Avis
Encyclopedia
Businesses
- Avis Budget GroupAvis Budget GroupAvis Budget Group, Inc. operates Avis Rent A Car System, LLC , Budget Rent A Car System, Inc. and Budget Truck Rental, LLC...
, founded in 2006 as the successor company to Cendant Corporation- Avis Rent a Car SystemAvis Rent A Car SystemAvis Rent a Car System, LLC is a car rental company headquartered in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, New Jersey, United States. Avis, Budget Rent a Car and Budget Truck Rental are all units of Avis Budget Group....
, a car rental company - Avis Worldwide Foreign Education Services, a worldwide foreign education company formed and owned by Sandeep S Pillai.
- Avis Rent a Car System
- Haugesunds AvisHaugesunds AvisHaugesunds Avis is a daily newspaper published in Haugesund, Norway, but with branches in Bømlo, Kopervik, Odda, Sauda and Stord.Founded in 1895, it is today owned by the investment group Mecom Group, and is as such part of the media group Edda Media. In 2006, Haugesunds Avis had a circulation of...
, a daily newspaper published in Haugesund, Norway - Farsunds AvisFarsunds AvisFarsunds Avis is a local newspaper published in Farsund, Norway. It covers Farsund, Lyngdal and Hægebostad. It was established in 1889.- Farsunds Avis today :...
, a newspaper published in Farsunds, Norway - Flensborg AvisFlensborg AvisFlensborg Avis is a Danish language daily newspaper, published in Flensburg , Germany.Flensborg Avis was founded October 1, 1869, in Flensburg by members of the Danish minority in the Province of Schleswig-Holstein. It now represents the Danish minority in Southern Schleswig...
, a Danish-language newspaper published in Flensburg, Germany - Moss AvisMoss AvisMoss Avis is a local newspaper in Moss, Norway. Having a rivalry with Moss Dagblad, it is published six days a week. The chief editor is Pål Enghaug....
, a newspaper published in Moss, Norway - Rakkestad AvisRakkestad AvisRakkestad Avis is a local newspaper published in Rakkestad, Norway. It was published as Østfold Bygdeblad in Mysen from 1941 to 1986....
, a newspaper published in Rakkestad, Norway - Rogalands AvisRogalands AvisRogalands Avis is a local newspaper published in Stavanger, Norway. It covers Stavanger and the rest of southern Rogaland. It was established in 1899....
, a newspaper published in Stavanger, Norway - Sogn AvisSogn AvisSogn Avis is a Norwegian newspaper, published in Leikanger in Sogn og Fjordane county. It was named Sogns Avis from 1926 to 1972 and Sogningen/Sogns Avis from 1972 to 1993....
, a newspaper published in Leikanger, Norway - Stavanger AvisStavanger AvisStavanger Avis was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Stavanger in Rogaland county. Its allegiance was Liberal.Stavanger Avis was started in 1888 as Rogalands Folkeblad, its name changed in 1889. The first editors were Oddmund Vik and Alexander Kielland. In 1899 the newspaper absorbed a...
, a newspaper published in Stavanger, Norway - Skotfos AvisSkotfos AvisSkotfos Avis was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Skotfoss in Telemark county.Skotfos Avis was started on 1 October 1901, and was somewhat special in its time in that it was an apolitical newspaper, designed to be the local newspaper of entire Skotfoss. It cooperated with the local company...
, a newspaper published in Skotfos, Norway
Given name
- Avis BohlenAvis BohlenAvis Thayer Bohlen is a diplomat and former Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and United States Ambassador to Bulgaria . Her parents were Charles E. Bohlen, former Ambassador to the Soviet Union , and Avis Howard Thayer...
(born 1940), American diplomat, former Ambassador to Bulgaria - Avis BunnageAvis BunnageAvis Bunnage was a British actress of film, stage and television.She attended Manley Park Municipal School and Chorlton Central School in Manchester. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress...
(1923-1990), British actress of film, stage and television - Avis M. DryAvis M. DryAvis M. Dry was a clinical psychologist and an author on the psychology of Carl Jung.-Biography:Although British by birth, she spent much of her early life in New Zealand after her parents emigrating here when she was five. Dry obtained her Bachelors and Masters degrees from Victoria University of...
(1922–2007), clinical psychologist and author on the psychology of Carl Jung - Avis FavaroAvis FavaroAvis Favaro is a Canadian medical correspondent for CTV News since 1992. She has won numerous awards including a Gemini Award....
(born 1958), Canadian medical correspondent for CTV News since 1992 - Avis GrayAvis GrayAvis Gray is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1990, and again from 1992 to 1995.Gray was born in Virden, Manitoba, and was educated at the University of Manitoba...
(born 1954), politician in Manitoba, Canada - Avis KimbleAvis KimbleAvis Kimble is an American model. At age 17 she was photographed by Jon Pownall to become Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1962 issue....
