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W. A. Nesfield
William Andrews Nesfield (1793 - 1881) was an English garden designer. His gardens include a "monster work" at Witley Court, the South Lake at Castle Howard, and the Pagoda Vista at Kew Gardens. Contents 1 Witley Court2 Castle Howard3 Oxon Hoath4 Kew Gardens Witley Court The..
W. Andrew Robinson
W. Andrew Robinson (born 1957) is a British author and newspaper editor. Andrew Robinson was educated at the Dragon School, Eton College where he was a King's Scholar, University College, Oxford where he read Chemistry and finally the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He is the son ..
WAN
WAN may refer to: Wide Area NetworkWorld Association of Newspapers, Dachverband nationaler ZeitungsverbändeWest Africa/Nigeria license plate for NigeriaWanne-Eickel old license plate forWaverney Airport in Australia, IATA airport codeold high german: wan = leer, mangelhaft This is a [disambigu..
Wan
Wan is a Chinese abbreviation for the province of Anhui in China.Wan is the Kurdish name for the city of Van in Eastern Turkey.Wan means the number 'ten thousands' in Chinese.In computer networking, WAN is a TLA for wide area network.In computer networking, WAN (actually WLAN) is a TLA for wireless..
Wan, Kwong
Wan, Kwong(Chinese:尹光) is a well-known singer of Hong Kong,also as known as the "The Prince of Temple Street"(Temple Street refered to a famous Street in Kowloon). About Originally Wan was trained as a Cantonese opera singer.However,between the 1960s to 1980s,he switched to sing pop songs,but t..
Wan-Hoo (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
Wana
Wana (Urdu: وانا) is a town in South Waziristan in Pakistan's FATA. It is currently in the eye of a storm because of ongoing joint operations by Pakistan and U.S. forces against alleged Al-Qaeda militant groups hiding in the region. The Pakistan Armed forces have been conducting armed operation..
Wanabo
Wanabo is a service that enables sites to create and tag pages. By placing a short piece of JavaScript code on a page, the service can allow visitors to apply tags to each page. This is a technologically neutral solution that enables folksonomy anywhere on the internet. A tag navigator and tag cl..
Wanadongri
Wanadongri is a census town in Nagpur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Wanadongri had a population of 17,150. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Wanadongri has an average literacy r..
Wanadoo
Wanadoo logo Wanadoo is the former name of the ISP division of Orange SA. , which is a subsidiary of France Télécom. It operates in France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Senegal, Mauritius, Madagascar, Lebanon & Jordan. It ceased to operate as a worldwide b..
Wanadoo Edition
Wanadoo Edition (2000-2003) is a French videogame developer, publisher and distributor. History In 1992, Emmanuel Olivier founded Index+. Initially, the company developed interactive multimedia CD-Roms, such as "Le Louvre, Paintings and Palace" in 1994. In 1995, it merged with another company, A..
Wanagapeth
Wanagapeth ("Sweet Breeze"), (?)-1808 was the daughter of Chief Michikinikwa. She married Apekonit, or Capt. William Wells. ..
Wanagemeswah
A Wanagemeswah is a fairy. Thin as a knife, this fairy lived among the Penobscot Indians of Maine. ..
Wanaheda
Wanaheda is a constituency in the Khomas Region of Namibia. Its population is 29,051. This constituency is inside the city of Windhoek. ..
Wanaka
160px View of Wanaka from Mt Roy. The Clutha River can be seen in the distance, and at top left is the southern end of Lake Hawea Wanaka is a town in the Central Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is situated at the southern end of Lake Wanaka, adjacent to the outflow o..
Wanake
Redirect [[Template:Uncategorized]]Camp Wanake is a camp and retreat center in Beach City in northeast Ohio. Begun in 1946 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, it is presently owned and operated by the East Ohio Annual (Regional) Conference of the United Methodist Church. The word "Wanake..
Wanamaker's
redirect[[Template:Portal]]Wanamaker's department store was the first department store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and one of the first, if not the first, department store in the United States. It was renowned for its honest reputation and for innovating many retailing firsts in America. At its ze..
Wanamaker (disambiguation)
Wanamaker may refer to: Sam Wanamaker, 1919-1993, an American actor and director.Zoë Wanamaker, a British actor born in 1949, daughter of Sam Wanamaker.John Wanamaker- a famous merchantWanamaker's, one of the first American Department Stores founded in 1861.Wanamaker Mile- an annual mile-long race..
Wanamaker Mile
The Wanamaker Mile is an event held annually at the Millrose Games in New York City's Madison Square Gardens. The event is an indoor one-mile race. It was first held in 1908, and became known as the "Wanamaker" shortly after. It is named in honor of the head of the Wanamaker Department Store in N..
Wanamaker Organ
A view of the Grand Court in Macy*s department store in Philadelphia. redirect[[Template:Portal]]The Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the largest operational Although the Auditorium Organ (located at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey) is arguably..
Wanamassa, New Jersey
Wanamassa is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Ocean Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 4,551. Geography Wanamassa is located at [40°14′13″N, 74°1′43″W] (40.236892, -74.028679)�..
Wanamingo, Minnesota
Wanamingo is a city in Goodhue County, Minnesota, along the North Fork of the Zumbro River. The population was 1,007 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.8 km² (1.1 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, the..
Wanamingo Township, Minnesota
Wanamingo Township is a township in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 504 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 97.4 km² (37.6 mi²). 97.3 km² (37.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.03% is water. Demograp..
Wananchi
Wananchi is a Kiswahili word for citizens. Swahili is primaily used in Eastern Africa see Kiswahili various companies have taken the name and used it for their business names for example a leading Internet Service provider Wananchi Online. ..
Wananga
In New Zealand, a wānanga is a type of publicly-owned tertiary instution that provides education in a Maori cultural context. According to legal definitions (reaffirmed by the Waitangi Tribunal in 2005), wānanga are similar in many ways to mainstream universities. Currently, wānanga offer c..
Wanani
Wanani (or Ouanani) is a town located on the island of Mohéli in the Comoros. ..
