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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Somali-born Dutch-American activist, former Dutch MP (2003–2006), author of Infidel and Heretic, AHA Foundation founder, Hoover Institution fellow, converted to Christianity in 2023.
Ayacucho
Ayacucho is a department and region of Peru in the south-central Andes, capital at the city of Ayacucho, known for the Battle of Ayacucho of 1824.
Ayadgar-i Zareran
Ayadgar-i Zareran is a short Middle Persian text recounting King Wištāsp's defense of the Zoroastrian faith against Arǰāsp, the only surviving specimen of ancient Iranian epic poetry.
Ayah
Ayah (Indonesian for "Father") is a 2015 novel by Indonesian writer Andrea Hirata, published by PT Bentang Pustaka. Its dominant theme is a father's love and sacrifice for his child.
Ayahuasca
Ayahuasca (yagé, natema) is an Amazonian psychoactive brew of Banisteriopsis caapi and Psychotria viridis; β-carboline MAO-A inhibition makes orally ingested DMT active, producing a 4-6 hour experience, with legal status varying by country.
Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko!
Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko! (彩香ちゃんは弘子先輩に恋してる) is a Sal Jiang yuri office-romance manga serialized 2020–2023 in three Futabasha volumes, licensed in English by Tokyopop and MangaPlaza, adapted into an 8-episode 2024 live-action drama starring Shiho Katō and Kanna Mori.
Ayaka Kikuchi
Ayaka Kikuchi (菊池彩花), Japanese speed skater born 1987 in Nagano; 2018 Olympic team pursuit gold medalist, 2015 world single distances team pursuit champion, and team pursuit world record holder (2:53.88, Calgary 2017).
Ayaka Ōhashi (大橋 彩香)
Ayaka Ōhashi (大橋 彩香), Japanese voice actress and singer born 1994 in Saitama; voices Uzuki Shimamura, Saaya Yamabuki, Vodka, Aki Adagaki; Lantis solo artist, ex-HoriPro, now INSPION Agency.
Ayaka Takahashi
Ayaka Takahashi (髙橋 礼華, born 1990), Japanese women's doubles badminton player; with Misaki Matsutomo (TakaMatsu) won Rio 2016 Olympic gold, Japan's first in badminton, plus All England 2016; retired August 2020.
Ayakalla
Ayakalla was governor of the Mesopotamian city of Umma under the Ur III dynasty, succeeding Ur-Lisi and serving from about 2040 to 2020 BC; he is known from administrative tablets.
Ayako Fujitani (藤谷文子)
Ayako Fujitani (藤谷文子, born 1979, Osaka) is a Japanese actress and writer, daughter of Steven Seagal; Gamera trilogy heroine, star of Shiki-Jitsu, and co-writer of Tokyo Cowboy.
Ayako Ishikawa
Ayako Ishikawa (石川彩子, born 1984) is a Japanese entrepreneur who founded MeetsMore, a Tokyo-based quotation-comparison platform, in 2017 and was named a Nikkei Woman of the Year 2024.
Ayako Sono
Ayako Sono (曽野綾子) was a Japanese Catholic novelist and essayist whose fiction explored war, society, and religion, and who chaired the Nippon Foundation from 1995 to 2005.
Ayakum
Ayakum (Ayakkum) Lake, a closed-basin saltwater lake in the Kumukuli Basin between Altyn Tagh and Kunlun mountains, northern Tibetan Plateau, Xinjiang, China; expanded from 623 km² (1990) to over 1140 km² (2023), becoming Xinjiang's largest lake.
Ayal Itzkovitz
Ayal Itzkovitz is an Israeli venture capital investor and computer scientist who is a Managing Partner at Pitango First, having co-founded Convergin, which Oracle acquired in 2010.
Ayala Corporation
Ayala Corporation, also known as Ayala Corp., is a Philippine holding conglomerate founded in 1834, the country's oldest, controlled by the Zóbel de Ayala family for seven generations.
Ayalaan
Ayalaan (அயலான்), 2024 Tamil sci-fi film by R. Ravikumar starring Sivakarthikeyan and a VFX alien named Tattoo voiced by Siddharth; released 12 January 2024, music by A. R. Rahman, over 4,500 VFX shots, mixed reviews and differing box-office estimates.
Ayali
Ayali (அயலி) is a 2023 ZEE5 Tamil web series directed by Muthu Kumar, starring Abi Nakshatra as Tamizhselvi, a village girl defying a puberty-marriage custom to become a doctor; distinct from the 2025 Zee Tamil serial of the same name.
Ayali (2025 TV series)
Ayali (அயலி) is a 2025 Tamil Zee Tamil crime thriller serial premiering 2 June 2025, a remake of Bengali Jagaddhatri (জগদ্ধাত্রী), starring Tejaswini Gowda and Anand Selvan, distinct from the 2023 ZEE5 web series of the same title.
Ayam Cemani
Ayam Cemani, the entirely black chicken from Kedu, Temanggung, Central Java, Indonesia; a rare fibromelanotic breed whose EDN3 duplication blackens skin, meat, bones, and organs, with fewer than 3,500 birds worldwide.
Ayan (அயன்) (film)
Ayan (அயன்), also known as Vidhwanshak or Veedokkade in dubs, is a 2009 Tamil action thriller directed by K. V. Anand, starring Suriya, Prabhu, and Tamannaah; a Sun Pictures-distributed blockbuster about a smuggler, released 3 April 2009.
Ayan Mukerji
Ayan Mukerji (born 1983) is an Indian Hindi-film director, son of actor Deb Mukherjee, known for Wake Up Sid, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, the Brahmastra trilogy, and War 2 (2025).
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (born 1980) is an American marine biologist and policy expert who led Barbuda's Blue Halo ocean zoning and founded Ocean Collectiv and Urban Ocean Lab.
Ayana Taketatsu (竹達 彩奈)
Ayana Taketatsu (竹達 彩奈) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Saitama, born 1989, known for Azusa Nakano in K-On!, Nino Nakano in The Quintessential Quintuplets, and Leafa in Sword Art Online; married to Yuki Kaji.
Ayandeh
Ayandeh (آینده, "Future") was a Persian political and literary journal founded in Tehran in 1925 by Mahmoud Afshar to promote the Persian language and national unity.
Ayane (綾音) (Dead or Alive)
Ayane (あやね, 綾音) is the Hajinmon-sect kunoichi of Team Ninja's Dead or Alive fighting games, debuting in 1998, half-sister and hunter of Kasumi, voiced by Wakana Yamazaki, and featured in Ninja Gaiden and crossovers.
Ayane Sakura (佐倉 綾音)
Ayane Sakura (佐倉 綾音, Ayaneru) is a Japanese voice actress born 1994 in Tokyo, affiliated with Aoni Production. Known for Ochaco Uraraka, Gabi Braun, Yotsuba Nakano, Yae Miko, and TBS Radio hosting.
Ayanis
Ayanis, known in inscriptions as Rusahinili Eiduru-kai, is an Urartian fortress on Lake Van in Turkey, built by King Rusa II in the early 7th century BC.
Ayanna Howard
Ayanna Howard is an American roboticist known for fuzzy-logic Mars rover navigation at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, assistive robotics, and her 2026 appointment as president of Spelman College.
Ayanna Pressley
Ayanna Pressley, Democratic U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 7th District since 2019, first Black woman in Congress from Massachusetts, former Boston City Council member, Squad member, CROWN Act lead sponsor.