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Alans
The Alans, also known as the Alani, were an ancient Iranian nomadic tribe of the Pontic steppe, first recorded by classical writers in the first centuries A.D.
Alanya
Alanya (historically Alaiye) is a resort district of Antalya Province, Turkey, on a Mediterranean peninsula 137 km from Antalya city, known for its Seljuk castle, 33 m Red Tower, 70 km of beaches, and sun-and-sea tourism.
Alanyaspor
Alanyaspor (Corendon Alanyaspor), Turkish football club founded 1948 in Alanya; Süper Lig member since 2016-17, 2019-20 Turkish Cup finalist, 5th place and first European qualification in 2019-20.
Alanycarb
Alanycarb (棉铃威, OK 135, CAS 83130-01-2) is an obsolete oxime carbamate insecticide and nematicide, a pro-insecticide metabolized to methomyl, acting as an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor; not approved in the EU or UK and highly toxic to bees.
Alaol
Alaol (আলাওল) was a 17th-century Bengali Muslim poet at the Arakan court in Myanmar, best known for Padmavati and counted among medieval Bangla's greatest poets.
Alaotra Mangoro Region
Alaotra Mangoro Region (Alaotra-Mangoro), a first-order administrative region of central-east Madagascar named for Lake Alaotra and the Mangoro river; capital Ambatondrazaka; 33,054 km²; about 1.26 million people; Madagascar's main rice-producing region.
Alaouite conquest of Fes
The Alaouite conquest of Fes (فتح فاس الرشيد) was the 1666 capture of Fes by Mulay al-Rashid of the Alaouite house, ending Sa'di power and beginning Alaouite rule of Morocco.
Alaouite conquest of the Sus
The Alaouite conquest of the Sus (فتح سوس) was the subjugation of southern Morocco's autonomous zawiya and tribal powers by the Alaouite dynasty, begun by Sultan al-Rashid.
Alaouite conquest of the Tadla
The Alaouite conquest of the Tadla was Sultan Moulay Isma'il's subjugation of the Tadla region and central plains of Morocco, marked by the building of the Ismaili kasbah.
Alaouite dynasty
The Alaouite dynasty (العلويون) is the sharifian dynasty of Morocco, descended from the Prophet Muhammad, which has ruled from the Tafilalt oasis since the seventeenth century and reigns today.
Alaouite unification of Tafilalt
The Alaouite unification of Tafilalt (توحيد تافيلالت) was the Alaouite dynasty's conquest of Morocco's rival states between 1664 and 1669, taking Fez in 1666 and Marrakech in 1669 under Mawlay al-Rashid.
Alaouite wars of succession in Tafilalt
The Alaouite wars of succession in Tafilalt (حروب تافيلالت) were 17th-century struggles among Alaouite brothers in southeastern Morocco, ending when al-Rashid killed his brother Muhammad in 1664.
Alaowading
Alaowading (阿老瓦丁) was a Muslim cannon-maker from the Western Regions who served the Yuan dynasty, helped break the Southern Song cities of Tanzhou and Jingjiang, and founded a hereditary artillery corps.
Alapalooza
Alapalooza, "Weird Al" Yankovic's eighth studio album (October 5, 1993, Scotti Bros.), 12 tracks including Jurassic Park, Bedrock Anthem, and Bohemian Polka; peaked at Billboard No. 46 and went U.S. Platinum.
Alappuzha (ആലപ്പുഴ)
Alappuzha (ആലപ്പുഴ), formerly Alleppey, is a Kerala port town planned in 1762 by Travancore's ruler for the spice trade, developed by Dewan Raja Kesava Das, famed as the Venice of the East and center of the coir industry.
Alappuzha district (ആലപ്പുഴ ജില്ല)
Alappuzha district (ആലപ്പുഴ ജില്ല), also called Alleppey, is Kerala's smallest district by area (1,414 sq km), formed 17 August 1957, with 2,127,789 people (2011), density 1,504 per sq km, sex ratio 1,100, and the below-sea-level Kuttanad rice bowl.
Alappuzha Gymkhana
Alappuzha Gymkhana (ആലപ്പുഴ ജിംഖാന) is a 2025 Malayalam sports comedy-drama directed by Khalid Rahman, starring Naslen as a teen who takes up boxing for college sports-quota admission; released 10 April 2025, streaming on SonyLIV.
Alaqua Cox
Alaqua Cox, born 1997 in Keshena, Wisconsin, is a deaf Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican amputee actress who debuted as Maya Lopez/Echo in Hawkeye (2021) and led Echo (2024), Marvel's first deaf, Indigenous female superhero lead.
Alaqush Tegin Quri
Alaqush Tegin Quri (阿剌兀思剔吉忽里) was the hereditary chief of the Ongud Turks who rejected the Jin dynasty, allied with Genghis Khan by 1203, and was killed in 1211.
Alar Karis
Alar Karis, born in Tartu in 1958, is an Estonian politician and scientist who has served as President of Estonia since 2021, after leading the University of Tartu and the Estonian National Museum.
Alar Toomre
Alar Toomre, born 1937 in Rakvere, Estonia, is an Estonian-born American astronomer and MIT applied mathematician known for computer simulations of interacting and merging galaxies.
Alara (Kushite king)
Alara was a king of Kush in the first half of the eighth century BCE, the first known ruler of the Napatan dynasty buried at El-Kurru.
Alara Kalama
Alara Kalama (आलार कालाम) was an ancient Indian hermit and meditation teacher, the future Buddha's first teacher after his renunciation, who taught the Sphere of Nothingness.
Alara of Kush
Alara of Kush was a king of Kush who reigned c. 780–760 BCE and is regarded as the founder of the Napatan dynasty that later conquered Egypt.
Alaric I
Alaric I (c. 370–410), Gothic leader and first king of the Visigoths, served Rome before rebelling in 395 and sacking Rome on 24 August 410; he died in Calabria months later.
Alárìnjó
Alárìnjó is the traditional traveling masquerade theater of the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria, an itinerant masked performance art that grew out of the egungun cult.
Alarm clock
An alarm clock is a clock designed to wake a person at a preset time with a bell, buzzer, radio, or recorded sound, now competing with the smartphone alarm.
Alarm.com
Alarm.com is an American technology company based in Tysons, Virginia, founded in 2000, that provides a cloud platform for security, video monitoring, and energy management sold through independent service providers.
Alarmo
Alarmo is an interactive motion-sensing alarm clock made by Nintendo, released in October 2024 for $99.99, featuring alarm sounds and scenes from games like Super Mario Odyssey.
ALARP
ALARP (As Low As Reasonably Practicable) is the UK health and safety principle requiring risks to be reduced unless further reduction costs grossly outweigh the benefit.