text stringlengths 24 5.93k |
|---|
A Night in Tunisia. A Night in Tunisia is a musical composition written by American trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie in 1942.[2] He wrote it while he was playing with the Benny Carter band. It has become a jazz standard. It is also known as Interlude,[3] and with lyrics by Raymond Leveen was recorded by Sarah Vaughan in 1944.... |
Scottish Gaelic. Scottish Gaelic (/ˈɡælɪk/, GAL-ik; endonym: Gàidhlig [ˈkaːlɪkʲ] ⓘ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongside both Irish and Manx, developed out of Old Irish.[3] It became ... |
S&P 400. The S&P MidCap 400 Index, more commonly known as the S&P 400, is a stock market index from S&P Dow Jones Indices. The index serves as a gauge for the U.S. mid-cap equities sector and is the most widely followed mid-cap index. It is part of the S&P 1500, which also includes the S&P 500 for larger U.S. based com... |
Ichijinsha. Ichijinsha Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社一迅社, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Ichijinsha) is a Japanese publishing company focused on manga-related publication, including magazines and books. The company was first established in August 1992 as a limited company under the name Studio DNA whose main purpose was to edit shōn... |
Scottish Gaelic. Scottish Gaelic (/ˈɡælɪk/, GAL-ik; endonym: Gàidhlig [ˈkaːlɪkʲ] ⓘ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongside both Irish and Manx, developed out of Old Irish.[3] It became ... |
Enix. Enix Corporation[a] was a Japanese multimedia publisher which handled and oversaw video games, manga, guidebooks, and merchandise. It was founded in 1975 by Yasuhiro Fukushima as Eidansha Boshu Service Center, initially as a tabloid publisher and later attempting to branch into real estate management. Beginning ... |
Home appliance. A home appliance, also referred to as a domestic appliance, an electric appliance or a household appliance,[1] is a machine which assists in household functions[2] such as cooking, cleaning and food preservation. The domestic application attached to home appliance is tied to the definition of appliance... |
George Braziller. George Braziller (February 12, 1916[1] – March 16, 2017)[2] was an American book publisher and the founder of George Braziller, Inc., a firm known for its literary and artistic books and its publication of foreign authors.[3] Braziller was first employed as a shipping clerk,[4] during the Great Depres... |
New York Stock Exchange. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed The Big Board)[4] is an American stock exchange in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is the largest stock exchange in the world by market capitalization,[5][6][7] exceeding $25 trillion in July 2024.[8] The NYSE is owned... |
For Beginners. For Beginners LLC is a publishing company based in Danbury, Connecticut, that publishes the For Beginners graphic nonfiction series of documentary comic books on complex topics, covering an array of subjects on the college level. Meant to appeal to students and non-readers, as well as people who wish to ... |
Dizzy Gillespie. John Birks Dizzy Gillespie (/ɡɪˈlɛspi/ ghil-ESP-ee; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer.[2] He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge[3] but adding layers of harmonic and rhythmic ... |
Guardian First Book Award. The Guardian First Book Award was a literary award presented by The Guardian newspaper. It annually recognised one book by a new writer. It was established in 1999, replacing the Guardian Fiction Award or Guardian Fiction Prize that the newspaper had sponsored from 1965.[1] The Guardian First... |
Vertex. Vertex, vertices or vertexes may refer to: |
Vortex (disambiguation). A vortex is a dynamic phenomenon of fluids. Vortex may also refer to: |
Hymenaea courbaril. Hymenaea courbaril, the courbaril or West Indian locust,[3] is a hardwood tree common in the Caribbean and Central and South America. As lumber it is frequently used to make furniture, flooring, and decoration. Its hard fruit pods have an edible dry pulp surrounding the seeds. Its sap, called animé... |
Wing. A wing is a type of fin that produces both lift and drag while moving through air. Wings are defined by two shape characteristics, an airfoil section and a planform. Wing efficiency is expressed as lift-to-drag ratio, which compares the benefit of lift with the air resistance of a given wing shape, as it flies. A... |
Heroines Run the Show. Heroines Run the Show: The Unpopular Girl and the Secret Task (Japanese: ヒロインたるもの！～嫌われヒロインと内緒のお仕事～, Hepburn: Hiroin Tarumono! Kiraware Hiroin to Naisho no Oshigoto) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Lay-duce. It is based on the song Heroine Tarumono!, part of the Kokuhaku Jikkō I... |
