Ash
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Ash may refer to:
[edit] Products of fire, incineration or combustion
- The solid remains of a fire
- Incinerator bottom ash, a form of ash produced in incineration facilities
- Volcanic ash, material ejected from a volcano
- Ash (analytical chemistry), the compounds that remain after a scientific sample is burned
- Fly ash and bottom ash, products of coal combustion
- Wood ash, products of wood combustion
[edit] Trees and shrubs
- Ash (tree), Fraxinus, a genus of large trees, originally and most commonly known by this name. The name originated from their ash coloured bark.
- Mountain ash, Sorbus. In Britain the name mountain ash is usually restricted to Sorbus aucuparia while in North America it may be applied to all members of the genus.
- Prickly Ash. Zanthoxylum species may be called Prickly ash, especially Zanthoxylum americanum in North America.
- Eucalyptus species. In Australia, several eucalyptus' species are called ash because they too produce hard, fine-grained timber. The best known of these is the Mountain Ash.
[edit] Science
- Soda ash, a common name for sodium carbonate
- Plasma ashing, a process in semiconductor manufacturing
[edit] Media and entertainment
- Ash (artist), French graffiti artist
- Ash (band), Northern Irish rock band
- Ash (ballet) by Peter Martins (1991)
- Ash (comic), Comic book about a superhero firefighter
- Ash (director), independent filmmaker
- ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat, a video game
- Ash Ketchum, the main protagonist from the Pokémon anime.
[edit] Linguistics
- Æ, a letter used in Old English texts
- Near-open front unrounded vowel, the vowel sound represented by the æ symbol
[edit] Companies, organizations and schools
- Action on Smoking and Health, an anti-smoking charity
- American School of the Hague, a school in the Netherlands
- American Society of Hematology, an American professional organization
- Mesa Airlines, ASH in ICAO code
- Nashua Municipal Airport, ASH in IATA code
[edit] Names
[edit] Surname
- Brandon Ash, American racing driver
- Brian Ash, American screenwriter
- Brian Ash (bibliographer), bibliographer
- Daniel Ash, British guitarist
- Ed Ash, American car engine constructor
- Eric Ash, British electrical engineer and former Rector of Imperial College
- Gord Ash, baseball manager
- Haruhiko Ash, singer
- Isaac Colton Ash, California politician
- John Ash (divine) (1724–1779), lexicographer and minister
- John Ash (writer) (1948 - ), a poet, writer and travel writer
- Leslie Ash, British actress
- Maie Ash, British stage actress (1888 -- 1923)
- Marvin Ash, pseudonym of the American jazz pianist Marvin Ashbaugh
- Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman
- Meir Ash, one of several people including
- Rabbi Meir Eisenstadt
- Rabbi Meir Eisenstaedter
- Russell Ash, British writer
- Sam Ash, American businessman
- Timothy Garton Ash, British academic historian and writer
- William Ash, Canadian-American pilot
[edit] Given name
- Aishwarya Rai, Indian actress
- Ash Atalla, television producer
- Ash Bowie, American indie musician
- Ash (director), Ashley Baron-Cohen, film director usually credited as "Ash"
- Ash (god), a hawk-god of the Sahara Desert in Egyptian mythology
- Ash (wrestler), a Canadian wrestler commonly known as "the Antihero" or "the Canadian Casanova"
[edit] Fictional characters
- Ash Ketchum, the main character of the Pokémon anime
- Ash Williams, the hero of the Evil Dead film-series
- Science Officer Ash, the science-officer of the Nostromo in the 1979 film Alien
- Ash, the phantom guardian of Marona in Phantom Brave
- Ash Crimson, the latest main character in the King of Fighters game-series
- Ash (Supernatural), a recurring character on the Supernatural TV series.
- Ash (Black Cat) a fictional character from the anime Black Cat
- Ash, monster from Final Fantasy 9 game, located on "Memoria" (Last game location).
- Ash, the protagonist of Avalon
- Ash, a dragon-character in the video-game Kameo: Elements of Power
- Ash, the protagonist of the novel Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle
- Nina Ash, a werewolf from Angel (TV Series)
- Ash (MÄR), a character in the manga and anime series MÄR
- Ash, a controversial character from Bare Knuckle 3
- Ash, a controversial main character in Alex Rider: Snakehead
- Ashe, a character in Final Fantasy XII
[edit] Places
[edit] In Australia
- Ashburton railway station, Melbourne; station code ASH
[edit] In the United Kingdom
- Ash, Derbyshire, England
- Ash, Devon, England
- Ash, Surrey, England
- Ash (near Salway), Dorset, England
- Ash (near Stourpaine), Dorset, England
- Ash (near Sandwich), Kent, England
- Ash-cum-Ridley, near Sevenoaks, Kent, England
- Ash (near Taunton), Somerset, England
- Ash (near Yeovil), Somerset, England
[edit] In the United States
- Ash, California in Madera County, California
- Ash, North Carolina in Brunswick County, North Carolina
- Ash, Oregon in Douglas County, Oregon
[edit] Other meanings
- Ash (god), a figure in Egyptian mythology
- Ash (Aishwarya Rai), one of the nicknames of Indian actress Aishwarya Rai
- Ash railway station, a rail station near Guildford in the United Kingdom
- Almquist shell, a command-line interface for computers
- Alt.suicide.holiday, a Usenet newsgroup
- American Shorthair, a breed of cat
- Bisnovat R-4, a missile with the NATO reporting name ASH
- Ash Mountain, several mountains by this name in Canada and the USA
- Ash (Persian food)
- Asymmetric septal hypertrophy
[edit] See also
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