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Amarakaeri Amarakaeri is an indigenous American language of the Harakmbet language family spoken in PerĂş along the Madre de DĂ­os and Colorado rivers. There is less than 1% literacy compared to 5 to 15% literacy in second language Spanish.
Amarakosha The Amarakosha (from amara "immortal" and kosha "casket, pail, collection, dictionary"; also Namalinganushasana nama-linga-anu-shasana "instruction concerning the gender of nouns") of Amarasimha is a thesaurus of Sanskrit. It consists of three parts or kandas.
Amaranth The amaranths (also called pigweeds) comprise the genus Amaranthus, a widely distributed genus of short-lived herbs, occurring mostly in temperate and tropical regions. It ranges from colors of purple and red to gold.
Amaranthus acanthochiton Amaranthus acanthochiton (Greenstrife), is a species of Amaranthus native to the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah) and northern Mexico (Chihuahua), growing at altitudes of 1000-2000 m.
Amaranthus tricolor Amaranthus tricolor (Joseph's Coat; also known as Amaranthus gangeticus, Amaranthus melancholicus, Amaranthus mangostanus, Amaranthus polygamus) is a species of flowering plant. It goes by the common name of Joseph's-coat.
Amarapura Nikaya The Amarapura Nikaya is a Sri Lankan monastic fraternity (a lineage of ordained monks) founded in 1800. It is named after the city of Amarapura, Myanmar (then Burma), the former capital of the Burmese kingdom.
Amarar Amarar is a tribe of African "Arabs" inhabiting the mountainous country on the west side of the Red Sea from Suakin northwards towards Kosseir. Between them and the Nile are the Ababda and Bisharin tribes and to their south dwell the Hadendoa.
Amarasiri Dodangoda Amarasiri Dodangoda (born October 18 1942) was the Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs of Sri Lanka since April 2004. He served as Chief minister of the Southern Province of Sri Lanka for one term from 1993 to 1994 and another term in 1994.
Amaravathinagar Amaravathinagar (or Amaravathi Nagar) is in the foothills of Aannaimalai hills in Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India; about 22 km from Udumalpet and around 90 km from Coimbatore. The three major parts in this village are the Dam, Sainik School and the Glucose Factory.
Amarbayasgalant Khiid The Amarbayasgalant Monastery or "monastery of tranquil felicity", once one of the three largest Buddhist centres in Mongolia is located near the Selenge River in the Iven Valley, at the foot of Mount Buren-Khaan.
Amarcord Amarcord (1973), directed by Federico Fellini, is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age tale that combines poignancy with bawdy comedy. It tells the story of a wild cast of characters in Fellini's home town of Rimini in 1930s Fascist pre-World War II Italy.
Amargasaurus Amargasaurus (IPA: ; "La Amarga lizard") is a genus of dicraeosaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. It was small for a sauropod, reaching 10 meters (33 feet) length.
Amargosa Desert The Amargosa Desert is located in western Nevada, USA, along the border with California. The valley lies at an elevation of about 2,600 - 2,750 feet, and includes the community of Amargosa Valley, which lie at the southern end of the desert.
Amargosa Pupfish Station The Amargosa Pupfish Station is a protected wildlife refuge located in the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, administered by the National Park Service, located 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada in Nye County. It is administered as a part of Death Valley National Park.
Amargosa Range The Amargosa Range is a mountain range in Inyo County, California and Nye County, Nevada. The 110 mile (180 km) range runs along most of the eastern side of California's Death Valley, separating it from Nevada's Amargosa Desert.
Amargosa River The Amargosa River is an intermittent stream, approximately 200 mi (320 km) long, in southern Nevada and eastern California in the United States. It drains a high desert region northwest of Las Vegas into Death Valley, where it disappears into the ground.
Amarildo Souza do Amaral Amarildo Souza do Amaral, best known as Amarildo (born October 2, 1964) is a former Brazilian football (soccer) player in striker role, currently chief managed soccer school in Limeira ("CET Amarildo").
Amarillo Air Force Base Amarillo Air Force Base, originally Amarillo Army Air Field is located in Potter County, Texas, approximately 6 miles East of downtown Amarillo within the easternmost city limits. The City of Amarillo is located on the boundary of Potter and Randall Counties in the High Plains of the Texas Panhandle.
Amarillo College Amarillo College is a two-year fully accredited community college in Amarillo, Texas with over 10,000 students that was established in 1929 as Amarillo Junior College. Amarillo College has a total of six campuses as of October 2005.
