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aaaaaeeeee.
n.  the sound of a six-month-old baby singing, as described in the novel Edwin Mullhouse by Steven Millhauser.


aaaaooooooooo.
interj.  a cry of sweet victory, as in The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman.


aaiee.
interj.  a cry of sheer terror, as when one is chased by the living dead in the graphic novel Uzumaki 2 by Junji Ito.


aaiiii-eeee.
interj.  a shriek of surprise; see also aiieee.

<“Aaiiii-eeee!”  She didn’t even bother to muffle her voice this time.  —Shari Macdonald, A Match Made in Heaven.>

Aauaua.
n.  a river in Brazil, as discussed in “A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia” by Jeff Miller.


Ae.
n.  an island in the Marshall Islands.


ae.
n.  one (Scottish), as in the traditional Scottish folk song “Ae fond Kiss.”



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