Wanaparthi
Wanaparthi is a town and a nagar panchayat in Mahbubnagar district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Wanaparthi had a population of 50,262. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Wanaparthi ha..
Wanapitei 11, Ontario
Wanapitei 11 is an Indian reserve in the Canadian province of Ontario. In the 2001 Canadian census, the reserve had a population of 49. The reserve is completely surrounded by the city of Greater Sudbury. It is located on the northwestern shore of Lake Wanapitei, near the community of Capreol. ..
Wanapitei River
The Wanapitei River is a river in central Ontario which flows through Lake Wanapitei in the northeast of Greater Sudbury and joins the French River at its mouth on Georgian Bay. It is approximately 120 km in length. Ontario Power Generation operates a number of hydroelectric plants along the river...
Wanapum
The Wanapum Indian tribe formerly lived along the Columbia River from above Priest Rapids down to the mouth of the Snake River in what is now Washington. This was (and still is) an excellent salmon-fishing area. They still live near the present day site of Wanapum Dam. Crowds of Wanapum greeted the..
Wanapum Dam
Wanapum Dam is a hydroelectric project located on the Columbia River downstream from Vantage, Washington where Interstate 90 crosses the Columbia. It is owned by the Grant County, Washington Public Utility District. Its reservoir is named Lake Wanapum. ..
Wanaque
Wanaque may refer to: Wanaque, New Jersey, a borough in Passaic County, New JerseyWanaque Reservoir, a reservoir in Passaic County, New JerseyWanaque River, a tributary of the Pequannock River in Passaic County, New Jersey This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationd..
Wanaque, New Jersey
Wanaque is a borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 10,266. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Government3.1 Local government3.2 Federal, state and county representation4 Education5&nbs..
Wanaque River
The Wanaque River (Native American for "place of the sassafras") is a tributary of the Pequannock River in Passaic County in northern New Jersey in the United States. Once known as the Long Pond River, the sources of the Wanaque River are Greenwood Lake, once known as Long Pond (not to be confused ..
Wanat
Surname originating from Poland. ..
Wanatah, Indiana
Wanatah is a town in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,013 at the 2000 census. Geography Wanatah is located at [41°25′47″N, 86°53′55″W] (41.429648, -86.898498)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the to..
Wanblee, South Dakota
Wanblee is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 641 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Culture4 External links Geography Wanblee is located at [43°34′12″N, 101°39′34″W] (43..
Wanborough
Wanborough could be Wanborough, SurreyWanborough, Wiltshire This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. If an referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point direct..
Wanborough, Wiltshire
Wanborough is a village to the south-east of Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. The name is thought to derive from "Wain", i.e. cart. Being the last village on Ermin Street before the scarp slope of the Marlborough Downs, horses were watered here before the steep climb off the Oxfordshire plain. Wanborough ..
Wanchese, North Carolina
Wanchese is a census-designated place (CDP) in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,527 at the 2000 census. Geography Wanchese is located at [35°50′42″N, 75°38′22″W] (35.845046, -75.639544)[Geographic references#1GR1], and on the southern e..
Wancho
The Wancho are a tribal people inhabiting the Patkai hills of Tirap. They have a population of 35,000. A Naga sub-tribe, they are ethnically related to the Nocte and the Konyak Naga of the Mon and Tirap district. Their language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman family. Contents 1 Religion2 C..
Wand
WAND is also an affiliate of NBC in Decatur, Illinois. A wand consists of a thin, straight, hand-held stick of wood, ivory, or metal. Generally, in modern language, wands are ceremonial and/or have associations with magic but there have been other uses, all stemming from the original meaning as a sy..
WAND
WAND is an NBC affiliate in Decatur, Illinois, serving the Decatur–Springfield–Champaign area. It is a joint venture of LIN Television (who owns 34% of the station) and Block Communications (66%); however, in this case, LIN controls the station. In addition to NBC and local programming..
Wanda
Wanda is the name of: Wanda in Minnesota,Wanda Township in Nebraska.Wanda Beach in Sydney New South Wales, Australia.Wanda (The Fairly OddParents) is a cartoon character.Wanda is also a legendary princess in Polish legends.Wanda Sykes is an American comedienne.Wanda was a weekly literature magazine..
Wanda, Minnesota
Wanda is a city in Redwood County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 103 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 103 people, 45 households,..
Wanda, Missouri
Wanda is an unincorporated community located in Newton County, Missouri, USA on Missouri State Route O, between the towns of Stark City and Stella. Geography Wanda is located at 36.8105637° North, 94.1994494° West (36.8105637, -94.1994494)[Geographic references#1GR1]. Demographics Ex..
Wandaba Style
The factual accuracy of this article is [Accuracy disputedisputed]. Please see the relevant discussion on the [..
Wandana Heights, Victoria
Wandana Heights is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Localities of Geelong Ashby | Anakie | Avalon | Barwon Heads | Batesford | Bellarine | Bell Park | Bell Post Hill | Belmont | Breakwater | Breamlea | Ceres | Chilwel | Clifton Springs | Connewarre | Corio | Curlewis | Dry..
Wandan Township
台灣省屏東縣萬丹鄉 地理 位置東經120.29度北緯22.35度 面積57.47平方公里 人口 戶口數13267戶 總人口(May 2005)54475人 政治 行政區類別鄉 鄉長林正峰 下轄行政區30村里387鄰 民意機關萬丹鄉民代表會 其他 郵遞區號913 Education Wanhsin Ju..
Wandashan Mountains
Wandashan Mountains are located in the Heilongjiang Province of China. Among the forests on the mountains grow many rare plants such as the: black fungus, zhenmo, and wei or cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea). Lake Jingpo is also located near this mountain range. ..
Wanda (magazine)
Wanda was a weekly literature magazine published in Warsaw. It was one of the first Polish magazines for women. The magazine was published from 1820-1822 by Bruno Kicinski and edited by Franciszek Ksawery Godebski and D. Lisicki. Since 1823 published and edited by Franciszek Ksawery Godebski. ..
Wanda (Mario)
This article is about a character from Mario games. For information on the Fairly Odd Parents character with the same name, see Cosmo and Wanda. Wanda, as depicted in the Mario and Wario instruction manual. Wanda is the name of a fictional fairy featured in the Mario video game series. She f..
