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AJ+
AJ+ is the social-first digital newsroom of the Al Jazeera Media Network, launched September 15, 2014 in San Francisco, producing short videos in English, Arabic, French, and Spanish for Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram rather than a traditional website.
Aja (album)
Aja, pronounced "Asia," is the sixth studio album by the American rock band Steely Dan, released in 1977 and known for the hit singles "Peg," "Deacon Blues," and "Josie."
Aja Naomi King
Aja Naomi King (born 1985) is an American actress known as Michaela Pratt on How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020), Cherry in The Birth of a Nation, and Emmy-nominated Harriet Sloane in Lessons in Chemistry.
Aja people
The Aja (Adja) are a Gbe-speaking people of southern Benin and Togo whose Agasuvi clan founded Allada, Dahomey, and Porto-Novo; the Fon descend from Aja migrants intermarrying the Gedevi.
Aja Volkman
Aja Volkman, American singer-songwriter from Eugene, Oregon; lead singer of Nico Vega (Nico Vega 2009, Lead to Light 2014), solo album Sandy (2017), Glitch Mob featured vocalist, composer on Imagine Dragons albums, ex-wife of Dan Reynolds.
Aja'ib al-Athar
Aja'ib al-Athar (عجائب الآثار في التراجم والأخبار) is a multi-volume Arabic chronicle of Egypt by the Cairo scholar Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, covering 1688 to 1821.
Aja'ib literature
Aja'ib literature, from Arabic ʿajāʾib (عجائب, "marvels"), is a classical Islamic genre describing the wonders of creation, emerging as a separate genre in the 12th century.
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (अजब प्रेम की ग़ज़ब कहानी)
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (अजब प्रेम की ग़ज़ब कहानी) is a 2009 Hindi romantic comedy directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif, released 6 November 2009 by Tips Industries, a top-three 2009 grosser.
Ajabde
Ajabde (अजबदेह), Panwar princess of Bijolia, daughter of Rao Mamrakh, first and chief wife of Maharana Pratap of Mewar, mother of Amar Singh I, married 1557; commemorated at Ajabde Mahal.
Ajaccio
Ajaccio (Corsican Aiacciu), capital of Corse region and Corse-du-Sud on Corsica's west coast; founded by Genoa in 1492, birthplace of Napoleon (1769), first French city liberated in 1943; 76,320 inhabitants in 2023 and France's second cruise port.
Ajajú
Ajajú (Ajaju River, Rio Ajaju) is a river in Guaviare Department, Colombia, a tributary of the Apaporis within the Amazon basin; its source marks the Meta-Guaviare-Caquetá tripoint.
Ajak
Ajak is a Marvel Comics Eternal created by Jack Kirby, first appearing in Eternals #2 (1976) as the male priest and liaison to the Celestials. In the 2021 MCU film Eternals, Salma Hayek plays Ajak as the female Prime Eternal, healer, and team leader.
Ajam (عجم)
Ajam (عجم) is an Arabic term meaning mute or unintelligible speech, historically applied to non-Arabs and especially Persians; also the root of muʿjam, dictionary, and a modern self-designation in Gulf Persian communities.
Ajami (عجمي)
Ajami (عجمي; Hebrew עג'מי) is a 2009 Israeli-German ensemble crime drama co-directed by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani, set in Jaffa's Ajami neighborhood, with non-professional actors; Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Language Film and 2009 Ophir Best Film winner.
Ajamodadi Curna
Ajamodadi cūrṇa (Ajamodadi Churna), classical 12-ingredient Ayurvedic powder from Sharangadhara Samhita, AFI entry 7:1; dose 3-6 g with warm water; used for pain, sciatica, rheumatoid arthritis, edema.
Ajamodarka
Ajamodarka (अजमोदार्क), an Ayurvedic arka distillate of Ajamoda (Apium leptophyllum) fruit from Arkaprakasa Sataka 3:7, dosed 12–24 ml for indigestion and diminished appetite.
Ajamu Baraka
Ajamu Baraka (born 1953) is an American human rights activist and writer, founding executive director of the US Human Rights Network and the 2016 Green Party nominee for vice president.
Ajaneesh B Loknath
Ajaneesh B Loknath, also known as B. Ajaneesh Loknath, is an Indian film composer born in 1985, known for the folk-rooted music of Kantara and Kirik Party.
Ajanta Cave 1 paintings
The Ajanta Cave 1 paintings are fifth-century CE Buddhist murals in a Vakataka monastery cave at Ajanta, Maharashtra, best known for the bodhisattvas Padmapani and Vajrapani.
Ajanta Cave Inscriptions of Harishena
The Ajanta Cave Inscriptions of Harishena (अजंता लेख) are fifth-century donative records carved under the Vakataka king Harishena, chiefly recording minister Varahadeva's dedication of Cave 16 to a Buddhist Sangha.
Ajanta Caves (अजिंठा लेणी)
The Ajanta Caves (अजिंठा लेणी) are thirty rock-cut Buddhist caves in a cliff above the Waghora River in Maharashtra, India, inscribed by UNESCO in 1983.
Ajanta Neog
Ajanta Neog, born 1964, is an Indian BJP politician and Assam minister holding the Women and Child Development and Tourism portfolios, and Assam's first woman finance minister.
Ajantrik
Ajantrik (অযান্ত্রিক), also released as The Unmechanical or The Pathetic Fallacy, is Ritwik Ghatak's 1958 Bengali film about taxi driver Bimal and his battered Chevrolet Jagaddal, based on Subodh Ghosh's story, set in Chotanagpur, restored in 4K by NFDC-NFAI.
Ajatashatru (अजातशत्रु)
Ajatashatru (Ajatasattu, Kūṇika), Haryanka king of Magadha c. 493–462 BCE, son and patricidal successor of Bimbisara; conquered Kosala, Kashi, and the Vrijji confederation, patron of the First Buddhist Council.
Ajatashatru's annexation of Kashi and war with Kosala
Ajatashatru's annexation of Kashi and war with Kosala (काशी-कोशल युद्ध) was the war between Ajatashatru of Magadha and King Prasenajit of Kosala over Kashi, ending with Magadha prevailing.
Ajattappareng
Ajattappareng, meaning "the lands west of the lakes", was a confederation of five Bugis kingdoms, including Sidenreng and Suppa, west of lakes Tempe and Sidenreng in Sulawesi.
Ajax
Ajax, Ontario: a Durham Region town of 126,666 (2021) in the Greater Toronto Area, founded in 1941 around a Defence Industries Limited shell-filling plant and named for HMS Ajax of the Battle of the River Plate.
Ajax (crater on Tethys)
Ajax is an 88-km-wide impact crater on Tethys, Saturn's icy moon, approved by the IAU in 1982 and named for the Greek hero second only to Achilles; it lies in a north-south crater chain with Phemius, Polyphemus, and Antinous.
Ajax (programming)
Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a web development technique that updates parts of a page without reloading it, named in 2005 by Jesse James Garrett.
Ajax and Cassandra
Ajax and Cassandra: mythological episode from the Sack of Troy in which Ajax the Lesser drags Cassandra from Athena's Palladium; depicted in Attic vases, the Borghese relief, a Raphael drawing, and Solomon's 1886 Ballarat painting.