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Craft | Occupations | Craft or handicraft is about making things with one's own hands and skills. The different types of crafts can be put in groups according to the material being used. In the Middle Ages the most common materials were metal, wood or clay. A craftsman is a person who has the knowledge and skills of a craft. When they have... | simple-english |
Kim Jong-il | 1941 births, 2011 deaths, Former dictators, North Korean military people, Presidents of North Korea | Kim Jong-il, birth name Yuri Irsenovich Kim (according to the Soviet Union's records) (, 16 February 1941 – 17 December 2011) was the Supreme Leader of Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) from the time of his father's death in 1994 until his own death in 2011. He was the son of Kim Il-Sŏng. Official Nor... | simple-english |
Silver | Basic English 850 words, Silver, Precious metals | Silver (symbol Ag) is a chemical element. In chemistry, silver is element 47, a transition metal. It has an atomic weight of 107.86 a.m.u. Its symbol is Ag, from the Latin word for silver, argentum. Silver is a soft metal. It is also a precious metal. When it is used in money or in jewellery, it is often alloyed with g... | simple-english |
Pope | Popes, Heads of state, Vatican City, Christian religious occupations, Roman Catholicism, Holy See | The Pope is the head of the Roman Catholic Church in religious contexts and, politically, the head of state or sovereign of the Vatican City State, formerly the Papal States. The 2025 papal conclave elected Leo XIV. The Pope is elected by Cardinals. While any Catholic male in good standing with the church is considered... | simple-english |
San Andreas Fault | Geography of California, Faults, San Francisco Bay Area | The San Andreas Fault is a right-moving ('dextral') strike-slip fault. It marks the boundary between the North American Plate on the east and the Pacific Plate on the west. The fault was the cause of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It first appeared about 20 million years ago. The San Andreas Fault is a zone several... | simple-english |
Void (astronomy) | Astronomical objects, Cosmology | In astronomy, voids are the empty spaces between filaments. Filaments and voids are the largest-scale structures in the Universe. There are no or few galaxies in voids. Most voids have a diameter of 11 to 150 Mpc. Especially large voids are the empty spaces without many superclusters. These voids are sometimes called s... | simple-english |
Computer mouse | Computer hardware, Data input | A computer mouse is an input device which is used with a computer or a laptop. For the mice most commonly used today, moving that mouse along a flat surface can move the cursor to different items on the screen. Items can be moved or selected by pushing the mouse buttons (called clicking). Today's mouse has two buttons,... | simple-english |
Metallurgy | Metallurgy, Materials science, Chemistry | Metallurgy is the study of metals. Alloys (mixtures of metals) are also studied. There are two main branches of Metallurgy. They are physical and chemical metallurgy. A Metallurgist is individual who researches, manufactures and develops metal items that range from car parts to semiconductors. Metallurgists and Metall... | simple-english |
Fixed-wing aircraft | Aircraft, Aerospace engineering | A fixed-wing aircraft is a kind of aircraft. An aircraft is a machine that can fly, but is heavier than air. Fixed-wing aircraft are sometimes called airplanes, aeroplanes or sometimes just "planes". All fixed-wing aircraft have wings that use forward airspeed to generate lift but faster than trains (steam-powered, d... | simple-english |
Aircraft | Aircraft, Aerospace engineering | An aircraft is a flying machine. The word aircraft originally meant airships and balloons. It comes from the words air and craft, a term from boating as were many early aviation words. There are many different kinds of aircraft. Some aircraft keep in the sky by moving air over their wings. Examples are aeroplanes, hel... | simple-english |
Victoria, British Columbia | Victoria, British Columbia | Victoria is the capital city of the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is named after Queen Victoria. Around 400,000 people live in the Victoria area. Many people work for the government or in tourism. It is warmer than other Canadian cities in the winter and so many Canadians move there when they retire. Victori... | simple-english |
Suez Canal | 1869 establishments, 19th-century establishments in Egypt, Canals, Buildings and structures in Egypt, Transport in Egypt, Mediterranean Sea | The Suez Canal (Arabic: قناة السويس, Qanā al-Suways, French: Le Canal de Suez) is a canal in Egypt. It lies west of the Sinai Peninsula. The canal is 163 km long (101 miles) and, at its narrowest point, 200 m wide (656 ft). It runs between Port Said (Būr Sa'īd) on the Mediterranean Sea, and Suez (al-Suways) on the Red ... | simple-english |
Canal | Canals | Merriam webster dictionary | simple-english |
Mars (mythology) | Roman gods and goddesses | alt= Statue of Roman God Mars in the Yorkshire Museum found in Blossom Street York and dates from the early 4th century. Article Eboracum|thumb|Statue of God Mars Mars is the god of war in Roman mythology. Mars is the son of Juno and Jupiter. Mars is the father of Romulus and Remus, and also Cupid. The planet Mars and ... | simple-english |
