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History of the Jews in New York (state). As of 2020, the Jewish population in New York State was 1,598,000, accounting for 21% of all Jews in the United States.[3] In New York City alone, there are approximately 960,000 Jews, establishing it as the largest Jewish community in the world, surpassing the combined totals ... |
Thunderstorm Beneath the Summit. Thunderstorm Beneath the Summit (Japanese: 山下白雨, Hepburn: Sanka hakuu), also known as Rainstorm Beneath the Summit, or sometimes Black Fuji (黒富士 Kurofuji) is a woodcut print by the Japanese ukiyo-e master Hokusai (1760–1849). It is one of the most famous prints from his celebrated Thirt... |
Kajikazawa in Kai Province. Kajikazawa in Kai Province (Japanese: 甲州石班澤, Hepburn: Kōshū Kajikazawa) is a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai. It was produced as one of the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series which was published from c. 1830 to 1832 in the late Edo period. The image is considered on... |
Circle symbol. Circle symbol may refer to: Unicode provides various circle symbols: |
Jinshin War. The Jinshin War (壬申の乱, jinshin no ran) was a war of succession that took place in the Yamato state near the end of Asuka period. It broke out in 672 following the death of Emperor Tenji. The name refers to the jinshin (Ch. renshen 壬申) or ninth year of the sexagenary cycle, corresponding to the Gregorian ye... |
Asuka period. The Asuka period (飛鳥時代, Asuka jidai; Japanese pronunciation: [a.sɯ̥.ka ((d)ʑiꜜ.dai)][1]) was a period in the history of Japan lasting from 538 to 710, although its beginning could be said to overlap with the preceding Kofun period. The Yamato polity evolved greatly during the Asuka period, which is named ... |
Flag of Scotland. The flag of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: bratach na h-Alba;[2] Scots: Banner o Scotland, also known as St Andrews Cross or the Saltire)[3] is the national flag of Scotland, which consists of a white saltire over a blue field. The Saltire, rather than the Royal Standard of Scotland, is the correct flag... |
Moon. The Moon is Earths only natural satellite. It orbits around Earth at an average distance of 384,399 kilometres (238,854 mi),[f] about 30 times Earths diameter, and completes an orbit (lunar month) every 29.5 days. This is the same length it takes the Moon to complete a rotation (lunar day). The rotation period... |
Taika Reform. The Taika Reforms (大化の改新, Taika no Kaishin; Reformation of Taika) were a set of doctrines established by Emperor Kōtoku (孝徳天皇 Kōtoku tennō) in the year 645. They were written shortly after the death of Prince Shōtoku and the defeat of the Soga clan (蘇我氏 Soga no uji), uniting Japan. The reforms also artist... |
Battle of Baekgang. Intermission, 648–658 Second campaign, 658–662 Baekje Campaign & Japanese intervention Third campaign, 666–668 |
Coat of arms of the United Kingdom. The coat of arms of the United Kingdom, also referred to as the royal arms, are the arms of dominion of the British monarch, currently Charles III.[1] They are used by the Government of the United Kingdom and by other Crown institutions,[2] including courts in the United Kingdom an... |
Flag. A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular) with distinctive colours and design. The term flag is also used to refer to the graphic design employed on such pieces of fabric. The study of flags is known as vexillology from the Latin vexillum, meaning flag or banner. Flags enjoy a variety of purposes, bei... |
Scots language. Scots[note 1] is a West Germanic language variety descended from Early Middle English. As a result, Modern Scots is a sister language of Modern English.[4][5][6] Scots is classified as an official language of Scotland,[2] a regional or minority language of Europe,[7][8] and a vulnerable language by UNE... |
Vexillology. Vexillology (/ˌvɛksɪˈlɒlədʒi/ VEK-sih-LOL-ə-jee) is the study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags or, by extension, any interest in flags in general.[1] A person who studies flags is a vexillologist, one who designs flags is a vexillographer, and the art of designing flags is called vexillography... |
DualShock. The DualShock (originally Dual Shock, trademarked as DUALSHOCK or DUAL SHOCK, with the PlayStation 5 version as DualSense) is a line of gamepads developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation family of video game consoles. It is named for vibration-feedback and analog controls.[1] Introduce... |
De jure. In law and government, de jure (/deɪ ˈdʒʊəri, di -, - ˈjʊər-/; Latin: [deː ˈjuːre]; lit. from law) describes practices that are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms, regardless of whether the practice exists in reality. The phrase is often used in contrast with de facto (from fact), which desc... |
