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Agesilaus Agesilaus was a Greek historian who wrote a work on the early history of Italy, fragments of which are preserved in Plutarch "Parallel Lives" (Parallela, p. 312), and in Stobaeus' Florilegium (ix, 27; liv.
Agesilaus II Agesilaus II, or Agesilaos II (Greek ), king of Sparta, of the Eurypontid family, was the son of Archidamus II and Eupolia, and younger step-brother of Agis II, whom he succeeded about 401 BC. Agis had, indeed, a son Leotychides, but he was set aside as illegitimate, current rumour representing him as the son of Alcibiades.
Agesiles Agesiles (or Arseiles), who reigned around 20BC-1BC, is, with Sapadbizes, one of the first identified kings of the northern Indo-European Yuezhi tribes, that had invaded the Greco-Bactrian kingdom in the region of Bactria (modern-day northern Afghanistan) from around 125 BC.
Agetec Agetec is a US based video game publishing company that is best known for bringing excellent Japanese titles to the US, including their flagship series Armored Core, and the King's Field RPG series, as well as their "designer series" of RPG Maker and Fighter Maker. Agetec publishes games for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation PSP as well as for the Nintendo DS.
Agfa Optima Flash Sensor The Agfa Optima Flash is a 35 mm camera manufactured by the German company Agfa in 1977. It belongs to the Agfa Optima series, features the same big red Sensor shutter release and a large viewfinder as any other in the series, with some improvements and a built-in flashlight.
Agfacolor Agfacolor is a series of color photographic products produced by Agfa of Germany. It was originally introduced in 1932 as a 'screen plate' version, similar to the Autochrome process, but in late 1936 Agfa introduced Agfacolor-Neu.
AgfaPhoto Agfa was an European company which produced a range of photographic products including films, photographic papers and cameras. In 1964 it merged with the film manufacturer Gevaert to form the company Agfa-Gevaert.
AgFirst AgFirst, Farm Credit Bank based in Columbia, South Carolina, part of the Farm Credit System lending to Farm Credit Services organizations serving Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Ohio, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia. AgFirst, like other Farm Credit Banks, generates funds from selling bonds backed by the federal government.
Aggañña Sutta Aggañña Sutta is the 27th Sutta of Digha Nikaya collections. The sutta describes a discourse imparted from the Buddha to two Brahmins, Bharadvaja and Vasettha, who left their family and caste to become monks.
Aggelohori Aggelohori (ΑγγελοχωĎÎą) is a district (Δημοτικο ΔιαμεĎÎąĎμα) in the municipality (Δημος) of Mihaniona in the Thessaloniki Prefecture (Νομος), Greece. Its economy is mostly based on agriculture.
Agger nasi The agger nasi (from agger meaning "mound or heap") is a small ridge on the lateral side of the nasal cavity. It is located midway at the anterior edge of the middle nasal concha, directly above the atrium of the middle meatus.
Aggi-Vacchagotta Sutta The Aggi-Vacchagotta Sutta is a Buddhist sutta in the Majjhima Nikaya of the Tripitaka. In this sutta, Gautama Buddha clarifies his views on the nature of existence and explains the nature of nirvana to Vacchagotta by means of a simile.
Aggie 100 Aggie 100 is a list of the fastest growing businesses managed or owned by former students of Texas A&M University. The list was launched by the university's Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship in cooperation with The Association of Former Students launched in 2005.
Aggie Pack Students of the University of California at Davis who attend sporting events can join the Aggie Pack, the largest student-run university spirit organization in the United States. The Aggie Pack was started in 1992 as an attempt to increase attendance at games and events, and was successful.
Aggie Replant Aggie Replant is a one-day environmental service project carried out by student volunteers at Texas A&M University. Each fall semester, thousands of Aggies participate to plant hundreds of trees at public schools, parks and other properties in order to improve the local environment.
AggieCon AggieCon is the oldest and largest student-run science fiction convention in the United States. Held annually since 1969 by Cepheid Variable at Texas A&M University's Memorial Student Center, it has grown to become one of the larger conventions in Texas.
Aggieville Riots The Aggieville Riots occurred in 1984 and 1986 in Manhattan, Kansas, following football games between Kansas State University and the University of Kansas. They were some of the earliest collegiate sports-related riots in the United States.
