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A, first letter and first vowel of the English alphabet and most alphabets of the Indo-European languages. The...

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AACHEN (Fr. Aix-la-Chapelle), city, W central Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia, near Belgium and the Nether...

AAIÚN, EL-, also Laâyoune, town, principal urban center of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara, an overse...

AAKJAER, Jeppe (1866-1930), Danish writer. A leading regional and social-protest author of Jutland, he is rea...

AALST (Fr. Alost), city, W central Belgium, in East Flanders Province, on the Dender R. Manuf...

AALTO, (Hugo) Alvar Henrik (1898-1976), Finnish architect, one of the 20th century's foremost architects and ...

AARDVARK (Afrik., earth pig), common name for a burrowing, ant-eating mammal, Orycteropus afer, constitutin...

AARDWOLF, common name for a carnivorous quadruped, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, usuall...

AARE, also Aar (anc. Obringa), major river, central and N Switzerland. The source of the Aare is in Bern Cant...

AARON, first Jewish high priest and traditional founder of the Hebrew priesthood. According to the Old Testam...