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Ant-Man (Scott Lang)

Scott Lang, also known as Ant-Man II, is a Marvel Comics superhero, the second Ant-Man, who shrinks and grows with Pym Particles and commands insects.

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), also known as Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and the Wasp, is Peyton Reed's MCU sequel in which Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne rescue Janet van Dyne from the Quantum Realm; it grossed $623.1 million worldwide.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is a 2023 American superhero film, the third Ant-Man film and the first of Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Anta Group

Anta Group (安踏) is China's largest sportswear company by revenue, founded by the Ding family in Jinjiang, Fujian, in 1991 and listed in Hong Kong in 2007.

Anta Sports

Anta Sports Products Limited, Chinese sportswear group founded 1991 in Jinjiang, Fujian; HKEX-listed (2020). Owns ANTA, FILA China, DESCENTE, KOLON SPORT, MAIA ACTIVE, JACK WOLFSKIN; largest shareholder of NYSE-listed Amer Sports (Arc'teryx, Salomon, Wilson).

Antacid

Antacid: over-the-counter medicines (aluminum, magnesium, calcium salts such as calcium carbonate, aluminum hydroxide) that neutralize stomach acid to relieve heartburn and indigestion; distinct from acid-suppressing H2 blockers and PPIs.

Antaeus (νταῖος)

Antaeus (Ἀνταῖος, Antaios) is the Libyan giant of Greek myth, son of Poseidon and Gaia, who forced strangers to wrestle and drew strength from the earth until Heracles lifted and crushed him; tomb at Tingis, subject of ancient and Renaissance art.

Antagonist

Antagonist: the force in a narrative opposing the protagonist's goal, a structural role not a moral one; from Greek anti- + agonistes; distinct from villain; can be a character, institution, system, or the protagonist's own psychology.

Antagonistic actuation

Antagonistic actuation is a robot actuation scheme in which two actuators drive a joint through nonlinear elastic elements, letting co-contraction set stiffness separately from torque.

Antaibao Surface Mine

The Antaibao Surface Mine (安太堡露天煤矿) is a large open-pit coal mine in Shuozhou, Shanxi Province, China, born of a $580 million Sino-American joint venture signed in 1985.

Antaitasvir phosphate capsules

Antaitasvir phosphate capsules (磷酸萘坦司韦胶囊, netanasvir phosphate, trade name 东卫卓) is a Chinese Class 1 NS5A-inhibitor drug approved by NMPA in February 2025, used with yiqibuvir for genotype 1, 2, 3, 6 chronic hepatitis C.

Antakya

Antakya (ancient Antioch, Antiocheia), city in Hatay Province, southern Turkey, on the Orontes River. Founded about 300 BC by Seleucus I; Roman Syria's capital; devastated by the February 2023 Kahramanmaras earthquakes.

Antakya Stele

The Antakya Stele, also known as the Tavla Stele, is a Neo-Assyrian stela of Adad-nirari III recording a border settlement between Ataršumki of Arpad and Zakkur of Hamath.

Antal Dunai

Antal Dunai (Dujmov, Dunai II), Hungarian footballer born 1943 in Gara; Olympic gold 1968 and silver 1972, joint Olympic record 13 goals, Újpest striker with 202 goals, later Hungary Olympic coach.

Antal Kocsis

Antal Kocsis (Tony Kocsis, 1905–1994), Hungarian flyweight boxer; won gold at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics over Armand Apell, first Hungarian Olympic and European boxing champion, later a US professional and tailor.

Antal Kovacs

Antal Kovacs (Kovács Antal), born 1972 in Paks, Hungary, is a retired judoka who won half-heavyweight Olympic gold at Barcelona 1992 and the 1993 world title in Hamilton.

Antal Roka

Antal Róka (Róka Antal, 1927–1970), Hungarian race walker: Helsinki 1952 Olympic 50 km walk bronze, Bern 1954 European bronze, and world records at 30 miles and 50,000 m track walk; poisoned at Melbourne 1956 after a black-ribbon protest.

Antal Szerb

Antal Szerb (Szerb Antal, 1901–1945), Hungarian literary historian and novelist of Journey by Moonlight, The Pendragon Legend and Oliver VII; died in the Balf labor camp; Pushkin Press translations by Len Rix.

Antal Yaakobishvili

Antal Yaakobishvili, Hungarian center-back born 2004 in Budapest, plays for Girona FC; debuted in La Liga and the Champions League in 2024, with loans to FC Andorra, CD Tenerife, and Atlético Madrileño.

AntalGenics

AntalGenics is a Spanish biotech startup founded in 2015 as a spin-off of Universidad Miguel Hernández in Elche, developing small-molecule drugs for pain and itch and selling dermocosmetic ingredients.

Antalya

Antalya (Attaleia), Mediterranean city and province in southwestern Turkey, the Turkish Riviera. Founded by Attalos II around 150 BC; 2,777,677 residents in 2025, fifth largest in Turkey, defined by tourism-driven urbanization.

Antalya Airport

Antalya Airport, also known as Antalya International Airport, is an international airport serving Antalya, Turkey, and the Mediterranean's largest holiday tourism region, with 39.1 million passengers in 2025.

Antalya Province

Antalya Province (Antalya ili) is Türkiye's fifth most populous province on the southwestern Mediterranean coast, capital Antalya (ancient Attaleia of Pamphylia), 20,815 km², 18 districts, tourism- and agriculture-based economy.

Antalya Zoo

Antalya Zoo (Antalya Doğal Yaşam Parkı) is Antalya Metropolitan Municipality's Category A zoo in Kepez, Turkey, begun in 1989 on 400 dönüm, holding about 1,678 animals of 118 species with two-tier tourist pricing and wildlife rehabilitation.

Antalyaspor

Antalyaspor, Turkish football club from Antalya founded 2 July 1966 by merger of three city clubs; red and white, 30 Süper Lig seasons, best finish 6th (2016-17), two Turkish Cup finals, Intertoto 1996-97, relegated again in 2025-26.

Antananarivo

Antananarivo (Tananarive, Tana), capital and largest city of Madagascar in the central highlands at 1,276 m; 1.39 million city residents, 4.4 million metro; former Merina royal capital, taken by France in 1895; accounts for 44% of national GDP and faces severe flood exposure.

Antananarivo Avaradrano

Antananarivo Avaradrano is a district of Analamanga region, Madagascar, north of the capital, population about 449,000, named after the historic northern province of Imerina around Ambohimanga.

Antananarivo-Atsimondrano

Antananarivo-Atsimondrano, a district of Analamanga region, Madagascar, created by decree in 2005; 642,364 inhabitants on 397 km², 26 communes, surrounding the capital's Renivohitra district to the south and west.

Antanas Baranauskas

Antanas Baranauskas (1835–1902) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic bishop, poet, and linguist, best known for Anykščių šilelis, the most famous work of 19th-century Lithuanian poetry, and for classifying Lithuanian dialects.

Antanas Guoga

Antanas Guoga, known as Tony G, is a Lithuanian-Australian poker player, businessman, and politician; MEP 2014–2019, briefly Seimas member who resigned in 2021 amid Cypherpunk Holdings controversy.