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Arakor Nicodemus Arakor Nicodemus is a fictional wizard from the Fighting Fantasy gamebook series by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. He was one of the three pupils (including Gereth Yaztromo and Pen Ty Kora) of Vermithrax Moonchaser, the Grand Wizard of Yore.
Aral, Xinjiang Alar (simplified Chinese: 阿拉尔; traditional Chinese: 阿拉爾; Pinyin: Ālā'ěr; Uyghur: ئارال شەھرى / Aral Xəhri)The official spelling is Aral, according to the Zhōngguó dìmínglù 中国地名录 (Beijing, Zhōngguó dìtú chūbǎnshè 中国地图出版社 1997); ISBN 7-5031-1718-4; p. 1, 299.
Araldite Araldite is a registered trademark of Huntsman Advanced Materials (previously part of Ciba) referring to their range of engineering and structural epoxy, acrylic, and polyurethane adhesives. The name was first used in 1946 for a two-tube epoxy adhesive.
Aralia Aralia (Spikenard) is a genus of the plant family Araliaceae, consisting of about 40 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, and some rhizomatous herbaceous perennials. The genus is native to Asia and the Americas, with most species occurring in mountain woodlands.
Aralia californica Aralia californica, known by the common name elk clover though not actually a clover, is a large herb in the family Araliaceae, the only member of that family native to California and southwestern Oregon. It is also called California Aralia and California Spikenard.
Aralia spinosa Aralia spinosa, commonly known as Devil's Walking-stick, Hercules' Club, Prickly Ash, Prickly Elder, or Toothache Tree, is a species in the genus Aralia, family Araliaceae, native to eastern North America. The various names refer to the viciously spiny stems, petioles, and even leaf midribs.
Araliaceae Araliaceae is a family of 52 genera of flowering plants, also known as the Aralia family or Ivy family. The family includes trees, shrubs, lianas and perennial herbaceous plants, and usually bear pinnately or palmately compound leaves, and usually have small flowers produced in large panicles.
Aralosaurus Aralosaurus (ar-ahl-o-SORE-us) meaning "Aral Sea lizard", because it was found in the Aral Sea when it began to shrink noticeably (Greek sauros = lizard). Several other relatives, such as Jaxartosaurus have also been found in the surrounding area where Aralosaurus was found.
Aram (Biblical region) Aram is the name of a region mentioned in the Bible located in central Syria, including where the city of Aleppo (aka Halab) now stands. The name is traditionally derived from Aram, a grandson of Noah in the Bible.
Aram (film) Aram is a fictional action movie placed in France in 1993 and 2001, wherein French-Armenian fighters supply arms to Nagorno-Karabakh and attempt to kill a visiting Turkish diplomat. It was released in 2002 in theatres in France, and made its debut in 2004 at the Armenian Film Festival in San Francisco.
Aram Andonian Aram Andonian was an Armenian editor-journalist, historian, critic, author of prose and intellectual who worked for in the Young Turkish government during World War I. Andonian served in the department of military censorship and he gained fame after the war for introducing what has now been known as the "Andonian Telegrams".
Aram Chobanian Aram Chobanian was president ad interim of Boston University from 2003 until June 9, 2005, when, in recognition of Chobanian’s work, the Board of Trustees voted to remove “ad interim” from his title and designate him the ninth president of Boston University. In September 2005 Chobanian was succeeded by Robert A.
Aram Khachaturian Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (Armenian: Արամ Խաչատրյան, Aram Xačatryan; Russian: Аpaм Ильич Xaчaтypян, Aram Il'ič Hačaturjan) (June 6 1903 – May 1 1978) was an Armenian composer whose works were often influenced by Armenian folk music.
Aram Shah Aram Shah (1210-1211) was an islamic ruler of medieval India during the Slave Dynasty (or Mameluk dynasty) and the second Sultan of Delhi. The relationship of Aram with Qutb-ud-din Aibak (1206-1210) is a subject of controversy.
Arama 36/37 ARAMA 36/37 is an Association for the Recovery of Asturian Military Architecture 1936-1937. A nongovernmental organization formed by investigators and historians of the Military History that without lucrative spirit is in charge to investigate, to analyze, to register and to preserve the elements of military engineering related to the Spanish civil war in the terrytory of Asturias (north of Spain), establishing criteria of conservation and promoting measured to safeguard them like part of the Spanish Historical Patrimony.
