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MLA Style Manual The MLA Style Manual, published by the Modern Language Association, is a style guide widely used in academia for writing and documentation of research in the humanities, especially in English studies, the study of other modern languages and literatures, including comparative literature, literary criticism, media studies, cultural studies, and related disciplines."What Is MLA Style?
MLAN mLAN, short for music Local Area Network, is a FireWire-based protocol for high-speed transmission and control of multiple channels of audio and ports of MIDI over a network. It includes intelligent connection management that allows connection and control over the music network without ever having to plug or unplug cables.
MLB 07: The Show MLB 07: The Show, produced by Sony Studios, is a baseball video game for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and PSP. It is the only first-party MLB-licensed video game for the 2007 season, and the only baseball game available for the PlayStation systems aside from Major League Baseball 2K7.
MLB 2K7 Major League Baseball 2K7 (MLB 2K7) is a baseball video game published by 2K Sports and developed by Kush Games, which will be released on March 5, 2007 on PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox and Nintendo DS.
MLB all-time leaders in home runs by pitchers This is a list of the all-time leaders in home runs hit by Major League Baseball pitchers, with the pitcher being defined as a player who pitches in at least three games in the given year, and being in a game as their team's current pitcher when hitting the home run.
MLB Comeback Player of the Year Award The Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award is the newest annual award officially sponsored by Major League Baseball. It is given to one player in each league who has reemerged as a star in that season.
MLB designated hitter statistics In Major League Baseball, the designated hitter (DH) is used in the batting lineup in place of the pitcher through a rule adopted by the American League in 1973. The DH rule has never been adopted by the National League.
MLB on Five MLB on Five is a sports television programme featuring live and as live coverage of Major League Baseball games. It is usually broadcast on Sunday and Wednesday nights, with broadcasts usually beginning at around 1am British time.
MLB Slugfest Series MLB Slugfest is a series of baseball games developed by Gratuitous Games and released by Midway Games for major console systems such as Playstation 2, GameCube, and Xbox. The game bills itself as a more "street" style baseball game, including more mature / aggressive themes, the ability to attack other players, and urban-styled in-game commentary.
MLBPA Baseball MLBPA Baseball or Fighting Baseball as it is known in Japan is a sports game for the Super NES, Mega Drive/Genesis, and Game Gear where the player has to deal with real MLB cities and player names, but they couldn't use the actual team names, as it lacked an MLB license. Under ZSNES, the game tends to freeze at random spots in the game (a similar effect occurs in the NHL series and the Madden series).
MLC School MLC School, Sydney, formerly known as Methodist Ladies College, Burwood Ladies' College and Wesleyan Ladies' College, is a non-selective, day girl's school in the suburb of Burwood, in the inner-west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, founded in January 1886. Originally a school of the Methodist Church of Australasia, it is now a Uniting Church school, with the motto Ut filiae lucis ambulate: 'Walk as daughters of the light'.
MLC Transcription System The Myanma Language Commission Transcription System, also known as the MLC Transcription System (MLCTS), is a transcription system for rendering Burmese in the Latin alphabet. It is loosely based on the Pāli romanisation system, has some similarities to the ALA-LC Romanization, and was devised by the Myanma Language Commission.
MLCAD MLCAD (Mike's LEGO Computer Aided Design) is a powerful, yet easy to use virtual modeling program designed specifically for use with LEGO parts. Using the extensive LDraw LEGO parts library, it provides the ability to build almost any LEGO model virtually with an unlimited amount of bricks.
MLD-41 N1-Methyl-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (MLD-41, 9,10-didehydro-N,N-diethyl-1,6-dimethyl-ergoline-8-beta-carboxamide) is a derivative of LSD. The 1-methyl homologue of LSD is has more of somatic than sensory effect, has fewer visuals and is less well accepted than LSD, with the range of dosages being from 100 to 300 micrograms.
MLisp MLisp (M-expression Lisp) is the alternative, human-friendly syntax for Lisp, designed by John McCarthy in 1962 and described in his original paper. MLisp was intended for external use in place of the parenthesised S-expression syntax.
MLN-29 El Movimiento de LiberaciĂłn Nacional 29 de noviembre (MLN-29), or November 29 National Liberation Movement, is a marxist-leninist party in Panama that was founded in 1970. The date in its name refers to the death of Panamanian communist leader Floyd Britton the year before.
