Asper may refer to: *Asper (') breathing mark in

romanization of Greek Romanization of Greek is the transliteration (alphabet, letter-mapping) or Transcription (linguistics), transcription (pronunciation, sound-mapping) of text from the Greek alphabet into the Latin alphabet. History The conventions for Greek ort ...

Asper (surname) Asper is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * David Asper, Vice-president of CanWest Global Communications Corp. * Frank W. Asper (1892–1973), Latter-day Saint composer and Mormon Tabernacle organist. * Gail Asper, President of ...

Asper, Missouri Asper is an extinct town in Carroll County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Io ...

, a ghost town *

Aemilius Asper Aemilius Asper, Latin grammarian, possibly lived in the 1st century AD or late 2nd century AD. Works Aemilius Asper wrote commentaries on Terence, Sallust and Virgil dealing with content and form, and including parallels with other authors. Numero ...

, Latin grammarian *

Aspron The ''aspron'' ( el, ἄσπρον), from Latin ''asper'', was a late Byzantine name for silver or silver-alloy coins. The Latin word ''asper'' originally meant "rough", but had gradually acquired the connotation of "fresh" or "freshly minted", i. ...

, a type of late Byzantine silver or billon coins *

Akçe The ''akçe'' or ''akça'' (also spelled ''akche'', ''akcheh''; ota, آقچه; ) refers to a silver coin which was the chief monetary unit of the Ottoman Empire. The word itself evolved from the word "silver or silver money", this word is deri ...

, an Ottoman silver coin, similar to the aspron *

Asper School of Business The Asper School of Business is located on the University of Manitoba, Fort Garry Campus in South Winnipeg, Manitoba. The school began in 1937 as the University of Manitoba Faculty of Management. The school was renamed in 2000 in honour of Izzy ...

, part of the University of Manitoba * Asper, a steel roller coaster manufactured by

Gerstlauer Gerstlauer Amusement Rides GmbH is a German manufacturer of stationary and transportable amusement rides and roller coasters, located in Münsterhausen, Germany. History In 1982, Hubert Gerstlauer, a former employee of the Anton Schwarzkopf-o ...

that operates at

Fun Land USA Fun is defined by the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' as "Light-hearted pleasure, enjoyment, or amusement; boisterous joviality or merrymaking; entertainment". Etymology and usage The word ''fun'' is associated with sports, entertaining medi ...

in Miami, FL

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