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Cyprus | European Union member states, Republic of Cyprus, Commonwealth member states | Cyprus (officially the Republic of Cyprus) is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. Cyprus is in Asia, along with being apart of the Middle East and the Levant. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), a de facto state only recognized by Turkey is situated in the north of the island. It is also closer to A... | simple-english |
Latvia | Latvia, European Union member states, 1991 establishments in Europe | Latvia (Latvian: Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika), is a country in Northern Europe. The capital is Riga. It is one of the Baltic states, together with Estonia in the north and Lithuania in the south. Latvia's neighbours to the east are the countries Russia and Belarus. Latvia is divided ... | simple-english |
Lithuania | Education by country, Lithuania, European Union member states | Lithuania is a country in Europe. It borders Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland to the south and Russia to the southwest. It is one of the Baltic states. The country's area is 65,300 km² and there are about 2.8 million people who live in Lithuania. The national language is the Lithuanian language, wh... | simple-english |
Malta | Malta, Italian-speaking countries, European Union member states, Phoenician colonies, 1974 establishments in Europe, Commonwealth member states, English-speaking countries | Malta is a country in Southern Europe, and a member of the European Union. It is an island near the center of the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily. Although it is geologically located on the African Plate, Malta is recognized as a European country. The capital of Malta is Valletta. Around 500,000 people live in Malt... | simple-english |
Index of Soviet Union–related articles | Soviet Union, Geography-related lists | List of Premiers of the Soviet Union Communist Party of the Soviet Union Collectivisation in the USSR Eastern Front (World War II) Great Soviet Encyclopedia Hero of the Soviet Union History of the Jews in Russia and Soviet Union History of the Soviet Union (1985-1991) Republics of the Soviet Union Soviet Union nationa... | simple-english |
Comoving distance | Cosmology, Physical quantity | In normal cosmology, 'comoving' distance or 'proper distance' is one of several distances measured by cosmologists to define distances between objects. To talk about the shape of the Universe, scientists want to forget that the Universe is expanding. So they separate the shape from time and pretend that the Universe is... | simple-english |
Shaanxi | Shaanxi, 997, 10th-century establishments in Asia, 1st-millennium establishments in China | Shaanxi (Chinese:陕西, also sometimes called Shenshi) is a province in northwest China. The word "Shaan" (viz Shanzhou) is a place in Henan Province. "Xi" means "west". So "Shaanxi" means "the place to the west of Shaan". Although in pinyin, "Shaanxi" is spelled exactly the same as "Shanxi", the only difference in how th... | simple-english |
Lisbon | Phoenician colonies, Lisbon, 710s establishments, Establishments in Portugal | Lisbon () is the capital city of Portugal. It is the largest city of Portugal. The city has a population of about half million people. In Lisbon's urban area live around 2.8 million people, being the 10th-most populous urban area in the European Union. Lisbon is placed on the right bank (western) of the Tagus River, ne... | simple-english |
Surfing | Surfing | Surfing is a water sport done in the ocean or sea. The surfer uses their surfboard to catch a wave and ride in towards the shore. Surfing was invented by the Polynesians at least 4000 years ago. Surfing made its Olympic debut at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. It has become a popular sport among both men and ... | simple-english |
Lyon | Lyon, World Heritage Sites in France | Lyon (Arpitan: Liyon) is a city in the southeast of France. It is the third-largest city in the country (behind Paris and Marseille), with about 520,774 people living there in 2022. It is the second largest metropolis, or metro area, in France (behind only that of Paris), with 2,327,861 people in 2022. In ancient histo... | simple-english |
George W. Bush | 1946 births, Living people, George W. Bush, 2000 United States presidential candidates, 2004 United States presidential candidates, 20th-century American politicians, 21st-century American politicians, American aviators, American Methodists, Bush family, Businesspeople from New Haven, Connecticut, Busi... | George Walker Bush was born on July 6, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut and is an American politician and businessman. He was the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He is the son of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush and former U.S. First Lady Barbara Bush. Before becoming president, he was the ... | simple-english |
