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Artigas
proper noun
a department of Uruguay; a city in Uruguay
Artola
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Arturo
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Arthur
Aruba
proper noun
Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)
Aruküla
proper noun
Aruküla (a small borough of Estonia)
Arvayo
proper noun
a surname
Arzadun
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Arzaga
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Arzate
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Arzolar
proper noun
a surname
Arzuaga
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Arámbulo
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Arámburo
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Arámburu
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Aránzazu
proper noun
a village and municipality of Biscay, Basque Country, Spain; a sanctuary in Oñati, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain; a female given name transferred from the place name; a surname
Aréchiga
proper noun
a surname
Arévalo
proper noun
a surname; a municipality in Ávila province, Castile and León, Spain.
Ascención
proper noun
a surname
Ascensión
proper noun
a female given name
Asclepio
proper noun
Asclepius (Greek god of medicine and healing)
Asdi
proper noun
Sida, Agencia Sueca de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo
Asdod
proper noun
Ashdod
Asdrúbal
proper noun
a male given name from Punic, equivalent to English Hasdrubal
Asebedo
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Aselita
proper noun
a female given name
Aser
proper noun
Asher (Biblical character and tribe)
Asfura
proper noun
a surname from Arabic
Ashjabad
proper noun
Ashgabat
Asia
proper noun
Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean); Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)
Asia Menor
proper noun
Asia Minor
Asia Occidental
proper noun
West Asia (the westernmost geographic region of Asia, which includes Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, the Levant, Mesopotamia, the Sinai Peninsula, and Transcaucasia)
Asia Oriental
proper noun
East Asia (a geographic region comprising the eastern part of Asia, inclusive of China proper, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan and sometimes inclusive of Mongolia and Tibet and some or all of Southeast Asia and the Philippines)
Asia del Este
proper noun
East Asia (a geographic region comprising the eastern part of Asia, inclusive of China proper, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan and sometimes inclusive of Mongolia and Tibet and some or all of Southeast Asia and the Philippines)
Asia del Oeste
proper noun
West Asia (the westernmost geographic region of Asia, which includes Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, the Levant, Mesopotamia, the Sinai Peninsula, and Transcaucasia)
Asia del Sur
proper noun
South Asia (a geographic region of Asia, comprising all the countries of the Indian subcontinent (principally India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan) and the Indian Ocean (principally Sri Lanka, Maldives))
Asiago
proper noun
a township near Vicenza in the Veneto, Italy
Asiria
proper noun
Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))
Asjabad
proper noun
Ashgabat (the capital of Turkmenistan)
Asmara
proper noun
Asmara (the capital city of Eritrea)
Aspilcueta
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Assam
proper noun
Assam (a state in northeastern India)
Asseliense
proper noun
Asselian
Astaná
proper noun
Astana (the capital of Kazakhstan)
Astiages
proper noun
Astyages
Astorga
proper noun
Astorga (a city in León, Spain); a surname
Astracán
proper noun
Astrakhan (a city and region of Russia)
Astrea
proper noun
Astrea (a town, a municipality of Cesar department, Colombia)
Astudillo
proper noun
a surname
Asturias
proper noun
Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain, on the Spanish north coast facing the Cantabrian Sea); Asturias (a former kingdom existing from c. 718 to 924 CE, in modern northwest Spain and Portugal)
Astérix
proper noun
Asterix (the comic character)
Asuero
proper noun
Ahasuerus
Asun
proper noun
a diminutive of the female given name Asunción
Asunción
proper noun
a female given name from Latin; any of a number of places, including Asunción (the capital city of Paraguay)
Asunción Nochixtlán (a city in Oaxaca, Mexico)
Asís
proper noun
Assisi (a city and province of Italy)
Atacama
proper noun
Atacama (a desert in Chile); Atacama (a region of Chile); a province of Chile until 1976.
Atalaya
proper noun
a province of Ucayali, Peru
Atenas
proper noun
Athens (the capital city of Greece)
Atencio
proper noun
a surname
Atenea
proper noun
Athena (Greek goddess)