All articles A–Z
519,064 articles
Annam (அன்னம்) (TV series)
Annam (அன்னம்) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language TV drama on Sun TV, starring Abi Natchatra and Bharat Kumar, produced by Sun Entertainment and Ayyan Movie Makers, premiering 2 December 2024 and replacing Sundari.
Annam protectorate
The Annam protectorate (Protectorat d'Annam) was the French protectorate established over central Vietnam, the Nguyen dynasty's territory, by the Treaty of Hue on 6 June 1884.
Annamacharya
Annamacharya (Annamayya, 1408–1503), Telugu saint-composer of Tallapaka, Kadapa; first Telugu vaggeyakara, composed about 32,000 sankeertanas to Venkateswara, about 12,000 recovered from Tirumala copper plates.
Annamalai (அண்ணாமலை)
Annamalai (அண்ணாமலை), also Annaamalai, is a 1992 Tamil action drama directed by Suresh Krissna, produced by Kavithalayaa, starring Rajinikanth as a milkman; a Khudgarz remake that ran 175 days and topped Tamil box office until Baashha.
Annamalai University
Annamalai University, founded 1 January 1929 by Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar at Annamalainagar near Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, is a state university on a nearly 1,000-acre campus, NAAC A+ accredited, with on-campus and distance education programmes.
Annamaria Lusardi
Annamaria Lusardi is an Italian-born economist who, with Olivia Mitchell, created the "Big Three" financial literacy questions and founded the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center.
Annamaria Petrozza
Annamaria Petrozza is an Italian scientist who studies defects in perovskite solar cells, leading the Advanced Materials for Optoelectronics group at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Milan.
Annamarie Thomas
Annamarie Thomas (born 1971, Emmeloord) is a Dutch speed skater who competed at the 1994, 1998, and 2002 Winter Olympics, won 1996 world titles at 1000 m and 1500 m, and set a 1500 m world record of 1:55.50 in 1999.
Annamatia
Annamatia (Adnamantia, Anamatia), Roman auxiliary fort on the Danube limes of Pannonia Inferior at Baracs, Fejér County, Hungary; 152 x 76 m, garrisoned by Cohors VII Breucorum and Cohors Thracum Germanicus, on the Tabula Peutingeriana between Intercisa and Lussonium.
Annamay Pierse
Annamay Pierse (-Oldershaw), Canadian breaststroke swimmer born 1983 in Toronto; Beijing 2008 Olympian who held the 200m breaststroke world record in long-course (2:20.12) and short-course pools in 2009 and won 2009 Worlds silver.
Annamayya (అన్నమయ్య) (film)
Annamayya (అన్నమయ్య), 1997 Telugu devotional biographical film by K. Raghavendra Rao starring Nagarjuna as saint-composer Annamacharya, with M. M. Keeravani's National Award-winning music.
Annamie Paul
Annamie Paul, Canadian lawyer, led the Green Party of Canada October 2020 to November 2021 as first Black Canadian and Jewish woman federal party leader; resigned after 2021 election collapse and internal conflict.
Annamite Range
The Annamite Range, or Annamese Cordillera, is a principal mountain range in Southeast Asia, extending 1,130 km and featuring Phou Bia as its highest peak.
Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis, Maryland: capital of Maryland and seat of Anne Arundel County on the Severn River; home of the U.S. Naval Academy (1845), St. John's College (1696), and the Maryland State House; population about 40,000.
Annapoorani: The Goddess of Food
Annapoorani: The Goddess of Food (அன்னபூரணி) is a 2023 Tamil drama, Nayanthara's 75th film, directed by Nilesh Krishnaa, about a Srirangam Brahmin's daughter aspiring to be a chef; Netflix removed it in January 2024 after Hindu activist backlash.
Annapurna (अन्नपूर्णा)
Annapurna (अन्नपूर्णा), a Himalayan massif in north-central Nepal; Annapurna I (8,091 m) is the world's tenth highest peak and the first 8,000 m mountain climbed, by Herzog and Lachenal in 1950, and remains the deadliest eight-thousander.
Annapurna Circuit
Annapurna Circuit, Nepal teahouse trek around the Annapurna massif from Besi Sahar to Naya Pool over Thorong La pass (5,416 m); 12–22 days, ACAP and TIMS permits, NATT road-free trails.
Annapurna Corona
Annapurna Corona is a 300-km-wide corona, a circular volcano-tectonic structure, on Venus at 35.5°S 152°E, IAU-named in 1994 for an Indian goddess of wealth.
Annapurna Devi (अन्नपूर्णा देवी)
Annapurna Devi (अन्नपूर्णा देवी), born Roshanara Khan (1926 or 1927–2018), was a reclusive Hindustani surbahar virtuoso, daughter of Allauddin Khan, first wife of Ravi Shankar, and guru to Hariprasad Chaurasia and Nikhil Banerjee.
Annapurna Finance
Annapurna Finance Private Limited is an Indian microfinance and small-business lender headquartered in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, founded in 2009 and rated among India's top ten NBFC-MFIs.
Annapurna I
Annapurna I (8091 m), Nepal Himalaya, 10th highest mountain; first 8,000-metre peak climbed, on 3 June 1950 by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal of France; highest deaths-per-summit ratio among Nepal's 8,000ers.
Annapurna II
Annapurna II, 7,937 m, eastern anchor of Nepal's Annapurna massif and 16th-highest peak, first climbed May 17, 1960 by Grant, Bonington, and Ang Nyima Sherpa via the west ridge.
Annapurna Interactive
Annapurna Interactive, American indie video game publisher founded 2016 as division of Annapurna Pictures (Megan Ellison). Known for What Remains of Edith Finch, Outer Wilds, Stray; entire 25-person staff resigned September 2024; rebuilt under Hector Sanchez and Leanne Loombe.
Annapurna Labs
Annapurna Labs is an Israeli chip design company founded in 2011, acquired by Amazon in 2015, that designs AWS's Graviton server processors and Trainium AI accelerators.
Annapurna Pictures
Annapurna Pictures is an American independent entertainment company founded by Megan Ellison in 2011 and based in West Hollywood, California, known for Zero Dark Thirty, Her, and American Hustle.
Annapurna Singh
Annapurna Singh (अन्नपूर्णा सिंह), wife of jailed gangster Brijesh Singh, is an Uttar Pradesh MLC from the Varanasi-Bhadohi-Chandauli local authorities seat, won as an Independent in 2022 with 4,234 votes after a 2010 BSP term; expelled from BSP in 2016.
Annapurna Sriram
Annapurna Sriram is a Nashville-raised American actor, writer, and director, a Rutgers Mason Gross BFA graduate, whose debut feature Fucktoys (2025) premiered at SXSW, won the Special Jury Award for a Multi-Hyphenate, and earned her a Spirit Award Someone to Watch nomination.
Annapurna Studios
Annapurna Studios, also called ANR Studios, is a 22-acre film production and post-production facility in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, founded by Akkineni Nageswara Rao (foundation 1975, inauguration 1976) and now run by Nagarjuna's family, with 12 shooting floors, Dolby Atmos post-production, a virtual production stage, and a film school.
AnnaSophia Robb
AnnaSophia Robb (born 1993) is an American actress from Denver, Colorado, known for Bridge to Terabithia (2007) and for playing young Carrie Bradshaw in The Carrie Diaries.
Annastacia Palaszczuk
Annastacia Palaszczuk, AC, Australian Labor politician, 39th Premier of Queensland 2015-2023 and Member for Inala from 2006. First woman to win three consecutive Queensland elections; resigned December 2023, succeeded by Steven Miles.