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Aulacidae
The family Aulacidae is a small cosmopolitan group, with 3 extant genera containing some 200 known species. They are primarily endoparasitoids of wood wasps (Xiphydriidae) and xylophagous beetles (Cerambycidae and Buprestidae). They are closely related to the family Gasteruptiidae, sharing the fea..
Aulacogen
In geology, an aulacogen is a failed arm of a triple junction of a plate tectonics rift system. A triple junction beneath a continental plate initiates a three way breakup of the continental plate. As the continental break-up develops one of the three spreading ridges typically fails or stops spread..
Aulakh
Aulakh or Ola or Aula is a clan or gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Contents 1 Origin2 Geographic distribution3 Religion4 The name 'Aulakh'5 Trivia6 Famous Aulakhs7 References Origin Aulakhs claim Nagavanshi or Chandravansh..
Aulana L. Peters
Aulana L. Peters is a retired Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. She currently serves on the Board of 3M. 3M Company [edit] Corporate Directors: Linda G. Alvarado | Edward A. Brennan | George W. Buckley (chairman) | Vance D. Coffman | Michael L. Eskew | Edward M. Liddy | Robert..
Aulana Peters
Aulana L. Peters is a director of Northrop Grumman, and holds other corporate positions as well. She was formerly the commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Peters earned degree in philosophy from the College of New Rochelle in New York, and then earned a juris doctor..
Aulander, North Carolina
Aulander is a town in Bertie County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 888 at the 2000 census. Geography Aulander is located at [36°13′42″N, 77°6′42″W] (36.228461, -77.111703)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, ..
Aulanerk
In Inuit mythology, Aulanerk is a friendly sea goddess who rules over the tides, waves and joy. ..
Aulaqi
Aulaqi or Awlaqi (Arabic: [ʿAwlaqī]), was the name of several states in South Arabia, now part of Yemen. These included: Lower AulaqiUpper Aulaqi SheikhdomUpper Aulaqi Sultanate This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same t..
Aulavik National Park
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Aula Magna
Aula Magna of the Stockholm University Aula Magna, from Latin aula (hall), and magna (great), is a name frequently given to the great hall or large classroom that many universities have for special occasions. ..
Auldana, South Australia
Auldana is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Burnside, Australia. External links City of Burnside History of Burnside | Burnside Civic Centre | Burnside War Memorial Hospital | Burnside Village Auldana | Beaumont | Beulah Park | Burnside | Dulwich | Eastwood | Erindale | Frewville | Glen..
Auldearn
Auldearn is a village just outside Nairn in the Highland council area of Scotland. Its population at the 2001 census was 535. The village is situated east of the River Nairn. It takes its name from William the Lyon's castle of Eren (Old Eren), built here in 12th century. Auldearn was a site of the ..
Auldhame & Scoughall
Auldhame and Scoughall are hamlets in East Lothian, Scotland. They are close to the town of North Berwick and the village of Whitekirk, and are approximately 25 miles east of Edinburgh. St. Baldred's Legacy The 8th Century Christian missionary St. Baldred was based at Auldhame, and through his inf..
Aulds
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Auld Alliance
The Auld Alliance was an alliance between Scotland, and France. It played a role in Franco-Scottish (and English) affairs until the 1560 Treaty of Edinburgh. The alliance dates from the treaty signed by John Balliol and Philip IV of France, in 1295. The terms of the treaty stipulated that if either..
Auld Kirk Scotch Settlement
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Auld Lang Syne
"Auld Lang Syne" (Scots; lit., “old long since”, although might be better translated as “old long ago”, “times gone by”, or “days gone by”) is a poem by Robert Burns, and one of the best known songs in English-speaking countries. Yet, perhaps because it was originally written in the ..
Auld Lang Syne (solitaire)
Auld Lang Syne is a solitaire card game which is played with a deck of 52 playing cards. It is a game which is somewhat akin to Sir Tommy, except in the dealing of the deck. First, the four aces are separated from the rest of the deck and placed on the layout as the foundations. The object of the g..
Auld Matrons
Auld Matrons is Child ballad 249. Synopsis [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Willie comes to his love, Annie, and she urges him to come to bed. He is wary of the auld Matrons, sitting by the fire, but Annie says she never moves. As soon as they're gone..
