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O'Bannon
O'Bannon can refer to: People Charles O'Bannon, basketball playerDan O'Bannon, screenwriter, directorEd O'Bannon, basketball playerFrank O'Bannon, governor of Indiana 1997-2003Presley O'Bannon, officer in the United States Marine CorpRockne S. O'Bannon, television producer and writerPlaces O'Bannon,..

O'Bannon, Kentucky
O'Bannon is a neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky near LaGrange Road centered along Collins Lane and New Chamberlain Lane. References ↑ External links ..

O'Bannon Woods State Park
O'Bannon Woods Designation State Park Location Indiana USA Nearest Cities Corydon, Indiana Coordinates [38°13′N 86°07′W] Area 2,000 acres (8 km²) Date of establishment 2004 Governing body Indiana DNR O'Bannon Woods State Park is the newest state park in Indiana. It is located ..

O-Bahn Busway
[Featured articles ] A bus on the O-Bahn guide-way. The O-Bahn Busway in the South Australian capital city of Adelaide is the world's longest and fastest guided busway.[The Adelaide O-Bahn, Adelaide Metro] Accessed June 22 2006 The O-Bahn—from the La..

Oba
Oba, (pronounced Or-ba), King in Yoruba, is the supreme traditional head of a Yoruba town. Yoruba towns aref of three generations. The first generation is made up of founding towns and cities of the origin or capitals of Yoruba states/kingdoms. The second are those created by conquest, diapora or/..

OBA
OBA may stand for: on base average, in baseball statisticsoutput-based aid, in development aidOntario Bar AssociationOklahoma Bankers AssociationOut-of-band agreementOutdoor Basketball AssociationOnline Basketball Association ..

Oba, Nigeria
Oba (correctly Ọ̀bà, but also written as Òbà ), is an ancient Igbomina town in northeastern Yorubaland of Nigeria. Ọ̀bà was capital of an ancient Ọ̀bà kingdom, reputed in oral history of the region as a center of great wealth and enterprise. Bristish colonial records indic..

Obaala
Obaala (or in Yoruba orthography Ọbaálá) is a senior title in the royal council of many kingdoms of the northeastern Yoruba - the Igbomina, Ijẹṣa and Ekiti sub-ethnics. Ọbaálá literally menas "mighty king" or "senior king" and is almost always next in rank to the kin..

Obabika River
The Obabika River is located in central Ontario, Canada, near Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park. It flows from Obabika Lake in a south-westerly direction and connects with the Sturgeon River. The Obabika River is remote and completely surrounded by wilderness. The river is characterized by lo..

Obachi
Obachi is a launch site for meteorological rockets and rockoons on Hokkaido, Japan at [40°42′N 141°44′E]. External links [Astronautix.com - Obachi] ..

Obad-Hai
Greyhawk Deity Obad-Hai Title(s) The Shalm Homeplane Concordant Domain of the Outlands Power Level Intermediate Alignment Neutral Portfolio Nature, Woodlands, Hunting, Beasts Domains Air, Animal, Earth, Fire, Plant, Water ..

Obadele Thompson
Obadele Thompson (born March 30, 1976) is a sprint athlete from Barbados. In 2000, he became the first Olympic medalist for his island nation. Born in Saint Michael, Thompson attended Harrison College before earning a scholarship where pusued a degree in marketing and economics at the University..

Obadiah
See Obadiah (disambiguation). ''See also Book of Obadiah. ''For the Khazar ruler, see Obadiah (Khazar). ''For one of the 25 Islands described in the 2002 book by Clive Barker, see Abarat. Obadiah (עֹבַדְיָה "Servant of the LORD", Standard Hebrew ʿOvadya, Tiberian Hebrew ʿŌḇaḏyāh, ..

Obadiah (disambiguation)
See main article Obadiah.' Obadiah is the name of thirteen different persons mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. As vocalized in the Masoretic text, it means "worshiper of God Head steward to King Ahab of Israel. At the time of the persecution of the prophets of Yhwh by Jezebel, Obadiah succeeded in c..