Aggiornamento Aggiornamento, literally meaning "bringing up to date," was one of the key words used during the Second Vatican Council both by bishops and clergy attending the sessions, and by the media and Vaticanologists covering it. It was used to mean a spirit of change, openness, openmindedness and modernity.
Aggiosaurus Aggiosaurus is a genus of marine crocodyliform from the Late Jurassic period of the Oxfordian stage, around 155 to 160 million years ago. Aggiosaurus was a carnivore that spent much, if not all, its life out at sea.
Agglomerate Agglomerates (from the Latin 'agglomerare' meaning 'to form into a ball') are accumulations of large blocks of volcanic material often found around vents. they are defined as rocks containing at least 75% bombs.
Agglomeration In the study of human settlements, an agglomeration is an extended city or town area comprising the built-up area of a central place (usually a municipality) and any suburbs or adjacent satellite towns. Another term for agglomeration is urbanized area.
Agglomeration communities in France An agglomeration community (French: communauté d'agglomération) is a metropolitan government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is the second most integrated form of intercommunality after the urban community.
Agglomeration community of Nice Côte d'Azur The Agglomeration community of Nice Côte d'Azur (French: communauté d'agglomération Nice Côte d'Azur), also known by its initials CANCA, is the intercommunal structure gathering the city of Nice (France) and some of its suburbs.
Agglomeration community of Pays de Saint-Malo The Agglomeration community of Pays de Saint-Malo (French: Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Malo), is the intercommunal structure gathering the commune of Saint-Malo in France and some of its suburbs.
Agglomeration community of Pays Voironnais The Agglomeration community of Pays Voironnais (French:Communauté d'agglomération Pays Voironnais) is an agglomeration community in the Isère department of France, cebtralised around the commune of Voiron. Its population numbers almost 85,000.
Agglomeration community of the Grenoble Alpes Métropole The Agglomeration community of the Grenoble Alpes Métropole (French: Communauté d'agglomération Grenoble Alpes Métropole), is the intercommunal structure gathering the commune of Grenoble in France and some of its suburbs.
Agglomeration community of the Montpellier agglomeration The Agglomeration community of the Montpellier agglomeration (French: Communauté d'agglomération Montpellier Agglomération), is the intercommunal structure gathering the commune of Montpellier in France and some of its suburbs.
Agglomeration community of the Saint-Étienne Métropole The Agglomeration community of the Saint-Étienne Métropole (French: Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Étienne Métropole), is the intercommunal structure gathering the commune of Saint-Étienne in France and some of its suburbs.
Agglomeration community of Toulon Provence Mediterranean The Agglomeration community of Toulon Provence Mediterranean (French: Communauté d'agglomération Toulon Provence Méditerranée), is the intercommunal structure gathering the commune of Toulon (France) and some of its suburbs.
Agglutinative language An agglutinative language is a language which uses agglutination extensively: most words are formed by joining morphemes together. This term was introduced by Wilhelm von Humboldt in 1836 to classify languages from a morphological point of view.
Aggravation (legal concept) Aggravation is a legal concept, which Black's Law Dictionary defines as: "Any circumstance attending the commission of a crime or tort which increases its guilt or enormity or adds to its injurious consequences, but which is above and beyond the essential constituents of the crime or tort itself." For example, aggravated assault is usually differentiated from simple assault by the offender's intent (i.
Aggravation of class struggle under socialism The theory of aggravation of the class struggle along with the development of socialism was one of the cornerstones of Stalinism in the internal politics of the Soviet Union. It was put forward by Joseph Stalin in 1933 and supplied a theoretical base for the claim that ongoing repression of political opponents is necessary.
Aggregate behavior In economics, aggregate behavior refers to relationships between economic aggregates such as national income, government expenditure and aggregate demand. For example, the consumption function is a relationship between aggregate demand for consumption and aggregate disposable income.
Aggregate pattern An aggregate pattern is an important statistical concept in many fields that rely on statistics to predict the behavior of large groups, based on the tendencies of subgroups to consistently behave in a certain way. It is particularly useful in sociology, economics, psychology, and criminology.
Aggregate planning Aggregate planning is an operational activity which does an aggregate plan for the production process, in advance of 2 to 18 months, to give an idea to management as to what quantity of materials and other resources are to be procured and when, so that the total cost of operations of the organisation is kept to the minimum over that period.
