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A&E Network
Biography is one of A&E's longest-running and most popular programs. The A&E Network is a cable and satellite television network based in New York City. A&E stands for "Arts & Entertainment," which for many years was in the channel's full title. The channel, which originally focused programm..
Aena
Aena is the name of the Spanish state owned company that owns and manage all Spanish airports. Aena is also responsable of the Air Traffic Control all over Spain. AENA means "Aeropuertos Españoles Navegacion Aerea", literally "Spanish Airports Air Navigation". Currently Aena is undergoing a maj..
Aenai Nagai Nichiyoubi
"Aenai Nagai Nichiyoubi", the debut single of J-Pop artist and Hello! Project member Miki Fujimoto, was released on the March 12, 2002. It sold a total of 43,670 copies. Track listing (Instrumental) ..
Aenarion
In the fictional world of Warhammer Fantasy, Aenarion was a great hero of the High Elves (whose skills were unrivalled amongst other mortals), albeit a doomed one. Blessed by the Elven god Asuryan he rallied the elves in response to the invasion of Chaos, fighting a heroic but ultimately doomed def..
Aeneads
In Roman mythology, the Aeneads were the friends, family and companions of Aeneas, with whom they fled from Troy after the Trojan War. Virgil also used the word as a synonym of "Trojan", a person from Troy. The Aeneads included: AchatesAcmonAnchisesAscaniusIapyxthe LaresMimasMisenusthe PenatesSerg..
Aeneas
This article is about the Trojan warrior. For the sportsman, see Aeneas Williams. Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598. Aeneas (Greek: Αινείας, Aineías) was a Trojan hero, the son of prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite (Venus in Roman sources). His father was also..
Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius
Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1618-1619 Marble, height 220 cm Galleria Borghese Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius is a sculpture by the Italian sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini, c. 1619. It is housed in the Galleria Borghese of Palazzo Barberini, Rome. The gro..
Aeneas (troopship)
The Aeneas was a wooden sailing ship named after the Trojan hero of the Iliad. She was owned by the British government and used to transport troops to garrisons across the Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. On the 23 October 1805 she was wrecked on the Canadian Atlantic coast with terrible loss of l..
Aeneas Chigwedere
Aeneas Chigwedere (born 25 November 1939) is a Zimbabwean politician. He has served as the Minister of Education, Sports, & Culture since August 2001. ..
Aeneas de Caprara
Count Aeneas Sylvius de Caprara (1631 - February 1701), also known as Enea Silvio or Äneas Sylvius von Caprara, was an Austrian field marshal during the War of the League of Augsburg as well as a decedent of generals Raimondo Montecuccoli and Ottavio Piccolomini. Born of Italian decent to Count N..
Aeneas of Gaza
Aeneas of Gaza was a Neo-Platonic philosopher, a convert to Christianity, who flourished towards the end of the fifth century. In a dialogue entitled Theophrastus he alludes to Hierocles of Alexandria as his teacher, and in some of his letters mentions as his contemporaries writers whom we know to h..
Aeneas Silvius
Aeneas Silvius was the third descendant of Aeneas, and third king of Alba Longa. The heir of Aeneas Silvius was named Latinius Silvius. See also Pope Pius II, also known as Aeneas Sylvius ..
Aeneas Tacticus
Aeneas Tacticus (4th century BC) was one of the earliest Greek writers on the art of war. According to Aelianus Tacticus and Polybius, he wrote a number of treatises on the subject; Poliorketica, the only one extant, deals with the best methods of defending a fortified city. An epitome of the whole..
Aeneas Williams
[] at NFL.com Aeneas Demetrius Williams (born January 29, 1968 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former American football cornerback and free safety, who last played with the St. Louis Rams. Williams, whose father worked for Union Carbide, attended Fortier High School, where he played footb..
Aeneid
Valerus redirects here. Valerus was also a bishop of Zaragoza (Spain) in ca. 277 AD. The Aeneid (IPA English pronunciation: [ə'niːɪd] in Latin Aeneis, pronounced [aɪ'neɪ.ɪs] — the title is Greek in form: genitive case Aeneidos): is a Latin epic..
Aeneon
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } AENEON™ was introduced in 2005. AENEON is a DRAM m..
Aenesidemus
Aenesidemus, Greek philosopher, was born at Cnossus in Crete and taught at Alexandria, probably during the first century BC. He was the leader of what is sometimes known as the third scepticismal school and revived to a great extent the doctrine of Pyrrho and Timon. His chief work was the Pyrrhonia..
Aenetus
Aenetus is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 24 described species found in Indonesia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Australia and New Zealand. Most species have green or blue forewings and reddish hindwings but some are predominantly brown or white. The larvae feed in the trunks of ..
