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'Āhuimanu, Hawai'i
Āhuimanu looking towards Kāneohe Bay Āhuimanu is a residential community and census-designated place (CDP) located in the City & County of Honolulu, District of Koolaupoko, island of Oahu, Hawaii. In Hawaiian āhui-manu means "cluster of birds". Āhuimanu is spread out beneath the steep ..
Hui
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hui can refer to: Hui people, a Chinese ethnic group. They form one of the 56 nationalities officially recognized by the People's Republic of ChinaHui (Māori assembly): a social gathering in a Māori communityHui (linguistics), a ..
Huia
This article is about the Huia, an extinct bird species. For the place, see Huia (place). For the frog genus, see Huia (genus). The Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris) was a bird endemic to New Zealand. It is now extinct, with no reliable sightings since W.W. Smith saw three birds in the Tararua Ran..
Huia (genus)
Huia is a genus of true frogs. Species Huia absita Stuart & Chan-ard, 2005Huia cavitympanum (Boulenger, 1893)Huia masonii (Boulenger, 1884)Huia melasma Stuart & Chan-ard, 2005Huia modiglianii (Doria, Salvidio & Tavano, 1999)Huia nasica (Boulenger, 1903)Huia sumatrana Yang, 1991 ..
Huib Drion
Huib Drion (The Hague, 25 April 1917 – Leiden, 20 April 2004) was a Dutch Supreme Court judge and professor of civil law who became famous for proposing a suicide pill, which was later called Drion's pill after him. References [British Medical Journal: Huibert Drion] ..
Huib Emmer
Huib Emmer (b. Utrecht, September 6, 1951) is a Dutch composer. He also plays electric guitar and electric bass guitar. From 1976 to 1986 Emmer was a member of the Dutch minimal ensemble Hoketus and he has performed since 1988 in the ensemble LOOS. Since 1992 he has also composed for electronic m..
Huichang County
Huichang, Jiangxi Area2722.18 km² Population392,3000 Longitude Latitude Postal Code342600 Huichang (traditional Chinese: 會昌; simplified Chinese: 会昌) is a county, under the juridiction of Ganzhou, in Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China. Contents 1 Population2 Hist..
Huichol
Huichol yarn painting The Huichol are an indigenous ethnic group of Western Central Mexico that live in the Sierra Madre Occidental. They call themselves the "Wixarica" or "the people" in their native language, "Wixa" (The "x" is a trilled "r"). Their religion consists of four principal deiti..
Huigang of Silla
Huigang of Silla (r. 836-838, d. 838) was the 43rd ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla. He was the grandson of King Wonjeong and the son of ichan Kim Heon-jeong by Lady Podo. He married Lady Munmok, who was the daughter of daeachan Chunggong. After the death of King Heungdeok in 836, Huigang a..
Huijong of Goryeo
Huijong of Goryeo was the 21st king (1204 - 1211) of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea and the only son of King Sinjong. It is said of Huijong that if he were to have grown old he would have made a great king. When his father ascended to the throne and Huijong became Crown Prince, he rebelled against C..
Huike
According the traditions of Zen Buddhism, Huike (慧可) was the second patriarch of the Chan (Chinese Zen). He immediately followed Bodhidharma and was the first patriarch born in China. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Huila
Huila is the name of two subnational entities: Huila Department, in ColombiaHuila Province, in AngolaThis 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..
Huila Department
Department of Colombia ([Detail]) ([Detail]) Motto: Capital Neiva Governor Area km² Density km² Adjective huilense Huila is one of the departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva. ..
Huila New and Liberalism
The Huila New and Liberalism (Huila Nueva y Liberalismo) is a regional political party in Colombia, closely affiliated to the Liberal Party of Colombia. At the last legislative elections, 12 march 2006 , the party won 2 seats in the Chamber of Representatives. ..
Huillac Ñusca
Huillac Ñusca was a Kolla leader who rebelled against the Spanish in Chile in 1780. She was nicknamed La Tirana (Spanish for "The Tyrant") because of her mistreatment of prisoners. She fell in love Vasco de Almeida, one of her prisoners, and pleaded with her people for him. After the death of her f..
Huillice language
Huilliche language is an Araucanian language spoken in Chile by the the ethnic group Huilliche. It is spoken in mountain valleys in an area south of the Mapuche and on Chiloé Island. Alternative names for this language are Veliche and Huiliche. There is a dialect called Tsesungun. Mapudungun, the ..
