Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Abdullah."
"ABDULLAH" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "God's servant". |
Date "ABDULLAH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1888. (references) |
Crosswords: ABDULLAH |
| Specialty definitions using "ABDULLAH": cgram. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Raman Abdullah (1997) Abdullah the Great (1991) His Highness Abdullah (1990) Abdullah (1980) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books |
|
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | While visiting the U.S., Crown Prince Abdullah met with top executives and senior representatives of Exxon-Mobil, Chevron, Conoco, Arco, Phillips Petroleum and Texaco. (references) | |
In September of 1998, Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud announced that the Saudi Government was looking for foreign direct investment of up to $100 billion in the energy sector. (references) | ||
Moreover, in January 2000, Crown Prince Abdullah decreed the formation of the Supreme Council for Petroleum and Minerals (SCPM) to review and approve all matters related to the oil, gas and mining sectors, including international agreements and investments in all stages following production. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Maldives | One signatory to the petition was M.P. Abdullah Shakir. (references) |
Malaysia | That same month, Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah instructed the Religious Affairs Department to conduct background checks on religious speakers. (references) | |
Turkey | In June Dr. Fikret Baskaya, an economist, was imprisoned for writing an article about the history of Kurdish uprisings, following the arrest of Abdullah Ocalan. (references) | |
Economic History | Qatar | When the Turks left, at the beginning of World War I, the British recognized Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani as Ruler. (references) |
Somalia | During the first two decades of this century, British rule was challenged through persistent attacks led by Mohamed Abdullah. (references) | |
Jordan | In 1950, the country was renamed the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to include those portions of Palestine annexed by King Abdullah. (references) | |
Human Rights | Maldives | Member of Parliament (MP) Abdullah Shakir was arrested in July and released the following month. (references) |
Afghanistan | On December 4, 2000, United Front Commander Abdullah Jan Wahidi reportedly was killed in an ambush. (references) | |
United Arab Emirates | According to Amnesty International, Libyan national Abdullah Abu al-Ghazali died while in security force custody. (references) | |
Minorities | Indonesia | Police arrested Laskar Jihad leader Jafar Umar Thalib on May 4 on charges of inciting religious violence and ordering the killing by stoning of a follower, Abdullah. (references) |
Germany | In August 2000, a 43-year-old Kurd was arrested and indicted for his alleged actions as a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) functionary, including his order for Kurdish demonstrators to occupy foreign embassies and consulates in Germany after the 1999 arrest and return to Turkey of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan; his case was ongoing at year's end. (references) | |
Political Economy | Jordan | Jordan's current Prime Minister, Ali Abul Ragheb, was appointed by King Abdullah in June of 2000. (references) |
Political Rights | Saudi Arabia | However, during the year, Crown Prince Abdullah held a variety of meetings with citizens throughout the country. (references) |
Jordan | In both June and October, King Abdullah reordered his Cabinet, appointing new members and changing portfolios among serving ministers. (references) | |
Malaysia | In June 1999, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi stated that there was no need to consult the opposition on the appointment of a new Election Commission chairman. (references) | |
Travel | Pakistan | U.S. Consulate Karachi, 8 Abdullah Haroon Road, Karachi. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | Hey Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, stop talking peace but refusing to meet with the Israelis. |
Robert Novak | Crown Prince Abdullah, at his meeting with the president, presented a fairly detailed eight-point plan for peace between the Palestinians and Israel. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "ABDULLAH" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 94.36% of the time. "ABDULLAH" is used about 195 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 94.36% | 184 | 22,714 |
| Interjection | 5.64% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Total | 100.00% | 195 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "ABDULLAH" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Abdullah | Last name | 2,000 | 5,684 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "ABDULLAH" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "God's servant". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "ABDULLAH." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Abd-allah | Male | Arabic | N/A |
| Abdullah | Male | Arabic | Abd-allah |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ABDULLAH": abdullah-owned. | |
Ending with "ABDULLAH": Al-abdullah. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
Misspellings | |
"ABDULLAH" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abdala, Abdalla, Abdallahi, Abdelal, Abdelhak, Abdelzar, Abdeslam, Abdoulay, Abdulah, Abdullashim, Abdullrahim, Abdulraham, Abdulrahim, Abodala, Abulla, Bagdelleh, Obdulio. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-h-l-l-u" | |
-2 letters: ballad. | |
-3 letters: ahull, alula, bulla, hadal. | |
-4 letters: alba, auld, baal, bald, ball, baud, blah, buhl, bull, dahl, daub, dhal, dual, dull, habu, hall, haul, hula, hull, laud. | |
-5 letters: aah, aal, aba, aha, ala, alb, all, baa, bad, bah, bal, bud, dab, dah, dal, dub, duh, had, hub, lab, lad. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 42 44 55 4C 4C 41 48 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
|
| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
|
| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
|
Morse Code (1836) (references).- -... -.. ..- .-.. .-.. .- .... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01000010 01000100 01010101 01001100 01001100 01000001 01001000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A B D U L L A H |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0042 0044 0055 004C 004C 0041 0048 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
|
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3536385546463542 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Quotations: Spoken 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Frequency | 9. Names: Derived from 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Derivations | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