Wanda (Pokémon)
Video games Wanda is a fictional character in the Pokemon franchise, cousin of Wally. She lives with her parents in Verdanturf Town. Her boyfriend from Rustboro City attempted to complete the Rusturf Tunnel by hand, all alone, after construction was halted (because it was disturbing the local wild..
Wanda at Large
Promotional poster for "Wanda at Large" Wanda at Large was a Fox network sitcom that ran for two seasons in 2003. It starred comedian Wanda Sykes as Wanda Hawkins, an outspoken standup comic who is chosen to be a correspondent on a Washington, D.C., political talk show. However, Wanda's manne..
Wanda Beach
Wanda Beach or Wanda is the northernmost patrolled beach in Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia. The beaches of Cronulla from north to south are: Wanda BeachElouera BeachNorth Cronulla BeachSouth Cronulla BeachBlackwoods BeachShelly Beach Local names also apply to various parts of the beach: The ..
Wanda Beach Murders
The Wanda Beach Murders is the collective term by which the murders of Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock are known. Murdered at Sydney's Wanda Beach on 11 January 1965, their partially buried bodies were discovered the next day. The identity of the murderer remains unknown. The double murd..
Wanda Coleman
Wanda Coleman (1946 - ) is an American poet. She grew up in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles during the 1950s and 1960s. Quotes Like Wallace Stegner, I am in the 'universal' tradition of writers who concern themselves with The Truth -- never mind that it is apt to hurt someone, in some way, mo..
Wanda Cornelius
Wanda Cornelius of Taylor County, Kentucky was the Republican nominee for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1999. She and Peppy Martin lost the election to Democrats Paul E. Patton and Steve Henry. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Wanda Does It
"Wanda Does It" was a short-lived television show on Comedy Central that displayed "a day in the life" of the world of comedian Wanda Sykes. Wanda has arguments with her manager, who seems to be very iffy. The show was canceled in early 2005. ..
Wanda G. Bryant
Wanda G. Bryant (born 26 June 1956) is an American judge, currently an Associate Justice on the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Born in Southport, North Carolina, Bryant earned an undergraduate degree in history and comparative area studies from Duke University in 1977, then earned her Juris Docto..
Wanda Gág
Wanda Hazel Gág (March 11 1893–June 27 1946) was an American author and illustrator. She was born on March 11 1893 in New Ulm, Minnesota. Her mother (Elisabeth Biebl) and father (Anton) were of Bohemian descent. Both parents were artists who had met in Germany. They had seven children who all acq..
Wanda Gertz
This article is partof the series:Polish Secret State History of Poland Wanda Gertz codename: Lena, Kazik (b. April 13, 1896 in Warsaw - November 10, 1958 in London, Great Britain) was a Polish major and soldier of the Armia Krajowa. Wanda was a soldier in Piłsudski's Polish Legions from 1914 ..
Wanda Gilmore
Wanda Gilmore was a character on the PBS television program Wishbone. ..
Wanda Hawley
Wanda Hawley (a.k.a. Wanda Petit), (July 30, 1895 - March 18, 1963) was a veteran of the silent screen films era. She co-starred with Rudolph Valentino in the 1922's The Young Rajah, and rose to stardom in a number of Cecil B. DeMille and director Sam Wood's films. Life and career Hawley was bor..
Wanda Hendrix
Wanda Hendrix (November 3, 1928 – February 1, 1981) was an American film actress. Born Dixie Wanda Hendrix in Jacksonville, Florida, Hendrix was performing in her local amateur theater when she was seen by a talent agent who signed her to a Hollywood contract. Acting career and marriage S..
Wanda Holloway
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since May 2006. Wanda Holloway is an America..
Wanda Jablonski
Wanda Jablonski (23 August, 1920, in Czechoslovakia - 28 January, 1992, in New York City) was a journalist who covered the oil and petroleum industries. She earned a B.A. from Cornell University in 1942 and an M.A. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism the following year. She ..
Wanda Jackson
Wanda Jackson (born Wanda Jean Jackson, on October 20, 1937, in Maud, Oklahoma) was the first female rock and roll singer in the United States, releasing her debut record in 1956. She is often hailed as the "Queen Of Rockabilly." Jackson was still in high school when country singer Hank Thompson he..
Wanda Karen Lee Middleton
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Wanda Kirkbride Farr
Wanda K. Farr (1895 - 19??) is an American botanist known for her discovery of the mechanism by which cellulose is formed in the walls of plant cells. Contents 1 Early life2 Education and Research3 Notable Scientific Discovery4 References Early life Wanda Farr (née Kirkbri..
Wanda Klaff
Wanda Klaff (March 6, 1922 – July 4, 1946) was a Nazi camp overseer. Klaff was born Danzig to German parents as Wanda Kalacinski. She finished school in 1938 and began working in a jam factory. This lasted until 1942 when she married Willy Gapes and became a housewife. In 1944 Wanda joined the c..
Wanda Koolmatrie
Wanda Koolmatrie was an Indigenous Australian pseudonym used by white Australian Leon Carmen. In 1994, the Aboriginal publishing house Magabala Books published a novel entitled My Own Sweet Time. The author was supposedly Wanda Koolmatrie, an aboriginal woman born to the Pitjantjatjara people in 19..
Wanda Koop
Wanda Koop is a painter who lives and works in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2005. External links [Official web site][Biography], at artcityinc.com[Governor General announces new appointments to the Order of Canada, February 3,..
Wanda Kosakiewicz
Jean-Paul Sartre's friend and Olga Kosakiewicz's sister. She's Wanda in Lettres à Sartre, and Tania in Lettres au Castor. ..
Wanda Landowska
Wanda Landowska (July 5, 1879 – August 16, 1959), harpsichordist whose performances, teaching, recordings and writings played a large role in reviving the popularity of that instrument in the early 20th century. She was the first person to record Bach's Goldberg Variations on the harpsichord (..
