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RoK
RoK is a Three-letter acronym. It can refer to: Republic of Korea (South Korea)Realms of Kaos, a roleplaying game.The Ruins of Kunark, an Everquest expension. This page disambiguates a three-character combination which might be any or all of an abbreviation, an acronym, an initialism, a word in E..
Rokal
ROKAL, acronym for RObert KAhrmann Lobberich, manufacturer of metal castings that produced a line of model railway equipment in TT scale from 1947 - 1969, based in Lobberich 80 km north of Cologne, Germany at the Dutch border. The Rokal product line was then sold to Willy Ade of Röwa. Röwa issue..
Rokatenda
Rokatenda also known as Paluweh, is a stratovolcano mountain located in Palu'e Island, north of Flores Island, Indonesia. It is the highest region in the island with a height of 875 metres. Rokatenda is located at 121° 42' E and 8° 19' S. The biggest eruption occurred on 4 August - 25 Septe..
Roke
For the fictional island in the Earthsea universe, see Islands of Earthsea Roke is a hamlet in Oxfordshire, England. It is adjacent to the village of Benson and is close to the market town of Wallingford. Its facilities include a postbox and a pub. ..
Rokeby, Tasmania
Rokeby, Tasmania, Australia, is a suburb of Hobart on the eastern shore of the Derwent River. It is part of the local government area of the City of Clarence. Rokeby started as Rokeby House, a farmhouse in the clarence plains area, in the 19th century and was developed into a mainly public-housing ..
Rokel River
The Rokel River is one of the principal rivers in Sierra Leone in western Africa. It runs down from the Loma Mountains of the south-east for some 400 kilometres and enters the Atlantic some 50 kilometres north-east of the capital Freetown. ..
Rokenbok
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Roker
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. redirect [[Template:Infobox England place]]Roker is a tourist resort in North East England, bounded on the south by the River Wear and Monkwearmouth, on the east by the North Sea, on the north by the twin resort of Seaburn, and on the west by Fulwell. It is ..
Roker (disambiguation)
Roker may refer to: Roker, a seaside resort in North East EnglandRoker Park, a former football stadium in the Roker areaAl Roker, meterologist for NBC's Today showRaymond Roker, founder of URB MagazineRoxie Roker, American actress This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of a..
Roker Park
Roker Park was an English football stadium, the home of Sunderland A.F.C. between 1898 and 1997. The ground was located in the tourist resort of Roker on the north side of Sunderland. Roker Park is also the name of a municipal park in Roker, which was laid out in the nineteenth century. The Sund..
Roketa
Roketa is a trade name for Goldenvale Inc. The name was created by Mark Ma and Mike Turber in 2005 as a new trade name for an existing powersports line formally known as Terminator and Rocky. Roketa manufactures Scooters, Motorcycles, ATVs, Go Karts, Dirt Bikes, Utility Vehicles, Personal Watercraft..
Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain
Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain, often known as Begum Rokeya (বেগম রোকেয়া), was a writer, feminist and social worker in Bengal in early 20th century. She is most famous for her efforts on behalf of gender equality and other social issues. She established the first school for Muslim gi..
Roke Knoll
In Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea series of novels, Roke Knoll is a hill near the center of the island of Roke, the headquarters of wizardry. It is a focus of magical power, being described as "a place where all things appear as they truly are". They say the roots of the hill go all the way down to th..
Roke Manor Research Limited
Founded in 1956, Roke Manor Research Limited is a UK company based in Romsey, Hampshire. It is a contract research and development business for communications, networks, and electronic sensors. In addition to supporting Siemens AG, work is also conducted in both the public and private sectors. Hist..
Rokhan
colspan=2 style="font-size: larger; " | Rokhan Gender Male Race Troll Character class Shadow Hunter Affiliation The Horde Occupation Rokhan is a character in the fictional Warcraft Universe belonging to the Troll race. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or en..
Rokhri
Rokhri is town in Mianwali, Punjab, Pakistan. ..
Rokia Traoré
Rokia Traoré (born January 24, 1974-) is an award-winning Malian singer, songwriter and guitarist. Traoré was born in Mali as a member of the Bambara ethnic group. As her father was a diplomat, she travelled widely in her youth travelling to Algeria, Saudi Arabia, France and Belgium. As a result..
Rokin
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Rokiškis
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Rokiškis district municipality
Rokiškio rajono savivaldybė (Location) (Coat of arms) Location Ethnographic region Aukštaitija County Panevėžys County General information Capital Rokiškis Major settlements Rokiškis (pop. 16,746) Juodupė (pop. 2,043)Obeliai (pop. 1,371) Number of elderates ..
