Air force academy
An air force academy or air academy is a national institution that provides initial officer training, possibly including undergraduate level education, to air force officer cadets who are preparing to be commissioned officers in a national air forc ...
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Air Force Academy, Colorado
Air Force Academy is a census-designated place (CDP) located in El Paso County, Colorado, El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The CDP includes the developed portion of the United States Air Force Academy, including the cadet housing facilit ...
, a locality occupied by the U.S. Air Force Academy
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United States Air Force Academy
The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is a United States service academies, United States service academy in Air Force Academy, Colorado, Air Force Academy Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colorado Springs. I ...
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Air Force Association
The Air & Space Forces Association (AFA) is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit, professional military association for the United States Air Force and United States Space Force. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, its declared mission is " ...
Association of Flight Attendants
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (commonly known as AFA) is a union representing flight attendants in the United States. As of January 2018, AFA represents 50,000 flight attendants at 20 airlines. Since 2004, AFA has been part of the C ...
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Brazilian Air Force Academy
The Brazilian Air Force Academy (AFA, ''Academia da Força Aérea'' in Portuguese) is the Brazilian Air Force's educational institution that provides initial officer training for the main Officer Board of Brazil's Air Force Command. The academy ...
Portuguese Air Force Academy
The Portuguese Air Force Academy (AFA, ''Academia da Força Aérea'' in Portuguese) is a Portuguese military higher education institution whose aim is to provide all its students with the training and the experience that will enable them to gr ...
(Portuguese: )
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Afa, Corse-du-Sud
Afa (), (), , is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department on the island and collectivity of Corsica, France.
Geography
Afa town is a small town about north-east of Ajaccio, located north-west of the Gravona valley. Highway N194 forms the s ...
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) is a crown corporation charged with development and promotion of the arts in Alberta, Canada
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is on ...
, arts funding body of Alberta, Canada
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Andorran Financial Authority
Andorran Financial Authority (AFA), known as ''Andorran National Institute of Finance'' (''INAF'') between 1989 and 2018, is a public financial institution founded in 1989 that provides functions of financial regulation and control of the finan ...
, the financial regulator of Andorra
Entertainment
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Anime Festival Asia
C3AFA, also known as Anime Festival Asia (AFA), is a series of anime conventions held in the Southeast Asian region, with a core annual convention held in Singapore. The main convention is traditionally held over a weekend in late November to e ...
, annual ACG event in Southeast Asian countries
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Anthology Film Archives
Anthology Film Archives is an international center for the film preservation, preservation, film studies, study, and film distribution, exhibition of film and video, with a particular focus on independent film, independent, experimental film, ex ...
, a film archive and theater
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ARY Film Awards
The ARY Film Awards (), commonly known as The AFA's, is an annual Pakistani awards ceremony honoring the cinematic achievements of film industry. Winners are awarded the golden statue, officially the ARY Film Award of Merit, that is much of ...
, a Pakistani Film Awarding Ceremony
Mythology and religion
* Afá, a West African religion, also known as Ifá in some languages
* Afa (mythology), in the Polynesian mythology of Samoa
Organizations
Argentina
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Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association (, ; AFA) is the governing body of football in Argentina based in Buenos Aires. It organises the main divisions of Argentine football league system, Argentine league system (from Argentine Primera División, Pri ...
Australia
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Aborigines' Friends' Association
The Aborigines' Friends' Association (AFA) was established out of concern for "the moral, spiritual and physical well-being" of Australian Aboriginal people from the Northern Territory and particularly South Australia. This organisation operated ...
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Atheist Foundation of Australia
The Atheist Foundation of Australia (AFA) was established in South Australia in 1970, when The Rationalist Association of South Australia decided upon a name change to better declare its basic philosophy, namely atheism.
The foundation defines ...
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Australian Family Association
The Australian Family Association (AFA) is a conservative Christian political organisation. It was founded in 1980 by the National Civic Council's then president, B. A. Santamaria.
Beliefs and lobbying
The AFA states they were formed to "provi ...