Aggregated diamond nanorods Aggregated diamond nanorods, or ADNRs, are an allotrope of carbon believed to be the hardest and least compressible known material, as measured by its isothermal bulk modulus; aggregated diamond nanorods have a modulus of 491 gigapascals (GPa), while a conventional diamond has a modulus of 442 GPa. ADNRs are also 0.
Aggregated Football World Ranking-List The Aggregated Football World Ranking-List is an alternative Ranking-System for men's national teams in football (soccer). It consists of the sum of all ranks in 7 different Ranking-System for men's national teams in football: FIFA World Rankings, World Football Elo Ratings, Roon, Xocca, InternationalMark, AQB Sports Ratings and Bull.
Aggregation problem The aggregation problem in economics refers to the difficulty of treating empirical or theoretical aggregates as though they reacted analogously to the behavior of optimizing individual agents as described in general microeconomic theory (Fisher, 1987, p. 54).
Aggregator An aggregator or news aggregator or feed reader is client software that uses a web feed to retrieve syndicated web content such as weblogs, podcasts, vlogs, and mainstream mass media websites, or in the case of a search aggregator, a customized set of search results.
Aggreko Aggreko plc is an international British company headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland which hires out power generators, temperature control equipment and compressed air systems. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
Aggresome An aggresome is an body of protein which can form inside a cell. Aggresomes form when a cell's proteasome machinery faces an unusually high load of protein awaiting degradation, leading to an accumulation of protein for disposal.
Aggression In psychology and other social and behavioral sciences, aggression refers to behavior that is intended to cause harm or pain. Aggression can be either physical or verbal, and behavior is classified as aggression even if it does not actually succeed in causing harm or pain.
Aggression (poker) In the game of poker, opens and raises are considered aggressive plays, while calls and checks are considered passive (though a check-raise would be considered a very aggressive play). It is said that "aggression has its own value", meaning that often aggressive plays can make money with weak hands because of bluff value.
Aggression (war crime) The Definition of Aggression was a definition of the term "aggression" adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 14, 1974. The definition was adopted without a vote during the General Assembly's 2319th plenary meeting and attached as an annex to General Assembly Resolution 3314 (XXIX).
Aggressive driving Aggressive driving is a form of automobile operation in which an operator will deliberately behave with contempt towards other drivers and drive in such a manner as to increase the risk of an automobile accident.
Aggressor squadron An aggressor squadron is a squadron that is trained to act as an opposing force in military wargames. Aggressor squadrons use enemy tactics, techniques, and procedures to give a realistic simulation of air combat (as opposed to training against one's own forces).
Aggressors The Aggressors is a group of fictional characters from the Super Robot Wars Original Generation series. Not much is known about this particular unit, but it was once composed of elite pilots before the events of Original Generation began.
Aggressors of Dark Kombat Aggressors of Dark Kombat known as GanGan in Japan, is a one-on-one fighting arcade game released by SNK and developed by Alpha Denshi Corp. (ADK) in 1994 initially for the arcade market, then ported a year later to SNK's Neo-Geo console.
Aggro Batch Aggro Batch - An Oregon-based rock/fusion band active in the early 90's that made its claim to fame on the heels of the burgeoning snowboard industry in Salem, Oregon. They toured the NW states with Bonfire Snowboard company pros and were featured in a Warp Magazine article by Billy Miller and Trevor Graves.
Aggron are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Aggron in the games, anime, and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon—untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments—and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Aggtelek Aggtelek (sometimes misspelled Agtelek; literally means Old Plot in Hungarian) is a village in the county of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary with vast stalactite caverns, some of them of great height. The caves (Baradla-Domica cave system) are part of the Aggtelek and Slovak Karst, which is on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
Agha Agha (or Aga) (modern Turkish: AÄźa, Bosnian: Aga, Persian: آغا ) from Turkish Agha 'big brother' , â€leader’, â€ruler’. As a title for a civil or military officer, or often part of such title, it was placed after the name of certain military functionaries.
Aghiatrias Aghiatrias is a Czech "integrated music" ensemble from Prague. The ensemble consists of composer VladimĂr Hirsch and sound-engineer Tom Saivon and was started in 1999 as more abstract sprout of their sympho-industrial band Skrol.
Aghios Ioannis (Lasithi), Greece Aghios Ioannis is a village of Lasithi perfecture, in the municipality of Ierapetra. It lies 17 kilometers north-east of Ierapetra, 7 kilometers west of Schinokapsala and 9 kilometers from the sea (Koutsounari settlement).
