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The following 5 entries include the term ABU.
Abū al-Qāsim
biographical namecirca 936–circa 1013 Spanish Arab physician and medical writer
Abū Bakr
biographical namecirca 573–634 1st caliph of Mecca
Abu Dhabi
geographical namesheikhdom, the most populous member of the United Arab Emirates population 2,135,000
Abu Qir
geographical namebay in northern Egypt between Alexandria and the Rosetta mouth of the Nile River (the mouth of the western branch of the Nile)
Abu Simbel
geographical namelocality in southern Egypt on the left bank of the Nile River southwest of Aswân; site of two rock temples which were moved 1964–66 to higher ground when the area was flooded after completion of the Aswân High Dam