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Angie Martinez

Angie Martinez (Angela Martinez, born 1971), "The Voice of New York," American hip-hop radio host at Hot 97 then Power 105.1, rapper, My Voice memoir author, Radio Hall of Fame 2020.

Angie Motshekga

Angie Motshekga is a South African politician who has served as Minister of Defence and Military Veterans since 2024, after 15 years as Minister of Basic Education.

Angie Nixon

Angie Nixon is an American Democratic politician serving in the Florida House since 2020, representing Jacksonville, and running for the US Senate in Florida's 2026 special election.

Angie Taylor

Angie Taylor is an American Democratic politician elected to the Nevada Senate from District 15 in November 2024, after serving in the Nevada Assembly and the Washoe County School Board.

Angie Xtravaganza

Angie Xtravaganza, original mother of the House of Xtravaganza, the first Latinx ballroom house, and a star of Paris Is Burning (1990). Led the house until her death from AIDS-related liver disease in 1993, aged 27.

Angilbert

Angilbert, a Frankish courtier, diplomat, and Latin poet nicknamed "Homer" in Charlemagne's court academy, served as lay abbot of Saint-Riquier in Picardy and was venerated as a saint after his death in 814.

Angilram

Angilram was an Austrasian nobleman who served as bishop of Metz from 768 to 791 and, from 784, as head of the royal chapel at Charlemagne's court.

Angim

Angim, titled An-gim dím-ma ('Created like the god An'), is a Sumerian šir-gida hymn celebrating the war god Ninurta's return from battle to his father Enlil's city, Nippur.

Angkar

Angkar (អង្គការ, "the Organization") was the faceless name behind which the Khmer Rouge's Communist Party of Kampuchea ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, concealing its leadership and communist identity.

Angkor dynasty

The Angkor dynasty, founded by Jayavarman II in 802, ruled the Khmer empire from capitals at or near Angkor until its fall to the Siamese in 1431.

Angkor Wat foundation inscription

The Angkor Wat foundation inscription commemorates Angkor Wat, the temple built near Siem Reap, Cambodia, by King Suryavarman II in the 12th century and dedicated to Vishnu.

Angles

Angles, Germanic people from the North Sea coast (Angulus, near Angeln) who migrated to fifth-century Britain with Saxons and Jutes per Bede; founded Northumbria, East Anglia, Mercia; gave name to England and the English.

Anglia Ruskin University

Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), founded as John Ruskin's Cambridge School of Art in 1858, is a public university in eastern England with campuses in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Peterborough, and Writtle; Anglia Polytechnic University from 1992, TEF Gold overall in 2023.

Anglican and Episcopal schools outside Britain and Ireland

Anglican and Episcopal schools outside Britain and Ireland are church-connected schools, including about 800 Episcopal schools in the United States and nearly 155 Anglican schools in Australia.

Anglican Church in North America

The Anglican Church in North America is an Anglican jurisdiction with 129,868 members and 1,005 congregations. It was inaugurated in 2009 in Bedford, Texas, by conservatives.

Anglican church schools

Anglican church schools are schools founded or governed by Anglican churches, including 4,630 Church of England schools in England attended by about 1 million children.

Anglican Communion

The Anglican Communion, also known as the Worldwide Anglican Communion, is a worldwide family of 42 autonomous churches in communion with the See of Canterbury, spanning more than 165 countries.

Anglican ministry

Anglican ministry is the ordered ministry of the churches of the Anglican Communion, built on the threefold order of bishops, priests, and deacons and the historic episcopate.

Anglican Use

Anglican Use: Catholic liturgical use for former Episcopalians created by the 1980 Pastoral Provision of John Paul II, using the Book of Divine Worship; a use of the Roman Rite, succeeded by Divine Worship in the Personal Ordinariates.

Anglicanism

Anglicanism, also called Anglican Christianity, is the tradition of churches in the Anglican Communion, arising from the English Reformation and numbering about 100 million faithful.

Anglicisation

Anglicisation is the process of making something English in form, sound, or character: adapting foreign names and words, anglicising Scots from about 1540, or imperial convergence in law across Ireland, America, and India. Its counterpart is nativization of English in India, Nigeria, and Solomon Islands Pijin.

Anglo

Anglo: a term for English-speaking people or things of English or British origin, from Latin Anglus; in US usage it contrasts with Hispanic heritage, in Canada with French ancestry, and hemispherically with Latin America.

Anglo American plc

Anglo American plc, historically the Anglo American Corporation, is a London-listed diversified mining company founded in 1917 that is restructuring around copper, iron ore, and crop nutrients.

Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919

The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919, also known as the Treaty of Rawalpindi, was signed on 8 August 1919 in Rawalpindi, ending the Third Anglo-Afghan War and recognizing Afghan independence.

Anglo-Asante Treaty of 1831

The Anglo-Asante Treaty of 1831, or Maclean Treaty, was a peace agreement signed on 27 April 1831 between the Asante Empire and Britain on the Gold Coast.

Anglo-Ashanti wars

The Anglo-Ashanti wars, also called the Anglo-Asante Wars, were five conflicts between the Asante Empire and Britain on the Gold Coast from 1823 to 1901, ending with Asante's annexation.

Anglo-Brazilian Treaty of 1826

The Anglo-Brazilian Treaty of 1826 (Tratado Inglaterra-Brasil de 1826) was a convention signed at Rio de Janeiro obliging Brazil to abolish its slave trade by 1830.

Anglo-Burmese Wars

The Anglo-Burmese Wars were three 19th-century conflicts between the British Empire and Burma's Konbaung kingdom, fought in 1824–1826, 1852–1853, and 1885–1886, each costing Burma territory.

Anglo-Catholicism

Anglo-Catholicism, or the Anglo-Catholic movement, is a tendency within Anglicanism claiming Anglican churches belong to the one Holy Catholic Church; it took shape in the Oxford Movement of 1833–1845.

Anglo-Cherokee War

The Anglo-Cherokee War, also called the Cherokee War, was fought between the Cherokee Nation and the British colonies of South Carolina and Virginia from 1758 to 1761.