Alabama () is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.

Altruism () is the principle or practice of concern for the welfare of others.

Alaska () is the largest state in the United States by area.

Aquarius () is a constellation of the zodiac, situated between Capricornus and Pisces.

In the Hebrew Bible and the Qur ' an, Aaron ( or ; Ahărōn, Hārūn, Greek ( Septuagint ): Ααρών ), who is often called "' Aaron the Priest "' () and once Aaron the Levite () ( Exodus 4: 14 ), was the older brother of Moses, ( Exodus 6: 16-20, 7: 7 ; Qur ' an 28: 34 ) and a prophet of God.

Achill Island () in County Mayo is the largest island off the coast of Ireland, and is situated off the west coast.

An abscess () is a collection of pus ( dead neutrophils ) that has accumulated in a cavity formed by the tissue in which the pus resides due to an infectious process ( usually caused by bacteria or parasites ) or other foreign materials ( e. g., splinters, bullet wounds, or injecting needles ).

Adelaide () is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia.

The name Rijndael () is a play on the names of the two inventors.

Anisotropy () is the property of being directionally dependent, as opposed to isotropy, which implies identical properties in all directions.

The word is originally Greek () and means " those hidden away ".

Abensberg () is a town in the Lower Bavarian district of Kelheim, in Bavaria, Germany, lying around 30 km southwest of Regensburg, 40 km east of Ingolstadt, 50 northwest of Landshut and 100 km north of Munich.

The Annales School () is a group of historians associated with a style of historiography developed by French historians in the 20th century.

Casa Batlló () is a building restored by Antoni Gaudí and Josep Maria Jujol, built in 1877 and remodelled in the years 1904 – 1906 ; located at 43, Passeig de Gràcia ( passeig is Catalan for promenade or avenue ), part of the Illa de la Discòrdia ( the " Block of Discord ") in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Spain.

Anadyr () is a river in the far northeast Siberia which flows into Anadyr Bay of the Bering Sea and drains much of the interior of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.

In ancient Greek mythology, ambrosia () is sometimes the food or drink of the Greek gods ( or demigods ), often depicted as conferring ageless immortality upon whomever consumed it.

Agate () is a microcrystalline variety of silica, chiefly chalcedony, characterised by its fineness of grain and brightness of color.

Dau Miu () is a Chinese vegetable that has become popular since the early 1990s, and now not only appears on English-language menus, usually as " pea shoots ", but is often served by upscale non-Asian restaurants as well.

The ' far-away light ' () is a reference to St Elmo's Fire, an electrical discharge supposed by ancient Greek mariners to be an epiphany of the Dioscuri, but the meaning of the line was obscured by gaps in the papyrus until reconstructed by a modern scholar — such reconstructions are typical of the extant poetry ( see Scholars, fragments and sources below ).

Alexander () is a common male first name, and less common surname derived from the Greek " Αλέξανδρος " ( Aléxandros ).

An antipope () or anti-pope is a person who, in opposition to the one who is generally seen as the legitimately elected Pope, makes a significantly accepted competing claim to be the Pope, the Bishop of Rome and leader of the Catholic Church.

Afonso I ( 25 June 1109, Guimarães or Viseu – 6 December 1185, Coimbra ), more commonly known as Afonso Henriques (), nicknamed " the Conqueror " (), " the Founder " () or " the Great " () by the Portuguese, and El-Bortukali (" the Portuguese ") and Ibn-Arrik (" son of Henry ", " Henriques ") by the Moors whom he fought, was the first King of Portugal.

Most of the population () speaks French ( 1, 398 or 90. 4 %) as their first language, German is the second most common ( 60 or 3. 9 %) and Portuguese is the third ( 18 or 1. 2 %).

D. Vasco da Gama () ( c. 1460 or 1469 – 24 December 1524 ), 1st Count of Vidigueira, was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India.

The English word " mango " ( plural " mangoes " or " mangos ") originated from the Tamil word māṅgai or mankay () or Malayalam māṅṅa (; from the Dravidian root word for the same ), via Portuguese ( also manga ).

The principal island was Ternate at the chain's northern end ( 0 ° 47 ' N, only in diameter ) on whose southwest coast the Portuguese built a stone fort () during 1522 – 23, which could only be repaired, not modified, according to the Treaty of Saragossa.

Sephardi Jews () is a general term referring to the descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jews who lived in the Iberian Peninsula before their expulsion in 1492 by the Alhambra Decree.

The Battle of San Lorenzo de la Muga () was fought on 13 August 1794 between an attacking Spanish – Portuguese army led by the Conde de la Unión and a French army commanded by Jacques François Dugommier.

Estoril () is a civil parish of the Portuguese municipality of Cascais, in central Lisbon district.

Most of the population () speaks French ( 3, 130 or 73. 9 %) as their first language, with Portuguese being second most common ( 208 or 4. 9 %) and English being third ( 183 or 4. 3 %).

The name derives from the French, Portuguese and Spanish word for the drink and is often pronounced " kaff " () in British English.

Cognates of the name in different languages include Leonor () ( Spanish, Portuguese ), Eleonoora ( Finnish ), Eléonore ( French ), Eleonora ( Czech, Italian, Polish, Swedish ), Eleonóra ( Hungarian, Slovak ), Ellinor ( Norwegian, Swedish ), Leonora or Leonore ( German ), Lenora and Lenore.

The () was inaugurated on 14 December 1947 with a match between Real Madrid and the Portuguese side Os Belenenses, which resulted in a 3 – 1 victory for Los Blancos.

Sancho II (), nicknamed " the Pious " () and " the Caped " or " the Capuched " ( Portuguese: o Capelo ), King of Portugal ( 8 September 1209, Coimbra – 4 January 1248, Toledo ), was the eldest son of Afonso II of Portugal by his wife, Infanta Urraca of Castile.

Most of the population () speaks French ( 13, 576 or 73. 8 %), with Italian being second most common ( 1, 214 or 6. 6 %) and Portuguese being third ( 810 or 4. 4 %).

Most of the population () speaks German ( 85. 2 %), with Portuguese being second most common ( 4. 9 %) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 2. 0 %).

Portugal is divided into 18 districts () and 2 autonomous regions ( Portuguese: regiões autónomas ), Azores and Madeira.

Most of the population () speaks German ( 96. 2 %), with Albanian being second most common ( 1. 3 %) and Portuguese being third ( 0. 5 %).

Most of the population () speaks German ( 92. 8 %), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1. 5 %) and Portuguese being third ( 1. 1 %).

Most of the population () speaks German ( 89. 7 %), with Albanian being second most common ( 2. 3 %) and Portuguese being third ( 1. 8 %).

Most of the population () speaks German ( 95. 5 %), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1. 0 %) and Portuguese being third ( 0. 8 %).

Most of the population () speaks German ( 97. 0 %), with Albanian being second most common ( 1. 0 %) and Portuguese being third ( 0. 7 %).

Most of the population () speaks German ( 97. 2 %), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1. 3 %) and Portuguese being third ( 0. 5 %).