Angas may refer to:
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Angas, Iran
Angas ( fa, انگاس, also Romanized as Angās; also known as Angāsh) is a village in Tavabe-e Kojur Rural District, Kojur District, Nowshahr County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 125, in 42 families.
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, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran
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Division of Angas (1903–1934)
The Division of Angas was an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. The division was created in 1903 and abolished in 1934. It was named for George Fife Angas, a South Australian pioneer, and was based in various rural areas to the ...
, in Australia
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Division of Angas (1949–1977)
The Division of Angas was an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. The division was created in 1949 and abolished in 1977. It was named for George Fife Angas, a South Australian pioneer.
Angas was based in eastern and north-easte ...
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Electoral district of Angas
Angas was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of t ...
, in Australia
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River Angas
The River Angas, part of the River Murray catchment, is a river that is located in the Adelaide Hills region in the Australian state of South Australia.
Course and features
The River Angas arises on the eastern side of the Mount Lofty Ranges. ...
, in Australia
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Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area
Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) is an Aboriginal Australian-owned pastoral lease, within the MacDonnell Shire area, south-west of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, east from Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park (Ayers Rock), south ...
, in Australia
Other uses
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Angas'', a junior synonym for the moth genus now known as ''Actias''
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Angas (surname) Angas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Caleb Angas (1782–1860), English agriculturist
* Charles Howard Angas (1861–1928), pastoralist in South Australia, son of John Howard Angas
*George Fife Angas (1789–1879), English ...
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Angas people
The Ngas people (also known as the Agas and Angas) are an ethnic group in Plateau State Nigeria. They speak an Afro-asiatic languaged called Ngas. Recent studies have indicated there are roughly 727,000 Ngas people in Nigeria today.
History
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, an ethnic group of Nigeria
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Angas language
Ngas, or Angas, is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. The language has two dialects: Hill Angas and Plain Angas. Retired General Yakubu Gowon is a prominent Nigerian who is of Ngas extraction.
Neighbouring languages
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, spoken in Nigeria
*Angas, inhabitants of the ancient Indian kingdom of
Anga
Anga (Sanskrit: ) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of eastern South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The members of the Aṅga tribe were called the Āṅgeyas.
Counted among the "sixteen great nations" in Buddhist texts ...
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Jain Angas
Jain literature (Sanskrit: जैन साहित्य) refers to the literature of the Jain religion. It is a vast and ancient literary tradition, which was initially transmitted orally. The oldest surviving material is contained in the ca ...
, subdivisions of Jain sacred texts
See also
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Anga (disambiguation)
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