Abel (disambiguation)
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Abel was a son of Adam and Eve in the Bible. According to the Bible, he was the first person to die, murdered by his brother Cain.
Abel may also refer to:
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People [edit]
- Abel (given name)
- Abel (surname)
- Abel, King of Denmark (1218–1252)
- Abel, Lord of Langeland (1252–1279), Lord of Langeland and third son of King Abel of Denmark
- Abel of Tacla Haimonot, monk and saint of the Coptic Orthodox Church
- Carl Friedrich Abel (1723–1787), a German composer of the classical era.
- Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829), a Norwegian mathematician and namesake for the Abel Prize.
- Saint Abel (fl. 744–747) of Reims
- Saint Abel (Syrian), patron saint of the blind and the lame
Fictional characters [edit]
- Abel (DC Comics), comic story character
- Abel, character in the video game Street Fighter IV
- Abel, character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting video game series
- Abel, protagonist in W.H. Hudson's novel Green Mansions
- Abel, Mabel's brother and Buffy's husband in the 1976–2000 comic strip Motley's Crew
Places [edit]
- Abel (crater), on the Moon
- Mount Abel (British Columbia), Canada
- Mount Abel, former name of Cerro Noroeste, California
- Abel Lake (New Zealand)
- Abel Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Abel Pond, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Abel, Alabama, a place in Cleburne County, Alabama
- Abil
Science and technology [edit]
- Abel (hominid), the name given to the only specimen of Australopithecus bahrelghazali
- Abel Prize, international prize in mathematics
- Advanced Boolean Expression Language, hardware description language for developing programmable logic devices
- Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning, Canadian project to use video conferencing in schools
Entertainment [edit]
- Abel (album), EP by Japanese rock band Unsraw
- Abel (film) (1986), Dutch film by Alex van Warmerdam
- Abel, Inc., Japan-based Dreamcast video game developer and publisher, founded in 1997
Other uses [edit]
- Tropical Storm Abel, from the 1996 Pacific typhoon season
See also [edit]
- Abelson, a surname
- Abell (disambiguation)
- Abele (disambiguation)
- Abels (disambiguation)
- Abelian (disambiguation)
- Able (disambiguation)
- Cain and Abel (disambiguation)
- Saint Abel (disambiguation)
- All pages beginning with "Abel"
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