Obadiah (Khazar)
Obadiah (Heb. עבדיה) was the name of a Khazar ruler of the late eighth or early ninth century. He is described as coming from among "the sons of the sons of Bulan, but whether this should be taken literally to mean that he was Bulan's grandson, or figuratively to imply a more remote descent, is..

Obadiah ben Abraham
Obadiah ben Abraham of Bertinoro was a Jewish rabbi and a commentator on the Mishnah, commonly known as "The Bartenura". He lived in the second half of the fifteenth century in Italy; died in Jerusalem about 1500. He was a pupil of Joseph ben Solomon Colon (known as the Maharik), and became rabbi i..

Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno
Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno (Obadja Sforno) was an Italian rabbi, Biblical commentator, philosopher and physician. He was born at Cesena about 1475 and died at Bologna in 1550. After acquiring in his native town a thorough knowledge of Hebrew, rabbinic literature, mathematics, and philosophy, he went ..

Obadiah Gardner
Obadiah Gardner (September 13, 1852—July 24, 1938) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. Gardner was a businessman and member of the Democratic Party who served in several minor state executive positions before serving a single six-year term in the United States Senate. Ga..

Obadiah German
Obadiah German was born in Amenia, Dutchess County, New York on April 22, 1766. He became a lawyer in 1792 and practiced in Norwich, Chenango County, New York. He served in the State Assembly in 1798, 1804-1805, and 1807-1809. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican party and an ally of DeWitt ..

Obadiah Newcomb Bush
Obadiah Newcomb Bush (January 28, 1797 - 1851) was an American merchant and an ancestor of the Bush political family. He was the son of blacksmith Timothy Bush, Jr. and Lydia Newcomb, and was born in Penfield, Monroe Co., New York on January 28, 1797. He left home during the War of 1812 and marrie..

Obadiah the Proselyte
Obadiah the Proselyte was a Catholic priest converted to Judaism. It was common practice for proselytes to choose the name "Obadiah" because of the tradition that Obadiah the prophet was an Edomite converted to Judaism. He is known for recording medieval Jewish chant in Gregorian notation. ..

Obadiah Walker
Obadiah Walker (1616 – January 21, 1699) was a British academic and Master of University College, Oxford from 1676 to 1688. He was born at Darfield near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and was educated at University College, Oxford, becoming a fellow and tutor of this society and a prominent figur..

Obafemi Awolowo
Obafemi Awolowo Chief Obafemi Awolowo (1909-1987) was a Nigerian, a native of Ikenne in Ogun State of Nigeria, politician and leader who started as a regional political leader as most of his pre-independence contemporaries. He founded many organizations, including Egbe Omo Oduduwa, the Trade ..

Obafemi Awolowo University
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria is a government-owned and operated Nigerian university, The university is located in the ancient city of Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1962 as the University of Ife, and was renamed Obafemi Awolowo University in May 1987 in honor of Oba..

Obafemi Ayanbadejo
[] at NFL.com Obafemi Devin Ayanbadejo (born March 5, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois) is an NFL fullback for the Arizona Cardinals. He has also played for the Minnesota Vikings, Baltimore Ravens, Miami Dolphins and England Monarchs (of NFL Europe). Contents 1 High School Career2 ..

Obafemi Martins
--> Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins (born October 28, 1984 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian international football player who is a striker for Internazionale, wearing the number 30 jersey. Regarded by many as one of Inter's finest recruitments in years, Martins has established himself in one of the worl..

Obaid Siddiqui
[Pic] Obaid Siddiqui (born January 7, 1932) is a neurogeneticist who has done pioneering work on the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. In 2006, the Government of India conferred the Padma Vibhushan (the second highest civilian award) on him. He showed (2) that the distal part of the ante..

Obake
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Obakeng Ngwigwa
Obakeng Ngwigwa (born July 9, 1985 in Serowe) is a Botswanan sprinter. External link *IAAF profile for [Obakeng Ngwigwa] ..

