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390 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO%2019011 | ISO 19011 | ISO 19011 is the new global accounting standard, replacing accounting standards that were part of ISO 14001 and ISO 9001. It is the most likely basis for accounting reform which could put an end to accounting scandals.
The standard offers four resources to organizations to "save time, effort and money":
A clear exp... |
391 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/India | India | "I Bow to Thee, Mother"
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393 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insult | Insult | An insult is a description of someone that will offend them. It may or may not be true. It is called derogatory language. Terms like foolish, stupid, idiot and moron are insults, because they say that a person's mind is not quick or smart.
Insulting someone's mother directly is a serious insult in many cultures.
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394 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunology | Immunology | Immunology is the study of the immune system. The immune system is the parts of the body which work against infection and parasitism by other living things. Immunology deals with the working of the immune system in health and diseases, and with malfunctions of the immune system.
An immune system is present in all plan... |
395 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity | Infinity | Infinity () is a number which is about things that never end. It is written in a single digit. Infinity means many different things, depending on when it is used. The word is from Latin origin, meaning "without end". Infinity goes on forever, so sometimes space, numbers, and other things are said to be 'infinite', beca... |
400 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/January | January | January (Jan.) is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, coming between December (of the previous year) and February (of the current year). It has 31 days.
January begins on the same day of the week as October in common years, and April and July in leap years. January ends on the same day o... |
401 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/June | June | June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, coming between May and July. It has 30 days. In Sweden in 1732 the month had 31 days. June never begins on the same day of the week as any other month, but always ends on the same day of the week as March.
The Month
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402 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/July | July | July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, coming between June and August. It has 31 days. July was named after Julius Caesar. The mid-way point of the year is either on July 2 or in the night of July 1-2.
July always begins on the same day of the week as April, and additionally, January in leap ... |
403 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan | Japan | Japan (; Romanised as nihon or nippon) is a country in East Asia. It is a group of many islands close to the east coast of Korea, China and Russia. The Pacific Ocean is to the east of Japan and the Sea of Japan is to the west. Most people in Japan live on one of the four islands. The biggest of these islands, Honshu, ... |
404 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jargon | Jargon | Jargon is a special way to use words that are shared only by a certain group of people. They do not mean what the dictionary says they mean. They have different meanings to the people using them than their everyday meaning.
For example, the ordinary words boot, net, and web also have special meanings for users of co... |
408 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter | Jupiter | Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System. It is the fifth planet from the Sun. Jupiter is a gas giant, because it is so large and made of gas. The other gas giants are Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Jupiter's mass is 1.8986×1027 kg, or about 318 times the mass of Earth. This is more than twice the mass of all t... |
410 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/King | King | A king is a man who rules a country, because of inheritance. A king usually comes to power when the previous monarch dies, who is usually a family member of his. Sometimes a person may become king due to the previous monarch's abdication, for example George VI. For most of history, most countries were ruled in this way... |
411 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge | Knowledge | Knowledge means the things which are true, as opposed to opinion. Information which is correct is knowledge. Knowledge can always be supported by evidence. If a statement is not supported by evidence, then it is not knowledge. The evidence makes it justified.
Knowledge can refer to a theoretical or practical understan... |
412 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kauai | Kauai | Kauai (Kaua'i in Hawaiian) is the second oldest (after Ni'ihau) and fourth largest of the main Hawaiian Islands, in the United States. Known also as the "Garden Isle", Kaua'i lies 73 miles (117 kilometers) across the Kauai Channel, northwest of Honolulu on Oahu. It is of volcanic origin. The highest point on the island... |
413 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahoolawe | Kahoolawe | Kahoolawe is the smallest of the eight main volcanic islands of Hawaii. It is west of Maui and south of Lanai. It is roughly 11 miles long by across (). The highest point, Lua Makika, is above sea level. The island is dry because its low elevation does not cause much rain (orographic precipitation) to fall from the... |
414 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing | Killing | Killing a living thing is when someone or something ends that life and makes the living thing die. It means causing a death. When a human being kills another human being, it is called murder or homicide, such as manslaughter.
