''Alas!'' is an
interjection
An interjection is a word or expression that occurs as an utterance on its own and expresses a spontaneous feeling or reaction. It is a diverse category, encompassing many different parts of speech, such as exclamations ''(ouch!'', ''wow!''), curse ...
used to express regret, sorrow, or grief.
Alas may also refer to:
Music
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Alas (band), progressive metal band from USA
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ALAS (band), 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, an organisation providing support, equipment and rehabilitation to people with limb impairment
Places
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Alas (East Timor), 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, 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
William Somerset Maugham ( ; 25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an ...
, part of Papua New Guinea
Science
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Alas (geography)
Alas ( sah, Алаас) is a shallow depression which occurs primarily in Yakutia, which is formed by subsidence of the Arctic permafrost owing to repeated melting and refreezing. An alas first develops as a shallow lake as melt water fills the ...
, a steep-sided depression that is formed by the melting of ice and sometimes contains a lake
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5-aminolevulinate synthase, an enzyme expressed in eukaryotes in two forms: ALAS1 and ALAS2
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Aluminium arsenide 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)
ALAS (Advanced Light Attack System, sr, АЛАС) is a Serbian long-range multipurpose wire guided missile system developed by the private company EdePro and the state-owned Yugoimport SDPR. The ALAS missile system was developed primarily for ...
, 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, an Austronesian language of Sumatra
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Alas people, an ethnic group in Aceh, Indonesia
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Alas River, a river of Aceh, Indonesia
See also
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