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Asafo flags
Asafo flags (Fante: frankaa, plural mfrankaa) are appliquéd and embroidered ceremonial flags of the Fante asafo military companies of coastal Ghana, often depicting Akan proverbs.
Asafoetida
Asafoetida (hing) is the pungent oleo-gum resin from Ferula taproots of Iran and Afghanistan, used as an onion-garlic substitute in Jain and Brahmin cooking; India imports nearly all of it, about 1,441 tonnes in 2022-23.
Aşağı Anzaf Fortress
Aşağı Anzaf Kalesi (Lower Anzaf Fortress): early Urartian military fortress 10-11 km northeast of Van, Turkey, built by King Išpuini (c. 830-810 BC), rectangular 62 x 98 m, guarding routes to Tuşpa; excavated 1991-2006 by Oktay Belli.
Aşağımollahasan Höyük
Aşağımollahasan Höyük is an archaeological mound in Özalp district, Van Province, eastern Turkey, occupied in the Early Bronze Age (Kura-Araxes culture) and again under Urartu.
Asahi (wrestler)
Asahi (born 2002) was a Japanese professional wrestler from Gunma Prefecture who competed for Ice Ribbon from 2017 to 2023, then Actwres girl'Z, dying in 2024 at age 21.
Asahi Breweries (アサヒビール)
Asahi Breweries (アサヒビール), Japanese brewer founded 1889 as Osaka Brewery, re-established 1949 from the Dai Nippon Brewery split; launched Asahi Super Dry in 1987, took top Japanese beer share in 1998, and now operates under Asahi Group Holdings.
Asahi Kasei
Asahi Kasei (旭化成株式会社, Asahi Kasei Kabushiki-gaisha) is a diversified Japanese materials, housing, and healthcare group founded in 1922, reporting net sales of ¥3,037.3 billion in fiscal 2024.
Asahi Kasei Mitsubishi Chemical Ethylene Corp
Asahi Kasei Mitsubishi Chemical Ethylene Corp is a Japanese joint venture of Asahi Kasei and Mitsubishi Chemical that has operated the naphtha cracker at Mizushima, Kurashiki, since 2016.
Asahikawa
Asahikawa (旭川市) is Hokkaido's second-largest city, in the Kamikawa basin of central Hokkaido. Known for Asahiyama Zoo, Asahikawa Furniture, record cold of −41 °C, and as a gateway to Daisetsuzan.
Asahiyama Zoo
Asahiyama Zoo (旭山動物園), Asahikawa's municipal zoo in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost, opened 1967; famous for behavioral exhibits, the Penguin Walk, and a comeback from 260,000 to over 3 million annual visitors.
Asai clan
The Asai clan (浅井氏) was a Sengoku-era warrior house that ruled northern Ōmi Province from Odani Castle, destroyed in 1573 after breaking with Oda Nobunaga.
Asai Ryōi
Asai Ryōi (浅井了意, ca. 1612–1691) was a Japanese writer and Jōdo Shinshū priest of the early Edo period, best known for the ghost-story collection Otogi-bōko (1666).
Asai–Asakura alliance
The Asai–Asakura alliance (浅井・朝倉連合) was a Sengoku-era military coalition of the Asai and Asakura clans, joined by Enryaku-ji and the Ikkō ikki, that opposed Oda Nobunaga from 1570 to 1573.
Asajj Ventress
Asajj Ventress is a Star Wars fictional character, a Dathomirian Nightsister, former Jedi Padawan, Count Dooku's Sith assassin, and later bounty hunter; known for twin red lightsabers, Jar'Kai, betrayal at Sidious's orders, death in Dark Disciple, and rebirth in Tales of the Underworld.
Asake
Asake (Ahmed Ololade), Nigerian Afrobeats singer fusing amapiano, fuji, and Yoruba vocals; albums Mr. Money With The Vibe, Work of Art, Lungu Boy, M$NEY; two-time Grammy nominee; YBNL then GIRAN Republic.
