1.Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir to Aral sea, forming the boundary between Afghanistan and Tajikistan then flowing through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan2.formerly called Oxus by Greek and Western writers, and Gihon by medieval Islamic writers
Mahmoud Abbas (1935–), Palestinian politician, president of the Palestinian National Authority (2005–), also known as Abu Mazen
Abuja, capital of Nigeria
1.Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[qín shǐ huáng]2.also pr. [ē fáng gōng]
Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
Aswan (town in south Egypt)
(TCM) ashi point: a tender spot that is not a standard acupuncture point
Arun banner or Arongqi county in Hulunbuir 呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia
1.Afar region of northeast Ethiopia2.Afar people
Altai republic in Russian central Asia, capital Gorno-Altaysk
1.thing2.(you) useless thing
atabrine or quinacrine, used as antimalarial drug and antibiotic against intestinal parasite giardiasis
1.arhat (Sanskrit)2.a holy man who has left behind all earthly desires and concerns and attained nirvana (Buddhism)
Amis or Pangcah, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
Ashoka (304-232 BC), Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty 孔雀王朝[kǒng què wáng cháo], ruled 273-232 BC
El Alamein, town in Egypt
Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah")
Alishan mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan
1.Arirang, famous Korean song of love and tragic separation, based on folk tale from Georyo dynasty2.Arirang, series of Korean earth observation space satellites
1.(Tw) (slang) a prank, prevalent in Chinese schools and known as "happy corner" in Hong Kong, in which several people carry a victim with his legs spread open, bringing his groin up against a pole or tree trunk2.Aruba, island in the Caribbean, a self-governing part of the Netherlands
1.(lit.) to present the handle of a sword to another (idiom)2.(fig.) to relinquish power to another; to place oneself at another's mercy
General Lü Meng 吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
to be strictly just and impartial
Hetu Ala (Manchu: Yellow Rock), Nurhaci's capital at the 1619 Battle of Sarhu
Aksu, a county-level city in Aksu Prefecture 阿克苏地区[ā kè sū dì qū], Xinjiang
Akto, a county in Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture 克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[kè zī lè sū kē ěr kè zī zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang
Agadir, city in southwest Morocco
Altay, a county-level city in Altay Prefecture 阿勒泰地区[ā lè tài dì qū], Xinjiang
Akqi, a county in Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture 克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[kè zī lè sū kē ěr kè zī zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang
Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad
Artush, a county-level city in Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture 克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[kè zī lè sū kē ěr kè zī zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang
Abag banner or Avga khoshuu in Xilingol League 锡林郭勒盟[xī lín guō lè méng], Inner Mongolia
arabinose (type of sugar)
Alxa, league in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 内蒙古自治区[nèi měng gǔ zì zhì qū]
1.surname Alatas2.Ali Alatas (1932-2008), Indonesian foreign minister (1988-1999)
Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
AstraZeneca (British-Swedish pharmaceutical company)
Asmara, capital of Eritrea