MLO (band) MLO (also known as Music of Life Orchestra) was a band comprised of British musician Jon Tye (of 2 Player, Alternative 3, Echo Park) and Australian, Peter Smith (of F Troop, Rising High Collective). The pair have also recorded together under the name Smith/Tye.
MLOC MLOC is the abbreviation for Mitsubishi Lancer Owner Club in Malaysia and is a well known auto club community within the Malaysian auto scene. It is a pioneer club established for Mitsubishi Lancers in the country.
MLS All-Time Best XI In 2005, as part of its tenth anniversary celebrations, Major League Soccer, the United States' top soccer league, named its All-Time Best XI, a selection of the best eleven players in the history of the league. The winners were chosen by a combination of voting that included online voting on the league's official website, media votes, and MLS coaches and general managers.
MLS College Draft From 1996 to 1999, all American players graduating college were entered into the MLS College Draft, and were eligible to be selected by all Major League Soccer teams. Players who had already graduated college were entered into a separate MLS Supplemental Draft.
MLS Cup 2007 The 2007 Major League Soccer Cup will be the 12th consecutive MLS Cup. The 2007 MLS Cup will take place on November 18th, 2007 between the 2007 MLS Eastern Conference Champion and the 2007 MLS Western Conference Champion.
MLS Goal of the Year Award In the United States, Major League Soccer (MLS) has handed out a Goal of the Year Award since its inception in 1996. It is selected from the season's Goal of the Week award winners by an online vote of the fans and is sponsored by Sierra Mist.
MLS Humanitarian of the Year Award The MLS Humanitarian of the Year Award is given to a Major League Soccer player who exemplifies both skill on the soccer pitch and service within the community. This winner of this award is nominated by their respective teams, then voted on by the media, MLS players and coaches, and general managers.
MLS Rookie of the Year Award In the United States, Major League Soccer (MLS) has handed out a Rookie of the Year Award since its inception in 1996. MLS, as opposed to other American sports leagues like Major League Baseball, only designates a player as a rookie if the player has had no prior professional experience.
MLS Scoring Champion Award The MLS Scoring Champion Award was an association football award given out by Major League Soccer in the United States. This award was handed out to the player with the most points in the regular season and was created in 1996.
MLS SuperDraft The MLS SuperDraft is an annual event in which the Major League Soccer teams select players who have graduated from college or otherwise been signed by the league. The SuperDraft was first instituted in 2000, as a combination of the MLS College Draft, in which players having graduated college were selected, and the MLS Supplemental Draft, in which all other players were chosen.
MLS Supporters' Shield The Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield is an annual award given to the Major League Soccer team with the best regular season record, as determined by the MLS points system - much like the Presidents' Trophy in the NHL. While MLS is similar to other North American sport leagues in that the winner of the end-of-season playoff final - the MLS Cup - is crowned league champion, fans wanted a way to recognize the team that would have become champion in a traditional soccer format: the team that scored the most points in league play over the regular season.
MLS two-team Cups In Major League Soccer, several teams compete for a cup between just two teams which is awarded to the team with the better regular season record between one another in a certain year. They include the Atlantic Cup between D.
MLT-3 encoding MLT-3 encoding is a line code (a signaling method used in a telecommunication system for transmission purposes) that uses three voltage levels. An MLT-3 interface emits less electromagnetic interference and requires less bandwidth than most other binary or ternary interfaces that operate at the same data rate (see PCM for discussion on bandwidth / quantization tradeoffs), such as Manchester code or Alternate Mark Inversion.
MLW RSC-14 The MLW RSC-14 (RS-18m) was a diesel-electric locomotive built by Montreal Locomotive Works as RS-18s. Canadian National Railway (CN) rebuilt some of these MLW RS-18s into RSC-14s for branch line work on Prince Edward Island (PEI).
Mōri clan The Mōri clan (毛利氏 Mōri-shi) was a family of daimyō, descended from Ōe no Hiromoto and established themselves in Aki province. Their name was derived from a shōen in Mōri, Aikō district, Sagami province.
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, or Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way, is a key text by Nagarjuna, one of the most important Buddhist philosophers. It now stands at the centre of modern philosophical analysis of the Madhyamaka philosophy, which is rapidly proliferating to match the rich and varied commentarial tradition that the text has accumulated over the centuries since its composition (most likely in the 2nd century).
Mūša Mūša () is a river in Northern Lithuania, having its confluence with river Nemunėlis (Latvian: Mēmele), in Latvia, near city Bauska, Mūša is a tributary of the river Lielupė. Mūša is 164 kilometres (146 km in Lithuania, 18 km in Latvia) long.
Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, is the 1997 debut of the Las Vegas soul music band Home Cookin', featuring fourteen tracks. Track nine, Soul Space Express, appeared on Road Rash: Jailbreak and the television series Cupid, while X-Rated Superstar was a number one hit.
MMARP The Multicast MAnet Routing Protocol (MMARP) aims to provide multicast routing in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs) taking into account interoperation with fixed IP networks with support of IGMP/MLD protocol. This is achieved by the Multicast Internet Gateway (MIG) which is an Ad-Hoc node itself and is responsible for notifying access routers about the interest revealed by common ad-hoc nodes.
MMB In cryptography, MMB (Modular Multiplication-based Block cipher) is a block cipher designed by Joan Daemen as an improved replacement for the IDEA cipher. Modular multiplication is the central element in the design.
MMBase MMBase is a content management system with strong multi media features and advanced web portal functionalities. MMBase has a large installed base in The Netherlands, and is used by major Dutch broadcasters, publishers, educational institutes, national and local governments.
MMC-1 "Mobile Module 1", Intel's 280 pin processor cartridge used with Pentium/MMX, Pentium II and Celeron mobile processors. It contains CPU, TX (Pentium) or 443BX (Pentium-II) Northbridge, L2 Cache and voltage regulator.
MMC-2 Mobile Module 2, Intel's 400 pin processor cartridge used with Pentium II, Celeron and Pentium III mobile processors. It contains CPU, 443BX (Pentium II) Northbridge, L2 Cache (early P-II only) and voltage regulator.
MMC64 The MMC64 is a Cartridge for the C64 home computer, which plugs into the expansion port. It has been developed in 2005 by Oliver Achten, production and sale is done by the Commodore hardware accessory company Individual Computers, although the MMC64 is sold by other retailers as well.
MMCmicro Formerly known as S-card when introduced by Samsung at December 13th, 2004. It was later adapted and introduced in 2005 by the MultiMediaCard Association (MMCA) as the third form factor memory card in the Multimedia Card family.
MMDF MMDF, the Multichannel Memorandum Distribution Facility, is a mail transfer agent (MTA), a computer program designed to transmit e-mail. It was originally developed at the University of Delaware in the late 1970s.
MMEF In Book 1: Semper Mars, the first of the Heritage Trilogy series of fiction novels by Ian Douglas, MMEF is an acronym for Mars Marine Expeditionary Force. It is the title of the group of Marines sent to Mars to protect U.
MMM (pyramid) MMM was the company that perpetrated the largest pyramid scheme in Russia in the 1990s, with the possible exception of the GKO government pyramid scheme. It involved at least two million people and possibly collected an amount of money equivalent to as much as 1.
MMM Profile MuchMoreMusic Profile (MMM Profile) is a music video program on the Canadian music video channel, MuchMoreMusic. Every weekday, MMM Profile profiles an artist or artists and displays interviews, live clips, information, and four music videos by those artist(s).
MMMBop "MMMBop" is a song written and performed by the American pop/rock band Hanson. It originally appeared on the album MMMBop (1996) as a ballad, but, with production by hit producers The Dust Brothers, became the first hit single from the band's debut album Middle of Nowhere (1997).
MMMG A Massively Multiplayer Mobile Game (MMMG) is a mobile game in which a large number of players interact with one another in a virtual world. MMMGs are distinguished from single-player games by the game's persistent world, usually hosted by the game's publisher, which continues to exist and evolve while the player is away from the game.
MMORPG MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) is a genre of online computer role-playing games (RPGs) in which a large number of players interact with one another in a virtual world. As in all RPGs, players assume the role of a fictional character (most commonly in a fantasy setting) and take control over many of that character's actions.
MMORPG terms and acronyms This is an alphabetical list of terms and abbreviations used in the context of massively multiplayer online role-playing games, or MMORPGs. These terms sometimes overlap with that of Dungeons & Dragons, and other games.
MMOVSG A Massively Multiplayer Online Virtual Sex Game (MMOVSG) is a MMORPG that gives primacy to some aspect of sex or sexuality. Player characters interact with one another in a virtual world using the games features for simulating sexual intercourse which means having cybersex in an enhanced way of doing.
MMR vaccine The MMR vaccine is a mixture of live attenuated viruses, administered via injection for immunization against measles, mumps and rubella. It is generally administered to children around the age of one year, with a booster dose before starting school (i.