Dublin. Dublin[A] is the capital and largest city of Ireland.[12][13] Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, part of the Wicklow Mountains range. Dublin is the largest city by population on the island of Ireland;... |
Lists of anime. Anime (Japanese: アニメ, IPA: [aꜜɲime] ⓘ) is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. However, outside of Japan and in English, anime refers specifically to the animation produced exclusively in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, anime is generally described as all animat... |
Tribeca Enterprises. Tribeca Enterprises (former Tribeca Productions) is an American film and television production company co-founded in 1989 by actor Robert De Niro and producer Jane Rosenthal in the lower Manhattan neighborhood of Tribeca, which is where the company got its name.[1] The company was founded in 1989 ... |
Commonwealth of Nations. The Commonwealth of Nations, often referred to as the British Commonwealth or simply the Commonwealth,[4][5] is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.[2] They are connected through their... |
The Guardian. The Guardian is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as The Manchester Guardian and changed its name in 1959,[5] followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, The Guardian Weekly, The Guardian is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited.[6... |
Kármán vortex street. In fluid dynamics, a Kármán vortex street (or a von Kármán vortex street) is a repeating pattern of swirling vortices, caused by a process known as vortex shedding, which is responsible for the unsteady separation of flow of a fluid around blunt bodies.[1] It is named after the engineer and fluid ... |
List of fantasy authors. This is a list of fantasy authors, authors known for writing works of fantasy, fantasy literature, or related genres of magic realism, horror fiction, science fantasy. Many of the authors are known for work outside the fantasy genres. |
Fantasy podcast. A fantasy podcast is a podcast related to or discussing the fantasy genre, which usually focuses on the magical, supernatural, mythical, or folkloric. Fantasy stories are set in fictional universes or fantasy worlds that are often reminiscent of the Middle Ages and the early modern period. Despite hav... |
Film festival. A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually annually and in a single city or region. Some film festivals show films outdoors or online.[1] Films may be of recent date and depending upon the festivals focus, can include international ... |
Amine. In chemistry, amines (/əˈmiːn, ˈæmiːn/,[1][2] UK also /ˈeɪmiːn/[3]) are organic compounds that contain carbon-nitrogen bonds.[4] Amines are formed when one or more hydrogen atoms in ammonia are replaced by alkyl or aryl groups.[5] The nitrogen atom in an amine possesses a lone pair of electrons. Amines can also... |
Fantasy film. Fantasy films are films that belong to the fantasy genre with fantastic themes, usually magic, supernatural events, mythology, folklore, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered a form of speculative fiction alongside science fiction films and horror films, although the genres do overlap.[1] Fan... |
Fantasy magazine. A fantasy fiction magazine, or fantasy magazine, is a magazine which publishes primarily fantasy fiction. Not generally included in the category are magazines for children with stories about such characters as Santa Claus. Also not included are adult magazines about sexual fantasy. Many fantasy magazi... |
British people. Modern ethnicities British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits,[22] are the citizens and diaspora of the United Kingdom, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.[23][24][25] British nationality law governs modern British citizenship and nationality, which can be acq... |
Fantasy literature. Fantasy literature is literature set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. Magic, the supernatural and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds. Fantasy literature may be directed at both children and adult... |
Speculative fiction. Speculative fiction is an umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality, instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or other highly imaginative realms or beings.[1][2] This catch-all genre includes, but ... |
List of alternate history fiction. This is a list of alternate history fiction, sorted primarily by type and then chronologically. Sequels not written by Piper and mainly written by John F. Carr: |
Norman Taurog. Norman Rae Taurog (February 23, 1899 – April 7, 1981) was an American film director and screenwriter.[1] From 1920 to 1968, Taurog directed 180 films. At the age of 32, he received the Academy Award for Best Director for Skippy (1931), becoming the youngest person to win the award for eight and a half d... |
