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'''Ash''' may refer to:

== In general English use==
* Ash, the incombustible solid remains of a [[fire]], the residual debris produced by [[incineration]].
* Ashes, the remains of a cadaver after [[cremation]].
* [[Volcanic ash]], rocky powder material ejected from a volcano
* [[Fly ash]] and [[bottom ash]], coal-combustion products
* [[Ash tree]], any tree of the genus ''Fraxinus''
* [[Mountain ash]], any of a set of various trees generally not in the ''Fraxinus'' genus

== In the sciences==
* [[Ash (analytical chemistry)]], one of the components in the proximate analysis of biological materials, consisting mainly of carbonates and bicarbonates of metals
* [[Soda ash]], a common name for sodium carbonate
* [[Plasma ashing]], in semiconductor manufacturing, the process of removing the photoresist from an etched wafer

== In the humanities==
=== Media ===
* [[Ash (comic)]], created by Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti, published by Event Comics
* [[Ash Ketchum]], a Pokemon trainer from Pallet Town.

=== Music ===
* [[Ash (band)]], a Northern Irish rock-band

=== Linguistics ===
* [[Æ]], a letter used in Old English texts and commonly called "ash"
* [[near-open front unrounded vowel]], the sound that æ (lowercase ash) corresponds to in the International Phonetic Alphabet

=== Dance ===
* ''[[Ash (ballet)|Ash]]'', a ballet

==People and figures==
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* [[Aishwarya Rai]], actress from India, popularly known by her nickname: "Ash"
* [[Ash Atalla]], television producer
* [[Ash (director)]], [[Ashley Baron-Cohen]], film director usually credited as "Ash"
* [[Ash (band)]], Northern Irish band
* [[Ash (god)]], a hawk-god of the Sahara Desert in Egyptian mythology
* [[Ash (wrestler)]], a Canadian wrestler commonly known as "the Antihero" or "the Canadian Casanova"

===Fictional characters===
* [[Ash Williams]], the hero of the ''[[Evil Dead]]'' film-series
* [[Ash Ketchum]], the main character of the [[Pokémon]] anime
* [[Science Officer Ash]], the science-officer of the ''[[Nostromo (spaceship)|Nostromo]]'' in the 1979 film ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]''
* Ash, the phantom guardian of Marona in [[Phantom Brave]]
* [[Ash Crimson]], the latest main character in the ''[[King of Fighters]]'' game-series
* [[Ash (Supernatural)]], a recurring character on the [[Supernatural (TV series)]].
* Ashe, a character in ''[[List of Final Fantasy XII characters#Ashe|Final Fantasy XII]]''
* Ash, monster from [[Final Fantasy 9]] game, located on "Memoria" (Last game location).
* Ash, the protagonist of [[Avalon (Japanese film)| ''Avalon'']]
* Ash, a dragon-character in the video-game ''[[Kameo: Elements of Power]]""
* Ash, the protagonist of the novel ''Ash: A Secret History'' by [[Mary Gentle]]
* Ash (pro wrestler) based out of Toronto, Ont. Canada, Wrestles all over Canada, USA and Mexico
* Ashe Corven/The Crow 2 city of angels (Vincent Perez)
* Nina Ash, a werewolf from [[Angel (TV Series)]]
* [[Ash (MÄR)]], a character in the [[manga]] and [[anime]] series [[MÄR]]
* Ash, a controversial character from [[Bare Knuckle 3]]

==Places==
=== In the United Kingdom ===
The towns and villages named Ash take their name from the [[ash tree|tree]], whose name goes back to the Old English æsc.

* [[Ash-cum-Ridley]], near Sevenoaks, Kent, England
* [[Ash (near Sandwich)]], Kent, England
* [[Ash, Derbyshire]], England
* [[Ash (near Taunton)]], Somerset, England
* [[Ash (near Yeovil)]], Somerset, England
* [[Ash, Surrey]], England
* [[Ash (near Salway)]], Dorset, England
* [[Ash (near Stourpaine)]], Dorset, England
* [[Ash, Devon]], England

=== In the United States ===
* [[Ash, Texas]] in [[Houston County, Texas]]
* [[Ash, Missouri]] in [[Monroe County, Missouri]]
* [[Ash, North Carolina]] in [[Brunswick County, North Carolina]]
* [[Ash, Ohio]] in [[Licking County, Ohio]]
* [[Ash, Washington]] in [[Walla Walla County, Washington]]
* [[Ash, Oregon]] in Douglas County, Oregon
* [[Ash, West Virginia]] in [[Mason County, West Virginia]]
* [[Ash, Georgia]] in [[Paulding County, Georgia]]

==As "ASH" [[acronym]]==
* [[Almquist shell]] (ash), a command-line interface for computers running some variants of the Unix operating system
* [[Alt.suicide.holiday]], a Usenet newsgroup for people contemplating suicide
* [[Ash railway station]] (National Rail code: ASH), a rail station near Guildford, United Kingdom
* Ash or ASH, a breed of cat called the [[American Shorthair]]
* [[Action on Smoking and Health]], one of various organizations using this name world-wide and campaigning to eliminate the harm caused by tobacco
* [[American Society of Hematology]]
* [[ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat]], a tactical role-playing game for the Nintendo DS
* Active Session History, an [[Oracle database]] subsystem, introduced at version 10g for tuning and diagnostics
* ASH, the ICAO code for [[Mesa Airlines]]
* ASH, the NATO reporting name of the [[Bisnovat R-4]] air-to-air missile
* ASH, the airport code for [[Boire Field]] in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
* [[American School of the Hague]]
* [[Averaged Shifted Histogram]]

==See also==
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* [[Ash (surname)]]
* [[Ash Wednesday]]
* [[Ashe]]
* [[Ashes]]
* [[Ashley]] ("Ash" for short)

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