Obake karuta
Obake karuta is a Japanese card game. The game was created in the Edo period and remained popular through the 1910s or 1920s.Pflugfelder. Each playing card in the deck features a character from the hiragana syllabary and a creature from Japanese mythology; in fact, obake karuta means ghost cards..

Obake no Q-tarō
|} , by Hiroshi Fujimoto, pen name Fujiko F. Fujio, is a Japanese manga about a ghost, Qtarō (Sometimes also spelled as Q-tarō) who lived with the Ohara family. Qtarō, also known as Q-chan, was a mischief-maker who liked to fly around scaring people and stealing food. However, he himself was de..

Obaku
Ōbaku (黄檗 Japanese Ōbaku, pinyin Huángbò) is the Armur Corktree (Phellodendron amurense Rupr.). It may refer to: Mount Huangbo (黄檗山), a mountain in China's Fujian province, noted for its Buddhist templesHuangbo Xiyun (黄檗希運), a Chinese Chan Buddhist masterThe Japanese Obaku Scho..

Obaku (school of Buddhism)
Part of a onBuddhism History of Buddhism Timeline of Buddhism Buddhist councils Foundations Four Noble Truths Noble Eightfold Path The Five Precepts Nirvāna · Three Jewels Buddhism In Depth Three marks of existence Skandha · Karma · Dharma Samsara · Rebirth..

Obal
In the Bible, Obal was one of the thirteen children of Joktan. ..

Obala
Obala is a town in Cameroon's Centre Province, ca 45 km north of Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon. It is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese and hosts a military academy. Tourists in Obala may visit the somewhat derelict Luna Park whose main attraction is a swimming pool. Not far from Obala are t..

Obalumo
Ọbalúmọ̀ or Ọba'lúmọ̀ , (a contraction of Ọba Olúmọ̀), is the titular name of the founder-king of the ancient Ìsèdó-Olúmọ̀, city-state monarchy of the Igbomina-Yoruba. Ọba’lúmọ̀ is one of the ealiest Yoruba founders of the anc..

Obama
Obama may refer to Barack Obama (born 1961), a United States Senator from Illinois, orObama, Fukui (Japan). 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..

Obama, Fukui
Obama (小浜市; -shi) is a city located in Fukui, Japan. As of October 1 2005, the city has an estimated population of 32,185 and the density of 138.22 persons per km². The total area is 232.85 km². The city was founded on March 30, 1951. External link [Official website] in Japanese..

Obama, Nagasaki
Obama (小浜町; -chou) is a town located in Minamitakaki District, Nagasaki, Japan. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 10,836 and a density of 213.14 persons per km². The total area is 50.84 km². ..

Obambo
An obambo is a type of ghost among certain peoples of Central Africa. An obambo initially resides in the bush, but eventually gets tired of this and appears to a close relative, requesting that he build a house for him near his own. That night the village women are gathered to dance and sing, and n..

Oban
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. redirect [[Template:Infobox Scotland place]] View of Oban from Druim Mor. Oban (An t-Oban in Gaelic) is a resort town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, with a population of around 12,000. Despite its small size, it is the largest town between Helensburgh a..

Oban, New Zealand
Oban is the principal settlement on Stewart Island, the southernmost inhabited island of the New Zealand archipelago. Oban is located on Half Moon Bay (sometimes used as an alternative name for the town), and has air communication with Invercargill and a ferry service to Bluff. According to the Ma..

Obanazawa, Yamagata
Obanazawa (尾花沢市; -shi) is a city located in Yamagata, Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 21,382 and the density of 57.43 persons per km². The total area is 372.32 km². The city was founded on April 10, 1959. External links [Obanazawa official website] i..

Obando, Bulacan
Obando is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. It is 16 kilometers away from Rizal Monument in Luneta. Obando is bounded by Valenzuela City in the east, Malabon City in the south, Bulacan in the north, and the waters of Manila Bay in the west. According to the 2000 cen..