Original video animation. Original video animation (Japanese: オリジナル・ビデオ・アニメーション, Hepburn: orijinaru bideo animēshon), abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and special episodes of a series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings o... |
Retrofuturism. Retrofuturism (adjective retrofuturistic or retrofuture) is a movement in the creative arts emphasizing and harking back to depictions of the future as produced in earlier eras. If futurism is an artistic movement anticipating upcoming technological advancements, retrofuturism is the remembering of that ... |
Tommy Kelly (actor). Thomas Francis Kelly[1] (April 6, 1925 – January 26, 2016), professionally known as Tommy Kelly, was an American child actor. He played the title role in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in 1938 based on Mark Twains novel of the same name. Kelly was born in the Bronx, the son of Nora and Michael Kelly,... |
Alternate history. Alternate history (also referred to as alternative history, allohistory,[1] althist, or simply A.H.) is a subgenre of speculative fiction in which one or more historical events have occurred but are resolved differently than in actual history.[2][3][4][5] As conjecture based upon historical fact, alt... |
Jackie Moran. John E. Moran (January 26, 1923 – September 20, 1990) was an American movie actor who, from 1936 to 1946, appeared in over 30 films, primarily in teenage roles.[1] A native of Mattoon, Illinois, Moran first sang in a church choir. He was discovered by Mary Pickford[1] who convinced his mother, a concert ... |
May Robson. Mary Jeanette Robison (19 April 1858 – 20 October 1942), known professionally as May Robson, was an Australian-born America-based actress whose career spanned 58 years, starting in 1883 when she was 25. A major stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she is remembered for the dozens of fil... |
Wally Wood. Wallace Allan Wood (June 17, 1927 – November 2, 1981)[1] was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, widely known for his work on EC Comicss titles such as Weird Science, Weird Fantasy, and MAD Magazine from its inception in 1952 until 1964, as well as for T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, a... |
David O. Selznick. David O. Selznick (born David Selznick; May 10, 1902 – June 22, 1965) was an American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive[2] who produced Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940), both of which earned him an Academy Award for Best Picture. He also won the Irving Thalberg Award a... |
Hieronymus Bosch. Hieronymus Bosch (/haɪˈrɒnɪməs bɒʃ, bɔːʃ, bɔːs/;[1][2][3][4] Dutch: [ɦijeːˈroːnimʏz ˈbɔs] ⓘ;[a] born Jheronimus van Aken[5] [jeːˈroːnimʏs fɑn ˈaːkə(n)];[b] c. 1450 – 9 August 1516) was a Dutch painter from Brabant. He is one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting schoo... |
Robert De Niro. Robert Anthony De Niro (/də ˈnɪəroʊ/ də NEER-roh, Italian: [de ˈniːro]; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor, director, and film producer. He is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential actors of his generation.[a] De Niro is the recipient of various accolades, including two Acad... |
The Garden of Earthly Delights. The Garden of Earthly Delights (Dutch: De tuin der lusten, lit. The garden of lusts) is the modern title[a] given to a triptych oil painting on oak panel painted by the Early Netherlandish master Hieronymus Bosch, between 1490 and 1510, when Bosch was between 40 and 60 years old.[1] Bos... |
Gaylord DuBois. Gaylord McIlvaine Du Bois[1] (/duːˈbwɑː/; sometimes written DuBois;[2] August 24, 1899 – October 20, 1993)[3] was an American writer of comic book stories and comic strips, as well as Big Little Books and juvenile adventure novels. Du Bois wrote Tarzan for Dell Comics and Gold Key Comics from 1946 until... |
Frank Frazetta. Frank Frazetta (born Frank Frazzetta /frəˈzɛtə/; February 9, 1928 – May 10, 2010)[1][2] was an American artist known for themes of fantasy and science fiction, noted for comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, LP record album covers, and other media. He is often referred to as the Godfa... |
Steve Ditko. Stephen John Ditko[1][2] (/ˈdɪtkoʊ/; November 2, 1927 – c. June 29, 2018) was an American comic book artist best known for being the co-creator of Marvel superheroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. He also made notable contributions to the character of Iron Man, introducing the characters signature red and... |
Elfquest. Elfquest (or ElfQuest) is a comic book property created by Wendy and Richard Pini in 1978,[1] and still owned by them. It is a fantasy story about a community of elves and other fictional species who struggle to survive and coexist on a primitive Earth-like planet with two moons. Several published volumes of ... |
Sligo (disambiguation). Sligo is a town in Ireland. Sligo may also refer to: |
