Known to the Iranians by the Pahlavi compound word kah-ruba ( from kah “ straw ” plus rubay “ attract, snatch ,” referring to its electrical properties ), which entered Arabic as kahraba ' or kahraba, it too was called amber in Europe ( Old French and Middle English ambre ).

Known as the ' bulwark of the Mycenaeans ', he was trained by the centaur Chiron ( who had trained his father, Telamon, and Achilles ' father Peleus ), at the same time as Achilles.

Known as " Big Mac ", the encyclopedia became the standard baseball reference until 1988, when Total Baseball was released by Warner Books using more sophisticated technology.

The Central African Republic is Known to have been settled from at least the 7th century on by overlapping empires, including the Kanem-Bornu, Ouaddai, Baguirmi, and Dafour groups based on the Lake Chad region and along the Upper Nile.

Known as " Île Royale " to the French, the island also saw active settlement by France.

Known as the bards caste, they and other upper castes had privileges that they inherited by birth.

Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed " Lynchian ", a style characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound design.

Known as an Argive grip, it placed the handle at the edge of the shield, and was supported by a leather fastening ( for the forearm ) at the centre.

Known for his hedonistic lifestyle of " sex, drugs and rock ' n roll ," Brood was an enfant terrible and a cultural figure whose suicide, apparently caused by a failure to kick his drug and alcohol habit, only strengthened his controversial status.

Known as the Hackett Medical College for Women ( 夏葛女子醫學院 ), this College was located in Guangzhou, China, and was enabled by a large donation from Mr. Edward A. K.

Known in the Middle East by various names, including the khamsin, this dry, sirocco-style wind is usually accompanied by great dust clouds.

Known in medieval Chinese sources as Tujue ( 突厥 tú jué ), the Göktürks under the leadership of Bumin / Tuman Khan / Khaghan ( d. 552 ) and his sons established the first known Turkic state around 552 in the general area of territory that had earlier been occupied by the Xiongnu, and expanded rapidly to rule wide territories in Central Asia.

Known as " Ofioussa " ( having snakes ) and " Pityoussa " ( having pine trees ) in antiquity, during the medieval age the island was ruled by a number of external powers and has also been known as Scio ( Genoese ), Chio ( Italian ) and Sakız ( صاقيز — Ottoman Turkish ).

The independence of Pakistan in 1947 saw the settlement of the what is now the largest ethnic community in the city, the Muhajirs who migrated from India in search of a Muslim homeland and settled in Pakistan, that's why the culture of Karachi is very similar to any Indian Muslim dominant city and the city's first language is Urdu because of these Muhajir unlike other parts of the country Most properties vacated by Hindus were granted to Urdu-speaking Muslim migrants who had migrated from India, Known as Muhajirs, their descendants now form the majority of Karachi's residents, these Mohajirs of Urdu, Gujrati, Marathi, Konkani Muslims from India and Bengali origin are around 13 million.

Known Space is the fictional setting of some dozen science fiction novels and several collections of short stories written by author Larry Niven.

A technology created by one of their slave races was the stasis field, which makes its contents impervious to harm and provides indefinite suspended animation, which has figured in several Known Space stories.

The stepping disks are an outgrowth and improvement of the transfer booth technology used by humans and other Known Space races.

ARM originated as an acronym for " Amalgamation of Regional Militia ", though this is not a term in current usage by the time of the Known Space novels.

Known as Lorenzo the Magnificent ( Lorenzo il Magnifico ) by contemporary Florentines, he was a diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists, and poets.

Known as the Bardia Mural, it was created by English artist, Private John Frederick Brill.

* In Larry Niven's harsh Known Space stories ( 1964-) Mars is a backwater bypassed by humans in their rush to the mineral wealth of the Asteroid Belt.

Known initially by the code name " EP " ( for " Electronic Paper "), it was introduced in 1982 as a competitor for VisiCalc.

Known by their nicknames " Dizzy " and the " Grand Old Man ", their colourful, sometimes bitter, personal and political rivalry over the issues of their time – Imperialism vs. Anti-Imperialism, expansion of the franchise, labour reform, and Irish Home Rule – spanned almost twenty years until Disraeli's death in 1881.

Known in medieval times as Thorney Island, the site may have been first-used for a royal residence by Cnut the Great during his reign from 1016 to 1035.

Known as " locals " to regulars, pubs are typically chosen for their proximity to work, the availability of a particular beer, as a place to smoke ( or avoid it ), hosting a darts team, having a pool table, or appealing to friends.

Known as ` Peter ' to his friends and colleagues, Cleave was born in Exeter in 1906, and educated at Clifton College.

Known as Modì, which translates as ' cursed ' ( maudit ), by many Parisians, but as Dedo to his family and friends, Modigliani was a handsome man, and attracted much female attention.

Known as " Billo " to his friends, the younger Bennet was a successful businessman, and was one of the original developers of the Yoplait yogurt line.

Known by her friends as " Jackie ," and maintaining the Cochran name, she flew in the MacRobertson Air Race in 1934.

Known to his friends and family as " EP ," Evans-Pritchard had five children with his wife Ioma.

Known to friends as " Bungo ", he was born to a noble family in Hertsmere, England, and educated at Eton College, along with his brothers.

An account of his friends, among whom Canning was a special intimate, is to be found in his Men I have Known ( 1866 ); the men featured in the book include William Buckland, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Edward Forbes, F. R. S.

Known to his family and friends as " Jack ", he first became interested in flying at the age of seventeen and gained his pilot's licence in November 1912.

Known to his family and friends as " Teddie ", he began his career in engineering before the outbreak of the First World War.

Known to friends and intimates as " Fufu ", de Funès spoke French, Spanish and English well.

Known as " Rudy " to friends and family, Wanderone started playing pool as a child while living in Washington Heights, Manhattan.

Known to his friends as " Eddie ", he is universally recorded as " E. P. Taylor ".

Known amongst his friends for his happy-go-lucky, partying lifestyle, in death, Sanes Rodríguez became a household name in Puerto Rico.

Known to his friends as Winnie, at home he was called Little Sugs ( his father already being known as Sugar – after Sugar Ray Robinson ).

Known as " Sage " to friends, Bernal is considered a pioneer in X-ray crystallography in molecular biology.

Known for holding an annual get-together for her network of ' friends ' in addition to a weekly ' salon ' at her home in Covent Garden, in May 2009 Carole formed TheStoneClub – a private members club, part social, part business, where members meet to discuss social issues that concern us all-what she calls a ‘ meeting of minds ’.

Known to his friends and associates as Lajkó, Breuer studied and taught at the Bauhaus in the 1920s.

Known as Andy to his close friends, he had five other siblings, two brothers and three sisters.

* Miss Sue Chi-Ho: Known to her friends as Chi-Chi Sue or simply Chi-Chi, she is on loan from the CIA.

Known to his family and friends as Victor Brooke or Victor Alanbrooke, he was educated at Harrow and Bristol University, earning a B. Ed.

Known as Christofor to her family and friends, on the death of her husband in 1956 she became the beneficiary of a large estate and also the administrator of a fund to be used for charitable purposes.

Known as " Hart " to his friends, Dr. Clinton Hart Merriam was born in New York City in 1855.

Known as ' Katz ' to his friends, Col. Yakov Katzenelenbogen was the original Phoenix Force leader when Bolan first assembled the team.