Whitney Smith. Whitney Smith Jr. (February 26, 1940 – November 17, 2016) was an American vexillologist. He coined the term vexillology, which refers to the scholarly analysis of all aspects of flags.[2] He was a founder of several vexillology organizations. Smith was a Laureate and a Fellow of the International Federat... |
International Federation of Vexillological Associations. International Federation of Vexillological Associations; IFoVA (French: Fédération internationale des associations vexillologiques; FIAV) is an international federation[4] of 53 regional, national, and multinational associations and institutions across the globe ... |
Physiology. Physiology (/ˌfɪziˈɒlədʒi/; from Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis) nature, origin and -λογία (-logía) study of)[1] is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system.[2][3] As a subdiscipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biom... |
Compartment (pharmacokinetics). In pharmacokinetics, a compartment is a defined volume of body fluids, typically of the human body, but also those of other animals with multiple organ systems. The meaning in this area of study is different from the concept of anatomic compartments, which are bounded by fasciae, the she... |
PlayStation 5. The PlayStation 5 (PS5) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It was announced as the successor to the PlayStation 4 in April 2019, was launched on November 12, 2020, in Australia, Japan, New Zealand, North America, and South Korea, and was released worldwide a week l... |
Body of water. A body of water or waterbody[1] is any significant accumulation of water on the surface of Earth or another planet. The term most often refers to oceans, seas, and lakes, but it includes smaller pools of water such as ponds, wetlands, or more rarely, puddles. A body of water does not have to be still or ... |
PlayStation 2. The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on October 26, in Europe on November 24, in Australia on November 30, and other regions thereafter. It is the successor to the orig... |
User interface. In the industrial design field of human–computer interaction, a user interface (UI) is the space where interactions between humans and machines occur. The goal of this interaction is to allow effective operation and control of the machine from the human end, while the machine simultaneously feeds back ... |
Body of Water (2011 film). Body of Water (Finnish: Syvälle salattu, lit. Deep encrypted) is a 2011 Finnish drama film directed by Joona Tena.[1] This article related to Finnish film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Body of Water (2020 film). Body of Water is a 2020 British drama film directed and written by Lucy Brydon. The film follows a woman with an eating disorder who tries to balance her relationship with her mother and her teenage daughter. The film premiered at the Glasgow Film Festival on 27 February 2020, and was release... |
Human body. The human body is the entire structure of a human being. It is composed of many different types of cells that together create tissues and subsequently organs and then organ systems. The external human body consists of a head, hair, neck, torso (which includes the thorax and abdomen), genitals, arms, hands,... |
Bodies of Water. Bodies of Water is a band from the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, signed to independent record label Secretly Canadian. The core group consists of married couple David and Meredith Metcalf. However, the band often plays LA shows with five or more additional musicians, such as ... |
Animal. Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms comprising the biological kingdom Animalia (/ˌænɪˈmeɪliə/[4]). With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, have myocytes and are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and grow from a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryoni... |
Body of Water (musical). Body of Water is a indie-rock musical created by Tony Kienitz and Tanna Herr with music by Jim Walker.[1] It entails the life of fourteen teens left behind in a civil war crisis, awaiting further signals from their parents while hiding in a secluded mountain cabin. The show was the inaugural p... |
RMS Empress of Japan (1890). RMS Empress of Japan, also known as the Queen of the Pacific, was an ocean liner built in 1890–1891[1] by Naval Construction & Armaments Co, Barrow-in-Furness, England for Canadian Pacific Steamships (CP).[2] This ship – the first of two CP vessels to be named Empress of Japan[3] – regu... |
States of Germany. The Federal Republic of Germany is a federation and consists of sixteen partly sovereign states.[a] Of the 16 states, 13 are so-called area-states (Flächenländer); in these, below the level of the state government, there is a division into local authorities (counties and county-level cities) that ha... |