Aramac, Queensland Aramac is a small town in Western Queensland, Australia, lying 68 kilometres north of Barcaldine, and 1280 kilometres by road from the state capital, Brisbane. It is situated on Aramac Creek, which flows into the Thomson River 60 km west of town.
Aramaeans The Aramaeans, or Arameans, were a Semitic, semi-nomadic and pastoralist people who originated and had lived in upper Mesopotamia and Syria. Aramaeans have never had a unified empire; they were divided into independent kingdoms all across the Near East.
Aramaeans in the Netherlands Since the early ‘60s, but increasingly so since the late ’70s and early ’80s of the past century, the Aramaean people found a new home in the Netherlands after fleeing from Turkey. They were called 'Christian Turks' by the Dutch and only after seeking asylum in some local churches and besieging a Catholic church in Den Bosch in 1979 they were recognised as refugees.
Aramaic alphabet The Aramaic alphabet is an abjad alphabet designed for writing the Aramaic language. As with other abjads, the letters all represent consonants; a few matres lectionis are consonants that also represent long vowels.
Aramaic history The Aramaic language, once the lingua franca of the Near East, originally introduced by nomadic desert folk from the "Arabian Peninsula," was originally propagated by the Assyrian Empire, and by the Achaemenid dynasty, as an official language of the Empire. In ancient Assyria it was written and spoken alongside the Akkadian language, and in Persia alongside Old Persian.
Aramaic of Jesus Most scholars believe that Jesus probably primarily spoke Aramaic with some Hebrew and at least a limited grasp of Greek. Generally, scholars believe that the towns of Nazareth and Capernaum where Jesus lived were Aramaic-speaking communities, that he was knowledgeable enough in Hebrew to discuss the Hebrew Bible, and that he might have known some Greek through commerce as a carpenter in nearby Sepphoris.
Aramaic primacy Aramaic primacy is the view that the Christian New Testament and/or its sources were originally written in the Aramaic language, rather than Koine Greek as is generally claimed. The Assyrian Church of the East and other Aramaic-speaking churches have historically claimed that the Peshitta is the original text of the New Testament.
Aramango District Aramango is a district of the province of Bagua. The first settlers were the families aguarunas (Holy family and Cumbia), that were located, in what today it is the Principal Park, with the arrival of the colonists in the year 1955 approximately, native these were displaced, sheltering in the first moment in the Native Community of the Reservation Ujucamo and others of marcharon to the interior of that of the forest.
Arambourgiania Arambourgiania is a pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Jordan. With a wingspan of 12 m (40 ft) it was one of the largest members of this groups; Ornithocheirus was about the same size and Quetzalcoatlus might have been larger.
Aramco brats Aramco brats is a nickname applied to the children of (mainly expatriate) employees of Saudi Aramco oil company, some of whom may have been born in Saudi Arabia and others who came with their parents later in childhood.
Aramco Financial Services Company Aramco Financial Services Company (AFSC) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Refining, Inc. AFSC serves as the financial guarantor for the Certificates of Financial Responsibility issued by the Coast Guard to the tanker fleet owned and operated by Vela International Marine, Ltd.
Aramco Training Services Company The Aramco Training Services Company runs an international visitor exchange program to train employees of Saudi Aramco and a related Houston company, the Aramco Services Company (ASC), and their affiliates. The program's operators also aim to foster mutual understanding between people in the United States and Saudi Arabia.
Aramex Aramex is a global total transportation services company providing a variety of express, logistics, freight distribution and land transportation services. It also provides a number of retail services including magazine and book orders, and catalogue services.
Aramid Aramid fiber is a heat-resistant and strong synthetic fiber, developed by Stephanie Kwolek in 1961 while working at DuPont. It is used in aerospace and military applications, for "bullet-proof" body armor fabric, and as an asbestos substitute.
Aramingo Borough, Pennsylvania Aramingo Borough is a defunct borough that was located in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The borough ceased to exist and was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854.
Aramis René d'Herblay 'Aramis' is a fictional character in the novels The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After and The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas. He and the other two musketeers Athos and Porthos are friends of the novel's protagonist, d'Artagnan.
Aramis RamĂ­rez Aramis Nin RamĂ­rez (born June 25, 1978 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a third baseman in Major League Baseball who has played for the Chicago Cubs since 2003 and on November 12, 2006 signed a five year deal with the Cubs with an option for 2011. Previously, RamĂ­rez played with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1998-2003).
Aramis, Ethiopia Aramis is a village and archaeological site in northeastern Ethiopia, where remains of Australopithecus have been found. Located in Administrative Zone 3 of the Afar Region, this village is part of the Gewane woreda.
