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Ako Okwe
Ako Okwe (Ezu Ahia Ako Okwe, Okwe, Akwa Nsa, Buying Market) is a mancala-type sow-and-capture board game of the Igbo in Nigeria, played on a 2x5 board with ten counters per hole, documented in the early twentieth century.
Akodon
Akodon, South American grass mice, is the most species-rich genus of the rodent tribe Akodontini (Sigmodontinae), with 41 extant species in aerosus, boliviensis, cursor, varius, and dolores species groups, diverging since the late Pliocene.
Akola (अकोला)
Akola (अकोला) is a city and district headquarters in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India, on the Morna River. Known as the Cotton City, it has 7 tehsils, a 1898 cotton market, and 1,813,906 people (2011).
Akon
Akon (Aliaune Thiam, born 1973, St. Louis) is a Senegalese-American R&B singer behind "Locked Up" and Konvicted, founder of the Konvict label, and co-founder of Akon Lighting Africa.
Akon discography
Akon discography: catalog of Senegalese-American singer Aliaune Thiam (born 1973), from debut Trouble (2004) and Konvicted (2006) through Freedom (2008), the abandoned Stadium, 2019's El Negreeto and Akonda, and Beautiful Day (2026), with three UK number-one singles.
Akon Lighting Africa
Akon Lighting Africa is a for-profit solar electrification initiative launched in February 2014 by the singer Akon, Thione Niang, and Samba Bathily to bring solar power to African villages without electricity.
Akontisma
Akontisma (Ἀκόντισμα), ancient fortified settlement east of Nea Karvali, Kavala, Greece; first Via Egnatia mansio after Neapolis, founded late 4th century BC under Cassander, listed by Hierocles among the cities of Illyricum.
Akoris
Akoris, also known as Tihna el-Gebel, is an ancient Egyptian town on the east bank of the Nile in Middle Egypt, occupied from the Old Kingdom to about 700 AD.
Akos Vereckei
Akos Vereckei (Vereckei Ákos), Hungarian sprint kayaker born 1977 in Budapest; two-time Olympic K-4 1000 m champion (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004), six-time world champion, later coach in Vietnam, China, and Serbia.
Akosombo Dam
The Akosombo Dam, or Volta Dam, is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Volta River in Ghana, constructed 1961–1965, generating hydroelectric power and creating Lake Volta.
Akosombo hydroelectric plant
The Akosombo hydroelectric plant is a 1,020 MW hydroelectric station on the Volta River in Ghana, impounded by the Akosombo Dam and operated by the Volta River Authority.
Akosua Busia
Akosua Busia (born 1966, Accra, Ghana) is a Ghanaian actress, novelist, and screenwriter; daughter of former Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia; best known as Nettie in The Color Purple (1985) and as Beloved's screenwriter.
Akouos
Akouos was a Boston-based precision genetic medicine company, founded in 2016, that developed AAV gene therapies to restore hearing in inner-ear disorders; Eli Lilly acquired it in 2022.
Akowonjo
Akowonjo is a residential-trading neighborhood in Alimosho LGA, Lagos, Nigeria, twin of Egbeda at the Akowonjo junction; mostly Egba settlement since circa 1830, about 308,900 residents, two-bedroom rents around ₦1.5M/year (2025), with recurrent flooding.
Akoya Biosciences
Akoya Biosciences is a life sciences company in Marlborough, Massachusetts, founded in 2015 to commercialize Stanford's CODEX technology; its PhenoCycler and PhenoImager platforms were acquired by Quanterix in 2025.
Akoya pearl
An akoya pearl is a small saltwater bead-cultured pearl from the akoya oyster Pinctada fucata, 3 to 10 mm, prized for luster and farmed chiefly in Japan.
Akpatok Island
Akpatok Island: uninhabited Ordovician limestone island, largest in Ungava Bay, Nunavut, Canada (903 km2). Hosts one of the world's largest Thick-billed Murre colonies, over 20% of Canada's population; IBA NU007, no statutory protection.
Akpo Oil and Gas Field
Akpo is a deep offshore gas and condensate field in Nigeria's Niger Delta, discovered in 2000 and brought on stream by operator TotalEnergies in March 2009.
AKR/J
AKR/J (AK) is an inbred albino laboratory mouse strain kept at The Jackson Laboratory since 1940, derived by Jacob Furth for high spontaneous lymphatic leukemia, carrying the AKV retrovirus, Thy1.1 antigen, and C5 deficiency.
AKR1B10
AKR1B10 (aldo-keto reductase family 1 member B10, ARL-1) is a human NADPH-dependent aldehyde reductase gene on 7q33, overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma and used as a serum biomarker outperforming AFP for HCC diagnosis and postoperative monitoring.
AKR1C2
AKR1C2 (3alpha-HSD type III, DD2, bile acid binding protein) is a human gene and cytosolic NADPH-dependent ketosteroid reductase on chromosome 10p15-p14 that inactivates DHT to 3alpha-androstanediol and is lost in prostate cancer.
Akra
Akra (Greek Ἄκρα, headland or fortress) names several ancient sites: a submerged Bosporan Greek city in eastern Crimea, large settlement mounds near Bannu, Pakistan, and the Seleucid citadel of Jerusalem.
Akrabou Formation
The Akrabou Formation is an Upper Cretaceous carbonate rock formation in southeastern Morocco, dating to the Cenomanian and Turonian and famous for exceptionally preserved, often three-dimensional fossil fishes.
Akraiphiai
Akraiphiai (Akraiphia, modern Akraifnio) was a Boeotian polis in central Greece on Lake Copais, administering the oracle of Apollo Ptoios and the Ptoia games, with a large necropolis, Hellenistic decrees, and French School at Athens lidar survey since 2021.
Akram Afif
Akram Afif (أكرم عفيف), born 1996 in Doha, is a Qatari left winger for Al Sadd and Qatar; two-time AFC Player of the Year (2019, 2023), 2023 Asian Cup MVP and top scorer with a final hat-trick, and record Asian Cup assist provider.
Akrapovič
Akrapovič is a Slovenian manufacturer of performance exhaust systems for motorcycles and cars, founded in 1991 by former motorcycle racer Igor Akrapovič, whose exhausts have won over 200 world championship titles.
Akrasia (κρασία)
Akrasia (ἀκρασία), or weakness of will, is acting against one's considered better judgment; denied by Socrates in Plato's Protagoras, analyzed by Aristotle, and debated from Hare and Davidson to Holton, Mele, and experimental philosophy.
Akre Capital Management
Akre Capital Management is a boutique asset management firm in Middleburg, Virginia, founded by Chuck Akre in 1989 for concentrated, long-term value investing in public equities.
Akriila
Akriila (Fernanda Patricia Sepúlveda Tapia, born 2003, Maipú, Chile) is a Chilean rapper and alt-pop artist; debut album Epistolares (2024), Atlantic Records signing, and 2026 album lucy miró al mundo y notó que está girando.
Akron RubberDucks
Akron RubberDucks: Double-A Eastern League team in Akron, Ohio, Cleveland Guardians affiliate since 1989; formerly Canton-Akron Indians and Akron Aeros; plays at 7 17 Credit Union Park (Canal Park), capacity 7,630.