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Bo-Kaap
The Bo-Kaap is a picturesque area of Cape Town in South Africa formerly known as the Malay Quarter. It is situated on the slopes of Signal Hill above the city centre and is a historical centre of Cape Malay culture in Cape Town. External links [Bo-Kaap Museum] ..

Bok
Bok may refer to: People Bart Bok, astronomerChip Bok, cartoonistDerek Bok, American lawyer and president of Harvard UniversityEdward W. Bok, publisher and authorFrancis Bok, Dinka tribesman and abolitionistGideon Bok, American painterHannes Bok, pen name of Wayne WoodardHilary Bok, author and pro..

Boka
Boka can refer to: Boka Kotorska, a geographical region in Montenegro, Serbia and Montenegro. Boka, a village in Vojvodina, Serbia and Montenegro. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may w..

Bokajan
Bokajan is a town and a town area committee in Karbi Anglong district in the state of Assam, India. Geography Bokajan is located at [26.02° N 93.78° E][Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Bokajan]. It has an average elevation of 138 metres (452 feet). Demograph..

Bokakhat
Bokakhat is a town and a town area committee in Golaghat district in the state of Assam, India. Geography Bokakhat is located at [26.63° N 93.6° E][Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Bokakhat]. It has an average elevation of 76 metres (249 feet). Demographics ..

Bokak Atoll
Bokak Atoll - NASA NLT Landsat 7 (Visible Color) Satellite Image Bokak Atoll (also known as Taongi Atoll) is an uninhabited 3.2 square kilometer atoll located in the Pacific Ocean at [14°32′N 169°00′E]. It is located in the Ratak Chain. The first European to record discovering..

Bokaro
Bokaro may refer to: Bokaro Steel CityBokaro DistrictThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..

Bokaro District
Blocks Bermo Chandankiyari Chas Gomia Jaridih Kasmar Nawadih Petarwar Bokaro is one of the twenty-two districts of Jharkhand state, India. It was created in the year 1991 by carving out one subdivision consisting of two blocks from Dhanbad District and six blocks from Giridih District. I..

Bokaro Steel City
"Bokaro" redirects here. For , see . Bokaro Steel City [pronunciation] ([Media helphelp]·[info]), is the home of one of largest steel mills in India, and several other medium and small industries. It is the district headquarters of the Bokaro district. Situated in..

Boka (village)
Boka (Бока) is a village located in the Sečanj municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population is 1,711 people (2002 census). ..

Boka Marimba
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since July 2006. } Boka Marimba is a Portland, Oregon based Marimba Ban..

Bokchito, Oklahoma
Bokchito is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 564 at the 2000 census. Geography Bokchito is located at [34°1′6″N, 96°8′30″W] (34.018357, -96.141633)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town ..

Boké
Boké is a city in Lower Guinea near the border with Guinea-Bissau. It is known for the Fortin de Boké museum, formerly a slave fort. ..

Boke
Boke can mean: Boké, a city in Lower GuineaBoke (woreda), a district in the Oromia Region of EthiopiaMongolian wrestling or bökeBoke, the funny man in a Japanese owarai actBoke, a type of mixed drink combining Coca-Cola and Beer.Boke, photography word used to describe the out of focus quality of ..

Bokeelia, Florida
Bokeelia is an unincorporated community located on Pine Island in Lee County, Florida. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,997. Geography Bokeelia is located at [26°41′17″N, 82°8′43″W] (26.687960, -82.145249)[Geographic references#1GR1]. Acco..

Bokeem Woodbine
Bokeem Woodbine (born April 13 1973 in Harlem, New York, USA) is an African-American film and television actor. Bokeem attended the prestigious Dalton School in New York City. He also went to LaGuardia High School of Music & Art in New York. He is known for his portrayal of memorable characters in s..

