Abner, a famous Hebrew captain, cousin of King Saul. He fought bravely in the long struggle with the Philistines, and after Saul's defeat and death at Mount Gilboa, saved the crown for his son, Ishbosheth. At last, resenting a charge made against him by his master, he went over to David; but he was soon after murdered by Joab.
Åbo (pronounced Obo), the chief town of a government in Finland, situated on the river Aurajoki, near its embouchure in the Gulf of Bothnia, 170 miles WNW. of Helsingfors by rail. It has an active trade, and exports timber, and bar and cast iron. Its university was transferred to Helsingfors after the great fire of 1827. A peace between Sweden and Russia was signed here in 1743. Pop. (1890) 37,671. The government of Åbo-Björneborg has an area of 9330 sq. m., and a pop. of (1890) 395,128, of whom about 17 per cent. are Swedes.