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 by locals as " the Gund ", the venue served as the site of the 1997 NBA All-Star Game.

Known to locals as " Bust Your Butt ," it is best known for the large, deep pool at the bottom and is a popular place for swimming during warm weather.

Known to Charleston locals as " the Edge of America ", Folly Beach is home to numerous surf spots, the most popular being the Washout, 10th Street and the Folly Beach Pier.

Greetland is also home to the Rose and Crown Pub ( Known locally as " The Crown " or more affectionately " The Frown ", it is also well known to by the locals as " The Rose ", The Branch Road Inn, The Sportsman Inn, The Spring Rock, The Star, The Travelers Rest, The Queen, The Shears and a number of Working Mens Clubs.

Known as El Mangal or “ place of many mango trees ” by the locals, this site has trees that were much larger than those at Caobal or Matamangos.

Known to locals as the South Station Tunnel ( due to its proximity to the city's main train station ), the Dewey Square Tunnel is of cut-and-cover design, and originally was six lanes wide ( three in each direction ), with no breakdown lanes.

Known for its family oriented atmosphere the Normandy has become a landmark for tourists and locals.

Known to the locals as " Blue Lake " because of the beautiful colours of the water owing to the mineral contents.

Known to locals as Luca Caragiali, he later built a reputation as a lawyer and judge in Ploieşti, and married Ecaterina, the daughter of a merchant from the Transylvanian town of Braşov.

Known to locals as " the Pru ," it is bordered by Belvedere, Dalton, Boylston, and Exeter streets, along with Huntington Avenue.

Known as Poly by locals, the areas main street is Rosedale.

Known simply as " The Waterwall " or even still as the " Transco Waterwall " to locals, the fountain is a popular backdrop for tourists and locals alike.

Known as " Lexo " to the locals, Lexington Place has become a notorious ' no go zone ' in the area as result of high rates of crime, often blamed by the high concentration of Housing Commission estates.

Known among locals as Donna Aquilina, she was said to have become relatively rich through offering her services as a professional healer, but when she learned that she was under suspicion from the Holy Inquisition, she fled the city, and Montefalco did not initially set out to locate her.

Known as Briland to the locals, Harbour Island is colourful with New England-style buildings and flower lined streets.

Known drow of Greyhawk include Clannair Blackshadow, Derken Gale, Jawal Severnain, and Landis Bree of Greyhawk City ; Eclavdra of House Eilserv ; and Edralve of the Slave Lords.

Known also as the Old North Road, it was a major coaching route to the north, exiting the City at Bishopsgate.

Known as the " City of Eternal Sunshine ", Coachella is largely a rural, agricultural, family-oriented community in the desert and one of the state's fastest growing cities in the late 20th century.

Known for its annual Fall Festival and small town charm, the City of Newman retains its rural flavor while keeping up with larger more-urbanized communities.

Known for its many talented musicians, Michigan City also has one of the nation's oldest active municipal bands.

Known as " Sugar City ", it had a population of 5, 997 at the 2000 census.

Known as the Dark and Bloody Grounds, the former site of the Bladensburg Dueling Grounds was located along Dueling Creek and Bladensburg Road ; the historic location now shares the present-day boundary of the towns of Cottage City and Colmar Manor.

However, because Massachusetts cities have self-governing powers not available to towns, it became known for legal purposes as " The City Known as the Town of Methuen ".

Known as the Square deal town, from the Square Deal given to all employees of Endicott-Johnson, Johnson City was originally incorporated in 1892 as the Village of Lestershire, In 1916, the village was renamed Johnson City in honor of George F. Johnson, who led the company that was by then known as the Endicott Johnson Corporation.

Known as the Gamecock City, Sumter lies near the geographic center of the state of South Carolina at ( 33. 926942 ,-80. 363541 ).. Sumter is 100 miles west of Myrtle Beach's Grand Strand and 175 miles east of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Known as the Concrete City in the 1850s, it was the site of nearly 100 homes constructed of limecrete.

Known as the " Harbor of Hospitality "™, Elizabeth City has had a long history of shipping due to its location at the narrowing of the Pasquotank River.

Known locally as " Tobacco City U. S. A .," because of the importance of tobacco growing in the region, Edgerton continues to be a center for the declining tobacco industry in the area.

Known as the " City of the 1000 Islands ", Brockville is located on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River, directly opposite Morristown, New York, about half-way between Cornwall in the east and Kingston in the west, and roughly a 40-minute drive to the national capital of Ottawa.

Known as the " Sunshine City ", the city's large waterfront attracts many tourists to the area every year, as do a good number of annual festivals and other cultural attractions.

Known as the " Doll Woman ", she used her business in New York City to send information on U. S. Naval forces to contacts in South America via steganographic messages.

Known as " La Ciudad Jardín " (" The Garden City "), Viña del Mar is a Chilean Municipality located in the Valparaíso Region.

Known as Longyear City until 1926, the town was established by and named after John Munroe Longyear, whose Arctic Coal Company started coal mining operations in 1906.

Known as the TS Astra, it was equipped with either a 1. 8-or a 2. 2-litre petrol engine and was offered in City, CD, CDXi, the SXi and SRi specifications.

" Baker Street " by Gerry Rafferty, " In The Army Now " by Status Quo, " Too Shy " by Kagagoogoo, " I Should Have Known Better " by Jim Diamond, " Perfect " by Fairground Attraction, " I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight " by Cutting Crew and " Bye Bye Baby " by the Bay City Rollers were all recorded in this internationally acclaimed studio.

Known as a family-oriented seaside resort, Ocean City has prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages within its limits since its founding in 1879.

Known as the Dusk City due to its beautiful sunsets.

In several communities which have adopted such a government, the official name of the community is " The City Known As The Town of ..." The legislative body of a legal town in Massachusetts is a town meeting ; the executive board is a board of selectmen.