Bokeh
This article is about the photographic usage of the term "Bokeh". For other uses of the term, please refer to Bokeh (disambiguation) Bokeh on a photo shot with a 85mm lens and 70mm aperture, which corresponds to f/1.2 Bokeh on a photo shot with a 200mm lens and 71.4mm aperture, which corre..

Bokeh (disambiguation)
Bokeh can refer to a variety of things, including: Bokeh, the aesthetic quality of blur in photographyThe name of village near Tehran, IranA construction and engineering company located in Tarzana, California, named [BOKEH Inc.] This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a l..

Bokelji
A Bokelj in traditional garb with the Serb gules The Bokelj people (pl. Bokelji) are the inhabitants of the Boka Kotorska (hence the name) and adjacent regions (near the towns of Kotor, Tivat, Herceg Novi, Risan, Perast). Contents 1 Origin2 Population3 History & Monuments ..

Bokeo Province
Statistics Capital: Ban Houayxay Area: 6,196 km² Inhabitants: 149,700 (2004 est) Pop. density: 24 inh./km² ISO 3166-2: LA-BK Map Bokèo (Lao ບໍ່ແກ້ວ) is a northern province of Laos. The literal translation of Bokeo is "gem mine". The province is rich in deposits of pr..

Bokerley Dyke
Bokerley Dyke ia a Romano-British defensive ditch in north east Dorset, England, near the village Pentridge. The ditch ran for several miles, cutting across the Roman Road between Old Sarum and Badbury Rings on the Cranborne Chase ridgeway. Dated to 367 CE and was constructed to keep the Saxon inv..

Bokermannohyla
Bokermannohyla is a genus of frogs in the Hylidae family. This genus was errected in 2005 following a major revision of the Hylidae family [link]. 23 species that were previously placed in the Hyla genus was moved to this genus. Species Bokermannohyla ahenea (Napoli and Caramaschi, 2004..

Bokes Creek Township, Logan County, Ohio
Bokes Creek Township is one of seventeen townships in Logan County, Ohio. It is located in the northeastern corner of the county. Portions of the villages of West Mansfield and Ridgeway lie within Bokes Creek Township. The 2000 U.S. Census found 1,308 people in the township. Contents 1 Ge..

Boké Prefecture
Boké is a prefecture located in the Boké Region of Guinea. The capital is Boké. The prefecture covers an area of 11,053 km.² and has an estimated population of 289,000. Prefectures of Guinea Boké Region: Boffa | Boké | Fria | Gaoual | Koundara Conakry Region: Conakry Faranah Regi..

Bokha
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } Bokha is a village in the sultanate of Oman near to ..

Bokhara Trumpeter
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] One of the most popular breeds of trumpeter in the U.S., the Bokhara Trumpeter is most noticeably characterized by its lengthy full muffs (feathers on the feet) and double crest which completely obscures the bird's eyes and gives it a look remeniscent of the Englis..

Bokhorst
Bokhorst is an Amt ("collective municipality") in the district of Plön, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. 25 km south of Kiel. The seat of the Amt is Schillsdorf. The Amt Bokhorst consists of the following municipalities (population in 2005 between brackets): Bönebüttel (2..

Bokissa
Bokissa is a very small island in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu located 10km south of Espiritu Santo. The island is owned and run as a tourist resort and is promoted as being managed in an environmentally responsible manner. External links [Bokissa Island Resort web site]..

Bokken
A pair of bokken A bokken (木剣, bok(u), "wood", and ken, "sword") or more traditionaly known as 'Bokuto', is a wooden Japanese sword, usually the size and shape of a katana,but can be made to replicate any type of sword. Other common shapes are wakizashi and tanto. They are also known as b..

Bokmakiri cheese
Bokmakiri is a type of soft goat's milk cheese made in South Africa. As published in the 'Huisgenoot' of 9 June, 2005: "Geluksfontein-Bokmakiri 'n Fluweelagtige, romerige, sagte bokmelkaas met 'n delikate smaak, bedeck met knoffel en peper." External links [2005 South African Cheese Festival..