Austria
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Academic Forum for Foreign Affairs
The United Nations Youth and Students Association of Austria (UNYSA-Austria) - Academic Forum for Foreign Affairs (AFA) was founded on January 22, 1991, and is the Austrian non-partisan organization for young people, students, and graduates intere ...
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Austrian Football Association
The Austrian Football Association (; ÖFB) is the governing body of football in Austria. It organises the football league, Austrian Bundesliga, the Austrian Cup and the Austria national football team, as well as its female equivalent. It is b ...
France
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Trâ Armânami Association of French Aromanians
The Trâ Armânami Association of French Aromanians (; , ; meaning "for Aromanian-dom") is an Aromanian cultural organization in France headquartered at Paris. It was founded in 1978 by Iancu Perifan.
The AFA became entangled shortly thereaf ...
, or in French
Germany
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Accumulatoren-Fabrik AFA The Accumulatoren-Fabrik Aktiengesellschaft (AFA) was a manufacturer of lead-acid batteries established in 1890 by Adolph Müller of the ''Accumulatoren-Fabrik Tudorschen Systems Müller & Einbeck'' with the participation of the Siemens AG and AEG ...
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Agentur für Arbeit
The economy of Germany is a Developed country, highly developed social market economy. It has the largest national economy in Europe, the List of countries by GDP (nominal), third-largest by nominal GDP in the world, and the List of countries ...
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Antifaschistische Aktion
''Antifaschistische Aktion'' (, ) was a communist militant organisation in the Weimar Republic, founded and controlled by the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). ''Antifaschistische Aktion'' opposed anti-Nazi resistance efforts by moderate par ...
Sweden
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Antifascistisk aktion
The Antifascistisk aktion (AFA) is a far-left, extra-parliamentary, anti-fascist movement in Sweden, whose stated goal is to "smash fascism in all its forms". The purpose of the organization is to exchange information and to coordinate activities ...
Taiwan
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Agriculture and Food Agency
The Agriculture and Food Agency (AFA; ) is an agency of the Ministry of Agriculture of Taiwan (ROC) handling affairs related to agricultural production.
Organizational structure
Operational divisions
*Planning Division
*Crop Production Div ...
United Kingdom
*Amateur Fencing Association, former name of
British Fencing Association
British Fencing (BF), formerly the British Fencing Association is the national governing body (NGB) for the Olympic sport of fencing in the United Kingdom.
History
In 1902, the Amateur Fencing Association (AFA) was founded as the governing bo ...
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Amateur Football Alliance
The Amateur FA (Football Alliance) is a county football association in England. It is unusual among county FAs in not serving a particular geographical area. It was founded in 1906 as the Amateur Football Defence Council, was briefly known as t ...
, formerly Amateur Football Association
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Anti-Fascist Action
Anti-Fascist Action (AFA) was a militant anti-fascist organisation, founded in the UK in 1985 by a wide range of anti-racist and anti-fascist organisations.
It was active in fighting far-right organisations, particularly the National Front a ...
Institute of Financial Accountants
The Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA) is a professional accountancy body representing and providing certification for financial accountants in the United Kingdom. The IFA is a full member of the International Federation of Accountants.
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*Approved Franchise Association, one of three trade associations for the UK
franchising
Franchising is based on a marketing concept which can be adopted by an organization as a strategy for business expansion. Where implemented, a franchisor licenses some or all of its know-how, procedures, intellectual property, use of its busines ...
industry.
United States
Military
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Admiral Farragut Academy
Admiral Farragut Academy, established in 1933, is a private, College-preparatory school, college-preparatory school serving students in grades K–12, K-12. Farragut is located in St. Petersburg, Florida in Pinellas County and is surrounded by t ...
Sports
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American Football Association (1884–1924)
The American Football Association (AFA) was the first attempt in the United States to form an organizing association football, soccer body.
It was the second oldest sports league to form, behind the National League (baseball), National League ...
, first organization for association football (soccer) in the U.S.