Auld Mortality
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Auld Robin Gray
Auld Robin Gray is the title of a Scots ballad by the Scottish poet Lady Anne Lindsay, from the name of its hero, a good old man who married a young girl whose lover is thought to be dead, but who turns up to claim her a month after. External link Online at [Bartleby] ..
Aulë
Aulë is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Aulë the Smith (from Valarin Aȝûlêz—the second character is a yogh) is a Vala and one of the Aratar. Aulë is given lordship over the mat..
Aulendorf
Aulendorf is a town in the district of Ravensburg, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 20 km southwest of Biberach an der Riß, and 19 km north of Ravensburg. ..
Aulesti
Aulesti is a town and municipality located in the province of Bizkaia, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. External link [AULESTI in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)] () [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit ..
Auletes
For the Lagid king of Egypt, see Ptolemy XII Auletes In some accounts, Auletes, (Greek fluteplayer), was the father or brother of Ocnus, founder of Felsina. ..
Auli
Auli is a town in Uttaranchal, a state of India, which is considered one of the best places in India to do skiing. How to Reach Auli, is a 20 minutes Ropeway ride from Joshimath, which is on the way to the famous Kedarnath (A pilgrimage in India). Joshimath is 16 hours drive from Delhi. One can also..
Aulic Council
The Aulic Council (from the Latin aula, court in feudal language, in antiquity a hellenistic type of grand residence, usually private) was originally an executive-judicial council for the Holy Roman Empire. Known in German as the Reichshofrat(h) (literally meaning Court Council of the Empire) it ..
Aulic titulature
Aulic titulature is a term, derived from the Greek Aulè and Latin Aula (in the meaning palace) for hierarchic systems of titles specifically in use for court protocol. Hellenistic Antiquity ... Ironically in the formal 'court' titulature of the hellenistic empires ruled by dynasties we know as Dia..
Aulie-Ata Cattle
Aulie-Ata is a breed of cattle, developed in the town of Aulie-Ata (now Taraz) in late 19th early 20th century by breeding local Kazakh cattle with Dutch Plack Pied. Planned breeding began in 1935 and the new breed was officially recognized in 1950. Links [Breeds of Livestock - Aulie-Ata Cat..
Aulifeltet
Aulifeltet is a village in the municipality of Nes, Akershus, Norway. Its population (2005) is 2,602, of which 439 people live within the border of the neighboring municipality Sørum. ..
Aulis
Aulis may be: in Greek mythology, Aulis was both a daughter of King Ogyges and Thebe, and a port in Boeotia where the Greek navy rallied before setting off against Troyin biology, Aulis is a genus of ladybird beetlea UK website [link] that sells a video and book that make the case that the..
Aulis Källakorpi
Men's Ski jumping Silver 1956 Cortina Individual Large Hill Aulis Källakorpi (born January 1 1929) is a retired ski jumper from Finland. He won a Silver medal in the Individual Large Hill event at the 1956 Winter Olympics. Kallakorpi also won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen..
Aulis Rytkönen
Aulis Rytkönen (born January 5, 1929 in Karttula) is a Finnish football legend. He became the country's first professional player when he signed for France's Toulouse FC in 1952. In total Rytkönen spent eight seasons (1952–1960) in France, winning the French Cup in 1957. A forward, he start..
Aulis Sallinen
Aulis Sallinen (1935–) is a Finnish contemporary classical music composer. He writes in a modern, though tonal and not experimental music style. He studied at the Sibelius Academy, where his teachers included Joonas Kokkonen. He has had works commissioned by the Kronos Quartet, and has also wr..
Auliya
Auliya is a term from the fictional Dune universe from the series of novels by Frank Herbert. In the Zenusunni Wanderers religion, the Auliya is the female at the left hand of God. The dargah of Khwaja Nizamuddin Awliya, New Delhi. Auliya is a term from the Qur'an: Al-Ma'idah 5:51: ..
Aullay
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Aulliminden
The Aulliminden are one of the seven major Tuareg confederations. They are based primarily in northern Nigeria. External links [Prayer Profile: Aulliminden of Nigeria] ..
