain Robert Alain Robert (born August 7 1962 in Valence, DrĂ´me, France as Robert Alain Philippe) is a rock and urban climber. Nicknamed "Spider-Man," Robert is a solo urban climber, free climbing high rocks and up the sheer, smooth exteriors of skyscrapers.
Alain Sailhac Alain Sailhac is the Executive Vice President and Senior Dean of Studies at the French Culinary Institute in New York City, where he has been since 1990. An extremely accomplished chef, Sailhac earned the first ever four star rating from The New York Times while at Le Cygne in the 70s.
Alain Touraine Alain Touraine (1925- ) is a French sociologist born in Hermanville-sur-Mer. He is research director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, where he founded the Centre d'étude des mouvements sociaux.
Alain Vivien Alain Vivien (born August 20, 1938, in Melun) is a French Socialist Party (PS) politician, best known for chairing (from 1998 to 2002) the French Mission Interministérielle pour la Lutte contre les Sectes, MILS, a ministerial organism designed to observe the activities of various religious organizations defined as "cults".
Alain-Fournier Alain-Fournier was the pseudonym of Henri Alban-Fournier (October 3, 1886 – September 22, 1914), a French author and soldier. He was the author of a single novel Le Grand Meaulnes (1913), which was made into a film, and is considered a classic of French literature.
Alain-Philippe Malagnac d'Argens de Villele Alain-Philippe Malagnac d'Argens de Villele (1950–2000) was the lover of French writer Roger Peyrefitte, the relationship being a subject of several of the latter's works. Malagnac was also an art collector and the husband of singer Amanda Lear.
Alain-René Lesage Alain-René Lesage (May 8, 1668, Sarzeau – November 17, 1747, Boulogne), also spelled Le Sage was a French novelist and playwright born at Sarzeau, in the peninsula of Rhuys, between the Morbihan and the sea, Brittany.
Alaina Reed Hall Alaina Reed Hall (born November 10, 1946 in Springfield, Ohio) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Olivia, Gordon's kid sister on Sesame Street and Rose Lee Holloway on 227. She is also credited as Alaina Reed.
Alaiye Alaiye (علاعية) is the Seljuk name for the modern Turkish city of Alanya, derived from the name of the Sultan `Ala' ad-Din Kay-Qubad. It refers to city-state in a specific period in time and the beylik which developed around there, at times under the Karamanoğlu dynasty.
Alajdin Demiri Alajdin Demiri (born December 19, 1954 in Tetovo, Republic of Macedonia) is famous for his role as mayor in the 1997 uprising in Tetovo and Gostivar, by ethnic Albanians in which he was later sentenced to 2 years in prison for.
Alaje Alaje is one of the 36 woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Debubawi Zone, Alaje is bordered on the south by Endamehoni, on the west by the Amhara Region, on the northwest by Samre, on the northeast by Hintalo Wajirat, and on the east by Raya Azebo.
Alajos StrĂłbl Alajos StrĂłbl(1856 - 1926) was a Hungarian sculptor and artist. His work can be best characterized with sensitive realistic modelling and he became one of the most renowned sculptors of memorials in Hungary at the turn of the 20th century.
Alakai Wilderness Area Known popularly as as Alakai Swamp, Alakai Wilderness Area is not properly speaking a swamp, but rather a high plateau rain forest on the Hawaian island of Kauai. It rests near Mount Waialeale, one of the wettest spots on earth.
Alakesh Das Alakesh Das (born 1 January, 1964) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Nabadwip constituency of West Bengal and is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) political party.
Alakh Niranjan Alakh Niranjan is a term in Hinduism and Sikhism to describe the characteristics of God and the Self, known as the Atman). Alakh means "that which is not seen" and niranjan means "without any stains.
Alaksandar Milinkievič Alaksandar Milinkievič (also Alexander Milinkevich; Аляксандар Мілінкевіч in Belarusian, born 25 July 1947) is a Belarusian politician. He was nominated by the leading opposition parties in Belarus to run against incumbent Alexander Lukashenko in the presidential election on 19 March 2006.
