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Aun
Ane, On, One, Auchun or Aun the Old (Audhun, the same name as the A-S name Edwin) was the son of Jorund and one of the Swedish kings of the House of Yngling, the ancestors of Norway's first king, Harald Fairhair. Aun was a wise king who sacrificed greatly to the gods, but he was not a warlike king..
Aun'shi
Aun'shi is a member of the Tau Ethereal Caste in the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe. In what was supposed to be his final assignment before retirement on the peaceful planet of Au'taal, he was sent to the planet of Kel'tyr, to oversee a mining colony dealing with feral Ork tribes. During th..
Aunay-sur-Odon
Aunay-sur-Odon is a commune of the département of Calvados, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France. Its postal code is 14260. ..
Auncel
An auncel (from the Anglo-Fr. auncelle, a confused derivation from l'auncelle, Ital. lancella, "a little balance"), is a balance formerly used in England; now, in dialectical use, a term for the weighing of meat by hand instead of by scales. References ..
Aundh
Aundh was a princely state in British India, in the Deccan States Agency division of the Bombay Presidency. It was one of the Satara Jagirs, and was founded in 1699. Its Hindu rulers used the title of "Pant Pratinidhi". Its area was 1298 square kilometers. The state flag was a rectangular orange ba..
Aundray Bruce
Aundray Bruce (born on April 30, 1966) was an outside linebacker at Auburn University. Biography Bruce was born in Montgomery, Alabama. He graduated from Auburn in 1988 as an education major. College career Bruce was named All-Southeastern Conference in 1986 and 1987, All-American in 1987, and ..
Aundrea Fimbres
Aundrea Fimbres is a Mexican American member of the musical group, Danity Kane founded by P. Diddy, on the ABC/MTV reality show Making the Band. Danity Kane's album is set to debut on August 15, 2006 Family Aundrea was brought up in Upland, California. Aundrea is the baby of the family and had..
Aung San
Aung San General Aung San (Burmese: ; MLCTS: buil hkyup aung hcan:); February 13, 1915 – July 19, 1947) was a Burmese revolutionary, nationalist, general, and politician. He was born to lawyer U Phar and Daw Suu in the town of Natmauk, in the district of Magwe, in central Burma. His fami..
Aung San Suu Kyi
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi (Burmese: ; MLCTS: aung hcan: su. krany; IPA: [àuN sʰáN sṵ tʃì] born June 19, 1945 in Yangon (Rangoon), is a nonviolent pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar (Burma). A devout Buddhist, Suu Kyi ..
Aunis
Aunis is a former province of France. It extended to Marais Poitevin in the north, Basse Saintonge (and Niortais) in the east, and Rochefortais in the south. Aunis had an influence approximately 20-25 km into the Isle of Ré (l'île de Ré). Today, it is a part of the Charente-Maritime départeme..
Aunjanue Ellis
Aunjanue Ellis (born on 21 February 1969 in San Francisco, California, USA) is an American actress best known for her roles in Ray and in Undercover Brother as the catfighting Sistah Girl. Biography She attended Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi before transferring to Brown University whe..
Aunque me Cueste la Vida
Aunque me Cueste la Vida (1998) was a Venezuelan telenovela (produced by and seen on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión), written by José Simón Escalona, Salvador Garmendia, and Martin Hahn and directed by Olegario Barrera. This telenovela lasted 126 episodes. It was distributed internati..
Aunsby
Aunsby is a small hamlet with a spectacularly impressive church, just north and west off the point where the A15 crosses the A52, in England. External links Grid reference [Other map sources for Aunsby][Aunsby St Thomas a Beckett Church] ..
Aunsby and Dembleby
Aunsby and Dembleby is a civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 125. The parish includes Aunsby and Dembleby, which were separate parishes until 1931. [link]. ..
Aunt-Eliza
Aunt-Eliza (Crocosmia paniculata) is a tall flowering plant of the family Iridaceae, native to South Africa. The orange-red flowers are bourne on tall spikes and very attractive making the plant a popular ornamental. It has escaped from cultivation and become established in the wild in parts of the..