Pesticides and herbicides are poisons for killing bad wild small animals or plants, respect... |
417 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilometre | Kilometre | The kilometre is a common unit used for longer distances on Earth. The international unit for measuring distances is the metre and a kilometre is 1000 metres. It is used in most countries for measuring road and sea distances. In the UK and the USA, the statute mile is used more than kilometres for road distances and th... |
419 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language | Language | Language is the normal way humans communicate. Only humans use language, though other animals communicate through other means. The study of language is called linguistics.
Human language has syntax, a set of rules for connecting words together to make statements and questions. Language can also be changed, by adding n... |
423 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leisure | Leisure | Leisure (or free time) is when a person can choose what to do. During a person's leisure time, they do not have an obligation to be at school or work at a job. During leisure time, people can do fun activities, family activities, or other non-work activities, such as hobbies.
Common forms of recreation or leisure ar... |
424 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live | Live | Live can be a verb. It rhymes with "give". "To live" means "to be alive" (and not dead). If you live, then you have life.
It can be used in a general way:
"I live in London".
"I live in a house".
"A person can always live in fear".
Live can be an adjective. It rhymes with "five".
In television, a "live" program... |
425 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life | Life | Life is a concept in biology. It is about the characteristics, state, or mode that separates a living thing from dead matter.
The word itself may refer to a living being or to the processes of which living things are a part. It may refer to the period when a living thing is functional (as between birth and death).
The... |
426 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law | Law | Law is a set of rules decided by a particular place or authority meant for the purpose of keeping the peace and security of society.
Courts or police may enforce this system of rules and punish people who break the laws, such as by paying a fine, or other penalty including jail. In ancient societies, laws were writte... |
428 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.%20L.%20Zamenhof | L. L. Zamenhof | Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof (; , ; – ), credited as L. L. Zamenhof and sometimes as the pseudonymous Dr. Esperanto, was an eye doctor, linguist (who creates a language), and scholar who created the international language Esperanto.
Biography
Zamenhof was born in 1859 in the town of Białystok, Poland. At the time, Poland ... |
430 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20countries | List of countries | This is a list of sovereign states.
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431 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces%20and%20territories%20of%20Canada | Provinces and territories of Canada | Canada is a country and sovereign state in the north of North America. It is made up of thirteen administrative divisions: ten provinces and three territories.
The different levels of government in Canada are based on the principles of a federation: the governments of each province and territory share power with the ... |
432 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las%20Vegas | Las Vegas | Las Vegas is a city in the American state of Nevada. There were 640,932 people living in the city in 2015, and more than 2,000,000 people living in the metropolitan area. It is the largest city in Nevada. Las Vegas is also the county seat of Clark County. Carolyn Goodman became the mayor in 2011.
Hispanics (especiall... |
433 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanai | Lanai | Lanai (or Lānaʻi) is sixth largest of the Hawaiian Islands, in the United States. It is also known as the "Pineapple Island". The island is almost a circle in shape and is 18 miles wide in the longest direction. The land area is 140 sq. miles (367 km2). It is separated from the island of Moloka'i by the Kalohi Channel ... |
434 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap%20year | Leap year | A leap year is a year in which an extra day is added to the Gregorian calendar, which is used by most of the world. A common year has 365 days, but a leap year has 366 days. The extra day, February 29, is added to the month of February. In a common year, February has 28 days, but in a leap year it has 29 days. The extr... |
443 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leather | Leather | Leather is the skin of an animal made into a durable material by tanning. The skins of cows, pigs, and goats are often used to make leather. Skins of snakes, alligators or crocodiles, and ostriches are sometimes used to make fancier leather. Shoes, bags, clothes, and balls are often made of leather. Sometimes people ma... |
444 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/License | License | A license (in American English) or licence (in British English) allows someone to do something that they otherwise are not allowed to do. A person usually has to pay some money, and maybe pass a test to get a license. A license is usually written but it does not have to be. Most kinds of licenses can only be used by th... |
445 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link | Link | A link, also hyperlink in computing, is a part of a chain. A chain is made of many pieces of metal; each piece is a link.
