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Abada - (Also known as Rhino)

Abada may refer to: Animals Abada (rhinoceros), a rhino maintained by Philip II of Spain Abada (Alternatively Bada or Ibada) was the name given to a female Indian rhinoceros held by Philip II of Spain from about 1580 to 1588. It was the rhino for the first time in Europe since the copy had been sent as a gift from the king of Portugal, Manuel I, to Pope Leo X in 1515, who died in a shipwreck off the coast of Italy in early 1516 but has been immortalized as Dürer's Rhinoceros. Abada was probably intended as a general term for the rhino, as derived from the Malay word (badak) for the animal and may have been used in Spain and Portugal around 1530, but since this was the only example of the species in Europe, served as a proper name as well. In 1577, the rhino arrived at the port of Lisbon for the collection of animals from Sebastian I of Portugal, probably as a gift from the viceroy of India. As a safety measure was removed from the horn (it later increased again,

Abad (men of power - superior of a monastery or convent)

The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in traditions including Christianity. You may also be granted the honorary title to a person (usually clergy) is not really the head of a monastery. Abad is the female equivalent of abbess. Abad - Origins The title has its origin in the monasteries of Egypt and Syria, the title is spread over the eastern Mediterranean, and soon became general in all languages ​​as the designation of the head of a monastery being widely accepted and used the word to appoint the most senior cleric in an abbey.  At first it was used as a title of respect for any monk, but was soon restricted by canon law to certain priestly superiors. Sometimes applied to various priests, for example: In the court of the Frankish monarchy the Abbas palate (the palace) and castrensis Abbas (the field) were chaplains Merovingian and Carolingian sovereign body, and the army respectively. The title of "abbot" came into widespr

Abaangui (Mythological God Guarani)

Abaangui: The moon god in the mythology of the Guarani people in central South America According to myth, Abaangui had an enormous nose, which is the cut, and when tossed into the sky, it became the moon. He is described as a culture hero of the Guarani, with his brother Zaguaguayu.

ABA (Acronym: Multiple Meanings - name with different meanings)

ABA - It can be an abbreviation, acronym, abbreviation or name, usually the following Aba river in Nigeria Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, prefecture in Sichuan, China Aba County, Aba Prefecture County, Sichuan, China Aba, Sichuan, main city of Aba County Aba, Democratic Republic of Congo, a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo Aba, Hungary, a village in Fejér County, Hungary Aba, Nigeria, a city of Nigeria, and former second capital of Biafra Aba, Okayama, A village in Japan Aba Island, in the White Nile, Sudan Itu Aba Island, in the South China Sea Abeh, Afghanistan, as a variant spelling ABA - For individuals Aba (family), a clan in Hungary Aba (people), a clan of Russian Shor Aba Bayefsky, Canadian artist and teacher Abba Mar I (ABA), metropolitan bishop and saint of the Assyrian Church of the East Samuel Aba of Hungary, leader of the 11 century Vilmos Aba Novák, a Hungarian painter Holy Kaskhar Aba, a fourth century martyr AB

AAA (Acronym with multiple meanings)

Can be a three-letter acronym or it may simply mean something that is high quality, first class and excellent, (Quality Triple AAA). As a name, Aaa is found only in species name Cavaticovelia AAA (Aaa Water Treader), an insect in Hawaii. As an acronym or abbreviation, the AAA term may refer to: AAA - Economic, political and social American Ambulance Association American Automobile Association, or "Triple A" Automobile Association of Australia, a member of the FIA AAA - Economic American Academy of Actuaries American Accounting Association American Angus Association American Arbitration Association A credit rating, Ex. Triple-A status Air Alps Aviation AAA - Political Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, the U.S. federal legislation Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, the U.S. federal legislation Anti-Communist Alliance Argentina, an Argentine right-wing death squad in mid-1970 American Anti-Communist Alliance ("Anti-American

"AA" or "aa" (Acronym with different meanings)

Letter a vowel,  the first letter  of the vowels, the first letter  of the  alphabet  or script Photo Source: Picasa Web Albums View License Details: Click Here The union of point A to another point A may have many meanings, commonly stands for diferetes organizations, businesses, meanings, names, etc. ... Here are some of the best known: AA or aa - Organizations and companies School of Architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture at the prestigious London-based  Architects' Association of Denmark (Akademisk Arkitektforening)  Albany Academy, an independent school for boys in Albany, New York  Albuquerque Academy, an independent school in Albuquerque, New Mexico  Alcoa, a U.S. company with the aluminum producer's stock ticker symbol AA  Alcoholics Anonymous, a worldwide community of people recovering from alcoholism Aligned Assets, a software company in the UK specializing in gazetteer management systems  Alvesta

"A" "a" (first letter and vowel in many scripts)

The letter or figure of the A "can be traced to an ancient pictogram of an ox head shaped in an ancient Egyptian hieroglyph or the Proto-Sinaitic alphabet .  In 1600 BC the Phoenician  alphabet  had a linear form that served as the basis for some forms below. Your name must correspond closely to the Hebrew or Arabic  alphabet . When the Greeks adopted the  alphabet , had no use for the global end of the letter had denoted in Phoenician and other Semitic languages, so the sign used to represent the vowel a, and kept its name with a small change or more known to them as (alpha). In the early Greek inscriptions after the Greek Dark Ages, dating from the eighth century BC, the letter A is based on its side, but in the Greek  alphabet  of later times generally resembles the modern capital letter, although many local varieties can be distinguished by the shortening of a leg, or the angle at which the reference line is the cross. The Etruscans brought the Greek  alphabet