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Enånger Court District
, or Enångers tingslag, was a district of Hälsingland in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were never divided into hundreds and instead the court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of rural areas. ..
Enna
Enna is also a genus of spiders (Trechaleidae). Enna, the ancient Henna, is a city located in the center of Sicily in the province of Enna, towering above the surrounding countryside. It has earned a few nicknames, such as "belvedere" (panoramic viewpoint) or the "ombelico" (navel) of Sicily. ..
Ennadai Lake
Ennadai Lake can be found in the Northwest Territories and the Nunavut territory of Northern Canada. The lake is 52 miles long, and between 3 and 14 miles wide. It is drained to the north by the Kazan River ..
Ennal's Point
Ennal's Point is a novel by Alun Richards, first published in 1977. The story concerns the crew of a South Wales lifeboat, loosely modelled on the Swansea-based Mumbles lifeboat. In 1982, the novel was adapted by BBC2, starring Philip Madoc as lifeboat skipper Jack Austin, with a crew that include..
Ennavale
Ennavale is a Tamil film released in 2001. It stars Madhavan (In his second appearance), Sneha (debut) and Manivannan. Plot Madhavan and his three friends, Charlie, Vyapuri and Venu, have a music troupe that sing at weddings. They are tenants of Manivannan whose daughter Sneha shares a good rapp..
Enna Aignech
Enna Aignech ("spirited, swift"), son of Aengus Tuirmech Temrach, was a legendary High King of Ireland of the 4th century BC. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Enna Airgtheach
Enna Airgtheach was a legendary High King of Ireland. He made silver shields for his men. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Ennea
For the numerical prefix, see [[Wiktionary:ennea-|ennea-]] in Wiktionary. Ennea was the second album by jazz-rock fusion band Chase. It did not repeat the commercial success of their debut album, probably because the band intentionally shifted their focus away from the trumpet section. The origina..
Enneacanthus
Enneacanthus Gill, 1864, is a genus of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. The type species is E. obesus, the banded sunfish, and the species of this genus are known collectively as the banded or little sunfishes. The Enneacanthus species, all of wh..
Ennead
The Ennead (a word derived from Greek, meaning the nine) is a grouping of nine deities, most often used in the context of Egyptian mythology. As three of threes, the number was considered of great carnal power, and the groupings of nine Gods were considered very important. There were multiple Ennea..
Enneadecagon
In geometry, an enneadecagon is a polygon with 19 sides and angles. It is also known as an enneakaidecagon. The internal angles of a regular enneadecagon each measure approximately 161.052 degrees, and the area with side length of a is given by [A = \fraca^2 \cot \frac \simeq 28.4652 a^2.�..
Enneads
The Six Enneads, sometimes abbreviated to The Enneads or Enneads, was written by the Neo-Platonist Plotinus; it was edited and compiled by his last student Porphyry in a short period (c. 270 CE) after the death of Plotinus. Plotinus was a Platonic philosopher, being possibly a 12th to 14th generat..
Enneagon
In geometry, an enneagon or nonagon is a nine-sided polygon. The name enneagon comes from Greek enneagonon, (εννεα, nine + γωνον, corner), while nonagon comes from Latin (nonus, "ninth" + gonon). Enneagon is usage consistent with, for example, hexagon; in practice nonagon is often used. ..
Enneagram
The Enneagram Figure The Enneagram is a nine-pointed diagram. The Modern introduction of the enneagram is credited to George Gurdjieff. The Enneagram as presented by Gurdjieff and developed by his students represents two basic cosmic laws: combination (called the law of three or triads), and p..
Enneagram of Process
The enneagram – meaning a 'nine drawing' – is a nine point figure that Gurdjieff introduced in his early teaching period in Russia, as documented in P. D. Ouspensky’s book In Search of the Miraculous. He did not disclose where the symbol came from, besides claiming that it was the emblem of..
Ennedi Est
Ennedi Est is one of four departments in Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti, a region of Chad. Its capital is Bahaï. Departments of Chad Aboudeïa · Assoungha · Baguirmi · Barh Azoum · Barh El Gazel · Barh Köh · Barh Sara · Barh Signaka · Batha Est..