Wanda Nevada
Wanda Nevada is a 1979 film starring Peter Fonda and Brooke Shields. It was also directed by Peter Fonda. Henry Fonda makes a cameo appearanace, making this the only film to feature father and son together. Plot The story follows a drifter named Beaudray Demerille (Fonda). In a card game he wins ..
Wanda Orlikowski
Wanda Orlikowski is a Professor at MIT Sloan School of Management and a scholar within the Social Study of Information Systems field. Orlikowski has written on a great range of topics within this field but is probably best known for her work in studying the implementation and use of technologies wi..
Wanda Radio Station
Wanda Radio Station (Polish Radiostacja Wanda) was a Soviet Polish language propaganda broadcast station during the World War II. Created in 1944, the Wanda Radio Station was attached to the Red Army units fighting on the Eastern Front. Before the Warsaw Uprising the broadcasts vowed for an armed u..
Wanda Rutkiewicz
Wanda Rutkiewicz was born on February 4, 1943 in Plungiany, Poland (today Lithuania). She died either on May 12 or May 13, 1992, while climbing Kangchenjunga. Wanda Rutkiewicz (pron. van-dah root-kie-vitch) is regarded as one of the greatest woman mountaineers ever. She was the third woman and the ..
Wanda Seldon
Wanda Seldon is a fictional character in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. The daughter of Raych Seldon and Manella Dubanqua, Wanda played a key role in creating the two Foundations. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Wanda was born when Hari Seldon was..
Wanda Shirk
Wanda Shirk (born August 24, 1949) was a player on the television reality show Survivor who, along with Jonathan Libby, was forced to leave the game in [[Survivor: Palau]] on the third day because of a special elimination twist. The twist was simple, one man and one woman (Ian and Jolanda) would ..
Wanda Sykes
Wanda Sykes at the Harlem book signing for her book, Yeah, I Said It on September 20, 2004 Wanda Sykes (born March 7, 1964), also known as Wanda Sykes-Hall, is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She was born in Portsmouth, Virginia and is a graduate of Hampton University in Hampton, Vi..
Wanda Tinasky
Wanda Tinasky, ostensibly a bag lady living under a bridge in the Mendocino County area of Northern California, was the pseudonymous author of a series of playful, comic and erudite letters sent to the Mendocino Commentary and Anderson Valley Advertiser between 1983 and 1988. These letters were late..
Wanda Toscanini
Wanda Giorgina Toscanini (December 7, 1907 – August 21, 1998) was the daughter of the famous Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini and the wife of Russian pianist Vladimir Horowitz, whom she married in 1933. Following Horowitz's death in 1989, Wanda bought the home "Pinci's Acres" (Pinci was Wand..
Wanda Ventham
Wanda Ventham (born 1939) is a British actress, whose face may be known though she had never achieved star status. She is well known for her role as Col. Virginia Lake in the 1970 science fiction TV series UFO and for her recurring role in Only Fools and Horses as Pamela Parry (Cassandra's mother..
Wanda Wasilewska
Wanda Wasilewska (1905– 1964) was a Polish novelist and politician. She played an important role in the formation of communist government in Poland. After World War II she lived in Moscow. Wanda Wasilewska Biography Wanda Wasilewska was born on January 25, 1905 in Galicia to a notable ..
Wanda Łyżwińska
Wanda Łyżwińska (born July 09, 1953 in Piaseczno) is a Polish politician. She was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 7842 votes in 17 Radom district, candidating from Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej list. She was also a member of Sejm 2001-2005. See also Members of Polish Sejm 2..
Wandee Kameaim
Weightlifting Bronze 2004 Women's 58 kg Wandee Kameaim (born January 18, 1978) is an Thai weightlifter who competed in the women's 58 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal with 230.0 kg in total. Kameaim competed in the Women's 58 kg at the 2005 World Championships i..
Wandel
In linguistics, the German word Wandel ("change, mutation") is used to designate a fronting of a vowel caused by assimilation to a following nasal or w. This is the same effect as umlaut, but the cause is different. Wandel affects the whole of the present tense of certain Germanic strong verbs ..
Wandelbert
Wandelbert (813 - d. after 850) was a Benedictine monk and theological writer. Life Little is known of his personal history. He was apparently a native of France, and in 839 he was already a monk at Prüm. He died at Prüm. Works About this date Abbot Markward commissioned him to rewrite the old l..
Wandelweiser
The Wandelweiser Group is an international group of composers/performers. It was founded in 1992 by Dutch-born flautist Antoine Beuger and German violinist Burkhard Schlothauer. In 1993 Swiss clarinetist Jürg Frey was invited to join, followed by American guitarist Michael Pisaro, Swiss pianist Man..
Wandel Sea
The Wandel Sea is a sea off of the northeast coast of Greenland. The arctic sea is located at 82.00º north longitutde and 21.00º west latitude. Seas farther north and northwest of the Wandel Sea are frozen year-round. ..
Wander
In telecommunication, wander are long-term random variations of the significant instants of a digital signal from their ideal positions. Note 1: Wander variations are those that occur over a period greater than 1 s (second). Note 2: Jitter, swim, wander, and drift have increasing periods of varia..
Wanderer
Wanderer or Wanderers may refer to: In literature: The Wanderer (Fritz Leiber novel)Le Grand Meaulnes (also known as The Wanderer), a 1913 novel by Alain-FournierThe Wanderer (poem), an Old English poemWanderers (Noon Universe), a fictional non-humanoid alien race from the Noon Universe created by ..
Wanderers (comics)
The Wanderers were a fictional group of super-heroes appearing in comics published by DC Comics. They first appeared as allies of the Legion of Super-Heroes in Adventure Comics #375 written by Jim Shooter, illustrated by Win Mortimer with a cover by Neal Adams. DC published a thirteen-issue series..
Wanderers (Noon Universe)
Wanderers (Странники - pronounced: "stranniki") are a fictional alien race from the Noon Universe created by Strugatsky brothers. Their homeworld is unknown. No official contact between Earth and Wanderers has ever been registered, although they've contacted humans from other planets, e.g. ..
Wanderers F.C.
This article is about the 19th-century amateur football club. Modern football clubs with 'Wanderers' in their name include Bolton Wanderers, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Wycombe Wanderers. The Wanderers Football Club were an amateur football club based in Battersea, Wandsworth, London, and were one..
