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Auu.
n.  a hill in Uganda.


Auy.
n.  a well in Western Sahara.


Auya.
n.  a populated place in the Sandaun region of Papua New Guinea.


Ay.
(also Ai.)  n.  an island and village in Indonesia, near Great Banda Island, famous since the 15th century for its nutmeg plantations.

<Rozengain had little nutmeg and was therefore of no interest to Captain Colthurst, whilst Ai had an extremely treacherous shoreline which deterred all but the most foolhardy of mariners.  Nevertheless, it was “the paradice of all the rest [for] there is not a tree on that iland but the nutmeg.”  —Giles Milton, Nathaniel’s Nutmeg: Or, The True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed The Course Of History.>

ay.
adv.  ever, always.


adv.  indeed, verily.

<Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.  —Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet.>


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