Ennedi Ouest
Ennedi Ouest is one of four departments in Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti, a region of Chad. Its capital is Fada. Departments of Chad Aboudeïa · Assoungha · Baguirmi · Barh Azoum · Barh El Gazel · Barh Köh · Barh Sara · Barh Signaka · Batha Est..
Ennepe
The Ennepe is a river and a tributary of the Volme in Northern Sauerland. Contents 1 Riverflow2 Flora and Fauna3 Statistics4 Use Riverflow The Ennepe begins in the Märkischer Kreis southeast of Halver at 425 m above sea level and continues to Ennepetalsperre (307 m above se..
Ennepe-Ruhr
Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis Statistics State: North Rhine-Westphalia Capital: Schwelm } } |- | Area:||408.28 km² |- | Inhabitants:||351,413 (1999) |- | pop. density:||861 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||EN |- | Homepage:||http://www.ennepe-ruhr-kreis.de |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Ma..
Enneper-Weierstrass parameterization
In mathematics, the Enneper-Weierstrass parameterization of minimal surfaces is a classical piece of differential geometry. Alfred Enneper and Karl Weierstrass studied minimal surfaces as far back as 1863. Given complex-valued functions f(z) and g(z), parameterize minimal surfaces by taking the re..
Enneper surface
In mathematics, in the fields of differential geometry and algebraic geometry, the Enneper surface is described parametrically by the following set of equations: [ x = 3 u + 3 u v^2 - u^3,] [ y = 3 v + 3 u^2 v - v^3, ] [ z = 3 u^2 - 3 v^2. ] It was introduced by Alfr..
Ennepetal
Ennepetal is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr. The town recently featured in the headlines when on April 12th, 2005, a hostage taker snapped several school children from a school bus and took them as hostages, see Ennepetal hostage taking. Contents 1 ..
Ennepetal hostage taking
On April 12, 2005, at around 1 p.m. local time, a 50 year-old Iranian national seized a regular bus with a number of school children in the town of Ennepetal, Germany in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The kidnapper entered the bus at a bus stop in the Voerde district of Ennepetal. On board th..
Ennerdale
Ennerdale may refer to: Ennerdale, Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg, South AfricaEnnerdale Water, a body of water in the Lake District in EnglandRFA Ennerdale, the name given to a number of vessels of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of arti..
Ennerdale, Gauteng
Ennerdale is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. ..
Ennerdale Rural District
Ennerdale was a rural district in the county of Cumberland in England from 1934 to 1974. It was created in 1934 by a County Review Order, by the merger of the urban districts of Arlecdon and Frizington, Cleator Moor, Egrement, and Harrington along with part of Bootle Rural District and most of Whi..
Ennerdale Water
Ennerdale Water is one of the smaller lakes in the region of northern England known as the Lake District. The most westerly lake in the national park, it is situated relatively close to the port towns of Whitehaven and Workington. Ennerdale Water is a popular destination for hikers, tourists and cy..
Ennetbaden
Ennetbaden is a city in the district of Baden, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland. Historical population 1850: 4511900: 9971930: 2,2231950: 2,5661960: 2,9831970: 3,2571980: 2,7021990: 2,9662000: 3,045 ..
Ennetbürgen
Ennetbürgen is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland. It has a population of 4000 of which 9% is of foreign nationality (2002). The area of Ennetbürgen is 17.70 km². --> There are 200 local businesses which employ 950 people. 14% of these are in the agricultural sector, 32%..
Ennetmoos
Ennetmoos is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland. It has a population of 2000 of which 6% is of foreign nationality (2002). The area of Ennetmoos is 14.95 km². There are 120 local businesses which employ 500 people. 40% of these are in the agricultural sector, 42% in trade an..
Enneus Heerma Bridge
The Enneus Heerma Bridge connects the new urban district of IJburg, built on seven artificial islands in IJ Lake, with the isle of Zeeburg, a borough on the eastern edge of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. The bridge was named after Enneus Heerma, the late Christian Democrat, alderman ..