Civilian. In wars, civilians are people who are not members of any armed force to the conflict.[1] It is a war crime under the law of armed conflict to deliberately target civilians with military attacks, along with numerous other considerations to minimize civilian casualties during times of war. Civilians engaging in... |
North Rhine-Westphalia. North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia,[a] commonly shortened to NRW,[b] is a state (Bundesland) in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the most populous state in Germany. Apart from the city-states (Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen), it is also the most densely po... |
Coat of arms of Poland. The coat of arms of Poland[a] is the heraldic symbol representing Poland. The current version was adopted in 1990. It is a white, crowned eagle with a golden beak and talons, on a red background. In Poland, the coat of arms as a whole is referred to as godło both in official documents and collo... |
RMS Empress of Japan (1929). RMS Empress of Japan was an ocean liner built in 1929–1930 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland for Canadian Pacific Steamships (CP). This ship was the second of two CP vessels to be named Empress of Japan[1] – regularly traversed the trans-Pac... |
Flag of Poland. The national flag of Poland (flaga Polski [ˈfla.ɡa ˈpɔl.ski]) consists of two horizontal stripes of equal width, the upper one white and the lower one red. The two colours are defined in the Polish constitution as the national colours. A variant of the flag with the national coat of arms in the middle ... |
Orography. Orography is the study of the topographic relief of mountains,[1] and can more broadly include hills, and any part of a regions elevated terrain.[2] Orography (also known as oreography, orology, or oreology) falls within the broader discipline of geomorphology.[3] The term orography comes from the Greek: όρ... |
Charge (heraldry). In heraldry, a charge is any emblem or device occupying the field of an escutcheon (shield). That may be a geometric design (sometimes called an ordinary) or a symbolic representation of a person, animal, plant, object, building, or other device. In French blazon, the ordinaries are called pièces, an... |
Non-governmental organization. A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an entity that is not part of the government. This can include non-profit and for-profit entities. An NGO may get a significant percentage or even all of its funding from government sources. An NGO typically is thought to be a nonprofit organizat... |
National flag. A national flag is a flag that represents and symbolizes a given nation. It is flown by the government of that nation, but can also be flown by its citizens. A national flag is typically designed with specific meanings for its colors and symbols, which may also be used separately from the flag as a symb... |
Bay. A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay.[1][2][3] A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a small, circular bay with a narrow entrance. A fjord is an elongated bay formed by glacial acti... |
Flag of Serbia. The flag of Serbia (Serbian: застава Србије, romanized: zastava Srbije), also known as the Tricolour (Serbian: тробојка, romanized: trobojka), is a tricolour consisting of three equal horizontal bands, red on the top, blue in the middle, and white on the bottom (on civil flag), with the lesser coat of ... |
CP Ships. CP Ships was a large Canadian shipping company established in the 19th century. From the late 1880s until after World War II, the company was Canadas largest operator of Atlantic and Pacific steamships. Many immigrants travelled on CP ships from Europe to Canada. In 1914 the sinking of the Canadian Pacific s... |
Ria. A ria (/ˈriːə/;[1] Galician: ría, feminine noun derived from río, river) is a coastal inlet formed by the partial submergence of an unglaciated river valley. It is a drowned river valley that remains open to the sea. Typically rias have a dendritic, treelike outline although they can be straight and without signi... |
Scandinavia. Nordic territories that are not part of Scandinavia: Chronological history Scandinavia is a subregion of northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. Scandinavia most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It can sometimes also refer to t... |
Nordic cross flag. A Nordic cross flag is a flag bearing the design of the Nordic or Scandinavian cross, a cross symbol in a rectangular field, with the centre of the cross shifted towards the hoist. All independent Nordic countries have adopted such flags in the modern period, and while the Nordic cross is named for ... |
