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'''Avatar: The Last Airbender''' is also the title of an animated television series which airs on Nickelodeon.
 
'''Avatar: The Last Airbender''' is also the title of an animated television series which airs on Nickelodeon.
  
There's a hit movie out now called '''Avatar''' (2010), by [[James Cameron]] (of [[Titanic]] fame).<ref>[http://decentfilms.com/reviews/avatar.html Decent Films review of Avatar]</ref>
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'''Avatar''' is the name of a film by [[James Cameron]] released in 2009.<ref>[http://decentfilms.com/reviews/avatar.html Decent Films review of Avatar]</ref> It has the highest [[Inflation|unadjusted]] domestic and worldwide box office grosses of any film released.<ref>[http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/ All Time Box Office records]</ref>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Revision as of 03:17, June 20, 2010

Avatar is the incarnation or incarnated manifestation of a Hindu deity, a theory both characteristic of Vishnuism and marking a new epoch in the religious development of India.[1]

Recently, the term avatar has been used to signify "an interactive representation of a human in a virtual reality environment",[2] that is, an online persona used in computer gaming or internet communities.

Avatar: The Last Airbender is also the title of an animated television series which airs on Nickelodeon.

Avatar is the name of a film by James Cameron released in 2009.[3] It has the highest unadjusted domestic and worldwide box office grosses of any film released.[4]

Notes

  1. Nuttall Encyclopedia of General Knowledge, article on Avatar originally published in 1907 written by Reverend James Wood
  2. http://www.case.edu/help/webglossary.html
  3. Decent Films review of Avatar
  4. All Time Box Office records