Ake (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Ake may refer to:
Surname
Places
- AkeAkeAke is an archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, located in the municipality of Tixkokob. in the Mexican state of Yucatán; 40 km east of Mérida, Yucatán....
, archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, located in the state of Yucatán, Mexico - Ake SiteAke SiteThe Ake Site is a name for a prehistoric archaeological location near the town of Datil in the San Augustine Basin of Catron County, New Mexico. It was listed on the New Mexico Register of Cultural Properties in 1975, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The Ake Site is...
, archaeological site near the town of Datil, New Mexico, USA
People
Given name- ÅkeÅkeÅke is a masculine Swedish given name, possibly derived from the medieval Germanic name Anicho, derived from ano meaning "ancestor". In Sweden, May 8 is the Name day for Åke. There are variant spellings, including the Danish/Norwegian Åge. Åke is uncommon as a surname...
, a given name, origin and list of people with the first name "Åke" - A'ke, a fictional character in The Deer and the CauldronThe Deer and the CauldronThe Deer and the Cauldron, also known as The Duke of Mount Deer, is a novel by Jin Yong, and was the last of Jin Yong's works. The novel was initially published as a serial, and ran between October 24, 1969 to September 23, 1972 in Ming Pao.Although the book is often termed as a wuxia novel, it is...
Surname
- Claude AkeClaude AkeProfessor Claude Ake was a Nigerian political scientist. Ake gained a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1966 and during his life he held various academic positions at institutions around the world, including Yale University , University of Nairobi , University of Dar es Salaam and University of...
(1939–1996), Nigerian political scientist - Simeon AkéSimeon AkéSimeon Aké was an Ivorian politician.Simeon Aké studied law in the University of Dakar in Senegal, and gained his certificate in 1957. Aké began his political career as Director of Protocol of State in from 1959–60, when the Ivory Coast gained independence...
, (b. 1932) Ivorian politician
Fictional characters
- Åke RaaskÅke RaaskÅke Raask is a fictive Swedish singer from the 1970s played by the Swedish actor Carl-Johan Sundberg.The character Raask is a Swedish singer and entertainer supposedly born 28 April 1948 in Hammar, Sweden and active in Sweden and West Germany in the 1970s; at the end of the decade he is supposed to...
, fictive Swedish singer from the 1970s played by the Swedish actor Carl-Johan Sundberg
Other uses
- Ake and His WorldAke and His WorldAke and His World is a children's fiction book by Swedish poet Bertil Malmberg, published in 1924, and was also the first book by Barbara Cooney, who was to later win the Caldecott Medal twice, for both Chanticleer and the Fox and Ox-Cart Man. It was adapted to film in 1984, starring Allan Edwall....
, children's fiction book by Swedish poet Bertil Malmberg, published in 1924 - Ake v. OklahomaAke v. OklahomaAke v. Oklahoma, 470 U.S. 68 , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that an indigent criminal defendant had a right to have the state provide a psychiatric evaluation to be used in the defendant's behalf if he needed it....
, Supreme Court of the United States case that held an indigent criminal defendant has a right to have the state provide a psychiatric evaluation to be used in the defendant's behalf if the defendant needs it. - AKE, the US Navy designation for a Dry Stores Replenishment Ship