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AWAL Absent Without Authorized Leave. See also AWOL Image File history File linksMetadata AwalIdol. ... Image File history File linksMetadata AwalIdol. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ... AWOL (pronounced a-wall) is an acronym for the United States and other armed forces expression Absent WithOut Leave or Absence Without Official Leave. The United States Marine Corps and the United States Navy use the term Unauthorized Absence (UA) instead. ...


Awal (Arabic: أوال) is the ancient name of Bahrain, an island country in the Persian Gulf. The name Awal had remained in use, probably for eight centuries. Awal was derived from the name of an idol that used to be worshipped by the inhabitants of the islands before the advent of Islam. Awal resembled the head of an ox. Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... Map of the Persian Gulf. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Cattle are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ...


Before being given the name Awal, Bahrain was also called Tylos by the Greeks.


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