Amarillo Design Bureau Inc. Amarillo Design Bureau, owned and operated by Steve and Leanna Cole, with partner Steve Petrick, and based in Amarillo, Texas, is a company specialising in tactical and strategic board wargames. They are a successor to Task Force Games.
Amarkantak Amarkantak (Devanagari: अमरकंटक) is a town and a nagar panchayat in Shahdol district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Amarkantak region is a unique natural heritage area and is the meeting point of the Vindhyas and the Satpuras, with the Maikal Hills being the fulcrum.
Amarna The site of Amarna (commonly known as el-Amarna or incorrectly as Tel el-Amarna; see below) (Arabic: العمارنة al-‘amārnä) is located on the east bank of the Nile River in the modern Egyptian province of al-Minya, some 58 km (38 miles) south of the city of al-Minya, 312 km (194 miles) south of the Egyptian capital Cairo and 402 km (250 miles) north of Luxor. The site of Amarna includes several modern villages, chief of which are el-Till in the north and el-Hagg Qandil in the south.
Amarna letters The designation Amarna letters (sometimes "Amarna correspondence") denotes an archive of correspondence on clay tablets, mostly diplomatic, between the Egyptian administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru. The letters were found in Upper Egypt at Amarna, the modern name for the capital of the Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom, primarily from the reign of pharaoh Amenhotep IV, better known as Akhenaten (1350s - 1330s BC).
Amarnath Amarnath is one of the most famous and holiest of Hindu temples, dedicated to Lord Shiva, located in Kashmir, India. The temple is reported to be around 5000 years old and is a popular pilgrimage destination for Hindus - about 400,000 people visit during the 45 day season around the festival of Shravani Mela in July-August, coinciding with the Hindu holy month of Shravan.
Amarok (album) Amarok is a record album written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield. It was his thirteenth new album and is considered by fans to be his most unique work: a single sixty-minute track of continuous, uninterrupted but constantly-changing music.
Amarok (audio) Amarok (formerly known as amaroK) is a free software music player for Linux and other varieties of Unix. It makes use of core components from the KDE desktop environment, but is released independently of the central KDE release cycle, and is developed with a desktop-agnostic policy.
Amaroo Park Amaroo Park was a motor racing circuit located in Annangrove, in the present-day western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. It served as a host for a variety of competitions including the Australian Touring Car Championship, Formula Ford and others.
Amarr Amarr is a fictional race in the MMOG EVE Online. They are one of the four playable races in the game, and have the widest influence, with their Amarr Empire being in control of 40% of the inhabited solar systems.
Amaru Entertainment Amaru Entertainment was founded by Tupac Shakur's mother, Afeni Shakur, in early 1997 to handle the release of the unreleased material Tupac Shakur had created before his death on September 7th, 1996. After the death of Tupac Shakur the label inherited the rights to 2Pacalypse Now, Strictly 4 My N.
Amaryllis Amaryllis is a monotypic (only one species) genus of plant containing the Belladonna Lily (Amaryllis belladonna), a native of South Africa, particularly the rocky southwest region near the Cape. It is often confused with the Hippeastrum, a flowering bulb commonly sold for blooming indoors.
Amaryllis Fleming Amaryllis Marie-Louise Fleming (10 December 1925 – 27 July 1999) was a British cello performer and teacher. She was the illegitimate daughter of the painter Augustus John by his mistress Eve Fleming, mother of the writers Peter Fleming and Ian Fleming by her late husband.
Amasa Learned Amasa Learned (November 15, 1750–May 4, 1825) was an American preacher, lawyer, and politician from New London, Connecticut. He served in the state's House of Representatives and represented Connecticut in the U.
Amasa Stone Amasa Stone (1818-1883) was an American industrialist who built railroads and invested in mills in Ohio. He was a major benefactor of Western Reserve College, which became part of Case Western Reserve University in 1967.
Amasi Amasi (so called in isiZulu and isiXhosa, and "maas" in Afrikaans) is the common word for soured milk that tastes like cottage cheese or plain yoghurt. It is very popular in South Africa, where it is also known known as inkomazi.
Amasia (continent) Amasia is a possible future supercontinent that could be formed by the merger of Asia and North America. This configuration, which is an alternative to Pangaea Ultima, could be brought about if the Atlantic Ocean mid-ocean ridge continues spreading while the Eurasian continent rotates under the Northward impulse of Africa.