Kure, Hiroshima. Kure (呉市, Kure-shi; Japanese pronunciation: [kɯꜜ.ɾe, kɯ.ɾeꜜ.ɕi], locally [kɯ.ɾeꜜ][1]) is a city in the Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 April 2023[update], the city had an estimated population of 208,024 in 106,616 households and a population density of 590 persons per km2.[2] The total area of th... |
Japanese cruiser Itsukushima. Itsukushima (厳島) was the lead ship in the Matsushima class of protected cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Like her sister ships, (Matsushima and Hashidate) the name Itsukushima comes from one of the traditional Three Views of Japan, in this case, the Itsukushima Shrine in Hiroshima ... |
Honorific speech in Japanese. The Japanese language has a system of honorific speech, referred to as keigo (Japanese: 敬語; literally respectful language), parts of speech one function of which is to show that the speaker wants to convey respect for either the listener or someone mentioned in the utterance. Their use is... |
Cold Food Festival. The Cold Food or Hanshi Festival (寒食节) is a traditional Chinese holiday which developed from the local commemoration of the death of the Jin nobleman Jie Zitui in the 7th century BC under the Zhou dynasty, into an occasion across East Asia for the commemoration and veneration of ancestors by the 7th... |
Prefix. A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word.[1] Particularly in the study of languages, a prefix is also called a preformative, because it alters the form of the word to which it is affixed. Prefixes, like other affixes, can be either inflectional, creating a new form of a word with the same ... |
Germany. Germany,[d] officially the Federal Republic of Germany,[e] is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen constituent states have a total population of over 82 million, making it the most populous member state of the Europea... |
Greece (disambiguation). Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in south-east Europe. |
Hellenic Republic (disambiguation). Hellenic Republic is the current official name of Greece. The term is also used for: This was also the official name of the Greek junta from 1 July 1973 until 24 July 1974. |
William Russell (English actor). William Russell Enoch (19 November 1924 – 3 June 2024) was an English actor who performed as both Russell Enoch and William Russell. His career on stage and screen spanned over seven decades and he first achieved prominence in the title role of the television series The Adventures of ... |
Japanese minelayer Itsukushima. Itsukushima (厳島) was a medium-sized minelayer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which was in service during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. She was named after Itsukushima, a sacred island in Hiroshima Prefecture of Japan. She was the first warship in the Imperial Japanese Na... |
Rudolph Cartier. Rudolph Cartier (born Rudolph Kacser, renamed himself in Germany to Rudolph Katscher;[1] 17 April 1904 – 7 June 1994) was an Austrian television director, filmmaker, screenwriter and producer who worked predominantly in British television, exclusively for the BBC. He is best known for his 1950s collabo... |
Historical drama. A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in the past, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents historical events and characters with varying degrees of fiction such as creative dialogue or scenes which compress separate events... |
Aiko, Princess Toshi. The EmperorThe Empress The Emperor EmeritusThe Empress Emerita Aiko, Princess Toshi (敬宮愛子内親王, Toshi-no-miya Aiko Naishinnō; born 1 December 2001) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan. She is the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako.[1] Following her birth, the ongoing Japanese ... |
Fjord (disambiguation). A fjord (or fiord) a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjord may also refer to: |
Hisashi Owada. Hisashi Owada (小和田 恆, Owada Hisashi; born 18 September 1932) is a Japanese former jurist, diplomat and law professor. He served as a judge on the International Court of Justice from 6 February 2003 until 7 June 2018, and was president of the court from 2009 to 2012.[1] He is the father of Empress Masako ... |
Honorifics (linguistics). In linguistics, an honorific (abbreviated HON) is a grammatical or morphosyntactic form that encodes the relative social status of the participants of the conversation. Distinct from honorific titles, linguistic honorifics convey formality FORM, social distance, politeness POL, humility HBL, d... |
Coat of arms of Greece. The coat of arms of Greece (Greek: Εθνόσημο, lit. national emblem, [eθˈnosimo] ⓘ) or national seal of Greece comprises a white Greek cross on a blue escutcheon, surrounded by two laurel branches. It has been in use in its current form since 1975. Prior to the adoption of the current coat of arm... |