Auntie Anne's
Auntie Anne's is an American pretzel place founded by Anne F. Beiler and Jonas Beiler in the year 1989. Auntie Anne's serves products such as pretzels, dips, deserts, and sandwiches. They also serve beverages such as lemonade and coffee. There are Auntie Anne's stores in other countries besides the ..
Auntie Mame
Broadway poster Auntie Mame is a 1955 novel by Patrick Dennis that chronicles his madcap adventures growing up as the ward of his deceased father's eccentric sister. The work is often referred to as autobiographical, but the author (born Edward Everett Tanner) never claimed the work was anythi..
AuNTM
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Aunts Aren't Gentlemen
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on October 17 1974 by Barrie & Jenkins, London and in the United States on April 14 1975 by Simon & Schuster, New York. It was the last novel to feature some of Wodehouse's best known characters, Bertie Woost..
Aunt Agatha
Agatha Gregson, née Wooster, later Lady Worplesdon, is a fictional character created by P. G. Wodehouse. Aunt Agatha, as she is best known, is Bertie Wooster's least favourite aunt, and a counterpoint to her sister, Bertie's Aunt Dahlia. She is fearsome and strong-willed, and is always trying to ge..
Aunt Arctic Adventure
Aunt Arctic Adventure was released in 1988 by Mindware, as an Amiga game. It's a platform game in which the player must guide Charlie the chimp through the various levels to rescue his aunt, who was kidnapped and taken to the Arctic to work as a circus performer. The game can played by one or two ..
Aunt Bee
Aunt Bee was a character on the long-running 1960s American television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show and its successor program, Mayberry R.F.D. Aunt Bee was played by actress Frances Bavier. Beatrice Taylor (called "Aunt Bee" by everyone) was the aunt of Sheriff Andy Taylor in the small town of May..
Aunt Dahlia
Dahlia Travers, née Wooster, is a fictional character in the novels of P.G. Wodehouse. She is best known as Bertie Wooster's bonhomous, red-faced Aunt Dahlia; she is much beloved by her nephew, in contrast with her sister, Bertie's Aunt Agatha. She is married to Tom Travers, mother of Angela Traver..
Aunt Daisy
Maud Ruby Basham MBE (30 August 1879–14 July 1963), usually known as Daisy Basham or professionally as Aunt Daisy, was a well-known New Zealand radio broadcaster. She was born in London, England. External links [Aunt Daisy] from the 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand[The Aunt Da..
Aunt Dan and Lemon
Aunt Dan and Lemon is a play by Wallace Shawn. The world premiere was produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, producer) at the Royal Court Theatre in London, England on August 27, 1985, under the direction of Max Stafford-Clark. This production was brought to broadway later that..
Aunt Em
redirect[[Template:Portal]]Aunt or Auntie Em (real name Emily), also called is a fictional character from the The Oz Books. She is the aunt of Dorothy Gale and married to Uncle Henry, and lived together with them on a farm in Kansas. Oz Books [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ..
Aunt Fanny (Robots)
Aunt Fanny is a pink robot character from the Blue Sky Studios movie Robots. She is voiced by Jennifer Coolidge. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Aunt Fanny first appeared right after when The Rusties, Rodney Copperbottom and friends (Fender, Piper Pi..
Aunt Gertrude
Aunt Gertrude is a fictional character in The Hardy Boys book series by Franklin W. Dixon. She is the aunt of Frank and Joe Hardy (the Hardy Boys of the title). Gertrude is the late-middle-aged (given as 65 in volume 10) spinster sister of Fenton Hardy. Tall, angular, sharp-tongued and peppery, she..
Aunt Jemima
Current Aunt Jemima logo. Aunt Jemima is a trademark for pancake flour, syrup, and other breakfast foods. The trademark dates to 1893, although Aunt Jemima pancake mix debuted in 1889. Quaker Oats bought the brand in 1926. Aunt Jemima frozen products were licensed out to Pinnacle Foods Corpo..
