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Siwa
Siwa may refer to: The Siwa Oasis in Egypt140 Siwa, an asteroidSiwa is a Slavic goddess of fertility.Siwa is an Indonesian pronunciation of the Hindu god Shiva.Siwa is also a spider genus (Araneidae) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same..
Siwalik Hills
The Siwalik Hills (sometimes spelled Shiwalik, Shivalik, or Sivalik) are the southernmost and geologically youngest foothills running parallel to the main Himalayas, a low mountain range cresting at 900 to 1,200 meters, or sometimes several parallel ranges. They extend 1,600 km from the Teesta Rive..
Siwan
Siwan may refer to SivanSiwan District and Siwan town, Bihar state, IndiaWelsh form of the name Joan.A play by Saunders Lewis 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..
Siwan, Bihar
Siwan is the district headquarters of the Siwan district in Bihar. ..
Siwani
Siwani is a city and a municipal committee in Bhiwani district in the Indian state of Haryana. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Siwani had a population of 15,849. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Siwani has an average litera..
Siwanoy
The Siwanoy or Sinanoy were a Native American people of what is now the New York City area. By the mid-17th century, when their territory became hotly contested between Dutch and English colonial interests, the Siwanoy were settled along the East River and Long Island Sound between Hell Gate and No..
Siwan (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Siwan is a Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. Members of Parliament 1977: Mirtanjay Prasad Verma, Bharatiya Lok Dal1980: M. Yusuf, Indian National Congress (I)1984: Abdul Ghafoor, Indian National Congress1989: Janardan Tiwari, Bharatiya Janata Party1991: Brishin Patel, Janata Dal1996: Mohammad Shahab..
Siwan (play)
Siwan is a play written in the Welsh language by Saunders Lewis, first produced in 1956. The first English language translation appeared in 1960. The play is based on the historic character of Joan, Lady of Wales, the illegitimate daughter of King John of England and her marriage to Llywelyn the G..
Siwan District
Siwan is one of the districts of Bihar state, India, and Siwan town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Siwan district is a part of Saran Division. Area: 2,219 km²Population: Total: 2170971 Rural: 2055466 Urban: 115505Sub Divisions: Siwan, MaharajganjBlocks: Mairwa, Pachrukhi, Rag..
Siward
Siward, Abbot of Abingdon and Bishop of St Martins. Siward was a monk at Glastonbury until he was appointed Abbot of Abingdon in 1030; he was made Bishop of St Martins in 1044, but resigned and died in 1048 (Kelly 2000). References Kelly, S. E. 2000. Charters of Abingdon, part 1. Anglo-Saxon Char..
Siward's Howe
The water tower on top of Siward's Howe Siward's Howe, also known as Heslington Hill, is a terminal moraine located in York. It is fabled for its imposing water tower, rumours of pagan rites taking place on it, and Siward himself, the Danish warrior romanticised in Macbeth, rumoured to be bur..
Siwash Rock
Siwash Rock is a famous rock outcropping in Vancouver, British Columbia's Stanley Park. A legend among the Squamish First Nation surrounds the origin of the rock [link]. The rock is 15 to 18 metres tall (50 to 60 feet). Geological background on this signature feature of Stanley Park ..
Siwa (mythology)
In Slavic mythology, Šiwa or Šiva (pronounced /ʃiva/), (alternatively Živa (pronounced /ʒiva/), Sieba or Razivia, was the fertility and love goddess. She was worshipped throughout what is now Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Germany (and especially the Elbe (Labe) river valle..
Siwa Oasis
The Siwa Oasis is an oasis in Egypt, located between the Qattara Depression and the Egyptian Sand Sea in the Libyan Desert, approximately 50 km east of the Libyan border, and some 560 km from Cairo. Location: [29°11′N 25°33′E] About 80 km in length and 20 km wide, it is one of Egypt..
Siwenna
Siwenna is a planet prominent in Foundation and Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. It was capital of the Normannic Sector of the Galactic Empire, and once one of its richest planets. Shortly after 100 F.E., Wiscard..
Siwini
The solar god of Urartu. He is the counterpart of the Hittite god Istanu. Sources [Encyclopedia Mythica] ..
Siwis
The Siwis are a Berber ethnic group living in the Siwa Oasis. They are mainly based in Egypt. Berber Ethnic groups Chaouis | Chenouas | Chleuhs | Kabyles | Mozabites | Rifains | Siwis | Tuareg ..
Siwi language
Siwi is a Berber Afro-Asiatic language of Egypt, spoken by about 15,000 people in and around the oasis of Siwa near the Libyan border. Most speakers of Siwi also know Arabic, and the language contains a large number of Egyptian Arabic loanwords. Although Arabic is the official language of Egypt, ..
Siwucha vodka
Siwucha (pronounce: [ɕivuxa]) is an incompletely rectified vodka (raw vodka) from Poland. The name derives from the siwy (ash grey) color of the liquid due to Tyndall effect of the colloid emulsion of residual fusel oil. Siwucha History Siwucha is one of the generic Slavic word..
Siwwwa
Siwwwa is the CMS product in Hungary, with implementations at local subsidiaries of the largest international companies and major government offices. XML based Siwwwa CMS Siwwwa is comprised of some of the most powerful BlondXML XML based text editors (with MS Office Smart Copy), which the compan..
Siw Malmkvist
Siw Malmkvist, born December 31 1936 in Landskrona, Sweden, is a Swedish singer. She competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen many times, latest in 2004 together with Towa Carson and Ann-Louise Hanson, singing the song C'est la vie, which finished 3rd. She competed for the former West Germany at the..
Si Wang-mu
Si Wang-mu is a major character in the science fiction novels Xenocide and Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card. She is named after the Chinese goddess Xi Wangmu, the Royal Mother of the West. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. She is a very intelli..
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