Art. Art is a diverse range of cultural activity centered around works utilizing creative or imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience,[1] generally through an expression of emotional power, conceptual ideas, technical proficiency, or beauty.[2][3][4] There is no generally agreed definit... |
Museo del Prado. The Museo del Prado (/ˈprɑːdoʊ/ PRAH-doh; Spanish pronunciation: [muˈseo ðel ˈpɾaðo]), officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It houses collections of European art, dating from the 12th century to the early 20th century, based ... |
Sligo Town Hall. Sligo Town Hall (Irish: Halla Baile Shligigh) is a municipal building in Quay Street, Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland. The building accommodated the offices of Sligo Borough Council until 2014. Sligo Corporation resolved to commission a town hall in 1825: however, that scheme collapsed and for many years... |
New York City. New York, often called New York City (NYC),[b] is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the worlds largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with its respective county. The city is the geographical and... |
Connacht. Connacht, also spelled Connaught (/ˈkɒnɔːt, ˈkɒnə(x)t/,[5][6][7] Irish: Connachta [ˈkʊn̪ˠəxt̪ˠə] or Cúige Chonnacht [ˌkuːɟə ˈxʊn̪ˠəxt̪ˠ]), is the smallest of the four provinces of Ireland, situated in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí F... |
Provinces of Ireland. There are four provinces of Ireland: Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster. The Irish word for this territorial division, cúige, meaning fifth part, suggests that there were once five, and at times Meath has been considered to be the fifth province. In the medieval period, however, there were of... |
Oliver Twist (1982 Australian film). Oliver Twist is a 1982 Australian 72-minute made-for-television animated film from Burbank Films Australia, a part of the studios series of adaptations of Charles Dickens works made from 1982 through 1985.[2] It was originally broadcast in 1982[3][4][better source needed] through ... |
Computing platform. A computing platform, digital platform,[1] or software platform is the infrastructure on which software is executed. While the individual components of a computing platform may be obfuscated under layers of abstraction, the summation of the required components comprise the computing platform. Somet... |
Don Schlitz. Donald Allen Schlitz Jr. (born August 29, 1952) is an American songwriter who has written more than twenty number one hits on the country music charts. He is best known for his song The Gambler (Kenny Rogers), and as the co-writer of Forever and Ever, Amen (Randy Travis), and When You Say Nothing at All ... |
Madrid. Madrid (/məˈdrid/ ⓘ mə-DREED; Spanish: [maˈðɾið] ⓘ)[n. 1] is the capital and most populous municipality of Spain. Madrid has almost 3.3 million[10] inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.8 million.[11] It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), second only to Berlin, G... |
Ken Ludwig. Ken Ludwig is an American playwright, author, screenwriter, and director whose work has been performed in more than 30 countries in over 20 languages. He has had eight productions in Londons West End and six productions on Broadway, and his 34 plays and musicals have been staged throughout the United Kingdo... |
SETA Corporation. SETA Corporation[a] was a Japanese video game developer and publisher based in Kōtō, Tokyo.[1] It was founded on October 1, 1985 and dissolved on February 9, 2009.[2] A branch was located in Las Vegas, Nevada.[3] SETA developed and published games for various gaming platforms since the original NES an... |
New South Wales. New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral and Tasman Seas to the east. The Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory are en... |
Irish language. Irish (Standard Irish: Gaeilge), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic (/ˈɡeɪlɪk/ ⓘ GAY-lik),[b] is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family that belongs to the Goidelic languages and further to Insular Celtic, and is indigenous to the island of Ireland.[10] It was the majority of t... |
Arthur P. Jacobs. Arthur P. Jacobs (March 7, 1922 – June 27, 1973) was an American film producer. Prior to being a producer, he worked in various studios and was a press agent. Beginning in 1963 until his death, he was responsible for film productions such as the Planet of the Apes series, Doctor Dolittle, Goodbye, Mr... |
Broadway theatre. Broadway theatre,[nb 1] or Broadway, is a theatre genre that consists of the theatrical performances presented in 41 professional theaters, each with 500 or more seats, in the Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.[1][2] Broadway and Londons West End ... |