Organic compound | Organic compounds | Organic compounds are carbon-based compounds. Organic compounds contain carbon bonds in which at least one carbon atom is covalently linked to an atom of another type (usually hydrogen, oxygen or nitrogen). Most polymers are organic compounds. The name "organic" is a historical name from the 19th century. People believ... | simple-english |
Coal | Basic English 850 words, Fossil fuels, Sedimentary rocks, Environmental issues, Hydrocarbons | Coal is a hard rock which can be burned as a fossil fuel. It is mostly carbon but also contains hydrogen, sulphur, oxygen and nitrogen. It is a sedimentary rock formed from peat, by the pressure of rocks laid down later on top. Peat, and therefore coal, is formed from the remains of plants which lived millions of years... | simple-english |
Petroleum | Petroleum | Petroleum, (from Greek πέτρα - rock and έλαιο - oil) also called crude oil, is a thick and black liquid. It is a natural material mainly made of hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbons come from many billions of ancient phytoplankton. When they die, their bodies sink to the bottom. This formed basins of oil in many parts of the... | simple-english |
Natural gas | Fossil fuels, Hydrocarbons | Natural gas is a mixture of gases. It consists mainly of hydrocarbons. The main component is methane, which is a greenhouse gas. Natural gas is a natural resource, often found in the ground, either alone or together with petroleum. Landfills and natural processes produce a little methane. Usually it is transported to u... | simple-english |
Energy | Energy, Basic physics ideas | Energy can mean various things: In physics, energy is a property of matter and space. It can be transferred between objects. It can be converted in its form. It cannot be created or destroyed. In economics it may mean the ‘energy industry’, as in fuel or electric power distribution. Energy can be used to heat, move or ... | simple-english |
Jewel | Basic English 850 words, Gemstones | Jewels (or gems or gemstones) are rare minerals. They usually come in colours and sizes. They begin in a rough rock form, but can be cut and polished to turn into a jewellery. However, some other non-mineral rocks (such as lapis lazuli) or organic materials can also be also used for jewelry and are called gemstones. Th... | simple-english |
Xenon | Noble gases | Xenon is a non-metal chemical element. It has the chemical symbol Xe and atomic number 54. As a noble gas, it is one of the few elements that are a gas at the standard temperature and pressure. Sir William Ramsay and M. W. Travers discovered this element in 1898. The element's name came from the Greek word xenos, whic... | simple-english |
Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur, Capital cities in Malaysia, 1857 establishments in Asia | English Chinese Tamil Kuala Lumpur () is the capital city and the largest city of Malaysia and a Federal Territory. After Putrajaya was constructed in the late 1990s, the administrative capital has been moved there. Kuala Lumpur has one of the tallest buildings in the world, the Petronas Twin Towers. Kuala Lumpur has a... | simple-english |
List of elements by name | #REDIRECT List of elements | simple-english |
Speed of light | Light, Astrophysics, Relativity | The speed of light, in any medium, which is usually denoted by c, is a physical constant important in many areas of physics. It is denoted by "c0" especially in vacuum medium, although the symbol 'c' can be used to refer to that in any medium. It is exactly by definition. A photon (particle of light) travels at this s... | simple-english |
Denial | Society, Psychology, Belief | Denial is a word used in psychology on defense mechanism. It means that someone denies that something has happened or is happening although he really knows it is true. Usually this happens because admitting it would cause a lot of pain. Denial is usually the first state of coping with losses. For instance, if someone ... | simple-english |
Tokyo | Tokyo, Olympic cities | Tokyo () is the capital and largest city of Japan. It is on the island of Honshu in the region of Kanto. Tokyo is the center of the Japanese government. The Imperial Palace is in Tokyo but it's not actually public for tourists to visit. Tokyo is the center of business, trade, and industry of Japan. The city is the cent... | simple-english |
Laozi | Eastern philosophers, Chinese philosophers, Spiritual teachers, Taoism, 6th-century BC Chinese people | Laozi (Lao Tsu, Lao-Tze) was a Chinese philosopher best known for Taoism, the Tao Te Ching, and becoming a deity of Taoism and Chinese folk religions. A legendary figure of Chinese culture, Laozi may have lived during the Warring States period. Laozi's work influenced anti-authoritarian and Legalist philosophers. What ... | simple-english |
