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The word is derived from the Old German aha, cognate to the Latin aqua, water (cf. German -ach). In German also Au and Aue exists, similar to å in North Germanic languages, with the meaning of moderately sized river. It is also an English noun, beloved of Scrabble players, meaning a stream.

The following are the more important streams of this name:

• two rivers in Latvia, Lielupe (in German Kurländische Aa) and Gauja (in German Livländische Aa), both falling into the Gulf of Riga, near Riga, which is situated between them
• a river in the north of FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents., falling into the sea below GravelinesGravelines is a small historic town on the northern coast of France on the Aa River 15 miles South West of Dunkirk, in the Nord departement''. In the early 12th century, Saint-Omer was an important port in western Flanders. However receding sea gradually, and navigable as far as Saint-OmerSaint-Omer a town of Artois in northern France, sous-prefecture of the departement of Pas-de-Calais, 42 miles west-north-west of Lille on the railway to Calais. Population (1990): 15,304. Geography At Saint-Omer begins the canalised portion of the Aa Rive
• a river of SwitzerlandThe Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in central Europe, with neighbours Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. The country has a strong tradition of political and military neutrality, but also of international c, in German Aabach, in the cantons of LucerneLucerne (German: Luzern is a city in Central Switzerland with a population of 60,274 (31 December 2003), capital of the canton of Lucerne. The city is located on the borders of Lake Lucerne Vierwaldstattersee with a famous wooden bridge and within sight o and AargauAargau ( German Aargau French Argovie Italian Argovia Romansh Argovia in English sometimes Argovia is one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. It comprises the lower course of the river Aar, which is why the canton is called Aargau (meaning Aar d, which carries the waters of Lakes Baldegg and Hallwil into the Aar.
• in Germany there are the Westphalian Aa, rising in the Teutoburg Forest, and joining the Werre at Herford, the Münster Aa, a tributary of the Ems, and others.
• in the Netherlands, a small river in the Drenthe and Groningen provinces that also flows through Groningen city.
• in the Netherlands, a river in Noord-Brabant.