Eleftheria i thanatos. Eleftheria i thanatos (Greek: Ελευθερία ή θάνατος, IPA: [elefθeˈri.a i ˈθanatos]; Freedom or Death) is the motto of Greece.[1][2] It originated in the Greek songs of resistance that were powerful motivating factors for independence. It was adopted in 1814 by the Filiki Eteria, a secret organizat... |
Sean Connery. Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor. He was the first actor to portray the fictional British secret agent James Bond in motion pictures, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983.[1][2][3] Connery originated the role in Dr. No (1962) and continued star... |
Flag of Greece. The national flag of Greece, popularly referred to as the Blue-and-White (Γαλανόλευκη, Galanólefki) or the Cyan-and-White (Κυανόλευκη, Kyanólefki), is officially recognised by Greece as one of its national symbols and has 5 equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white. There is a blue canton... |
Ensign (flag). An ensign is a maritime flag that is used for the national identification of a ship.[1] It is the largest flag and is generally flown at the stern (rear) of the ship while in port. Depending on the ships origin, it may sometimes be identical with a jack on the bow of the ship when in a port. Jacks are mo... |
BBC One. BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporations oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport even... |
Inlet. An inlet is a typically long and narrow indentation of a shoreline such as a small arm, cove, bay, sound, fjord, lagoon or marsh,[1] that leads to an enclosed larger body of water such as a lake, estuary, gulf or marginal sea. In marine geography, the term inlet usually refers to either the actual channel betwee... |
Ensign (flag). An ensign is a maritime flag that is used for the national identification of a ship.[1] It is the largest flag and is generally flown at the stern (rear) of the ship while in port. Depending on the ships origin, it may sometimes be identical with a jack on the bow of the ship when in a port. Jacks are mo... |
Red Ensign. The Red Ensign or Red Duster is the civil ensign of the United Kingdom. It is one of the British ensigns, and it is used either plain or defaced with either a badge or a charge, mostly in the right half. It is the flag flown by British merchant or passenger ships since 1707. Prior to 1707, an English red e... |
Geirangerfjord. Geirangerfjorden (Norwegian)[1] or Geiranger Fjord (English)[2][3][4] is a fjord in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located entirely in Stranda Municipality. It is a 15-kilometre-long (9+1⁄2 mi) branch off the Sunnylvsfjorden, which itself is a branch off the Storfjorden (li... |
List of mountain types. Mountains and hills can be characterized in several ways. Some mountains are volcanoes and can be characterized by the type of lava and eruptive history. Other mountains are shaped by glacial processes and can be characterized by their shape. Finally, many mountains can be characterized by the t... |
Glacier. A glacier (US: /ˈɡleɪʃər/; UK: /ˈɡlæsiə/ or /ˈɡleɪsiə/) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock,[2] that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, s... |
Mount Misen (Ayabe). Mount Misen (弥仙山, Misen-zan) is a mountain in Oyogi-cho (於与岐町), Ayabe, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan that is considered to be sacred by the Oomoto religion.[2][3] Osei Jinja (於成神社) on Mount Misen is where the religions founder, Nao Deguchi, secluded herself in October 19, 1901 (lunar calendar date: Septe... |
Normal route. A normal route or normal way (French: voie normale; German: Normalweg) is the most frequently used climbing route for ascending and descending a given mountain peak; it is usually the easiest — although not necessarily easy (see image) — and often the most straightforward route (e.g. such as the Goûter Ro... |
Torii (disambiguation). A torii (鳥居) is a traditional Shinto shrine gate. Torii may refer to: |
World Heritage Site. World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value ... |
Hatsukaichi. Hatsukaichi (廿日市市, Hatsukaichi-shi) is a city located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 May 2023[update], the city had an estimated population of 116,087 in 53,320 households and a population density of 240 persons per km2.[1] The total area of the city is 489.48 square kilometres (188.99 sq mi). Ha... |
Igneous rock. Igneous rock (igneous from Latin igneus fiery), or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic. Igneous rocks are formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava. The magma can be derived from partial melts of existing rocks in a terres... |
Kami. Kami (Japanese: 神; [kaꜜmi]) are the deities, divinities, spirits, mythological, spiritual, or natural phenomena that are venerated in the traditional Shinto religion of Japan. Kami can be elements of the landscape, forces of nature, beings and the qualities that these beings express, and/or the spirits of venerat... |
