adj
Abilene
AB-ih-leen
adj
1
Of or relating to Abila
2
Belonging to a prehistoric culture of central Texas, characterized by oval grinding stones.
noun
1
A native or inhabitant of Abila
name
1
A region of Syria north of Damascena.
2
A city, the county seat of Taylor County, in west-central Texas, west-southwest of Fort Worth; founded in 1881 with the coming of the railroad, the city first prospered as a shipping center for cattle.
"Once a livestock hub, Abilene has become an AI boomtown. Its arid outskirts are home to the flagship campus of Stargate, the data-center partnership between OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank heralded by Trump in January."
— (2025)
3
A city, the county seat of Dickinson County, Kansas.
4
An unincorporated community in Charlotte County, Virginia.
5
A locality in the County of St. Paul, No. 19, Alberta, Canada.
Word Forms
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Etymology
From Latin Abilēnus, from Ancient Greek Ἀβιληνός (Abilēnós). By surface analysis, Abila + -ene.