Rokitno
Small village in Gmina of Lubartów in Poland. --> Topics about Gmina of Lubartów [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit ] Villages: Annobór | Annobór-Piaski | Baranówka | Brzeziny | Annobór Kolonia | Baranówka | Chlewiska | Lisów | Łucka | Łucka Kolonia | Majdan Kozłowieck..
Rokkaku
The Rokkaku is a traditional Japanese fighting kite. These days it is often used for kite aerial photography. External links [Kite aerial photography page of Scott Haefner, describing his Rokkaku and other kites][Plans for a 6 foot Rokkaku] ..
Rokkaku clan
The Rokkaku clan were descendants of that of the Sasaki clan. The Rokkaku were notably powerful in the Omi province of the 16th century of the Sengoku Period. The Rokkaku also played quite a large role in the struggles for power around Kyoto in the wake of the Onin War. Later on opposing that of the..
Rokkaku Sadayori
Rokkaku Sadayori (1495-1552) the second son of Rokkaku Takayori. When Sadayori was still in his youth, he went to study at Sokokuji in Kyoto. However, after his brother was greatly wounded in battle, Sadayori had to go back to his secular life. Sadayori then became lord of the Rokkaku clan ruling ov..
Rokkaku Yoshiharu
Rokkaku Yoshiharu (1545-1612) the eldest son of Rokkaku Yoshikata. During the year of 1599, Yoshiharu became the official head of the Rokkaku clan. Even though this was so, Yoshiharu and his father both rules jointly, and so both were defeated during the year of 1560, in the Battle of Norada by that..
Rokkaku Yoshikata
Rokkaku Yoshikata (1521-1598) The son of Rokkaku Sadayori. During many of the later struggles for power around Kyoto, performed by the Rokkaku, Yoshikata was very much involved. In sight of this fact, Yoshikata allied with that of Hosokawa Harumoto during the year of 1549 to wage war with Miyoshi Ch..
Rokkaku Yoshisuke
(d. 1612) was the son of Rokkaku Yoshikata and lord of Namazue in Japan's Ōmi Province. In 1572, Namazue was besieged and defeated by the forces of Oda Nobunaga, led by Shibata Katsuie. This defeat for Yoshisuke marked the end of the Rokkaku family's independence; they became vassals of Oda Nobun..
Rokkasho, Aomori
Rokkasho (六ヶ所村; Rokkashomura) is a village located in Kamikita District, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. In 2003 the village had an estimated population of 12,134 and a population density of 47.96 persons per km². The total area of the village is 253.01 km². Rokkash..
Rokker Radio
Rokker Radio is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Three Counties Radio for gypsies and the travelling community. ..
Rokkon
Rokkon may refer to: Rokkon the He-Man Character.DJ Rokkon active member of the Clash of the Titans DJ crew and founder of Mindbender Records. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish t..
Rokko Island
--> is the second artificial island in Kobe, Japan located in the southeast region of Kobe Port. The island is reclaimed land which was constructed between 1973 and 1992. It has a 3.4 km by 2 km rectangular shape, and covers 5.80 km². The Great Hanshin Earthquake left the island to be one of the ..
Rokk í Reykjavík
Rokk í Reykjavík was a documentary directed by Icelandic Friðrik Þór Friðriksson during the Icelandic winter of 1981-1982 and released for the local television the same year. With this documentary, Friðriksson showcases the alternative music scene through several performances of the post pu..
Rokk í Reykjavík (soundtrack)
Rokk í Reykjavík was the soundtrack to the Icelandic TV documentary directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson during 1981-82 winter and released in 1982. The soundtrack, which was released in April 1982 as a 2 LP released through Hugrenningur, features the performances of several Icelandic bands o..
Rokon
Rokon is a city in the middle south of Sudan, lying in the state of Central Equatoria, previously part of Equatoria province. ..
Rokon motorcycle
Rokon This company builds unusual 2-wheel-drive off-road motorcycles sometimes referred to as a Moto-tractor. Rokon was founded in Vermont by Orla Larsen in 1963 to sell the Nethercutt Trail-Breaker, a 2-wheel-drive motorcycle invented by Charlie Fehn and built in Sylmar, CA. In 1964 Rokon bought t..
Rokosz
A rokosz ("ROH-kosh"), originally, was a gathering of all the Polish szlachta (nobility), not merely of deputies, for a sejm. The term was imported into the Polish language from Hungary, where analogous gatherings took place at a field called Rákos. With time, "rokosz" came to signify an armed re..
Roko Island, Queensland
Roko Island is an island to the West of the very tip of Cape York Peninsula South of the Adolphus Channel within the Endeavour Strait Queensland, Australia, in the Cape York Peninsula about 20 km North of Bamaga and just East of Possession Island in Simpson Bay. This island is part of the Torres S..
