Aa.

n.  a traditional Norwegian fishing village (also spelled Å); a small town in the Nordland and Troms regions of Norway.

<British policeman Paul Perry plans to ride his bicycle from “A” to “B,” he said Tuesday, adding that this jaunt will carry him from Norway to Nebraska.  Perry’s journey, expected to kick off Friday, would take him from the fishing village of Aa, some 1,500 kilometres north of the capital, Oslo.  From Aa, he plans to ride 10,000 kilometres through Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and to France, before taking a ferry to Britain and riding across the country to take a ship to New York.  He’ll then cycle north into Canada, making his way to Ottawa before pedalling to Toronto and then to Windsor before dipping back into the United States at Detroit.  If he’s successful, Perry said he’ll end his trip in Bee, Nebraska.  —Associated Press, “Cop to Bike From ‘Aa to Bee’.”>

n.  a variety of orchid.

<[T]he incredible tiny altiplano bog orchid Aa nervosa was in full bloom in April this year [in Atacama, Chile].  —Alto Andino Nature Tours, BirdingAltoAndino.com.>

n.  a village in Estonia.

<A total of 15 Iraqi refugees who are awaiting adjudication of their status remain in a holding center in the town of Aa, near the city of Kohtla Jarve in northeastern Estonia.  —Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State, “Human Rights Practices for 1998 Report.”>

n.  an intermittent stream in Ethiopia.


n.  an island in the Vava’u region of Tonga.

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