Cessna | American aircraft companies, Wichita, Kansas | Cessna is a company that makes airplanes. The company is named for their founder, Clyde Cessna. They are in Wichita, Kansas in the United States. They make small aircraft that can hold 2 to 4 people and in the last decades, they have built several models of business jets. | simple-english |
Clothing | Clothing | Clothing are items used to cover the human body. Humans are the only animals that wear clothing. During the many thousands of years between losing body hair and learning to make clothes, humans were naked. Some estimates come from studying the biology of lice. The body louse lives in clothing, and the last ancestor tha... | simple-english |
Shoe | Basic English 850 words, Footwear | A shoe is a type of footwear. It is an item of clothing. You can wear them outside. Shoes come in pairs, with one shoe for each foot. People usually wear shoes in public. They are worn for hygiene, style, and comfort. While there are some shoes that don't need socks to wear, shoes are usually worn with socks. Shoes are... | simple-english |
Footwear | Footwear | Footwear is an item of clothing made by humans that covers and protects the foot, including the soles of the feet. Footwear allows people to walk on rough surfaces such as gravel roads without hurting their feet. Some types of footwear such as boots help to keep people's feet dry, or help to keep people's feet warm in ... | simple-english |
Café | Coffee houses | alt=|thumb|A small café A café is a type of restaurant which typically serves coffee and tea, in addition to light refreshments such as baked goods or snacks. The term "café" comes from the French word meaning "coffee". A café setting is known as a casual social environment where you can find people reading the provide... | simple-english |
Jazz | Jazz music, African-American history | Jazz is a type of music which was invented in the United States. Jazz music combines African-American music with European music. Jazz first became popular in the 1910s. Some common jazz instruments include the saxophone, trumpet, guitar, piano, double bass, and drums. It is difficult to give an exact definition for "ja... | simple-english |
Coffee | Coffee, Former good articles | Coffee is a caffeinated drink prepared from roasted coffee beans. It's also a plant (Coffea) and the name of the drink that is made from this plant. The coffee plant is a bush or tree that can grow up to ten meters (about 32 feet) high, but is usually cut shorter. Coffee plants originally grew in Ethiopia, and now also... | simple-english |
Beef | Beef | Beef is a type of meat that comes from cattle. Beef can be cooked in many ways; cuts are usually used for steak, which can be cooked to many levels of doneness. Trimmings are usually ground or minced, like most hamburgers. Beef has protein, iron, and vitamin B12. High consumption of beef or other kinds of meat is linke... | simple-english |
Hyaena | Hyaenas | Hyaenas (sometimes Hyenas) are mammals. They are the family Hyaenidae, in the order Carnivora. They live in Africa, and in west and south Asia. In the past they had a much wider distribution. Now there are two subfamilies with four species. With only four species, it is the fourth-smallest family in the Carnivora, and ... | simple-english |
Table salt | Condiments, Sodium salts, Chloride salts, Halide minerals | Table salt is a mineral composed mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl). This is a chemical compound, one of many salts. Salt in its natural form as a crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite. When salt (sodium chloride) is mixed with water, the salt dissolves into the water, creating a saline solution. Salt is pr... | simple-english |
Silk | Basic English 850 words, Fibers, Cloth | Silk is a natural fibre made by the silk worm to form their cocoon. Silk fibres are very strong, yet soft, and so are often used to make cloth. The cloth from silk can be made into rugs, bedding, or can be used to write or paint on. In the past, silk was used to make parachutes. The practice of growing silkworms for s... | simple-english |
The Beatles | Musical groups disestablished in 1970, 1960s British music groups, 1970s disestablishments in the United Kingdom, 1960 establishments in England, 1970s British music groups, British pop rock bands, English pop music groups, English rock bands, Musical groups established in 1960, Musical groups from Liverp... | The Beatles were an English pop/rock band, started in Liverpool, England in 1960. The members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. Most people say they are the most successful and influential band in the history of popular music. The group were a main part of the creation of 1960s counter... | simple-english |
Reincarnation | Theology, Cultural studies, Afterlife | Reincarnation is the name of the idea that people are born again in another body after they die and this cycle continues over many lifetimes. Rebirth or "transmigration" is the preferred term for those believers who do not believe in eternal souls. Many Hindus, Jains, Celtic pagans, Buddhists, and people who follow so... | simple-english |