World Heritage Site. World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value ... |
List of minor planets: 7001–8000. The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 7001 through 8000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other partial lists is based on JPLs Small-Body Orbital Elements[1] and data available from the Minor Planet Center.[2][3] Critical list inform... |
World Heritage Sites by country. As of July 2025, there are a total of 1,223 World Heritage Sites located across 168 countries, of which 952 are cultural, 231 are natural, and 40 are mixed properties.[1] The countries have been divided by the World Heritage Committee into five geographical regions: Africa; the Arab St... |
Sashimono. Sashimono (指物, 差物, 挿物) were small banners historically worn by soldiers in feudal Japan, for identification during battles.[1][2] Sashimono poles were attached to the backs of the dō cuirass by special fittings. Sashimono were worn both by foot soldiers, including the common soldiers known as ashigaru,[3] a... |
World Heritage Committee. The World Heritage Committee is a committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization that selects the sites to be listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger, defines the use of the World Heri... |
Uma-jirushi. Uma-jirushi (馬印; horse insignia) were massive flags used in feudal Japan to identify a daimyō or equally important military commander on the field of battle. They came into prominence during the Sengoku period. While many were simply large flags, not very different from sashimono or hata-jirushi, most wer... |
Daimyo. Daimyo (大名, daimyō; English: /ˈdaɪm.joʊ/,[1] Japanese: [dai.mʲoꜜː] ⓘ[2]) were powerful Japanese magnates,[3] feudal lords[4] who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nomi... |
Culture of Japan. Japanese culture has changed greatly over the millennia, from the countrys prehistoric Jōmon period, to its contemporary modern culture, which absorbs influences from Asia and other regions of the world.[1] Since the Jomon period, ancestral groups like the Yayoi and Kofun, who arrived to Japan from ... |
Act on National Flag and Anthem. The Act on National Flag and Anthem (国旗及び国歌に関する法律, Kokki Oyobi Kokka ni Kansuru Hōritsu), abbreviated as 国旗国歌法,[2] is a law that formally established Japans national flag and anthem. Before its ratification on August 13, 1999, there was no official flag or anthem for Japan. The nisshōk... |
Allan Warren. Michael Allan Warren (born 26 October 1948) is an English portrait photographer and actor, primarily known for his portraits of British nobility, politicians, and celebrities. His subjects include Charles III, Constantine II, Cary Grant, Enoch Powell, Alec Douglas-Home, Sophia Loren, Louis Mountbatten an... |
Shinto shrine. A Shinto shrine (神社, jinja; archaic: shinsha, meaning: kami shrine)[1] is a structure whose main purpose is to house (enshrine) one or more kami, the deities of the Shinto religion.[2] The main hall (本殿, honden)[note 1] is where a shrines patron kami is or are enshrined.[2][3] The honden may be absent in... |
South Kensington. South Kensington is a district at the West End of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Historically it settled on part of the scattered Middlesex village of Brompton.[1] Its name was supplanted with the advent of the railways in the late 19th century and the opening (and shu... |
Rivulets. Rivulets is the stage name of minimalist singer-songwriter Nathan Leavitt Amundson.[1][2] Rivulets was the first artist signed to Lows Chairkickers Union record label in 2001.[3] He then released his first, self-titled album in 2002 and DEBRIDEMENT in 2003.[4] Rivulets was subsequently signed by Blast First,... |
Hamilton, Bermuda. Hamilton is the capital city of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda, and the main settlement of Pembroke Parish. A port city, Hamilton is Bermudas financial and commercial centre, and a popular tourist destination. Its population of 854 (2016)[2] and its small land area make it one of the sma... |
Stream (disambiguation). A stream is a body of moving water. Stream or streaming may also refer to: |
Order of the British Empire. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities.[2] It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight i... |
Google Maps. Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application developed by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bike, air (in beta) and ... |
Zheng (surname). Zheng (simplified Chinese: 郑; traditional Chinese: 鄭; pinyin: Zhèng; Wade–Giles: Cheng4, [ʈʂə́ŋ] ⓘ) is a Chinese surname. It is the 7th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem. In 2006, Zheng ranked 21st in Chinas list of top 100 most common surnames. Zheng belongs to the second major group of ten sur... |
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