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Aino (given name) Aino is a female given name used in Finland, Estonia, and Japan. The name Aino, meaning "the only one" in Finnish, was devised by Elias Lönnrot, who compiled, from surviving oral folk sources which he had collected, the ''Kalevala''. In this ...

, a first name in Finland and Estonia *

Ainu people The Ainu are the indigenous people of the lands surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk, including Hokkaido Island, Northeast Honshu Island, Sakhalin Island, the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula and Khabarovsk Krai, before the arrival of the Y ...

(sometimes called ''Aino''), an ethnic group of northern Japan *

Ainu language Ainu (, ), or more precisely Hokkaido Ainu, is a language spoken by a few elderly members of the Ainu people on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. It is a member of the Ainu language family, itself considered a language family isolate ...

(also sometimes called ''Aino''), the language of the Ainu people *

Aino, Nagasaki was a town located in Minamitakaki District, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,051 and a density of 430.97 persons per km². The total area was 11.72 km². On October 11, 2005, Aino, along with t ...

, Japan, a former town, merged in 2005 into the city of Unzen *

Mount Aino , or Ainodake, is a peak of the Akaishi Mountains−Southern Alps, in Minami Alps National Park, Japan. At , it is the fourth tallest peak in Japan and the second highest in the Akaishi Mountains.

, a mountain in Japan *

Sony Ericsson Aino Sony Ericsson Aino is a touch screen based slider mobile phone. It has a multimedia PlayStation 3-inspired touch menu (like XrossMediaBar), a large touchscreen, VGA@30 FPS video recording. The screen is touch-enabled but only in the multimedia pa ...

, a telephone

Arts and entertainment

* ''Aino'' (Kajanus), a symphonic poem for male chorus and orchestra by Robert Kajanus *

Aino (mythology) Aino () is a figure in the Finnish national epic Kalevala. Description It relates that she was the beautiful sister of Joukahainen. Her brother, having lost a singing contest to the storied Väinämöinen, promised Aino's "hands and feet" in ma ...

, a figure in the Finnish national epic poem Kalevala * ''Aino'' (opera), a 1912 opera by Erkki Melartin based on the epic poem above * Minako or Mina Aino, alter ego of

Sailor Venus , better known as , is a fictional character in the ''Sailor Moon'' and '' Codename: Sailor V'' manga series written by Naoko Takeuchi. Minako is her sailor form's alternative human identity as part of the Sailor Soldiers, female supernatural fig ...

in the Sailor Moon franchise

Train stations

Aino Station (Hyōgo) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Sanda, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Lines Aino Station is served by the Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line), and is located 44. ...

, a train station in Sanda, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan *

Aino Station (Shizuoka) is a railway station in the city of Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai ). Lines Aino Station is served by the JR Tōkai Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 234.6 kilometers from the ...

, a train station in Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Arts and entertainment

Train stations

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