Asako I & II (寝ても覚めても)
Asako I & II (寝ても覚めても, Netemo Sametemo) is a 2018 Japanese-French romance drama by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, adapted from Tomoka Shibasaki's novel, starring Masahiro Higashide in dual roles as Baku and Ryohei and Erika Karata as Asako; it competed at Cannes 2018.
Asakura clan
The Asakura clan (朝倉氏) was a Japanese warrior house that rose to Sengoku daimyo status, ruling Echizen Province from its base at Ichijōdani until Oda Nobunaga destroyed it in 1573.
Asakura Yoshikage
Asakura Yoshikage (朝倉義景, 1533–1573) was a Sengoku daimyo and the eleventh and last head of the Asakura clan, ruling Echizen Province from Ichijōdani until Oda Nobunaga destroyed the house in 1573.
Asakusa (浅草)
Asakusa (浅草) is a historic Tokyo district in Taito ward centered on Senso-ji, Tokyo's oldest temple, founded 645; once Edo's foremost entertainment quarter and now a top tourist area.
Asakusa Hanayashiki
Asakusa Hanayashiki (浅草花やしき) is an amusement park in the Asakusa district of Tokyo, described as Japan's oldest, having begun in 1853 as a flower garden.
Asal Kolaar
Asal Kolaar (அசல் கோலார்), born Vasanthakumar Bakthavachalam in 1996 in Chennai, is an Indian Tamil rapper, singer, and lyricist known for the viral 2020 song Jorthaale, the film hits Naa Ready (Leo) and Monica (Coolie), and Trappang, a tappang-trap fusion.
Asala
Asala, also known as Asala Nasri (أصالة نصري), is a Syrian singer born in Damascus in 1969, known as the "Crown of the Gulf Song".
Asalto
Asalto, the Assault Game (also Officers & Sepoys, German Tactics), a traditional European asymmetric siege board game: 2 officers defend a 9-point fortress on a 33-point cross board against 24 rebels, derived from fox and geese.
Asaluyeh power station
Asaluyeh power station (نیروگاه عسلویه), also known as the Asaluyeh Combined Cycle Power Plant, is a gas-fired combined-cycle power station of at least 1,293 MW in Bostanu, Bushehr province, Iran.
Asam Sahitya Sabha
Asam Sahitya Sabha (অসম সাহিত্য সভা), the Literary Society of Assam, is a literary and cultural organization founded in 1917 to develop the Assamese language and literature.
Asami Sato
Asami Sato is a fictional character in the animated series The Legend of Korra who becomes CEO of her family's company, Future Industries, and enters a relationship with Korra.
Asami Seto (瀬戸 麻沙美)
Asami Seto (瀬戸麻沙美, Seto Asami), born 1993 in Saitama, Japan, is a Japanese voice actress with StarCrew, formerly Sigma Seven. Known for Raphtalia in The Rising of the Shield Hero, Mai Sakurajima, Nobara Kugisaki in Jujutsu Kaisen, and game roles Reina and Eve.
Asamoah Gyan
Asamoah Gyan, nicknamed Baby Jet, Ghanaian striker (born 1985, Accra), Ghana's all-time top scorer with 51 goals in 109 caps and Africa's leading World Cup scorer with six goals; retired 2023.
Asamus
Asamus (Anasamus, Ansamus, Greek Asemos): ancient name of the Osam river, a Danube tributary in Lower Moesia, Bulgaria, and of the Roman road station, Late Roman fort, and Early Byzantine city at its mouth near Cherkovitsa, whose garrison resisted Attila's Huns in 447.
Asamushi Aquarium
Asamushi Aquarium (青森県営浅虫水族館), Aomori Prefectural Asamushi Aquarium, opened 1983 in Aomori City; northernmost aquarium on Honshu, Tohoku's biggest, with 10,000+ animals, a 15-meter Mutsu Bay tunnel tank, and daily dolphin shows.