Don Taylor (American filmmaker). Donald Ritchie Taylor (December 13, 1920 – December 29, 1998) was an American actor and film director.[1] He co-starred in 1940s and 1950s classics, including the 1948 film noir The Naked City, Battleground, Father of the Bride, Fathers Little Dividend and Stalag 17. He later turned to ... |
Musical theatre. Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole. Alth... |
Richard M. Sherman. Richard Morton Sherman (June 12, 1928 – May 25, 2024) was an American songwriter who specialized in musical films with his brother Robert B. Sherman. According to the official Walt Disney Company website and independent fact checkers, The Sherman Brothers were responsible for more motion picture mu... |
University of Dublin. The University of Dublin (Irish: Ollscoil Átha Cliath), corporately named as The Chancellor, Doctors and Masters of the University of Dublin, is a public research university located in Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I who issued a royal charter for Trinity College Dub... |
Frank Capra Jr.. Frank Warner Capra (March 20, 1934 – December 19, 2007), known as Frank Capra Jr., was an American film and television producer. He was one of the three children of film director Frank Capra and his second wife, Lucille Warner. His own sons, Frank Capra III and Jonathan Capra, are assistant directors. ... |
Robert B. Sherman. Robert Bernard Sherman (December 19, 1925 – March 6, 2012) was an American songwriter. Best known for his work in musical films with his brother, Richard M. Sherman, they, known as Sherman brothers, produced more motion picture song scores than any other songwriting team in film history.[1] Some of ... |
Charles Dickens. Charles John Huffam Dickens (/ˈdɪkɪnz/ ⓘ; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic. He created some of literatures best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.[1] His works enjoye... |
Comedy (drama). Comedy is a genre of dramatic performance having a light or humorous tone that depicts amusing incidents and in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity.[1] For ancient Greeks and Romans, a comedy was a stage-play with a happy ending. In the Middle Ages, the term expanded to include narrat... |
Nintendo Entertainment System. The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on July 15, 1983, as the Family Computer (Famicom),[note 1] and released as the redesigned NES in test markets in the United States on October 18, 198... |
Australia. Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.[N 6] It has a total area of 7,688,287 km2 (2,968,464 sq mi), making it the sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania... |
Comedy (disambiguation). Comedy is a genre of literary works that have happy endings, in contrast to tragedies that have unhappy endings. Comedy may also refer to: |
Dublin City University. Dublin City University (abbreviated as DCU; Irish: Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath[1]) is a university based on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. Created as the National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin in 1975, it enrolled its first students in 1980, and was elevated to university s... |
Technological University Dublin. Technological University Dublin (Irish: Ollscoil Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath) or TU Dublin[6] is Irelands first technological university. It was established on 1 January 2019,[7][8][9] with a history going back to 1887 through the amalgamated Dublin Institute of Technology which... |
Hadrians Villa. Hadrians Villa (Italian: Villa Adriana; Latin: Villa Hadriana) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising the ruins and archaeological remains of a large villa complex built around AD 120 by Roman emperor Hadrian near Tivoli outside Rome. It is the most imposing and complex Roman villa known. The comple... |
H2O (disambiguation). H2O is the chemical formula for water, which means that each of its molecules contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms. H2O or H2O may also refer to: |
Theatre of ancient Greece. A theatrical culture flourished in ancient Greece from 700 BC. At its centre was the city-state of Athens, which became a significant cultural, political, and religious place during this period, and the theatre was institutionalised there as part of a festival called the Dionysia, which hon... |
Sydney. Sydney (/ˈsɪdni/ ⓘ SID-nee) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia. Located on Australias east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 k... |
Preferred IUPAC name. In chemical nomenclature, a preferred IUPAC name (PIN) is a unique name, assigned to a chemical substance and preferred among all possible names generated by IUPAC nomenclature. The preferred IUPAC nomenclature provides a set of rules for choosing between multiple possibilities in situations where... |
BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award. The Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award is an annual award, first introduced in 1978 and presented in honor of Michael Balcon, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts charity. The award was originally named the Michael Balcon Award bu... |
Water (disambiguation). Water is a chemical substance with the formula H2O. A detailed description of the physical and chemical properties of water is at properties of water. Water may also refer to: |
Max Schreck. Friedrich Gustav Maximilian Schreck[1] (6 September 1879 – 20 February 1936),[2][3][4] known professionally as Max Schreck, was a German actor, best known for his lead role as the vampire Count Orlok in the film Nosferatu (1922). Max Schreck was born in Berlin-Friedenau, on 6 September 1879. Six years lat... |
Latin. Latin (lingua Latina or Latinum[I]) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area around Rome, Italy.[1] Through the expansion of the Roman Republic, it became the dominant lan... |
British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA, /ˈbæftə/[2]) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom. In addition to its annual award ceremonies, BAFTA h... |
Dihydrogen monoxide parody. The dihydrogen monoxide parody is a parody that involves referring to water by its unfamiliar chemical systematic name dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO, or the chemical formula H2O) and describing some properties of water in a particularly concerning manner — such as the ability to accelerate cor... |
Sony Pictures Animation. Sony Pictures Animation Inc. (also referred to as Sony Animation Studios and abbreviated to SPA) is an American animation studio owned by Sony Entertainments Sony Pictures Entertainment through their Motion Picture Group division and founded on May 9, 2002. The studio is based in Los Angeles, ... |
Kim Newman. Kim James Newman (born 31 July 1959) is an English journalist, film critic, and fiction writer.[1] He is interested in film history and horror fiction – both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Brownings Dracula at the age of eleven – and alternative history. He has won the Bram Stoker Award, the Internat... |
Chemical nomenclature. Chemical nomenclature is a set of rules to generate systematic names for chemical compounds. The nomenclature used most frequently worldwide is the one created and developed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). IUPAC Nomenclature ensures that each compound (and its va... |
Bijin-ga. Bijin-ga (美人画, beautiful person picture) is a generic term for pictures of beautiful women (bijin) in Japanese art, especially in woodblock printing of the ukiyo-e genre. Kōjien defines bijin-ga as a picture that simply emphasizes the beauty of women,[1] and the Shincho Encyclopedia of World Art defines it a... |
Shukuba. Shukuba (宿場) were staging post stations during the Edo period in Japan, generally located on one of the Edo Five Routes or one of its sub-routes. They were also called shuku-eki (宿駅). These stage stations, or stage station towns (宿場町, shukuba-machi) developed around them, were places where travelers could res... |
Nosferatu. Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (German: Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens) is a 1922 silent German Expressionist vampire film directed by F. W. Murnau from a screenplay by Henrik Galeen. It stars Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife (Greta Schröder) of his estate agent (Gustav v... |
Kyonan. Kyonan (鋸南町, Kyonan-machi) is a town located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 November 2020[update], the town had an estimated population of 7,409 in 3543 households and a population density of 160 persons per km².[1] The total area of the city is 45.16 square kilometres (17.44 sq mi). Kyonan is located in ... |
Count Orlok. Count Orlok (German: Graf Orlok; Romanian: Contele Orlok; Hungarian: Orlok gróf) is a fictional character who first appeared in the silent film Nosferatu (1922) directed by F. W. Murnau. Based on Bram Stokers Count Dracula, he is played by German actor Max Schreck, and is depicted as a repulsive vampire de... |
Tōkaidō (road). The Tōkaidō road (東海道, Tōkaidō; [to̞ːka̠ido̞ː]), which roughly means eastern sea route, was the most important of the Five Routes of the Edo period in Japan, connecting Kyoto to the de facto capital of Japan at Edo (modern-day Tokyo). Unlike the inland and less heavily travelled Nakasendō, the Tōkaidō t... |
Awa Province (Chiba). Awa Province (安房国, Awa no Kuni; Japanese pronunciation: [aꜜ.wa (no kɯ.ɲi)][1]) was a province of Japan in the area of modern Chiba Prefecture.[2] It lies on the tip of the Bōsō Peninsula (房総半島), whose name takes its first kanji from the name of Awa Province and its second from Kazusa and Shimōsa ... |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.