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A-kuei
A-kuei (Chinese: ) is a popular Taiwanese webtoon character whose carefree personality and off-beat adventures have won him fans in Taiwan, the Chinese mainland and Japan. The series is created by Chang Jung-kuei and it first debuted in 1999. A-kuei is so popular that he's been featured in best-sell..
Aku
Aku may refer to: The evil antagonist of Samurai JackA.K.U., Amir Kabir University, Tehran, IranThe skipjack tunaIn computer technology, AKU stands for Adaptation Kit Update This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred ..
AKU-94
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Aku-Aku
This is about the book; for the video-game character, see Aku-Aku (character). Aku-Aku, the Secret of Easter Island is a 1958 book by Thor Heyerdahl, describing his research on the many giant stone statues of stylized human heads found on Easter Island. The book and a follow-up film of the same nam..
Akuapim North District
Akuapim North District Region Eastern District type Ordinary District Chief Executive Edward Adu Aboagye Capital Akropong Area 544 km² Population (2002) 104,754 ISO 3166 GH-EP-AN The Akuapim North District is a district of Ghana in the Eastern Region. Sources [Districts of Gh..
Akuapim South District
Akuapim South District Region Eastern District type Ordinary District Chief Executive Andrew Y. Nyarko-Adu Capital Nsawam Area 362 km² Population (2002) 116,346 ISO 3166 GH-EP-AS The Akuapim South District is a district of Ghana in the Eastern Region. Sources [Districts of Gh..
Akua Granda
The Akua Granda (also spelled Aqua Granda) is the ancient name of Livigno's main river. It is now also called Spöl, although this name designates the river after it crosses the Swiss border. Despite being in Italy, Akua Granda is a tributary of the Inn, and the Danube, and not of the Po river. In..
Akubra
An example of an Akubra-style hat. The Akubra hat is a distinctive part of Australian culture. Claimed to be derived from an Indigenous Australian word, Akubra is the company name of one of Australia's most famous producers of hats, although the name tends to be used more often to describe th..
Akufen
Akufen is the musical pseudonym of Montreal, Canada based artist, Marc Leclair. Leclair makes electronic music that is often described as minimal house, minimal techno, glitch, click hop, or microhouse. Leclair's pseudonym comes from the French word for tinnitis (ringing of the ears), acouphène. ..
Akuila Yabaki
Akuila Yabaki is a Fijian human rights activist and former Methodist clergyman, who continues to use the title of Reverend despite his excommunication. He is currently the Executive Director of the Citizens Constitutional Forum, a pro-democracy organization. Yabaki has been a strong critic of ..
Akuji the Heartless
Akuji the Heartless is an action-adventure video game, released in December, 1998 on the PlayStation. It uses a modified Gex: Enter the Gecko engine, and both games were developed by Crystal Dynamics. The gameplay involves hack and slash combat combined with platform elements. Story The game centr..
Akula class submarine
Akula class submarine underway in the Baltic Sea Project 971 Щука-Б (Shuka-B, 'Shuka' meaning pike, NATO reporting name "Akula"), is a nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) first deployed by the Soviet Navy in 1986. The class is sometimes erroneously called the "Bars" class, after one o..
Akulivik, Quebec
Akulivik (population 482) is an Inuit village in Nunavik, in northern Quebec, Canada. It is located on a peninsula that juts southwesterly into Hudson Bay across from Smith Island (Qikirtajuaq). Akulivik is on the 60th parallel, 1,850 km north of Montreal. Akulivik, meaning "central prong of a ka..
Akulivik Airport
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Akulliq
Akulliq is a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada. The riding consists of the communities of Kugaaruk and Repulse Bay. The current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Steve Mapsalak. External link [Website of the Legislative Assembly of Nu..
Akuma
Akuma (悪魔) is a Japanese term. It may stand for: The Japanese word akuma, which can mean:# Personification of evil and darkness; demon or Satan in Judaism, Christianity and Islam# A god that blocks one's path to nirvana; Mara in Buddhism# A very wicked personAkuma (Street Fighter), a video game ..
Akumajou Dracula X Chi no Rondo
is a Japanese PC Engine Super CD video game in the popular Castlevania series, released on October 29, 1993. It was never released outside of Japan, despite positive reviews from both fans and critics. Rondo of Blood is often considered exemplary as to why the Japanese PC Engine fared so much bette..
Akumal
Akumal is a small beach-front tourist resort community 100 km (62 miles) south of Cancún, between the towns of Playa del Carmen and Tulum in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Akumal means "place of the turtles" in the Mayan language. The town was officially founded in 1958 as a community for scub..
Akuma (band)
Akuma is a punk band from Quebec formed in 1998 from the ashes of Banlieue Rouge. Akuma (known in Japan as Gouki) is a character from the Street Fighter series. The original line-up comprised Safwan (gutair, vocals), Simon (bass, background vocals), Sylva (drums), and Mark (guitar, background vo..
Akuma (Street Fighter)
Akuma (demon in Japanese), known in Japan as Gouki (豪鬼, powerful spirit), is a video game character created by Capcom. He originally appeared in Super Street Fighter II Turbo as a secret character and hidden boss. He has red hair, wears prayer beads around his neck, and wears a black gi. The..