Enniaunus
Enniaunus was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was the son of King Archgallo and brother of Marganus II. He ruled poorly and harshly causing him to be deposed due to tyranny. He was replaced with his cousin Idvallo. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Ennichi
Ennichi (縁日; lit. "related day") is the most popular style of Japanese festival. It is believed that visiting a temple or a shrine on these holy days related to Kami and/or Buddha will bring greater fortunes than on regular days. Generally there are a large number of food stalls selling Japanese..
ENnies
The ENnies are annual, fan-based awards for tabletop role-playing game products and publishers. The name of the award is derived from the EN World web site that has hosted the awards since their inception in 2001. Nominees The 2006 ENnies nominations are: Best Cover Art Awarded for the book conta..
Ennigerloh
Ennigerloh is a town and a municipality in the district of Warendorf, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approx. 25 km north-east of Hamm and 30 km south-east of Münster. [[http://www.ennigerloh.net/ ennigerloh.net]] ..
Ennin
Ennin (圓仁 or 円仁) (794 - 864 A.D.), who is better known in Japan by his posthumous name, Jikaku Daishi (慈覺大師), was a priest of the Tendai (天台) school. He was born into the Mibu (壬生) family in present-day Tochigi Pref..
Ennin's Diary: The Record of a Pilgrimage to China in Search of the Law
Four volumes of the book, 入唐求法巡礼行記, are written by Ennin, a Japanese Buddhist monk in China during ninth century. He was one of eight Japanese Buddhists who studied in China at that time. He wrote his diary while he went on a Buddhist pilgrimage to China for nine and a half years (..
Enning, South Dakota
Enning is an unincorporated community located in Meade County, South Dakota. Although not tracked by the Census Bureau, Enning has been assigned the ZIP code of 57737. External links ..
Ennio
The name Ennio can refer to the following people and characters: Ennio Morricone (born November 10, 1928) is an Italian composer, especially noted for his film scores."Ennio the Legend", also known as Spot, is a major supporting character in the computer game Tass Times in Tonetown.[Ennio Marc..
Ennio Candotti
Ennio Candotti (b. 1942, Rome, Italy) is an Italian Brazilian physicist and scientific leader. He studied physics at the University of São Paulo, in São Paulo, from 1960 to 1964, and also at the University of Naples, in Naples, Italy (1970-71). From 1966 to 1968 he specialized in theoretical p..
Ennio Cardinal Antonelli
Coat of arms of Cardinal Antonelli, from the basilica of Sant'Andrea delle Fratte. It show the motto Voluntas Dei pax nostra, "The will of God is our peace". Ennio Cardinal Antonelli (born November 18, 1936) has been the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Florence since March 2001. Born in Todi, he..
Ennio de Concini
Ennio de Concini (born 9 December 1923) is an Italian former prolific screenwriter and film director, winning the Academy Award in 1962 for the "Best Original Screenplay" for Divorce, Italian Style. He was the co-screenwriter of The Red Tent a 1969 film starring Sean Connery which was based on Umbe..
Ennio de Giorgi
Ennio de Giorgi (1928 - 1996) was an Italian mathematician. He made important contributions to mathematical analysis, in particular to the study of minimal surfaces and to the regularity of the solutions of elliptic partial differential equations. External links [Biography]John J. O'Conno..
Ennio Doris
Ennio Doris (1940-). Billionaire, founder and chief executive of Mediolanum SpA a large Italian funds management and insurance company. Born in Tombolo, a small village near Padova, Italy on 3 July 1940, Mr. Doris entered the retail asset management field in 1969 when he became a salesman for Fideu..
Ennio Flaiano
Ennio Flaiano (born March 5, 1910 in Pescara - died November 20 1972 in Rome), was an italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist, and drama critic. ..
Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone. Ennio Morricone (born November 10, 1928, Rome) is an Italian composer especially noted for his film scores. He has composed the scores of more than 500 films and TV series. Although only 30 of these are for Western films, it is for this work which he is best known. Morricone's..
Ennio Quirino Visconti
Ennio Quirino Visconti (born November 1, 1751 in Rome; died February 7, 1818) was an Italian archaeologist. He was the son of Giovanni Battista Antonio Visconti (1722–1784). Visconti was conservator of the Capitoline Museums in Rome. In 1798, he became consul of the short-lived Roman republic. H..
