Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

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ailanthus (tree)
Ailey, Alvin, Jr. (American dancer)
Ailly, Pierre d' (French theologian & writer)
Ainu (people, Japan)
air force (in the military, aviation)
air mass (in meteorology)
air pollution (in environmentalism)
air warfare (Military)
Airbus S.A.S. (Business and Economics)
airfoil (in aviation)
airplane (in aviation)
airport (in transportation)
airship (machine)
Aix-en-Provence (city, France)
Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of (treaty, France/Spain/the Netherlands)
Aizawl (city, India)
Ajax (son of Telamon of Salamis)
AK -47 (assault rifle of Soviet design)
Akali Party (Religion)
Akan (people, Africa)
Akbar (Indian emperor)
Akhenaton (Ancient Egyptian king)
Akhmatova, Anna (Russian poet)
Akiba ben Joseph (Palestinian theologian)
Akihito (Japanese emperor)
Akita (Zoology)
Akkad (ancient region, Mesopotamia)
Akron (city, Ohio)
Aksum (city, Ethiopia)
Akwamu (Africa)
Al (Mideast)
al- (symbol)
al-Khwarizmi (Arab mathematician and astronomer)
Alabama (state, United States)
Alabama claims (government, United States)
alabaster (mineral, gem)
Alaca Hüyük (Middle East)