List of physicists | Physicists, Lists of scientists | This is a list of physicists. Heinrich Rudolf Hertz James Prescott Joule | simple-english |
Brass | Copper alloys, Zinc alloys, Basic English 850 words, Bronze | Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. Some types of brass are called bronzes. Brass has a golden appearance. It is harder than pure metals and resists corrosion. It costs more than zinc. There are some common brasses: Alpha brasses - with less than 40% zinc White brasses - with more than 45% zinc Things brass are used ... | simple-english |
Body | Body parts, Basic English 850 words | A body is the physical material of a person or organism. It is only used for organisms which are in one part or whole. There are organisms which change from single cells to whole organisms: for example, slime moulds. For them the term 'body' would mean the multicellular stage. Other uses: Cell body: here it may be used... | simple-english |
Alloy | Alloys, Metallurgy | An alloy is a uniform mixture. It is made up of two or more chemical elements, of which at least one is a metal. An alloy has properties different from the metals it is made of. Most alloys are made by melting the metals, mixing them while they are liquid to form a solution, then leaving them to cool and turn solid aga... | simple-english |
Material | Materials | Material is what everything that you can touch is made of. Even material that is too small to touch, is called material. We use materials to make things. We can also call material "physical substances." Raw material is materials such as ores which we can clean and mix with other materials to make another material like ... | simple-english |
Brain | Basic English 850 words, Anatomy of the brain | The brain is the part of the body which lets living beings think. It does some bodily functions, such as telling the rest of the body what to do. Almost all animals have a brain: the exceptions are sponges, cnidarians, and lancelets. Plants and fungi do not have brains, although they do react to changes in their enviro... | simple-english |
Neuron | Anatomy of the nervous system, Cells | A neuron (or neurone) is a nerve cell which uses electrical impulses to carry out their purpose. Neurons are the basic units of our nervous system. Their purpose in the nervous system is to receive, transmit, and carry electrical impulses Neurons are connected to one another, but they do not actually touch each other. ... | simple-english |
Middle East | Middle East | The Middle East is a large area of land in the eastern hemisphere. The lands of the Arabian Peninsula and some of the lands of the eastern Mediterranean are part of the Middle East. The Middle East's population is mostly Muslim. The name of the Middle East comes from its position to the east of Europe and to the west o... | simple-english |
Warsaw | Warsaw | Warsaw (In Polish: Warszawa) is the capital of Poland in Masovian Voivodeship. It is also the biggest city in that country. There are about 2,000,000 people living there (1,726,581 as of 31 March 2014). People from Warsaw are called "Varsovians". There are other names for Warsaw. For example, (Latin, Spanish) and Vars... | simple-english |
Hindu–Arabic numeral system | Numbering systems | The Hindu–Arabic numeral system, sometimes known as the Indo–Arabic numeral or Latin numeral system or simply the Hindu numeral system, Indo numeral system or Arabic numeral system, is a system of numbers used all around the world. It is a base-ten place-value system. This system has ten basic lowercase-only symbols, w... | simple-english |
Point (geometry) | Geometry | A point is a position in space which has no size, but which does have position. In geometry, a point has no size, but has a position. This means it has no volume, area or length. We usually draw a point as a small cross 'X' or a small dot (a small, round shape). Different points can be labelled using capital letters (A... | simple-english |
Line | Basic English 850 words, Geometry | A line is the path of one point that is moving. A line is a type of geometric figure. A line has length, but no width. A line is made up of an endless number of points. Straight and curved lines A line can be straight or curved. In geometry, the word line means a straight line. A straight line is the shortest distance ... | simple-english |
Plane (mathematics) | Shapes, Geometry | A plane is a perfectly flat surface extending in all directions. It can be thought of as the ceiling of a room, only extended into all directions infinitely. A plane has two dimensions: length and width. All planes are flat surfaces. If a surface is not flat, it is called a curved surface. The tool plane can be used to... | simple-english |
