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RAU
RAU can refer to: The IOC code for the now defunct United Arab Republic.Rand Afrikaans University in Johannesburg, South Africa. People named Rau: Johannes Rau, former president of Germany.Cornelia Rau. This page disambiguates a three-character combination which might be any or all of an abbreviati..
Rau
Rau is a town and a nagar panchayat in Indore district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Rau had a population of 20,845. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Rau has an average literacy rate..
Raub
Raub is both a town and a district in Pahang, Malaysia. The town is situated 110km from Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur and 265km from Pahang's capital, Kuantan. Raub is one of the oldest towns in Pahang. It was once a gold mining settlement. The old folk’s tale recounts that in the early 19th ..
Raubling
Raubling is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Inn, 7 km south of Rosenheim. ..
Raubwirtschaft
Raubwirtschaft (German for "plunder economy", "robber economy", or "rapine") is a term for a form of economy where the goal is to plunder the wealth and resources of a country or geographical area. Koloniale Raubwirtschaft describes a form of colony with the same goal and with no pretence of "civili..
Rauceby railway station
Rauceby railway station serves the village of South Rauceby in Lincolnshire, England. External links [Train times] and [station information] for from National Rail[Street map] and [aerial photo] of from Multimap.com {| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em..
Rauch
Rauch can refer to several things: Rauch is a partido of Buenos Aires Province ArgentinaRauch is a crater on Mars named after the partidoChristian Daniel Rauch (1777-1857) was a German sculptorLevin Rauch was a 19th century viceroy of Croatiavon Rauch is a noble house of EuropeNeo Rauch (born April ..
Rauddalsvatn
Rauddalsvatnet is a lake which lies in Skjåk municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It has an area of 7.41 km² and is 22.23 km around. It lies at an elevation of 916 m above sea level. ..
Raudhatain
The Raudhatain oil field in an oil field in Northern Kuwait.It contains 6 billion barrels of oil. See also List of oil fields ..
Raudna
In the Sami pantheon, the goddess of fertility. Raudna was the wife of Horagalles. To the Finns, she was known as Rauni. Her name means "rowan." Sources [Encyclopedia Mythica] ..
Raudondvaris
Raudondvaris (Polish: ) is a town in Lithuania west of Kaunas. The town was first mentioned in Teutonic chronicles in 1392. The old castle was rebuilt after the battle of Grunwald and became king's property. In 1549 king Zygmunt II August presented the castle to his wife, Barbara Radziwiłł. ..
Raudonė
Raudonė (Polish: ) is a town on the Neman River in Tauragė County, Lithuania. The town is primarily known for its castle and large park complex. History In 1337, an expedition of Crusaders led by King John of Bohemia, and Duke Henry XIV of Lower Bavaria, founded an earth-and-timber castle on t..
Raudvatnet
Raudvatnet is a Norwegian lake that lies in Rana municipality in Nordland. See also List of lakes in NorwayGeography of Norway ..
Rauenberg
Rauenberg is a town in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 15 km south of Heidelberg. ..
Raufoss
Raufoss church Raufoss is the municipal centre of Vestre Toten, a municipality in the county of Oppland, Norway. It has approximately 6000 inhabitants. The largest workplace is what was earlier Raufoss Ammunitions factory, now split into several sub companies. These include Nammo, Hydro Alumin..
Raufoss Mk 211
The Raufoss Mk211 is a .50 caliber (12.7 mm x 99) multipurpose anti-materiel projectile originally developed by the Norwegian company NAMMO Raufoss AS under the model name NM140 MP. It is commonly referred to as simply multipurpose or Raufoss. Contents 1 MultiPurpose2 Controversy3&nbs..
Rauf Ashraf
Rauf Ashraf, Managing Principal and Portfolio Manager of Ash Capital LLC Rauf has worked in the hedge fund business for nine years. He started at the largest asset management firm on Wall Street and worked for five years with two of the world’s largest hedge funds with peak assets of over one bil..
