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A1 and A-1 are often used at the start of commercial business names so that they appear first in the telephone directory. For example, "A1 Cleaning Services" or "A1 Tool Hire". A1 means "very good" and is derived from the shipping insurers, Lloyds of London's description of a first class ship.

A1

A1 can mean:

a1 (band), a British boy band
A1 (comic) is a British anthology comic
A1 (milk), milk containing the A1 -casein protein
A1 (rocket), a German rocket design from the 1930s
A1 (shipping), a symbol indicating shipbuilding quality
A1 (TV station) is a television channel in Macedonia
A1 paper size, paper size as defined by ISO 216
A1 Grand Prix series
A1 Steak Sauce, a brand of condiment
A1 broth, used to detect fecal coliforms
A1 Mine Settlement, Victoria, a town in Victoria, Australia
A1 Ring, the race track at which the Austrian Grand Prix was run from 1997 to 2003 (formerly called Österreichring)
0-2-2 (Whyte notation), as the equivalent UIC classification for railway locomotive wheel arrangements
America One, a television network in the United States
HMS A1, a British A class submarine of the Royal Navy
the primary auditory cortex, that is, the part of the brain which processes hearing
RTV Slovenia, the first programme of Radio Slovenia
TCSEC, A security class
In town and country planning in the UK, A1 is the code for permission to use specific land or premises for general retail.
The first level avhieved in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages when learning a language
LNER Class A1/A3,a locomotive designed by Sir Nigel Gresley,including the famous No 4472 "Flying Scotsman". Origianaly Class A1, later reclasified Class A3
LNER Peppercorn Class A1 a Pacific locomotive designed by A. H. Peppercorn.
A1 was the code-name for the Microsoft security service Windows Live OneCare
USS A-1 (disambiguation), US Navy ships

A-1

A-1 Skyraider, a United States Air Force single-seat attack bomber
USS A-1 (SP-1370), a houseboat taken over by the United States Navy in 1917
USS Plunger (SS-2), the lead ship of the Plunger class submarine series
Battle Angel Alita, as her nickname on Tuned days.
Alastair Ralphs (professional wrestler) (born 1976), as one of his stage names
Canon A-1, a camera by Canon

Roads

There are several roads and highways named A1:

entries are alphabetical by country

A1 Westautobahn, a motorway in Austria
A1 road (Belgium), Brussels - Antwerp - Breda
Trakiya motorway in Bulgaria, carrying the code A1, connecting Sofia and Burgas via Plovdiv.
A1 motorway (Croatia), connecting the capital Zagreb to the second largest city located in southern Dalmatia, Split.
A1 highway (Cyprus), connecting Nicosia to Limassol
A1 autoroute (France)
Bundesautobahn 1 (Germany) connecting Oldenburg to Saarbrücken
A1 road (Isle of Man), connecting Douglas and Peel
A1 highway (Lithuania), connecting Vilnius to Klaipėda
A1 (Luxembourg)
A1 motorway (Netherlands)
A1 road (Northern Ireland), connecting Belfast to Newry and to Dublin in the Republic of Ireland via the N1/M1.
A1 freeway (Romania), connecting Bucharest to Piteşti
A1 motorway (Slovenia), connecting Maribor to Koper via Ljubljana
A1 (Switzerland), connecting St. Margrethen to Geneva
A1 road (United Kingdom), a key artery connecting London to Edinburgh, and many towns and cities in between.

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