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UIS
UIS can mean:- Union Internationale de SpéléologieUniversity of Illinois at SpringfieldUniversity of Stavanger in NorwayUniversity Information Services at Georgetown UniversityUnderwater Inspection System: this is a system of divers and ROV's who search for underwater security threats. ..

Uis
Uis is a tiny town located in one of Namibia's (South West Africa) desert regions, Damaraland. Tin has been mined in the Uis region since the early 1900's and the town was established in 1958 as a mine workers residence when a South African mining company started operations there and increased prod..

Uisang
Uisang (625 - 702) was one of the most eminent early Silla scholar-monks, a close friend of Wonhyo (元曉). He traveled to China, studying at Mt. Zhongnan as a student of the influential Huayan master Zhiyan (智儼) and as a senior colleague of Fazang (法藏). He b..

Uisce
Uisce (pronounced ish-ka) is the etymological root for "whiskey" (sometimes spelled "whisky"). The word [uisce] means "water" in Irish. The full Irish name for the alcoholic drink called whiskey is uisce beatha, meaning "water of life". The name may also derive from the Scottish Gaelic ve..

Uiscedwr
Uiscedwr, a British trio was based in Manchester, but has resently moved to the Yorkshire area, has a contemporary folk sound that mixes lively dance numbers, mournful fiddle tunes and songs. Their music has gained much praise from critics and the group won the BBC Young Folk Award in 2002 [lin..

Uisce Beatha
For the Canadian folk rock band, see Uisce Beatha (band). Uisce beatha is the name given by Irish monks of the Sixth Century to the drink they had concocted. Simply an Irish translation of the Latin aqua vitae ("water of life"), uisce beatha is more commonly known today in its anglicized form, whis..

Uisce Beatha (band)
Uisce Beatha was a Canadian folk rock band in the 1990s. Formed in London, Ontario, the band consisted of Alan Glen on lead vocals and banjo, John Glen on mandolin and tin whistle, Paul Meadows on fiddle and harp, Damian Morrissy on bass guitar, Doug Watt on guitar and Marty Coles on drums later rep..

UISE
UISE is an abbreviation having several meanings: Union of Iranian Software ExportersInternational Save the Children Union, also known as L’Union Internationale de Secours aux Enfants (UISE), a former international humanitarian organization which functioned between 1920 and 1986User interface desig..

Uiseong County
Hangul: 의성군 Hanja: 義城郡 Revised Romanization: Uiseong-gun McCune-Reischauer: Ŭisŏng-gun Statistics Area: 1,175.89 km² Population: 71,216 2002 registration [link] Pop. density: 60.6 people/km² Adm..

Uisnech
Uisnech Hill is considered the omphalos (mystical navel) of Éire, the country known by the English name Ireland, whereupon rests a great stone (Ail na Mírenn, which means “stone of divisions”) marked with lines indicating the provincial borders of Connacht, Leinster, Ulster and Munster. Tradi..

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