MMSA The Malta Medical Students' Association (MMSA) is one of the oldest student associations found at the University of Malta. All students in the faculty of Medicine and Surgery, including post-graduate students but excluding Pharmacy students, are automatic members of this association.
MMTS Hyderabad The first phase of the Multi-Modal Transport System (MMTS) was started on August 9, 2003. The South Central Railway (SCR) is running close to 30 services a day, connecting Secunderabad and Lingampally on the city outskirts.
MMUnion MMUnion is the Students' Union of Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom. Named Manchester Metropolitan Students' Union (MMSU), until July 2005; and Manchester Polytechnic Students' Union (MPSU) before the institution gained its university status in 1992.
MMZ (motorcycle) MMZ (ММЗ) or Moskovskiy Mototsikletniy Zavod (Московский Мотоциклетний Завод) was a motorcycle manufacturer, based in Moscow. It commenced operations in 1941 building the M-72, a Soviet licensed copy of the BMW R71.
Mnajdra The Mnajdra temple grouping lies on the southern coast of Malta, a small island located directly south of Italy in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. It is a complex of three Neolithic temples surrounding an oval courtyard, the oldest having been built during the Ä gantija phase (3600-3200 BCE), while the other two date from the early and mid Tarxien phase (3150-2500 BCE).
MnDOT traffic cameras Minnesota Closed-Circuit TV Traffic Cameras is the collective name for the 285 cameras located along the Twin Cities freeway system. The standard design includes color cameras mounted on 50 foot poles, one mile apart, with fiber optic communications.
Mnementh In Anne McCaffrey's fictional Dragonriders of Pern series, Mnementh is the bronze dragon of F'lar, the Weyrleader of Benden Weyr. Mnementh is the sole mate of gold dragon Ramoth and thus the sire or ancestor of many dragons born during the Ninth Pass.
Mnemonic A mnemonic (pronounced in Received Pronunciation) is a memory aid, and most serve an educational purpose. Mnemonics are often verbal, something such as a very short poem or word (which may be made up), particularly lists.
Mnemonic acronym system The Mnemonic acronym system is a technique which uses a stored phrase to recall a list of items, often in a certain order. The technique is most suitable for items that can be recalled solely on the basis of a single letter.
Mnemonic dominic system The mnemonic dominic system is a mnemonic system similar to the mnemonic major system, but much shorter. It was invented by Dominic O'Brien, who uses it to perform feats such as memorizing the order of a deck of playing cards in under a minute.
Mnemonic link system A mnemonic link system is a method of remembering lists, based on creating an association between the elements of that list. For example, if one wished to remember the list (dog, envelope, thirteen, yarn, window), one could create a link system, such as a story about a "dog stuck in an envelope, mailed to an unlucky black cat playing with yarn by the window".
Mnemonic major system The Major System (also called the phonetic number system or phonetic mnemonic system) is a mnemonic technique used to aid in memorizing numbers. It works by converting numbers first into consonant sounds, then into words by adding vowels.
Mnemonic room system A mnemonic room system, or Roman room method, is a method of remembering items using a description of a room, based on creating an association between the item and the room. For example, if one wished to remember the items (dog, envelope, thirteen, wool, window), one could visualise a room, possibly one's own sitting room, and associate a particular item with a particular object/spot/position within the room: imagine a rainbow coloured dog sitting astride the dining table with a ludicrously long rainbow coloured tail snaking through all the chairs; imagine the walls covered in vivid paintings which all have envelopes as their subject in some way, every single painting; imagine a television with the shape of the digits 1 and 3 side by side, which is unlucky as it means nothing can be clearly seen the screen, only some voice somebody saying "unlucky for some" over and over again; imagine the dog is eating a bowl of blues spaghetti, which, upon closer inspection, appears to be blue wool; imagine the floor is a w
Mnemonic verse of monarchs in England A mnemonic verse listing the monarchs ruling in England since William the Conqueror was traditionally used by English schoolchildren in the era when rote learning formed a major part of the curriculum.British Monarchs: Kings and Queens of England, Scotland and Wales
Mnemonist The title Mnemonist (derived from the term Mnemonic) refers to an individual with the ability to remember and recall unusually long lists of data, for example: unfamiliar names, lists of numbers, entries in books, etc. Such individuals have also been described as possessing an Eidetic memory, although whether such abilities are innate behaviour or somehow learned appears somewhat contentious.
