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Obo
For the abbreviation, see OBO. Obo is the capital of Haut-Mbomou, one of the 14 prefectures of the Central African Republic. ..

OBO
OBO may refer to: The IATA airport code of an airport in Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan"Or best offer", an abbreviation used to mean that a price is negotiable."Over by over", a term used to describe online cricket commentary that goes into details every six balls."Oil-Bulk-Ore", a merchant vessel capabl..

Obock
Obock (also Obok, Ubuk) is a small port town of Djibouti, located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Tadjoura where it opens out into the Gulf of Aden. Population in 2003 is about 8,300. Obock was originally significant as the site of the first French colony in the region, established by treaty..

Obock Region
Obock is a region in Djibouti. Its capital is Obock. Other major cities and towns include Khor Angar. The district borders Eritrea to the north, Tadjourah Region to the south-west and the Red Sea/Bab el Mandeb/Gulf of Aden to the east/south-east. There are many salt-lakes around the districts coa..

Oboe
For other meanings of oboe see Oboe (disambiguation). Modern Oboe The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. The word "oboe" is derived from hautbois, the name of the instrument in French (meaning "high wood"). A musician who plays the oboe is called an oboist. Car..

Oboe (disambiguation)
Oboe has several meanings: The oboe, a musical instrument of the woodwind familyOboe (navigation) was a British aerial blind bombing targeting system in World War IIOboe is a new music backup service from MP3tunes.com This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles assoc..

Oboe (navigation)
For other meanings of Oboe see Oboe (disambiguation) The navigator's Oboe CRT display Oboe was a British aerial blind bombing targeting system in World War II, based on radio transponder technology. The system went live in December 1942, about the same time H2S radar was introduced. Conten..

Oboe Concerto (Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314 was later reworked by the composer as a flute concerto in D major. Reference Paul Schiavo, program notes for Detroit Symphony Orchestra concert of April 16, 2000 ..

Oboe Concerto (Richard Strauss)
The Concerto in D major for Oboe and Small Orchestra, op. 144, TrV 292, was written by Richard Strauss in 1945. It was one of the last works he composed near the end of his life, during an "Indian summer" in which he unabashedly returned to the Romantic style of his youth. Strauss had been request..

Oboe Concerto (Vaughan Williams)
Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote his Concerto in A Minor for Oboe and Strings for soloist Leon Goosens in 1944. This pastoral piece is divided into three movements: Rondo Pastorale (Allegro moderato)Minuet and Musette (Allegro moderato)Scherzo (Presto-doppio piu lento - lento - presto)The concerto was ..

Oboe d'amore
Baroque oboe d'amore, Denner copy The oboe d'amore is a woodwind instrument. It is a member of the double reed family, very similar to the oboe. Slightly larger than the oboe, it has a less assertive and more tranquil and serene tone, and is considered the mezzo-soprano or alto of the obo..

Oboe da caccia
Oboe da caccia The oboe da caccia (Italian: "hunting oboe") is a musical instrument in the oboe family, pitched a fifth below the oboe and used primarily in the Baroque period of European classical music. Contents 1 Development2 Construction3 The oboe da caccia after Bach and..

Oboe reed making
The oboe reed is the double reed required to be placed into the top of an oboe in order to produce a typical oboe sound. In some rare cases, such as music by PDQ Bach, the reed is unnecessary to produce the tone requested by the composer. Oboe reeds are made by a blank step process requiring num..

Oboe Sonata (Poulenc)
Francis Poulenc's Oboe Sonata for oboe and piano dates from 1962. It is one of the last pieces he completed. The piece is dedicated to the memory of Sergei Prokofiev. It is in three movements: Elégie (Paisiblement, Sans Presser)Scherzo (Très animé)Déploration (Très calme) The movements are i..

Oboi
Oboi (Manchu: ; }; }) (?-1669) was a great Manchu warrior of the Bordered Yellow Banner from the Gūwalgiya clan. He achieved great merit having saved the life of the Shunzhi Emperor in battle. From the reign of Hong Taiji, Oboi distinguished himself in battles against Ming. He was given the title ..

Oboist
An Oboist is a musician who plays the oboe. Some important oboists include: Modern oboists John AndersonRobert AtherholtLady Evelyn BarbirolliTheodore BaskinNeil BlackRobert BloomJoy BoughtonMaurice BourguePeter BowmanDouglas BoydKim BrydenLon BussellJames CaldwellJacques ChambonRoger ColeNicholas ..

Obojeni Program
Obojeni Program (Colored program) is a rock band from Novi Sad, Serbia. The band is influenced by punk rock and new wave bands such as The Fall, Gang of Four or Joy Division and was formed in the early 1980s. The first album, named Najvažnije je biti zdrav (The most important thing is to be healt..

Obolellida
Obolellida is an small, extinct order of inarticulate brachiopods that existed from the early to middle Cambrian period. The relationship of the Obolellida with other inarticulates is unclear, and were previously grouped together the Siphonotretacea, before being given their own order. The shell..

Obolon
Obolon (Ukrainian: Оболонь, Obolon’) can be: Obolon Raion, a district of Ukraine's capital city, KievObolon CJSC, the largest Ukrainian brewerFC Obolon Kyiv, soccer club based in KievObolon, a station of Kiev Metro This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles..

Obolon' crater
Obolon' is a meteor crater in Ukraine. It is 20 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 169 ± 7 million years (Middle Jurassic). The crater is not exposed to the surface. External links [Earth Impact Database] ..