Aghla More Aghla More is a mountain in County Donegal, Ireland with a height of 584m. It is the third most southern and fourth highest of the mountain chain, called the 'Seven Sisters' by locals (Muckish, Crocknalaragagh, Aghla Beg, Ardloughnabrackbaddy, Aghla More, Mackoght (also known as 'little Errigal') and Errigal.
Aghlabid The Aghlabid dynasty of emirs, members of the Arab tribe of Bani Tamim, ruled Ifriqiya (northern Africa), nominally on behalf of the Abbasid Caliph, for about a century, until overthrown by the new power of the Fatimids.
Aghora (band) Aghora is a progressive metal band formed in 1995 by Guitarist Santiago Dobles. In 2000 they released their first album, Aghora, recorded & Produced by Santiago Dobles and Dan Escauriza in 1999 in Miami Florida.
Aghu language Aghu, also known as Djair or Dyair, is a Papuan language of Papua, Indonesia. It is spoken in the villages of Kenggi, Anggai, Sabakagháş˝, Susu, Bana, Waghabang, Kaliwin, Tanah Merah (Uyumbe), Mutiriop, Mariang, Mariori, Ghesi, Yofon, Sikafio, Bigisa, and Duba, at least.
Aghu Tharrnggala (linguistics) Aghu Tharrnggala (or Aghu Tharnggalu) is an extinct language variety formerly spoken in Queensland, Australia. The name may also be used to refer to a language consisting of the Aghu Tharrngala dialect and several other related varieties.
Aghwee the Sky Monster Aghwee The Sky Monster (空ă®ć€Şç‰©ă‚˘ă‚°ă‚¤ăĽ, Sora no kaibutsu Aguii) is a short story/novel published in 1964 by the Nobel Prize winning Japanese writer Kenzaburo Oe. It has been translated into English by John Nathan and published in the volume Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness, along with the title story, Prize Catch and The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away.
Agia Efymia Bay The Agia Efymia Bay (Greek: ÎŚĎμος Σάμης Ormos Agias Efthymias), also Agia Efimia Bay, other romanizations: Agia Evfymia Bay, Agia Evfimia Bay is a bay situated east of Agia Efymia. The total length is approximately 5 km long and is approximately 3 km wide from Sami to Cape Dichalia.
Agia Eirini (Chania), Greece Agia Eirini (greek Αγία ΕιĎήνη) is a small village in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. It has 84 residents (2001 census source) and it's within the municipality of East Selino (Anatoliko Selino).
Agia Eirini (Kefalonia), Greece Agia Eirini (Greek, Άγια ΕιĎήνη, for Saint Irene) is a community located in the municipality of Elaios-Pronnoi in the southeastern part of the island of Kefalonia. Distances are 6 km north of Pastra and south-west of Tzanata along with Poros, and south of Sami.
Agia Lagana Agia Lagana, Agia Lagana, a Place of Interest in Greece on the Peloponnese near to Olympia with many beautiful Palmtrees. It lies at a lonely sandy beach between Zacharo in the north and Kyparissia in the south.
Agia Paraskevi (Florina), Greece Agia Paraskevi (Greek: Αγια ΠαĎαĎκευή, Slavic Sveta Petka) is a village in the prefecture of Florina, Greece. The museum of Lehovo exhibits one of the most notably altar door from Agia Paraskevi, dated to 1760.
Agia Paraskevi (Chalkidiki), Greece Agia Paraskevi (Greek: Αγία ΠαĎαĎκευή) is a village located in the southeast of the peninsula of Cassandreia and Chalkidiki (also a prefecture) in Greece. The population in 2001 was 361 for the village and 449 for the municipal district, the elevation is 10 m.
Agia Pelagia Agia Pelagia (Dimos Gaziou) CRETE Island - The seaside fishing village of Agia Pelagia is built in the centre of a picturesque amphitheatric bay, 23 km northwest from Heraklion capital city of the Island of Crete.
Agia Triada (Ilia), Greece Agia Triada (Greek, Modern: Αγία ΤĎιάδα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -s, meaning the Holy Trinity), older Form Agia Trias, is a village in the northern part of the municipality of Lasionas and the northern part of the prefecture of Ilia. It is accessed by a road connecting Patras and Tripoli, the GR-33 and the Amaliada to Simpoulo Road 4 km N.
