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Amara Karan
Amara Karan is a British actress, born in Wimbledon, London, known for The Darjeeling Limited (2007), The Night Of (Chandra Kapoor), Stan Lee's Lucky Man, Hope Street, and RSC stage roles; a former Oxford PPE graduate and investment banker.
Amara La Negra
Amara La Negra, stage name of Dana Danelys de Los Santos (born 1990, Miami), is a Dominican-American singer, actress, and TV host; breakout star of Love & Hip Hop: Miami, known for "What a Bam Bam," the EP Unstoppable, and colorism activism.
Amara Nallo
Amara Nallo (born 2006) is an English centre-back who joined Liverpool's academy from West Ham in 2023; youngest Liverpool player sent off (18y 72d) on his 2025 Champions League debut at PSV, later loaned to HJK Helsinki.
Amara Raja Energy & Mobility
Amara Raja Energy & Mobility Limited is an Indian battery manufacturer headquartered in Hyderabad and India's second largest lead-acid battery maker, selling under the Amaron and Quanta brands.
Amara Raja Group
Amara Raja Group is an Indian family-owned conglomerate founded in 1984 by Ramachandra N Galla, best known for Amara Raja Energy & Mobility, maker of Amaron batteries.
Amara West
Amara West is a New Kingdom Egyptian administrative town on the Nile in northern Sudan, founded under Seti I around 1300 BC as the seat of the Deputy of Kush.
Amara-nayaka system
The amara-nayaka system (अमरनायक) was the Vijayanagara Empire's arrangement under which military officers called nayakas governed assigned territories, supplied soldiers, and paid revenue to the king.
Amarah
Amarah (Arabic: العمارة), capital of Maysan Governorate in southeastern Iraq on the Tigris, founded 1861 as an Ottoman camp; hot desert climate, about 511,000 to 646,000 residents, oil and farm trade center.
Amarakosha
The Amarakosha (अमरकोश), formally titled the Namalinganushasana, is an ancient Sanskrit thesaurus by Amarasimha, probably composed between the 4th and 6th centuries AD, that arranges Sanskrit words by subject and marks their genders.
Amaral
Amaral is a Spanish pop-rock duo formed by Eva Amaral and Juan Aguirre, who met in Zaragoza; their 2002 breakthrough Estrella de mar topped the Spanish charts.
Amaram (അമരം)
Amaram (അമരം) is a 1991 Malayalam drama directed by Bharathan, written by A.K. Lohithadas, starring Mammootty as fisherman Achootty; not the 2026 Tamil film of the same name.
Amaram tenure
The amaram tenure (ಅಮರಮ) was a Vijayanagara land assignment granting a nayaka a territory's revenue in return for military service and an annual payment to the treasury.
Amaran (2024 film)
Amaran (அமரன்), 2024 Tamil biographical war drama by Rajkumar Periasamy starring Sivakarthikeyan as Major Mukund Varadarajan and Sai Pallavi; Diwali 2024 release, ₹335 crore gross, three 72nd National Film Awards. Not the Aputure lighting brand.
Amaran (அமரன்) (1992 film)
Amaran (அமரன்), also known as Amar, is a 1992 Tamil action gangster film written, directed, and produced by K. Rajeshwar, starring Karthik and Bhanupriya, with music by Adithyan and cinematography by P. C. Sreeram; distinct from the 2024 Sivakarthikeyan biopic of the same title.
Amaranth
Amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) is a C4 pseudocereal genus of about 50-60 species; grain types A. caudatus, A. cruentus, and A. hypochondriacus are gluten-free, lysine-rich, drought- and salt-tolerant crops domesticated in Mesoamerica and the Andes.
Amaranth grain
Amaranth grain: seed of Amaranthus caudatus, cruentus, and hypochondriacus, a gluten-free American pseudocereal domesticated three times, cultivated over 8,000 years, rich in lysine, calcium, iron, and squalene oil.
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae (amaranth family, including former Chenopodiaceae) is a cosmopolitan Caryophyllales family of about 185 genera and 2,050–2,500 species, with small petal-less flowers, C4 photosynthesis diversity, and crops like amaranth, quinoa, spinach, and sugar beet.
Amaranthe
Amaranthe, Swedish metal band formed 2008 in Gothenburg (originally Avalanche), known for a three-vocalist setup blending melodic metal, pop, and electronica; albums from Amaranthe (2011) to The Catalyst (2024).
Amaranthus
Amaranthus (amaranth) is a cosmopolitan genus of C4 herbs in Amaranthaceae, including the grain crops A. cruentus, A. hypochondriacus, and A. caudatus, leafy vegetables such as A. tricolor, and noxious weeds like A. palmeri.
Amaranthus caudatus
Amaranthus caudatus (kiwicha, love-lies-bleeding) is an Andean pseudocereal grain amaranth domesticated from A. quitensis, incompletely domesticated, with protein-rich seeds, phytic acid 2.9–7.9 g/kg, and salt-tolerant varieties.
Amaranthus hybridus
Amaranthus hybridus (smooth pigweed, bledo) is a monoecious annual Amaranthaceae weed native from southern Ontario to western South America, wild ancestor of the three grain amaranths, used as a leafy vegetable, and a herbicide-resistant crop weed.
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
Amaranthus hypochondriacus (prince's feather, alegría, amaranto) is an annual grain amaranth native from central USA to Mexico, grown for its light seeds, yielding 800-1200 kg/ha, a pre-Columbian Mexican crop.
Amaranthus palmeri
Amaranthus palmeri (Palmer amaranth, carelessweed), a dioecious Sonoran Desert-native annual weed, now in over 45 countries, resistant to nine herbicide sites of action and among the most damaging weeds of cotton, maize, and soybean.
Amaranthus retroflexus
Amaranthus retroflexus (redroot pigweed, rough pigweed), an annual Amaranthaceae weed native to North America (Kew: Mexico), naturalized worldwide; up to 300,000 seeds per plant, herbicide-resistant, nitrate-toxic to livestock, young leaves edible.
Amaranthus spinosus
Amaranthus spinosus, spiny amaranth or spiny pigweed (Chinese 刺苋, ci xian), is a spine-bearing annual amaranth native from Mexico to Tropical America, now a widespread tropical weed with US resistance to WSSA herbicide groups 2 and 9, used as a leafy vegetable and folk medicine.
Amaranthus tricolor
Amaranthus tricolor (Chinese spinach, Joseph's coat, callaloo) is a tropical Asian annual Amaranthaceae herb grown as a leafy vegetable and ornamental; a C4, heat- and drought-tolerant crop rich in protein, iron, calcium, and carotenoids.
Amaranthus viridis
Amaranthus viridis, slender or green amaranth (bledo), an annual Amaranthaceae herb native from SE Mexico to tropical America, now a cosmopolitan weed and leafy vegetable used as food, animal feed, and medicine.
Amarapura
Amarapura, a former royal capital of Burma on the Ayeyawady River near Mandalay, twice seat of the Konbaung dynasty (1783–1823, 1837–1857), known for its walled palace ruins, royal tombs, weaving, and U Bein Bridge.
Amarasimha
Amarasimha (अमरसिंह) was a Sanskrit grammarian and lexicographer of early first-millennium India, known for the Amarakosha, the celebrated Sanskrit thesaurus memorized by students before formal study.
Amaravati (అమరావతి)
Amaravati (అమరావతి) is Andhra Pradesh's planned greenfield capital city between Vijayawada and Guntur on the Krishna river, built through a Land Pooling Scheme covering over 34,000 acres from nearly 29,000 farmers, with a tentative cost of ₹52,000 crores.