Aengmu
Aengmu was the working name of a famed kisaeng of Daegu in the early 20th century. The name literally means "parrot." She was a leading donor to the National Debt Repayment Movement. Donating 100 won to the cause in 1907, she explained that it was inappropriate for her to donate more than a man..
Aengus
For similar names see Angus Og. In Irish mythology, Aengus (Áengus, Óengus, Angus, Anghus) aka Aengus Óg ("Aengus the Young"), Mac ind Óg ("son of the young"), Maccan or Mac Óg ("young son") was a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann and probably a god of love, youth and poetic inspiration. He was ..
Aengus Fanning
Aengus Fanning is an Irish journalist and former Farming editor of the Irish Independent. Originally from Tralee in Co Kerry, he has been the editor of the Sunday Independent for the past 22 years. He was the boss and a friend to the late Veronica Guerin. ..
Aengus mac Nadfraoch
Aengus mac Nadfraoch, fifth century A.D., was the first Christian king of Munster. A member of the Eóganachta dynasty, around 448 he invited Saint Patrick to Cashel. During the baptism, Saint Patrick accidentally pierced Aengus' foot with his crosier. Aengus, thinking it was part of the ceremony..
Aengus Ollamh
Aengus Ollamh, son (or grandson) of Labraid Loingsech, was a legendary High King of Ireland of the 5th century BC. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Aengus Olmucada
Aengus Olmucada, son of Fiacha Labhrainne, was a legendary High King of Ireland. During his father's reign, about 250 years after the arrival of the Milesians in Ireland, Aengus helped him subdue Britain. He became High King himself when he overthrew his father's killer, Eochaid Mumho. Pigs were lar..
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh (born July 31, 1964) is a politician in the Republic of Ireland. He is a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála for Dublin South Central and was first elected at the 2002 general election. He is currently the Sinn Féin Chief Whip in Leinster House and is spokesper..
Aengus Tuirmech Temrach
Aengus Tuirmech Temrach ("the prolific of Tara"), son of Eochaid Ailtleathan, was a legendary High King of Ireland of the 4th century BC. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Aenictogiton
Aenictogitoninae is a very small subfamily of ants, containing seven species in the monotypic genus Aenictogiton. All of them are known only from males from middle Africa and show a phylogenetic affinity to the army ants (and are included in the dorylomorph subfamilies). Nothing is known about the..
Aenigmatite
Aenigmatite is a sodium, iron, titanium inosilicate mineral with formula: Na2Fe2+5TiSi6O20. It forms brown to black triclinic lamellar crystals. It has Mohs hardness of 5.5 to 6 and specific gravity of 3.74 to 3.85. Aenigmatite forms a solid-solution series with wilkinsonite, Na2Fe2+4Fe3+2Si6O20. ..
Aenir (book)
Aenir is the third book in Garth Nix's The Seventh Tower series, published in 2001 by Scholastic. The cover design and art are by Madalina Stefan and Steve Rawlings respectively. ..
Aenne Brauksiepe
Aenne Bauksiepe (born February 23, 1912 in Duisburg – died January 1, 1997 in Oelde) was a German politician of the CDU. Her maiden name was Engels. She was member of the CDU since 1945, became member of the CDU-Bundesvorstand in 1956. From 1958 to 1971 she was the chief of CDU-women (Frauen-Unio..
Aenne Burda
Aenne Burda (July 28, 1909—November 3, 2005) was a publisher of the Burda Group, a media group based in Offenburg and Munich, Germany. Born Anna Magdalene Lemminger in Offenburg, German Empire, Burda was married to Franz Burda II, son of the founder (Franz Burda I) of the Burda Group in 1898...
AEnon
This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897. Ænon - a Greek word coming from a Hebrew term ay-yin and meaning 'spring' or 'natural fountain'. It was a place near Salim where John the Baptist baptized (John 3:23). Its probable locati..
Aenor de Châtellerault
Aenor of Châtellerault, duchess of Aquitaine (c. 1103, Châtellerault, Vienne, France – Talmont, March 1130) was the mother of Eleanor of Aquitaine, arguably the most powerful woman in Europe of her generation. Aenor was a daughter of Viscount Aumary Châttellerault by his concubine, Dangero..
Aenus
Aenus may refer to: an ancient Greek city in Thrace, see Aenus (Thrace).the Inn River This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended arti..
Aenus (Thrace)
Aenus was an ancient city on the southeastern coast of Thrace. Formerly called Poltyobria (or Poltymbria), it was located near the mouth of the Hebrus River, not far from the Melas Gulf (modern Gulf of Saros), which is formed by the Thracian Chersonesus to the east. The city was said to be founded..

 


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