Bokmål
Bokmål (lit. "book language") is the most commonly used of two official written standards of Norwegian, the other being Nynorsk. Bokmål is used by around 85-90% of the population (regardless of spoken dialect) and is the standard most commonly taught to foreign students of Norwegian. Bokmål and ..

Bokn
Bokn kommune County Rogaland District Haugaland Municipality NO-1145]] Administrative centre Føresvik Mayor (2003) Svein Ove Alvestad (H) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage km²45 km²0.01 % 2004) - Percentage&..

Boknafjord
The Boknafjord is a Norwegian fjord located in the county of Rogaland, between the cities Stavanger and Haugesund. The fjord is shared between the municipalities of Kvitsøy, Rennesøy, Finnøy, Tysvær, Bokn and Karmøy. There are serious plans to build a road tunnel under the Boknafjord. It will ..

Bokod
Bokod can refer to: Bokod, Benguet: a municipality in Benguet province, PhilippinesBokod, Hungary: a village in Komárom-Esztergom county, Hungary ..

Bokod, Benguet
Bokod is a 4th class municipality in the province of Benguet, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 11,705 people in 2,242 households. Barangays Bokod is politically subdivided into 10 barangays. AmbuclaoBilaBobok-BisalDaclanEkipKaraoNawalPitoPoblacionTikey External l..

Bokokius
Bokokius is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Species Bokokius penicillatus Roewer, 1942 (Bioko) ..

Bokomon
Bokomon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, a Rookie Level Mutant Digimon. He is a Digimon Scholar and carries a book that has a lot of info on it to nourish his brain. Contents 1 Abilities1.1 Attacks2 Appearances2.1 Digimon Frontier2.1.1 Island of..

Bokononism
All of the true things that I am about to tell you are shameless lies. :— Bokonon Bokononism is the fictional religion practiced by many of the characters in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle. It is based on living by the untruths that make one happy, called foma. Many of the sacred texts of Bo..

Bokor
A bokor is a dark Voodoo priest, a practitioner of black magic, often in Haitian societies. They are featured in many Haitian tales and are often associated with the creation of zombies by the use of a deadening brew or potion usually containing non-fatal poisons. This potion makes the drinker appea..

Bokoro
Bokoro is a town in Chad. It is located at around [12.38° N 17.05° E]. Estimated population 12,000. ..

Bokor Hill Station
Bokor Hill Station is an abandoned French town built in 1922 high upon Bokor Hill, just outside the town of Kampot, southern Cambodia. It was used as the location for the 2002 film, City of Ghosts. History The town was built as a resort by the colonial French settlers to offer an escape from the hu..

Bokoshe, Oklahoma
Bokoshe is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 450 at the 2000 census. Geography Bokoshe is located at [35°11′17″N, 94°47′26″W] (35.188150, -94.790519)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the t..

Bokosuka Wars
Bokosuka Wars was an RPG/Strategy game for the NES created by ASCII Entertainment in 1985. Plot King Suren's forces have been captured and turned into trees and rocks by King Ogereth. King Suren has to release his warriors from trees and rocks, and defeat King Ogereth's forces. Gameplay Pressing t..

Bokotas
The Bokotas, also called Bugleres, are an Amerindian ethnic group in Panama. They live in Bocas del Toro and north of Veraguas. They dedicate themselves to livestock, fishing and hunting. They still use weapons like bows and arrows and spears or fish nets. Men wear shirts of manta-sucia while women ..

Boko Fittleworth
Boko Fittleworth is a fictional character created by P. G. Wodehouse. His given name is George Fittleworth. He is a good friend of Bertie Wooster. He is an author and hence has a unique dress sense. Even the normally unflappable Jeeves is strongly affected at the sight of Boko's grey trousers with a..