Huilumies
Huilumies (English translation: "A Flute Man") was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, performed in Finnish by Vesa-Matti Loiri. The song was performed tenth on the night (following Switzerland's Paola with Cinéma and preceding Norway's Sverre Kjelsberg & Mattis Hætta with Sámi..
Huimilpan
Huimilpan, Querétaro, Mexico Coat of Arms Latitude 20.22° N Longitude 100.16° W Municipal president Antonio Aguilar Landaverde (PRI) Surface 388.4 km² Population (2005) 32,728 HDI (2000) 0.6824 Time zone (UTC) -6 UTC CST GDP (per capita) (2000) US$2.1..
Huinay
Huinay is a piece of land belonging to the San Ignacio del Huinay Foundation. This territory covers nearly 350 km² in the Commune of Hualaihué, in the Tenth Region of Chile, the Lake District. It lies between the Comau or Leptepu fiord and the border with the Republic of Argentina in the Provi..
Huincul Formation
The Huincul Formation is a geologic formation that outcrops in Río Negro and Neuquén provinces of Argentina. It is the second formation in the Río Limay Subgroup, the oldest subgroup within the Neuquén Group. The type locality of the Huincul Formation is near the town of Plaza Huincul in Neuqu..
Huineng
Huineng (慧能 or 惠能 pinyin Huì Néng, 638 - 713) was a Chinese Chan (Chinese Zen) monastic who is one of the most important figures in the entire tradition. Huineng is the Sixth Patriarch of Chinese Chan Buddhism, as well as the last official patriarch. Since then, there are unoffic..
Huinya
Huinya is a collaboration between Leningrad and The Tiger Lillies. Most of the songs are Tiger Lillies songs translated into Russian and performed by Leningrad. The album was recorded in 2003 and released in 2005. Track listing "Sud" (originally "The Crack of Doom") - 3:10"Rvota" ("Fish Heads") -..
Huipíl
A huipíl is a traditional type of blouse worn by indigenous Mayan women in some countries in Central America. ..
Huisduinen
The town centre (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of Huisduinen in the municipality of Den Helder. Huisduinen ([52°57′N 4°44′E]) is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Den Helder, and lies about 2 km west of Den..
Huisgenoot
Huisgenoot (Afrikaans for House Companion) is a weekly Afrikaans language general interest family magazine. It has the highest circulation figures of any South African magazine and is followed by sister magazine YOU, its English language version; these two magazines have a combined circulation of al..
Huish
Huish is the name of a number of places in the West Country of England: Huish in the county of DevonHuish in the county of WiltshireHuish Champflower in the county of SomersetHuish Episcopi in the county of Somerset This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associ..
Huish, Wiltshire
Huish is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. Contents 1 Location2 Local government3 See also4 Sources Location Huish is situated on the south-facing edge of the Marlborough Downs, where the downs adjoin the Vale of Pewsey. Position: Grid reference..
Huish Colliery Quarry
Huish Colliery Quarry (Grid reference ) is a 0.8 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the town of Radstock, Avon, notified in 1985. Source [English Nature citation sheet for the site] (accessed 11 July 2006) ..
Huish Episcopi
for at grid reference ST428266 Huish Episcopi is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated four miles south west of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 1,940[#endnote_population]. It also has a comprehensive school which consists of 120..
Huish Park
Huish Park is a football stadium in Yeovil, home ground of Yeovil Town F.C. ..
Huisman-Olff-Fresco models
So called Huisman-Olff-Fresco models (HOF models) are hierarchical set of 5 models with increasing complexity, designated for fitting unimodal species response curves on ecological gradient. Their authors are J. Huisman, H. Olff and J.F.M. Fresco (Huisman et al. 1993). External links [Oksane..
Huisne
The Huisne is a river is located in France. It is a tributary of the Sarthe River, which it meets in Le Mans. The Huisne flows through the départements of Sarthe, Orne, and Eure-et-Loir, the latter is where its source is located. One historic town located on the Huisne is Nogent-le-Rotrou. ..