Wanderers F.C. Dublin
Wanderers is Ireland's second oldest rugby club having been founded in 1870 by some former members of Dublin University F C., who up to that time had to seek opponents outside of Ireland, as there were no other Irish club at that time. Wanderers F.C. was one of the founding clubs of the Irish Rugby ..
Wanderers Football Club
The Wanderers Football Club is a member club of the Northern Territory Football League. History The club was formed in 1917. External links [Full Points Footy Profile for Wanderers Football Club] ..
Wanderers Stadium
Wanderers Stadium is a stadium situated just south of Sandton in Illovo, Johannesburg in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Test, One Day and First class cricket matches are played here. It is also the home ground for the Highveld Lions, formerly known as Gauteng (Transvaal). The stadium has a seatin..
Wanderer (car)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [media] Wanderer was a German automobile manufacturer from 1911 to 1939. History Wanderer W25K (1936-1938) The first two or three seater models used four cylinder 1145 cc and 1220 cc engines. The 1220 cc model lasted until 1925. The ..
Wanderer (sailing dinghy)
The Wanderer is a 14 foot Fiberglass hull Bermuda rigged sailing dinghy designed by Ian Proctor. One of the main objectives of the design was to produce a robust safe and versatile dinghy that could be used for knockabout day sailing and cruising as well as racing, but was light enough to be han..
Wanderer Fantasy
"Wanderer" Fantasy is the popular name for Franz Schubert's opus 15 (D. 760), a fantasy for piano solo in four movements, which follows the classical sonata form. It was written in November 1822. The key is C major. The whole work is based on one single basic motif, from which all themes are de..
Wandering Albatross
The Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans), is a large seabird from the family Diomedeidae which has a circumpolar range in the Southern Ocean. It was the first species of albatross to be described, and was long considered conspecific (the same species as) the Tristan Albatross and the Antipodean ..
Wandering Dew
Wandering Dew is a flowering creeper. Sometimes referred to as "Creeping Jesus" the scientific name is Tradescantia albiflora. Dogs are allergic to Wandering Dew. Frequently regarded as a weed due to its prolific growth rate. ..
Wandering genie
The Wandering Genie is a type of organ manufactured by Lowrey. It was used on the album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by multi-intrumentalist Julian Koster of Neutral Milk Hotel. The Wandering Genie is out of production. ..
Wandering Jew
The Wandering Jew by Gustave Doré. The Wandering Jew is a figure from Christian folklore, a Jewish man who, according to legend, taunted Jesus on the way to the Crucifixion and was then cursed to walk the earth until the Second Coming. The exact nature of the wanderer's indiscretion varies..
Wandering Jew (plant)
Contents 0.1 Meaning of the name0.2 Tradescantia pallida (Setcreasea purpurea)0.3 Tradescantia fluminensis0.4 Tradescantia zebrina0.5 Cultivation and uses1 External links and references Meaning of the name "Wandering Jew" is the colloquial name used to refer to thr..
Wandering log
A wandering log is a feature of the Reiser4 computer file system. A problem with journaling file systems is that data is written twice. Blocks of data are recorded first to a journal or log. Then when the operating system is ready to commit the blocks, they are written to their intended locatio..
Wandering Ones
Wandering Ones is a webcomic written by Clint Hollingsworth, first launched on April 8, 2000 and continuing today. It was originally updated every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, but is now a weekly comic only, updated every Monday. The story is set in the Pacific Northwest in 2066, thirty-one yea..
Wandering salesman problem
The wandering salesman problem is a problem in discrete optimization, similar to the travelling salesman problem. The problem can be stated as follows: given a complete weighted graph, find a Hamiltonian path with minimal cost. This is equivalent to the traveling salesman problem with Hamiltonian..
Wandering set
In mathematics, a wandering set is a concept in dynamical systems and ergodic theory, formalizing a certain idea of movement and mixing in such systems. When a dynamical system has a wandering set of non-zero measure, then the system is a dissipative system. This is very much the opposite of a conse..
Wandering spider
The wandering spiders is a term used to refer to the spider genus Ctenidae. Previously, the term referred only to the genus Phoneutria but now usually refers to the entire family Ctenidae. The Phoneutria genus is the only group of wandering spiders that are a danger to humans, most notoriously ..
Wandering Spirit
Wandering Spirit might refer to: Wandering Spirit (album), Mick Jaggers album.Wandering Spirit (Aboriginal), Cree war chief. redirect [[Template:Disambig]]..
Wandering Spirit (Aboriginal)
Wandering Spirit (a.k.a. Kapapamahchakwew, Papamahchakwayo, Esprit Errant; b.1845 - d.1885) was a Cree war chief of a band of Plains Cree. Frog Lake Massacre The Frog Lake Massacre was a Cree uprising during the North-West Rebellion. Led by Wandering Spirit, young Cree warriors attacked the small..
Wandering Spirit (album)
Wandering Spirit is the third solo album by Mick Jagger and was released in 1993. As his first - and only, as it turned out - album of the 1990s, Jagger aimed to reintroduce himself as a solo artist in a vastly changed musical climate that witnessed the release of his first two projects, She's th..
Wandering Tattler
The Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana, formerly Heteroscelus incanus) is a medium-sized wading bird. It is similar in appearance to the closely related Gray-tailed Tattler, T. brevipes. These birds have stocky bodies with gray upperparts, underwings, face and neck and a white belly. They have shor..
Wandering Whistling Duck
The Wandering Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna arcuata, is a species of whistling duck. Contents 1 Description2 Habitat3 Breeding4 Cited Sources5 References Description Formally named Tree Ducks, the Wandering Whistling Duck have their new name because of their loud whistli..
Wanderland
Wanderland is the second album by R&B artist Kelis, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). Kelis was living in Europe at the time and it was first released in Europe. The album was more experimental than the previous album and was a modest success chart-wise. According to Kelis, her American reco..