Ennis
The Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul rises above an Ennis street. Ennis (Irish: Inis) is the county town of Clare in Ireland. Situated on the River Fergus, it lies north of Limerick and south of Galway on the main N18 road connecting these two cities. Its name is a shortening of the origi..
Ennis, Montana
Ennis is a town in Madison County, Montana, United States. The population was 840 at the 2000 census. In the town's 2004 census update, a total of 908 residents were recorded. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 History4 External links Geography Ennis is located at [45..
Ennis, Texas
Ennis is a city in Ellis County, Texas (USA). The population was 16,045 at the 2000 census. Some persons attempt to pronounce Ennis like "Enos"; the proper pronunciation is that it rhymes with "tennis". Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Education4 Events5 External link..
Ennis, West Virginia
Ennis is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. Ennis lies on U.S. Route 52 west of Switchback. External links ..
Enniscorthy
The castle in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford Enniscorthy (Inis Córthaidh in Irish) is the third largest town in County Wexford in the Republic of Ireland (Pop. town & environs 8,964 - source 2002 Census [CSO]). It is situated on the River Slaney in the centre of the county, 24 km north o..
Enniskerry
Enniskerry town centre Enniskerry (Áth na Scairbhe in Irish) is a picturesque village in County Wicklow, Ireland, with a population of approximately 1,800, although this measurement is subject to difficulties, depending on to what degree the increasingly populated surrounding areas are inclu..
Enniskillen
Cole's Monument Enniskillen (Inis Ceithleann in Irish) is the county town (and largest town) of Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. It is located almost exactly in the centre of the county on the natural island which separates the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. With a population of 13,599..
Enniskillen (UK Parliament constituency)
Enniskillen Borough constituency Created: 1801 Abolished: 1885 Type: House of Commons Enniskillen was a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took ef..
Enniskillen Castle
Enniskillen Castle is situated in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The first castle was built on this site by Hugh Maguire in the 15th century. It consists of two sections, a central keep and a curtain wall and provided the main defence for the west end of the town and guarded the ..
Ennismore Township, Ontario
Ennismore township in Ontario, Canada, located approx. 20 km north of Peterborough, was first surveyed in 1823. Farming is the primary industry with several small villages catering to the needs of area residents. The township has several water bodies with Chemong Lake being the largest, helping to..
Ennisnag
A Protestant Church that lies beside the Kings River, one mile north of Stoneyford village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Among those buried there, Hubert Butler, the Anglo-Irish essayist. ..
Ennistimon
Ennistimon or Ennistymon (Irish: Inis Diomáin) is a small town in County Clare, Republic of Ireland, near the west coast of Ireland. A popular tourist town it has a typical Irish main street, with many traditional pubs. A river runs through the town, behind the main street, which has some small r..
Ennis (Irish Parliament constituency)
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Ennis (UK Parliament constituency)
Ennis Borough constituency Created: 1801 Abolished: 1885 Type: House of Commons Ennis was a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 Ja..
Ennis Cosby
Ennis William Cosby (1970 – January 16, 1997) was the son of actor Bill Cosby and Camille Hanks. He had four sisters. Ennis aspired to become a special education teacher after he overcame dyslexia. A student at Teachers College, Columbia University, Ennis was murdered by a Ukrainian immigrant nam..
Ennis House
Ennis House The Ennis House is a building located in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Charles and Mabel Ennis in 1923, and built in 1924. The building is one of four Wright-designed buildings in Southern California constructed mos..
Ennis Independent School District
Ennis Independent School District is a public school district based in Ennis, Texas. In addition to Ennis, the district serves the towns of Alma, Bardwell, and Garrett in southeastern Ellis County. A portion of the district extends into northern Navarro County. Schools Ennis High School (Grades 9-..
Ennis Whatley
Ennis Whatley (born August 11, 1962 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Kansas City Kings in the 1st round (13th overall) of the 1983 NBA Draft. A 6'3" guard from the University of Alabama, Whatley played in 10 NBA seasons. He played f..
