Ames

Ames may refer to:

In places in the US:

• Ames, Iowa, ninth-largest city in Iowa and location of Iowa State University.
• Ames, Kansas, an unincorporated community
• Ames, Nebraska, an unincorporated community
• Ames, New York, a village
• Ames, Oklahoma, a town
• Ames, Texas, a city
• Ames Monument, a memorial to brothers Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames, Jr. located in Wyoming

In places in Europe:

• Ames, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in northern France
• Ames, A Coruña, a municipality in Spain

Other:

• Ames (automobile), an American brand
• Ames Department Stores Inc., a defunct department store chain based in Connecticut
• Oakes Ames (botanist), an American botanist specializing in orchids, known by the author abbreviation "Ames"
• Ames Rubber Corporation

Acronyms:

• Air Ministry Experimental Station, used in radar designations
• AMES (school), Academy for Math, Engineering, and Science, in Salt Lake City, Utah
• Assisted Movement with Enhanced Sensation

People with the surname Ames:

• Ames (surname)

See also

• Ames Building, considered Boston's first skyscraper
• Ames crater, in Oklahoma, US
• NASA Ames Research Center, a facility in California, US
• Ames room, a distorted room used to create an optical illusion
• Ames strain of anthrax
• Ames Stradivarius, an antique violin
• Ames Straw Poll, in Ames, Iowa, US
• Ames test, a biological assay