Abilene
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Abilene may refer to:
Places
[edit]United States
[edit]- Abilene, Kansas
- Abilene, Texas
- Abilene, Texas metropolitan area
- Abilene State Park, near Abilene, Texas
- Abilene Trail, from Texas to Abilene, Kansas, used in the 19th century
Elsewhere
[edit]- Abilene (ancient), a plain in Syria on the eastern slope of Anti-Lebanon mountain range
- Abilene, Alberta, Canada
Films
[edit]- Abilene Town, a 1946 western film starring Randolph Scott
- Gunfighters of Abilene, a 1960 film starring Buster Crabbe
- Gunfight in Abilene, a 1967 western film starring Bobby Darin and Leslie Nielsen
- Abilene (film), a 1999 drama film starring Ernest Borgnine
Military
[edit]- Operation Abilene (1966), a joint US-Australian military operation in 1966 during the Vietnam War
- Operation Abilene (2003), a US military operation in Al Anbar province in 2003 during the Iraq War
- USS Abilene (PF-58), a 1943 Tacoma-class US navy frigate named after Abilene, Kansas
- Abilene Trophy, awarded annually to the community in Air Mobility Command
Other uses
[edit]- Abilene Christian University. Abilene, Texas
- Abilene Network, the American national academic backbone network
- Abilene paradox, a form of dysfunctional group dynamics
- "Abilene" (song), a 1963 song recorded by George Hamilton IV
- Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad, in Abilene, Kansas
- Abilene and Southern Railway, taken over by Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1978