A ḥadīth, brought in the name of a Muslim freedman who settled in Palestine ordered them not to settle in the villages, for he who abides in villages it is as if he abides in graves.

Amphisbaena (, plural: amphisbaenae ), amphisbaina, amphisbene, amphisboena, amphisbona, amphista, amphivena, or anphivena ( the last two being feminine ), a Greek word, from amphis, meaning " both ways ", and bainein, meaning " to go ", also called the Mother of Ants, is a mythological, ant-eating serpent with a head at each end.

Motorways (, plural ) in Croatia applies to dual carriageway roads with at least two traffic lanes in each driving direction and an emergency lane.

The Druze (, plural دروز, durūz, druzim ) are a monotheistic religious community, found primarily in Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan, which emerged during the 11th century from Ismailism school of Shia Islam.

hoplitai ) derives from " hoplon " (, plural hopla ), the type of the shield used by the soldiers, although, as a word, " hopla " could also denote weapons held or even full armament.

An imam (, plural: A ' immah ; ) is an Islamic leadership position, often the worship leader of a mosque and the Muslim community.

Jewish prayer (, tefilláh ; plural, tefillos or tefillót ; Yiddish ת ּ פ ֿ לה tfíle, plural ת ּ פ ֿ לות tfílles ; Yinglish: davening from Yiddish דא ַ וונען davnen ‘ to pray ’) are the prayer recitations that form part of the observance of Judaism.

Normandy (, pronounced, Norman: Nourmaundie, from Old French Normanz, plural of Normand, originally from the word for " northman " in several Scandinavian languages ) is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy.

Sometimes the branches are spoken of in the plural and are thus called vagi (, ).

Grand Prix (, meaning " Grand Prize "; plural Grands Prix ) may refer to:

In Russia and the CIS countries, ponchiki (, plural form of пончик, ponchik ) or pyshki (, especially in St. Petersburg ) are a very popular sweet doughnut, with many fast and simple recipes available in Russian cookbooks for making them at home as a breakfast or coffee pastry.

A waqf also spelled wakf, (, pronounced ; plural, awqāf ;, ) is, under the context of ' sadaqah ', an inalienable religious endowment in Islamic law, typically denoting a building or plot of land or even cash for Muslim religious or charitable purposes.

In Greek mythology, the Cercopes (, plural of Κέρκωψ, from κέρκος ( n .) kerkos " tail ") were mischievous forest creatures who lived in Thermopylae or on Euboea but roamed the world and might turn up anywhere mischief was afoot.

In ancient Greek, the word ketos (, plural cetea )-Latinized as cetus-denotes a large fish, a whale, a shark, or a sea monster.

In Irish and Scottish mythology, the (, Irish plural, Scottish Gaelic plural ), also known as the Cailleach Bheur, is a divine hag, a creatrix, and possibly an ancestral deity or deified ancestor.

In the terminology of Islam, (, plural: ; also transliterated Doowa ) literally meaning invocation, is an act of supplication.

The cecum or caecum (, plural ; from the Latin caecus meaning blind ) is a pouch, usually peritoneal, that is considered to be the beginning of the large intestine.

Polis (;, ), plural poleis (, ), literally means city in Greek.

(, regular plural or ) is the standard Hebrew biblical term for a " nation ," including the " great nation " of Israel.

Thailand is divided into 76 provinces (, jangwat, singular and plural, ), which are geographically grouped into 6 regions.

Castells (, ) is a Catalan name, the plural form of Castell ( castle ).

The cognomen (, ; ; Latin plural cōgnōmina ; con-" together with " and ( g ) nōmen " name ") was the third name of a citizen of ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions.

Abū ‘ Īsá Muḥammad ibn ‛ Īsá as-Sulamī aḍ-Ḍarīr al-Būghī at-Tirmidhī (; ‎ 824 – 8 October 892 ) or Tirmizi (, Tirmizī ) was a Persian collector of hadith.

In Japanese, the abacus is called soroban (, lit.

Adobe (, ; Arabic: الطوب ) is a natural building material made from sand, clay, water, and some kind of fibrous or organic material ( sticks, straw, and / or manure ), which the builders shape into bricks ( using frames ) and dry in the sun.

Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (, Anatolij Evgen ' evič Karpov ; born May 23, 1951 ) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion.

Casa Milà (), better known as La Pedrera (, meaning the ' The Quarry '), is a building designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built during the years 1905 – 1910, being considered officially completed in 1912.

Alfheim (, " elf home ") is one of the Nine Worlds and home of the Light Elves in Norse mythology and appears also in Anglo-Scottish ballads under the form Elfhame ( Elphame, Elfame ) as a fairyland, sometimes modernized as Elfland ( Elfinland, Elvenland ).

Aachen (, also known as Bad Aachen ) is a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Alexius is the Latinized form of the given name Alexios (, polytonic, " defender ", cf.

Abadan (, Arabic: عبادان, also Romanized as Ābādān ) is a city in and the capital of Abadan County, Khuzestan Province, Iran.

The Achaeans (, Akhaioí ) is one of the collective names used for the Greeks in Homer's Iliad ( used 598 times ) and Odyssey.

The Acts of the Apostles (, Práxeis tōn Apostólōn ; ), usually referred to simply as Acts, is the fifth book of the New Testament ; Acts outlines the history of the Apostolic Age.

Asterix or The Adventures of Asterix (, ) is a series of French comic books written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo ( Uderzo also took over the job of writing the series after the death of Goscinny in 1977 ).

Associazione Sportiva Roma (, ), commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome.

In that paper Faraday explained that when an electrolytic cell is oriented so that electric current traverses the " decomposing body " ( electrolyte ) in a direction " from East to West, or, which will strengthen this help to the memory, that in which the sun appears to move ", the anode is where the current enters the electrolyte, on the East side: " ano upwards, odos a way ; the way which the sun rises " (, reprinted in ).

Aarau (, locally ) is the capital of the northern Swiss canton of Aargau.

Abadeh (, also Romanized as Ābādeh ) is a city in and the capital of Abadeh County, in Fars Province, Iran.

Abae (, Abai ) is an ancient town in the northeastern corner of Phocis, in Greece.

Adenylate cyclase (, also known as adenylyl cyclase, adenyl cyclase or AC ) is an enzyme with key regulatory roles in nearly all cells.

Afyonkarahisar (, " poppy, opium ", ' kara ' " black ", ' hisar ' " fortress ") is a city in western Turkey, the capital of Afyon Province.

Non-violence is seen as the most essential religious duty for everyone (, a statement often inscribed on Jain temples ).

According to the Bible, Amnon (, " faithful ") was the oldest son of David, King of Israel, with his wife, Ahinoam, who is described as " the Jezreelitess ".

In Chinese, the asterism consisting of α, β, and γ Aquilae is known as (, ).

Altair is thus known as (,, or more literally, Riverdrum 2 ).

Consequently, ε Ursae Majoris itself is known as (, ) and (, ).