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Zababa
Zababa was an Akkadian war god. He was also adopted by the Hittites, who brought his worship to Anatolia. Several ancient Mesopotamian kings were named in honor of Zababa, including Ur-Zababa of Kish (early patron of Sargon of Akkad) and Zababa-shumma-iddini (a 12th century BCE Kassite king of Baby..
Zabad
Zabad is the name of seven men in the Hebrew Bible. Zabad means gift or endowment. In 1 Chronicles 2:36-37, Zabad is a member of the Tribe of Judah, the family of Hezron and the house of Jahahmeel. He was the son of Nathan and the father of Ephlal.In 1 Chronicles 7:21, Zabad is an Ephraimite of the..
Zabadani
Zabadani is a town in southwestern Syria, close to the border with Lebanon. It is located at around [33°43′0″N, 36°4′60″E], in the elevation of around 1100 m. ..
Zabaglione
Zabaglione is an Italian dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, a sweet liquor (usually Marsala wine), and sometimes cream or whole eggs. It is a very light custard, which has been whipped to incorporate a large amount of air. Zabaglione is traditionally served with fresh figs and is sometimes also spe..
Zabalaza (album)
Zabalaza is the first solo release from the South African kwaito performer, Thandiswa Mazwai. Before this album, Thandiswa was most famously known as the lead singer for the kwaito group Bongo Maffin. Zabalaza, Xhosa for Rebellion, is a shining example of the integrative style of kwaito, and Thand..
Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Federation
Part of the Politics series onAnarchism Traditions Anarcha-feminism Anarchist communism Anarcho-primitivism Anarcho-syndicalism Christian anarchism Collectivist anarchism Eco-anarchism Green anarchism Individualist anarchism Anarcho-capitalism(disputed) Anarchism in culture Anarchi..
Zabaleen
The Zabaleen are an ethnic group of mainly Coptic Christians that are employed in the Egyptian city of Cairo to collect and dispose of much of the city's waste. The Zabaleen in Cairo (an estimated 60,000 - 70,000 in number) are immigrants originally from upper Egypt, who are descendants of poor farm..
Zabalza
Zabalza is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain. External link [ZABALZA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)] () ..
Zabansara
Zabansara is a prominent English-teaching company in Iran. Zabansara has also achieved license of publishing books from Oxford University Press. ..
Zabar's
Zabar's is a grocery store on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1934 by Louis Zabar. It is one of the best known commercial landmarks of the Upper West Side, and is known for its selection of bagels, smoked fish and cheese. It occurs frequently in popular culture r..
Zabasearch.com
Zabasearch.com is a website which searches for and collates disparate information regarding United States residents, including names, current and past addresses, phone numbers, and birth years, and then permits the user to query other search engines with this information to retrieve other data such ..
Zabat
For the religious day of rest, see Sabbath Zabats are a type of Zoid, a race of mechanical lifeforms from the fictional Zoids universe. Zabat Contents 1 Overview2 Media appearances2.1 Anime2.1.1 New Century Zero2.1.2 Fuzors3 Models3.2 New Japanese Release..
Zabawa Coat of Arms
Zabawa Battle cry: - Details Alternative names - Earliest mention 1470 Towns none Families Bruski, Bubelwic, Spiczak-Breziński (since around 1700), Bubełwic, Dąbrowski, Drochecki, Koczeński, Koczyński, Koczywski, Kościelecki, Pierocki, Pirocki, Pirucki, Szwyradzki, ..
Zabbix
ZABBIX is open source software created by Alexei Vladishev. It is designed to monitor and track the status of various network services, servers, and other network hardware. It uses MySQL or PostgreSQL to store data. Its web based frontend is written in PHP. ZABBIX offers several monitoring op..
Zabdas
Zabdas was the name of the general who led the forces of Queen Zenobia during her rule of the Palmyrene Empire. He chose not to face the emperor Aurelian in Asia Minor, due to the mountainous nature of that province and its consequent negative effects on cavalry tactics, and awaited Aurelian in Syri..
Zabdiel Adams
Zabdiel Adams (5 November 1739 – 1 March 1801), minister of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, was born in Braintree, now Quincy, November 5, 1739. His father was the uncle of John Adams, late president of the United States. He graduated from Harvard University in 1759, having made, while in that seminary..
Zabdiel Boylston
Zabdiel Boylston (born 1676 or 1679 in Brookline, Massachusetts; died 1766) was a medical doctor. Boylston was privately educated in medicine. During a smallpox outbreak in 1721 in Boston, he inoculated several (244 reported) people by applying pus from a smallpox sore to a small wound on the subj..