Amasis Painter The Amasis painter (active around 550 - 510 in Athens) was a Greek Vase painter of the black figure style. He owes his name to the fact that eight of the potter Amasis's manufactured marked work (“Amasis made me”) are painted by the same painter, who we therefore called the Amasis painter.
Amastris Amastris (in Greek Aμαστρις; killed 284 BC), also called Amastrine, was the daughter of Oxyathres, the brother of the Persian king Darius III, was given by Alexander the Great in marriage to Craterus. But Craterus preferred to her Phila, the daughter of Antipater, so Amastris married Dionysius, tyrant of Heraclea Pontica, in Bithynia, 322 BC.
Amasya Circular Amasya Circular (Turkish: Amasya Genelgesi or Amasya Tamimi) was a joint circular issued on 22 June 1919 in Amasya by Mustafa Kemal Pasha, Rauf Orbay, Refet Bele and Ali Fuat Cebesoy, also approved by Kazım Karabekir based in Erzurum, that is considered as the first written document putting the Turkish War of Independence in motion.
Amaterasu Amaterasu (天照), Amaterasu-ōmikami (天照大神 or 天照大御神) or Ōhiru-menomuchi-no-kami (大日孁貴神) is in Japanese mythology, a sun goddess, and perhaps the most important Shinto deity (神 kami). She was born from the left eye of Izanagi as he purified himself in a river, and went on to become the ruler of the Higher Celestial Plane (Takamagahara) and was also considered to be directly linked in lineage to the Imperial Household of Japan and the Emperor, who were considered descendants of the kami themselves.
Amateur The word amateur has at least two connotations. In the first, more widely used manner, it means someone performing some task without pay, in contrast to a "professional" who is paid for the same task.
Amateur adventure game An amateur adventure game is a freeware computer game belonging to the adventure genre. The amateur adventure game scene emerged in the mid to late 1990s, when releases of new commercial adventure games became more rare and easy distribution of games and game engines was made possible by increased access to the Internet, thus encouraging players to make their own games and fangames.
Amateur and professional cricketers Since the early Nineteenth century, cricket has gradually developed from an amateur recreational sport in England into a fully professional international sport from which leading players can earn a large income.
Amateur astronomy Amateur astronomy, a subset of astronomy, is a hobby whose participants enjoy studying celestial objects. It is usually associated with viewing the night sky when most celestial objects and events are visible, but sometimes amateur astronomers also operate during the day for events such as sunspots and solar eclipses.
Amateur Achievement Award of the ASP The Amateur Achievement Award recognizes significant contributions to astronomy or amateur astronomy by those not employed in the field of astronomy in a professional capacity The award, given since 1979], is managed by the [[Astronomical Society of the Pacific. It consists of $500 and a plaque, which is presented at the Annual Meeting Awards Banquet.
Amateur Athletic Association The Amateur Athletic Association of England (formerly simply the Amateur Athletic Association) or AAA (pronounced 'three As') is the oldest athletics organization in the UK, having been established in 1880. In the past, it has effectively overseen athletics throughout Britain.
Amateur Athletic Foundation The Amateur Athletic Foundation (AAF) is the private, nonprofit institution created by the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee to manage Southern California’s endowment from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Under an agreement made in 1979, 40 percent of any surplus was to stay in Southern California, with the other 60 percent going to the United States Olympic Committee.
Amateur Athletic Union The Amateur Athletic Union, widely known as the AAU, was formed in 1888 to sponsor teams and players in a wide variety of sports, and has sponsored many tournaments throughout the United States. It's goal is to help athletes get noticed, to direct them toward a good college or into the right environment in their community.
Amateur Auxiliary The Amateur Auxiliary is an American amateur radio organization operated by the American Radio Relay League that is authorized and works in conjunction with the Federal Communications Commission. The Auxiliary consists of Official Observer volunteer amateur radio operators who mostly just listen.
Amateur Fencers League of America The Amateur Fencers League of America, or AFLA, was founded on April 22, 1891 in New York City by a group of fencers seeking independence from the Amateur Athletic Union. As early as 1940, the AFLA was recognized by the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) and the United States Olympic Committee as the national governing body for fencing in the United States.
Amateur Hockey Association The Amateur Hockey Association of Canada was an amateur ice hockey league that was founded in 1887 and existed from 1888 to 1898. It is widely accepted that this league was the forerunner to the modern-day National Hockey League.