Angle | Angles, Basic English 850 words | 120px|thumb|right|An angle. When two straight lines come together, they make an angle. The two lines are called the sides of the angle, and they meet at a point. A flat surface (called a plane) also forms an angle when it meets another. To represent an angle, Greek letters such as \alpha (alpha), \beta (beta), \gamma (... | simple-english |
List of astronomers | Astronomers, Lists of scientists, Astronomy lists | Famous astronomers include: Marc Aaronson (USA, 1950 – 1987) George Ogden Abell (USA, 1927 – 1983) Charles Greeley Abbot (USA, 1872 – 1973) John Couch Adams (Britain, 1819 – 1892) Walter Sydney Adams (USA, 1876 – 1956) Paul Oswald Ahnert (Germany, 1897 – 1989) Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (Germany, 1912 – 1954) George Biddell Air... | simple-english |
List of astrophysicists | Astrophysicists, Lists of scientists | An astrophysicist is a person whose profession is astrophysics. Hubert Reeves, is known for explaining science to the general public (or popularizing science). Stephen Hawking, is known for Hawking radiation, Penrose–Hawking theorems, Bekenstein–Hawking formula, Hawking energy, Gibbons–Hawking ansatz, Gibbons–Hawking ... | simple-english |
List of walls | Walls, Lists | This is a list of famous walls. Name Location Image Antonine Wall Scotland 150px Atlantic Wall France 150px Berlin Wall Germany 150px Communards' Wall Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris, France 150px Democracy Wall Beijing (1978-1979) Great Wall of China China 150px Hadrian's Wall England 150px Jericho walls ... | simple-english |
List of vegetables | Vegetables, Food-related lists | This list includes the common English names of many vegetables. | simple-english |
List of telescope types | Telescopes, Astronomy lists | Astronomical telescopes are divided into subgroups. All telescopes work by collecting electromagnetic radiation and focussing it into an image which may be seen or photographed. The purpose is to see things which are far away in the universe. The traditional types all work to collect visible light from the sky. Recent ... | simple-english |
List of shipwrecks | Transport lists, Shipwrecks | This list of shipwrecks is of those sunken ships whose remains have been found. Aarhus Historic Shipwreck SS Andrea Doria, 1956 USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor, 1941 Bendigo, North Carolina, United States Bismarck battleship, 1945 Carnatic shipwreck, Red Sea USS California (later San Diego), Long Island USS Eagle, Lake Champ... | simple-english |
List of religions | Religions, Religion-related lists | This is a list of religions and spiritual traditions. Some entries are written more than once. A group of monotheistic traditions often grouped together because all refer to a patriarch named Abraham. Anglicanism and Union of Utrecht Anglicanism (via media between the Roman Catholic Church and Protestantism) Episcopal ... | simple-english |
List of national parks in Africa | National parks in Africa, Africa-related lists, Lists of national parks | El Kala National Park Tasssili N'Ajjer National Park Bicuari National Park Cameia National Park Cangandala National Park Kisama National Park Luenge National Park Luiana National Park Longa-Mavinga National Park Mucusso National Park Quiama National Park Pendjari National Park Central Kalahari Game Reserve Gemsbok Nati... | simple-english |
List of languages | outlines, Language-related lists | Oostfräisk or East Frisian Low Saxon (Germanic) Old Prussian (Balto-Slavic) Oshimbalantu (Oshiwanbo) Palestinian Arabic (Dialect of Arabic - Semitic) Pascenda or Pashandah (Romance - Semitic mix, possible auxiliary language) Phat Thai (Thai Mainly) Language (for information about language in general) Constructed langua... | simple-english |
List of endangered languages | Language-related lists, Endangered languages | A list of endangered languages (with fewer than 1000 speakers or with very fast decline). In order to judge if a language is actually endangered, the number of speakers is less important than the distribution among age cohorts. There may be 200,000 mother tongue speakers of the Breton language over 50 years of age, but... | simple-english |
List of emotions | Emotions, Non-verbal communication, Lists | This is a list of emotions (feelings) felt by humans. Robert Plutchik's theory Robert Plutchik's theory defines that the eight basic emotions are:thumb|Plutchik's Wheel of Emotions|270px Fear → feeling of being afraid, frightened, scared. Anger → feeling angry. A stronger word for anger is rage. Sadness → feeling sad.... | simple-english |
List of earthquakes | Earthquakes, Science-related lists | The following is a list of major earthquakes: Date Site Deaths Magnitudein Richter Comments 464 BC Sparta, Greece ? – Led to a helot uprising and strained relations with Athens, one of the factors that led to the Peloponnesian War 226 BC Rhodes, Greece ? – Destroyed Colossus of Rhodes and city of Kameiros 365 Cyrene, ... | simple-english |