Philosopher | #REDIRECT Philosophy | simple-english |
EBay | American websites, E-commerce | eBay is a website. It is a place for online auctions. Anybody can sell almost anything they want there. People can buy many things there as well. People have to send what they sell themselves, usually using mail. Some items may be collected by the buyer such as items to large or heavy to post. Buyers can transfer the m... | simple-english |
Gerhard Schröder | 1944 births, Living people, Chancellors of Germany, Members of the German Bundestag, Lawyers from North Rhine-Westphalia, Ministers-President of Lower Saxony, Politicians from North Rhine-Westphalia | Gerhard Schröder was Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. He was born on 7 April 1944 in Mossenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia. After school he learned retail sales in a Lemgo from 1958 to 1961. After that he made his abitur (highest school exam in Germany) in Bielefeld. Then he studied law in Göttingen. After that he... | simple-english |
Melbourne | Melbourne, Former national capitals, Olympic cities, 1835 establishments, 1830s establishments in Australia | Melbourne () is the second-largest city in Australia. It is the capital of Victoria, a state in the south-east of Australia. The population of Melbourne was just over five million in 2020. "Melbourne" is an ambiguous name. The local City of Melbourne is quite small, as the City of London is. But the metropolitan area o... | simple-english |
Victoria | Victoria might mean: Victoria (name), a female name Victoria (state), a state in Australia Victoria, British Columbia, capital city of British Columbia, Canada Victoria, Seychelles, capital of Seychelles Queen Victoria, a former Queen of the United Kingdom. Roman version of the Greek goddess Nike (mythology) | simple-english |
Canberra | Canberra, 1913 establishments, 1910s establishments in Australia | Canberra is the capital city of Australia. There are 403,468 people who live there. It does not belong to a state but it is in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Canberra was started in 1913 and in the middle of the city is Lake Burley-Griffin. This lake was created especially for the city. There was a competition... | simple-english |
Sydney | Sydney, Olympic cities, 1788 establishments in Australia | Sydney (, also ) is a city on the east coast of Australia which is the capital city of New South Wales. About five and a half million people live in Sydney which makes it the biggest city in both Australia and Oceania. Sydney started in 1788, when the Captain Arthur Phillip brought the First Fleet to settle in Australi... | simple-english |
Greenhouse effect | Weather, Greenhouse gases, Ecology | The greenhouse effect occurs when certain gases in the Earth's atmosphere (the air around the Earth) trap infrared radiation. This makes the planet become warmer, similar to the way a greenhouse becomes warmer. The most important greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere are: water vapor, carbon dioxide(CO2), and methane.... | simple-english |
European | A person or attribute of the continent of Europe A person or attribute of the European Union A person descended from a European ethnic group A Citizen of the European Union European windstorm, an extratropical cyclone that affects Europe European ash, a tree. It is a kind of ash. It can be found throughout Europe. It i... | simple-english |
Ionizing radiation | Nuclear physics | Ionizing radiation is a process in physics where something sends out particles or waves that can ionize an atom or molecule through atomic interactions. The strength of ionizing radiation depends on the energy of the individual particles or waves, and not a function of the number of particles or waves present. The mate... | simple-english |
Click | Computing | Click is an onomatopoeia. Some languages, such as Xhosa language use click consonants. Pressing the button on a computer mouse sometimes is called a "mouse click". | simple-english |
Buzz Aldrin | 1930 births, Living people, American astronauts, American aviators, Apollo astronauts, People from Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Scientists from New Jersey | Dr. Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., retired Colonel (born January 20, 1930) is an American pilot and astronaut. He was one of the Apollo 11 astronauts and the second person to have ever walked on the moon. Aldrin was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. He earned a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the military academy We... | simple-english |
Tuberculosis | Diseases caused by bacteria, Pulmonology | Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by bacteria. In the past, people called it consumption or the white death. TB is caused by several types of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Of every 100 people with TB, between five and ten people show symptoms. In these people, the disease is called a... | simple-english |