Rauf Denktaş
Rauf R. Denktaş Rauf Raif Denktaş (in English often spelled Rauf Denktash) (born January 27, 1924) is the founder of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a defacto state which is only recognized by Turkey. He was the first President of the TRNC and has served four five-year terms in tha..
Rauf Lala
Rauf Lala (born in 1960) is a popular Pakistani comedian and actor. He is the 2006 winner of the the Great Indian Laughter Challenge on Star One. He is the first Pakistani to win the major Indian contest. He has starred in a number of Lollywood films and has also broken in to the Bollywood scene..
Rauf Orbay
Huseyin Rauf Orbay (1881–16 July 1964) was a Turkish soldier and statesman, born in Istanbul. He served as a naval officer in the Ottoman Navy, he was the captain of the Hamidiye Battleship during the Balkan War. On October 31, 1918, he signed Mondros ceasefire treaty as the Minister of Navy,..
Rauf Rashid Abd al-Rahman
--> Rauf Rashid Abd al-Rahman (Arabic: رؤوف رشيد عبد الرحمن) is the current interim chief judge of the Iraqi Special Tribunal's Al-Dujail trial. 64-year-old Rahman is an ethnic Kurd from Halabja, the site of the 1988 Halabja poison gas attack. He replaced Rizgar Mohammed Amin as ..
Rauf Yekta Bey
Rauf Yekta Bey (1871-1935) Turkish musician, musicologist and writer on music. Wrote the first modern account of Turkish classical music available in a Western language ("La Musique turque", in Encyclopedie de la musique et dictionnaire du Conservatoire, Premiere partie, Paris, 1922 (written in 1913..
Rauhes Haus
The Rauhes Haus (literally rough house, but not meant that way, though probably appicable) was founded as a home for orphaned children in Hamburg, Germany, by the theologian Johann Hinrich Wichern on September 12, 1883. He used premises donated by Karl Sieveking, including a house called "Ruges Hu..
Rauhocereus
Rauhocereus is a genus of cacti (family Cactaceae) with nocturnal flowers. It is known from northern Peru (Rio Santa, Rio Zana, Chamaya and Jaen). ..
Rauisuchia
Rauisuchia are a poorly known assemblage of predatory and mostly large (often 4 to 6 meters) Triassic archosaurs. Originally it was believed that they were related to Erythrosuchids (Sill, 1974), but it is now known that they are crurotarsans (Benton 2004). Three families are generally recognised..
Rauisuchidae
Rauisuchidae are a group of large (upto 6 meters or more) predatory Triassic archosaurs, and constitute advanced representatives of the larger group Rauisuchia. There is some disagreement over which genera should be included in the Prestosuchidae, which in Rauisuchidae, and which in the Poposaurid..
Raukumara Range
The Raukumara Range lies north of Gisborne, near East Cape in New Zealand's North Island. It forms part of the North Island's main mountain chain, which runs north-northeast from Wellington to East Cape, and is composed primarily of greywacke, argillites, siltstones and sandstones. The North Island'..
Raul
Raúl is a Spanish name from French origin. The French Raoul is believed to come from the germanic name Rad-Wulf whose tranlastion is supposed to be close to Wolf-Advisor or wolf's advice. Rodolf, Raymond and Roland share the same origin with Raúl. Famous Rauls Raul Blanco - Argentine-Australian ..
Rauland
Rauland is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It was created in 1860 from the districts of Rauland in Vinje and Øyfjell in Lårdal as a border adjustment. The new municipality had a population of 988. On 1 January 1964 Rauland was incorporated into Vinje. Prior to the merger Raulan..
Raulin Rodriguez
Raulin Rodriguez, born in the Dominican Republic in 1970, is one of the major bachata artists. His number hit was the smash Medicina de amor in the early 90's. ..
Rauli Somerjoki
Rauli "Badding" Somerjoki (born as Rauli Aarre Tapani Somerjoki) (August 30, 1947, Somero - January 14, 1987, Helsinki ) was a Finnish rock singer. Most famous songs Fiilaten ja höylätenTähdet, tähdetBensaa suonissaPilvet karkaaParatiisi (also covered by Ville Valo & The Agents) Ikkunaprinsess..
