Alif
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ALIF may be an abbreviation for:
Alif may have more than one meaning:
- Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion, a type of spinal fusionSpinal fusionSpinal fusion, also known as spondylodesis or spondylosyndesis, is a surgical technique used to join two or more vertebrae. Supplementary bone tissue, either from the patient or a donor , is used in conjunction with the body's natural bone growth processes to fuse the vertebrae.Fusing of the...
Alif may have more than one meaning:
- AlephAleph* Aleph or Alef is the first letter of the Semitic abjads descended from Proto-Canaanite, Arabic alphabet, Phoenician alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Syriac alphabet-People:*Aleph , an Italo disco artist and alias of Dave Rodgers...
, the first letter of many Semitic alphabets - AlifThaanaThaana, Taana or Tāna is the modern writing system of the Divehi language spoken in the Maldives. Taana has characteristics of both an abugida and a true alphabet , with consonants derived from indigenous and Arabic numerals, and vowels derived from the vowel diacritics of the Arabic abjad...
, the eighth consonant of the Thaana abugaida used in Dhivehi - Alif, a historic administrative division of the Maldives
- ALIF (Liberate Attack of the Feminist Infantry)ALIF (Liberate Attack of the Feminist Infantry)ALIF is the pioneer female hip hop trio of Hip Hop Galsen. Emerging in the late mid-1990s, ALIF offered a feminine and feminist flavour to Hip Hop Galsen encouraging women to play their part in the movement...
, female hip hop group from Senegal