Alain
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Alain may refer to:
- Alain (name), both a surname and common given name
- 1969 Alain1969 Alain1969 Alain is a main belt asteroid discovered on February 3, 1935 by Sylvain Julien Victor Arend at Uccle.- External links :*...
(1935 CG), a Main-belt Asteroid discovered in 1935 - Al Ain International AirportAl Ain International AirportAl Ain International Airport is an airport located in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. It was opened in March 31, 1994. Fourteen flights and 4,000 passenger pass through the airport each week...
in the United Arab Emirates - Alain AfflelouAlain AfflelouAlain Afflelou is a French retail chain specializing in optical services and sales of the Alain Afflelou brand of eyewear. Created in 1972 in Bouscat by Alain Afflelou , as of 2007 the company had over 894 stores, 201 of which were in Spain.In 2006, Bridgepoint Capital, a UK investment firm,...
, a French retail chain specializing in optical services and sales of the Alain Afflelou brand of eyewear - Alain (crab), a PinnotheridaePinnotheridaePinnotheridae is a family of pea crabs. Pea crabs are tiny soft-bodied crabs that live commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve molluscs...
genusGenusIn biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia... - Alain Van Kerckhoven éditeur, a classical music publishing company based in Brussels, Belgium
- Émile ChartierÉmile ChartierÉmile-Auguste Chartier, commonly known as Alain was a French philosopher, journalist, and pacifist.Alain entered lycée d'Alençon in 1881 and studied there for five years...
(1868–1951), French philosopher and antimilitarist commonly known as Alain - Prix Alain-GrandboisPrix Alain-GrandboisThe Prix Alain-Grandbois or Alain Grandbois Prize is awarded each year to an author for a book of poetry. The jury is composed of three members of the Académie des lettres du Québec...
or Alain Grandbois Prize is awarded each year to an author for a book of poetry - Rosa 'Alain'Rosa 'Alain'Alain is a popular red floribunda rose variety.It was developed by the Meilland family of France and introduced in 1948, named for present-day company head Alain Meilland, a young boy at the time. The new variety won a gold medal at Geneva that year....
, popular red floribunda rose variety - Val-Alain, QuebecVal-Alain, QuebecVal-Alain is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 930 as of 2009. It is named after Alain Chartier Joly de Lotbinière, grandson of Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, former premier...
, a village of 950 people in Quebec, Canada