#geographical entity

• Ann Arbor — A city located in the state of Michigan, United States of America, world-renowned as the home of the prestigious University of Michigan. The locality functions as a major academic, technological, medical, and research hub, recognized for its vibrant cultural atmosphere, active literary community, and its rich parks centered along the Huron River.
• Annam — A historical region and former French protectorate situated in the central part of modern Vietnam, bordered by Tonkin to the north and Cochinchina to the south. In a colonial and dynastic context, the term denoted the entire territory controlled by the Nguyễn dynasty, used historically by the Chinese empire (as An Nam - Pacified South) and later by the administration of French Indochina prior to the unification and independence of the Vietnamese state.
• Annapolis — The capital of the state of Maryland in the United States of America and the county seat of Anne Arundel County, structurally situated on the Chesapeake Bay, at the mouth of the Severn River. The city is world-renowned as the home of the US Naval Academy and for its historic 18th-century architecture, having served historically (between 1783 and 1784) as the temporary capital of the United States, where the Treaty of Paris was signed.
• Arda — A proper name designating a major river in the Balkan Peninsula, a tributary of the Maritsa, rising in the Rhodope Mountains (Bulgaria) and flowing through northeastern Greece and a section of Turkey. In the context of J.R.R. Tolkien's high-fantasy legendarium, the term represents the mystical name of the entire created Earth, including continents and seas, configured as the structural realm for the history of Elves and Men.
• Ariceștii Zeletin — A commune and locality in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania, situated in the hilly area of the Curvature Subcarpathians, along the valley of the Zeletin River. The locality is structurally recognized for its colline relief, extensive fruit orchards, viticulture, and rural traditions preserved within the local communities of this geographical area.
• Arini — The name of several rural localities in Romania, such as Arini village in Găiceana commune, Bacău county, or Arini village in Brașov county; these toponyms are structurally linked to the historical presence of extensive alder forests or wetlands near the watercourses crossing the hearths of those respective villages.