Aullville, Missouri
Aullville is a village in Lafayette County, Missouri, United States. The population was 86 at the 2000 census. Geography Aullville is located at [39°1′1″N, 93°40′40″W] (39.017004, -93.677739)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau,..
Aulnay
Aulnay is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Aulnay, in the Aube départementAulnay, in the Charente-Maritime départementAulnay, in the Vienne département Aulnay-l'Aître, in the Marne départementAulnay-la-Rivière, in the Loiret départementAulnay-sous-Bois, in the Sein..
Aulnay-sous-Bois
Aulnay-sous-Bois Country France Région Île-de-France Départment Seine-Saint-Denis Arrondissement Le Raincy Canton INSEE 93005 Postal Code 93600 MayorCurrent Term Gérard Gaudron Intercommunality none as of 2005 Longitude ..
Aulnay-sous-Bois (SNCF)
Railway station of Aulnay-sous-Bois (RER) Lines serving this station RER Line BSNCF Aulnay-sous-Bois - BondySNCF Aulnay-sous-Bois - GarganSNCF Gare du Nord (Banlieue) - Crepy-en-ValoisSNCF Gare du Nord (Banlieue) - Mitry - Claye See also Aulnay-sous-BoisList of stations of the Paris RERList of..
Aulne
Aulne is a river in the Western part of France, flowing down the hills in French Bretagne and emptying into one of the many fjord-like bays just south of Brest. The river is part of the Canal de Nantes à Brest, the navigation canal that once connected the city of Nantes on the Loire river with the ..
Aulne Abbey
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Aulnoy
Aulnoy may refer to: Madame d'AulnoyAulnoy, a commune of the Seine-et-Marne département, in France This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the..
Aulochrome
Aulochrome The aulochrome is a new woodwind instrument invented by Belgian François Louis in 2001. It consists of two soprano saxophones that can be played either separately or together. The name comes from Greek aulos (name of the most important ancient Greek instrument) and chrome (for c..
Aulode
In ancient Greece, an aulode was a performer who sang to the accompaniment of the aulos, a kind of double oboe. See also: rhapsodecitharode ..
Aulonemia
Aulonemia is a genus of bamboo (tribe Bambuseae of the family Poaceae), comprising about 30 species found from South America to Mexico and Costa Rica. This genus includes Matudacalamus Mackawa. ..
Auloniad
Greek deitiesseries Primordial deities Titans and Olympians Aquatic deities Chthonic deities Personified concepts Other deities Asclepius, god of medicineLeto, mother of Apolloand ArtemisPan, shepherd god Nymphs AlseidAuloniadCrinaeaeDryadsHamadryadsHesperidesLimnades MeliaeNaiad..
Aulonocara
Aulonocara is a group of African cichlids found in Lake Malawi. This lake is located on the African continent and is bordered by three countries: Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. It is part of the four major Lake Malawi Cichlids (the others being Haplochromisar, Mbuna and Other Malawi Cichlids). ..
Aulopiformes
Aulopiformes is an order of ray-finned fish consisting of thirteen living families of marine fish. They are grouped together on the strength of common features of pharyngobranchial structure. The common name grinners is sometimes used for this group. Many of the aulopiforms are deep-sea fishes, a..
Aulos
A nude youth plays the aulos at a banquet: Attic red-figure cup by the Euaion Painter, ca. 460–450 BC The ancient Greek aulos, often mistranslated as "flute", was a double-piped reed instrument. Archeological finds indicate that it was usually double-reeded, like an oboe, although simple var..
Ault
Ault as a personal name can refer to: Ault HucknallChris AultDoug AultGeorge AultLevi Addison AultMarie AultSamuel Ault Ault as a place name can refer to: Ault, ColoradoAult Park (Ontario) Ault can also refer to: USS Ault (DD-698) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of ar..
Ault, Colorado
Ault is a town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,432 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 History4 Other5 External links Geography Ault is located at [40°35′2″N, 104°44′1″W] (40.583999, -104.733648)[..
Aultbea
Aultbea is a small village in the North-West Highlands of Scotland, UK. ..
Aultman
The Aultman was a 1901 American automobile manufactured in Canton, Ohio; the light steam carriage, whose makers also built a four-wheel-drive steam truck, was built for only one year. ..