Bokša
Bokša is a village in Slovakia. Now a city part of Stropkov, it was a separate municipality before 1964. The first written reference to the settlement stems from 1379. ..

Boksburg, Gauteng
Boksburg is a city on the East Rand of Gauteng, South Africa. It was laid out in 1887 to serve the surrounding gold mines, and named after the State Secretary of the South African Republic, Eduard Bok. The Main Reef Road linked Boksburg to all the other major mining towns on the Witwatersrand and th..

Boksin
Boksin (?-663) was a military leader of the Korean kingdom of Baekje. He is remembered primarily as a leader of a movement for the restoration of Baekje after the kingdom fell in 660. He was the nephew of King Mu and thus also the cousin of King Uija, Baekje's last recognized king. In 660, Ba..

Boktai
Boktai is a video game series created by Konami for the Game Boy Advance handheld console. The title is an abbreviation of the series' full Japanese title Bokura no Taiyō (ボクらの太陽) or Our Sun. They are recognized for using a solar sensor that has a major part and a key element in gamepla..

Boktai: Sabata's Counterattack
Boktai: Sabata's Counterattack (新・ボクらの太陽逆襲のサバタ Shin Bokura no Taiyō: Gyakushū no Sabata) is a video game that was developed and published by Konami for the Game Boy Advance. It is the third game in the Boktai series, and (unlike the previous two installments) was rel..

Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand
Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand, known in Japan as Our Sun (ボクらの太陽 Bokura no Taiyō), is a video game released on the Game Boy Advance in 2003 by Konami. Produced by Hideo Kojima, Boktai's game cartridge includes a photometric light sensor that measures the amount of sunlight/uv rays e..

Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django
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Boktai Characters
Also known as Violet, Sumire first appears in the Boktai 2 video game, as the Smith's daughter. Sumire also owns a cat called Kuro (Nero). In the biggining of the game, Sumire is shy and timid. She idolises Zazie, another character from the Boktai 2 game. Sumire manages the warehouse, where you st..

Boku
A Boku is a kind of drum shaped like a truncated cone and meant to be played with bare hands. The Boku drum is played throughout eastern Cuba during carnivals and street parades called Comparsas. In sub-Sarahan Africa it is known as ashiko. www.boku.co.uk ..

Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan
|} Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan (撲殺天使ドクロちゃん) is a light novel by duo storyteller Okayu Masaki (おかゆまさき) and illustrator Torishimo (とりしも) serialized in the Dengeki hp magazine published by MediaWorks. A manga version is serialized in Dengeki Comic Gao! (�..

Bokusen'on
Bokusen'on ("grandfather wizard nettle tree") is a tree-yōkai from the manga and anime series InuYasha. He is revealed to be 2,000-year-old nettle tree. It was he who revealed the truth about InuYasha's transformation to Sesshōmaru. He was close friend of Inu no Taishō, and obviously a very ..

Bokutachi no Yukue (Hitomi Takahashi)
"Bokutachi no Yukue" is Hitomi Takahashi's debut single under the Sony Records (gr8! records) label. The single was released on April 13, 2005, in one format. This is the first retail single for her first album "sympathy." Contents 1 Overview2 Music video3 Track listing4 Per..

Bokuzen Hidari
Bokuzen Hidari (20 February 1894 - 26 May 1971) is a Japanese actor and comedian who has appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, The Lower Depths and Ikiru. External links ..

Boku (disambiguation)
This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Boku may refer to: Boku, a musical instrument.Boku (game), a board game.Boku..

Boku (game)
This article is about the game. For other uses, see Boku (disambiguation). Boku is a Mental sport played on a perforated hexagonal board. ..

Boku (juice)
BoKu was a fruit juice brand released in the United States in the early 1990s by McCain Citrus, Inc. It was sold in a box, much like competitors such as Minute Maid. BoKu was widely available at health food and upscale grocery stores such as Whole Foods. BoKu was marketed as "adult" juice, as j..

