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Akron–Canton Airport
Akron–Canton Airport (CAK), formally Akron-Canton Regional Airport, is a commercial airport in Green, Ohio, between Akron and Canton. Dedicated in 1946, it served 938,814 passengers in 2025.
Akron, OH Metro Area
Akron, OH Metro Area: two-county metropolitan statistical area (Summit and Portage counties) in northeastern Ohio, primary city Akron; about 702,000 residents, former rubber industry center, adjacent to Cleveland.
Akron, Ohio
Akron, Ohio, is a city in northeastern Ohio and the seat of Summit County, founded in 1825 and known as the rubber capital of the world.
Akrothooi
Akrothooi (Ἀκρόθωοι, also Akrothoi, Acrothoi) was an ancient Greek polis on the Athos peninsula of Chalkidike, of mixed Pelasgian, Thracian, and Greek population, a Delian League member that revolted from Athens in 424/3 BC.
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Sovereign Base Areas) are two British Overseas Territories on Cyprus, 98 sq mi, about 3% of the island, retained under UK sovereignty by the 1960 Treaty of Establishment and administered by the Ministry of Defence.
AKRT SULAVINASINI VATIKA
AKRT SULAVINASINI VATIKA (Yakṛt śūlavināśinī vaṭikā) is a classical Ayurvedic liver-pill formula from Bhaiṣajyaratnāvalī, listed in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India (750 mg dose) for liver disease and ascites.
Aks (अक्स)
Aks (अक्स, "reflection") is a 2001 Hindi supernatural thriller, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's directorial debut, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Manoj Bajpayee; a killer's spirit possesses the cop who shot him, and the film flopped despite award-winning craft.
AKS primality test
The AKS primality test, or Agrawal-Kayal-Saxena primality test, is a deterministic polynomial-time algorithm deciding whether an integer is prime, announced in 2002 by three researchers at IIT Kanpur.
AKS-74U (АКС-74У)
The AKS-74U (АКС-74У), known in the West as the Krinkov, is a Soviet shortened assault rifle adopted in the late 1970s for vehicle crews and pilots.
Aksai Chin (阿克赛钦)
Aksai Chin (阿克赛钦), also called the Aksai Chin Plateau, is a roughly 38,000 sq km high-altitude desert at the western Sino-Indian boundary, administered by China and claimed by India as part of Ladakh; the 1950s Xinjiang-Tibet road through it triggered the dispute and the 1962 war.
Aksakov (Mercurian crater)
Aksakov crater, a 174 km peak-ringed impact crater on Mercury at 34.77°N, 78.70°W, IAU-named April 24, 2012 after Russian author Sergey Aksakov (1791–1859); MESSENGER imaging shows hollows on its inner peak ring.
Aksana (wrestler)
Aksana, ring name of Živilė Raudonienė (born 1982, Alytus, Lithuania), Lithuanian bodybuilder and WWE wrestler 2009–2014; FCW Divas Champion and Queen of FCW, NXT Goldust wedding storyline, released June 2014.
Aksar (अक्सर)
Aksar (अक्सर) is a 2006 Hindi thriller directed by Anant Mahadevan, starring Emraan Hashmi, Udita Goswami, and Dino Morea, with hit Himesh Reshammiya music including Jhalak Dikhlaja; a love-triangle blackmail plot that became a semi-hit despite poor reviews.
Aksar 2
Aksar 2 (अक्सर २) is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language erotic thriller directed by Ananth Narayan Mahadevan, starring Zareen Khan and Gautam Rode; released in November 2017.
Aksaray
Aksaray, a province and city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, on the Silk Road at Cappadocia's western gate; regained provincial status 15 June 1989 (Law 3578), 441,136 people, 8 districts, Aşıklı Höyük and Ihlara Valley.
Aksaray, Aksaray
Aksaray, Aksaray: the capital city of Aksaray Province in Central Anatolia, Turkey, on the Silk Road; ancient Garsaura/Archelais, renamed by Seljuk sultan Kılıçarslan II; province population 441,136 (2025).
Akṣayakumāra Datta
Akṣayakumāra Datta (অক্ষয়কুমার দত্ত; 1820–1886) was a Bengali educationist and rationalist who edited the Tattvabodhini Patrika for twelve years and pioneered science writing in Bengali.
Aksel Hennie
Aksel Hennie (born 1975, Oslo) is a Norwegian actor, director, and screenwriter. Known for Max Manus, Headhunters, The Martian, and Sisu; winner of four Amanda Awards, including three for Best Actor.
Aksel Lund Svindal
Aksel Lund Svindal (born 1982, Lørenskog) is a Norwegian former alpine ski racer: two-time overall World Cup champion, 36 World Cup wins, Olympic super-G gold 2010 and downhill gold 2018, five world titles, retired 2019.
Aksel Sandemose
Aksel Sandemose, born Axel Nielsen (1899–1965), was a Danish-Norwegian novelist who moved to Norway in 1930 and formulated the Jante Law in his 1933 breakthrough novel.
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Akseli Gallen-Kallela, born Axel Waldemar Gallén, was a Finnish painter who gave the Finnish epic Kalevala its visual form, with works like The Defence of the Sampo.
Akshabulak Oil and Gas Field
Akshabulak is an oil and gas field in the South Turgay Basin of central Kazakhstan, about 150 km north of Kyzylorda, operated by JV Kazgermunai.
Akshak
Akshak (Akšak) was an ancient Sumerian city-state on the northern boundary of Akkad, known from texts since around 2600 BC; no archaeological site has been identified with it.
Akshamsaddin
Akshamsaddin (محمد شمس الدين) was an Ottoman Sufi master, scholar, and physician, born in Damascus around 1390, who served as spiritual counselor to Sultan Mehmed II.
Akshar Deri (અક્ષર દેરી)
Akshar Deri (અક્ષર દેરી) is the BAPS memorial shrine in Gondal, Gujarat, over the 1867 cremation spot of Gunatitanand Swami; Shastriji Maharaj built the three-shikhar Akshar Mandir above it, consecrated 23 May 1934.
Akshara Haasan (அக்ஷரா ஹாசன்)
Akshara Haasan (அக்ஷரா ஹாசன்), born 1991 in Chennai, is an Indian actress, screenwriter, and assistant director in Tamil and Hindi films, daughter of Kamal Haasan and Sarika, younger sister of Shruti Haasan; her debut was Shamitabh (2015).
Akshardham Temple attack
2002 fidayeen attack on the Swaminarayan Akshardham temple, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, by two Lashkar-e-Toiba gunmen; 33 killed, 85 injured; six convicted men were acquitted by the Supreme Court in 2014.
Akshat Gupta (अक्षत गुप्ता)
Akshat Gupta (अक्षत गुप्ता), Indian author, screenwriter and former restaurateur; wrote The Hidden Hindu trilogy, a mythology-science fiction bestseller published by Penguin Random House India, with visual rights acquired by Dhoni Entertainment.
Akshata Murty
Akshata Murty, also known as Akshata Sunak, is an Indian-born businesswoman and investor, daughter of Infosys founders Narayana Murthy and Sudha Murty, and wife of Rishi Sunak.
Akshauhini
Akshauhini (अक्षौहिणी, akṣauhiṇī) is the Mahabharata's largest army unit: 21,870 chariots, 21,870 elephants, 65,610 cavalry, 109,350 infantry in a 1:1:3:5 ratio; 18 (11 Kaurava, 7 Pandava) fought at Kurukshetra.