Ai.

n.  a former fortified royal city of the Canaanites, now a ruin in West Bank.

<Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste!  —Jeremiah 49:3, Old Testament (NRSV).>

n.  a populated place in Nigeria.


n.  a populated place in Russia; a river in the South Ural mountains of Russia, the subject of artist David Burlyuk’s 1917 painting “Ai River.”


n.  a populated place in the Chiang Mai region of Thailand.


n.  a populated place in the P’yongan-namdo region of North Korea.


n.  a populated place in the Shimane region of Japan.


n.  a populated place in the Solomon Islands.


n.  a scenic river (literally “Love River” in Chinese) flowing through the heart of Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan and location of the romantic Kaohsiung Lantern Festival.

<A sudden rise in temperature yesterday in Kaohsiung City could be responsible for the deaths of 20,000 tonnes of fish in the Ai River.  —Chiu Yu-Tzu, “Tonnes of Fish Die on Ai River,” Taipei Times.>

ai.

n.  a small salmon-like fish of Japan, indigo blue in color.

<There is one type of sumi [ink] … that is referred to as ai-zumi because it has a bluish quality to it.  —Bob Brudd, “The Language of Koi,” Water Gardening Magazine.>

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