Rauli Tuppurainen
Rauli Allan "Allu" Tuppurainen (born 1 April 1951 in Kuopio) is a Finnish actor. He is best known for his role as the troll Rölli in the similarly named children's TV show and films. As well as starring as the main character, Tuppurainen has written and directed the show, and composed music for it...
Raul Alarcon
--> Raul Alarcon Jr. is President/CEO/Chairman of Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS). ..
Raul Alcala
Raúl Alcalá (born March 3, 1964 in Monterrey) was a professional road racing cyclist between 1985 and 1999. Alcalá is the first Mexican cyclist to compete in the Tour de France in 1986. In the 1987 Tour de France, he received the Maillot blanc, awarded to the best rider under 25. In both 1989 a..
Raul Allegre
[] at NFL.com Raul Allegre (born June 15, 1959) was a place kicker in the NFL. In his career he has played for the Indianapolis Colts, the New York Giants, and the New York Jets. Although he was not known for a having a big leg, he was a clutch kicker for the Giants from 1986-1989. Duri..
Raul Barragan
Raul Barragan (born 1959) is a man from Uruguay who was convicted in Argentina for selling, giving away, and making for himself airline tickets on many international airlines, without the airline's consent. Barragan became a general manager of Aerolíneas Argentinas in 1978 at Concordia, a border ..
Raul Blanco
Raul Blanco is an Argentine-born Australian football (soccer) coach. He coached the national team from March 1998 to June 1999. He was also coaching the Olyroos (u-23 side) at the same time, and coached them during the 2000 Summer Olympics. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Raul Boesel
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Raul Bragança Neto
Raul Bragança Neto (born 1946) is a former prime minister of São Tomé and Príncipe. He held the post from 19 November 1996 to 5 January 1999. He is a member of the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe-Social Democratic Party (MLSTP-PSD). |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Raul Brandão
Raul Germano Brandão (Foz do Douro, March 12 1867 – Lisbon, December 5 1930) was a Portuguese writer, journalist and military officer, notable for the realism of his literary descriptions and by the lyricism of his speech. Brandão was born in Foz do Douro, a parish of Porto, where he spent..
Raul Cortez
Raul Christiano Machado Cortez is a Brazilian actor, born on August 28, 1932, in São Paulo, São Paulo state. He works on TV, theater and movies. Os Maias (a 2001 TV series) was narrated by him (as the portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz). Filmography O outro lado da rua (2004)Person (2004)Lavoura A..
Raul Davila
Raul Davila (September 15, 1931 – January 2, 2006) born in San Juan, Puerto Rico was an actor, who is best remembered for his role of Hector Santos in the American soap opera "All My Children". Davila received his primary and secondary education in his hometown. After graduating from high schoo..
Raul de Armas
Raul de Armas is an architect who has designed and completed many major buildings in the United States, Europe, Canada, and the Middle East in his career of more than 35 years, winning numerous design awards, including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Awards Institute of Business Designers Aw..
Raul Domingos
Raul Domingos is a Mozambican politician who was part of Renamo until being thrown out on July 7, 2000. At the time, he had been considered the most likely successor to party leader Afonso Dhlakama. From 1994 to 1999, Domingos was head of the Renamo parliamentary group. In the 2004 Mozambican presid..
Raul G. Salinas
Raul Gonzalez Salinas (born November 8, 1947) is a private security consultant and a retired Federal Bureau of Investigation agent who was elected mayor of Laredo, Texas, on June 17, 2006. A political outsider, Salinas defeated 8-year city councilman John Clifford Galo (born 1958) by almost exactly ..
Raul Grijalva
Rep. Grijalva Raúl M. Grijalva (born February 19 1948) is an American politician from Arizona. He is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003 and has been representing the 7th District of Arizona ([map]). Contents 1 Biography2 Politi..
Raul Hilberg
Dr. Raul Hilberg Raul Hilberg (born June 2, 1926) is one of the best-known and most distinguished of genocide historians. His three-volume, 1,273-page The Destruction of the European Jews is regarded as the seminal study of the Nazi Final Solution. He was elected to the American Academy of Art..
