Ajax

Introduction

Look up Ajax or AJAX in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ajax may refer to:

Greek mythology and tragedy

[edit] Ajax the Great, son of King Telamon and Periboea Ajax the Lesser, son of Oileus, the king of Locris Ajax (play), by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles, about Ajax the Great

Arts and entertainment

[edit] Fictional characters[edit] Ajax Duckman, in the animated television series Duckman Marvel Comics: Ajax the Greater, another name for Ajak, one of the Eternals Ajax the Lesser, another name for Arex, one of the Eternals Ajax, a member of the Pantheon Ajax (Francis Freeman), a supervillain Martian Manhunter, a DC Comics superhero called Ajax in Brazil and Portugal Ajax, a Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 operative Ajax, the real name of Tartaglia, a character in the 2020 video game Genshin Impact Ajax Petropolus, a character in the TV series Wednesday Music[edit] A-Jax (band), a South Korean boy band Ajax (band), an electronic music band from New York City Ajax (opera), by the French composer Toussaint Bertin de la Doué DJ Ajax (1971–2013; born Adrian Thomas), an Australian electro mashup DJ Lisa Ajax (born 1998), Swedish singer "Ajax" (song), a song by Tante Leen, 1969 Ajax Records, a former North American record company Other arts and entertainment[edit] Ajax (painting), a painting by John Steuart Curry Ajax (Disney), a fictional company (the Disney equivalent of Looney Tunes' Acme Corporation) A-Jax (video game), a 1987 Konami arcade game

Computing

[edit] Ajax (floppy disk controller), a floppy disk controller fitted to the Atari STE Ajax (programming), Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, a method used in web application development, and a software framework for it

Places

[edit] Canada[edit] Ajax (federal electoral district), in the Durham Region of Ontario Ajax (provincial electoral district), in Ontario Ajax, Ontario, a town in the Greater Toronto Area United States[edit] Ajax, Louisiana, an unincorporated community Ajax, Missouri, a ghost town Ajax Peak, a summit near Telluride, Colorado Ajax, South Dakota, an unincorporated community Ajax, Utah, a ghost town Ajax, Virginia, an unincorporated community Ajax, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Aspen Mountain (Colorado), also known as Ajax Mountain Elsewhere[edit] Mount Ajax, part of the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctic 1404 Ajax, an asteroid

People

[edit] Ajax (missionary), Arian missionary who converted the Suevi to Christianity (c. 466) Ajax Bukana (d. 2006), Ghanaian state comedian Ajax Delgado (1941–1960), Nicaraguan student activist Ajax, pen name of Sidney William Jackson (1873–1946), Australian naturalist and ornithologist Ajax, nickname of Heinrich Bleichrodt (1909–1977), German World War II U-boat commander

Sport

[edit] Association football (soccer)[edit] AFC Ajax, a football club in Amsterdam, the Netherlands Ajax Cape Town F.C., a South African football club Ajax Futebol Clube, a Brazilian football club Ajax de Ouenzé, a Congolese football club FC Ajax Lasnamäe, an Estonian football club Ajax Orlando Prospects, American soccer team from Orlando, Florida, a.k.a. Ajax America Ajax America Women, American women's soccer team from California Aias Salamina F.C., a football club in Salamina, Greece Ajax Sportsman Combinatie, a cricket and football club in Leiden, the Netherlands Rabat Ajax F.C., a Maltese football club Unión Ájax, a football club in Trujillo, Honduras V.V. Ajax, a Surinamese football club Other sports[edit] Aias Evosmou, a Greek sports club Ajax København, a Danish handball team Ajax (horse) (born 1901), a French Champion racehorse Ajax II (born 1934), an Australian Champion racehorse

Military

[edit] HMS Ajax, several ships of the Royal Navy USS Ajax, several ships of the US Navy General Dynamics Ajax, a family of armoured fighting vehicles for the British Army Operation Ajax, the 1953 Iranian coup d'état

Transport

[edit] Motor vehicles[edit] Ajax (1906 automobile), a Swiss automobile Ajax (1913 automobile), a French automobile by the American Briscoe brothers Ajax (1914 automobile), an American automobile by Ajax Motors Co. of Seattle, Washington AJAX Engineering, an Indian concrete construction machinery company Ajax (Nash Motors), an automobile brand of Nash Motors, 1925–1926 Ajax Motors Co., an American carmaker, manufacturer of the Ajax (1914 automobile) Railway[edit] Ajax (locomotive), several train locomotives Ajax GO Station, a train and bus station in Ajax, Ontario, Canada Other transport[edit] Ajax (motorcycle), manufactured in England between 1923 and 1924 Ajax (crane barge), a floating crane used to install the Panama Canal locks Ajax (ship), various ships

Other uses

[edit] AFC Ajax N.V., a sports company associated with AFC Ajax Ajax, a taxonomic synonym for the plant genus Narcissus Ajax (cleaning product), a brand of household cleaning products AJAX furnace, a type of open hearth furnace Ajax High School, a public high school in Ajax, Ontario, Canada

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