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A (in linguistics, music)
A Coruña (city, Spain)
AARP (organization, United States)
AIDS (in medicine)
APRA (organization, Peru)
ASCII (language)
AZT (drug)
Aa (in European place names)
Aachen (city, Germany)
Aalsmeer (city, the Netherlands)
Aalst (city, Belgium)
Aarau (city, Switzerland)
Aare (river, Switzerland)
Aargau (canton, Switzerland)
Aaron (character)
Aaron's-rod (plant)
Aasiaat (city, Greenland)
Aba (city, Nigeria)
Abaco and Cays (island group)
Abadan (city, Iran)
Abaddon (in Judaism)
Abadeh (city, Iran)
Abagtha (character)
Abakan (city, Russia)
Abana (river, Syria)
Abarim (ancient region)
Abashiri (city, Japan)
Abbadids (dynasty, Spain)
Abbas (in Islam)
Abbasid (Arabian-Abbasid personage)
Abbeville (town, France)
Abbeville (city, Louisiana)
Abbey Theatre (theater, Ireland)
Abbottabad (city, Pakistan)
Abdera (city, Greece)
Abed-nego (character)
Abel (son of Adam and Eve, in the Bible)
Abel (places in the Bible)
Abel-beth-maachah (ancient city)
Abel-maim (ancient city)
Abel-meholah (place)
Abel-mizraim (place)
Abengourou (city, Cote d'Ivoire)
Abeokuta (city, Nigeria)
Aberdare (city, Wales)
Aberdeen (city, Maryland)
Aberdeen (city, South Dakota)
Aberdeen (city, Washington)