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A1 and A-1 are often used at the start of commercial business names so that they appear first in the telephone directory. For example, "A1 Cleaning Services" or "A1 Tool Hire". A1 means "very good" and is derived from the shipping insurers, Lloyds of London's description of a first class ship. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Error creating thumbnail: convert: unable to open image `/mnt/upload3/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Wiktionary-logo-en. ... Lloyds of London is a British insurance market. ... A1 at Lloyds is an expression that denotes utmost excellence which traces its origins to Lloyds Register of British and Foreign Shipping, a prestigious society that sets standards for ship construction. ...

A1

A1 can mean:

• a1 (band), a British boy band
• A1 (comic) is a British anthology comic
• A1 (milk), milk containing the A1 β-casein protein
• A1 (rocket), a German rocket design from the 1930s
• A1 (shipping), a symbol indicating shipbuilding quality
• A1 (TV station) is a television channel in Macedonia
• A1 paper size, paper size as defined by ISO 216
• A1 Grand Prix series
• A1 Steak Sauce, a brand of condiment
• A1 Mine Settlement, Victoria, a town in Victoria, Australia

A1 can also refer to: // Biography a1 was a British boy band, whose first single was released in 1999. ... A1 is a anthology comic published by Atomeka Press. ... Milk produced by certain cows which contains A1 β-casein, linked to several common diseases such as heart disease and Type I diabetes. ... The A1 was the first rocket design in the Aggregate series, which lead to the V-2 (A4). ... In shipping, the designation A1 is a symbol used to denote quality of construction and material. ... A1 is a television channel in the Republic of Macedonia. ... There have been many standard sizes of paper at different times and in different countries. ... A1 Grand Prix, often shortened to A1GP or simply A1, also known as the World Cup of Motorsport, is an international motor racing series, unique in the field of motorsport in that drivers compete for their country instead of a private team or constructor. ... A1 is a sauce for steak and burgers, but can also be used on such items as chicken, pork, salmon, vegetable stir-frys and beef. ... A1 Mine Settlement is a town in Victoria, Australia, located north of Woods Point on the Mansfield - Woods Point Road, in the Delatite Shire. ...

• A1 Ring, the race track at which the Austrian Grand Prix was run from 1997 to 2003 (formerly called Österreichring)
• 0-2-2 (Whyte notation), as the equivalent UIC classification for railway locomotive wheel arrangements
• HMS A1, a British A class submarine of the Royal Navy
• the primary auditory cortex, that is, the part of the brain which processes hearing
• RTV Slovenia, the first programme of Radio Slovenia
• TCSEC, A security class
• In town and country planning in the UK, A1 is the code for permission to use specific land or premises for general retail.
• The first level avhieved in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages when learning a language
• LNER Class A1/A3,a locomotive designed by Sir Nigel Gresley,including the famous No 4472 Flying Scotsman". Origianaly Class A1, later reclasified Class A3
• LNER Peppercorn Class A1 a Pacific locomotive designed by A. H. Peppercorn.

The Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One race. ... The Österreichring is a Austrian race circuit which hosted the Formula One Austrian Grand Prix 18 consecutive years, from 1970 through 1987. ... In Whyte notation, a 0-2-2 is a railroad steam locomotive that has two coupled driving wheels followed by two and two trailing wheels, with no leading wheels . ... HMS A1 was the Royal Navys first British-designed submarine, and their first to suffer fatal casualties. ... Brodmann areas 41 & 42 of the human brain. ... Radiotelevizija Slovenija or RTV Slovenija (English: Radio-Television Slovenia) is the national broadcasting corporation of Slovenia. ... The TCSEC was issued by the United States National Computer Security Center (an arm of the NSA) as Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria, DOD standard 5200. ... The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment, or CEF, is a guideline used to describe achievements of learners of foreign languages across Europe. ... // HISTORY The LNER Class A1/A3 Pacific Steam Locomotive was a 4-6-2 wheel arrangement steam locomotive class, designed by Sir Nigel Gresley wo later built the A4 pacifics and operated by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). ... Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley (19 June 1876 – 5 April 1941) was one of Britains most famous Steam locomotive engineers who worked for the Great Northern Railway company from 1911 to 1922 as locomotive superintendent and for the London and North Eastern Railway company (LNER) from 1923 to 1941 as... There are two associations of the term Flying Scotsman in the British railway system: The LNER steam locomotive no. ... The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Peppercorn Class A1 was a class of steam locomotive. ... Arthur Henry Peppercorn (29 January 1889 - 3 March 1951) was the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway. ...

A-1

• A-1 Skyraider, a United States Air Force single-seat attack bomber
• USS A-1 (SP-1370), a houseboat taken over by the United States Navy in 1917
• USS Plunger (SS-2), the lead ship of the Plunger class submarine series
• Battle Angel Alita, as her nickname on Tuned days.
• Alastair Ralphs (professional wrestler) (born 1976), as one of his stage names

An AD-4N Skyraider The Douglas AD (later A-1) Skyraider, nicknamed the SPAD after early American fighter ace Eddie Rickenbackers mount of choice, was a US single-seat attack bomber of the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s, a propeller-driven anachronism in the jet age with a remarkably... The second A-1 was a converted houseboat used by the United States Navy during World War I. It was assigned the hull number SP-1370 as a shore patrol boat. ... The first USS Plunger (SS-2) was one of the earliest submarines used by the United States Navy. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Alastair Ralphs, better known as A-1, is a Canadian professional wrestler and former bodybuilder, currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and on the Canadian independent circuit. ...

Roads, Freeways, Highways

There are several roads and freeways named A1:

entries are alphabetical by country

• A1 Westautobahn, a motorway in Austria
• A1 road (Belgium), Brussels - Antwerp - Breda
• A1 autoroute (France)
• Bundesautobahn 1 (Germany) connecting Oldenburg to Saarbrücken
• A1 highway (Lithuania), connecting Vilnius to Klaipėda
• A1 motorway (Netherlands)
• A1 road (Northern Ireland), connecting Belfast to Newry and to Dublin in the Republic of Ireland via the N1/M1.
• A1 freeway (Romania), connecting Bucharest to Piteşti
• A1 (Switzerland), connecting St. Margrethen to Geneva
• A1 road (United Kingdom), a key artery connecting London to Edinburgh, and many towns and cities in between.
• A1 road (Northern Ireland), a key artery connecting Belfast, Newry and the border with the Republic of Ireland.
• A1 motorway (Slovenia), connecting Maribor to Koper via Ljubljana

The Westautobahn (A1) (Western Motorway) was the first motorway, or ‘Autobahn’, to be built in Austria. ... Bundesautobahn 1 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 1, short form Autobahn 1, abbreviated as BAB 1 or A 1) is an Autobahn in Germany. ... A1 Highway in Lithuania connects capital Vilnius with port city of Klaipėda via second largest city Kaunas. ... The A1 is a major road in Northern Ireland. ... The A1 freeway (Autostrada A1 in Romanian) is a 113-kilometre motorway linking Bucharest, the capital of Romania, with PiteÅŸti, a city in ArgeÅŸ county, Romania. ... The A1 is a motorway in Switzerland. ... Also known as the Great North Road. ... The A1 is a major road in Northern Ireland. ... The A1 motorway (Slovenian: avtocesta A1) is a motorway in Slovenia, around 250 km long, connecting Å entilj (at the Austrian border) and Koper (on the shores of the Adriatic Sea). ...

See also (disambiguation pages)

• AL (disambiguation)
• USS A-1 (disambiguation), US Navy ships