Zabeel Road
Zabeel Road extends from Maktoum Bridge to near the trade centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is famous for its furniture shops and lavish office buildings. ..
Zabel
A Zabel is a German two-stroke motocross engine, mostly used in sidecars. World Championship wins in 2003 and 2004, driven by Daniel Willemsen (NL)/Kaspars Stupelis (Lat). ..
Zabergan
Zabergan was ruler of the Bolgar Kutrigurs between 550 and 582. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Zabi
The Zabi family, from top: Dozle, Garma (left), Kycilia, Gihren (right) and Degwin. The Zabi family is a fictional family in the original Gundam anime series, that controlled Side 3 (L2) after Zeon Zum Deikun died of an unknown cause. Though first ruled by Sovereign Degwin Sodo Zabi, it wa..
Zabibe
Zabibe, also referred to as Zabibi, was an Assyrian vassal. She commanded armies with many women in them, and was succeeded by Samsi. She reigned from roughly 738 to 733 B.C.E. Source ["Women in Power Year BC 1000-500 from Guide2womenleaders.com, URL accessed 03/21/06] ..
Zabid
Zabid (also spelled Zebid) is a town in western Yemen. The town, named after Wadi Zabid the wadi to its south, is one of the oldest towns in Yemen, it was the capital of Yemen from the 13th to the 15th century and a center of the Arab and Muslim world due in large part to its famed University of Za..
Zabierzów
Zabierzów is a town (1998 population: 20,000) in southern Poland in the Kraków metropolitan area, and situated (since 1999) in Lesser Poland Voivodship, previously (1975-1998) in Kraków Voivodship. Zabierzów is the home of The John Paul II International Airport. External links [Zabi..
Zabiokovlje
Zabiokovlje is a hinterland, continental area of mountain Biokovo in southern Croatia. There are the townlets and villages like Zagvozd, the birthplace of Stipe Šuvar, Župa, Rašćane, Žeževica... Major economic activities there were sheepkeeping and hunting. Part of this area is in Park pri..
Zable Stadium
Cary Field at Walter J. Zable Stadium, located in Williamsburg, Virginia, is the home of the College of William and Mary Tribe football team. It is located centrally in the William and Mary campus, adjoining the new University Center building and situated on Richmond Road. The stadium is used exclus..
Zablocki
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since July 2006. Zabłocki is the name of an ..
Zablon Simintov
Zablon Simintov is the only remaining Jew living permanently in Afghanistan. The Jewish population in the country once resided at 5,000 but following years of persecution from both Soviet and Taliban forces this number rapidly fell and those that survived either emigrated to Israel or other countrie..
Zablujena generacija
Zablujena generacija (Delusive or Stray generation) is a Slovene "saloon" punk - alternative rock musical group from Idrija. The group began in 1994. The original lineup, who took their lead from the legendary American punkers The Ramones, was Primož Alič (vocal, guitar), Ramon (guitar), Marko Ro..
Zaboj Harvalik
Zaboj Harvalik was a Czech-American physicist who in 1978 is said to have proved the sensitivity of dowsers in general and their sensitivity to electromagnetic radiation. ..
Zabok
Zabok is a town situated in northwest Croatia. It is located at [46°1′46″N, 15°54′54″E], at an altitude of 186m above sea level. It has a population of around 10,000. Etymology and earliest references "Zabok" means "behind the river curve" (the river in question is the Krapinica..
Zabol
Zabol (زابل) ([31.030° N 61.495° E]) is a city in the province Sistan and Baluchistan, in Iran, on the border with both Afghanistan and Pakistan. It had an estimated population of 128,476 in 2005.[link] Zabol is located near the Hamoon Lake..
Zabola
Contents 1 History2 Name3 Famous people4 Things to see5 External links History Name The name of "Zabola" means "bridle", i.e. the straps of leather that are put around the head of a horse to allow the rider to control it. In the course of various battles with the Tatars,..
Zaboli
Zaboli is a small town in Sistan va Baluchestan, a province in Iran. ..
Zabolotiv
Zabolotiv (#redirect [[Template:Lang-uk]], Polish: Zabłotów, Russian: , Zabolotov) is a town in Sniatyn raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) in Western Ukraine. People Manes Sperber ..
Zabol University
Zabol University is a university in the city of Zabol in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan in Iran. The university was established as "The College of Agriculture" in 1979. The College offers degrees in both undergraduate and graduate levels in 6 Colleges and a Center for Animal Husbandry. S..
Zabranjeno pušenje
Cover of album Das ist Walter Zabranjeno pušenje (Serbo-Croatian for "No Smoking") was a Bosnian garage rock band from Sarajevo, closely associated with the New primitivism cultural movement and the radio and television satire show Top Lista Nadrealista. They were one of the most popular musi..