Agia Varvara Agia Varvara (Greek: Άγια ΒαĎβάĎα, meaning Saint Barbara), older form Ayia Varvara is a suburb in the western part of Athens, Greece. The mountaintop of the southern part of Aigaleo lies to the west along with a street linking Nikaia and Chaidari.
Agiasos Agiasos (ΑγιάĎος) is a town on the island of Lesbos, in Greece. It is located at the slopes of mountain Olympos, at a height of 475 meters, 26km from Mytilene, with its special bright green landscape, its narrow cobbled streets lined by ranks of tiled-roof houses, the traditional architecture and its restless and religious inhabitants.
Agidel Agidel, or Aghidhel (; Bashkir: Đғиҙел; Tatar: AÄźidel), is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located at the border with Tatarstan. The name of the town derives from the Bashkir name of the Belaya River: Aghidhel River, a tributary of the Kama River, near the confluence of which the town is located.
Agidigbo Agidigbo is a traditional Yoruba musical instrument. Its appearance is piano-like; a rope is worn round the neck of the player who then supports or braces the agidigbo (a rectangular wooden box) by his chest or thoracic region.
Agii apostoli Agii Apostoli is a place in Crete famous for its beautiful coves. Found only 5km from the center of Chania on the island of Crete, it is known for its small protected woods, for a summer beach volleyball competition, and as a favorite beach for winter swimmers.
Agila Agila (Agil or Akhila) was king of the Visigoths in Hispania (549–554). During his reign, in 551, a rival to the throne, Athanagild, arranged that Justinian I, the Eastern Roman emperor, should send a Roman force from Gaul to seize lands in southern Hispania (today, AndalucĂa and Murcia).
Agilaz Egil is a legendary hero of the Völundarkviða and the Thidreks saga. The name is from Proto-Germanic *Agilaz, and the same legend is reflected in Anglo-Saxon Ægil of the Franks Casket and Alamannic Aigil of the Pforzen buckle.
Agile Communications Agile Communications is a licensed national telecommunications carrier based in South Australia and was the first South Australian based company to gain this license. The company is a sister company to Internet service provider Internode.
Agile Data Method The goal of the Agile Data (AD) methodology is to define strategies that IT professionals can apply in a wide variety of situations to work together effectively on the data aspects of software systems. This isn’t to say that AD is a “one size fits all” methodology.
Agile management Agile Management takes the ideas from Agile Software Development and applies them to management in general. Of the software-related agile methods, Scrum is usually considered the most non-specific to software.
Agile manufacturing Agile manufacturing is a term applied to an organization that has created the processes, tools, and training to enable it to respond quickly to customer needs and market changes while still controlling costs and quality.
Agile Manifesto The Agile Manifesto is a statement of the principles that underpin agile software development. It was drafted from 11 to 13 February 2001, at The Lodge at the Snowbird ski resort in the Wasatch Range of mountains in Utah, where representatives of various new methodologies such as Extreme Programming, SCRUM, DSDM, Adaptive Software Development, Crystal, Feature Driven Development, Pragmatic programming, met to discuss the need for lighter alternatives to the traditional heavyweight methodologies.
Agile Modeling Agile Modeling is a practice-based methodology for modeling and documentation of software-based systems. It is intended to be a collection of values, principles, and practices for modeling software that can be applied on a software development project in a more flexible manner than traditional modeling methods.
Agile Project Management (book) Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products by Jim Highsmith discusses the management of projects using the agile software development methodology. The book has been recommended by different reviewers.
Agile Property Aglie Property Holdings Limited (雅居樂地產控股有é™ĺ…¬ĺʏ) is a land developers of Guangdong Province, China. It was established in 1985 as a furniture maker in Zhongshan City, and entered the property business in 1992.
Agile Unified Process Scott Ambler's Agile Unified Process (AUP) is a simplified version of the Rational Unified Process (RUP). It describes a simple, easy to understand approach to developing business application software using agile techniques and concepts yet still remaining true to the RUP.
Agilent VEE VEE is a visual programming and dataflow programming language and development environment from Agilent Technologies. It is optimized to use with data acquisition devices like digital voltmeters and oscilloscopes, and source devices like arbitrary waveform generators and power supplies.
Agilisaurus Agilisaurus (IPA: ; 'agile lizard') is a genus of ornithischian dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Period of what is now eastern Asia. The name is derived from the Latin agilis meaning 'agile' and the Greek sauros meaning 'lizard', and refers to the agility suggested by its lightweight skeleton and long legs.