Raul Khadjimba
Raul Khadjimba (born 1958) is the Vice-President of the Republic of Abkhazia, a de facto independent republic of the Republic of Georgia. He has held that office since February 12, 2005. He had previously served as both deputy prime minister (2001-2002) and defence minister (2002-2003), before succ..
Raul Koczalski
Raul Koczalski (3 January 1884-24 November 1948), a Polish pianist was one of the greatest pianists of his time. While relatively unknown today, he is considered by some to be one of the best Chopin interpreters. His only teacher was Karl Mikuli, Chopin's favorite Polish student and assistant. ..
Raul L. Martinez
Raul L. Martinez is the former mayor of Hialeah, Florida. ..
Raul Lazo
Raul 'Taco' Lazo (born May 5, 1984) is the Owner and CEO of the food chain The Pink Taco. Established in 2004, The Pink Taco is a Mexican style restaurant which uses a red dye to turn all their tortillas a bright, pink color. Originally created as a novelty store, it's popularity caught on and is..
Raul Macias
Raul Macias (born July 28, 1934 in Mexico City) is a Cuban-Mexican former boxer and actor who currently works as a boxing trainer. Born in the same Mexico City barrio as Ruben Olivares, Macias is Cuban on his parents' side, but he has always expressed pride at being Mexican. He is also widely known ..
Raul Malo
Raul Francisco Martinez-Malo, Jr. (born August 7, 1965 in Miami, Florida) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. A Floridian of Cuban descent, Raul Malo started playing bass guitar while in high school and was a member of several small bands. In 1990, he became the vocalist for..
Raul Meireles
Raúl José Trindade Meireles commonly known as Raul Meireles (b. 17 March 1983 in Porto) is a Portuguese football (soccer) midfielder, who plays for Futebol Clube do Porto and Portugal national under-21 football team. Meireles, weighs 65 kg and is 179 cm tall. Honors and awards UEFA Under-16 footb..
Raul Midón
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. Raul Midón is a blind singer, songwriter, guitarist from New Mexico currently based in New York City. He combi..
Raul Montanari
Raul Montanari (b. 1959 in Bergamo, Italy) is an Italian writer. He published a collection of short stories, Un bacio al mondo (Rizzoli, 1998), a manual, L’idraulico in casa (Plumber at Home, 1985) and seven novels: Il buio divora la strada (Leonardo, 1991), La perfezione (Feltrinelli, 1994), S..
Raul Morales
Raul Morales, sometimes known as just "Rawl", has been one of San Pedro's most prolific drummers from the 1990s to present. He is currently the drummer for Killer Dreamer as well as Mike Watt of the Minutemen fame's current projects Bands and Line ups The Secondmen: Mike Watt, Pete Mazich, Raul Mor..
Raul Musibay
Raul Musibay (b. in Cayo la Rosa, near Bauta in the province of Havana, Cuba) is a chef and internet entrepreneur. Musibay was a Cuban political prisoner who was arrested by the Cuban government for belonging to an outlawed political organization. Pressure from international human rights organizati..
Raul Padilla
Raul Padilla is a mexican actor, famous for his character in El Chavo del Ocho, Jaimito el Cartero [Jaimito, the Mailman]. He also work in the film El Chanfle, scripted and starred by Roberto Gómez Bolaños (Chespirito). He died of diabetes ..
Raul Papaleo
Raul Papaleo (born (October 11, 1971) in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is considered by many islanders to be the greatest Beach Volleyball player in Puerto Rico. Raul Papaleo Puerto Rican Volleyball Federation Logo Born in the Ocean Park section of San Juan, to a middle class family, Papal..
Raul Peimbert
Raul Peimbert Diaz is a Mexican newscaster, who also served as General Coordinator of Mass Communication for the government of the Mexican state of Veracruz. Peimbert was born in Santiago Tuxtla in the southern part of the state of Veracruz, Mexico, and got his start in television at a young age,..
