Abilene
Encyclopedia

Places

Syria
  • Abilene (biblical)
    Abilene (biblical)
    Abilene or simply Abila was a plain, a district in Coele-Syria, of which the chief town was Abila Lysaniou...

    , a plain in Syria, on the east slope of Anti-Lebanon mountain range


United States
  • Abilene, Georgia
  • Abilene, Kansas
    Abilene, Kansas
    Abilene is a city in and the county seat of Dickinson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 6,844.-History:...

  • Abilene, Texas
    Abilene, Texas
    Abilene is a city in Taylor and Jones counties in west central Texas. The population was 117,063 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2006 estimated population of 158,063. It is the county seat of Taylor County...

  • Abilene, Virginia
    Abilene, Virginia
    Abilene is a small unincorporated farming community in Charlotte County, Virginia, United States. It is centered around the local convenience store Abilene Junction, formerly known as Abilene Grocery...


Movies

  • Abilene Town
    Abilene Town
    Abilene Town was a 1946 western film directed by Edwin L. Marin. The film starred Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Lloyd Bridges, Rhonda Fleming, and Edgar Buchanan....

    , a 1946 western film starring Randolph Scott.
  • Abilene (film), a 1999 American film starring Earnest Borgnine

Other uses

  • Abilene Network
    Abilene Network
    Abilene Network was a high-performance backbone network created by the Internet2 community in the late 1990s. In 2007 the Abilene Network was retired and upgraded network was known as the "Internet2 Network".-History:...

    , the American national academic backbone network, part of the Internet2 project
  • Abilene paradox
    Abilene paradox
    The Abilene paradox is a paradox in which a group of people collectively decide on a course of action that is counter to the preferences of any of the individuals in the group. It involves a common breakdown of group communication in which each member mistakenly believes that their own preferences...

    , a form of dysfunctional group dynamics
  • Abilene (band), a post-rock band based in Chicago.
  • Abilene (song)
    Abilene (song)
    Abilene is the title of a song written by Bob Gibson and John D. Loudermilk, and recorded by American country music artist George Hamilton IV. The song reached number one on the U.S. country music chart for four weeks, and peaked at number 15 on the pop music charts...

    , a song recorded by George Hamilton IV
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