Mnemosyne Mnemosyne (Greek , IPA in RP and in General American) (sometimes confused with Mneme) was the personification of memory in Greek mythology. This titaness was the daughter of Gaia and Uranus and the mother of the Muses by Zeus.
Mnemosyne Productions Mnemosyne Productions is a Norwegian record label formed by husband and wife team Ihsahn and Ihriel of Peccatum. It focuses on "dark music with an innovative tendency inside the more avant-garde forms of metal and rock.
Mnesarchaeoidea Mnesarchaeoidea is the superfamily of New Zealand endemic primitive moths containing one family, Mnesarchaeidae and a single genus, Mnesarchaea. It constitutes the living sister group to the superfamily HepialoideaEncyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
Mnesikles Mnesikles (alternative spelling, Mnesicles) was a Greek architect living during the 5th century BCE, under the Athenian rule of Pericles. He is named in Plutarch (Pericles, 13) as architect of the Propylaea, the Periclean gateway to the Athenian Acropolis.
Mnewer In Egyptian mythology, Mnewer (also spelt Mnevis) was a manifestation of the Ka (life-force/power) of the chief god, Atum-Ra, in the region of Heliopolis. The origin and meaning of its name is currently unknown.
Mngwa Mngwa (the strange one) or the Nunda is a gigantic, ferocious, gray feline, said to stalk the East African country of Tanzania. Described as, "the size of a donkey," English contact with this animal first began in the 1900s.
MnPASS MnPASS is an electronic toll collection system operated by the Minnesota Department of Transportation. As of 2005, the only place the system is used is on the high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes of Interstate 394 (see that article for details).
MN (film) MN is a 1954 Filipino movie produced by Sampaguita Pictures and written by ace comic writer Pablo Gomez. This film starred Sampaguita players including Carmen Rosales, Oscar Moreno, Alicia Vergel, Cesar Ramirez & Aruray.
MNDO MNDO, or Modified Neglect of Differential Overlap is a semi-empirical method for the quantum calculation of molecular electronic structure in computational chemistry. It is based on the Neglect of Differential Diatomic Overlap integral approximation.
MNM MNM are a heel stable in World Wrestling Entertainment that team up on some occasions but not often, as 2 members are on the RAW brand and the other on the SmackDown brand. They consist of Joey Mercury on SmackDown, Johnny Nitro on RAW, and their manager Melina also on RAW.
MNM Jain Engineering College Misrimal Navajee Munoth Jain Engineering College (MNMJEC) popularly known as MNM is a premier engineering institution situated well within Chennai city limits along the National IT Highway on the Old Mahabalipuram Road, just 5 kms from TIDEL Park.
Mo Abersheid Mo Abersheid is a writer and filmmaker living in Los Angeles, California, United States. His films include 3 Lads, an American Fool and One Night, Matthew and Sera (2005), and the documentary My Favorite Hitler Youth: Just Like You and Me (2006) which was accepted to the prestigious DocuWeek 2006 Multicity Academy Award Qualifying Theatrical Run.
Mo Henry Mo Henry is a film negative cutter acclaimed by many as the greatest in her field. She is also known for being by far the most prolific: to date, her works include Spider-Man 2, Before Sunrise, Money Train, The Matrix, and many others.
Mo Nunn Morris 'Mo' Nunn is a motor racing team owner and engineer from England. He ran the Ensign Formula One team in the late 1970s and early 80s, and later worked for Chip Ganassi's highly successful Champ Car team, before striking out on his own again to found Mo Nunn Racing.
Mo Ostin Mo Ostin (born March 27, 1927) is a record executive, who has worked for several companies, including Verve, Reprise, Warner Brothers, and DreamWorks. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003 by Paul Simon, Neil Young, and Lorne Michaels.
Mo Tat Mo Tat is a small village on the north-east part of Lamma Island, Hong Kong, facing to Aberdeen, Hong Kong. The village is composed of three different areas: along the beach, up on the hill and down in the valley.
Mo Vaughn Maurice Samuel 'Mo' Vaughn (born December 15, 1967 in Norwalk, Connecticut), nicknamed "Hit Dog", (a nickname given to him by his Omega Psi Phi fraternity brothers at Seton Hall University) was a Major League Baseball first baseman from 1991 to 2003. Vaughn won the American League MVP award in 1995 and was a key factor in the Boston Red Sox's 1995 and 1998 playoff teams.