Wanderlei Silva
Wanderlei Silva (July 3,1976-) is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter, currently competing in Japan's PRIDE Fighting Championships. He trains under Rudimar Fedrigo at the Chute Boxe Academy in Curitiba, Brazil. Silva earned the nickname "the Axe Murderer" for his extremely aggressive style; t..
Wanderlust
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The painting Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, by Caspar David Friedrich, seems to exemplify many of the traits associated with Wanderlust Wanderlust is German loanword, commonly used as meaning "love of travel". Others consider ..
Wanderlust (film)
Created by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini *Premieres on IFC - tv, uncut in May 2006 This documentary explores how road movies have influenced and reflected American culture over the years. Wanderlust draws on clips from cinema’s greatest films and features original interviews with promi..
Wanderlust (song)
'Wanderlust' is a song by R.E.M. It was released as their fourth and final single from their thirteenth studio album, Around the Sun. R.E.M. Peter Buck - Mike Mills - Michael Stipe Bill Berry Other musicians: Nathan December - Buren Fowler - Peter Holsapple - Barrett Martin - Scott McCaughey ..
Wanderly Wagon
Wanderly Wagon was an Irish educational children's television series which aired on RTÉ from 1968 until 1982. Wanderly Wagon followed human and puppet characters as they travelled around Ireland visiting interesting locations, rescuing princesses and generally doing good. The original premise of th..
Wanderung Panzer
This article refers to armored units from the video game Front Mission. Contents 1 Birth1.1 Growth1.2 Maturity2 Abbreviations Birth In 2020, Dr. Randolf of Wallenstein University, with help from Schnecker researchers, presented a new theory in artificial joints. The USN wa..
Wandervogel
Wandervogel emblem Wandervogel is the name adopted by a popular movement of German youth groups from 1896 onward. The name can be translated as migratory bird and the ethos is to shake off the restrictions of society and get back to nature and freedom. Soon the groups split and there originate..
Wanderwort
A Wanderwort (plural Wanderwörter, German for "wandering word" ) is a word that was spread among numerous languages and cultures, usually in connection with trade, so that it becomes impossible to establish its original etymology, or even its original language. The separation of wanderwörter from ..
Wander Johannes de Haas
Wander Johannes de Haas (March 2, 1878, Lisse—April 26, 1960, Bilthoven) was a Dutch physicist and mathematician. He was the co-discoverer and co-eponym of the de Haas-van Alphen effect. See also Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations External links J. van den Handel, [Haas, Wander Johannes de (..
Wander This World
Wander This World may refer to: Wander This World (Jonny Lang album), a 1998 album by Jonny LangWander This World (Guarneri Underground album), a 2002 by the Guarneri Underground This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an refe..
Wander This World (Jonny Lang album)
Wander This World is the third studio album by American blues guitarist Jonny Lang, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music). The album was recorded at Seedy Underbelly Studios and Garfin Studios in Minneapolis and the Sound Kitchen in Nashville. Track listing "Still Rainin'" (McCabe) - 4:49"Seco..
Wandflower
The Wandflower (Sparaxis tricolor), also known as the Harlequin flower or Sparaxis, is a perennial bulb that grows in well-drained sunny soil. It gained its name from its extremely colorful flowers which are bi or tri-coloured with a golden centre and a small ring of brown surrounded by another co..
Wandhama massacre
Wandhama massacre was one of the worst incidence of violence against Kashmiri Pandits being carried out by terrorists in Kashmir .It was a depiction of the Kashmir militant's policy of ethnic cleansing (see Terrorism in Kashmir). In January 1998, 24 Kashmiri Pandits living in the Indian city Wan..
Wandi, Western Australia
Wandi is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Town of Kwinana. Its postcode is 6167.The suburb was approved on March 14, 1978. It is located South-East of Perth about 30 minutes drive from the city of Perth. The suburb is Special Rural, which prevents the loss of trees from clea..
Wandin, Victoria
Wandin is a beautiful suburb located in the heart of the hills of the Shire of Yarra Ranges, North East of Melbourne. As a quiet country town, the land surrounding is predominantly taken up by farms and orchards. This area is known for its fruit and flower produce making it an ideal location for a c..
Wandin East, Victoria
Wandin East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. Wandin East lies approx. 55km from Melbourne in the Yarra Valley. The terrain is mountainous. Wandin Yallock Creek and Boggy Creek flow through the town. The area is set on fertile ..
Wandin North, Victoria
Wandin North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. Melbourne suburbs near Wandin North(Shire of Yarra Ranges) Coldstream Gruyere Gruyere Lilydale Wandin North Seville Mount Evelyn Silvan Wandin East Suburbs of the Sh..
Wandin Yallock, Victoria
Wandin Yallock is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. Shire of Yarra RangesAll Melbourne suburbs NW N NE W Wandin Yallock E SW S SE ..
Wandlebury Hill
Wandlebury Hill (Grid reference ) is a hill in the Gog Magog Downs, a ridge of low chalk hills extending for several miles to the southeast of Cambridge. The underlying rock is present in a number of places on the hill. At 74m/243ft it is the same height as the nearby Little Trees Hill, although ..
Wandle Park tram stop
Wandle Park Management Managed by Tramlink Location Place Croydon Local authority Croydon Statistics Platforms in use 2 History Key dates Opened 2000 Wandle Park tram stop is a halt on the Tramlink service, serving the area between central Croydon and Waddon..
Wandlitz
Wandlitz is a municipality in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 25 km north of Berlin, and 15 km east of Oranienburg. ..
Wandong, Victoria
Wandong, Victoria ([37°21′S 145°01′E]) is a town 50 kilometres north of Melbourne on the Hume Highway. It is located right next to the town of Heathcote Junction, and the two towns have a combined population of approximately 1,500. The main centre nearest Wandong is Kilmore. Wandong..
Wandong Country Music Festival
The Wandong Country Music Festival is an annual country music festival held in Wandong, Victoria, 50 kilometers (31 miles) north of Melbourne, Victoria. External link [Official web site] ..
Wando County
Hangul: 완도군 Hanja: 莞島郡 Revised Romanization: Wando-gun McCune-Reischauer: Wando-gun Statistics Area: 391.81 km² Population: 66,978 (2001) Pop. density: 179 people/km² Administrative divisions: 3 eup, 9 myeon ..