Aramoana Aramoana, also known as "The Spit" to locals, is a small coastal settlement, 27 kilometres north of Dunedin city, in the South Island of New Zealand. The settlement's permanent population in 2001 Census was 261.
Aramoana (ferry) The MV Aramoana was a roll-on roll-off train ferry in service for the New Zealand Railways Department between 1962 and 1983. The ferry was built in 1961 to introduce an inter-island service for the railways between the North and South Islands of New Zealand, linking the New Zealand rail network between the islands for the first time.
Aramoana massacre The Aramoana massacre was an incident that occurred on 13 November and 14 November 1990 in Aramoana, New Zealand. Resident David Gray (Nov 20, 1956 — Nov 14, 1990), an unemployed gun collector, went on a rampage in which 13 people were shot dead, before Gray himself was shot by police.
Aran Ashe Aran Ashe is an erotic writer from England published by Nexus Books. She specialises in stories of female submission in a fantasy universe involving spanking, piercing, and erotic lactation, among other things.
Aran sweater The Aran (or Arran) jumper/sweaterCollins English Dictionary, Standard ISBN 0-00-433078-1 (1979) takes its name from the Aran Islands, was popular in the fishing villages on and islands off the West Coast of Ireland, or from the Isle of Arran off the west coast of Scotland. They are distinguished by their use of complex textured stitch patterns, several of which are combined in the creation of a single garment.
Arana College Arana College was founded in 1943 by the Rev. William Turner and the Stuart Residence Halls Council, the name 'Arana' perpetuated the Māori transliterated form of the name of Sir James Allen, a prominent New Zealand statesman and the Vice Chancellor 1903-1909 and Chancellor of the University of Otago from 1909-1912.
Aranattukara Aranattukara is a highly populated roman catholic (Syrian - Malankara Reeth) dominated area of Thrissur City, Kerala, India. Aranattukara takes its name from 'Ara Nattukara'with 'Ara' meanning half and 'Nattukara' meaning land.
Aranea (Dungeons & Dragons) In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the aranea is a spider-like magical beast that lives in temperate forests. Its natural form is that of a spider of monstrous size, with two small humanlike arms below its mandibles.
Aranea framework Aranea framework is an Open Source (APL 2.0) Java Hierarchical Model-View-Controller web framework that provides a common simple approach to building the web application components, reusing custom or general GUI logic and extending the framework.
Araneomorph funnel-web spider The araneomorph funnel-web spiders of the family Agelenidae include the common grass spiders of the genus Agelenopsis, as well as the purportedly venomous European hobo spider, Tegenaria agrestis, which has been introduced into the Pacific Northwest of the United States. (Note: The araneomorph funnel-web spider not to be confused with the funnel-web tarantula and the venomous funnel-web tarantula, both of which are members of the suborder Mygalomorphae.
Araneomorphae The Araneomorphae, (previously called the Labidognatha), are a suborder of spiders. They are distinguished by having chelicerae that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their close kin), where they point straight down.
Aranese language Aranese (Aranés in Gascon/Aranese and in Spanish; Aranès in Catalan; Aranais in French) is a dialect of Gascon (which is part of the Occitan language group of the Romance languages), spoken in Val d'Aran, in northwestern Catalonia (Spain), where it is one of the three official languages besides Catalan and Spanish.
Araneta Center-Cubao LRT Station Araneta Center-Cubao LRT Station, usually called Cubao LRT Station, is a station on the Manila LRT Purple Line (MRT-2). Araneta Center-Cubao station is one of the many elevated stations that can be found on the line.
Araneta Center-Cubao MRT Station Araneta Center-Cubao MRT Station, usually called Cubao MRT Station, is a station on the Manila MRT Blue Line (MRT-3). Araneta Center-Cubao station is one of the many elevated stations that can be found on the line.
Araniko Araniko (real name Balabahu) was a Nepalese architect born in the 12th century AD in Kathmandu. His name's literal meaning in Chinese was ara "woman" niko "face like", since he had a face like a woman's.
Aranmula Aranmula is a suburb of Kozhencherry in the state of Kerala in south India,Nearby famous places are Pattanamthitta (10 km) and Chengannur (10km). the nearest railway station is Chengannur and airports are Cochin and Tiruvananthapuram.
Aranno Aranno is a municipality located in the Swiss district of Lugano, a city in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, southern Switzerland. Bordering municipalities are Cademario, Iseo, Alto Malcantone, Miglieglia and Novaggio.
