Encyclopedia: PYL...
Encyclopedia : P : PY : PYL (55 articles)
Pyla
There is also a town called Pyla in Greece, see Pyla, Greece. Pyla (Turkish: Pile) is a village in Larnaca District, Cyprus. The village is located in the eastern part of the island, in the UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus, that separates the internationally recognized southern part of the island from t..
Pylades
Pylades and Orestes by Francois Bouchot In Greek mythology, Pylades is the son of King Strophius of Phocis and is mostly known for his strong friendship with Orestes. Contents 1 Orestes and Pylades2 Death of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra3 Attempted murder of Helen4 Tauris5..
Pylaemenes
Pylaemenes King of the Eneti of Paphlagonia. Died at Troy. Fought on the Trojan side. References Livy - Book 1http://www.csulb.edu/~dbouvier/Entities/i1865.htm..
Pylaia
Pylaia is a municipality of the Thessaloniki Prefecture, in the region of Central Macedonia. Pilea covers some 27.000 m2 with 4,5 km of coastline extending along the shores of the Thermaic Gulf and has a population of around 40.000 inhabitants. Pylaia is relatively sparsely populated and has a numbe..
Pylaris
Pylaros is one of the municipalities on the Ionian island of Kefalonia (κεφαλονιά). The seat of the municipality is Agia Effimia. Contents 1 Geographical Features2 Villages3 Economy4 History5 Famous persons6 Monuments7 Traditions Geographical Features ..
Pyle
Pyle (Welsh: ) is a village in Bridgend county borough, south Wales. It is a settlement served by the A48 road. Pyle was made a community in 2002, when the Cynffig community was split into two parts (the other being Cornelly), following a recommendation of the Local Government Boundary Commission ..
Pyle's massacre
Pyle's Massacre, also known as Pyle's Hacking Match, was a battle that took place during the American Revolution in Alamance County, North Carolina on February 24, 1781 between patriot and loyalist North Carolina militia troops. At the time, Alamance County was still part of Orange County. It occu..
Pylea
The two Suns of Pylea. In the fictional universe established by the television series Angel, Pylea is a world in an alternate dimension where demons are the dominant life form and humans are treated as animals to be used as beasts of burden or even food. In fact, the Pylean word for humankind..
Pyle railway station
Pyle railway station is a minor railway station in Pyle, south Wales. The station is located at street level at Beach Road in Pyle. It is a stop on the South Wales Main Line, served by the Arriva Trains Wales Swanline Swansea to Cardiff regional train. Facilities The station has 2 platforms: Pla..
Pylkönmäki
Pylkönmäki is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,071 (2003) and covers an area of 392.61 km² of which 24.58 km² is water. The population density is 2.9 inhabitants per km²..
Pylonesque EP
Pylonesque EP was an EP produced and created by Christ. This album had the distinction of being Christ.'s first proper album. Pylonesque EP was released on Benbecula Records. Track listing "A Dream of the Endless" – 5:31"Arctica" – 1:43"Spengly Bengly" – 4:48"Pylonesque" – 3:13"Perlandine..
Pylons of Cádiz
Cádiz Pylon The Pylons of Cádiz are two pylons for a 132 kV power line crossing the bay of Cádiz, Spain. The pylons of Cádiz are 158 metres high and designed for two circuits. The pylons of Cádiz were designed by A. M. Toscano and form a very unconventional construction, which consists o..
Pylons of Duisburg-Rheinhausen
The Pylons of Duisburg-Rheinhausen are the two electricity pylons of the combined 220 kV/110 kV powerline for 4 circuits (2 for 220 kV, 2 for 110 kV) crossing the River Rhine at Duisburg-Rheinhausen with a span width of 570 metres. These 118.8 metre high pylons were built in 1926 and are equipped wi..
Pylons of Ghesm Crossing
The Pylons of the Ghesm Crossing are two 130 metre high pylons, carrying a 230kV-powerline over the Strait of Ghesm in Iran. One of these pylons was founded on a caisson in the strait. Both pylons have two crossbars with span widths of 36.20 metres and 13.8 metres for 6 conductors. The line span bet..
Pylons of Messina
The Pylons of Messina are the pylons of the former above-ground 220kV-high voltage line crossing the Strait of Messina between Italy and Sicily, part of a longer power line from Sorgente to Rizziconi. The pylons are two 200 metre high freestanding steel towers, one on Sicily and the other on the I..
Pylons of Pearl River Crossing
The pylons of the Pearl River Crossing are three electricity pylons with heights of 240 metres, 253 metres, and 80 metres. They carry the 500kV-three phase AC powerline between Jiangmen and Sha Jiao in Guangdong, China at the crossing of the Pearl River. The 253 metre high pylon was built on an ar..