Aunt Jenny
Aunt Jenny was an advertising character created for Spry Vegetable Shortening. Primarily portrayed by Edith Spencer, she was best known as host and narrator of the long-lived radio show, Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories, which ran from 1937 to 1956. Origins In 1936, Lever Brothers, part of the larg..
Aunt Josephine's House
A Series of Unfortunate Events entities Aunt Josephine's House Seen in film First mentioned The Wide Window Possessed by Destroyed The home of Josephine Anwhistle is featured in The Wide Window, the third novel of the A Series of Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snicket. The ..
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter is a novel by Mario Vargas Llosa, originally written in Spanish as La tía Julia y el escribidor. It was published by Editorial Seix Barral, S.A., Spain, in 1977. it is the story of an 18 year old student , Mario, who falls for 32 year old divorcee Aunt Julia. It is..
Aunt Marion's Mansion
Aunt Marion's Mansion is a 2004 novel by Barbara Sanger. Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Aunt Marion's Mansion details the experiences of Helga Whitbroad, a young girl from New England. After the death of Helga's parents, Helga is sent to live wi..
Aunt Martha's Sheep
Aunt Martha's Sheep is a song written by Ellis Coles and performed by Dick Nolan. It was primarily viewed as a slight on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police the police force for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The song got airplay in the 1970s, but less after that. Released in 1972 ..
Aunt May
May Parker, often known as Aunt May, is a supporting character in Marvel Comics' Spider-Man series. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, she first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) She is aunt-by-marriage and adoptive mother of Peter Parker, who leads a secret life as Sp..
Aunt Phillis's Cabin
Aunt Phillis's Cabin: or, Southern Life As It Is by Mary Henderson Eastman is perhaps the most read "anti-Tom" book in American Literature. Published in 1852, it contained both protagonistic and antithetical contrasts and comparisons with Uncle Tom's Cabin. External links [Aunt Phillis's Cabi..
Aunt Sally
A drawing from the 1911 edition of Whiteley's General Catalogue. Aunt Sally is a traditional throwing game. Nowadays the term is more often used metaphorically to mean something that is a target for criticism. Contents 1 The game1.1 Modern rules of play2 See also3 Refere..
Aunt Tenna
Aunt Tenna was never a comic strip in its own right, but was an irregular subfeature of Channel Chuckles, a daily and Sunday feature by The Family Circus cartoonist Bil Keane. In its daily form, Channel Chuckles consisted of a single panel gag on the general theme of television, or specifically rela..
Aunu'u
Aunu'u is a small atoll on the south-east of American Samoa in the South Pacific Ocean. Geography Economy Demographics Communications Transportation ..
Aunurgith
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Aunus expedition
The Aunus expedition was an attempt by Finnish volunteers to occupy parts of East Karelia in 1919, during the Russian Civil War. Aunus is the Finnish name for Olonets Karelia. It was one of many Finnic conflicts after the Russian Revolution called "heimosodat" in Finnish. Background In February 191..
Aun ibn Abdullah
Aun ibn Abdullah was the son of Abdullah ibn Ja'far and Zainab bint Ali. In 680 he accompanied his mother and uncle (Husyan ibn Ali) to the Battle of Kerbala where he was killed by Yazid's army. ..
A Union In Wait
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A unit
An A unit, in railroad terminology, is a locomotive (generally a diesel or electric locomotive) equipped with a driving cab, or crew compartment, and the control system to control other locomotives in a multiple unit, and therefore able to be the lead unit in a consist of several locomotives control..
A Universe of Consciousness
A Universe of Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination is the title of a 2000 book by the biologist Gerald Maurice Edelman and Giulio Tononi. The book aims to explain "the neural substrate of consciousness" (p. xii). It also reviews some ideas of brain organization and brain theory. See also W..
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