Raul Plassman
Raul Guilherme Plassman (born July 27 1944 in Antonina, PR) is a former Brazilian football goalkeeper. Clubs 1963-1964 - Coritiba FC1964-1965 - São Paulo FC1965-1978 - Cruzeiro1978-1983 - Flamengo Honours Intercontinental Cup 1981Copa Libertadores de América1976 - Cruzeiro 1981 - Flamengo Taça B..
Raul Pompéia
Raul Pompéia was a Brazilian writer, who was born and died in Rio de Janeiro (1863-1895). He is considered a naturalist author, with his main literary work being O Ateneu. He committed suicide after being challenged to a duel by writer Olavo Bilac; the rationale for the duel being the accusations ..
Raul Roco
Raúl Roco Secretary of Education2001–2002 Senator of the Philippines1992–2001 Representative, 2nd Districtof Camarines Sur1987–1992 Political Party: Aksyon DemokratikoLaban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (1987–1998) Born: October 26, 1941Naga, Camarines..
Raul Saenz
Raul Alfonso Saenz Meraz (1910-1982) is a mexican bussiness man, known in the north of Mexico in the decades of 30´s and 40´s specially in the states of Chihuahua and Durango, for having been the first owner of a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Mexico, in the city of Nuevo Casas Grandes, in Chihuahua ..
Raul Seixas
Raul Seixas (June 28, 1945 – August 21, 1989), was a Brazilian composer, singer, and songwriter. He was born in Salvador (Bahia), Brazil, and died of a heart attack. Contents 1 Biography2 Discography2.1 Posthumous productions2.2 Boxes3 External links Biography -..
Raul Usupov
Raul Usupov (რაულ უსუფოვი/Raul Usupovi in Georgian, Raul Usupov in Azeri) (1980-2005) was a Georgia politician and deputy governor of Kvemo Kartli region. An ethnic Azeri, he was a close friend of Georgia's Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania and it was in Usupov's flat in Tbilisi t..
Raul Yzaguirre
Raul Yzaguirre (born c. 1939) is an American civil rights activist. He served as the president of the National Council of La Raza, the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, from 1974 – 2004. Brief biography Yzaguirre was born to Mexican America..
Raum
This is an article about a demon. For the ancient, legendary king who ruled in Norway see Raum the Old. In demonology Raum is a Great Earl of Hell, ruling thirty legions of demons. He steals treasures out of kings' houses, carrying them where he is commanded, and destroys cities and dignities of me..
Rauma
Rauma is: A town in Finland, see Rauma, Finland.A municipality in Norway, see Rauma, Norway.A river in Norway, see river Rauma.A dialect of Finnish, see Rauma dialect. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to ..
Rauma, Finland
Rauma, or Raumo in Swedish, is a town of ca. 37,000 inhabitants on the west coast of Finland, 92 kilometres north of Turku, and 50 kilometres south of Pori. Granted town privileges on May 17th 1442 (then under the rule of Sweden), Rauma is known of its high quality lace (since the 18th century) whic..
Rauma, Norway
Rauma kommune County Møre og Romsdal District Romsdal Municipality NO-1539]] Administrative centre Åndalsnes Mayor (2005) Torbjørn Rødstøl (Sp) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage km²1,442 km²0.46 % 2004) ..
Raumabanen
A train of Raumabanen Raumabanen is the 114.2 km long stretch of railway from Dombås (on Dovrebanen) to Åndalsnes in Norway. The line is a sidetrack to the main line between Oslo and Trondheim, and it is not electrified. Raumabanen is the only railway extending into Møre og Romsdal county...
Rauman Kisa-Veljet
Rauman Kisa-Veljet (abbreviated RKV or RauKV), established in 1963, is an active sports club in Rauma, Finland. The club is mainly known for its football team playing in the provincial Division III of Satakunta Region. External links [Home page of Rauman Kisa-Veljet] ..