Aultsville, Ontario
Aultsville is a ghost town in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is one of Ontario's Lost Villages, which were permanently flooded by the creation of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1958. The town was founded as Charlesville in 1787 by United Empire Loyalists and reached its peak in 1880, when it had ..
Ault Field, Washington
Ault Field is a census-designated place (CDP) in Island County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,064 at the 2000 census. It is the primary location of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. Geography Ault Field is located at [48°19′29″N, 122°39′53″W] (48.324860, -122.6..
Ault Foods
Ault Foods Limited is a Toronto-based dairy processor and Canada's largest dairy company. Ault sold off parts of their business in the mid-1990s; milk division (Sealtest Dairy and Silverwood Dairy) was sold to Agropur. Ault was acquired by Parmalat in 1997. Operations Ault has 15 processing plants..
Ault Hucknall
Ault Hucknall is a very small village and civil parish in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. The village proper has only four houses and a Church of England parish church. It is the burial place of the philosopher, Thomas Hobbes who lived in the nearby Hardwick Hall. Local residents de..
Ault Park
There is also an Ault Park near Long Sault, Ontario. See Ault Park (Ontario) for details. Ault Park is the fourth-largest park in Cincinnati at 223.949 acres (0.9 km²). It lies in the Mount Lookout neighborhood on the city's east side. The park sports a soccer field, playground, and an im..
Ault Park (Ontario)
There is also an Ault Park in Cincinnati, Ohio. See Ault Park for details. Ault Park is a park on the St. Lawrence River in the Township of South Stormont, near Long Sault, Ontario, Canada. Originally on Sheek's Island, the park was built on family property donated to the Township of Cornwall by L..
Ault Township, Minnesota
Ault Township is a township in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 125 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 186.1 km² (71.8 mi²). 181.6 km² (70.1 mi²) of it is land and 4.5 km² (1.7 mi²) of it (..
Aulua language
Aulua or Aulua Bay is an Oceanic language spoken in east Malekula, Vanuatu. References External links [Ethnologue report for language code:aul] ..
Aulularia
Aulularia is a Latin play by the early Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. The title has been translated as The Pot of Gold, and the plot revolves around a literal pot of gold that the miserly protagonist, Euclio, guards zealously. The play’s ending does not survive, though there are indica..
Aulum-Haderup
Aulum-Haderup is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Ringkjøbing County on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 247 km², and has a total population of 6,730 (2005). Its mayor is Christian Dam Larsen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. T..
Aulus
Several prominent ancient Romans had the praenomen Aulus: Aulus Agerius (a name for the plaintiff in a lawsuit)Aulus Atilius CalatinusAulus CaecinaAulus Caecina AlienusAulus Cornelius CelsusAulus Cornelius CossusAulus Cremutius CordusAulus Didius GallusAulus Didius Gallus Fabricius VeientoAulus Gab..
Aulus Atilius Calatinus
Aulus Atilius Calatinus was the son of Aulus Atilius Calatinus, who had been accused of betraying the city of Sora in the Samnite Wars. Standing in disgrace of his imminent condemnation, he was saved by a few timely words from the great Fabius Maximus Rullianus (the first Maximus and at that time (..
Aulus Caecina
Aulus Caecina, son of Aulus Caecina who was defended by Cicero (69 BC) in a speech still extant, took the side of Pompey in the civil wars, and published a violent tirade against Caesar, for which he was banished. He recanted in a work called Querelae, and by the intercession of his friends, above ..
Aulus Caecina Alienus
Aulus Caecina Alienus, Roman general, was quaestor of Hispania Baetica (southern Iberia) in AD 68. On the death of Nero, he attached himself to Galba, who appointed him to the command of a legion in upper Germany. Having been prosecuted for embezzling public money, Caecina went over to Vitellius, w..
Aulus Cluentius Habitus
Aulus Cluentius Habitus, of Larinum in Samnium, the hero of a Roman cause célèbre. In 74 BC he accused his step-father Statius Albius Oppianicus of an attempt to poison him; had it been successful, the property of Cluentius would have fallen to his mother Sassia. Oppianicus and two others were co..