Amateur Ice Hockey Association of Singapore The Amateur Ice Hockey Association of Singapore (AIHA Singapore) is a non-profit organisation that has been running the National Ice Hockey League of Singapore (NIHL Singapore) since 2000, hosting ice hockey tournaments in Asia since 2001, and funding several developmental activities over this time. The association is funded by player fees and private sponsorship.
Amateur microscopy Amateur Microscopy is the investigation and observation of biological and non-biological specimens for recreational purposes using an optical microscope (light microscopes). Collectors of minerals, insects, seashells and plants may use microscopes as tools to uncover features that help them classify their collected items.
Amateur Martial Association The Amateur Martial Association, or AMA, is the largest multi style association of martial arts in Great Britain,AMA Homepage with over 13,000 associated clubs in the UK and Éire, including, but not limited to, the following styles:
Amateur pornography Amateur pornography is a category of pornography that features models or actors performing without pay, or for whom this material is their first or only paid modeling work. The label is also sometimes applied to professionally-produced pornography which mimics genuinely amateur work.
Amateur Photographer Amateur Photographer is the title of a British photography magazine, published weekly by IPC Media, a Time Warner subsidiary. The magazine provides articles on equipment reviews, photographic technique, and profiles of professional photographers.
Amateur radio Amateur radio, often called Ham radio, is a hobby and public service enjoyed by about 3 million people throughout the world. An amateur radio operator, also known as a ham or radio amateur, uses advanced radio equipment to communicate with other radio amateurs for public service, recreation and self-training.
Amateur radio contact An amateur radio contact, more commonly referred to as simply a "contact", is an exchange of information between two amateur radio stations. The exchange usually consists of an initial call, a response by another amateur radio operator at an amateur radio station, and possibly a signal report.
Amateur radio high bands In the hobby of Amateur radio, participants use radios to communicate. The radio frequencies that Amateur radio users can use are grouped into sections of frequencies in the radio spectrum known as Amateur radio frequency allocations or simply, bands.
Amateur radio history Throughout its history, amateur radio enthusiasts have made significant contributions to science, engineering, industry, and social services. Research by amateur radio operators has founded new industries, built economies, empowered nations, and saved lives in times of emergency.
Amateur radio license An amateur radio license is a legal document or permit giving official permission to the license holder to operate an amateur radio station. The license typically permits the bearer to transmit a signal on designated radio frequencies in order to conduct two-way communications with other licensed stations.
Amateur radio licensing in the United States In the United States, amateur radio licensing is governed by the Federal Communications Commission. Over the years, the system has evolved into three levels of license (more or less), based on demonstration of knowledge and telegraphy skill.
Amateur radio operating award An amateur radio operating award is earned by an amateur radio operator for establishing two-way communication with other amateur radio stations. Awards are sponsored by national amateur radio societies, radio enthusiast magazines, or amateur radio clubs, and aim to promote activity on the amateur radio bands.
Amateur radio operator An amateur radio operator is an individual who has been assigned an amateur radio license by a governmental regulatory authority. An amateur radio operator uses the equipment at an amateur radio station to engage in two-way personal communications with other similarly licensed individuals using radio frequencies assigned to the Amateur Radio Service.
Amateur radio repeater An Amateur radio repeater is an electronic device that receives a weak or low-level amateur radio signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power, so that the signal can cover longer distances without degradation.
Amateur radio station An amateur radio station is a facility equipped with the apparatus necessary for carrying on radiocommunications in the Amateur Radio Service. There are several types of amateur radio stations: an amateur radio station may be located in a building, installed in a vehicle, located in space, or established in a temporary field location.
Amateur rocketry Amateur rocketry, sometimes known as amateur experimental rocketry or experimental rocketry is a hobby in which participants experiment with fuels and make their own rocket motors, launching a wide variety of types and sizes of rockets. Amateur rocketeers have been responsible for significant research into hybrid rocket motors, and have built and flown a variety of solid, liquid, and hybrid propellant motors.
Amateur Radio Association at the University of Maryland The Amateur Radio Association at the University of Maryland (ARAUM), formerly the University of Maryland Amateur Radio Association (UMARA), which was formed between 1932 and 1933. The UMARA marginally predates the Federal Communications Commission and received its initial callsign grant of 3EAX from the United States Department of Commerce, which regulated United States radio communications at the time.
