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Australia
proper noun
Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire); Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
South Australia (a state of Australia, located in the central southern part of the continent; a former British colony until 1901)
Western Australia (a state of Australia, occupying the western third of the continent; a former British colony until 1901)
Austrasia
proper noun
Austrasia (an early-medieval geographic region corresponding to the homeland of the Merovingian Franks in modern western Germany, northeastern France, Belgium and parts of the Netherlands)
Austria
proper noun
Austria (a country in Central Europe)
Austria-Hungría
proper noun
Austria-Hungary (a former multi-ethnic empire and country in Central Europe existing from 1867 to 1918)
Auvernia
proper noun
Auvergne (a historical region of France)
Ave Fénix
proper noun
Phoenix
Avelar
proper noun
a surname
Avelina
proper noun
a female given name
Avelino
proper noun
a male given name
Avellaneda
proper noun
a surname; Avellaneda (a municipality in Ávila province, Castile and León, Spain).; Avellaneda (a city, port, and partido in Buenos Aires province, Argentina).; Avellaneda (a department in Río Negro province, Argentina).; Avellaneda (a department in Santiago del Estero province, Argentina).
Avellano
proper noun
a surname
Avellino
proper noun
Avellino (town and capital of Avellino); Avellino (province)
Avempace
proper noun
Avempace
Avendaño
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Avicena
proper noun
Avicenna (a Persian polymath)
Avilés
proper noun
Avilés (a city in Asturias, Spain); a surname
Aviñón
proper noun
Avignon (a city in France)
Ayacucho
proper noun
a region of Peru; a city in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ayala
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Ayaria
proper noun
Adjara (an autonomous republic of Georgia)
Ayerbe
proper noun
a town in Aragon, Spain
Ayerbe
proper noun
a habitational surname
Ayerve
proper noun
a surname from Basque, variant of Ayerbe
Ayllón
proper noun
a surname
Aylwin
proper noun
a surname from Welsh
Aymaraes
proper noun
a province of Apurímac, Peru
Aysén
proper noun
a region of Chile; a province of Chile; capital: Coyhaique; a former department of Chile; a former province of Chile (first-level division) until 1974.
Ayuso
proper noun
a surname
Ayutuxtepeque
proper noun
a town in San Salvador department, El Salvador
Azacualpa
proper noun
a town in Chalatenango department, El Salvador
Azawad
proper noun
Azawad (a former separatist state in Mali)
Azawakh
noun, masculine
Azawakh (dog breed)
Azaña
proper noun
a surname
Azcapotzalco
proper noun
Azcapotzalco
Azcoitia
proper noun
Azkoitia (a town and municipality of the province of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain)
Azerbaiyán
proper noun
Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe)
Aznar
proper noun
a surname
Azores
proper noun
the Azores
Azpeitia
proper noun
Azpeitia (a town and municipality of the province of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain); a surname from Basque
Azpíllaga
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Azrael
proper noun
Azrael (angel of death)
Azuara
proper noun
Azuara (a municipality of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain); a surname
Azuay
proper noun
Azuay (a province of Ecuador)
Azucena
proper noun
a female given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Lily
Azul
proper noun
a subdivision and city in Buenos Aires province, Argentina
Azurmendi
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Aída
proper noun
a female given name from Italian, equivalent to English Aida
Aínsa
proper noun
Aínsa (a town in Sobrarbe, Aragon)
Año
proper noun
a surname
Año Nuevo
proper noun
New Year’s Day
Aýna
proper noun
a village and municipality of Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
a
noun, feminine
Name of the letter A.
a
preposition
to; by; at; Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a.
a Dios
interjection
alternative spelling of adiós
God helps those who help themselves; To preach water and drink wine
a base de
preposition
solely down to; by ... alone; by sheer
loads; galore
at the start of winter