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American Football Association (1978–1983) American Football Association may refer to:
* American Football Association (1884–1924)
The American Football Association (AFA) was the first attempt in the United States to form an organizing association football, soccer body.
It was the se ...
, a minor professional gridiron football league
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Arena Football Association
The Arena Football Association (AFA) was a professional indoor football league based in Texas, Kansas and Mississippi, United States. The league began operation in June 2021 with five teams, known that season as the Lone Star Series. The league ...
, a minor professional indoor gridiron football league
American Federation of Arts
The American Federation of Arts (AFA) is a nonprofit organization that creates art exhibitions for presentation in museums around the world, publishes exhibition catalogues, and develops education programs. The organization’s founding in 1909 ...
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American Federation of Astrologers
The American Federation of Astrologers (AFA) was incorporated on May 4, 1938, in Washington, D.C. Now headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, AFA was established to encourage and promote the practice and belief of astrology through research, teaching, le ...
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American Finance Association
The American Finance Association (AFA) is an academic organization whose focus is the study and promotion of knowledge of financial economics. It was formed in 1939. Its main publication, the ''Journal of Finance'', was first published in 1946. ...
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American Forensics Association
The American Forensic Association is an American organisation which promotes and supports competitive debating and public speaking
Public speaking, is the practice of delivering speeches to a live audience. Throughout history, public speaking ...
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American Forestry Association
American Forests is a 501(c)(3) non-profit conservation organization, established in 1875, and dedicated to protecting and restoring healthy forest ecosystems. The current headquarters are in Washington, D.C.
Activities
The mission of America ...
Asatru Folk Assembly
The Asatru Folk Assembly (AFA) is a white nationalist international Ásatrú organization, founded by Stephen A. McNallen in 1994. Many of the assembly's doctrines, heavily criticized by most heathens, are based on ethnicity, an approach it cal ...
* Afa Ah Loo (d. 2025), Samoan fashion designer
* Afa Anoaʻi Jr. (born 1984), American professional wrestler
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Afa Anoaʻi
Afa Amituanaʻi Anoaʻi (November 21, 1943 – August 16, 2024) was a Samoan-American professional wrestler and professional wrestling manager. He is best known for performing with his brother Sika as The Wild Samoans. He operated the Wo ...
(1942–2024), Samoan-American professional wrestler
Other uses
*Afa, a diminutive of the Russian female first name Aviafa
*AFA, an all-flash array in computing.
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AFA (automobile)
The Aymerich Fábrica de Automoviles (AFA) was a Spanish automobile manufactured between 1943 and 1944.
Cabriolet
Little is known about the marque other than that a few (1 or 2) 5 cv 4-cylinder cabriolets were built by Joan Aymerich Casanoves in ...
, a Spanish automobile
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Afro-Asiatic languages
The Afroasiatic languages (also known as Afro-Asiatic, Afrasian, Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic) are a language family (or "phylum") of about 400 languages spoken predominantly in West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of th ...
(ISO 639-3 code)
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Alternating finite automaton In automata theory, an alternating finite automaton (AFA) is a nondeterministic finite automaton whose transitions are divided into '' existential'' and '' universal'' transitions. For example, let ''A'' be an alternating automaton.
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Amfonelic acid
Amfonelic acid (AFA; WIN 25,978) is a research chemical and dopaminergic stimulant with antibiotic properties. Limited clinical trials have been conducted, and it is primarily used in scientific research.
History
The stimulant properties of AFA ...
Aphanizomenon flos-aquae
''Aphanizomenon flos-aquae'' is a diverse group of cyanobacteria with both toxic and non-toxic strains found in brackish and freshwater environments globally, including the Baltic Sea and the Great Lakes.
Cyanobacteria were the first organisms t ...
'', an edible blue-green algae
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Asian Film Awards
The Asian Film Awards are presented annually by the Asian Film Awards Academy to recognise the excellence of the film professionals in the film industries of Asian cinema.
History
On January 29, 2007, Wilfred Wong, the Chairman of Hong Kon ...
, an annual Hong Kong award
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