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 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 to the Aztecs as huautli, it is thought to have represented up to 80 % of their caloric consumption before the conquest.

Known as Tractarians after their production of Tracts for the Times on theological issues, they advanced the case for the Church of England being essentially a part of the ' Western Church ', of which the Roman Catholic Church was the chief representative.

The protagonist Louis Wu thinks this indicates the Kzinti in Known Space have bred intelligence out of their females.

Most life in Known Space shares similar biochemistries, since they evolved from the Thrintun practice of seeding barren worlds with food yeast which they used to feed their slaves.

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 for their distinctive jangle and chime, Rickenbacker guitars tended to be favoured by Jangle Pop, Power pop and British Invasion-style groups-bands such as The Who, The Byrds and The Beatles.

Known for their seminal influence on electronic music, the group helped pioneer electronic genres such as electropop / technopop, synthpop, cyberpunk music, ambient house, and electronica.

Known as the " Ohio Gang " ( a term used by Charles Mee, Jr., in his book of the same name ), some of the appointees used their new powers to exploit their positions for personal gain.

Known for its ambitious use of fire ships, Zhu's force of 200, 000 Ming sailors were able to defeat a Han rebel force over triple their size, claimed to be 650, 000-strong.

Known as " king cheetahs ," they were once thought to constitute a separate subspecies but are in fact African cheetahs ; their unusual fur pattern is the result of a single recessive gene.

Known for their chalk crayons, the American Crayon Company in Sandusky, OH spread out to the wax crayon market in 1902.

Known on their website as ' This week's print edition ', it is available online, albeit with only the first 5 viewed articles being free ( and available to subscribers only between mid-October 2009 – 2010 ).

* India-Lord shiva or can say cosmic Nature has three phases for The creative Brahma, The preservative Vishnu and The dissolving for Mahesha ( Known as Sankara or Mahakaal ( Time ) with their three Sakties ( power ) Saraswati with Brahma, Lakshmi with Vishnu and Parwati ( known as Mahakaali ) with Mahesha, Saptarishi and Many saints Because India is a spritual country

Known as Los Rojiblancos because of their red and white striped jerseys, their home ground is El Molinón stadium, the oldest professional football ground in Spain, in use since at least 1908.

Known as the aadizookaanan (" traditional stories ," singular aadizookaan ), they are told by the debaajimojig (" story-tellers ", singular debaajimod ) only in winter in order to preserve their transformative powers.

* Known VLANs and their specific parameters

Known as the LaGrange plant for its mailing address ( McCook does not have its own post office ), EMD produced most of their locomotives there from 1935 to 1991, when parent company General Motors moved all final-assembly operations to London, Ontario.

Known for his speed, Overmars ' nicknames included " the Roadrunner " or its famous sound " meep-meep ".

Known by pejorative, punk rock nicknames, original members were known simply as " Useless " ( Gerry Hannah ), " Dimwit " ( Ken Montgomery ), " Wimpy " ( Brian Roy Goble ) and " Normal " ( Mike Graham ).

Known as Junior and Dude ( pronounced " dood '- ee "), the pair was rechristened Homer ( Haynes ) and Jethro ( Burns ) when WNOX Program Director Lowell Blanchard forgot their nicknames during a 1936 broadcast.

Known for giving other hosts nicknames, such as: Tom Hughes (" The King ", fellow broadcaster who hosted AM-Atlanta on WGST ), Sam Memmolo " Shadetree Mechanic ", host of a weekend radio show on WGST, Stu Klitenic (" The Bank Robber ", baseball radio pre-game and post-game announcer for the Atlanta Braves ), Mark Lemke (" The Lemmer ", former Second baseman for the Atlanta Braves who is now pre-game and post-game radio announcer for the baseball club ), Dave McBride (" Mac the Mechanic ", works with Memmolo on his weekend radio program ), Gene Henssler (" Dr. Gene, The Money Machine ", Chair of the Henssler Group, a financial consulting firm in the metro Atlanta area ).