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- proper noun
Ab (Semitic ), a common part of Arabic-derived names, meaning "father of" in Arabic. - proper noun A
volcano on the island ofHonshū in Japan. - proper noun Mount Abu, the highest
mountain in the Indian state ofRajasthan . - proper noun Abu,
Yamaguchi , a town in Japan. - proper noun mythology A minor
god ofvegetation inSumerian mythology. - proper noun The fifth month of the
Babylonian calendar. - proper noun The
ancient Egyptian name for the city ofElephantine , near modern day Aswan. - proper noun A
language ofPapua New Guinea which is not related toAbau and nor to Abui.
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Examples
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But it turns out he kept close to his family — or at least part of it — and his most-trusted courier was a Kuwaiti-born Pakistani who went by the nom de guerre Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, according to U.S. documents and investigators.
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U.S. officials have identified the courier as Sheikh Abu Ahmed, a Pakistani man born in Kuwait who went by the nom de guerre Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti.
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It was around that time that the CIA had learned the true identity of a trusted courier known by the nom de guerre Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti.
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The major, who assumed the nom de guerre Abu Khatab, also provided training to the militants in Waziristan, and he was later given the task of raising funds through the kidnapping of wealthy businessmen for ransom.
The Scorpion’s Tail Zahid Hussain 2010
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For five years, when the family lived in Fez, Maimonides feigned conversion and took the name Abu Imran Musa ibn Maymun.
The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008
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Shkaki declined; but when the Mossad learned that Said Mussa Marara, better known by the nom de guerre Abu Mussa, would be at the conference, they were sure that Shkaki would change his mind.
The Secret War with Iran Ronen Bergman 2007
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The Mossad probe, carried out with the cooperation of SIDE, took over a year, and the result sounded like a broken record: The network responsible for the attack was controlled by a veteran terrorist known only by the nom de guerre Abu al-Foul; the network belonged to the Hizballah offshoot run by Imad Moughniyeh; and it had operated along the same lines as two years previously.
The Secret War with Iran Ronen Bergman 2007
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Shkaki declined; but when the Mossad learned that Said Mussa Marara, better known by the nom de guerre Abu Mussa, would be at the conference, they were sure that Shkaki would change his mind.
The Secret War with Iran Ronen Bergman 2007
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The Mossad probe, carried out with the cooperation of SIDE, took over a year, and the result sounded like a broken record: The network responsible for the attack was controlled by a veteran terrorist known only by the nom de guerre Abu al-Foul; the network belonged to the Hizballah offshoot run by Imad Moughniyeh; and it had operated along the same lines as two years previously.
The Secret War with Iran Ronen Bergman 2007
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Chesser achieved notoriety on the Internet under the name Abu Talhah Al-Amrikee when he warned the creators of "South Park" that they risked death for mocking Islam.
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