Amateur Radio Communications Team The Amateur Radio Communications Team (ARCT) is a proposed system for classifying the capabilities of teams of volunteer amateur radio operators, in preparation for or in actual service in support of public service agencies (fire, police, other essential services) and non-governmental disaster relief organizations (also known as National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster) in times of disaster or other emergency.
Amateur Radio Direction Finding Amateur Radio Direction Finding is an amateur map and compass sport that combines the skills of orienteering and radio direction finding. It is a timed race in which individual competitors use a topographic map, a magnetic compass and radio direction finding apparatus to navigate through diverse wooded terrain while searching for radio transmitters.
Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Amateur Radio Emergency Communications (AREC), formerly the Amateur Radio Emergency Corps, is a service provided by the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART) which provides trained radio communicators and communication systems for emergency situations.
Amateur Radio Emergency Service In the United States and Canada, the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) is a corps of trained amateur radio operator volunteers organized to assist in public service and emergency communications. It is organized and sponsored by the American Radio Relay League and the Radio Amateurs of Canada.
Amateur Radio Emergency Services The Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) are voluntary organizations in the United States and Canada, of licensed radio amateur operators who register and volunteer their qualifications and equipment for communications duty in the public service during a disaster. Any licensed amateur may join ARES; membership in the American Radio Relay League or the Radio Amateurs of Canada is not required.
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, or ARISS, is a project sponsored by various entities and carried out by astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station who also have an amateur radio license. The program was previously called SAREX, the Space Amateur Radio Experiment, and before that the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment.
Amateur television Amateur television (ATV) is the hobby of transmitting broadcast-quality video and audio over radio waves allocated for amateur radio using the broadcast standards of NTSC in North America and Japan, and PAL or SECAM in Europe and elsewhere, using the full refresh rates of those standards. It also includes the study of building of such transmitters and receivers and the propagation between these two.
Amateur wrestling Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games under the supervision of FILA (Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées or International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles): Freestyle and Greco-Roman.
Amateur Yacht Research Society The Amateur Yacht Research Society or AYRS is a nonprofit organization headquartered in the UK and with an international membership. The purpose of the AYRS is to improve the sport of yachting, by making yachts faster, safer, easier, or better in any way.
Amathole Museum Amathole Museum in King William's Town Eastern Cape province of South Africa houses the second largest collection of mammals in the southern hemisphere including Huberta, the hippopotamus. The Xhosa Gallery, housed in the old post office building, concentrates on the cultural history of all tribes of the Xhosa nation.
Amathus Amathus (Modern Greek Αμαθούς) was one of the most ancient royal cities of Cyprus, on the southern coast, about 24 miles west of Larnaka and 6 miles east of Limassol. Its ancient cult of Aphrodite was the most important in Cyprus, her homeland, after Paphos,Walter Burkert, Greek Relion 1985, p.
Amati-Denak Amati-Denak is a manufacturer of wind and percussion instruments, parts, and accessories. Located in the Czech Republic, their products include clarinets, flutes, bassoons, saxophones, trumpets, cornets, flugelhorns, alto horns, mellophones, baritone horns, euphoniums, trombones, tubas, horns, and bugles.
Amatignak Island Amatignak Island is a member of the Delarof Islands (west of the Andreanof Islands), in Alaska's Aleutian archipelago. The south-most point of Alaska and the highest western longitude of the United States are on this island, at 179 06' 31W, 51 15' 33"N.
Amatino Manucci Often considered the inventor of double-entry bookkeeping, Amatino Manuccia was a partner in Giovanni Farolfi & Company, a merchant partnership in 14th century Florence. The financial records that he kept for the firm are the oldest extant examples of the double-entry system.
Amatl Amatl (from the Nahuatl "paper") or Amate (Spanish) is a type of paper developed in Pre-Columbian Maya civilization. The paper is made by boiling the inner bark of several species of fig trees (genus Ficus) and pounding the resulting fibers with a stone.
Amato Opera The Amato Opera is an opera company, located in New York's East Village, and is believed to be the only self-sustaining opera house in the United States. It was founded in 1948 by husband and wife team Anthony (b.
Amatongaland Tongaland, or Amatongaland, existed in southeast Africa, lastly as a district of Zululand, forming the northern neck of Zululand. Bordered on the west by the Lebombo Mountains, the area comprised 1280 mi² (2060 km²).