Aransas Pass Aransas Pass is a navigable salt water channel connecting the Gulf of Mexico with Aransas Bay on the Texas Gulf coast in the United States. The pass separates Mustang Island to the south from San José Island to the north, and is protected by jetties extending into the Gulf from both islands.
Aranyaka The Aranyakas (Sanskrit आरण्यक ) are part of the Hindu śruti; these religious scriptures are written in early Classical Sanskrit, and form part of either the Brahmanas or Upanishads. "Aranyaka" translates to "the forest books", meaning treatises for sadhus living in the wilderness.
Aranyer Dinratri Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest) is about four city-bred friends who go for a vacation in the jungles. The story explores the faultlines between city-bred individuals and locals or villagers in post-Independence India.
Arap Mosque Arap mosque is a mosque in the BeyoÄźlu district of Istanbul, Turkey. One version is that it was built during the first attempted conquest of the city of Constantinople by the Arab armies that were besieging it.
Arapaho The Arapaho (in French: Gens de Vache) tribe of Native Americans historically living on the eastern plains of Colorado and Wyoming. They were close allies of the Cheyenne tribe and loosely aligned with the Sioux.
Arapaho Center Station Arapaho Center Station is a DART light rail station located in Richardson, Texas at Greenville Avenue near Arapaho Road. It opened on July 1, 2002 and is a station on the Red Line, serving part of Richardson's Telecom Corridor including the facilities for Honeywell and Samsung, but also the Richardson Civic Center and the University of Texas at Dallas.
Arapaho language The Arapaho language (also Arapahoe) language is a Plains Algonquian language (an areal rather than genetic grouping) spoken almost entirely by elders in Wyoming. The language, which is in great danger of becoming extinct, has diverged very significantly phonologically from its posited proto-language, Proto-Algonquian (Proto-Algonquian , "bear," became Arapaho wox, and Proto-Algonquian , "her husband," became Arapaho Ă­Ă­x).
Arapaho National Recreation Area The Arapaho National Recreation Area (ANRA) is a United States National Recreation Area that is located near the headwaters of the Colorado River in north central Colorado adjacent to Rocky Mountain National Park. ANRA is under the jurisdiction of the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest.
Arapahoe City Arapahoe City was one of the first permanent towns of Colorado. Situated on the north side of Clear Creek west of today's McIntyre Street just southeast of North Table Mountain, Arapahoe City was established on November 29, 1858.
Arapaima The arapaima, piracucu, pirarucu, or paiche (Arapaima gigas) is a South American tropical freshwater fish. It is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest freshwater fish, reportedly with a maximum length in excess of 3 m (9.
Arapiles, Salamanca Arapiles is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 8 kilometres from the city of Salamanca and has a population of 466 people.
Arapuni Arapuni is a rural town centre on the Waikato river in the South Waikato District of New Zealand. The population on census night 2006 is 2145 usual resident (2001-2163) and (1996-2211), and the town sits next to hydroelectric dam at Lake Arapuni, one of six in the South Waikato District on the Waikato river, which was completed in 1929.
Ararat (brandy) Ararat is an Armenian brandy exclusively produced by the Yerevan Brandy Company since 1887. It is made from selected Caucasian wines and spring water according to traditional methods combined with the finest selection of grapes from the Ararat Valley in Armenia.
Ararat (province) Ararat (Armenian: ) is one of the provinces (marz) of Armenia with capital in Artashat. It is in the south of the country, bordering Turkey and Azerbaijan's Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic to its west and south.
Ararat plain The Ararat plain, one of the largest of the Armenian Plateau, stretches west of the sevan basin, at the foothills of the Gegham mountains. In the north the plain borders on Mount Aragats, and in the south, on the Ararat.
Ararat, City of Refuge Ararat, a city of refuge for the Jewish nation, was founded in 1825 by New York politician and playwright Mordecai Manuel Noah, who purchased most of Grand Island, a 27-square mile island near Buffalo, New York.
Ararat: A Searchlight on Armenia Founded in 1898 in London by the Armenian United Association of London, the periodical Ararat: A Searchlight on Armenia had the double-object of: "(1) drawing together all Armenians in the British capital, bringing them into touch with the British public, and thus establishing a closer sympathy between the two nations; and (2) focussing in the centre of the civilised world the many questions, both social and national, which affect Armenia and the Armenians."
Arará The term Arará refers to a minority group in Cuba (especially in the provinces of la Habana and Matanzas) and elsewhere in the Caribbean who descend from Fon, Ewe, Popo, Mahi and other ethnic groups in Dahomey (now Benin). Additionally, Arará may refer to the music, dance, and religion of this group of people.