Akumi District, Yamagata
Akumi (飽海郡; -gun) is a district located in Yamagata, Japan. As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 36,844 and a density of 57.99 persons per km². The total area is 635.31 km². Towns and villages HirataMatsuyamaYawataYuza Yamagata Prefecture Cities Higashin..
Akuna Bay, New South Wales
Boats moored at Akuna Bay Marina, Sydney Akuna Bay is a location in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia located in the Warringah local government area which is in Northern Beaches region of Sydney. The Geographical Names Board of NSW designates it an 'Urban Place'. There is a marina located the..
Akune, Kagoshima
Akune (阿久根市; -shi) is a city located in Kagoshima, Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 25,567 and the density of 190.43 persons per km². The total area is 134.26 km². The city was founded on April 1, 1952. The city is also home to the renown Japanese diplomat and ..
Akunnaaq
Akunnaaq (old spelling Akúnâk) is a settlement in the Municipality of Aasiaat, Greenland. Population (January 2005) is 101. Approximate location is [68°44′N 52°19′W]. The settlement was founded in 1850. References [Statistics Greenland: Population Statistics] Grønlands..
Akupara
In Hinduism, Akupara is a tortoise who carries the world on his back. It upholds the earth and the sea. References in Fiction The Discworld series of novels by Terry Pratchett take place on a fictional world on the back of a giant turtle.In Stephen King's Dark Tower series, there was a giant robot..
Akurat
Akurat is a Polish band formed in November 1994 in Bielsko-Biała disctrict. Akurat in Polish means even, exactly, just as. Music of the band can be credited as a fusion between punk rock, reggae, ska and pop. Contents 1 Members1.1 Current members1.2 Former members2 Discogra..
Akure
Location of Akure in Nigeria Akure is a city in the southwestern region of Nigeria, and is the largest city and capital of Ondo State. The city has a population of approximately 387,087. Rock engravings dating back to the Mesolithic period, have been discovered on the outskirts of Akure, as h..
Akureyrarvöllur
Akureyrarvöllur is a multi-use stadium in Akureyri, Iceland. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 3,500. ..
Akureyri
Akureyri is a town located in the northern part of Iceland; it is the second largest urban center after the Reykjavík area. As of the 2004 census, the town had a total population of 16,475 [link]. Contents 1 History2 Law and government2.1 Current Town Council party div..
Akureyri Airport
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Akureyri Junior College
Akureyri Junior College (Icelandic: Menntaskólinn á Akureyri) (latin: Schola Akureyrensis) is one of the oldest educational institutions in Iceland. It is located in Akureyri, "the Capital of the North", and traces its origin back to the school in Möðruvellir in the valley of Hörgárdalur, wh..
AKURO NO OKA (アクロの丘)
アクロの丘 (AKURO NO OKA) is one of the first three singles released by the J-Rock group Dir en grey on a major label and to have remixes. アクロの丘 was released simultaneously along with ゆらめき (YURAMEKI) and 残 -ZAN- on January 20, 1999. Track listing "アクロの丘 (AKURO N..
Akutagawa Prize
The Akutagawa Prize (芥川龍之介賞 Akutagawa Ryūnosuke Shō) is Japan's most prestigious literary award. Established in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, the editor of Bungei Shunjū magazine, in memory of novelist Akutagawa Ryunosuke, it is sponsored by the Association for the Promotion of Japanese Litera..
Akutan
Akutan may refer to: Akutan, AlaskaMount AkutanAkutan IslandUSS Akutan (AE-13)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 article. ..
Akutan, Alaska
Akutan (ACK-oo-tan) is a 2nd Class City in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 713. A State of Alaska Demographer in 2004 estimates the population at 771. Contents 1 Location and Climate2 History, Culture and Demographics3&..
Akutan Island
Akutan Island ([54°07′41″N, 165°55′05″W]) is an island in the Fox Islands group of the easterm Aleutian Islands in the U.S. state of Alaska. The island is approximately 30 km (18 mi) in length. It contains the Mount Akutan volcano, which had a major lava eruption in 1979. Akuta..
Akutan Seaplane Base
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Aku Aku
Aku Aku is a fictional character from the Crash Bandicoot series. He is the ancient voodoo mask spirit of an ancient witch doctor, who looks over the southeast Australian islands like some kind of god. When he sensed Crash's and Coco's journey to ruin Doctor Neo Cortex's plan for world domination,..
Aku language
Aku is a variety of Krio, an English-based Creole language of Western Africa. Aku is spoken in Gambia, mainly by the Aku people. ..
Aku people
The Aku are a minority ethnic group of Gambia (about 1% of the population). Some estimates put the figure for this ethnic group higher. The Aku are descended from liberated slaves. Many speak Aku, an English-based creole language. ..
A Kung Ngam
A Kung Ngam (阿公岩) is a village and an area in northeast Shau Kei Wan in the north of Hong Kong Island. It contains a fish terminal market and several temples and the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence. A fire broke out in the early morning of 31st October, 2005. Some ten houses in the villag..
A Kurt Weill Cabaret
A Kurt Weill Cabaret was a Broadway and off-Broadway production featuring the music of Kurt Weill. The off-Broadway production, starring Will Holt and Martha Schlamme opened in 1963. In 1979 it was revised and opened at the Bijou Theater on Broadway, with Alvin Epstein and Martha Schlamme and ran ..
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