Amatsu-Mikaboshi In Japanese mythology, Amatsu-Mikaboshi (ja:天津甕星, "August Star of Heaven"; also called Ama-no-kagaseo(ja:天香香背男), "Brilliant Male") is the god of evil and of the stars, specifically the pole star.
Amatuer Radio Resources in Oklahoma There are several different Amateur Radio Resources available in Oklahoma through the support of various clubs. These resources support such activities as severe weather communications, to outdoor community events such as bike riding, running and other mass participation events.
Amatus of Montecassino Amatus of Montecassino (Amatus Casinensis), a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Montecassino is one of three Italo-Norman chroniclers, the others being William of Apulia and Goffredo Malaterra. His History of the Normans (L'Ystoire de li Normant), in eight books in Old French, written ca 1080, is a prime source for retrieving the history of the Normans in the Mediterranean, as seen from the perspective of the great Abbey, which was one of the most important cultural and religious centers of 11th-century Christendom.
Amatzinac River The Amatzinac river also called Tenango is a Mexican river in the states of Morelos and Puebla. It flows south from its spring in the foothills of Popocatepetl and south through the canyon which is also called Amatzinac and reaches the dry plain near Chalcatzingo.
Amaurosis Amaurosis (Greek meaning darkening, dark, or obscure) is vision loss or weakness that occurs without an apparent lesion affecting the eye It may result from either a medical condition or from excess acceleration, as in flight. The term is the same as the Latin] gutta serena.
Amaury Sport Organisation The Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) is part of the French media group, EPA (Éditions Philippe Amaury), and is well-known as the organiser of various major sporting events, including the Tour de France and Paris-Nice professional cycle road races, and the Paris-Dakar Rally.
Amaury Telemaco Amaury Regalado Telemaco (Born: January 19, 1974 in Higuey, Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1996 to 2005 for the Chicago Cubs, Arizona Diamondbacks and Philadelphia Phillies. He was used both as a starter and reliever throughout his career.
Amauti The amauti (also amaut or amautik, plural amautiit) is the tradtional Inuit parka designed to carry a child in the same garment as the parent so that the child is warm and safe from frostbite, wind and cold. The amauti can be made from a variety of materials including sealskin, caribou skin or duffle (a thick woollen cloth) with a windproof outer shell.
Amaya (web browser) Amaya is an open source web browser and authoring tool created by the 'Opera' structured editor project at INRIA and later adopted for a time by W3C. Amaya is a direct descendant of the Grif WYSIWYG SGML editor created by Vincent Quint and Irène Vatton at INRIA in the early 80's, and of the HTML editor Symposia, itself based on Grif, both developed and sold by French software company Grif SA.
Amaya (woreda) Amaya is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Shewa Zone, Amaya is bordered on the south by the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, on the west by Nono, on the northwest by Tikur, on the northeast by Wonchi, and on the east by Walisona Goro.
Amayo Jingoro Amayo Jingoro a character featured in the Japanese anime Basilisk Kouga Ninpou Chou (known in English as Kouga Ninja Scrolls). Jingoro was chosen by his leader Ogen to be one of ten ninja to represent their clan of Iga Tsubagakure against the chosen ten of the rival Koga Manjidani clan.
Amazake-babaa Amazake-babaa (甘酒婆, "amazake hag") is an old woman yōkai from the folklore of Nagano and Aomori prefectures. She comes to the doors of houses asking for amazake, but if anyone answers they fall ill.
Amazônia Legal Amazônia Legal ("Legal Amazon") is the largest socio-geographic division of the South American nation of Brazil, which contains all of its territory in the Amazon Basin. It is officially designated to encompass all seven states of the North Region (Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins), as well as Mato Grosso state in the Center-West Region and most of Maranhão state in the Northeast Region.
Amaze Entertainment Amaze Entertainment is a video game developer for several video game platforms, with headquarters located in Kirkland, Washington. Amaze has acquired many smaller studios, and it was announced on November 14th, 2006 that Amaze itself was acquired by Foundation 9.
Amazia Amazia refers to a condition where breast tissue is absent, either congenitally or iatrogenically (the nipple and aureola remain present). The condition is typically the result of surgical removal or radiation therapy.
Amazilia lactea The Sapphire-spangled Emerald, Amazilia lactea, is a species of hummingbird that occurs in Brazil from the Amazon south to Santa Catarina, Venezuela, Peru and Bolivia. Both male and female have a bright "sapphire" blue chest and chin and green-blue abdomen with a well-delineated white stripe.

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