Pylons of Voerde
The Pylons of Voerde are two suspension pylons of the combined 220 kV/110 kV-powerline crossing the River Rhine near Voerde on the Lower Rhine. The Pylons of Voerde were built in 1926 and designed for the arrangement of 6 conductors in three levels. They weigh 172 metric tons and are 138 metres high..
Pylon (architecture)
Pylon is the Greek term for a monumental gate or door built in front of an Egyptian temple. It consists of two towers and the entrance between them, which is generally about half the height of the towers. Contemporary paintings of pylons show them with long poles flying banners. In ancient Egyptian..
Pylon (band)
Pylon performing at AthFest 2005 in Athens, Georgia, USA, June 24, 2005. Michael Lachowski playing bass guitar (left). Vanessa Briscoe Hay singing (center). Randall Bewley playing guitar (right). Curtis Crowe drumming (back). Pylon is a rock band from Athens, Georgia, USA. Their most importa..
Pylon (disambiguation)
The term pylon usually refers to a truncated pyramid or an object shaped like one. Specific objects include: An electricity pylon, part of an electric power transmission network (UK & Canadian usage).A traffic cone (American usage).Support structures for suspension bridges or highways (American usa..
Pylon (novel)
Pylon, published in 1935, is one of the few William Faulkner novels set outside Yoknapatawpha County, his favorite fictional setting. Pylon is set in "New Valois," a fictionalized version of New Orleans. It is the story of a group of barnstormers whose lives are thoroughly unconventional. They l..
Pylon (StarCraft)
Pylons are structures in the Blizzard game StarCraft. Pylons are Protoss structures, that are necessary to produce units, and build buildings. Pylons are one of three buildings that can be constructed on any buildable terrain without the presence of a pylon. Only the Nexus and Assimilator may be bui..
Pylon 9108
To meet Wikipedia's and make it more accessible to a general audience, this article may require [Cleanupcleanup].The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter.Please help Wikipedia by improving the introduction according to the..
Pylon Field
Pylon Field was a small airport located in southwest Arlington, Texas. The 1,800 foot runway was originally built in 1960. The airport was closed in 1975. The former location of the airport runway is now the parking lot for the baseball fields at Martin High School in Arlington. [Entry at A..
Pylon in the artificial lake of Santa Maria
The pylon in the artificial lake of Santa Maria is a 75-metre-high anchor pylon, which stands on 28-metre-high feet of concrete in the waters of the artificial lake in the Swiss canton Graubünden. It is a part of Lukmanier Powerline and is the only pylon in Switzerland (perhaps even the only in Eur..
Pylon test facility Mannheim
The Pylon test facility Mannheim is a facility operated by ABB in Mannheim, Germany for the examination of the static characteristics of pylons. The plant existing since 1959 can be used for the examination from pylons to a hitting a corner handle distance of 18x18 meters. Pylons with hitting a co..
Pylon transformer
A pylon transformer is a transformer mounted on a pylon. Because of weight restrictions transformers for pylon transformers are only built for voltages under 30kV. Pylon transformers are often used for the power supply of facilities outside settlements, such as farmyards or pumping stations at volta..
Pyloric antrum
..
Pyloric stenosis
Infantile pyloric stenosis is a not uncommon pediatric condition where there is a congenital narrowing of the pylorus (the opening at the lower end of the stomach). Males are more commonly affected than females, and there is increased predominance in children of affected parents. It is uncertain ..
Pyloric valve
..
Pylos
See also Pylos Ilias and Pyrgos Trifylias, archaeological sites in Ilia. Pylos (Greek Πύλος), formerly Navarino, is the name of a bay and a town on the west coast of the Peloponnese, in the district of Messenia in southern Greece. It is the capital of Pylia Province. Nearby villages include..
Pylos (board game)
Pylos is a board game invented by David G. Royffe and published by Gigamic. Two players are given 15 marbles each. They take turns to make a pyramid in a 4 by 4 square grid (note that 15x2=4x4+3x3+2x2+1). Simple rules allow them to save their marbles -- if possible, instead of playing a new marble, ..
Pylyp Orlyk
Pylyp Orlyk (Ukrainian: Пилип Орлик) (1672–1742) was a Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, secretary and close associate of Ivan Mazepa. Orlyk received education in famous Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. After the Battle of Poltava in 1709 escaped together with Charles XII of Sweden to Ottoman Turk..
PYL (disambiguation)
PYL is an abbreviation that may mean: Patriotic Youth League, an Australian Neo-Nazi youth organizationPress Your Luck, an American television game show that aired during the 1980s This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an ref..
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Article contents subject to the GNU Free Documentation License.