List of disasters | Disasters, History-related lists | This is a list of disasters, both natural and man-made. Classical-Era disasters Mount Vesuvius volcanic eruption, Italy Alexandria earthquake which destroyed the Pharos of Alexandria Rhodes earthquake destroyed the Colossus of Rhodes The city of Rome suffered from a major fire during the time of emperor Nero Sodom and ... | simple-english |
List of diseases | Disease-related lists | This is a list of common, well-known or infamous diseases. This is neither complete nor authoritative. This is not intended to be a list of rare diseases, nor is it a list of mental disorders. This list includes both common names and technical names for diseases. This is deliberate; where multiple names are in common u... | simple-english |
List of mental disorders | Mental illnesses | The following is a list of mental disorders. Major depressive disorder, also known as clinical depression Minor depressive disorder Depressive personality disorder Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression | simple-english |
List of communist parties | Lists of political parties, Communist parties | There are a number of communist parties around the world. In world history, the Russian and Chinese communists are very important. In Western Europe, the French, Spanish and Italian communist parties are the biggest. They have taken part in either local, regional or central government in those countries. Some communis... | simple-english |
List of common misspellings in English | #REDIRECT Commonly misspelled words | simple-english |
List of color topics | Color, Lists | This is a list of color topics. | simple-english |
List of buildings | Lists of buildings | Famous or notable buildings with articles about them in Wikipedia include: Index: A-B - C-D - E-I - J-O - P-R - S - T-V - W - Y - Z 1 Canada Square, London, United Kingdom 1 Churchill Place, London, UK 2 Fevrier Sofitel Hotel, Lomé, Togo 225 South Sixth, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 30th Street Station, Philad... | simple-english |
List of bridges | Lists of bridges | List of bridges is a work in progress. Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge Tajik-Afghan Friendship Bridge | simple-english |
List of bones of the human skeleton | Bones, Science-related lists | A typical adult human skeleton consists of the following 206 bones. Some people have slightly more or fewer. Some bones are called "proximal" meaning nearer the torso, some as "intermediate" and some as "distal" meaning farther. inferior nasal conchae (2) In the middle ears (6): In the shoulder girdle (4): scapula or s... | simple-english |
Lists of astronomical objects | Astronomy lists | This is a partial list of the various lists of astronomical objects which either exist, or should exist, in Wikipedia. List of planetary moons List of trans-Neptunian objects List of trans-Neptunian objects by number List of nearest stars List of brightest stars List of largest stars List of smallest stars List of star... | simple-english |
List of stars | Lists of stars | The following is a small list of stars. On this list, stars should be placed by their English wiki title, unless a common name is clearly more used. Alpha Arietis (Hamal) Alpha Centauri (Rigil Kentaurus) Alpha Herculis ( Ras Algethi) Beta Arietis (Sharatan) Beta Aurigae (Menkalinan) Beta Centauri (Hadar) Nemesis (hypot... | simple-english |
List of nearest stars | Lists of stars | This list of the nearest stars to Earth is by distance in light years (ly). These distances are taken from parallax data determined by the Research Consortium on Nearby Stars (or Recons). The sources for this information were the Yale Parallax Catalog [Y], Hipparcos [H], Soderhjelm 1999 [S], Tinney 1996 [T]. Stars move... | simple-english |
List of planets | Planets, Astronomy lists | This is a list of two types of planets: standard planets and dwarf planets, in the Solar System. Planets in the Solar System Mercury – The planet with the second highest temperature in the Solar System and the closest planet to the Sun. Venus – The warmest planet. Sometimes called "Earth's twin" because Venus and Earth... | simple-english |
List of galaxies | Galaxies, Astronomy lists | List of galaxies and galaxy clusters. Because there are so many galaxies in the universe, this list has been divided into several categories. The first catalog that catalogues galaxies is the Catalogue of Galaxies and of Clusters of Galaxies. List of nearby galaxies This is list of nearby galaxies to the Milky Way Gala... | simple-english |
