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- proper noun A female
given name ; a rare variant ofAdele . - proper noun An English
surname .
Etymologies
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Examples
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ADEL - Kids ages 6 to 12 can work towards earning Junior Ranger badges Aug. 21, Sept. 18, Oct. 16 and Nov. 20 at Reed Bingham State Park in Adel.
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The name of Adel Bundouq, who leads a militia that is allied with the National Transitional Council in Zuwara, Libya, was incorrectly given as Abdel Bundoud in a photo caption accompanying a World News article on Wednesday about Berber-Arab clashes in Western Libya.
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"This is no less than liberty versus tyranny, good versus evil, and there is no middle ground," said one woman at a meeting in Adel, Iowa.
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A member of the militant Egyptian group al-Jihad, bin Laden's former chief of security, and before that one of his bodyguards, al-Adel is believed by intelligence officials to have assumed the role of al-Qaeda's military commander — making him No. 3 in the organization.
Pharaohs-in-Waiting 2003
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A member of the militant Egyptian group al-Jihad, bin Laden's former chief of security, and before that one of his bodyguards, al-Adel is believed by intelligence officials to have assumed the role of al-Qaeda's military commander — making him No. 3 in the organization.
Pharaohs-in-Waiting 2003
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Friends, family recall Adel man's positive character
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There are even summer bike trips for teenagers called Adel auf dem Radel, or Nobles on Cycles.
NYT > Home Page By DEBORAH KOLBEN 2009
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The famous Egyptian MB blogger Mohamed Adel aka Meit is reportedly missing.
Qwaider Planet 2008
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Norman rectangular chancels is large, and buildings such as Adel exhibit the aisleless church in its highest state of architectural development, the number of apsidal chancels can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
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6 S $ tains, and throws itfelf over them down a cataract called Jan Adel, which is its feventh cataract; and, continuing ftill N.E. it panes Ibrim and Deir, two fmall garrifons belonging to Egypt.
Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 1790
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