#apul

• Acapulco — A famous port city and world-renowned resort town located in the Mexican state of Guerrero, along the Pacific Ocean coast. Situated in a spectacular semicircular bay, it is historically celebrated for its vibrant nightlife, tropical beaches, and the legendary cliff diving shows at La Quebrada, while also holding great historical significance as a major Spanish colonial trading hub.
• Acromial — Pertaining to the acromion (the superior bony process of the scapula) or located in the upper shoulder region; referring to the anatomical, vascular, or nervous structures associated with this skeletal prominence.
• Acromioclavicular — Pertaining to or relating simultaneously to the acromion and the clavicle; describing the articular, ligamentous, or capsular elements uniting the bony process of the scapula with the external extremity of the clavicle at the superolateral aspect of the shoulder.
• Acromion — A flattened and broadened bony projection forming the superior extremity of the scapular spine, articulating directly with the clavicle and representing the highest structural point of the shoulder skeleton.
• Agulhas — A geographical proper name denoting Cape Agulhas (Cabo das Agulhas), the official southernmost tip of the African continent located in South Africa, marking the dividing line between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans; the term also names the famous warm western boundary ocean current (Agulhas Current) flowing southward along the east coast of Africa.
• Alba Iulia — A first-rank municipality in Romania, capital of Alba county, situated in the historical region of Transylvania, on the banks of the Mureș River. The city holds a supreme national symbolic value, being the place where the Great Union of December 1, 1918 was officially proclaimed and where the Kings of Greater Romania were crowned in 1922. It houses the largest Vauban-style fortress in Southeastern Europe, named Alba Carolina.
• Mountain alyssum — A perennial herbaceous plant species within the genus Alyssum, family Brassicaceae, distributed across the mountainous and hilly areas of Europe; commonly known as mountain alyssum or mountain madwort. The plant features prostrate stems at the base, grayish leaves covered with stellate hairs, and fragrant yellow flowers grouped in dense racemes, making it ideal for rock gardens due to its high drought resistance.
• Antinion — A craniometric reference point located on the midline of the skull, defined as the most prominent point on the anterior surface of the cranium, situated directly opposite to the inion (external occipital protuberance); it is used in physical anthropology and neuroimaging to measure sagittal diameters and establish structural coordinates of the head.
• Apulian — Name given to a member of the Apuli Dacian tribe, an ethnic group historically mentioned in the region of the Apulum fortress (modern-day Alba Iulia); as an adjective, it refers to cultural, territorial, or archaeological elements specific to this Dacian tribe from central Transylvania.
• Apuleius — A Roman writer, rhetorician, and Platonic philosopher (2nd century AD), originally from Madaura (North Africa), famous for his work 'Metamorphoses' or 'The Golden Ass' (Asinus aureus). This writing represents the only Latin novel preserved entirely to this day, being a masterpiece of world literature that combines picaresque satire, mystical realism, and magical elements.
• Apuli — An ancient Dacian population inhabiting central Transylvania, around the political and religious center of Apulum (modern-day Alba Iulia); these Dacians were mentioned in ancient sources (such as Ptolemy's maps) as a powerful tribe skilled in mining, metallurgy, and the extraction of gold and salt deposits.
• Apulia — A historical and administrative region located in southeastern Italy, along the coasts of the Adriatic and Ionian Seas, known in modern Romanian as Puglia. In antiquity, this peninsular territory was famous for its production of olive oil, high-quality wool, and grains, serving as a strategic point of cultural and commercial connection between Roman and Greek civilizations.
• Apulum — The largest urban, political, and military center in Roman Dacia, developed on the site of modern-day Alba Iulia; the settlement was initially a castrum built by the 13th Legion Gemina, structurally evolving into two distinct cities (Municipium Apulense and Colonia Aurelia Apulensis) and becoming the residence of the governor of Dacia Apulensis province.
• Wild mint — A popular name attributed in traditional phytotherapy to certain herbaceous plant species (such as types of wild mint or St. John's wort) whose leaves or inflorescences present an oily, sticky secretion resembling beads of sweat. In empirical beliefs, extracts obtained from this plant were used as poultices or infusions to soothe migraines and reduce severe febrile states.
• Sling — A manual device, traditional tool, or rudimentary machinery used for propelling or throwing heavy objects or projectiles (such as stones or spears) at a distance; a large sling or small-scale catapult. In a technical or regional agricultural sense, it can also name a machine component that scatters certain materials (seeds, sand, etc.) through rotation or oscillatory movement.