Obolon CJSC
Obolon CJSC (#redirect [[Template:Lang-uk]]) is a Ukrainian producer of beverages. In Ukraine, the company is the second-largest producer of beer after InBev and the largest producer of soft drinks, topping Coca-Cola[[Citing sources citation needed]], in terms of physical volu..

Obolon Raion
Obolon Raion (#redirect [[Template:Lang-uk]], Obolons’kyi raion), is a historical raion (administrative district) of the Ukrainian capital Kiev (Kyiv). Its current population is 290,000 inhabitants. The first project for the construction of the Obolon district (1967). During Soviet rule of..

Obolus
The obolus (or obol) is a Greek silver coin worth a sixth of a drachma. In Classical Athens it was subdivided into eight chalkoi ("copper pieces"). According to Plutarch, the Spartans had an iron obolus of four chalkoi. The obolus is also a measurement of weight. In ancient Greece it was defined..

Obor
Obor Market, May 2006 Obor is the name of a market and the surrounding district of Bucharest, the capital of Romania. There is also a Bucharest Metro station named Obor, which lies in this area. Obor stands in the place of "Târgul Moşilor", a fair famous throughout Wallachia, which was hel..

Oborishte Ridge
Oborishte Ridge (Rid Oborishte \'rid o-'bo-ri-shte\) has an elevation of 340m in the SW extremity of Breznik Heights, Greenwich Island, Antarctica. Extending 1.6 km along the SE coast of Yankee Harbour. The ridge is named after the historic site of Oborishte in Central Bulgaria. Location The rid..

Oborná
Oborná is a village in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 320 inhabitants. External link [Short official information about the village] (cz) ..

Oborne
Oborne is a village in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale close to the border with Somerset, on the A30 road two miles north east of Sherborne. The village has a population of 115 (2001). External links [Census data] ..

Oborniki
Oborniki is a town in Poland, in Wielkopolska Voivodship, about 30 km north of Poznań. It is the capital of Oborniki County. Population is 18,176 (2005). External links [Official town website][Map, via mapa.szukacz.pl] ..

Oborniki County
Oborniki County (Polish: ) is a powiat (county) located about 25 km north of Poznań, in Poland, in Wielkopolska Voivodship. The county seat is the town of Oborniki. The population numbers 55,793 (2005). Its area is 712,65 km². External link [Official Oborniki County webpage] &n..

Oborniki Śląskie
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [Special] Oborniki Śląskie ɔbɔrˈɲici ɕlõscɛ (German Obernigk) is a Polish town and commune situated in the northeastern part of the Lower Silesian Voivodship, Trzebnica administrative district. Commune's area: 153,75 km²Town's area: 14..

Oboro
For the ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, see Ikazuchi class destroyer For the character in Spriggan, see Spriggans Oboro is a character in the roleplaying game Suikoden V. He is the main detective for the Prince's Royalist Army. Statistics [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/o..

Oborona
Oborona (Cyrillic: Оборона) is a non-partisan in Russia. Its name means "Defense" in Russian. The movement was established in 2005 and has no leader or centralized structure. Instead, it is based on the network principle and mostly horizontal relations. The movement opposes what they call a..

Oboronprom
OPK Oberonprom (Russian: ОПК Оборонпром) is a Russian aerospace holding company, 51% owned by the Russian government. It has stakes in or controls the following entities: Mil (31%), a design bureau.Kazan Helicopter Plant (29.92%), assembly plant for Mi-8 'Hip'Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant (4..

Obor metro station
Obor is a metro station in Bucharest, located next to one of the largest open-air markets in Bucharest, Obor. ..

Obosi
Contents 1 Composition and history2 Population growth and development3 Natives4 Infrastructure Composition and history Obosi is a town in Anambra State of southeastern Nigeria. It comprises 5 quarters or villages called Umuota, Ire, Ugamuma, Mmakwum and Urowulu. Umuota is t..

Obote
Obote may refer to: Milton Obote, former president of UgandaMiria Obote, Ugandan presidential candidate and widow of Milton Obote 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 ..

Oboth
Oboth (Hebrew: אֹבֹת) is one of the places the Israelites stopped at during the Exodus. Its name may mean bottles. Previous Station:Punon the ExodusStations list Next Station:Iye Abarim ..

Obotrites
The Obotrites (German: Abodriten, Polish: Obodryci) were a group of Slavic peoples related to the Wends. In the 6th century they settled in the regions later known as Mecklenburg and Holstein in what is now north-eastern Germany. Because of their links to other neighbouring Slavic ethnic groups the..

Obould Many-Arrows
Dungeons & Dragons Character ..

Obox-ob
In many campaign settings for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Obox-ob is a demon lord, also called the Prince of Vermin. His realm is the 663rd layer of the Abyss, and is known as Zionyn. Contents 1 History2 Description3 Cult of Obox-ob4 References History ..

Oboyan
Oboyan (Russian: ) is a town in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located some 60 km south of Kursk on the right bank of the Psyol River at its confluence with the Oboyanka River. Population: 14,100 (2005 est.); 14,618 (2002 Census). Oboyan was founded in 1639 as a fortress on the southern borders of t..

Obo Addy
Obo Addy (b. 1936) is an Ghanaian drummer and dancer who was one of the first native African musicians to bring the fusion of traditional folk music and Western pop music known as worldbeat to Europe and then to the Pacific Northwest of the United States in the late 1970s. He currently teaches musi..

OBO carrier
A OBO carrier is a vessel that can trade with both Oil, Bulk and Ore cargoes, hence the name. The idea was that it would function as a tanker when the tanker markets were good and a bulk / ore carrier when these markets were good. It would also be able to take "wet" cargo (oil) one way and "dry" car..

OBO Foundry
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