Today, people also use the word link in a new way. The World Wide Web on the Internet is made of many different Web pages. The computer software that people use to make these pages (HTML) lets us ... |
446 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library | Library | A library is a place where many books are kept. Most libraries are public and let people take the books to use in their home. Most libraries let people borrow books for several weeks. Some belong to institutions, for example, companies, churches, schools, and universities. The people who work in libraries are libraria... |
448 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20mathematics%20topics | List of mathematics topics | There are a number of topics in mathematics. Some of them include:
Algebra
Analysis
Arithmetic
Calculus
Combinatorial game theory
Cryptography
Differential equations
Partial differential equations
Ordinary differential equation
Discrete mathematics
Geometry
Graph theory
Infinity
Linear algebra
Number the... |
450 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like | Like | Like can mean some different things:
1. We can use to like to say that we find a thing is good:
I like my house. = I think my house is good.
I like Jenny = I think Jenny is an OK person.
2. We can use like for "the same as" or "nearly the same as":
This cheese sandwich feels like rubber = the sandwich is difficult... |
453 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political%20divisions%20of%20China | Political divisions of China | There are twenty-three provinces, four municipalities, five autonomous regions and two special administrative regions in the People's Republic of China. Provinces are pronounced Shěng in Chinese Pinyin. The island of Taiwan is claimed as a province by the People's Republic of China (PRC), but it is not under their cont... |
454 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20fruits | List of fruits | Fruits on this list are defined as the word is used in everyday speech. It does not include vegetables, whatever their origin.
The following items are fruits, according to the scientific definition, but are sometimes considered to be vegetables:
Related pages
List of vegetables
Food-related lists
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457 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislature | Legislature | Legislature is a word that comes from the Latin language, meaning "those who write the laws." A legislature is therefore a group of people who vote for new laws, for example in a state or country.
Each person in the legislature is usually either elected or appointed. The constitution of that state or country usually t... |
459 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear%20algebra | Linear algebra | Linear algebra is a branch of mathematics. It came from mathematicians trying to solve systems of linear equations. Vectors and matrices are used to solve these systems. The main objects of study currently are vector spaces and linear mappings between vector spaces. Linear algebra is useful in other branches of mathema... |
460 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/London | London | London is the capital of the United Kingdom (UK), and its largest city. It is also the city with the highest population in the UK, and the largest city in Europe.
On the Thames, London has been a central city since it was founded by the Romans two millennia ago as Londinium. The Romans bridged the river Thames and bui... |
461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litre | Litre | A litre (international spelling) or liter (American spelling) is one of the metric units of volume. It is not a basic SI unit, but it is a supplementary unit.
One litre is the volume of 1000 cubic centimetres, that is a cube of 10 × 10 × 10 centimetres (1000 cm3). One litre of water at has the mass of exactly one kil... |
465 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lime | Lime | Lime is a green fruit, and the tree fruit itself. They are citrus fruits similar to lemons. Citrus fruits like limes are rich in vitamin C. Sailors from Britain were given lemon or lime juice to stop them falling ill with scurvy. This is how they got the nickname Limey. There are several citrus trees whose fruits are c... |
467 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics | Mathematics | Mathematics is the study of numbers, shapes and patterns. The word comes from the Greek μάθημα (máthema), meaning "science, knowledge, or learning", and is sometimes shortened to maths (in British Commonwealth countries) or math (in North America).
It is the study of:
Numbers: including how things can be counted.
St... |
468 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/March | March | March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, coming between February and April. It has 31 days. March is named after Mars, the Roman god of war.
March always begins on the same day of the week as November, and additionally, February in common years. March always ends on the same day of the week as ... |
469 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May | May | May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, coming between April and June. It has 31 days. The month of May might have been named for the Roman goddess Maia, or more likely the Roman goddess of fertility Bona Dea, whose festival was held in May.