Obando Fertility Rites
Obando Fertility Rites is a Filipino dance ritual. Every year, during the month of May, to the tune of musical instruments made out of bamboo materials, the men, women and children of Obando, Bulacan, Philippines wear traditional dance costumes to dance on the streets followed by the images of their..

Obanos
Obanos is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain. External link [OBANOS in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)] () ..

Obanta
Obanta was one of the first kings of Ijebu Ode, a town in Nigeria. His statue stands in the city center by Itale. ..

Oban (disambiguation)
Oban is a town in Argyll, Scotland. Oban may also refer to: Oban Distillery, which produces Oban Scotch whiskyOban, New Zealand (also known as 'Halfmoon bay'), a settlement on Stewart Island/Rakiura, New ZealandŌban, also known as the Great Watch, the contingent of troops dedicated to protecting ..

Oban (Great Watch)
The , usually translated as "Great Watch," was a contingent of troops dedicated to protecting the Home Provinces (畿内, kinai) and safeguarding the Throne. The Watch existed in one form or another across Japanese feudal history, serving under the Ashikaga shogunate as well as the Tokugawa. Refe..

Oban Camanachd
Oban Camanachd is one of the oldest Camanachd clubs currently playing in the Shinty leagues of Scotland, they are currently competing in the Premier League. They have a reserve team called Lochside Rovers who play in South Division 1. Contents 1 Colours2 History3 Stadium4 Ni..

Oban Cathedral
There are two Cathedrals in Oban: The Episcopal St. John's CathedralThe Catholic St. Columba's Cathedral 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 t..

Oban Distillery
Oban Distillery is a whisky distillery in the Scottish west coast port of Oban. The town of Oban in Argyll sprung up around the distillery after it was built. The distillery only has two pot stills, making it one of the smallest in Scotland. Oban is currently owned by Diageo. Contents 1 H..

Oban number
Oban numbers are defined as numbers who don't contain the letter 'o' when spelled in English. This definition is not definitive as some large numbers don't follow the guidelines for naming of numbers. The first oban numbers are: 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 26, ..

Oban railway station
A Class 156 "Super-Sprinter" at Oban station on 25th June 2005. Oban railway station is the railway station serving Oban in Scotland. It is the terminus of one branch of the highly scenic West Highland Line. Services are operated by First ScotRail External links [Train times] and &#..

Obara, Aichi
Obara (小原村; -mura) is a village located in Nishikamo District, Aichi, Japan. Obara is well known as the home of traditional Japanese "Washi" mulberry paper. As of April 1, 2005 the town of Obara was merged into the city of Toyota. 2003, the village had an estimated populatio..

Obasan
Obasan, first published by Lester and Orpen Dennys in 1981, is a novel by the Japanese-Canadian author Joy Kogawa. It concerns Canada's internment and persecution of its citizens of Japanese descent during World War II. In 2005, it was the One Book, One Vancouver selection. ..

Obata, Mie
Obata (小俣町; -cho) is a town located in Watarai District, Mie, Japan. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 18,437 and a density of 1,594.90 persons per km². The total area is 11.56 km². ..

Obatake, Yamaguchi
Obatake (大畠町; -cho) is a town in Kuga District, Yamaguchi, Japan. It is located at [33°59′47″N, 132°11′10″E]. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 3,583 and a density of 298.33 persons per km². The total area is 12.01 km². External ..

Obatala
Obatala is also a genus of spiders (Amaurobiidae) In Yoruba mythology, Obàtálá (alternatively Obatala) is a creator god; he made human bodies, and his father, Olorun breathed life into them. While Olorun is considered the creator of the universe, Obalata created the world and humanity, being seen..

Obata clan
The Obata clan of the Kai province were related to that of the famed clan of Takeda. Due to this fact, the Obata spent their time during the Sengoku Period by serving under them. However, after the Takeda clan was completely destroyed during the year of 1582, by the hands of the Oda/Tokugawa allianc..