Zabriskie Point
This article refers to the natural monument 'Zabriskie Point'. For the 1970 movie, see Zabriskie Point (film) for the soundtrack album see Zabriskie Point (album) Zabriskie Point is an area in Death Valley National Park noted for its beautiful erosional landscape. It is called a badlands due to its..
Zabriskie Point (album)
Zabriskie Point is a soundtrack album to the Michelangelo Antonioni film of the same name. It was originally released in January 1970 and is composed of songs from various artists. A 1997 re-release includes four bonus tracks each from Jerry Garcia and Pink Floyd that were used in the film, but ..
Zabriskie Point (film)
Zabriskie Point is a 1970 film by Michelangelo Antonioni. It was intended to capitalize on the U.S. counterculture movement of the time by sympathetically telling the story of a young couple -- an idealistic student, and a militant radical -- with a pointedly anti-establishment message. It stars M..
Zabrze
Zabrze (pronounced: [['zabʒε]]; German: , from 1915-1945 Hindenburg) is a city in southern Poland with 194,041 inhabitants (2004). It is situated in the Silesian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Katowice Voivodship (1975-1998). Contents 1 History2 Politi..
Zabud
Zabud (zā´ bed)) , a priest and friend of King Solomon; son of Nathan Reference: [“1 Kings 4:5”]. Meaning: gift External links [Easton's Bible Dictionary:] Zabud This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897. ..
Zabulistan
Zabulistan, a historical region in central Asia, in the border area of the today's States of Iran and Afghanistan, between the cities Farah (Afghanistan) and Zahedan (Iran). The name probably covered Antique ones in that a much larger area, because also a province of Afghanistan (at the border to Pa..
Zabulon Skipper
The Zabulon Skipper, Poanes zabulon, is a butterfly first described by the French naturalists Jean Baptiste Boisduval and John Eatton Le Conte, in the state of Georgia, United States. This small butterfly has slim, triangular wings. Host plants includes many grasses (Poaceae). It ranges from Wisco..
Zabul Province
Zabul (زابل) is a historic province of Afghanistan. Zabul became an independent province from neighbouring Kandahar in 1963, with Qalat being named the provincial capital. Zabul is the only Afghan province in which the Taliban have named (in the post-U.S. invasion of Afghanistan era) their ow..
Zabur
The Zabur (Arabic زبور), equated by some scholars with Psalms, is, according to Islam, one of the holy books revealed by Allah prior to the Qur'an (the others being the Tawrat and Injil). This term zabur is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew zimra. The Hebrew word has the meaning "song, musi..
Zabuton
A zabuton (座布団) is a Japanese cushion for sitting. The zabuton is the everyday cushion found in homes and used for eating, watching television, reading at the kotatsu, and other daily activities. A typical square zabuton measures 50–70 cm (20–30 inches) on a side and is several centimete..
Zabuyelite
Zabuyelite is the natural mineral form of Lithium carbonate, formula Li2CO3. Discovered in 1987 at Zabuye Salt lake, Tibet, after which it is named. It forms colourless vitreous monoclinic crystals. Such is the solubility of Lithium carbonate that it is unlikely to occur naturally anywhere excep..
Zabzugu/Tatale District
Zabzugu/Tatale District Region Northern Region District type Ordinary District Chief Executive Alhaji Yakubu Bukari Capital Zabzugu Area 2,365 km² Population (2002) 77,496 ISO 3166 GH-NP-ZT The Zabzugu/Tatale District is a district of Ghana in the Northern Region. Sources [Di..
Zab emirate
The Zab emirate was a short lived arab emirate in the highlands and desert fringes of what is today eastern Algeria around 1400. ..
Zab Judah
Zab "Super" Judah, (born October 27 1977), of Brooklyn, New York, is a professional boxer. He is a former junior welterweight 140 lb (63.5 kg) champion and former undisputed champion in the welterweight 147 lb (66.7 kg) division. Contents 1 Style2 Judah vs. Tszyu3 Controversy and ..
Zab River
Zab (Kurdish: Zê, Persian: زاب; Zâb, Syriac: ܙܘܐ; Zawa) is the name given to two separate rivers that flow through Iran, Iraq and Turkey to become the two principal tributaries of the Tigris. The two rivers, named Greater Zab and Little Zab, were the basis of the ancient Assyrian civilisatio..
Zabłudów
Zabłudów is a town in north-eastern Poland. Situated in the Podlasie Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Bialystok Voivodship (1975-1998). ..
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