May never begins or ends on the same day of... |
472 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music | Music | Music is a form of art that uses sound organised in time. Music is also a form of entertainment that puts sounds together in a way that people like, find interesting or dance to. Most music includes people singing with their voices or playing musical instruments, such as the piano, guitar, drums or violin.
The word mu... |
473 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid | Madrid | Madrid🇪🇸 (pronounced: “mah-drid or /məˈdrɪd/) is the capital and largest city of Spain. Madrid is in the middle of Spain, in the Community of Madrid. The Community is a large area that includes the city as well as small towns and villages outside the city. 7 million people live in the Community. More than 3 million l... |
474 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal | Montreal | Montreal (, spelled Montréal in French) is a city in the country of Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec and the second-largest city in Canada. It is the second-largest French-speaking city in the world after Paris.
Montreal is built on an island sitting in the Saint Lawrence River. More than three... |
476 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macadamia%20nut | Macadamia nut | The macadamia nut is the fruit of a tree that first came from the east coast of Australia. There is
more than one kind of Macadamia tree. Only one kind is grown for food.
The tree is an evergreen (stays green all year long). It grows up to high. It has groups of small white flowers. It grows best in subtropical (wet... |
477 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui | Maui | Maui is the second largest of the Hawaiian Islands, in the United States.
It has a population of just over 100,000 and is 727 square miles (1883 km²) in size. Maui is part of Maui County, Hawaii. The larger (or better known) towns include Kahului, Wailuku, Lahaina, Hana, and Wailea. Main industries are agriculture and ... |
478 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molokai | Molokai | Molokai (sometimes mistakenly called Molokaʻi) is the fifth largest island in the U.S. Hawaiian Islands. The island is 38 miles long and 10 miles across. Its land area is 261 square miles. The highest mountain is named Kamakou, and it is 4,970 feet (1,514 meters) high.
Molokai has many local indigenous names includ... |
479 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money | Money | Money, also sometimes called currency, can be defined as anything that people use to buy goods and services. Money is what many people receive for selling their own things or services.
There are lots of different kinds of money in the world. Most countries have their own kind of money, such as the United States dollar ... |
482 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplication | Multiplication | Multiplication is an arithmetic operation for finding the product of two numbers in mathematics. It is often represented by symbols such as and . Multiplication is the third operation in math, after addition which is the first, and subtraction which is the second. It can also be defined on non-number mathematical obje... |
483 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft | Microsoft | Microsoft Corporation is a company that makes computer software and video games. Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded the company in 1975. Microsoft makes Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office (including Microsoft Word), Edge, MSN and Xbox, among others. Most Microsoft programs cannot be downloaded for free–people have to b... |
485 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic%20world | Islamic world | The Islamic world or Muslim world consists of all people who are in Islam. It is not an exact location, but rather a community. When they do things together as Muslims, they are the "umma", which means "community" referring to all of the believers. The faith emphasizes unity and defense of fellow Muslims, so it is comm... |
487 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse | Multiverse | A multiverse is the theory of a conjectured set of multiple possible universes, including ours, which make up reality. These universes are sometimes called parallel universes. A number of different versions have been considered.
The term "multiverse" was coined in 1895 by psychologist William James as a philosophical ... |
490 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanistic%20paradigm | Mechanistic paradigm | The mechanistic paradigm, also known as the Newtonian paradigm, assumes that things in the environment around humans are more like machines than like life. It was more common in the 19th century. This is a set of loosely related beliefs that affects all sciences:
In physics it presents atoms as made of particles in ... |
495 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki | MediaWiki | MediaWiki is the name of the software that runs all of the Wikimedia projects and many more. MediaWiki was released in 2003. It is a free server-based software which is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). This means it is free content, or open source.