Mo Xiong Mo Xiong (莫雄), (1891 - February 1980) was born in Yingde, and was a close friend of Sun Yat-sen, and member of Tongmenghui, a member of Kuomintang, and a communist sympathizer / agent. He served high ranking positions in both the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China.
Mo Yan Mo Yan (莫言; Pinyin: Mò Yán) (born 1956) is a modern Chinese author, known in the West for two of his novels which were the basis of the film Red Sorghum. Mo Yan was born in the Shandong province to a family of farmers.
Mo Zhou Mo Zhou (born August 15, 1992 in Wuhan, People's Republic of China), also known as the great math genius, was the guy who made top 100 in MMPC as a 8th grader. He also recieved the honor of representing Troy High School in the Math Field Day at the University Of Michigan (Flint).
Mo' Better Blues Mo' Better Blues is a 1990 drama film starring Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, and Spike Lee, who also directed. It follows a period in the life of a fictional jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam (played by Denzel Washington) as a series of bad decisions result in him both jeopardising his relationships and playing career.
Mo' Wax Mo' Wax is a UK-based record label owned by James Lavelle, who founded it in the early 1990s. The label is most famous for being a purveyor of the "Trip-Hop" and "acid rap" sounds, although many artists dislike these terms, or prefer the broader "abstract hip-hop" tag (if the music must be labeled at all.
Mo-Da-Mu Mo-Da-Mu was a Canadian independent record label in the early 1980s. Based in Vancouver, the label released material by bands such as 54-40, Bolero Lava, Moral Lepers, Animal Slaves, Doomsday Army, Rhythm Mission and The Work Party.
Mo-ho-yen Mo-ho-yen () is a Chinese phonetic approximation of Mahayana, which is more commonly referred to in Chinese by the translation Dàshēng (大乘). Tibetan Buddhism usually uses the term Ho-shang Mo-ho-yen (Chinese for Mahayana Monk) to refer to one spefific individual.
Moa class patrol boat The Moa class patrol boat was based on an Australian boat design that was modified in 1978 to construct 2 inshore survey vessels for the Royal New Zealand Navy. One of these vessels, HMNZS Kahu remains in service today attached to the Royal New Zealand Naval College as the basic seamanship and navigation training vessel.
Moa-nalo Moa-nalos are a group of extinct aberrant ducks that formerly lived on the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific. They were the major herbivores on most of these islands for the last 3 million years or so, until they became extinct after human settlement.
Moab Moab ( ; Greek Μωάβ ; Arabic مؤاب, Assyrian Mu'aba, Ma'ba, Ma'ab ; Egyptian Mu'ab) is the historical name for a mountainous strip of land in modern-day Jordan running along the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. In ancient times, it was home to the kingdom of the Moabites, a people often in conflict with their Israelite neighbors to the west.
Moab Jeep Safari The Moab Jeep Safari is a biannual event, where 4-weelers come to challenge the rough terrain of the Moab Back country. Although its title does say it's a festival of jeeps, a few take on the trails in 4x4 trucks.
Moabite language The Moabite language is an extinct Hebrew Canaanite dialect, spoken in Moab (modern-day northwestern Jordan) in the early first millennium BC. Most of our knowledge about Moabite comes from the Mesha Stele, as well as the El-Kerak Stela; this is sufficient to show that it was extremely similar to Biblical Hebrew, despite a few differences.
Moabosaurus "Moabosaurus" (meaning "Moab lizard") is the informal name given to an as yet undescribed genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It was possibly a camarasaurid sauropod, and was discovered in Utah.
Moacroton Moacroton is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, found essentially in the Caribbean area and endemic to Cuba. Moacroton species share the main characteristics of Croton, except for its few stamens with short, erect filaments in bud.
Moacyr Scliar Moacyr Jaime Scliar, a Brazilian writer and physician, was born in the Jewish quarter of Porto Alegre, in the Southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul in 1937. He qualified in Medicine in 1962 and specialized in Public Health Medicine.
Moala Islands The Moala Islands are a subgroup of Fiji's Lau archipelago. Its three islands (Matuku, Moala, and Totoya) are located west of the Lau Islands proper, and were historically linked more closely with Bau Island and Viti Levu than with Lau.
Moama, New South Wales Moama is a town in the Riverina district of southern New South Wales, Australia, in the Murray Shire Local Government Area. The town is directly across the Murray River from the larger tourist town of Echuca in the neighbouring state of Victoria, to which it is connected by a bridge.

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