''Alas!'' is an
interjection used to express regret, sorrow, or grief.
Alas may also refer to:
Music
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Alas (band)
Alas are an operatic progressive metal band from Tampa, Florida, U.S.
History
Alas was formed and led by Death metal pioneer Morbid Angel ex-guitarist Erik Rutan. They also featured well known Cannibal Corpse bassist Alex Webster. They released an ...
, progressive metal band from USA
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ALAS (band)
Alas are an operatic progressive metal band from Tampa, Florida, U.S.
History
Alas was formed and led by Death metal pioneer Morbid Angel ex-guitarist Erik Rutan. They also featured well known Cannibal Corpse bassist Alex Webster. They released an ...
, a mid-1970s Argentine progressive rock band
Organizations
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ALAS Foundation
ALAS (Fundación América Latina en Acción Solidaria) is a non-profit with the intent to launch a new social movement for a collective commitment to comprehensive Early Childhood Development programs in Latin America.
ALAS was founded by Colombi ...
or ''Fundacion América Latina en Acción Solidaria'', an organization dedicated to children living in poverty in Latin America
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Artificial Limb & Appliance Service
The Artificial Limb & Appliance Service (ALAS) is an NHS Wales organisation providing support, equipment and rehabilitation to people with permanent or long-term impairment. It is commissioned by Health Commission Wales (an executive agency of the ...
, an organisation providing support, equipment and rehabilitation to people with limb impairment
Places
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Alas (East Timor)
Alas (East Timor) is a town in Alas Subdistrict. It is located in the interior of the island, 294 metres above sea level. As the crow flies, Alas is 56 km southeast of the state capital Dili und 7 km to the East of Same. Alas li ...
, a town in Alas Subdistrict
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Alàs, a village in the municipality of Alàs i Cerc, Catalonia, Spain
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Alas, Iran
Alast-e Olya ( fa, الست عليا, also Romanized as Alast-e ‘Olyā; also known as Alast-e Bālā, Alast Bālā, ‘Alās, and Alast) is a village in Safiabad Rural District, Bam and Safiabad District, Esfarayen County, North Khorasan Provin ...
, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran
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Alas Administrative Post
Alas, officially Alas Administrative Post (, ), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in the centre of Manufahi municipality, which lies in the centre of East Timor. Its seat or administrative centre is , and it is divide ...
, Manufahi District, East Timor
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Alas Islands The Alas Islands are part of Papua New Guinea. They are located at longitude 153.067 east and latitude 4.650 south.
The islands are the setting for W. Somerset Maugham's short story "The Vessel of Wrath "The Vessel of Wrath" is a short story by W. ...
, part of Papua New Guinea
Science
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Alas (geography), a steep-sided depression that is formed by the melting of ice and sometimes contains a lake
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5-aminolevulinate synthase
Aminolevulinic acid synthase (ALA synthase, ALAS, or delta-aminolevulinic acid synthase) is an enzyme () that catalyzes the synthesis of δ-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) the first common precursor in the biosynthesis of all tetrapyrroles such as hemes ...
, an enzyme expressed in eukaryotes in two forms: ALAS1 and ALAS2
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Aluminium arsenide
Aluminium arsenide () is a semiconductor material with almost the same lattice constant as gallium arsenide and aluminium gallium arsenide and wider band gap than gallium arsenide. (AlAs) can form a superlattice with gallium arsenide ( GaAs) which ...
or AlAs, a semiconductor material
Other
* ''Alas!'', an 1890 work of literature by
Rhoda Broughton
Rhoda Broughton (29 November 1840 – 5 June 1920) was a Welsh novelist and short story writer.Robert Hadji, "Rhoda Broughton" in Jack Sullivan (ed) (1986) ''The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural'' Viking Press, 1986, , p. 285 ...
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ALAS (missile), a Serbian long-range ground attack missile
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Alas (surname) Alas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Dennis Alas (born 1985), Salvadoran footballer
*Jaime Alas (born 1989), Salvadoran footballer
* José Inocencio Alas (born 1934), Salvadoran Roman Catholic priest
*Kevin Alas (born 1991), ...
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Alas language
Alas, Alas-Kluet, or ''Batak Alas'', is an Austronesian language of Sumatra. The three dialects, Alas, Kluet, and Singkil (Kade-Kade), may not constitute a single language; Alas may be closer to Karo, and the others closer to Dairi. By lingui ...
, an Austronesian language of Sumatra
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Alas people
The Alas people is an indigenous ethnic group from Kutacane, Southeast Aceh district, Sumatra, Indonesia. The Alas are found in the Gunung Leuser, Ketambe, and Alas River areas.
Van Daalen's Alas, Batak and Gayo campaign
At the final stage ...
, an ethnic group in Aceh, Indonesia
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Alas River
Alas River is a river in Aceh in northeastern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 1400 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.Lae Alas ...
, a river of Aceh, Indonesia
See also
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