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I Am movement
U.S. religious movement founded in the 1930s by Guy Ballard (1878–1939) and his wife, Edna (1886–1971).
Iacocca, Lee
U.S. automobile executive.
Iao Valley
Canyon, eastern slope of Mount Puu Kukui, northwestern Maui, Hawaii, U.S.
Iasi
City (pop., 2002: 321,580), northeastern Romania.
Ibadan
City (pop., 2002 est.: 3,080,000), southwestern Nigeria.
Ibagué
City (pop., 1999 est.: 393,664), central Colombia.
Ibáñez (del Campo), Carlos
Chilean soldier and president (1927–31, 1952–58).
Ibárruri (Gómez), (Isidora) Dolores
Spanish communist leader.
Iberian
Any member of a prehistoric people of southern and eastern Spain.
Iberian Peninsula
Peninsula, southwestern Europe, occupied by Spain and Portugal.
Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne d'
French Canadian naval hero and explorer.
ibex
Any of several species of surefooted, sturdy wild goats found in the mountains of Europe, Asia, and North Africa.
Ibibio
People of southeastern Nigeria.
ibis
Any of about 20 species of medium-sized wading birds (subfamily Threskiornithinae) of the same family as the spoonbills.
Ibiza
Third largest island (pop., 1999 est.: 86,953) of the Balearic Islands (Baleares), Spain.
Iblis
In Islam, the personal name of the Devil.
IBM Corp.
Leading U.S. computer manufacturer, headquartered in Armonk, N.Y.
Ibn al-'Arabi
Islamic mystic and theologian.
Ibn 'Aqil
Islamic theologian.
Ibn Battutah
Noted Arab traveler and writer.
Ibn Gabirol
Jewish poet and philosopher.
Ibn Hazm
Islamic scholar and theologian.
Ibn Ishaq
Arab biographer of Muhammad.
Ibn Janah
Spanish scholar famed as a Hebrew grammarian and lexicographer.
Ibn Khaldun
Noted Arab historian.
Ibn Sa'ud
Founder of modern-day Saudi Arabia.
Ibn Taymiyyah
Islamic theologian.
Ibn Tibbon, Judah ben Saul
Jewish physician and translator.
Ibn Tulun Mosque
Huge, majestic red-brick mosque in Cairo.
Ibrahim Pasha
Egyptian general.
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