Roko Tui Dreketi
Nobility of Fiji Titles Adi - Bulou - Ro - Ratu Institutions Great Council of Chiefs Chairman, Great Council of Chiefs House of Chiefs Confederacies: Burebasaga - Kubuna - Tovata The Roko Tui Dreketi is the Paramount Chief of Fiji's Rewa Province and of the Burebasaga Confederacy, to which Rew..
Roko Tui Namata
Nobility of Fiji Titles Adi - Bulou - Ro - Ratu Institutions Great Council of Chiefs Chairman, Great Council of Chiefs House of Chiefs Confederacies: Burebasaga - Kubuna - Tovata The Roko Tui Namata is the title of the Paramount Chief of the Namata subdistrict of Bau district, in Fiji's Tailev..
Roko Ukić
Roko Leni Ukić (born May 12, 1984 in Split, Croatia) is a professional basketball player most notably drafted in 2005 by the National Basketball Association's Toronto Raptors. Rather than risk being buried on the bench as reserve player in the NBA, he opted to join TAU Cerámica of the Spanish lea..
ROKS
Republic of Korea Ship, the ship prefix for Republic of Korea Navy ships. ..
Roksan Audio
Roksan is a British manufacturer of high fidelity audio products for domestic use, based in Alperton, Middlesex, United Kingdom, was formed in 1985 by Touraj Moghaddam & Tufan Hashemi. Roksan instantly joined the world of specialist super audio with the introduction of its very first product, a hig..
Roku
Roku, founded in October 2002, is a privately held Palo Alto based consumer electronics firm which specialises in home digital media products. Their current product line-up includes the Roku SoundBridge, a network music player, the Roku PhotoBridge HD, a high-def media player for viewing photos on ..
Rokua National Park
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Rokudan
Rokudan is an abbreviation for Rokudan no Shirabe, and it is one of Yatsuhashi Kengyo's famous pieces. It was originally a soukyoku, a kind of chamber music with the koto playing the leading part, but nowadays the part of the koto is more widely known than the original. The music is made from six ..
Rokudōji Station
The is a city tram station located in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. The Takaoka Kidō Line and Shin-Minato Harbor Line meet at this station. The station's name was changed from Shin-Minato Station in March 1985. Surrounding area Rokudōji Station is located just off Route 472, and is an importa..
Rokugan
Rokugan is the fictional empire which is the main power in the Legend of the Five Rings setting, the basis for the Legend of the Five Rings Collectible Card Game and Legend of the Five Rings Role-Playing Game, both from Alderac Entertainment Group. It is similar to feudal Japan, though it also inclu..
Rokugo, Yamanashi
Rokugō (六郷町; -chō) is a town located in Nishiyatsushiro District, Yamanashi, Japan. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 3,861 and a density of 290.74 persons per km². The total area is 13.28 km². External links [Rokugo official website&..
Rokugou, Akita
Rokugou (六郷町; -machi) was a town located in Senboku District, Akita, Japan. On November 1, 2004 the town merged with Senhata and Sennan forming the town of Misato. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 7,061 and a density of 180.77 persons per km². The total..
Rokuhara Tandai
Rokuhara Tandai (六波羅探題) was the name for the chiefs of the Kamakura shogunate in Kyoto whose agency kept responsibility for security in Kinai and judicial affairs on western Japan, and negotiated with the imperial court. Rokuhara Tandai was set up after the Jokyu ..
Rokujizo Station
Rokujizo Station (六地蔵駅 Rokujizō-Eki) refers to 3 different railway stations of the same name, located within the same vicinity in Nara-chō, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, each operated by a different train company. Firstly, there is the relatively recent addition of a station at the terminus of the ..
Rokujo
Rokujo can refer to: Emperor Rokujō, emperor of Japan.Rokujo, (Kyoto), one of main streets in Kyoto.the Rokujō family, a poetically conservative faction in the Japanese Imperial court This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an..
Rokujō family
The Rokujō family was a poetically conservative faction in the Japanese Imperial court, founded by Fujiwara no Akisue (1055-1123 CE; it was the first clan to specialize in attaining power and influence via sucess in poetry, and was originally opposed to their opposite numbers amongst the Minamoto c..
Rokunohe, Aomori
Rokunohe (六戸町; Rokunohemachi) is a town located in Kamikita District, Aomori, Japan. In 2003 the town had an estimated population of 10,432 and a population density of 124.1 persons per km². The total area of the town is 84.06 km². External links [Rokunohe offic..
Rokurokubi
A pair of rokurokubi, drawn by Japanese artist Hokusai. are yokai found in Japanese folklore. They look like normal human beings by day, but at night they gain the ability to stretch their necks to great lengths. They can also change their faces to those of terrifying oni (Japanese ogres) to b..