Wando High School
Wando High School is a high school in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. alumni Shepard Fairey Dexter Coakley ..
Wando River
The Wando River is a tidewater river in the coastal area of South Carolina. It begins Awendaw SC and empties into the Ashley River at Charleston Harbor at downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Its drainage area is 73,061 acres. [in PHF] ..
Wandsbek
Hamburg-Wandsbek ([Map]) is the largest of seven districts that are comprising the City of Hamburg (Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, Germany), covering 147,5 km² with 406.802 inhabitants as in 2005. The district is mostly suburban: Only three quarters in the core precinct of Wandsbek (Eilbek..
Wandsworth
Wandsworth is a town by the River Thames in south-west London. It is at the centre of the London Borough of Wandsworth, made up of Balham, Battersea, Clapham Junction, Earlsfield, Nine Elms, Putney, Roehampton, Southfields, and Tooting. It is a diverse town, containing some light industry and ware..
Wandsworth (HM Prison)
HM Prison Wandsworth is a prison in Wandsworth in south London. It was built in 1851 when it was known as the Surrey House of Correction. It was designed according to the humane Panopticon principle with a number of corridors radiating from a central control point and each prisoner having toilet fa..
Wandsworth Bridge
Wandsworth Bridge crosses the River Thames in London in a North-West to South-East direction. It joins the areas of Battersea, near Wandsworth Town Station, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, on the South of the river, to the areas of Sands End and Parsons Green, in the London Borough of Hammersmi..
Wandsworth Common
Wandsworth common is a common in Battersea, south London. It is close to Clapham common and Wandsworth common train station. It is wholly in the London borough of Wandsworth. Parks and open spaces in London Alexandra Park | Battersea Park | Brockwell Park | Burgess Park | Bushy Park | Canniza..
Wandsworth Common railway station
Wandsworth Common railway station is in the London Borough of Wandsworth in south London. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southern, and is in Travelcard Zone 3. The typical off-peak service from the station is: 10tph (trains per hour) to London Victoria2tph to London Bridge..
Wandsworth Demons
The Wandsworth Demons is an Australian rules football club based in the southern suburbs of London, England based at Clapham Common. History The Demons were a foundation club of the British Australian Rules Football League, having played in every season since the league began in 1990. The Demons..
Wandsworth parks and open spaces
The inner London borough of Wandsworth contains some 670ha (1600 acres) of green space in the form of parks, commons, allotments and cemeteries, which is the largest proportion for any London borough. At 92ha (221 acres), Tooting Common in the south of the borough, between Balham and Streatham Hi..
Wandsworth Parks Police
Wandsworth Parks Police is a constabulary that patrols parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Wandsworth to enforce by-laws and other enactments relating to parks and open spaces. Members of the constabulary are sworn in as Parks Constables under section 18, Ministry of Housing and Local Go..
Wandsworth Rangers
Wandsworth Rangers [media] ..
Wandsworth Road railway station
South London Line London Victoria Battersea Park Wandsworth Road Clapham High Street Denmark Hill Peckham Rye Queens Road Peckham South Bermondsey London Bridge Wandsworth Road station is on the inner South London Line from London Victoria to London Bridge. It has a train service in each direct..
Wandsworth Town railway station
Wandsworth Town railway station is in the London Borough of Wandsworth, in south London, in Travelcard Zone 2. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by South West Trains. The typical off-peak service from the station is: 14 tph (trains per hour) to London Waterloo, of which:*8 run di..
Wands (band)
WANDS was a 3-member Japanese rock music group founded in 1991 by main vocalist Sho Uesugi, guitarist Hiroshi Shibasaki, and keyboardist Kousuke Oshima. The group disbanded in 2000. Contents 1 Discography1.1 Singles1.2 Album2 External links Discography Singles 'Sabishisa wa ..
Wandy Rodríguez
Wandy E. Rodríguez, is a Major League Baseball pitcher. Rodríguez came to the Houston Astros through the Astros Dominican Academy. He is a native of Santiago, Dominican Republic, and was born in January 18, 1979. Rodríguez, who ended up with a 10-10 record, had a rocky September, going 1-4. He..
Wandzin
Wandzin is small village in Lubartów County, 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 Koz�..
Wand Bewossen
Wand Bewossen is a military figure in Ethiopian history. He was the greatest general at the time of Ras Mikael Sehul's last years of lordship. See also History of Ethiopia ..
Wand of Watoomb
The Wand of Watoomb is a mystical artifact in the Marvel Comics universe. It is a one-foot long crystalline wand with demonic heads carved on either end. The Wand can be used to block mystical attacks, and use the energy absorbed to either heal the wielder, unleash a damaging blast, or erect a def..
Wand Records
Wand Records was started by Florence Greenberg in 1961 as a subsidiary of Scepter Records. In 1976 Florence Greenberg decided to retire from the business and sold her record labels to Springboard International. When Springboard went bankrupt, Gusto Records acquired the catalog. Artists on Wand Rec..
Wand TV Tower
Wand TV Tower is a 1,313 foot (400.5 m) high guy-wired aerial mast for the transmission of FM radio and television programs in Argenta, Illinois, USA (Geographical coordinates: [39°57′7″N, 88°49′55″W]). Wand TV Tower was built in 1980. http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSea..
WANE-TV
WANE-TV is a television station in Fort Wayne, Indiana, broadcasting as a CBS affiliate on channel 15. WANE-TV also broadcasts in high-definition on digital channel 31. Its transmitter is located in Fort Wayne. The station is currently owned by LIN TV, which owns 3 other CBS affiliates in Indiana: ..
Wanessa Camargo
--> Wanessa Camargo (born on December 28, 1982 in Goiânia) is a Brazilian popular singer in the style of Mariah Carey. She is the daughter of Brazilian country singer Zezé di Camargo. Contents 1 Discography1.1 20001.2 20011.3 20021.4 20041.5 20052 Links Disc..
Waneta Hoyt
Waneta Hoyt was a mother with a tragic history: five of her six children died, supposedly of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS, or "crib death"). In fact, she and her family were the subject of a classic paper in the Journal of Pediatrics in 1972, used as evidence that SIDS runs in families. In ..