American (word) | North America, South America | The word American is used to mean a person or a thing from the United States or any country in the Americas - North America, Central America, and South America. In English, the most common use of this word is to mean a person or a thing from the United States. Even though the islands in the Caribbean Sea are close to t... | simple-english |
Grain | Basic English 850 words, Grains | Grain is the seeds of some special kinds of grass. The main types of commercial grain crops are cereals. People grow different kinds of grain as food. The different kinds of grain are among the most important foods in the world. Some kinds of grain are: Maize or Indian corn (or simply as "corn") 87% of all grain grown ... | simple-english |
Clause | Grammar | A clause is a part of a sentence. Each clause is made up of a subject (who or what the sentence is about) and a predicate (what happens in a sentence). Each predicate has only one main verb. I love you is a sentence that has only one clause. I love you and I will always love you is a sentence that has two clauses: I lo... | simple-english |
Marxism | Marxism | Marxism is the name for a set of political and economic ideas. The basic ideas are that: The world is split into multiple classes (groups) of people. The two main classes are the working class and the capitalist, or ruling, class. The working class is exploited by the ruling class. There is a class conflict , which has... | simple-english |
Sacred | Religious terminology | The words sacred or holy are sometimes used interchangeably and are often misunderstood to mean "important" or "special" instead of "set apart" and "pure." According to Websters 1828 Dictionary (the more accurate definition given the spiritual context- Christian and beyond), sacred means "...separated from that which ... | simple-english |
Zürich | Zürich, Imperial free cities | Zürich or Zurich ( ; Swiss German: Züri [ˈt͡syɾi]) is a city in Switzerland. Zürich is the capital city of the Canton of Zürich. About 415,000 people live in the city and over 1.5 million live in the metropolitan area. This makes Zürich the biggest city in Switzerland. Zurich is in the North of Switzerland, and it is 4... | simple-english |
Translation | Translation | Translation means to copy writing or speech from one language into a different language. The people who do translation are called translators. A translator who is copying a book into another language may use a language dictionary to find out how a word is written in another language. A translator who works with the spo... | simple-english |
Astronaut | Astronauts | An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person who goes into outer space. The Soviet Union and countries that it controlled used the word cosmonaut. Western countries including the United States said astronaut. Astronauts are also called "taikonauts" in China or "spationaute" in France. The first person to go into space was a R... | simple-english |
USSR | #REDIRECT Soviet Union | simple-english |
Hacker | Hackers | A hacker is someone who tries to get into another person's computer using computer software. The computer software could be Trojan horse programs, computer viruses, and worms. It used to mean someone who likes to do new things with computers. The correct name for a person doing these illegal things was cracker, but ma... | simple-english |
Broadcasting | Broadcasting | In communications, such as radio and television, broadcasting means sending information such as television shows or music electronically to a large audience. The information is sent through the air in radio waves, through a wire, or by a communications satellite, and then the television viewers or radio listeners pick... | simple-english |
Socialism | Forms of government, Socialism | Socialism is an economic system in which industries are owned by workers rather than by private businesses. It is different from capitalism, where private actors, like business owners and shareholders, own the means of production. The state can also act as a capitalist by owning the means of production and by directing... | simple-english |
Leninism | Communism, Marxism | Leninism is a way of thinking about how the communist party should be organized. It says it should be a dictatorship of the proletariat (meaning the working class holds the power). Some historians say that Leninism is one of the first steps towards socialism (where the workers own the factories and other means of produ... | simple-english |
Bolshevik | Russian Revolution | Bolshevik was a Russian communist in the early 20th century. They are also called the Bolshevik Communists. The majority of the Russian Social Democratic Workers Party was a Marxist political party. At the party congress in 1903, members disagreed with each other. The party divided into two groups, the Bolsheviks and t... | simple-english |
Saddam Hussein | 1937 births, 2006 deaths, Former dictators, Iraqi generals, Iraqi murderers, Iraqi Muslims, People executed by hanging, Presidents of Iraq, Prime ministers of Iraq, People from Tikrit, Vice presidents of Iraq, War criminals, Saddam Hussein | Saddam Hussein (Arabic: ; April 28, 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who was the fifth president of Iraq, from July 1979 to April 2003. He was 58th and 61st prime minister of Iraq, serving respectively from July 1979 to March 1991 and from May 1994 to April 2003. He was removed from hi... | simple-english |