MediaWiki is designed to be run on a large web se... |
497 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20language | First language | A first language (also mother language, mother tongue, native language, arterial language, or L1) often means the language that a person learns first. It helps one understand words and concepts in the style of that language.
Sometimes, but not often, first language means the language that a person speaks best (the sec... |
500 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustache | Mustache | The hair that grows on the upper lip of some men is called a mustache. The hair that grows on the sides of the face and the chin of some men is called a beard. Some men have a lot of hair and a big mustache, and some have very little. In the modern world, many men shave part or all of their mustaches, or cut their must... |
501 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile | Mile | A mile is a unit of length. There are many different kinds of mile but mile on its own usually means the statute mile.
Statute mile
In the US and the UK the word mile usually means the statute mile.
Nautical mile
The nautical mile is used for sea or air travel.
The nautical mile was originally defined as one minut... |
504 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarine | Margarine | Margarine is an artificial butter. It can be made from vegetable oil, or animal fat. It may also contain skimmed milk, salt and emulsifiers. Margarine is used in many baked products. It contains less fat than butter, so is often chosen instead of it. There are also "low fat" margarines, which contain even less fat. How... |
505 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky%20Way | Milky Way | The Milky Way is our home galaxy. It contains around 400 billion stars, including our Sun.
The Milky Way has a diameter of about 170,000 or 200,000 light years, and is a barred spiral galaxy. The idea that the Milky Way is made of stars goes back to the Ancient Greek philosopher Democritus.
The Milky Way has three ma... |
508 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement | Movement | Movement, or motion, is the state of changing something's position or changing where something is. A bird that is flying is moving. So is a person who is walking. This is, because they change where they are. They "move" from one place to another. There are many forms of science and mathematics that are related to movem... |
510 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor | Metaphor | Metaphor is a term for a figure of speech. It does not use a word in its basic literal sense. Instead, it uses a word in a kind of comparison. We run, and we also say rivers run. We may run into trouble, especially if we run up a bill at the bar.
So a metaphor uses words to make a picture in our mind. It takes a word... |
511 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolism | Metabolism | Metabolism is the chemical reactions which keep us alive. It happens in the cells of living organisms.
The chemical reactions are catalyzed by enzymes. Metabolism allows organisms to grow, reproduce, maintain their structures, and respond to their environments. The word ‘metabolism’ can also refer to digestion and the... |
512 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscope | Microscope | A microscope is a scientific instrument. It makes small objects look larger. This lets people see the small things. People who use microscopes frequently in their jobs include doctors and scientists. Students in science classes such as biology also use microscopes to study small things.
The earliest microscopes had on... |
513 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass | Mass | The mass of an object is a measure of the amount of matter in a body. A mountain has typically more mass than a rock, for instance. Mass should not be confused with the related but quite different concept of weight.
We can measure the mass of an object if a force acts on the object. If the mass is greater, the object... |
514 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury%20%28planet%29 | Mercury (planet) | Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System. It is the closest planet to the sun. It makes one trip around the Sun once every 87.969 days.
Mercury is bright when we can see it from Earth. It has an apparent magnitude ranging from −2.0 to 5.5. It cannot be seen easily because it is usually too close to the Sun... |
515 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars | Mars | Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System and the second-smallest planet. Mars is a terrestrial planet with polar ice caps of frozen water and carbon dioxide. It has the largest volcano in the Solar System, and some very large impact craters. Mars is named after the mythological Roman god of war becaus... |
516 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac%20OS | Mac OS | For the Apple computer family, see macOS
The Macintosh Operating System (Mac OS) is a program that allows a Macintosh computer to operate and be used. Mac OS was first made by Apple Inc. in 1984. In those days Mac OS was called Macintosh System Software – which was shortened to System or SSW (System Software). The te... |
517 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%20Macintosh | Apple Macintosh | The Apple Macintosh or just Mac is a line of personal computers made by the American company Apple Inc. The Macintosh was one of the first computers in which the people could use a mouse for pointing on a screen which had icons. This new way of working with a computer (interface) was known as graphical user interface. ... |
518 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre | Metre | A metre (US spelling, meter) is the basic unit of length in the SI measurement system. The symbol for the metre is m. The first meaning (in the French Revolution) was one ten-millionth of the distance between the Earth's equator and the North Pole along the Paris meridian. The metre is now defined as the distance light... |
519 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnifying%20glass | Magnifying glass | A magnifying glass is a lens through which can be used to make things appear bigger, so you can see them better. It is used in many applications and manual operations, e.g., for examining postage stamps in philately.
