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Afif al-Din al-Tilimsani
Afif al-Din al-Tilimsani (عفيف الدين التلمساني) was a North African Sufi poet and Akbari commentator, born in Tlemcen, who served the Mamluk sultanate in Damascus until his death in 1291.
Afilae
Afilae (Affilae, ethnic Affilanus) was a small ancient town of Latium at modern Affile, Italy, near Subiaco; an oppidum whose territory was assigned under the lex Sempronia of 133 BC but which never held colonial rank.
Afinarte
Afinarte, also called AfinArte Music, is an independent regional Mexican record label founded in 2013 in California by the Sánchez brothers and Jorge Gaxiola of Voz de Mando.
AFIRE trial
AFIRE trial (Atrial Fibrillation and Ischemic Events with Rivaroxaban in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease): 2019 Japanese randomized trial of 2,236 patients showing rivaroxaban monotherapy noninferior to rivaroxaban plus antiplatelet therapy and superior for bleeding.
AFK Arena
AFK Arena is a free-to-play idle RPG by Lilith Games, launched globally in 2019, with gacha hero collection, hand-painted art, biweekly updates, and crossovers such as Persona 5 and Re:Zero.
AFK Journey
AFK Journey (剑与远征：启程) is a free-to-play idle gacha RPG by Lilith Games, published by Farlight Games, launched March 27, 2024. Successor to AFK Arena, set in Esperia, with cross-play mobile and PC, open-world exploration, and over $150 million launch-year revenue.
AFL 26
AFL 26 is the official Australian rules football video game by Big Ant Studios and Nacon, released May 2025 on PS5, Xbox, and PC, successor to AFL 23, with 1,200+ AFL/AFLW players, career modes, Pro Team, and cover stars Cripps and Marinoff.
AFL Coaches Association awards
AFL Coaches Association awards: annual AFL honors including the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year (5-4-3-2-1 coach votes per game, 2026 winner Nick Daicos), Allan Jeans Senior Coach of the Year, Gary Ayres Award, and Neale Daniher Lifetime Achievement Award.
AFL Grand Final
AFL Grand Final, the annual Australian rules football decider of the AFL (formerly VFL) season, played at the MCG since 1902 except 1991, 2020, and 2021; record crowd 121,696 in 1970; extra time replaced replays in 2016.
AFL–NFL merger
AFL-NFL merger: the June 8, 1966 agreement, brokered via Lamar Hunt and Tex Schramm and announced by Pete Rozelle, joining the American Football League and NFL; Congress granted an antitrust exemption October 21, 1966; full merger in 1970 created the AFC and NFC and the Super Bowl.
Aflac
Aflac (American Family Life Assurance Company) is an American insurer founded in 1955 in Columbus, Georgia, and the leading provider of supplemental insurance in the United States and Japan.
Aflah Al Hadhrami
Aflah Al Hadhrami (أفلح الحضرمي) is an Omani energy executive and Managing Director of Petroleum Development Oman since June 2024, the first Omani national to hold the post.
Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman
The Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman are five still functioning gravity-fed falaj irrigation channels in northern Oman, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2006 to represent the country's more than 3,000 aflaj.
Aflatoxin
Aflatoxins are carcinogenic mycotoxins produced by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus, discovered after the 1960 turkey X disease outbreak in England; aflatoxin B1 is an IARC group 1 human liver carcinogen contaminating grains, nuts, spices, and milk.
Aflibercept
Aflibercept, sold as Eylea for eye conditions and Zaltrap for cancer, is a recombinant fusion protein that traps VEGF, developed by Regeneron and FDA-approved in 2011.
AFLOW
AFLOW (Automatic FLOW) is an open-source framework for high-throughput materials discovery, developed at Duke University under Stefano Curtarolo, combining density functional theory calculations with data-informatics screening and a database of over 3.5 million material entries.
Afluria
Afluria (Fluvax, Enzira, CSL IVV) is Seqirus's egg-based split virion inactivated influenza vaccine, FDA approved since 2007, trivalent and quadrivalent, for ages 6 months and older, with a 2010 pediatric febrile seizure history and 2026 febrile seizure labeling.
AFM-IR
AFM-IR, also called photothermal induced resonance (PTIR), is a nanoscale spectroscopy technique combining atomic force microscopy with infrared lasers to map chemistry below 100 nm resolution.
Afn Shvel
Afn Shvel (אויפֿן שוועל, "On the Threshold") is an all-Yiddish magazine published in New York since 1941, today the magazine of the League for Yiddish.
AFNOR
AFNOR (Association française de Normalisation) is the national standardization body of France, a non-profit association founded in 1926 and a founding member of ISO in 1947, coordinating French, European, and international standards.
Afo-a-Kom
The Afo-a-Kom, also written Afo-A-Kom, is a sacred carved throne statue of the Kom people of Cameroon, stolen in 1966 and returned from New York in 1973.
Afocal system
An afocal system is an optical system with parallel rays in and parallel rays out, so it has no focal length; telescopes, binoculars, and laser beam expanders are typical examples.
Afognak Island
Afognak Island, second largest island of the Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska (700 sq mi, 40 by 25 miles). Alutiiq homeland, 1892 forest reserve, site of Afognak Village destroyed by the 1964 earthquake and tsunami, relocated to Port Lions.
Afonja
Afonja was a Yoruba war chief, the Aare-Ona Kakanfo of the Oyo Empire, who rebelled against Alaafin Aole around 1796 and was killed by his Muslim allies.
Afonja of Ilorin
Afonja of Ilorin (Àfọ̀njá) was a Yoruba war chief who held the Are-Ona-Kakanfo title, rebelled against the Alaafin, and made Ilorin an independent state around 1817.
Afonso de Albuquerque
Afonso de Albuquerque (c. 1453–1515), Portuguese nobleman and second governor of Portuguese India (1508–1515), conquered Goa, Malacca, and Ormuz, made Goa the capital of the Estado da India, and founded the Portuguese empire in the Indian Ocean.
Afonso I of Kongo
Afonso I of Kongo, also known as Mvemba a Nzinga, was ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo from 1509 to 1542/43 and made it a Christian kingdom.
Afonso I of Portugal
Afonso I of Portugal (Afonso Henriques), first king of Portugal (1128–85), born 1094; won São Mamede 1128, took Lisbon 1147 with Second Crusade fleets, recognized by the bull Manifestis Probatum in 1179.
Afonso Pena
Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena (1847-1909), Brazilian lawyer and sixth president (1906-1909), Minas Gerais statesman, former vice president and Banco da República president; died in office, succeeded by Nilo Peçanha.
Afore Capital
Afore Capital is a San Francisco venture capital firm focused exclusively on pre-seed investing, founded in 2016 by Gaurav Jain and Anamitra Banerji, writing checks from $500,000 to $2 million.