Saddam | #REDIRECT Saddam Hussein | simple-english |
List of traditional star names | Lists of stars | This is a list of traditional names for stars, mostly from Arabic and Latin. To find out more about any of these stars, look them up in the SIMBAD international database: Proper Name OtherAcamar Theta EridaniAchernar Alpha EridaniAchird Eta CassiopeiaeAcrab Beta ScorpiiAcrux Alpha CrucisAcubens Alpha CancriAdha... | simple-english |
List of tectonic plates | Plate tectonics, Science-related lists | This is a list of the biggest tectonic plates on Earth. Including small ones, there are about a hundred tectonic plates. These are only few of them. These seven plates make up most of the seven continents, and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Indo-Australian plate North American plate South American plate These plates... | simple-english |
List of oil fields | Geography-related lists, Petroleum | This list of oil fields includes major fields of the past and present. (Amounts in parentheses are estimated reserves, in barrels.) Daqing Field, Heilongjiang (40 billion) Aghajari Field (14 billion) Ahwaz Field (17 billion) Gachsaran Field (15 billion) Marun Field (16 billion) Kirkuk Field (16 billion) Rumaila Field (... | simple-english |
Anarchism | Anarchism | Anarchism is an idea and philosophy that says no one should be forced into any kind of hierarchy. For example, anarchism says that the government and capitalism are harmful and not needed. It also says that people's actions should never be forced by other people. It is usually described as a libertarian type of sociali... | simple-english |
List of countries by area | Lists of countries | The list of countries by area is the list of the world's countries and their territories by total area. The inputs are realized according to the ISO 3166 standard which includes sovereign states and dependent territories. The 193 Members of the United Nations and the two observer states are numbered. Countries which en... | simple-english |
List of countries by continents | Lists of countries, Lists by continent | This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories of the world by continents. The 193 members of the United Nations (UN) The 2 General Assembly Observer States, Vatican City (sometimes Holy See) and Palestine De facto states with disputed sovereignty States that lack international recognition Cook Islands a... | simple-english |
List of countries and dependencies by population | Lists of countries | This is a list of countries and dependencies by population. It includes sovereign states, inhabited dependent territories and in some cases, constituent countries of sovereign states, with the list being primarily based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. For instance the United Kingdom is considered a single entity. In ad... | simple-english |
List of oil-producing nations | Lists of countries | This is a partial list of states that extract crude oil from oil wells. United States of America Pennsylvania (the birthplace of the U.S. oil industry) Ontario (the birthplace of the Canadian oil industry) United Arab Emirates Table of oil producers http://www.ott.doe.gov/facts/archives/fotw125.shtml http://www.ott.doe... | simple-english |
Forests in the United Kingdom | Forests of the United Kingdom | This is a list of forests in the United Kingdom. Whinfell Forest - Center Parcs Wyre Forest (part in Shropshire) Black Country Urban Forest Royal Forest of Dean Dumfries and Galloway Queen Elizabeth Forest Park Ballypatrick Forest Drive Castlewellan Forest Park Drum Manor Forest Park Florence Court Forest Park Glenarif... | simple-english |
List of prime numbers | Prime numbers, Mathematics lists | This page contains a list of the first 120 prime numbers. It also contains lists of the first few prime numbers of different kinds. First 120 prime numbers 2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31 3741 43 47 53 59 61 67 7173 79 83 89 97 101 103 107 109 113127 131 137 139 149 151 157 163 167 173179 181 191 193 197 199 211 223 227... | simple-english |
List of publishers | Lists of companies, Publishing | This is a list of publishers in English. Ardis Books Homepage Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Bloomsbury.com - Home page Borzoi Reader Classics Cambridge University Press Central European University Press City Lights Publishers Columbia University Press Dalkey Archive Press Glas New Russian Writing Grove Pres... | simple-english |
ΜCLinux | Operating systems | µCLinux is an operating system for small computers inside integrated circuits (chips). The system is based on the Linux operating system in many ways. Apart from the rather big size of Linux, µCLinux is much smaller and not as packed with features as Linux. It finds uses in many places, mostly dealing with sensor and ... | simple-english |
UNIX | Operating systems, Unix | UNIX is a computer operating system. It was first developed in 1969 at Bell Labs. Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Douglas McIlroy, and others created it. It was written in assembly language. In 1972, the UNIX code was rewritten with the new C programming language. The UNIX operating system is a multiuser and multiprocess... | simple-english |