Huissen
Huissen is a city in Gelderland in the municipality of Lingewaard. It was previously a municipality of its own, but in 2001 it merged with Gendt and Bemmel to form the new municipality Lingewaard. Huissen was first mentioned in 814 as Hosenheim. It received city rights in 1348. The city was part of..
Huissier
The chain of a huissier in the French Senate. Note also the peculiar "broken collar". The French word huissier comes from huis, that is, a door. The word huissier thus designates two professions that originally had to do with opening and closing doors. In French government ministries and Parl..
Huissier de justice
In France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Québec, a huissier de justice (and in the Netherlands and Dutch-speaking parts of Belgium gerechtsdeurwaarder) is a member of the legal profession whose responsibility includes formally bearing witness to events or situations (constat d'huissier); signification 1,..
Huis Doorn
The bust of William II at Huis Doorn Huis Doorn ("Doorn House") is a small manor house that lies outside Doorn, a small town near Utrecht, the Netherlands. The 15th-century house was radically rebuilt in the late 18th century in a conservative taste, then redecorated in the mid-19th century, w..
Huis ten Bosch
Huis ten Bosch is one of the four official palaces of the Dutch Royal Family, located in the Hague in the Netherlands. It has been home to Queen Beatrix since 1981. The building was begun on September 2, 1645 to a design by Pieter Post and Jacob van Campen. It was commissioned by Queen Elizabeth ..
Huis ten Bosch Palace
Huis ten Bosch Palace (Dutch language: House in the forest) is a royal palace in Haagse Bos, The Hague. It is Queen Beatrix's main residence. (She uses her other palace in the Hague, Noordeinde Palace, for work-related purposes.) The Classicist palace was built as a summer home for Princess Amalia..
Huis ter Kleef
The ruïnes of the Huis ter Kleef castle are located in the city gardens of Haarlem. During the Siege of Haarlem in 1572 it was the headquarters of the Spanish army. ..
Huitán
Huitán is a municipality in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala. ..
Huité
Huité is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Zacapa. ..
Huittinen
Huittinen is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 9,099 and covers an area of 395.36 km² of which 5.12 km² is water. The population density is 23.0 inhabitants per km². The ..
Huitzil
Huitzil Huitzil (Phobos in Japan) is a character in the Darkstalkers fighting game series. Story Huitzil is one of many robots created by Pyron who came to Earth 65 million years ago. At the time of their creation, the Huitzil robots were given orders to destroy all life on the planet. Aft..
Huitzila
Huitzila is a small town in Mexico, located in the Sierra Madre Occidental in the far south of Zacatecas state, at 21° N, 103° W and at an elevation of some 1900 metres. It is part of the Municipality of Teul González de Ortega. It is often grouped with its close neighbour, Milpillas de Allende...
Huitzilac
Huitzilac is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. It stands at [19°00′00″N, 99°10′20″W]. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The municipality reported 15,184 inhabitants in the year 2000 census. The name is a Spanish-lang..
Huitzilíhuitl
Huitzilíhuitl was born in Tenochtitlan, and was the son of Acamapichtli, first tlatoani of the Mexica. Only 16 years old when his father died, Huitzilíhuitl was elected by the principal chiefs, warriors and priests of the city to replace him. At that time, the Mexica were tributaries of the Te..
Huitzilopochtli
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] A pictorial representation of Huitzilopochtli from the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e História, México In Aztec mythology, Huitzilopochtli, also spelled Uitzilopochtli, (IPA: [wi.ʦi.lo.ˈpoʧ.tli] ("Hummingbird of the South", "He of the Sout..
Huivulai
Huivulai ("Long neck" in the Mayo language) is an island located five kilometers off the coast of the Mexican state of Sonora in the Sea of Cortez. The island is part of the municipio of Benito Juárez and is located 45 kilometers south of Ciudad Obregón. Huivulai island is 17 kilometers long by ..
Huiwen of Qin
King Qin Huiwen (秦惠文王) ruled the Chinese state of Qin from 338 BC until 311 BC. He took the title of "king", rather than "duke" as his predecessors and peers of the other Zhou states had. "King Qin Huiwen" (秦惠文王) is his posthumous title or name, conferred by the temple he was associ..
Huixtocihuatl
In Aztec mythology, Huixtocihuatl (or Uixtochihuatl, Uixtociuatl) was a fertility goddess who presided over salt and salt water. Her younger brother was Tlaloc, and the rain gods are her sisters. Some sources place her as a wife of Tezcatlipoca. ..