List of nearest galaxies | Galaxies, Astronomy lists | This list of the nearest galaxies to Earth is ordered by increasing distance. Many of the distances are only estimates, and some may be incorrect by 50% or more. The distance ranking in this list should be seen only as a guess. Distances are given in light years (ly). The nearest galaxies (ranked) Milky Way – home gala... | simple-english |
List of satellites of the Milky Way | Local galaxies, Astronomy lists, Milky Way | List of satellites of Milky Way: Canis Major dwarf galaxy - 25,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way) Sagittarius dwarf - 81,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way) Large Magellanic Cloud - 160,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way) Small Magellanic Cloud - 190,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way) Ursa Minor dwarf - 205,500 ly (satellite of Milk... | simple-english |
List of comets | Comets, Astronomy lists | This is a list of some comets in the solar system. Periodic comets visit us again and again. Non-periodic comets visit us only once. On this list there is a "P" in front of the periodic comets. In front of non-periodic comets there is a "C". There is sometimes a number in front of the "P": it shows the number of times... | simple-english |
List of stars with confirmed extrasolar planets | Lists of stars, Planets | The following is a list of main sequence stars with confirmed extrasolar planets. Note that the masses of the planets are lower bounds only. If a planet is detected by the spectral line displacement method referred to above, no information is gained about the inclination of the planet's plane of orbit around its star, ... | simple-english |
List of water sports | Water sports, Sports lists | Many sports are played in water. The following is a list of water sports, divided by category. This list is not complete. Some of the sports include only one part to swimming, as for example Triathlon. Triathlon - Usually a combination of swimming, cycling and running Modern pentathlon includes épée fencing, pistol sho... | simple-english |
List of waterways | Waterways, Geography-related lists | The list of waterways is a link page for any river, canal, estuary, or firth. Ghent-Terneuzen Canal Bosnia and Herzegovina Saint Lawrence Seaway, (Canada and USA) Trent-Severn Waterway Chang Jiang (Yangtze) Grand Canal of China Huang He (Yellow River) Rhine-Main-Danube Canal (Rhein-Main-Donau-Kanal) Corinthian Canal co... | simple-english |
List of wave topics | Science-related lists, Wave mechanics | This is a list of wave topics, by Wikipedia page. amplitude modulation analog sound vs. digital sound atmospheric diffraction atmospheric waveguide bandwidth limited pulse Brillouin scattering circular polarization dielectric waveguide electromagnetic wave electromagnetic wave cut-off elliptical polarization frequency ... | simple-english |
List of waterfalls | Waterfalls, Geography-related lists | This is a list of waterfalls. Boyoma Falls (Stanley Falls) - Democratic Republic of the Congo Victoria Falls - widest in the world Bow Glacier Falls - Banff National Park Della Falls - highest in Canada Emperor Falls - Mount Robson Provincial Park Montmorency Falls, Quebec - 83 m (272 ft) Takakkaw Falls - Yoh... | simple-english |
List of tunnels | Tunnels, Transport lists | The list of tunnels is a link page for any road tunnel, railway tunnel, or waterway tunnel anywhere in the world. Sydney Harbour Tunnel Detroit-Windsor Tunnel List of tunnels in the Netherlands Tunnels in New Zealand Tunnels in the United Kingdom Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, Alaska Allegheny Tunnel, Pennsylvania Tu... | simple-english |
List of tallest structures in the world | Lists of buildings | This is a list of tallest structures in the world, past and present of any type. Most of the structures are television broadcasting masts. There are also the taller tower-type structures (like the CN Tower) and the taller high rise buildings (like the Sears Tower). The list also includes some other structures like oil... | simple-english |
List of symbols | Symbols, Lists | This is a list of graphical signs, icons, and symbols. Religious and mystical symbols Swastika (as used by Nazis and neo-Nazis) List of political party symbols in India Scientific and engineering symbols Astronomical symbols Hazard warning symbols Mathematical symbols Skull and crossbones Chess symbols in Unicode | simple-english |
List of supermarkets | Supermarkets, Lists of companies | This is a list of supermarkets around the world. Hofer - Austrian name for Aldi Supermercados Bahama Dominion (Newfoundland) Groupe GP Quebec only Food Basics (Ontario) IGA (Independent Grocers Association) Loblaws / Loblaw GreatFood / Loblaws CityMarket Maxi / Maxi & Cie (Quebec) The Real Canadian Superstore Your Inde... | simple-english |