Obata Kagenori
Obata Kagenori (1570-1644) a samurai of the Sengoku Period that served as a retainer under the Tokugawa following the downfall of the Takeda in 1582. Kagenori was then made as a page to that of Tokugawa Hidetada, the son of Tokugawa Ieyasu. It is known that Kagenori served the Tokugawa following the..

Obata Masamori
Obata Masamori (1534–1582), also known as Obata Nobusada, was one of Takeda Shingen's 'Twenty-four Generals', his most trusted commanders. He was the son of Obata Toramori, and came from western Kozuke province. He fled Kozuke and joined the Takeda around 1560. Masamori would later become the lord..

Obata Nobusada
Obata Nobusada (1540-1592) a samurai of the Sengoku Period that served as a retainer under the Takeda clan following the year of 1560. This was due to the fact of him having to flee his land of the Kozuke Province. His old fief was then later restored by Takeda Shingen. Nobusada then was reputed to ..

Obata Toramori
(1505-1561), first serving under Takeda Nobutora, serving him so well, Nobutora allowed him to have "tora" in his name. He was the leader over Baba Nobufusa, serving in many battles under Takeda Shingen. Over the course of his whole career under the Takeda, it is known that he was wounded no less ..

Obatzda
Obatzda is a Bavarian cheese delicacy. It is prepared by mixing aged Camembert with sweet paprika powder and onions into a smooth mass and is usually eaten spread on bread or pretzels. Obatzda is a classic example of Bavarian biergarten food. A similar Austrian/Slovakian recipe is called Liptauer. ..

Obavještajna agencija
The Croatian Intelligence Agency (OA) was formed by the Republic of Croatia's Security Services Law (Zakon o sigurnosnim službama Republike Hrvatske - Klasa: 200-01/02-01/01). It was voted out by the Parlament on March 21, confirmed by president Mesić on March 26 (all laws/acts etc. relating to na..

Obayashi Corp.
Osaka Obayashi Building, registered headquarters of Obayashi Corp. in Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan (TYO: [1802] ) is one of five major Japanese construction companies along with Shimizu Corporation, Takenaka Corporation, Kajima Corporation, and Taisei Corporation. It is one of the Nikkei ..

Obazine Abbey
Obazine Abbey, also known as Aubazine Abbey, was a Cistercian monastery in the present town of Aubazine in the département of Corrèze in the Limousin in France. History It was founded in about 1134 by Saint Stephen of Obazine, who after his ordination, with another priest, Pierre, began the eremi..

Oba Kagechika
(dates?), also known as Oba Saburō Kagechika, was the third son of Oba Kageyoshi, and fought alongside his father, against the Minamoto clan, in the Hogen Rebellion of 1156. Many years later, during the Genpei War, he led Taira clan forces to a victory against Minamoto no Yoritomo at Ishibashi..

Oba of Benin
The Oba of Benin, whose person was sacred, controlled the Kingdom of Benin, an empire surrounding the West African city of Benin (now in Nigeria), from the 15th century until 1897, when a British 'Punitive Expedition' destroyed the power of the Oba and cleared the way for the British colony of Nig..

Oba Otudeko
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Dr. Ayoola Oba Otudeko, OFR (1943 - ) is a Nigerian entrepreneur. He chairs the board of a number of companies i..

Oba Rahl
Oba Rahl is a fictional character in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. Description Oba Rahl is a half-brother of Richard Rahl introduced in The Pillars of Creation. When very young, a sorceress named Althea put a spell over Oba and his mother to protect their identities from Darken Rahl ..

Občanský průkaz
Občanský průkaz (pronounced /ɔbʧʌnskiː pɾuːkʌz/; Czech for civic certificate) is the national identification card used in the Czech Republic (and formerly in Czechoslovakia), in addition to the Czech passport. It is issued to all citizens above 14 years of age. It is illegal not to car..

O Barqueiro
O Barqueiro (also Port of El Barquero) is a parish and a port belonging to the city council of Mañón in Ferrolterra in North-western Spain in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Industry Important fishing Port. [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit ]..

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