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Abila, distinguished as Abila in the Decapolis (Ancient Greek: Ἄβιλα Δεκαπόλεως, Abila Dekapoleos), [3] and also known for a time as Seleucia (Ancient Greek: Σελεύκεια, Seleúkeia), [3] and Abila Viniferos ( by Eusebios, by Hieronymus Abela Vini fertilis), was a city in the Decapolis; the site, now referred to as Qweilbeh (Arabic: قويلبة; also Quwaylibah ...
Abila in the Decapolis, ancient city in the Levant; Abila Lysaniou, capital of ancient Abilene, northwest of present-day Damascus, Syria; Abila (Peraea), archaeological site in Jordan; Abila, Latin name of Ávila, Spain; Abyla, Roman colony in the province of Mauretania Tingitana; Mount Abila, mountain in Ceuta, autonomous city of Spain, in Africa
Abilene, when first mentioned in history, was governed by a certain Ptolemaeus, son of Mennaeus, who was succeeded, about 40 BC, by a son named Lysanias.Lysanias was put to death in 33 BC, at the instigation of Cleopatra, and the principality passed, by a sort of purchase apparently, into the hands of one Zenodorus, from whom it was transferred (31 BC) to Herod the Great.
Abila, also written as "Abilant" [8] or "Abelant", appears as a castle or city, a character from that place (a princess, king, sultan, as in Rouge-Lion d'Abilant) or even a Saracen's formal name, in The Jerusalem Continuations: The London and Turin Redactions of the Old French Crusade cycle, Simon de Puille: Chanson de geste, Karlamagnús saga: The Saga of Charlemagne and His Heroes, and Gloriant.
Ábila came from the youth divisions of Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba, made his professional debut at the Primera B Nacional in 2008. He was loaned to Sarmiento de Junín and then Deportivo Morón, teams from the Argentina soccer's third division, returning to Instituto in 2013.
Abila (Arabic: ابيلا) was an ancient city east of the Jordan River in the Plains of Moab, later Peraea, near Livias, about twelve km northeast of the north shore of the Dead Sea. [ citation needed ] The site is identified with modern Khirbet el-Kafrayn , Jordan and identified on the Madaba Map as an unnamed icon.
The name Abyla is said to have been a Punic name ("Lofty Mountain" [1] or "Mountain of God") for Jebel Musa, [2] the southern Pillar of Hercules. [3] It appears in Greek variously as Abýla (Ἀβύλα), Abýlē (Ἀβύλη), Ablýx (Ἀβλύξ), and Abílē Stḗlē (Ἀβίλη Στήλη, "Pillar of Abyla") [3] and in Latin as Mount Abyla (Abyla Mons) or the Pillar of Abyla (Abyla Columna).
Self-service is the practice of serving oneself, usually when making purchases. [1] Aside from Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), which are not limited to banks, and customer-operated supermarket check-out, [ 2 ] labor-saving which has been described as self-sourcing , there is the latter's subset, selfsourcing and a related pair: End-user ...