(born 1944), American model - Avis McIntoshAvis McIntoshAvis McIntosh is a former New Zealand sprinter.She joined Lynndale Amateur Athletic and Harrier Club in the children's division in the 12-13 year old age group. She also ran for Glen Eden, Waitemata and Owairaka...
(born 1938), New Zealand former sprinter - Avis Miller (born 1945), American model
- Avis TuckerAvis TuckerAvis Tucker owned the The Daily Star-Journal in Warrensburg, Missouri from 1947 to 2007.She was born Avis Green in Concordia, Kansas. When she was 18 months her parents moved to Pleasant Hill, Missouri...
(1915-2010), American owner and publisher of The Daily Star-Journal newspaper - Avis Stearns Van WagenenAvis Stearns Van WagenenAvis Stearns Van Wagenen was a partner in E. C. Stearns & Company, a hardware business, with her brother, Edward C. Stearns in the late 19th century in Syracuse, New York.-Biography:...
(1841-1907), a partner in E. C. Stearns & Company
Family name
- House of AvizHouse of AvizThe House of Aviz is a dynasty of kings of Portugal. In 1385, the Interregnum of the 1383-1385 crisis ended with the acclamation of the Master of the Order of Aviz, John, natural son of king Peter I and Dona Teresa Lourenço as king...
(currently spelled Avis), the Portuguese royal dynasty - David AvisDavid AvisDavid Michael Avis is a Canadian and British computer scientist known for his contributions to geometric computations. Avis is a professor in computational geometry and applied mathematics in the School of Computer Science, McGill University, in Montreal.Avis received his Ph.D. in 1977 from...
(born 1951), Canadian and British computer scientist - Gary AvisGary AvisGary Avis is an English ballet dancer and Principal Character Artist with The Royal Ballet, a leading classical ballet company based in London, England. Born in Ipswich, he began studying dance locally at the age of 12, later attending the Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts in Sidcup, Kent...
, dancer with The Royal Ballet - Paul AvisPaul AvisPaul Avis is an Anglican priest, theologian and ecumenist. He was General Secretary of the Church of England’s Council for Christian Unity from 1998 to 2011 and is currently Theological Consultant to the Anglican Communion Office, London. At the University of Exeter he is honorary Professor of...
, Anglican priest, theologian and ecumenist - Samuel B. AvisSamuel B. AvisSamuel Brashear Avis was an American politician who represented West Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1913-1915....
(1872-1924), American politician - Warren AvisWarren AvisWarren Edward Avis was an American entrepreneur who founded Avis Rent A Car System Inc. in 1946.Born in Bay City, Michigan, Avis graduated from Bay City Central High School in 1933, and served in the United States Army Air Force during the Second World War...
(1915-2007), the founder of Avis Rent A Car
Places
- Avis, PennsylvaniaAvis, PennsylvaniaAvis is a borough in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,492 at the 2000 census. Avis elected a Libertarian as mayor in the 2007 election...
, United States, a borough - Avis Municipality, in the south of Portugal
- Avis DamAvis DamThe Avis Dam is a dam outside of Windhoek, Namibia. It was built in 1933 by the South African colonial authorities. It first flooded in April 1934, but only exceeded 75% again in 2007....
, near Windhoek, Namibia
Science and technology
- calcar avis (hippocampus minor), an involution of the ventricular wall produced by the calcarine fissure
- The free software implementation of the ElvinElvinElvin is a distributed event routing service using a publish/subscribe event delivery model. It was originally developed at the Distributed Systems Technology Centre, an Australian Co-operative Research Centre based at the University of Queensland which operated from 1992 until mid 2006.- The Elvin...
network event routing specification.
Vehicles
, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918- Auster AvisAuster Avis-See also:...
, a four-seat light aircraft developed from the Auster Autocrat (abandoned project) - Avro AvisAvro Avis|-See also:-External links:*...
, a two-seat biplane
Entertainment
- Avis, a Harry Potter spell
- Avis Everhard, fictional narrator of Jack London's "The Iron HeelThe Iron HeelThe Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908.Generally considered to be "the earliest of the modern Dystopian", it chronicles the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States. It is arguably the novel in which Jack London's socialist views are...
" - Avis de Recherche, Canadian French language category 2 digital cable specialty channel
Acronyms
- Associazione Volontari Italiani SangueAssociazione Volontari Italiani SangueThe is the major Italian non-profit and charitable organisation for blood donation, bringing together over a million volunteer blood donors across Italy...
, or AVIS, the major Italian blood donation organisation - Andover Village Improvement SocietyAndover Village Improvement SocietyThe Andover Village Improvement Society is a land preservation society in Andover, Massachusetts. Founded in 1894, AVIS is the second oldest land preservation society in the USA...
, the oldest conservation society in the eastern United States