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Almudena Munoz
Almudena Muñoz (Almudena Muñoz Martínez), Spanish judoka born 1968 in Valencia, Olympic gold medalist in women's half-lightweight -52 kg at Barcelona 1992, beating Noriko Mizoguchi; world silver 1993, retired after Atlanta 1996.
Almugar Surf Shop
Almugar Surf Shop, Taghazout, Morocco; founded 2003 by Mo; Berber for "meeting place"; surfboard repair, GSI distribution, board and wetsuit rental; sister of Dfrost Almugar Surf & Yoga (2008).
Almus
Almus: Roman castellum and road station on the lower Danubian limes at modern Lom, Bulgaria, in Moesia; Tiberian camp, Hadrianic vicus, 4.1-ha Late Roman fortress, destroyed c. 400 AD. Not the Turkish Tokat district of the same name.
Almuth Schult
Almuth Schult (born 1991, Dannenberg) is a retired German goalkeeper, 66-cap international, 2016 Olympic gold medalist, 2013 European champion, and 2014 Champions League winner with VfL Wolfsburg; first goalkeeper to return to the national team after childbirth.
Almwelle
The Almwelle is a standing artificial river-surfing wave on the Almkanal in the Gneis district of Salzburg, Austria, converted from a flood-relief sluice in 2010 and adjustable for beginners and professionals.
Almyras
Almyras (Agia Varvara-Almyras) is an Iron Age copper mining and smelting site in Nicosia District, Cyprus, 20 km south of Nicosia. Discovered by Walter Fasnacht in 1982, excavated 1988-1999; the only complete ancient copper production chain excavated on Cyprus.
AlN single-crystal substrates
AlN single-crystal substrates are wafers cut from bulk aluminum nitride crystals, grown above 2000 °C by physical vapor transport, serving deep-UV LEDs, lasers, and high-power electronics.
AlNahla Group
AlNahla Group, also known as Al Nahla Group, is a family-held Saudi investment group in Jeddah, founded by merchant Hasan Abbas Sharbatly, operating in investment, real estate, trading, automotive, and hospitality.
Alney-Chashakondzha
Alney-Chashakondzha (Алней-Чашаконджa), volcano 300450, is a glacier-capped twin stratovolcano complex in Kamchatka's Sredinny Range: Alney 2,598 m and Chashakondzha 2,526 m on a Pliocene shield, Holocene-active, last eruption 1600 CE.
Alnico
Alnico, also known as Alcomax, is a family of iron-based permanent magnet alloys containing aluminum, nickel, and cobalt, first developed by T. Mishima in Japan in 1931 and used in loudspeakers, guitar pickups, and motors.
Alnitak
Alnitak (النطاق, "the girdle"), also called Zeta Orionis, is the easternmost star of Orion's Belt: a blue supergiant of magnitude about 1.8 and a multiple star system.
Alnus glutinosa
Alnus glutinosa, common or black alder, is a European wetland tree in Betulaceae that fixes nitrogen via Frankia root nodules, has sticky buds, water-durable timber, and is invasive in North America, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Alnus rubra
Alnus rubra, the red alder, is a fast-growing deciduous tree of the birch family native to the Pacific Coast from Alaska to California, the largest alder in the Americas.
Alnus viridis
Alnus viridis (green alder, now often Alnus alnobetula) is a fast-growing deciduous nitrogen-fixing alder shrub of cool Northern Hemisphere subalpine zones, a pioneer on disturbed soils, 0.5–6 m tall.
Alnwick Castle
Alnwick Castle is a castle and ducal residence in Alnwick, Northumberland, England, held by the Percy family since 1309 and still occupied by the 12th Duke of Northumberland.
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company, founded in 2002, that develops medicines based on RNA interference; its first drug was approved in 2018 as the world's first RNAi therapeutic.
Alo Wala
Alo Wala is the music project of Shivani Ahlowalia, a Chicago-born Punjabi-American vocalist and MC, formed with Danish producers Copia Doble Systema; its debut EP, Cityboy, came out in 2014.
Alo Yoga
Alo Yoga, short for "air, land, ocean", is an American athleisure and wellness brand founded in Los Angeles in 2007 by Danny Harris and Marco DeGeorge.
Alocasia
Alocasia is a genus of over 113 Araceae species native from tropical Asia to eastern Australia, including giant taro and Chinese taro; rainforest herbs with calcium oxalate raphides and a Borneo-centered Miocene dispersal history.
Alodia Gosiengfiao
Alodia Gosiengfiao (Alodia Almira Arraiza Gosiengfiao-Quimbo, born 1988) is a Filipina cosplayer dubbed the Philippines' Queen of Cosplay, co-founder of Tier One Entertainment, Dragon's Dogma 2 pawn, and esports award winner.
Aloe
Aloe is a genus of over 300-550 succulent Asphodelaceae plants native to Africa, Madagascar, Arabia, and NW India; Aloe vera gel and latex are widely used medicinally, with mixed clinical evidence and CITES-listed species.
Aloe Blacc
Aloe Blacc, born Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III (1979), is an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter from Orange County, California, of Panamanian descent, known for "I Need a Dollar," "The Man," and co-writing Avicii's "Wake Me Up."
Aloe vera
Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis), a succulent cultivated worldwide, yields inner-leaf gel used in cosmetics and burn care and bitter latex containing the laxative anthraquinone aloin; non-decolorized whole leaf extract is an IARC possible carcinogen.
Aloft Air Control
Aloft Air Control is a drone operations platform by Aloft Technologies, an FAA-approved service supplier, combining LAANC airspace authorization, flight planning, and fleet management on iOS, Android, and web.
Alogliptin
Alogliptin (Nesina, Vipidia; code SYR-322) is Takeda's once-daily DPP-4 inhibitor for type 2 diabetes, FDA-approved January 25, 2013, dosed 25 mg daily with renal adjustments, with cardiovascular safety shown in the EXAMINE trial.
Aloha
Aloha is the Hawaiian word for hello, goodbye, love, and affection, and a core Native Hawaiian value of compassion and grace. Also names aloha wear: holokū, muʻumuʻu, and the aloha shirt, born in multiethnic Hawaiʻi from the 1820s onward.
Aloha (2015 film)
Aloha (2015) is a Cameron Crowe romantic comedy-drama starring Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, and Rachel McAdams, set in Honolulu. It was panned by critics (21% on Rotten Tomatoes) and drew a whitewashing controversy over Stone's casting.
Aloha Airlines
Aloha Airlines was a Hawaii-based airline founded in Honolulu in 1946 as Trans-Pacific Airlines; it flew interisland and transpacific routes for over 60 years before ending passenger service on March 31, 2008, during its second bankruptcy.
Aloha Airlines Flight 243
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 was a 1988 Hawaii flight in which an 18-foot section of a Boeing 737's fuselage tore away; 94 of 95 aboard survived.
Aloha ʻOe
Aloha ʻOe (Farewell to Thee), Hawaiian song composed in 1878 by Queen Liliʻuokalani at Maunawili, published 1884; a love song often read as a farewell to the kingdom, recorded by the Hawaiian Quintette (1913, National Recording Registry) and Elvis Presley.