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al-. For some Arabic names beginning thus, see the second part of the name; e.g., for Anwar al-Sadat, see Sadat, Anwar al- Sadat, Anwar al- (änwär` äl-sädät`), 1918–81, Egyptian political leader and president (1970–81).
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al-

Arabic definite article, meaning “the.” It prefixes Arabic nouns, from which it is generally separated by a hyphen when rendered in Latin script. In Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, entries are alphabetized under the noun the article modifies (e.g., see Azhar University, al-).
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