Signature | Writing, Authentication methods | A signiture is a special way that people write their name to let others know that they understand or approve of something that was written. A signature is often used to sign a contract, a cheque, a petition or a treaty. When it comes to signature's there are many ways to write a signature, and signatures may look diffe... | simple-english |
Cote d'Ivoire | #REDIRECT Ivory Coast | simple-english |
Cocoa | Chocolate, Condiments, Drinks, Edible nuts and seeds, Malvaceae, Medicinal plants, Mexican food, Tropical fruit | Cocoa is the seed of the cacao tree. The seed contains a lot of fat and is used to produce cocoa butter. Cocoa butter is then used to produce chocolate. The cocoa which is used to make chocolate is a fine powder. Chocolate and cocoa are made from the beans of the cacao tree. The tree might have first come from the foot... | simple-english |
Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast, French-speaking countries, Members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, 1960 establishments in Africa | Ivory Coast or Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country in West Africa. The capital of Côte d'Ivoire is Yamoussoukro but its biggest city is Abidjan. Other cities can be found at List of cities in Côte d'Ivoire. It borders the Gulf of Guinea to the south and five other African nations. Libe... | simple-english |
Luke McCormick | 1983 births, Living people, British criminals, English association football goalkeepers, People from Coventry, Plymouth Argyle F.C. players | Luke McCormick (born 15 August 1983) is a former English football player. He was born in Coventry, England. He is a goalkeeper. He plays for the English football team Swindon Town. In the 2003–04 season, McCormick played when Romain Larrieu could not. Larrieu injured his knee. McCormick played instead. Plymouth Argyle ... | simple-english |
God paradox | Philosophical problems, Paradoxes | The God paradox is an idea in philosophy. This idea is explained here: If God is able to do anything, may this mean He is able to make a mountain heavier than He is able to lift? This is a paradox because: If God is able to make a mountain heavier than He is able to lift, then there may be something He is not able to d... | simple-english |
Libertarian | #REDIRECT Libertarianism | simple-english |
Libertarianism | Libertarianism | Libertarianism is a political stance generally known as about the idea of individual liberties, responsibility/self-ownership, and free choice. It says the government should have less control over the lives of its citizens and should let them be responsible for themselves without the involvement of the government. It i... | simple-english |
Auction | Commerce | An auction is a method by which goods or services can be sold and bought. In an auction, the price of an item is not fixed in advance. People wanting to buy the item say how much they are willing to pay for it. This is called their bid. In each round, the bids are evaluated. If certain criteria are met, the auction is ... | simple-english |
Roman Catholicism | #REDIRECT Catholic Church | simple-english |
Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong (; , , literally "Fragrant Port"), officially The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of The People's Republic of China, is one of two Special Administrative Regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of China (the other is Macau). It is one of the richest and most developed parts in the world, and one wher... | simple-english |
Blitzkrieg | Military of Germany, World War II | Blitzkrieg is a German word that means "lightning war" and refers to the high speed of a lightning bolt. In blitzkrieg, the attacking motorized infantry armies move quickly and are helped by tanks and aircraft. Slower-moving enemy units are overrun or surrounded and often captured with little fighting. The slower units... | simple-english |
Tank | Tanks, Army | A tank is an armored fighting vehicle, typically armed with a gun mounted on a gun turret and a few machine guns. A tank is covered in thick armour to protect it from enemy weapons. Tanks have tracks that wrap around its wheels to spread out its weight and let it cross rough terrain. Most tanks have a powerful gun and... | simple-english |
Edinburgh | Edinburgh, Port cities and towns of the North Sea, Port cities and towns of Scotland | Edinburgh (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann) is the capital city and second largest city in Scotland. Edinburgh lies on the east coast, where the River Forth flows into the sea. The central part is Edinburgh Castle, at the top of a steep hill. The castle has a military display every year, called a tattoo, where soldiers sh... | simple-english |
Head of state | Heads of state | The head of state is the leader of a country/sovereign state. The powers of a head of state may vary depending on the country. The head of state is usually the highest-ranking official in the country. In most republic countries, the head of state is called the president and is usually elected by the people. In countrie... | simple-english |
Roman Catholic | #REDIRECT Catholic Church | simple-english |
