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Azerbaijani romanticism

Azerbaijani romanticism (Azərbaycan ədəbiyyatında romantizm) was an early 20th-century literary movement in Azerbaijani literature, centered on the journal Füyuzat and lasting until Soviet power in 1920.

Azeroth

Azeroth is the fictional world of Blizzard's Warcraft franchise, launched with Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994. Also the name of an Eastern Kingdoms continent, its calendar counts years from the Dark Portal's opening, and its core holds a titan worldsoul targeted in the Worldsoul Saga.

Azhagae Azhagu

Azhagae Azhagu is a Tamil family drama serial that premiered in 2026, exploring conflicts in a strict patriarchal household and completing 100 episodes in June 2026.

Azhagam Perumal (அழகம் பெருமாள்)

Azhagam Perumal (அழகம் பெருமாள்), born 1965, is a Tamil film director and actor. Assistant director to Mani Ratnam, he debuted as actor in Alaipayuthey (2000) and directed Dumm Dumm Dumm (2001), Joot, and Udhaya before acting full time.

Azhagiya Tamil Magan

Azhagiya Tamil Magan (அழகிய தமிழ் மகன்), also spelled Azhagiya Tamizh Magan, is a 2007 Tamil action thriller directed by Bharathan, starring Vijay in his first dual role as an ESP-gifted athlete and his look-alike, with an A.R. Rahman soundtrack, released 8 November 2007 and re-released in 2024.

Azhar (film)

Azhar (2016) is a Hindi biographical drama directed by Tony D'Souza, starring Emraan Hashmi as cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin, covering the 2000 match-fixing scandal; released 13 May 2016, it carries a not-a-biopic disclaimer.

Azim Azimzade

Azim Azimzade (Əzim Əzimzadə; 1880–1943) was an Azerbaijani graphic artist and caricaturist, regarded as the founder of Azerbaijani caricature art and satirical graphics, best known for drawing for Molla Nasreddin.

Azis (Васил Троянов Боянов)

Azis (Васил Троянов Боянов, Vasil Troyanov Boyanov, born 1978) is a Bulgarian pop-folk (chalga) singer of Roma origin known as the King of chalga; hits include Habibi and Sen Trope.

Aziz Ansari

Aziz Ansari is a stand-up comedian, actor, and director who gained recognition for playing Tom Haverford on Parks and Recreation and co-creating the Netflix series Master of None.

Aziz Maraka

Aziz Maraka (عزيز مرقة) is a Jordanian singer and composer who created Razz, a rock, Arabic, and jazz fusion, known for the 2008 hit "Bent El-Nas".

Aziz Nesin

Aziz Nesin (Mehmet Nusret Nesin, 1915–1995) was a Turkish humorist, novelist, and publisher, founder of Markopaşa and the Nesin Foundation, author of Zübük and Yaşar Ne Yaşar Ne Yaşamaz.

Azizam (عزیزم) (song)

Azizam (عزیزم) is Ed Sheeran's Persian-titled 2025 dance-pop single, lead release from his album Play; meaning "my dear" in Farsi, it reached UK No. 3 and Hot 100 No. 28, and a Farsi version with Googoosh followed.

Azmari verse

Azmari verse is the improvised sung poetry of the azmari, hereditary minstrels of the Ethiopian highlands, performed at weddings, church festivals, and bars with the masenqo fiddle.

AzMarie Livingston

AzMarie Livingston (Ashley Marie Livingston, born 1986) is an American model, actress, DJ, and singer, a Cycle 18 America's Next Top Model contestant eliminated for refusing butt pads, later Chicken in Empire and Ricki in DTLA.

Azra (album)

Azra is the self-titled debut album by the Yugoslav rock band Azra, released by Jugoton on 26 June 1980 and regarded as one of the strongest debuts of Yugoslav new wave.

Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires

Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires (Batman Azteca: Choque de Imperios) is a 2025 Warner Bros. Animation, Ánima, and Chatrone animated film directed by Juan Meza-León, reimagining Batman as Yohualli Coatl in 1521 Tenochtitlan fighting Hernán Cortés.

Aztec Camera

Aztec Camera, Scottish indie pop band formed 1980 in East Kilbride by Roddy Frame; Postcard Records debut "Just Like Gold" (1981), breakthrough album High Land, Hard Rain (1983), six albums, disbanded 1995.

Aztec featherwork

Aztec featherwork (Nahuatl amantecayotl) was the prestigious Nahua craft of gluing dyed feathers to a paper support or tying them into mosaics, shields, and headdresses, flourishing 1428–1521.

Aztec stone sculpture

Aztec stone sculpture is the stone carving of the Aztec empire of central Mexico between the 14th and early 16th centuries, from personal objects to monuments.

Aztec turquoise mosaic

Aztec turquoise mosaic is a Late Postclassic Mesoamerican decorative technique, dated 1400-1521, in which turquoise tiles were glued onto carved wood to make masks, shields, sacrificial knives, and pectorals.

Azúcar Moreno

Azúcar Moreno: Spanish duo of sisters Toñi and Encarna Salazar from Badajoz, blending flamenco, rumba, and dance pop. Represented Spain at Eurovision 1990 in Zagreb with "Bandido", finishing fifth after a technical failure; later Latin-pop success with Emilio Estefan.

Azúcar Negra

Azúcar Negra is a Cuban timba and dance orchestra founded in 1998 by pianist and composer Leonel Limonta after he left Bamboleo, remaining popular at home and abroad.

Azula

Azula is the Fire Nation princess and Zuko's sister in Avatar: The Last Airbender, a firebending prodigy with blue flames and lightning, voiced by Grey DeLisle and played by Elizabeth Yu in Netflix's live-action series.

Azulejo

An azulejo is a glazed ceramic tile used as a decorative covering of walls, floors, and façades, identified with Portugal, where it has been applied for five centuries.

Azuloscurocasinegro

Azuloscurocasinegro (DarkBlueAlmostBlack) is Daniel Sánchez Arévalo's 2006 Spanish debut feature, a tragicomedy about Jorge, a doorman caring for his stroke-stricken father; it won three Goya Awards in 2007.

Azumanga Daioh (あずまんが大王)

Azumanga Daioh (あずまんが大王) is Kiyohiko Azuma's four-panel school comedy manga serialized in Comic Dengeki Daioh 1999–2002 in four volumes (3.25 million copies), adapted into a 26-episode 2002 J.C.Staff anime, and credited with establishing the moe 4-koma and nichijō-kei slice-of-life tradition.

Azumi (あずみ) (film)

Azumi (あずみ) is a 2003 Japanese samurai action film by Ryuhei Kitamura, adapted from Yu Koyama's manga, starring Aya Ueto as an orphan raised to assassinate warlords for the Tokugawa shogunate.

Azumi Waki

Azumi Waki (和氣あず未) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo, known for voicing Special Week in Umamusume: Pretty Derby and Senko in The Helpful Fox Senko-san.

Azur & Asmar

Azur & Asmar (French: Azur et Asmar) is a 2006 animated film by Michel Ocelot about two foster brothers who become rivals on a quest for the Djinn Fairy.

Azur Lane: Slow Ahead! (アズールレーン びそくぜんしん!)

Azur Lane: Slow Ahead! (アズールレーン びそくぜんしん!), also Bisoku Zenshin!, is Hori's four-panel slice-of-life Azur Lane spin-off manga begun April 23, 2018 on official Twitter, printed by Ichijinsha, adapted into a 12-episode 2021 Studio CANDY BOX anime.