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Artusroman

Artusroman, or Arthurian romance, is a medieval courtly verse genre centered on King Arthur and his Round Table, founded by Chrétien de Troyes and adopted into German by Hartmann von Aue and Wolfram von Eschenbach.

Artux

Artux (阿图什市, Artush, Atushi) is a county-level city in Xinjiang and seat of Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture; an arid oasis known as the home of figs and Munage grapes.

Artynia Catena

Artynia Catena: 279-km-long chain of collapse craters in a north/south graben northwest of Alba Mons, Mars; IAU-named 1985 after Lake Artynia in Asia Minor; likely lava-tube roof collapse.

Artyom Duda

Artyom Duda (Артём Павлович Дуда), Russian ice hockey defenseman born 2004; Youth Olympic gold 2020, drafted 36th overall by Arizona Coyotes in 2022, now in the Arizona/Utah organization.

Artyom Khadzhibekov

Artyom Khadzhibekov (Artem Khadjibekov, Артём Хаджибеков), Russian rifle shooter born 1970 in Obninsk; 1996 Olympic 10 m air rifle champion, 2000 silver, five Olympiads, world champion 1998 and 2006.

Artyom Lobuzov

Artyom Lobuzov (Артём Юрьевич Лобузов, born 1991, Moscow) is a Russian freestyle swimmer, 2012 Olympian, 2016 world short-course 4x200 m relay champion, later charged in a FINA doping case.

Artyom Pronichkin

Artyom Andreyevich Pronichkin (Артём Андреевич Проничкин), Russian ice hockey defenseman born 2004 in Chelyabinsk; 2020 Youth Olympics 3-on-3 gold medalist, Traktor Chelyabinsk product now with Chelmet in the VHL.

Artyom Zdunov

Artyom Zdunov is a Russian politician who has served as Head of the Republic of Mordovia since 2021, re-elected in September 2026 with 77.99% of the vote.

Artyom Zub

Artyom Zub (Артём Валерьевич Зуб), born 1995 in Khabarovsk, Russian ice hockey defenseman; 2018 Olympic gold with Olympic Athletes from Russia, world bronzes 2017 and 2019, later Ottawa Senators NHL defenseman.

Aru Islands Regency

Aru Islands Regency (Kabupaten Kepulauan Aru), a regency of Maluku, Indonesia, created in 2003 with seat at Dobo; low karst islands on the Australian shelf near New Guinea, 10 districts, about 107,400 people in 2023.

Aru Kingdom

The Aru Kingdom, also written Haru (Kerajaan Aru), was a Malay kingdom on Sumatra's east coast from the 13th to the 16th century, centered near the Deli River and weakened by Acehnese attacks around 1612–1619.

Aruba

Aruba, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean near Venezuela, gained status aparte in 1986; capital Oranjestad, official languages Dutch and Papiamento, tourism-driven economy.

Aruba Island Biosphere Reserve

Aruba Island Biosphere Reserve, designated 5 June 2026, covers all of Aruba and its EEZ (3,019,494 ha), the second whole-territory UNESCO biosphere reserve and the third in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean.

Aruba Red

Aruba Red (Natascha Eleonoré Bruce) is a London-based British alt-soul and trip-hop singer, daughter of Cream's Jack Bruce, known for the EPs Holy Waters (2018) and Shadow Work (2020) and the album Latent Echo.

Aruban florin

The Aruban florin (ISO code AWG) is the official currency of Aruba, issued by the Centrale Bank van Aruba and pegged to the US dollar at 1.79 since 1986.

Arubani Fluctus

Arubani Fluctus is a 620-km-diameter lava flow field (fluctus) on Venus at 55.0S, 132.0E in quadrangle V-58, named for the Urartu supreme goddess and adopted by the IAU in 1997.

Arubium

Arubium (Arrubium, Arubio), Roman fort of the Danubian limes at modern Măcin, Romania, on the right bank of the lower Danube. Celtic name, documented from about 100 CE; late garrison of catafractarii under legio II Herculia.

ArUco

ArUco is an open-source system of printed black-and-white square fiducial markers for camera pose estimation, developed at the University of Córdoba in Spain and now included in OpenCV.

Arugam Bay

Arugam Bay is a bay on Sri Lanka's dry-zone southeast coast, 320 km east of Colombo, near Pottuvil. Known for its right-hand point break and June–August surf season, it combines fishing and tourism livelihoods near Kumana National Park.

Arughtai

Arughtai (阿鲁台) was an eastern Mongol leader who dominated the khanate for over thirty years and fought the Ming emperor Zhu Di until killed by the Oirat Tuo Huan in 1434.

Arugolanu Mound

Arugolanu (Arugolu) Mound, Tadepalligudem mandal, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh: ancient Buddhist site with a large vihara, stupas including Chinna Lanja dibba, excavated 1893 by the Madras Archaeological Survey.

Arul M. Chinnaiyan

Arul M. Chinnaiyan, born 1969, is an American molecular pathologist at the University of Michigan known for discovering TMPRSS2-ETS gene fusions in most prostate cancers.

Arul Pragasam

Arul Pragasam, also known as Arular, was a Sri Lankan Tamil activist linked to EROS and the father of rapper M.I.A., whose debut album Arular is named for him.

Arul Prakasam M.

Arul Prakasam M. (எம். அருள் பிரகாசம்), Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam MLA for Saidapet, Chennai, first elected 2026 with 81,205 votes (50.63%), defeating DMK's Ma. Subramanian by 28,514 votes; Chennai builder, Tejas Builders.

Arul Swami

Arul Swami (Christopher Sebastian Arul Swami, 1913-1997), Indian marathon runner who finished 37th at the 1936 Berlin Olympics despite paratyphoid fever, later a sports journalist.

Arular

Arular is the 2005 debut studio album by British Sri Lankan artist M.I.A., blending dancehall and baile funk with references to the Sri Lankan civil war.

Arulnandi

Arulnandi (அருள்நந்தி), also called Arulnandi Sivachariyar, was a Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta preceptor, second of the four Saiva Santhanachariyas, whose Sivagnana Siddhiyar became the school's doctrinal reference.

Arulnithi Tamilarasu (அருள்நிதி தமிழரசு)

Arulnithi Tamilarasu (அருள்நிதி தமிழரசு), credited as Arulnidhi, is a Tamil film actor born 1987 in Chennai, grandson of M. Karunanidhi, son of M. K. Tamilarasu; debut Vamsam (2010); known for Mouna Guru and Demonte Colony thrillers.

Arulvaan

Arulvaan (அருள்வான்) is a 2026 Tamil drama directed by Ganesh Vinayakan, starring Arulnithi as district collector Muthuvel who brings schooling to a tribal community; released 17 July 2026, U/A 7+, later on Prime Video.

Arum

Arum L. (arum lilies, lords-and-ladies) is a genus of 28 tuberous Araceae herbs native from Macaronesia and Europe to W. China, with heat- and odor-producing lure-and-trap inflorescences pollinated mainly by Psychoda flies, toxic calcium oxalate raphides, and Mediterranean origin.