Araripemys arturi The Araripemys arturi is an extinct testudinoid specimen, of which a fossil has been found in Brazil, supposed to be 120,000,000 years old. According to the dating of this fossil, it therefore lived in the Jurassic era, the second period of the Mesozoic epoch.
Araroba powder Araroba powder is a drug occurring in the form of a yellowish-brown powder, varying considerably in tint, which derives an alternative name, Goa powder, from the Portuguese colony of Goa, where it appears to have been introduced about the year 1852.
Aras Corp Aras® Corporation provides Microsoft® enterprise open source software solutions for enterprise product lifecycle management (PLM), Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), and new product introduction (NPI).
Aras Free Zone Aras Free Trade - Industrial Zone is situated in north-west of Iran, adjacent to Autonomous Republic Nakhichivan, Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan. The climate is mild thanks to the Aras River and Arasbaran Jungles.
Aras Habib Aras Habib was a colonel in the Free Iraqi Fighters and the long-term director of intelligence for Ahmed Chalabi and the Iraqi National Congress (INC). He may have been the man in charge of the INC’s quest to hunt down former high-level Ba’athists in Iraq, using Ba'athist Party archives they had seized; in this area information relayed to US-led forces proved far more reliable than the inferences of weapons of mass destruction that had lured the US into Iraq.
Aras River The Aras (also known as Araks, Arax, Araxi, Araxes, Araz, or Yeraskh; Turkish: Aras Nehri Armenian: Արաքս, Azerbaijani: Araz, Persian: ارس, Kurdish: Aras or Araz) is a river located in and along the countries of Turkey, Iran, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. Its total length is 1,072 kilometers (665 miles).
Arasan Ganesan Polytechnic Arasan Ganesan Polytechnic (AGP) College is a technical institute based in Sivakasi town in the southern state of Tamilnadu in India. It is a Government aided co-educational Institution founded in 1981 by Arasan A.
Arash (mythology) Arrash, the Archer (Persian: آرش کمانگیر) is a heroic archer of the Persian mythology. Being celebrated by poets such as Ferdowsi, the name Arrash is one of the most popular in the Persian-speaking world.
Arash Ghorbani-Zarin Arash Ghorbani-Zarin (1986 - 2004) was an Iranian student at Oxford Brookes University who was murdered by the brothers of his girlfriend, Manna Begum in a case of honour killing. His body was discovered in a car in Rosehill, Oxford, on November 20, 2004.
Arasvikfjord Arasvikfjord (or Arasvikfjorden) is fjord in Halsa municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is known for its fishery of cod, coalfish, pollack, mackerel, ling, tusk, catfish and several types of flatfish.
Arattupuzha Temple The Arattupuzha Temple is the famous Sree Sastha temple, situated at Aarattupuzha, a beautiful village located 15 km away from Thrissur town. The road that leads to this temple is 2 km to the east from Tevar Road Bus stop on the Thrissur - Kodungallur route.
Araucana The ancestors of the modern Araucana chicken were purportedly first bred by the Arauca Indians of Chile -- hence the name "Araucana". The Araucana as we know it today is a hybrid of two South American breeds: the Collonca (a natrually blue-egg laying, rumpless, clean-faced chicken) and the Quetros (a pinkish-brown egg layer that is tailed and has ear-tufts).
Araucania (genus) Araucania is a tiny genus of sapygid wasps from South America, containing a single known species. This species was originally described under the genus name Laura (by Reed in 1930) but this name was already in use for a crustacean named in 1883.
Araucanization The Araucanization (Spanish: AraucanizaciĂłn) was the process of expansion of Mapuche culture and language into the patagonic plains. Historians disagree in the time of the expansion but it would have occured sometime between 1550 and 1850.
Araucaria Araucaria is a genus of coniferous trees in the family Araucariaceae. There are 19 species in the genus, with a highly disjunct distribution in New Caledonia (where 13 species are endemic), Norfolk Island, eastern Australia, New Guinea, Argentina, Chile, and southern Brazil.
Araucaria angustifolia Araucaria angustifolia (Portuguese: pinheiro-do-paraná, Spanish: pino paraná) is a species in the conifer genus Araucaria. It is native to southern Brazil (southern Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande Do Sul, locally in Paraguay (Alto Paraná) and the northeast of Argentina (Misiones and Corrientes), growing in low mountains at altitudes of 500-1800 meters.