Aulus Cornelius Celsus
Aulus Cornelius Celsus (25 BC—50) was a Roman encyclopedist and possibly, although not likely, a physician. He probably lived in Gallia Narbonensis. His only extant work, the De Medicina, is the only surviving section of a much larger encyclopedia, and is a primary source on diet, pharmacy and sur..
Aulus Cremutius Cordus
Aulus Cremutius Cordus (c. ? - 25 AD) was a Roman historian. There are very few remaining fragments of his work, that covered the civil war and the reign of Augustus Caesar. In 25 AD he was forced by Sejanus who was praetorian prefect under Tiberius to take his life. He was accused for having eulogi..
Aulus Didius Gallus
Aulus Didius Gallus was a Roman general and politician of the 1st century AD. Contents 1 Career2 Relatives3 References3.1 Primary sources3.2 Secondary sources3.3 External links Career The career of Aulus Didius Gallus up to 51 can be partly reconstructed from an ins..
Aulus Didius Gallus Fabricius Veiento
Aulus Didius Gallus Fabricius Veiento was a Roman politician and an adept in the art of political survival. In AD 62, early in Nero's reign, he was impeached, while Praetor, as the author of Codicilli, mock wills which libelled priests and senators. During Domitian's reign he was active as a delator..
Aulus Gabinius
Aulus Gabinius, Roman statesman and general, and supporter of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, was a prominent figure in the later days of the Roman Republic. In 67 BC, when tribune of the plebs, he brought forward the law (Lex Gabinia) which gave Pompey the command in the war against the Mediterranean pira..
Aulus Gellius
Aulus Gellius (c. AD 125 - after 180), Latin author and grammarian, possibly of African origin, probably born and certainly brought up at Rome. He studied grammar and rhetoric at Rome and philosophy at Athens, after which he returned to Rome, where he held a judicial office. His teachers and friend..
Aulus Hirtius
Aulus Hirtius (c. 90-43 BC) was one of the consuls of ancient Rome immediately after the assassination of Julius Caesar, and a writer on military subjects. He was known to have been a legate of Caesar's since about 54 BC, and served as an envoy to Pompey in 50. During the Roman Civil Wars he serv..
Aulus Licinius Archias
Aulus Licinius Archias (fl. ca. 120 BC-61 BC) was a Greek poet born in Antioch in Syria (modern Antakya in Turkey). In 102 BC, his reputation having been already established, especially as an improvisatore, he went to Rome, where he was well received amongst the highest and most influential families..
Aulus Persius Flaccus
Persius, in full Aulus Persius Flaccus (AD 34-62), was a Roman poet and satirist of Etruscan origin. In his works, poems and satires, he shows a stoic wisdom and a strong criticism for the abuses of his contemporaries. His works, which became very popular in the middle ages, were published after his..
Aulus Platorius Nepos
Aulus Platorius Nepos was a Roman politician of the early 2nd century. Platorius Nepos was governor of Germania Inferior. He was a close friend and possible kinsman of the Emperor Hadrian and may have accompanied Hadrian on his visit to Britain in 122. In this year he was made governor of Roman Bri..
Aulus Plautius
Aulus Plautius was a Roman politician and general of the mid-1st century. He led the Roman conquest of Britain in 43, and became the first governor of the new province, serving from 43 to 47. Contents 1 Career2 Relatives3 Namesakes4 References4.1 Notes4.2 Secondary s..
Aulus Pudens
Aulus Pudens was a native of Umbria and a centurion in the Roman army in the late 1st century. He was a friend of the poet Martial, who addressed several of his Epigrams to him. Martial writes of Pudens' marriage to "Claudia Peregrina" ("Claudia the Foreigner") in Epigrams IV:13, who is likely iden..
Aušlavis
Aušlavis is the opposing deity of Aušautas in Prussian and Western Lithuanian mythology. He is the god of feeble and valetudinarian people. Sometimes he takes the shape of a snake. ..
AU Lab
AU Lab is a developer application for Mac OS X which is used to investigate Audio Units. Mac OS X Applications Activity Monitor · Address Book · AirPort Admin Utility · Audio MIDI Setup · Automator · Bluetooth File Exchange · BOMArchiveHelper · Calculator · Chess · Classic · Color..
Au language
Au' is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. External link [Ethnologue report for Au] ..
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