Vladimir Lenin | Russian atheists, Russian communists, Deaths from stroke, Disease-related deaths in the Soviet Union, Marxists, Russian lawyers, 1870 births, 1924 deaths, Russian philosophers, Heads of government of the Soviet Union, Former dictators, Saint Petersburg State University alumni | Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (22 April 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He was the first leader of the Soviet Union, starting when the country was created in 1922. He was also the first premier of the Soviet Union until his death. Under... | simple-english |
Lenin | #REDIRECT Vladimir Lenin | simple-english |
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin | #REDIRECT Vladimir Lenin | simple-english |
Disease | Basic English 850 words, Diseases, Medical specialties | A disease or medical condition is an unhealthy state where something bad happens to the body or mind. Diseases can cause pain, parts of the body to stop working the right way, or death. The word disease is sometimes used to include: parts of the body being hurt, not having the usual abilities, medical problems or synd... | simple-english |
Carbon | Carbon | Carbon is a very important chemical element, with a chemical symbol of C. All known life on Earth needs it to survive. Carbon has atomic mass 12 and atomic number 6. It is a nonmetal, meaning that it is not a metal. When iron is alloyed with carbon, hard steel is formed. Carbon in the form of coal is an important fuel.... | simple-english |
Zaza language | Zazaki, Iranian languages | Zaza language, also called Zazaki, Kirmanjki and Dimli, is an Iranian language mainly spoken in eastern Turkey by the Zazas. It belongs to the northwest-Iranian group of Iranic languages. The Zaza language is related to Sangsarī, Māzandarānī, Tātī (Herzendī), Semnānī, Tāleshī, Kurdish, Persian and Balōchi. The number o... | simple-english |
Chemical reaction | Chemistry | A chemical reaction happens when one or more chemicals are changed into one or more other chemicals. iron and oxygen combining to make rust vinegar and baking soda combining to make sodium acetate, carbon dioxide and water things burning or exploding many reactions that happen inside living things, such as photosynthes... | simple-english |
Rectangle | Polygons | In geometry, a rectangle is a shape with four sides and four corners. The corners are all right angles. It follows that the pairs of sides opposite each other must be parallel and of the same length. People make many rectangular things, including most tables, boxes, books, and papers. The word comes from Latin words me... | simple-english |
Trafalgar Square | National squares, Town squares in Europe, Buildings and structures in the City of Westminster | Trafalgar Square is in the middle of London and is a large pedestrian square that is bounded on three sides by roads. It serves as a refuge and a major traffic intersection. Important roads go from the square: Whitehall goes to Parliament, the Mall goes to Buckingham Palace and the Strand goes to the City of London. Th... | simple-english |
Official language | Languages, Vocabulary | An official language is a language that has special status in a country or other organization. Usually, the government does its business in the official language. They are sometimes named in a country's constitution. Some countries, like Switzerland and Luxembourg, have more than one official language. Other countries,... | simple-english |
Cake | Cakes, Basic English 850 words | A cake is a type of (usually) sweet dessert which is baked. Originally, it was a bread-like food, but no longer. Cakes are often made to celebrate special occasions like birthdays or weddings. There are many kinds of cakes. It can be baked in an oven. Some savory cakes are made on a griddle or a frying pan. Cakes are b... | simple-english |
House | Basic English 850 words, Houses | A house is a building that is made for people to live in. It is usually built for a family (parents and their children). It is a "permanent" building that is meant to stay standing. It is not easily packed up and carried away like a tent, or moved like a caravan. If people live in the same house for more than a short... | simple-english |
Gigabyte | Units of information | The gigabyte (GB) is a unit of measurement in computers and similar electronic devices. It means exactly one billion bytes, usually referring to the number of bytes in a computer hard drive. It is often incorrectly used to mean 1 073 741 824 (230) bytes, especially when referring to the random access memory (RAM) of a ... | simple-english |
Sailor | Occupations, Water transport, Sailors, Navy | A sailor (or seaman) is a person who works at sea on a boat or ship. The sailor works under a captain. The term is only used when the person is working professionally (earning money or make a living). Sailor is also the lowest rank in a navy. | simple-english |
Farmer | Agricultural occupations | A farmer is a person who grows crops and raises animals to be used as food. This has been a common job for people since the beginning of civilization. The word farmer usually refers to a person who has a field, orchard, vineyard, or garden where food is grown. This food is eaten or sold after it is harvested. Farmers m... | simple-english |
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