Araucaria araucana Araucaria araucana (Pehuén or Monkey-puzzle) is the hardiest species in the conifer genus Araucaria. It is native to central Chile and west central Argentina, and is an evergreen tree growing to 40 m tall and 2 m trunk diameter.
Arauco War The Arauco War was a conflict between colonial Spaniards and the Mapuche people of the region of Araucanía, of modern Chile. The beginning of the conflict is usually placed at the battle of Reynogüelén, which occurred in 1536 between an expedition of Diego de Almagro and a well organized and numerous group of Mapuche soldiers, near the confluence of the Ñuble and Itata rivers.
Arava Institute for Environmental Studies The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies is an accredited academic program for undergraduate and graduate studies located at Kibbutz Ketura on the Israeli side of the Arava Valley. It seeks to train future leaders of the Middle East in environmental issues so that they will be able to cooperate in solving regional environmental problems.
Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness area protects 19,410 acres of BLM land located NE of Mammoth, Arizona in Graham and Pinal counties, about 120 miles southeast of Phoenix, Arizona. The wilderness includes the 11-mile long Aravaipa Canyon, the surrounding tablelands and nine side canyons.
Aravind Joshi Aravind Kumar Joshi (अरविन्द कुमार जोशी) was born in 1929 in Pune, India. He is the Henry Salvatori Professor of Computer and Cognitive Science in the computer science department of the University of Pennsylvania.
Aravinda Bala Pajanor Aravinda Bala Pajanor, last name also written as Pazhanoor, (born December 5, 1935) was a member of the 5th and 6th Lok Sabha of India, and Union Cabinet Minister in the Government of India. He, along with Sathiyavani Muthu became the first union cabinet minister from a dravidian party in the first ever coalition ministry in India.
Aravinda de Silva Pinnaduwage Aravinda de Silva (born 17 October 1965 in Colombo) was a Sri Lankan cricketer, and is considered one of the finest batsmen ever produced by the country. He made his Test match debut in 1984 at Lord's against England.
Arawa In Māori tradition, Arawa was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand. It was formed from a great tree in Rarotonga,Given that 'Rarotonga' is a word of a type that occurs fairly commonly in Polynesian languages, and that it is also, for instance, a placename in New Zealand, it should not be assumed without further proof that this is a memory of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.
Arawak The term Arawak (from aru, the Lokono word for cassava flour), was used to designate the Amerindians encountered by the Spanish in the Caribbean. These include the TaĂ­no, who occupied the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas (Lucayan) and Bimini Florida, the Nepoya and Suppoyo of Trinidad and the Igneri, who were supposed to have preceded the Caribs in the Lesser Antilles, together with related groups (including the Lokono) which lived along the eastern coast of South America as far south as what is now Brazil.
Araxá Araxá is a city and municipality in southwest Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The population is around 80,000 inhabitants and the area of the municipality is 1,283 km², with 345 km² making up the urban perimeter.
Araxis Merge Araxis Merge is a two and three-way visual file comparison (diff), merging and folder synchronization application for Windows, created by Araxis Ltd. The article Comparison of file comparison tools compares a number of file comparison applications, including Merge.
Araxos Araxos (Greek: Άραξος), Latin form: Araxus is a village located in the municipality of Larissos in the northwestern part of the prefecture of Achaia. It is located on a road connecting south to Lappa and east to Lakkopetra and Kato Achaia and also a road to Kalogria and Metochi.
Arâches-la-Frasse Arâches-la-Frasse is a commune of Haute-Savoie in the northern French Alps. The commune is part of the canton of Cluses, and the commune sits on a large sunny plateau overlooking the Arve Valley southeast of the town of Cluses.
Aræotic Aræotics, in pre-modern medicine, were remedies believed to open up the pores of the skin, rendering them large enough for diseased matter to be carried off by sweat or perspiration . Such treatments were also believed to rarefy the humours, rendering them easy to be carried off by the pores.
Arøya Arøya is a group of islands located in the outer part of the Langesund fjord in Norway. The islands, often referred to as Store Arøy, Lille Arøy and Vesle Arøy, are situated approximately midway between the towns of Langesund and Helgeroa in the municipality of Larvik.
Arènes de Lutèce The Arènes de Lutèce are some of the only remaining ruins from the Gallo-Roman era in Paris (formerly known as Lutèce in French or Lutetia in Latin), along with the remains of the public baths at Cluny. Lying in what is now the Quartier Latin, this amphitheater could once seat 15,000 people, and was used to present gladiatorial combats.

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