AKKO

Meaning of AKKO in English

Function: geographical name

― see ACRE

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

AKKO — geographical name see: acre
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LUZZATTO, MOSHE HAYYIM — born 1707, Padua, Venetian republic died May 6, 1747, Acre, Palestine [now 'Akko, Israel] Jewish cabalist and writer, one of …
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FULK — born 1092 died November 1143, Acre, Palestine [now 'Akko, Israel] byname Fulk The Younger, French Foulques Le Jeune count of …
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BAHA' ULLAH — born Nov. 12, 1817, Tehran, Iran died May 29, 1892, Acre, Palestine [now 'Akko, Israel] also spelled Baha' Allah (Arabic: …
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ARMENIA, FLAG OF — horizontally striped red-blue-orange national flag. Its width-to-length proportion is 1 to 2. Long without an independent state of their own, …
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ABU RISHAH, 'UMAR — born April 10, 1910, 'Akko, Palestine [now in Israel] died July 15, 1990, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Syrian poet and diplomat, …
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