Ames may refer to:
Places
United States
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Ames, Arkansas, a
place in Arkansas
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Ames, Colorado
Ames is an unincorporated community in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Ames is the site of the world's first system to generate and transmit alternating current electricity for industrial purposes (mining), the Ames Hydroelectric G ...
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Ames, Illinois
Ames is an unincorporated community in the Renault Precinct of Monroe County, Illinois, United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily locate ...
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Ames, Indiana
Ames is an unincorporated community in Union Township, Montgomery County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
It is located within the city limits
City limits or city boundaries refer to the defined boundary or border of a city. The area within th ...
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Ames, Iowa
Ames () is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States, located approximately north of Des Moines in central Iowa. It is best known as the home of Iowa State University (ISU), with leading agriculture, design, engineering, and veterinary medici ...
, the most populous city bearing this name
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Ames, Kansas
Ames is an unincorporated community in Cloud County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the community and nearby areas was 33. It is located a couple miles southwest of Clyde next to state highway K-9.
History
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Ames, Nebraska
Ames is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southern Dodge County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 24.
Ames lies along U.S. Route 30, west of the city of Fremont, the county seat of ...
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Ames, New York
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Ames, Oklahoma
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Ames, Texas
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Ames, West Virginia
Europe
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Ames, Pas-de-Calais
Ames () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Geography
A farming village situated some west of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D69 and the D91 roads and by the banks of ...
, France
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Ames, Spain
Ames is a municipality of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain in the province of A Coruña
The province of A Coruña (; es, La Coruña ; historical en, link=no, Corunna) is the northwesternmost province of Spain, and one of the four ...
Acronyms
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Air Ministry Experimental Station, used in radar designations
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AMES (school)
The Academy for Math, Engineering, & Science (AMES) is a public charter high school founded in 2003.
AMES primarily focuses on a STEM based advanced curriculum and is recognized as one of Utah's best high schools.
AMES serves grades 9-12 in Mur ...
, Academy for Math, Engineering, and Science, in Salt Lake City, Utah
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Apparent mineralocorticoid excess syndrome
Other uses
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Ames (automobile)
The Ames () company, originally established in 1881 by Frederick A. Ames, was a buggy manufacturer and later an American automobile manufacturer in Owensboro, Kentucky, from 1910 to 1925. A beetle-backed " gentleman's roadster" and a five-passen ...
, an American brand
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Ames Department Stores Inc.
Ames Department Stores Inc. was an American chain of discount stores based in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, United States. The company was founded in 1958 with a store in Southbridge, Massachusetts, and at its peak operated 700 stores in 20 states, i ...
, a defunct department store chain based in Connecticut
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Ames (surname)
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Ames family, the family associated with Ames True Temper
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Ames Manufacturing Company
Ames Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of swords, tools and cutlery in Chicopee, Massachusetts, as well as an iron and bronze foundry. They were a major provider of side arms, swords, light artillery, and heavy ordnance for the Union in the ...
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Ames Range, a mountain range in Antarctica
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Ames Research Center, NASA research center in California's Silicon Valley
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Ames True Temper, a manufacturing company which produces non-powered lawn and garden products
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Aldrich Ames
Aldrich Hazen "Rick" Ames (; born May 26, 1941) is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer turned KGB double agent, who was convicted of espionage in 1994. He is serving a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, in the Federa ...
, former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer turned KGB double agent now imprisoned for life with no parole
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Oakes Ames (botanist)
Oakes Ames (; September 26, 1874 – April 28, 1950) was an American biologist specializing in orchids. His estate is now the Borderland State Park in Massachusetts. He was the son of Governor of Massachusetts, Oliver Ames, and grandson of Con ...
, an American botanist specializing in orchids, known by the author abbreviation "Ames"
See also
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Amesville, Ohio
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Amesdale, Ontario
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Amesbury (disambiguation)
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