Boku wa Imouto ni Koi wo Suru
|} Boku wa Imouto ni Koi wo Suru (僕は妹に恋をする) is a 10 volume manga from Aoki Kotomi. It tells the story about the twins Yori and Iku who love each other despite being siblings. In May 2005 a one-episode OVA was released which tells its own story despite similarities with the manga...

Bok (crater)
There is more than one crater named Bok: Bok (lunar crater)Bok (crater on Mars) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..

Bok (lunar crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..

BOK Center
The BOK Center is a 18,041 seat, 550,000 square-foot, multi-purpose arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma currently under construction. The $183 million arena should be completed by 2008. It will be home to the Tulsa Oilers ice hockey team and perhaps an arena football team. Ground was broken for the arena on ..

BOK Financial Corporation
BOK Financial Corporation (BOKF) NASDAQ: [BOKF], based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a financial services company in the West South Central States region of the United States. The corporate headquarters is located in the BOK Tower in downtown Tulsa. The company has six main bank subsidiaries..

Bok globule
An image of Bok globules in the H II region IC 2944, taken with the WFPC2 instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope A Bok globule is a dark cloud of dense dust and gas in which star formation is sometimes taking place. Bok globules are found within H II regions, and typically have a mass of a..

Bok l'hong
Bok L'hong (បុកល្ហុង, commonly romanized as bok lahong) is the Khmer version of a dish popularly known in English as papaya salad. The word l'hong means papaya in Khmer. The word bok refers to the ingredients being lightly beaten with a mortar and pestle. Despite the use of papayas..

Bok Prize
The Derek Bok Public Service Prizes recognize creative initiatives in community service or long-standing records of civic achievement among degree and certificate graduates at Harvard University. [link] The Astronomical Society of Australia and the Australian Academy of Science also join..

BOK Tower
The BOK Tower (formerly One Williams Center) is a skyscraper in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. At 203 m (667 ft) in height, the 52-story tower is the tallest building in Oklahoma. It was built in 1975 and designed by Minoru Yamasaki & Associates, the same architect who designed the World Trade Center ..

Bok Tower Gardens
Bok Tower Gardens (250 acres, 1 square kilometer) are subtropical botanical gardens located on the grounds of the Historic Bok Sanctuary, 1151 Tower Boulevard, Lake Wales, Florida. The gardens are open daily; an admission fee is charged. The gardens began in 1921 when Edward W. Bok, editor of th..

Boško Balaban
Boško Balaban (born October 15, 1978) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a striker. Bosko is an ethnic serb. Born in Rijeka, he started to play for local club NK Rijeka and appeared in 97 matches between 1995 and 2000, scoring a total of 21 goals. During the 1999-2000 season, he was the top sc..

Boško Buha
Boško Buha (1926 - 1943) was a young Partisan who used to be one of the greatest icons of World War Two in Yugoslavia. Boško Buha was born in the Slavonian village of Gradina (near Virovitica) in an ethnic Serb family. In 1941, after the Axis invasion of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the establis..

Bo Kaspers Orkester
Swedish Jazz-Pop band consisting of Bo Sundström, Fredrik Dahl, Michael Malmgren and Mats Schubert. Bo Sundström calls himself Bo Kasper while playing with the band, but uses his normal name for his Solo project. Known for their decently deep lyrics and relaxing jazz sound, Bo Kaspers Orkester ha..

Bo Kimble
Gregory Kevin "Bo" Kimble (born April 9 1966 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American former college basketball star at Loyola Marymount University and professional National Basketball Association player. In the 1989-90 season, he led the 11th seeded Loyola Marymount basketball team on an amaz..

Bo Knows
Bo Knows was an advertising campaign for Nike cross-training shoes that ran in 1989 and 1990 and featured professional baseball and American football player Bo Jackson. Jackson was the first athlete in the modern era to play professional baseball and football in the same year. He was the perfect sp..

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