aqal
aqal noun: a kind of wigwam built by the nomadic Somali and Afar people.
Noun (1)
aqal (plural aqals)
Noun (2) capitalized: AQAL
AQAL (uncountable)
- Initialism of all quadrants, all levels (“a kind of grid used in integral theory, with four quadrants covering an interior-exterior and an individual-collective scale”).
Proper noun capitalized: Aqal
Aqal
- A town in Kalpin, Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a township.
- Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria 5+ males holding territory in a popular grove in Aqal town. Described as rare in China (Cheng 1987).1992, R. Grimmett, H. Taylor, “Recent bird observations from Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China, 16 June to 5 July 1988”, in Forktail, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 146
- Separated by the line from Aksu, through Aqal to Markit, a suite of varicoloured mudstone, silty mudstone and sandy conglomerate interbeds with intercalations of andesite, basalt and dacite outcrops in the east, and in the west there is a set of granular carbonate and grey-back sandy mudstone...1996, Field Trip Guide: Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Sedimentology, Petroleum and Coal Geology, volume 1, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1112-10
- Synonyms:
- Aqiale
Synonyms of aqal
- Aqiale
Forms of aqal
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | aqals |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Achal |
Origin of aqal
From Uyghur ئاچال (achal).
Questions about aqal
- What does aqal mean?
- Aqal means a kind of wigwam built by the nomadic Somali and Afar people.
- What part of speech is aqal?
- Aqal can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of aqal?
- The plural of aqal is aqals.
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