Adel may refer to:
Places
United States
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Adel, Georgia
The city of Adel is the county seat of Cook County, Georgia, United States, located fifty-two miles (84 km) southeast of Albany. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 5,571.
History
The original name of the city was Puddl ...
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Adel, Indiana
Adel is an unincorporated community in eastern Franklin Township, Owen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It lies near the bridge on County Road 150 West over Raccoon Creek, which is a community nearly ten miles southwest of the city of Spen ...
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Adel, Iowa
Adel ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, Iowa. It is located along the North Raccoon River. Its population was 6,153 at the time of the 2020 Census.
History
Adel is the oldest town within Dallas County. Originally called P ...
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Adel Township, Dallas County, Iowa
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Adel, Oklahoma
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Adel, Oregon
Adel is an unincorporated community in southeastern Lake County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. The community is in an arid, sparsely populated part of the state, along Oregon Route 140, about east of Lakeview. The Warner Valley surrounding A ...
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Adel Mountains Volcanic Field
The Adel Mountains Volcanic Field (also known as the Adel Mountains, Adel Volcanics, and Adel Mountain Volcanics) is an ancient volcanic field of heavily eroded 75-million-year-oldGunderson, Jay A. and Sheriff, Steven D. "A New Late Cretaceous Pal ...
, West-central Montana
Elsewhere
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Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater A ...
, Australia
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Adel, Leeds
Adel is a suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. To its immediate south is Weetwood, to the west are Cookridge and Holt Park, to the east are Alwoodley and Moortown, and to the north are Bramhope, Arthington and Eccup.
It forms part o ...
, England
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Adilabad
Adilabad is a city which serves as the headquarters of Adilabad district, in the Indian state of Telangana. Telugu is the native language of Adilabad. Adilabad is famous for its rich cultivation of cotton. Hence, Adilabad is also referred as " ...
, Telangana, India
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Adilabad district
Adilabad district is a district located in the northern region of Telangana, India. It is known as the gateway district to South and Central India. The town of Adilabad is its headquarters. The district shares boundaries with Asifabad, Ni ...
, Telangana, India
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Al-Adel
Al-Adel is a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq� ...
, Baghdad, Iraq
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Adel, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia
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Adel Sultanate
The Adal Sultanate, or the Adal Empire or the ʿAdal or the Bar Saʿad dīn (alt. spelling ''Adel Sultanate, ''Adal ''Sultanate'') () was a medieval Sunni Muslim Empire which was located in the Horn of Africa. It was founded by Sabr ad-Din II ...
People
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Adel (name)
Adel is a given name of ancient European origins that evolved from words meaning "noble", "nobility" or "elite".
It is derived primarily from the languages of north-western Europe, which include English, French, Luxembourgish, German, Dutch, Fri ...
, a unisex first name of northern-European origin, or a last name
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Adil
Adil (also transliterated as Adel, ar, عادل) is an Arabic masculine given name and surname. Adil is a variation of the name Adel, an Arabic male name that comes from the word Adl, meaning "fairness" and "justice". It is a common name in the ...
, an Arabic first name (male) and last name
Other uses
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Adel (official), a public official in Morocco
*Adel,
German nobility
The German nobility (german: deutscher Adel) and royalty were status groups of the medieval society in Central Europe, which enjoyed certain privileges relative to other people under the laws and customs in the German-speaking area, until the be ...
*Adel,
Dutch nobility
The Dutch nobility is a small elite social class constisting of individuals or families recognized as noble, and with or without a title of nobility in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The existence of nobility was established in the Constituti ...
*Adel,
Danish nobility
Danish nobility is a social class and a former estate in the Kingdom of Denmark. The nobility has official recognition in Denmark, a monarchy. Its legal privileges were abolished with the constitution of 1849. Some of the families still own and ...
*Adel,
Swedish nobility
The Swedish nobility ( sv, Adeln eller Ridderskapet och Adeln) has historically been a legally and/or socially privileged class in Sweden, and part of the so-called ''frälse'' (a derivation from Old Swedish meaning ''free neck''). The archaic ter ...
*Adel,
Norwegian nobility
Aristocracy of Norway refers to modern and medieval aristocracy in Norway. Additionally, there have been economical, political, and military elites thatrelating to the main lines of Norway's historyare generally accepted as nominal predecessors ...
*Adel,
Finnish nobility
The Finnish nobility ( fi, Aateli; sv, Adel) was historically a privileged class in Finland, deriving from its period as part of Sweden and the Russian Empire. Noble families and their descendants are still a part of Finnish republican society, ...
*Adel,
Icelandic nobility
Nobility in Iceland ( Icelandic: ''aðall''; Norwegian: ''adel'') may refer to the following:
* Icelanders who belonged to the aristocracy of the Icelandic Commonwealth.
* Icelanders who belonged to the Norwegian nobility.
* Icelanders who belon ...
*''Adel'', an Egyptian ferry that
capsized and sank in May 1963
*Adel, a game character of
''Final Fantasy VIII''
*Adel, a weevil/beetle genus of the
Pentarthrini
Pentarthrini is a true weevil tribe in the subfamily Cossoninae
Cossoninae is a true weevil subfamily in the family Curculionidae.
Tribes
* Acamptini LeConte, 1876
* Acanthinomerini Voss, 1972
* Allomorphini Folwaczny, 1973
* Aphyll ...
tribe
See also
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Adelaide (disambiguation)
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Adele (disambiguation)
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Aedile
''Aedile'' ( ; la, aedīlis , from , "temple edifice") was an elected office of the Roman Republic. Based in Rome, the aediles were responsible for maintenance of public buildings () and regulation of public festivals. They also had powers to enf ...
, an office of the Roman Republic
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Aetheling, an Old English noble title
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