Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Hawaii, a timber-tree of the rutaceous genus Ptelea. The wood is used in building canoes.

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  • Ar'alani's photos and his favorites, suggested by Thomas Hawk.

    UFies.org: January 2008 Archives 2008

  • Ar'alani's photos and his favorites, suggested by Thomas Hawk.

    Photographial Inspiration - UFies.org 2008

  • Each brother in turn comes up to the king's house and thrusts his head in at the door, only to have it chopped off and the body burnt in a special kind of wood fire, _opiko_, _aaka_, _mamane_, _pua_ and _alani_.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Jodi Giddings alani: NEWSFLASH: Juan is a liberal!

    CNN.com 2010

  • Ve daha anlatamayacagim kadar çok kullanim alani var bu bakis açisinin.

    En Son yazılar - Ferruh Mavituna 2009

  • Ash pokemon festivaline gitmek uzeredir ama henuz festival alani kurulmamistir.

    We Blog A Lot 2008

  • A number of ecoregional endemics are largely restricted to offshore islands, including Whitaker's skink (Cyclodina whitakeri), the robust skink (C. alani), Macgregor's New Zealand skink (C. macgregori), Oliver's New Zealand skink (C. oliveri), and the moco ground skink (Oligosoma moco).

    Northland temperate kauri forests 2008

  • The Holy Quran should be opened and placed in front, then one should recite, "Alaahumma inni asaloka be kitaabekal munzale Wa maa feeh, wa feehismokal akbaro wa asmaakal husnaa, wa maa yokhaafo Wa yurjaa an taj-alani min otaqaaeka minan-Naar", i.e., "O Allah treat me as one of those who are free from Hell, in the name of this Holy Book sent by Thee, whatever there be in the Book.

    Archive 2009-09-01 photographerno1 2009

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