Agility Association of Canada Agility began in Canada when Art Newman, of North Gower, Ontario, founded the Agility Dog Association of Canada (now called the Agility Association of Canada - AAC) in 1988. It quickly spread from central Ontario outwards to ultimately encompassing almost all of the provinces and territories.
Agilolfings The Agilolfings were a family of Frankish or Bavarian nobility that ruled the historical territory of Bavaria on behalf of their Frankish overlords from about 550 until 788. The first duke of their line mentioned in any documents, and probably the first, was Gariwald, or Garibald I.
Agilulf Agilulf, called the Thuringian, was the duke of Turin and king of the Lombards (590 – 616) in Italy, the cousin of his predecessor Authari and husband of his widow. Son of the Duke Ansvald of Turin, he was raised on the shield by the warriors in Milan in May 591, on the advice, sought by the Lombard council, of the Catholic queen Theodelinda, who he soon married him herself.
Agincourt Collegiate Institute Agincourt Collegiate Institute (ACI) is a secondary school (or high school) located in Agincourt, Toronto, Ontario. The school, founded in 1915, as Agincourt Continuation School, became Agincourt High School in 1954, and Agincourt Collegiate Institute in 1957.
Agincourt, Toronto Agincourt is a very diverse community in Scarborough, the eastern portion of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at and centred along Sheppard Avenue between Kennedy and Markham Roads (north-south includes lands between Highway 401 and Finch Avenue).
Aging barrel An aging barrel is a barrel used to age wine or distilled spirits such as whiskey, brandy, or rum. Specialty beers are also sometimes aged in barrels which were previously used in aging harder spirits, thus imparting characteristic and distinctive flavors to the beer; lambic beers are aged in used wine barrels, porters are sometimes aged in bourbon barrels.
Aging Research Centre The Aging Research Centre (ARC) is an independent non-profit educational research centre with facilities in Berkeley, California and in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1994, it focuses its research in three areas: (1) the assembling and linking together of existing knowledge with respect to the aging process in animals, (2) engaging in experiments that shed light on the neuroendocrinology of aging, and the (3) creation of new tools that allow researchers to study the aging process.
Agioi Anargyroi Agioi Anargyroi (Greek: Άγιοι ΑνάĎγυĎοι "Saints who received no payment [for their medical services]", named after Saints Kosmas and Damianos) is a suburb in the northern part of Athens, Greece. It is located SW of Kifissia, W of Marathonos Avenue, NE of Athens, E of Peristeri .
Agiorgitiko Agiorgitiko is one of the two widely-grown heat-resistant Greek wine-making grape varieties, the other being Xynomavro. Agiorgitiko is a red variety that has traditionally been grown in the Nemea region of the Peloponnese - since ancient times, Greeks like to say.
Agios Antonios Aghios Antonios (in greek: Άγιος Αντώνιος,)(English translation: Saint Antonios) is a subway (metro) station of the Athens Metro. It is currently the northwest tip of the red (second) line that runs via the city centre to Agios Dimitrios.
Agios Dimitrios (Ilia), Greece Agios Dimitrios, Aghios Dimitrios or Ayios Dimitrios (Greek: Άγιος ΔημήτĎιος meaning Saint Demetrius) is a village located in the municipality of Amaliada in the northern part of the prefecture of Ilia and in the western part of the Peloponnese. The village is connected by a road linking Gastouni and the Peneus Dam which is situated to the east It is located 14 km E of Gastouni, 3 km W of Kentro (Ilia), Greece, about 18 km (old: 13 km) W of Simopoulo, about 13 km NE of Amaliada, about 35 km N of ENE of Pyrgos and 13 km E of GR-9/E55.
Agios Dimitrios Pelio Agios Dimitrios Peliou (Greek: Άγιος ΔημήτĎιος Πηλίου), other forms: Ayios Dimitrios Peliou is a village that is part of the municipality of Mouresi, it is located about 10 km NW of Tsagkarada and Anilio. It is in the eastern part of Magnesia in the prefecture of the same name in Greece.
Agios Dometios Agios Dometios (Greek: Άγιος ΔομÎτιος or Αϊς ΔεμÎτις) is a suburb located west of the Cypriot capital Nicosia. It has a population of around 12,100 (2001 census) making it one of Cyprus’ biggest municipalities.
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