Acid | Basic English 850 words, Acids | An acid is a type of chemical compound. The definition of an acid has changed as people discovered more about chemistry. Acids were originally grouped together by their properties: they taste sour, change the color of litmus paper to red, and make salts when reacted with certain other chemicals. There are two main defi... | simple-english |
White dwarf | Types of stars | A white dwarf is a compact star. Their matter is squashed together. Gravitation has pulled the atoms close together, and taken off their electrons. The mass of a white dwarf is similar to the mass of the Sun, but its volume is similar to that of the Earth. White dwarfs are the final evolutionary state of all stars whos... | simple-english |
Beach | Beaches | A beach is a landform along the coast of an ocean, sea, lake, or river. It usually consists of loose particles, such as sand, gravel, shingle, or pebbles. The particles of a beach are sometimes biological in origin, such as mollusc shells or bits of coral and sometimes bits of igneous rock, but the most common mineral ... | simple-english |
Hallucinations | #REDIRECTHallucination | simple-english |
Mental illness | Mental illnesses | alt=A green ribbon|thumb|150px|A ribbon that people wear to show that someone cares about mental health issues A mental illness is an illness of the mind. It can be a psychiatric disorder, a psychological disorder, mental disease, mental breakdown, nervous breakdown, or mental health conditions. Historically, people wi... | simple-english |
Depression (mental illness) | Mood disorders | Depression (also called major depressive disorder, unipolar depression or clinical depression) is a mental illness. Many people think that depression just means a person is very sad. However, depression can cause many symptoms in the body as well as mood problems. The ICD-10 is used around the world to diagnose people ... | simple-english |
Qur'an | Quran | The Qur'an () is the central book of Islam. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims to be "The Word of Allah (God)". This book is believed to have been revealed to the prophet Muhammad by the angel Gabriel. For Muslims, the Qur'an is Allah's last revelation, the last in a chain of many revelations such as the Tawrat (Tora... | simple-english |
Tony Blair | 1953 births, Living people, Alumni of the University of Oxford, British Roman Catholics, British autobiographers, Labour Party (UK) MPs, Members of the British House of Commons for English constituencies, Leaders of the Labour Party (UK), Leaders of the Opposition (United Kingdom), Politicians from Edinbur... | Sir Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. He was Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007. On the day he stood down as Prime Minister and MP, h... | simple-english |
Accident | Accidents | An accident is when something goes wrong when it is not meant to. Physical accidents are things like collisions, injuries, and falling. Non-physical accidents are things like telling someone a secret without meaning to, forgetting something important, or deleting an important computer file. Road accidents kill thousand... | simple-english |
Acne | Diseases caused by bacteria, Skin problems | Acne is an infection of the skin, caused by changes in the sebaceous glands. The most common form of acne is called acne vulgaris, which means "common acne". The redness comes from the inflammation of the skin in response to the infection. Oils from the glands combine with dead skin cells to block hair follicles. Under... | simple-english |
Dinosaur | Dinosaurs | Dinosaurs are a group of Archosaur reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. Dinosaurs eventually gave rise to birds. Dinosaurs were the most powerful land animals of the Mesozoic era. Over 500 different genera of dinosaurs are known. Fossils of dinosaurs have been found on every continent. Dinosaurs evolved in the Upper Trias... | simple-english |
Stone Age | Stone Age, Prehistory | Stone Age people also made tools out of wood, antler, and bone. However, these materials do not last as long as stone. For this reason, most of the Stone Age tools archaeologists have found are made of stone. Food eaten in the Stone Age included berries (e.g. blackberries), fish, animals (e.g. mammoth), and animal orga... | simple-english |
Adolf Hitler | 1889 births, 1945 deaths, Adolf Hitler, Hitler family, Nazi leaders, Former dictators, Austrian painters, Austrian politicians, German war criminals, Former good articles, Former Roman Catholics, Holocaust perpetrators, Austrian war criminals, Antisemitism in Europe, Time People of the Year, Antisemitism... | Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945), was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany during the Nazi era from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor of Germany in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler... | simple-english |
