Definition of Ay?

AY can mean:

• Finnair, IATA airline designator
• Antarctica, DAFIF 0413 / DIA 65-18 / FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code and obsolete NATO digram
• Armenia, WMO country code

Ay was the penultimate Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's 18th dynasty. He held the throne of Egypt for a brief four-year period (probably 1324 – 1320 BC or 1327 – 1323 BC, depending on which chronology is followed), although he was a close advisor to two and perhaps three of the pharaohs who ruled before him and was the power behind the throne during Tutankhamun's reign. Ay's prenomen or royal name—Kheperkheperure—means "Everlasting are the Manifestations of Re" while his birth name Ay it-hetjer reads as 'Ay, Father of the God.' During the reign of Tutankhamun he almost certainly was one of the major figures responsible for returning the country to the worship of the late Egyptian pantheon of deities after the experiment with monotheism under Akhenaten that abandoned the earlier tradition. Records and monuments that can be attributed fully to Ay are rare, not just because of the short length of his reign, but because his successor, Horemheb, instigated a campaign of damnatio memoriae against him and other pharaohs directly associated with the Amarna period. Some scholars believe that he may have been responsible for Tutankhamun's demise.

Aÿ is a commune of the Marne département in northeastern France. Population (1999): 4,315. It is most famous as a centre of the production of wine, primarily sparkling Champagne, with many prestigious houses owning vineyards in the immediate vicinity.