Rauman maalaiskunta
Rauman maalaiskunta (the rural municipality of Rauma) in Finland, often abbreviated Rauman MLK, was annexed to Rauma on January 1, 1993. The population of the municipality at the time of annexation was about 9000. The municipality was originally formed in 1476 when a border was drawn between the tow..
Raumarais Park, Gauteng
Raumarais Park is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 3. Suburbs in Region 3 of Johannesburg Abbotsford | Atholhurst | Atholl Gardens | Atholl | Bagleyston | Benmore Gardens | Beverley Gardens | Birdhaven | Birnam | Blairgowrie | Blue Haven | Bordeaux | Bra..
Raumati
Raumati is the name of two neighbouring places on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand's North Island. They are located 50-60 km north-east of Wellington, and immediately to the south-west of the larger town of Paraparaumu. Raumati Beach is the northern of the two, both of which are popular seaside sett..
Rauma (river)
The Rauma is a river in the counties of Oppland and Møre og Romsdal in Norway. It runs for 68 km from Lesjaskogsvatnet in Lesja to Åndalsnes in the Rauma Municipality. The river, which is dammed at the Verma hydroelectric plant, is famous for its salmon-fishing. ..
Rauma class missile boat
Contents 1 Introduction2 General specifications3 Vessels4 References Introduction The Rauma class missile boats (Finnish: Rauma-luokan ohjusvene) are a type of vessel in use by the Finnish Navy. It is the predecessor of the Hamina class missile boats. General specification..
Rauma dialect
Rauma language (rauman giäl) is a dialect of Finnish spoken in the town of Rauma, western Finland. ..
Raumpatrouille
Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffs Orion, colloquially also known as Raumpatrouille Orion, is the first German science fiction television series. Its seven episodes were broadcast by the ARD in 1966, with the first episode aired on Sept. 17th. It achieved audience ratings ..
Raum the Old
Raum the Old (Old Norse: Raumr inn gamli) is a legendary king in Norway in the Hversu Noregr byggdist and in Thorsteins saga Víkingssonar. Contents 1 In ''Thorsteins saga Víkingssonar''2 In ''Hversu Noregr byggdist''2.1 Raum and his sons2.2 Descendants of Raum2.2.1 Desc..
Raunchy
For the 1957 Grammy Hall of Fame Rock and Roll song by Bill Justis, see Raunchy. Raunchy is a Danish alternative metal band formed in 1994. Merging a thick, beefy, electronics-aided metal sound (produced by Ross Robinson) with melodic touches, their breakthrough came in 2002, when they were the fir..
Raunds
Raunds is a small market town situated in rural Northamptonshire, England. It has a population of 8,275 (2001 census) and is part of the East Northamptonshire district. Raunds is best known as the home of the army boot, and played an important role in the local boot and shoe industry until its eve..
Raunds Town F.C.
Raunds Town F.C. are a football club based in Wellingborough, England. They were established in 1946. In the 1994-95 season, they reached the semi-finals of the FA Vase. In the 2005-06 season, they are members of the United Counties Football League Premier Division. |- !colspan="3" style="backgr..
Raung
Raung is one of Java's most active volcanoes. It has a 2 km wide caldera surrounded by a grayish rim. The difference in color of the rim and the flanks of the volcanoes is caused by the rim’s lack of vegetation compared with the healthy and extensive vegetation on the flanks. Raung, standing ..
Raunheim
Raunheim is a town in the district of Groß-Gerau, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the river Main, 3 km northeast of Rüsselsheim, and 24 km southwest of Frankfurt (centre). ..
Rauni
Rauni may mean: Rauni, a Finnish fertility goddess and the wife of Ukko.Rauni, a village in the Ropar district of Punjab, India. 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 ..
Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde
Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde (born 1939) is a Finn with an education of a physician, but she is best known for her UFO contacts and related thoughts. She likes to call herself a former Chief Medical Officer of Finland but actually she was a Provincial medical officer until a car accident. Even at that..
Raunistula
Raunistula is a district of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the north of the city centre, on the west bank of the river Aura. Raunistula consists mostly of low-density residential area, and the remains of the industrial area there are to be redeveloped into residences in the near ..