Rokuro Naya
Rokuro Naya (納谷 六朗 Naya Rokurō, born Oct, 20, 1932) is a Japanese voice actor (Seiyū). He is the brother of veteran voice actor Goro Naya. A lifetime resident of Tokyo, he is affiliated with Mausu Promotion. Notable animation roles Camus in Saint SeiyaEnchou in Crayon Shin-chanProfessor X..
Rokuro Yashiro
Rokuro Yashiro (1860-1930) was a Japanese admiral during World War I and Minister of the Navy, succeeding the last of the Satsuma-era naval leaders of the Restoration Period. Born in the Inuyama domain (present day Aichi prefecture), Yashiro graduated from the Japanese Naval Academy in 1881 servin..
Rokur Gepta
Rokur Gepta is a character from the Star Wars Expanded Universe, where he is the last of the Force-sensitive Sorcerers of Tund, and ruler of The Centrality. He was an enigmatic and peculiar person, around whom (and the Sorcerers) swirled many strange rumours and conjectures. Some said he could conju..
Rokusaburo Michiba
--> Rokusaburo Michiba (道場 六三郎 Michiba Rokusaburō, born January 3, 1931 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan,) is a Japanese cuisine chef most notable as the first Iron Chef Japanese on the television series Iron Chef. He was on the show from its inception in 1993 until his retiremen..
Rokusei, Ishikawa
Rokusei (鹿西町; -machi) was a town located in Kashima District, Ishikawa, Japan. On March 1, 2005 the town merged with two other towns from the district forming the town of Nakanoto. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 4,868 and a density of 329.36 persons per km². The tot..
Rokusho
Rokusho is a traditional Japanese compound for inducing patination in decorative non-ferrous metals, especially several alloys which are nearly unknown outside Japan. Shakudo becomes dark blue-violet, shibuichi misty aqua, and kuromido dark coppery black; rokusho was generally used to patinate all t..
Rokusho (Medabots)
Rokusho is a mysterious Medabot in the anime series Medabots. He is an old stag beetle-type (or KWG-11237) Medabot who possesses the kuwagata (stag-beetle) type medal. Rokusho appears to have no master, and he Sporadically appears throughout the series, offering words of wisdom and help to Ikki and ..
Rokusho Shrine
is a Shinto shrine in Myodaiji-cho of Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture. Since Tokugawa Ieyasu (then under his childhood name Matsudaira Takechiyo) received his consecration in the shrine, it was especially supported by the Tokugawa shogunate. The buildings were renovated on the orders of Ieyasus grandson,..
Rokycany
For the village in Slovakia, see Rokycany, Prešov Statistics Area: 31 km² Population: 13,826 (2004) Map Rokycany is town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. The place was inhabited since Stone Age. Celtic and early Slavic settlements were discovered. First written document menti..
Rokytnice v Orlických horách
Rokytnice v Orlických horách is a town in Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 2,500 inhabitants. Name of the town could be translated literally as Rokytnice in Orlice Mountains. Village Nebeská Rybná is administrative part of Rokytnice v Orlických horách. External..
Rokytno
Statistics Area: 10.8 km² Population: 748 (2004) Map Rokytno is a village near Sezemice in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. The place is first mentioned in written document in 1436. Its name is derived from willows (rokytí) growing in swampy area. During 18th century the village, t..
Roky Erickson
Roky Erickson (born Roger Kynard Erickson on July 15 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, harmonica player and guitarist from Texas. He was a founding member of the 13th Floor Elevators. One of rock and roll's most famous cult figures and burnouts, Erickson is perhaps as well-known for his err..
Rok Benkovič
Rok Benkovič, born on March 20th 1986 in Ljubljana, Slovenia is a Slovenian ski jumper. Benkovič started with his sport career relatively old as eleven-year-old, in 1997. He won the silver medal on the Junior World Championship in Solleftea, Sweden on February 6th 2003. His biggest success came w..
Rok Petrovič
Rok Petrovič [listen] ([Media helphelp]·[info]) (born February 5 1966 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, died September 16 1993 in Vela Luka, Croatia) was a Slovenian alpine skier. Rok is a son of Krešimir Petrović, a well known sports psychologist of Croatian origin. His fir..
Rok spokojnego slonca
Rok spokojnego slonca (or The Year of the Quiet Sun) is a 1984 Polish film written and directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. The story of the romance between a Polish refugee and an American soldier was nominated for 1986's Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. At the Venice Film Festival, the..
Ro (kana)
kana - gojūon ん わ ら や ま は な た さ か あ っ (ゐ) り み ひ に ち し き い ヴ る ゆ む ふ ぬ つ す く う ヶ (ゑ) れ め へ ね て せ け え ー を ろ よ も ほ の と そ こ お ろ, in hiragana, or ロ in katakana, is one of the Japane..
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