Huiyuan
Huiyuan (334 AD–416 AD, also spelled Hui-Yuan or Hui-Yüan), Chinese 慧遠, was a Buddhist teacher who founded a monastery in Jiangxi province and wrote the text A Monk Does Not Bow Down Before A King (404 BC). He was born in Shansi, China and died in Hupeh. He lived in the Eastern Jin Dynast..
Huizen
[Huizen] is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The name "Huizen" is Dutch for "houses" and this usage has been linked to the belief that the first stone houses in the region appeared here. Huizen originally was a coastal village, with a thri..
Huizhou
惠州市Hùizhōu Shì Administration Type Prefecture-level city City Seat ..
Huizhou District
Huizhou District is a district in Anhui under the jurisdiction of Huangshan City. Its population is 100,000 and its area is 424 square kilometers. Huizhou District has jurisdiction over 1 town and 6 townships. ..
Huizong
Huizong may refer to one of two Chinese emperors: Emperor Huizong of Song China (徽宗 Huīzōng), who reigned from 1100 to 1125Emperor Huizong of Yuan China (惠宗 Huì Zōng), who reigned from 1333 to 1368 This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated ..
Huizúcar
Huizúcar is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador. Este municipio pertenece a el departamento de La Libertad y está ubicado al Norte de los municipios de Nuevo Cuscatlán, Antiguo Cuscatlán y San Marcos, colinda al Sur con el municipio de La Libertad, al Este con Panchi..
Hui (linguistics)
The Hui (徽) dialects are unrelated to the Hui (回) ethnic group of China. Hui, or Hui-yu (Simplified Chinese: 徽语; Traditional Chinese: 徽語; Hanyu Pinyin: Huīyǔ), or Huizhou-hua (Simplified Chinese: 徽州话; Traditional Chinese: 徽州話; Hanyu Pinyin: Huīzhōuhuà), is a subdivisio..
Hui (Māori assembly)
A hui is a New Zealand Māori social gathering or assembly in a Māori community. ..
Hui (secret society)
Hui (會) is a Chinese term referring to a secret society, derived from its original use as a reference to a meeting. It is often mutually interchangeable with terms like kongsi (公司, pinyin: Gōngsī) or a Chinese clan (會館, pinyin: Huìgǔan), all roughly translating to the meaning of "brot..
Hui Liangyu
Hui Liangyu Hui Liangyu (born 1944) is the Vice Premier of China in charge of agriculture. External Links [Hui Liangyu biography @ China Vitae, the web's largest online database of China VIPs] ..
Hui of Balhae
Hui of Balhae (r. 812?-817, d. 817) was the eighth king of the Korean-Manchurian kingdom of Balhae. He was the younger brother of King Gang, and the younger brother of King Jeong. He trafficked actively with Tang China, and imported many aspects of Tang culture and governmental systems. See als..
Hui pan-nationalism
Hui pan-nationalism refers to the post-1949 (the foundation of the People's Republic of China) phenomenon of a sense of common nationhood kindled among diverse communities of Chinese-speaking Muslims (typically members of the Hui ethnic-cultural group), due to the dialectics between the Hui national..
Hui people
The Hui (回) ethnic group is unrelated to the Hui (徽) dialects. The Hui people (}; }) are a Chinese ethnic group, typically distinguished by their practice of the Islamic religion. They form one of the 56 nationalities officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Most Hui are simila..
Hui Shi
Hui Shi (惠施 Also Hui Shih) (4th century B.C.) Documents of the teachings of Hui Shi are only preserved in the Zhuangzi Chuang Chou. He is arguably the greatest influence on Zhuangzi's philosophy and the inspiration for the relativism found there. Their debates probably helped Zhuangzi ..
Hui Zi
Hui Zi was an ancient Chinese philosopher. He was a friend of Zhuang Zi, another great philosopher. Huizi lived in the fourth century BCE. He was mentioned in a book called the Zhuang Zi. ..
Huşi
"Husi" redirects her. For other uses, see Husi (disambiguation). Huşi is a city in the Vaslui County, Romania, formal capital of the disbanded Fălciu County in the informal region of Moldavia, Romanian Orthodox episcopal see, and home of some of the best vineyards of Romania. The city is located..
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