Virgil | 70 BC births, 19 BC deaths, Ancient Roman poets, 1st-century BC writers | Publius Vergilius Maro (; traditional dates 15 October 70 BC21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was a poet in the Latin language. His poems are about gods and their mythology. Virgil's most famous epic poem is called the Aeneid. Tradition is that Virgil was born in the village of Andes... | simple-english |
Alcohol (chemistry) | Alcohols, Carbohydrates, Functional groups | In chemistry, alcohol is a general term which refers to many organic compounds used in industry and science as reagents, solvents, and fuels. Common alcohols include rubbing alcohol, grain alcohol, wood alcohol, ethylene glycol, glycerin, and phenol. Simple alcohols are made of an alkyl group with one or more hydroxyl ... | simple-english |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1756 births, 1791 deaths, Austrian composers, Child prodigies, Classical era composers, People from Salzburg, Smallpox survivors, Austrian Roman Catholics, Mozart family, 18th-century composers | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791; pronounced MOHT-sart) was a composer, instrumentalist, and music teacher. His full baptised name was Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. He was born in Salzburg (then a free archbishopric city within the Holy Roman Empire, now Austria). He wa... | simple-english |
Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685 births, 1750 deaths, Bach family, Baroque composers, 18th-century German composers, German Lutherans, German organists, People from Saxony-Anhalt, German harpsichordists | Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March 1685 in Eisenach – 28 July 1750 in Leipzig; pronounced BAHK) was a German composer, who was more known as an organist in his time. He lived in the last part of the Baroque period. He is most famous for his work Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, St. Matthew Passion, St. John Passion, Mass in ... | simple-english |
Atmosphere of Earth | Atmosphere, Meteorology, Earth, Atmosphere of Earth, Breathing gases | The Earth's atmosphere is the layer of gases around the Earth. It is held in place by Earth's gravity. It is today made up mainly of nitrogen (78.1%). It also has plentiful oxygen (20.9%) and small amounts of argon (0.9%), carbon dioxide (~ 0.035%), water vapor, and other gases. The atmosphere protects life on Earth b... | simple-english |
Human penis | Men, Penis | The human penis is a male body part found on the outside of the body. It is used for urination and for sexual intercourse. The main sexual function of the penis is to be inserted into a female's vagina and deliver semen, to cause pregnancy. The penis also provides pleasure during other types of sexual activity, includi... | simple-english |
Sahara | Deserts of Africa | The Sahara, in North Africa, is the largest desert in the world except for Antarctica. The Sahara is the largest hot desert. It is between long and between wide. It is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Atlas Mountains, the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, and the Sahel region. It runs through many countries including... | simple-english |
Paris | Paris, Capital of France, Olympic cities | Paris (nicknamed the "City of light") is the capital city of France, and the largest city in France. The area is , and around 2.15 million people live there. If suburbs are counted, the population of the Paris area rises to 10.7 million people. It is the most densely populated city in the European Union, with 20.653 p... | simple-english |
The Holocaust | Genocide, World War II, Antisemitism, Jewish history, History of Europe, Genocides in Europe, Crimes against humanity | The Holocaust was the genocide of Jews in Europe by Nazi Germany, other Axis powers and their local collaborators in occupied territories between 1933 and 1945. At least 6,000,000 (six million) Jews (67% pre-war European Jews) were killed. In an organized, planned and deliberate way, they murdered around six million Je... | simple-english |
Kyoto | Kyoto, Former capitals of Japan | Kyoto () is a city in Japan. This city was the capital of Japan from 794 until 1868. Kyoto is a major city in the Kansai region of Japan. Its population is 1.5 million people. The city of Kyoto is the capital city of the prefecture of Kyoto. Kyoto is one of the cultural, educational, and technology centers of Japan. In... | simple-english |
Anarchy | Anarchism, Economic systems, Society | Anarchy (from Greek αναρχια meaning "without a leader") is a word that has more than one meaning. Some of its meanings are: When there is no leader, or when nobody has power over everyone (used in the anarchist movement). When there is no political order, and there is confusion (used often in mass media) When people do... | simple-english |
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