The magnifying glass consists of a piece of convex-shaped glass or plastic. It has to be held at the r... |
520 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecule | Molecule | A molecule is the smallest amount of a chemical substance that can exist. If a molecule were split into smaller pieces, it would be a different substance.
Molecules are made up of atoms that are stuck together in a particular shape or form. Not all combinations of atoms are equally possible; atoms make certain shapes ... |
522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral%20reasoning | Moral reasoning | Moral reasoning is a topic studied in psychology and in moral philosophy. It studies how people think about moral issues, problems, and questions. Psychologists who have studied it include Lawrence Kohlberg and Elliot Turiel. Kohlberg said that moral understanding develops in three main stages as a person gets older, b... |
524 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque | Mosque | A mosque is a place where Muslims worship. The word mosque comes from the Arabic word masjid. A larger, 'collective', mosque is called a masjid jāmi. Larger mosques offer more services to their community.
For many Muslim people, a mosque is more than a place of worship. Muslims worship, study and discuss Islam, and d... |
525 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammal | Mammal | The class Mammalia (from Latin , 'breast') are a group of vertebrate animals. They have fur or hair and a very precise kind of temperature regulation.
With the exception of the monotremes, all mammals bear live young. Unlike other vertebrates, they are the only animals that produce milk for the young through their mam... |
528 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number | Number | A number is a concept from mathematics, used to count or measure. Depending on the field of mathematics, where numbers are used, there are different definitions:
People use symbols to represent numbers; they call them numerals. Common places where numerals are used are for labeling, as in telephone numbers, for orderi... |
530 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/November | November | November (Nov.) is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, coming between October and December. It has 30 days. Its name is from the Latin word novem, which means "nine". It was the ninth month of the year before January and February were added to the Roman Calendar.
November always begins on the sam... |
533 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20anthem | National anthem | A national song is a country's official national song that the people of a country use to remember and respect their country.
Some countries, like Italy, have a national anthem which has lyrics (words of a song)
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534 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name | Name | A name is a NOOR (or a set of NOOR’S) given to things and people.
For example, pussycat is the name of a kind of animal. "Ryan" is a name of a person, usually a male. "Julia" is a common female name.
The NOOR'name' can also be used as a n,. To name something is to give it a name.
People's names
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535 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niihau | Niihau | Niihau (or Niʻihau) is the smallest of the inhabited islands of Hawaii, in the United States. It has a land area of 70 sq. miles (184 km2). It is the oldest of the eight main islands.
Ownership
The whole island is owned by the Robinson family. They bought it from the Kingdom of Hawaii for $10,000. It was said that the... |
536 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C4%93n%C4%93 | Nēnē | The Nēnē, or Hawaiian goose (Branta sandvicensis) is a species of goose. It is found today on only three Hawaiian islands. It gets its name from its soft call.
This is an unmistakable species, with its generally brown plumage (feathers) and darker head. Its strong toes have much reduced webbing (skin between the toes)... |
537 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network | Network | Network might refer to:
Computer network
Virtual private network
Neural network
Social network
Television network
Transport network
Related pages
Contact network, a disambiguation page |
539 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing%20net | Fishing net | A fishing net is a woven trap usually used to catch fish. They are usually made out of rope. A net is a kind of tool.
Other methods of catching fish
Spear
Tame Cormorant
Basic English 850 words
Fishing
Tools |
540 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20slang | Internet slang | Internet slang is slang words which are used on the internet. Most of these words are new, such as Wiki and blog, which were not used before the internet became popular.