Ennius
Quintus Ennius (239 - 169 BC) was a writer during the period of the Roman Republic, and is often considered the father of Roman poetry. Although only fragments of his works survive, his influence in Latin literature was significant. Ennius was born at Rudiae in Calabria, a town where the Greek, O..
Ennoble
To ennoble is to make something noble through actions or confer nobility upon another (see Ennoblement), i.e. "The soldiers ennobled this battlefield with their sacrifice," or "Sir Elton John was ennobled by the Queen of England." ..
Ennoblement
Nobilitation means the act of making one a noble - member of nobility social class. Depending on time and region, various laws governed who and how could be nobilitaded. Typically nobilitation was conferred on individuals who had assisted the sovereign. In some countries (e.g. France of Ancien Regim..
Ennore Port
Ennore Port, located about 24 Km north of Chennai Port, Chennai, South India is the 12th major port of India, and the first port in India which is a public company. The port is an artificial port and has several modern features including all weather round the clock operations, a large back-up la..
Enno III, Count of Ostfriesland
Enno III of Ostfriesland or Enno III of East Frisia (30 September 1563 – 19 August 1625) was a Count of Ostfriesland from 1599 to 1625 from the Cirksena family. He was the elder son of Count Edzard II of Ostfriesland and his wife Katharina Vasa, daughter of King Gustav I of Sweden. In 1602 tr..
Enno Patalas
Enno Patalas (b. October 15, 1929) is a German film historian, collector, and restorer famous for setting the basis for the authorised restoration of the 1927 silent film Metropolis. ..
Enns
Enns could mean: Enns River, a river in AustriaEnns (city), a city in Upper Austria located at the confluence of the Enns river and the Danube This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish t..
Ennstal Alps
The Ennstal Alps are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps. They are located in the Austrian states of Styria and Upper Austria, but mostly in Styria. The most famous scenery in the Ennstal Alps is the Gesäuse, a valley, where the Enns breaks through the limestone. The highest peak is Hoc..
Enns (city)
Coat of Arms Map Key Facts State: Upper Austria District: Linz-Land Area: 33,27 km² Inhabitants: 10611 (as of 2001) Population density: 319 Inhabitants per km² Elevation: 281 m Postal code: 4470 Area code: 07223 Geographic location: 48°13' North 14°28..
Enns River
The Enns is a southern tributary of the Danube River and 254 km long. Contents 1 Geography2 History3 Towns along the river3.1 in ..
Ennui
Ennui (Pronunciation: /ɑ̃nɥi/) is a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction. The phrase mihi in odi est, meaning “I hate or dislike,” gave rise to the Vulgar Latin verb inodire, “to make odious,” the source of the Old French verb ennuyer or anoier, “to annoy, bore.” This was borro..
Ennui (movie)
Ennui is a 2003 micro-budget, underground film written and directed by Charles Doran, and winner of the 2005 Boston Underground Film Festival Bacchus Award. The below imdb.com listing refers to another movie named "Ennui." More information on "Ennui" can be found here: www.glossolalia.org/ennui.h..
Enn Reitel
Enn Reitel (born 21 June 1950 in Scotland) is a British actor who specializes in voice work. He worked as an impressionist on the satirical puppet show Spitting Image. He also starred in the UK series Mog as a burglar who spent his days in a psychiatric hospital. He does voice overs for The X Factor..
Enn Tarto
Enn Tarto (born on 25 September 1938 in Tartu) is an Estonian politician who was a leading dissident during the Soviet occupation of Estonia. He was imprisoned from 1956 to 1960, 1962 to 1967, and again from 1983 to 1988 for anti-Soviet activity. Contents 1 An anti-Soviet dissident2 Aft..
En Nahud
En Nahud is a town in the desert of central Sudan ..
En no Gyoja
En no Gyōja (役行者), aka En no Ozunu (役小角), born 634, was a Japanese ascetic and mystic, traditionally held to be the founder of Shugendō, a conglomerate religion incorporating aspects of Taoism, Shinto, esoteric Buddhism (especially Shingon Mikkyo a..
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