Alaksen National Wildlife Area The Alaksen National Wildlife Area is located on Westham Island in the Corporation of Delta, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is an important stopover point for many species of birds migrating along the Pacific Flyway.
Alala Alala, (Greek: Αλαλα), was the female personification of the war cry in Greek mythology. Her name however means, ironically "dumb, mute"( from the Greek Αλαλοσ), she was an attendant of the war god Ares and the daughter of Polemos, the Daemon of War.
Alalakh Alalakh, or Alalah, is the name of an ancient city and its associated city-state of the Amuq River valley, located in the Hatay region of southern Turkey near the city of Antakya (ancient Antioch), and now represented by an extensive city-mound known as Tell Atchana.
Alaşehir Alaşehir is a city, center of the district of the same name, in Turkey's Manisa Province. It is situated in the valley of the Kuzuçay (Cogamus in antiquity), at the foot of the Bozdağ (Mount Tmolus in antiquity).
Alamanda Putrajaya Alamanda Putrajaya is the first shopping centre built in Putrajaya. The Alamanda Putrajaya mall, located in Precinct 1, costs about RM380 mil (USD 100 mil) to build and was first opened at the end of August 2004.
Alamanni The Alamanni, Allemanni, or Alemanni were originally an alliance of Germanic tribes located around the upper Main, a river that is one of the largest tributaries of the Rhine, on land that is today part of Germany. One of the earliest references to them is the cognomen Alamannicus assumed by Caracalla, who ruled the Roman Empire from 211-217 and claimed to be their defeater.
Alamata (woreda) Alamata is one of the 36 woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Debubawi Zone, Alamata is bordered on the south and west by the Amhara Region, on the northwest by Ofla, and on the northeast by Raya Azebo.
Alameda Arts Council The Alameda Arts Council (AAC) is the Alameda City arts council serving the arts in the Alameda area. This council is under the Alameda County art council Alameda County Arts Commission and the state arts council the California Arts Council.
Alameda Community Learning Center The Alameda Community Learning Center (ACLC), formerly Arthur Andersen Community Learning Center, is a 6th-12th grade charter school located in Alameda, CA, sharing a campus with Encinal High School. It describes itself as an educational model that empowers all youth to take ownership of their educational experience, to celebrate their diverse community, and to actively participate as members in a democratic society.
Alameda Corridor The Alameda Corridor is a 20 mile (32 km) freight rail "expressway" owned by the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority , directly connecting the national rail system near downtown Los Angeles, California to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, running parallel to Alameda Street. The project is notable for its "Mid-Corridor Trench", a below-ground, triple-tracked rail line that is 10 miles (16 km) long, 30 feet (10 m) deep and 50 feet wide (15 m), shared by both the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad via trackage rights.
Alameda County Community Food Bank The Alameda County Community Food Bank is the central clearinghouse for donated food in Alameda County, the most populated Bay Area county. The mission of the Food Bank is to alleviate hunger by providing nutritious food and nutrition education to people in need, educating the public, and promoting public policies that address hunger and its root causes in Alameda County.
Alameda Dam Alameda Dam , () near Estevan, Saskatchewan, was constructed in 1994 to control flows on Moose Mountain Creek. It provides flood protection and irrigation for this area of Saskatchewan, and a supply of cooling water for the Shand Power coal generating station.
Alameda East Veterinary Hospital Alameda East Veterinary Hospital is one of the world's leading veterinary hospitals. It is equipped with state of the art technology and is considered one of the best intern places a future doctor can study in the United States.
Alameda Point, Alameda, California Alameda Point is the name given to the lands of the former Naval Air Station Alameda in the City of Alameda, California. Alameda Point consists of 1,560 acres (630 ha) of land area at the western end of the island of Alameda.

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