Some old words were given new meanings, such as mail (which now means email). This makes many metaphors on the Internet, such as boot (which otherwi... |
542 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru | Nauru | Nauru, ( ) officially the Republic of Nauru, is a sovereign island nation in the Micronesian South Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in the Republic of Kiribati, east. Nauru is the world's smallest island nation, covering just , the smallest independent republic, and the only republican state in the worl... |
543 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun | Noun | A noun is a kind of word (see part of speech) that is usually the name of something such as a person, place, thing, animal, or idea. In English, nouns can be singular or plural.
Nouns often need a word called an article or determiner (like the or that). These words usually do not go with other kinds of words like verb... |
547 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature | Nature | The words nature and natural are used for all the things that are normally not made by humans. The word comes from the Latin natura meaning "birth". Nature includes many things like weather, organisms, landforms, celestial bodies. Scientists study the way the parts of nature work. Things that have been made by people a... |
552 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural%20resource | Natural resource | A natural resource is what people can use which comes from the natural environment. Examples of natural resources are air, water, wood, oil, wind energy, natural gas, iron, and coal.
The dividing line between natural resources and man-made resources is not clear-cut. Hydro-electric energy is not a natural resource be... |
554 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negentropy | Negentropy | Negentropy is reverse entropy. It means things becoming more in order. By 'order' is meant organisation, structure and function: the opposite of randomness or chaos. One example of negentropy is a star system such as the Solar System. Another example is life.
As a general rule, everything in the universe tends toward... |
557 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20America | North America | North America is a large continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres of Earth. It is to the east of the Pacific Ocean, the west of the Atlantic Ocean, the south of the Arctic Ocean, and it is the northern part of the Americas. The southernmost part is Central America. It is the third largest continent in the worl... |
558 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune | Neptune | Neptune is the eighth and last planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is an ice giant. It is the fourth-largest planet in the system. Neptune has five rings. These rings are hard to see from the Earth.
Neptune has 17 times more mass than Earth and has a little bit more mass than Uranus. Neptune is denser and phys... |
561 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative | Negative | Negative may mean:
Something negative can be something bad.
A negative number is a number that is less than zero. 5 - 8 = -3.
Some people also use negative the same way as "no", or other related words. "Not", "Never", "Nowhere" etc. are all negative words. On two-way radios the word "negative" is used instead of "no" ... |
564 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now | Now | Now is the time span between the past and the future. It can be long (like an eon in geologic time) or short (like a picosecond) but it is almost always used to refer to the span between the present instant to some time horizon when a decision must be made. It can be used to ask or demand that someone make a decision e... |
566 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20City | New York City | New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the largest city by population in the United States. It is at the southern end of the state of New York. New York's population is similar to Chicago in Illinois with over 8 million people currently living in it, and over 22 million people live in the bigger New York metrop... |
569 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/October | October | October (Oct.) is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, coming between September and November. It has 31 days. The name comes from the Latin octo for "eight". It was the eighth month of the year before January and February were added to the beginning of the year.
October begins on the same day of the ... |
570 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of | Of | Of is a preposition used in the English language to show a possessive relationship. For example, the phrase "book of maps" means that the book has maps. The phrase "father of Mike" means the father that is being mentioned is Mike's father.
Basic English 850 words |
571 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%20%28number%29 | 1 (number) | One (1) is the first natural number, followed by two.
It represents a single item.
A human typically has one head, nose, mouth, and navel (belly-button).
The Roman numeral for one is I.
Mathematics
In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity. It is sometimes called the "unity". It is also the only number for whi... |
572 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%20Canada | O Canada | "O Canada" (, ) is the national anthem of Canada.
Calixa Lavallée wrote the music; Adolphe-Basile Routhier wrote the words in French. It was first sung in French in 1880. Robert Stanley Weir wrote English words for the song in 1908.
It was sung as the national anthem for many years before the government made it offi... |
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