Abel (disambiguation)

Abel is a younger brother of Cain in the Bible. They were the first mentioned sons of Adam and Eve. Cain's murder of Abel resulted in Abel being the first person to die.

Abel may also refer to:

Persons

• Abel (given name)
• Abel (surname)

Fictional characters

• Abel (DC Comics), fictional character in DC Comics
• Abel, character in the video game Street Fighter IV
• Abel, character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting video game series
• Abel, protagonist in W.H. Hudson's novel Green Mansions
• Abel, Mabel's brother in the comic strip Motley's Crew

Places

• Abel (crater), on the Moon
• Mount Abel (British Columbia), Canada
• Mount Abel, former name of Cerro Noroeste in California
• Abel Lake (New Zealand)
• Abel, Alabama, a place in Cleburne County, Alabama

Science and technology

• Abel (hominid), the name given to the only specimen ever discovered of Australopithecus bahrelghazali
• Abel Prize, international prize for excellence in mathematics
• Abel (programming language), object-oriented programming language created at HP Labs
• Advanced Boolean Expression Language, hardware description language for developing programmable logic devices
• Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning, Canadian project to use video conferencing in schools as an educational resource

Entertainment

• Abel (album), EP by Japanese rock band Unsraw
• Abel (film) (1986), Dutch film by Alex van Warmerdam
• Abel, Inc., Japan-based Dreamcast video game developer and publisher, founded in 1997

Other uses

• Tropical Storm Abel, in the 1996 Pacific typhoon season

See also

• Abelson, a surname
• Abell (disambiguation)
• Abele (disambiguation)
• Abels (disambiguation)
• Abelian (disambiguation)
• Able (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Abel"