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Alawi Sultanate
Alawi Sultanate: the Moroccan state ruled by the Alawi (Alaouite) dynasty, founded in 1631 in Tafilalt by Moulay Sharif ibn Ali, established at Fes by al-Rashid (1666-1672), consolidated by Ismail (1672-1727) at Meknes, and still reigning in Morocco today.
Alawism
Alawism is the religion of the Alawis, a minority in Syria's coastal mountains whose theology centers on a divine triad of Ali, Muhammad, and Salman al-Farisi.
Alawite rise in Morocco
The Alawite rise in Morocco was the 'Alawi (Alaouite) dynasty's rise from the Tafilalt to replace the Sa'dis; founded by Mawlay al-Rashid, it still rules Morocco.
Alawites
Alawites, historically called Nusayris, are a religious community concentrated in western Syria, southern Turkey, and Lebanon, whose faith arose in 9th- and 10th-century Iraq within Shiʿi Islam.
Alaya F
Alaya F (Aalia Furniturewala, born 1997, Mumbai) is a Hindi film actress, daughter of Pooja Bedi, granddaughter of Kabir Bedi. Debut Jawaani Jaaneman (2020) won Filmfare Best Female Debut; later films include Freddy, U-Turn, Srikanth.
Alazami syndrome
Alazami syndrome (OMIM 615071), or microcephalic primordial dwarfism Alazami type, is an ultra-rare autosomal recessive LARP7-related disorder with severe growth restriction, intellectual disability, and distinctive facial features.
Alazeya
Alazeya (Алазея), reka Alazeya, a 1,590 km Arctic river in northeastern Yakutia, Russia, draining the Kolyma Lowland between the Indigirka and Kolyma basins into the East Siberian Sea, with about 24,000 lakes and continuous permafrost.
Alba
Alba is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland and the medieval Gaelic kingdom formed from Picts and Scots around 900, first attested in Irish chronicles; originally meant Britain, cognate with Albion, Irish Albain, Welsh Yr Alban.
Alba (2021 TV series)
Alba is a 2021 Spanish drama series by Boomerang TV and Atresmedia, adapted from the Turkish Fatmagül, starring Elena Rivera as a gang-rape survivor fighting the wealthy Entrerríos family; 13 episodes, premiered on Atresplayer, later a Netflix Top 5 international hit.
Alba August
Alba August (Alba Adéle August, born 1993, Copenhagen) is a Danish-Swedish actress and singer, daughter of Bille and Pernilla August, known for Netflix's The Rain, Becoming Astrid, and the 2021 album I still hide.
Alba Baptista
Alba Baptista (born 1997, Lisbon) is a Portuguese actress, lead of Netflix's Warrior Nun as Ava Silva, star of Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris and A24's Mother Mary, wife of Chris Evans.
Alba Catena
Alba Catena is a 144 km chain of collapse pits and graben on the western flank of Alba Mons (Alba Patera), Mars, centered at 34.98°N, 114.70°W; IAU-named 1985, dike-related, north-south trending.
Alba Docilia
Alba Docilia (Alba Decelia), Roman mansio and villa at Albisola Superiore, Liguria, on the Tabula Peutingeriana between Vada Sabatia and Ad Navalia; over 9,000 sqm villa, 1st-5th century CE.
Alba Flores
Alba Flores (Alba González Villa), Spanish actress and singer of the Flores dynasty, daughter of Antonio Flores and granddaughter of Lola Flores; known as Saray in Vis a vis and Nairobi in La casa de papel.
Alba Fossae
Alba Fossae: IAU-approved (1973) graben system on Mars, western flank of Alba Mons in Tharsis; diameter about 2072 km, classical albedo name, ~2% extensional strain.
Alba Hurup Larsen
Alba Hur'up Larsen is a Danish racing driver competing in F1 Academy for MP Motorsport. She won the 2023 Rising Stars program and earned a spot in the Ferrari Driver Academy for 2026.
Alba Iulia Assembly
The Alba Iulia Assembly (Romanian: Marea Adunare Națională de la Alba Iulia), convened on 1 December 1918 before about 100,000 people, proclaimed the union of Transylvania with Romania.
Alba Longa
Alba Longa, legendary metropolis of Rome in the Alban Hills of Latium, founded by Ascanius and destroyed by Tullus Hostilius; archaeology shows Iron Age necropolis but no city.
Alba Mons
Alba Mons, formerly known as Alba Patera, is a giant, gently sloping shield volcano on the Tharsis rise on Mars, the largest volcano on Mars by surface area.
Alba Party
Alba Party: Scottish pro-independence party (Gaelic 'Alba', Scotland), founded 2021 by Alex Salmond to build a Holyrood 'supermajority' via regional list votes; one MSP (Ash Regan), later led by Kenny MacAskill, voluntarily de-registered 26 March 2026 amid financial crisis and police investigation.
Alba Pompeia
Alba Pompeia, the Roman name of Alba in Piedmont, was a Ligurian town made a Roman municipium in 89 BC under Pompeius Strabo, walled in the Augustan period, birthplace of emperor Pertinax, attested by Pliny and Ptolemy.
Alba Rohrwacher
Alba Rohrwacher, Italian actress born 1979 in Florence, two-time David di Donatello winner and 2014 Coppa Volpi recipient, known for her sister Alice Rohrwacher's Cannes films and My Brilliant Friend.
Albac
Albac is an ancient site in the Apuseni Mountains of Alba County, Romania, recorded in the Roman province of Dacia as a site with traces of gold washing.
Albacete
Albacete (Al-Basīṭ, 'the plain') is the capital of the province of Albacete in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain; 173,206 inhabitants (2023). Known for its medieval Feria, 1710 fair privilege, 1855 railway, knife-making industry, and International Brigades civil-war headquarters.
Albacete Balompié
Albacete Balompié, Spanish football club from Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha, founded 1939, plays at Estadio Carlos Belmonte (1960, capacity 16,998); only club from its region with 7 Primera División seasons, best finish 7th in 1991-92.
Albacora Leste
Albacora Leste is a deep-water oil field in the Campos Basin, offshore Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, discovered by Petrobras in 1986 and produced through the P-50 FPSO.
Albacora oil field
Albacora (Campo de Albacora) is a giant deep-water oil and gas field in the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil, discovered by Petrobras in 1984 and producing since 1987.
Albacore
Albacore (Thunnus alalunga), also called longfinned tuna or germon, is a cosmopolitan tuna with pectoral fins half its body length; managed as separate Pacific, Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Indian Ocean stocks, currently not overfished, and the fish behind canned 'white' tuna.
Albaik (البيك)
Albaik (البيك), also Al Baik, is a Saudi fast-food chain founded in Jeddah in 1974 by Shakour AbuGhazalah, known for broasted chicken with an 18-spice recipe, Hajj pilgrim service, and 140+ branches.
Albalonga Catena
Albalonga Catena is a 161.74 km pit crater chain on asteroid 4 Vesta, in eastern Vestalia Terra at 7.17S 72.61E, named for the Roman city Alba Longa and linked to the Brumalia Tholus laccolith.