Rauni (deity)
In Finnish mythology, Rauni is a fertility goddess and the wife of Ukko. ..
Rauni (village)
Rauni (population 380) is a village in the Ropar district of Punjab, India. It is situated in Latitude (DMS): 30° 36' 0 N and Longitude (DMS): 76° 5' 60 E ..
Rauni Mollberg
Rauni Mollberg (born April 15, 1929 in Hämeenlinna) is a Finnish film director. Mollberg has directed movies and TV movies. In 1963 Mollberg directed movies for YLE. Mollberg directed a version of The Unknown Soldier in 1985, 30 years after Edvin Laine directed the original version of it. Mollberg..
Raunkiær system
The Raunkiær system is a system for categorising plants using "life-form" categories, devised by Christen C. Raunkiær (Raunkiær 1934). The subdivisions of the Raunkiær system are based on the location of the plant's growth-point (bud) during seasons with adverse conditions (cold seasons, dry s..
Rauno Lehtinen
Rauno Väinämö Lehtinen (April 7 1932, Tampere - May 1 2006, Helsinki) vas a Finnish conductor and composer. He composed the 1960s hit Letkis which was based on a folk-dance. Letkis was recorded in over 92 countries. Lehtinen was also the man behind Tom-tom-tom, which was the most successful Fin..
Rauno Miettinen
Rauno Miettinen (born May 25 1949 in Kuopio). is a former Finnish Nordic combined skier. He earned a silver in the Nordic combined at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Miettinen also won a silver medal in the Nordic combined at the 1978 Nordic skiing World Championships. His biggest success as..
Rauracian Republic
The Rauracian Republic was a state that included parts of modern France and Switzerland around the Jura mountains. It lasted just a few months, in the years 1792 and 1793, being annexed by France after that brief existence. The territory was divided between France and the Swiss canton of Bern in 181..
Raurimu Spiral
The Raurimu Spiral is a notable feat of civil engineering in the central North Island of New Zealand. Raurimu Spiral 160px During the construction of the North Island Main Trunk Railway line between Wellington and Auckland, a major obstacle was faced - how to cross the steep slopes bet..
Raurkela Industrialship
Raurkela Industrialship is a town in Sundargarh district in the Indian state of Orissa. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Raurkela Industrialship had a population of 206,566. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Raurkela Industri..
Rausand
Rausand is a village in the municipality of Nesset, Norway. Its population (2005) is 286. ..
Rauschenberg
Rauschenberg may refer to: Robert Rauschenberg, an American visual artistRauschenberg, a small town in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district of Hesse, in southwest Germany*Rauschenberg Castle, located near the town Spelled differently, there is also: Rauscen, a German town in East Prussia, now known as ..
Rauschenberg, Hesse
Rauschenberg is a town in the north of Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Location1.2 Neighbouring communities1.3 Town divisions2 History3 Politics3.1 Town council3.2 Coat of arms3.3 Town partnerships4 Culture ..
Rauschpfeife
The rauschpfeife is a musical instrument of the woodwind family, originally popular in Europe in the mid-16th Century. In common with the crumhorn and cornamuse, it is a wooden double-reed instrument with the reed enclosed in a windcap. The player blows into a slot in the top of the windcap to pro..
Rausu
Rausu can refer to: Mount Rausu is a volcano in Hokkaido, Japan.Rausu, Hokkaido is a town in the same prefecture. 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 d..
Rausu, Hokkaido
Rausu (羅臼町, -chō) is a town located in Menashi District, Nemuro Subprefecture, Hokkaido Prefecture. As of September 30, 2004 it has an estimated population of 6,752 and an area of 397.84 km². The town occupies the southern half of the Shiretoko Peninsula. Kunashir Isl..
Rautahat District
Rautahat district, a part of Narayani zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Gaur as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,126 sq km and has a population (2001) of 545,132. See also Zones of Nepal Reference [Nepal po..
Rautakantele
Rautakantele (1995) is an album by the Finnish rock group CMX. See kantele. Rauta is Finnish for iron. Rautakantele is the most stylistically eclectic of CMX's albums, perhaps influenced by the turmoil within the band, which narrowly avoided break-up in the aftermath. Despite the uneven quality o..
