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Aubrey–Maturin series

The Aubrey–Maturin series, also called the Aubrey/Maturin novels, is Patrick O'Brian's 20-novel Napoleonic-era naval sequence (1969–1999) plus an unfinished 21st (2004), following Captain Jack Aubrey and surgeon-spy Stephen Maturin, adapted as the 2003 film Master and Commander.

Aubstadt

Aubstadt is a municipality in the Rhön-Grabfeld district, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, in the Grabfeld near Bad Königshofen, known for Neolithic-to-Roman archaeological sites, a Hallstatt cemetery, and medieval Vessra and Bibra lordship.

Auburn hair

Auburn hair is a reddish-brown human hair color produced by reduced eumelanin with substantial pheomelanin, often linked to one loss-of-function MC1R variant; deeper and browner than copper, darker-red than chestnut.

Auburn Tigers football

Auburn Tigers football: Auburn University's SEC program since 1892, based at Jordan-Hare Stadium (88,043). Nine claimed national titles, eight SEC championships, Heisman winners Sullivan, Jackson, Newton; 2026 head coach Alex Golesh.

Auburn Tigers men's basketball

Auburn Tigers men's basketball: Auburn University's SEC program, first game 1905. 14 NCAA appearances, Final Fours 2019 and 2025, three SEC Tournament titles, home Neville Arena, coached by Steven Pearl since 2025.

Auburn University

Auburn University: public land-, sea-, and space-grant R1 university in Auburn, Alabama, founded 1856 as East Alabama Male College; 35,733 students in fall 2026, 21st president Christopher B. Roberts, SEC charter member.

Auburn, Alabama

Auburn, Alabama is a Lee County city in east-central Alabama, home of Auburn University (founded there in 1856). Founded 1836 by John J. Harper; population 76,143 in 2020, 85,113 estimated 2025; mayor-council government.

Auburn, California

Auburn, California: Placer County county seat in the Sierra Nevada foothills at I-80 and Highway 49. Founded 1848 Gold Rush camp by Claude Chana; incorporated 1888; about 13,800 residents; Endurance Capital of the World.

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Auburn, IN Micro Area

Auburn, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area (Auburn micro, DeKalb County) is an OMB-defined micropolitan area in northeast Indiana, principal city Auburn, created in 2003 from the Fort Wayne metro, population 44,535 in 2025.

Auburn, New York

Auburn, New York: county seat of Cayuga County in the Finger Lakes region, about 25 miles west of Syracuse. Known for the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park, Seward House Museum, and Auburn prison founded 1816.

Aubusson tapestry

Aubusson tapestry is a hand-woven textile art produced since the 15th century in Aubusson and Felletin in central France, known for large decorative wall hangings.

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Auca Oil and Gas Field

The Auca oil and gas field is an onshore oil field in the Oriente basin of Ecuador, discovered in 1970, owned by EP Petroecuador, and operated by Shaya Ecuador.

Aucai

Aucai (Awkay, Aukay) is a board game of sixteenth-century South America, known only from Martín de Murúa's 1590 chronicle; played on a board with multicolored beans and the pisca die, described as difficult to play.

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Aucas

Sociedad Deportiva Aucas, nicknamed "Ídolo del Pueblo", is a Quito football club founded by Royal Dutch Shell in 1945; it won its first Ecuadorian title in 2022.

Aucassin and Nicolette

Aucassin and Nicolette (Aucassin et Nicolette) is an anonymous Old French chantefable of the late twelfth or early thirteenth century, alternating sung verse with spoken prose, telling of lovers Aucassin and Nicolette.

Auchan

Auchan: French international retail group founded 1961 by Gérard Mulliez in Roubaix, owned by the Mulliez family; hypermarkets, supermarkets, Alcampo; about 9% French market share, restructuring since 2024.

Auchendavy

Auchendavy (Auchendavie) is a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall, 3 km east of Kirkintilloch, Scotland, never formally excavated; known for five altars of centurion Marcus Cocceius Firmus and a Trajanic aureus found in 1771.

Auchenoglanis occidentalis

Auchenoglanis occidentalis, the giraffe catfish or bubu, a large African claroteid catfish from Senegal to Tanzania; likely a species complex, omnivorous, nest-brooding, and a Zambian aquaculture candidate.

Auchitya school

The Auchitya school (औचित्य सम्प्रदाय) is a school of Sanskrit poetics founded by Kṣemendra, who held propriety (aucitya), the fitness of each poetic element, to be the life of poetry.

Auciago

Auciago, ancient villa near Auzac, commune of Saint-Projet, France; Pleiades place 138201, BAtlas 14 G4; name and location attested AD 300-640, representative point 44.739931, 1.520681.

Aucityavicaracarca

Aucityavicaracarca (औचित्यविचारचर्चा) is an eleventh-century Sanskrit treatise on poetics by the Kashmiri scholar Kshemendra, the founding text of the Auchitya school, which holds that propriety is the soul of poetry.

Auckland

Auckland, known in Māori as Tāmaki Makaurau, is New Zealand's largest urban area, built on an isthmus between the Manukau Harbour and the Hauraki Gulf with over 1.6 million people.

Auckland Airport

Auckland Airport, also known as Auckland International Airport, is New Zealand's largest airport, at Māngere about 21 km south of Auckland, and the country's primary international gateway.

Auckland City FC

Auckland City FC, The Navy Blues, amateur New Zealand football club founded 2004 at Kiwitea Street, Auckland; record 14 OFC Champions League titles, 12 FIFA Club World Cup appearances, 2014 bronze; distinct from A-League's Auckland FC.

Auckland Domain

Pukekawa / Auckland Domain is Auckland's oldest park, set aside in 1841, containing the Auckland War Memorial Museum, the Category 1 listed Domain Wintergardens, sports fields, and Māori and European heritage sites.

Auckland FC

Auckland FC (Auckland Football Club), the Black Knights, is a New Zealand professional football club founded 2024, playing in Australia's A-League Men at Go Media Stadium; debut-season Premiers, 2026 A-League and OFC Pro League champions.

Auckland Girls' Grammar School

Auckland Girls' Grammar School (AGGS) is a state girls' secondary school in Howe Street, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand, institution number 53. Girls joined the boys' grammar in 1888; the school moved to Howe Street in 1909 under first headmistress Annie Whitelaw.

Auckland Grammar School

Auckland Grammar School is a state boys' secondary school (Years 9-13) in Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand, endowed by Sir George Grey in 1850 and opened in 1869, offering both NCEA and Cambridge International qualifications.

Auckland Harbour Bridge

The Auckland Harbour Bridge is a 1,020-meter steel bridge spanning the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand. Opened in 1959, it carries about 170,000 vehicles a day.