Rautakoura
The Rautakoura is a bluegrass band from Helsinki, Finland, that was founded in 2004. Its members include Juho Häme, Lauri Häme, Matti Mikkelä and Pekka Pyysalo. Discography Rautakoura have released two albums: Kaikki Peliin (2005) and Rautakoura (2006). Kaikki Peliin Calvin Klein LumisateessaR..
Rautalampi
Rautalampi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 3,723 (2003) and covers an area of 761.97 km² of which 213.42 km² is water. The population density is 6.8 inhabitants per km²..
Rautatientori
Rautatientori (Swedish: Järnvägstorget) is an open square in central Helsinki, immediately to the east of the Helsinki Central railway station. The square mostly serves as Helsinki's secondary bus station (the primary one being at the Kamppi Center). The square faces the eastern side of the railwa..
Rautatientori metro station
Rautatientori metro station 250px The Central Railway Station metro station (Finnish Rautatientorin metroasema / Swedish Metrostationen Järnvägstorget) is a station on the Helsinki Metro. It is connected to the Helsinki Central Railway Station by a tunnel. It is the only station whose ..
Rautavaara
This article is about the municipality. For the composer, see Einojuhani Rautavaara. Rautavaara is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 2,182 (2003) and covers an area of 1,235.1..
Rautavaara's Case
Rautavaara's Case is a science fiction short story by Philip K Dick. It was first published in 1980 in Omni magazine and subsequently in the 1985 short story collection I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon. The story was also included on We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, volume five of the Collected Short..
Rautio
A small village near Kalajoki in Finland. ..
Rautjärvi
Rautjärvi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 4,422 (2003) and covers an area of 402.13 km² of which 47.93 km² is water. The population density is 12.5 inhabitants per km². ..
Rauwolfia
Rauwolfia (also spelled Rauvolfia) is a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs in the Apocynaceae family. The approximately 85 species in the genus can mainly be found in tropical regions. Species Rauvolfia cafra is the (South-African) quinine tree. Rauvolfia serpentina or Indian Snakeroot yields th..
Rau Le Creuset
[Gundam SEED Web] [Character Introduction] is a fictional character from the popular anime series Gundam SEED. As Gundam SEED takes most of its elements from the original Gundam series, Le Creuset would fall into the position Char Aznable played as an antagonist to the main char..
Rauðúlfs þáttr
Rauðúlfs þáttr is a short allegorical story preserved in Iceland in a number of medieval manuscripts. The author is unknown but was apparently a 12th-13th century ecclesiastical person. The story is about Saint Olav’s (Olav Haraldsson II king of Norway 995-1030) visit to a wise man named Rauð..
Ra (U.S. band)
right Ra is an American rock band who gets its name from the Egyptian sun god of the same name. The band has been around since the 1990s, but did not actually evolve into what it is today until 2002. The current line-up includes Sahaj Ticotin (vocals, guitar), Andy Ryan (drums), Ben Carroll (g..
Ra Un Nefer Amen
Ra Un Nefer Amen is the founder of the Ausar Auset Society, a Pan-African religious organization dedicated to providing Afrocentric based spiritual training to people of African descent. Trained originally as a concert pianist, composer, and music theoretician, Amen passed on opportunities in the mu..
Réaumur
This article is about the temperature scale. Réaumur is also the name of a commune in the Vendée département, in France; see Réaumur. The degree Réaumur is a unit of temperature named after René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, who first proposed it in 1731. The freezing point of water is 0 deg..
Réaumur (crater)
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Réaumur - Sébastopol (Paris Metro)
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Réaux
Réaux may refer to: Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, (1619-1692), French writer known for his Historiettes, a collection of short biographiesRéaux, a commune of the Charente-Maritime département, in France This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with ..
R Austin Freeman
R(ichard) Austin Freeman (1862-1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He invented the inverted detective story and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels. A large proportion of the Dr Tho..
Śrauta
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