Waneta Plaza
Waneta Plaza is a regional, enclosed shopping centre in Trail, British Columbia, Canada. It is located on Highway 3B to the east of the city. It is the largest mall by area in the West Kootenay area. The mall opened in 1976 and contains 185,000 square feet of rentable area, including Zellers and Ex..
Wanette, Oklahoma
Wanette is a town in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 402 at the 2000 census. Geography Wanette is located at [34°57′46″N, 97°1′52″W] (34.962707, -97.031170)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, th..
Wanfried agreement
The Wanfried Agreement (German: Wanfrieder Abkommen) concerned a transfer of territory between the U.S. and Soviet occupation zones after World War II in Hesse, Germany, which took place after the determination of the main inner German border at the end of July 1945. A U.S. zone railway line runnin..
Wanfu Temple
Part of a onBuddhism History of Buddhism Timeline of Buddhism Buddhist councils Foundations Four Noble Truths Noble Eightfold Path The Five Precepts Nirvāna · Three Jewels Buddhism In Depth Three marks of existence Skandha · Karma · Dharma Samsara · Rebirth..
Wang
"Wang" may refer to: Wang as a surnameTitles in Chinese nobilityA title in Korean nobilityWang LaboratoriesWang River in ThailandWang Film ProductionsAn abbreviation for the town of Wangaratta, Victoria"Wang" is a slang term for the penis, primarily in North America and the UK. Certain dictionaries..
Wangame Studios
Wangame Studios is a Chinese video game development company that focuses on artificial intelligence. 烽火英雄傳 (pinyin feng1 huo3 ying1 xiong2 zhuan4, literal meaning: Legends of beacon heroes) is a historical RPG game based on events in the Chinese Northern Wei Dyna..
Wanganella
Wanganella, New South Wales is a small town in Australia During the 1930's, the TSMV Wanganella was a top-rated trans-Tasman passenger liner, with accommodation for 304 First Class and 104 Second Class passengers. She plied her trade between Auckland, Wellington, Sydney and Melbourne between Janu..
Wanganella, New South Wales
Wanganella ([35°11′S 144°48′E][Wanganella page] at Geoscience Australia) is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, on the Cobb Highway north of Deniliquin and within the Conargo Shire Council local government area. References ..
Wanganui
Wanganui is also a surf/instrumental rock song performed by many artists; see Wanganui (music) Wanganui Urban Area Population 38,900 Extent Westmere to Marybank TerritorialAuthority Name Wanganui District Population 43,300 Extent Waitotara to Whangaehu River; north to Kakatahi and Pip..
Wanganui Athletic
Wanganui Athletic is a soccer club in New Zealand. External links [New Zealand 2004/05 Season Results] ..
Wanganui Campaign
The Wanganui Campaign was centred on the settlement that eventually became the city of Wanganui, New Zealand, which was established in 1841. By 1846 it had some two hundred European settlers. Following the conflict in the north, known as the Flagstaff War and the recent and nearby Hutt Valley Ca..
Wanganui City
Wanganui City is a soccer club in New Zealand. External links [New Zealand 2004/05 Season Results] ..
Wanganui Collegiate School
Wanganui Collegiate School is an independent, coeducational, day and boarding secondary school in Wanganui, New Zealand. The school is affiliated to the Anglican church. About It was founded by a land grant in 1852 by the Governor of New Zealand, Sir George Grey to the Bishop of New Zealand, Georg..
Wanganui Education Board
Provinces were abolished in New Zealand and the Central Government took control and education. The Education Act 1877, New Zealand established twelve regional Education Boards, including this the Wanganui Education Board. Primary Schools Name of School Original Borough or County Suburb or Riding Op..
Wanganui Park Secondary College
Wanganui Park Secondary College is a Government secondary college in Shepparton, Victoria. It has around 1,000 students from years 7 to 12. The college is well known for its innovative curriculum, with the outstanding feature being its Vertical Modular Grouping (VMG) system. This structure allow..
Wanganui River
This article is about the Wanganui River in the South island of New Zealand. For the river of the southwestern North Island, formerly called the Wanganui, see Whanganui River The Wanganui River is located in the western South Island of New Zealand. It flow northwest for 55 kilometres from its headw..
Wangan Midnight
|} Wangan Midnight (Japanese: 湾岸ミッドナイト) is a manga series created by Michiharu Kusunoki, of Shakotan Boogie and Sayonara December fame. It depicts expressway racing and was first sold in 1993. Although the manga has not been translated into English, the series is well known in Ame..
Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune
Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune is an arcade racing game based on a manga entitled Wangan Midnight, which follows street racing on Tokyo's freeways. Contents 1 Summary2 Gameplay3 Criticism4 Game modes5 Secret cars6 Soundtrack6.1 Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune6.2 ..
Wangan Sensen Red City
is a cancelled Japanese-exclusive game for the Virtual Boy. The title suggests that it might have been a tactical war simulation game. The title translates roughly as The Gulf War Battleline: Red City. See also List of Virtual Boy games References ..
Wangara
Wangara may refer to: The Soninke Wangara of West AfricaWangara, Western AustraliaThis 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 directly to the intended article. ..
Wangara, Western Australia
Wangara is a light industrial suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Wanneroo. Its postcode is 6065. Suburbs of the City of Wanneroo Alexander Heights | Alkimos | Ashby | Banksia Grove | Butler | Carabooda | Carramar | Clarkson | Darch | Eglinton | Girrawheen | Gnangar..
Wangaratta, Victoria
Location of Wangaratta in Victoria (red). Wangaratta is a city of about 19,000 people in the northeast of Victoria, Australia, about 230 km (150 mi) from Melbourne along the Hume Highway, with Benalla 45 km (25 mi) to the southwest, and Albury-Wodonga 72 km (40 mi) to the northeast. It is l..
Wangaratta Airport
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Wangaratta Rovers Football Club
The Wangaratta Rovers, officially known as the Wangaratta Rovers Football & Netball Club are an Australian rules football club based in Wangaratta, Victoria. They play in the Ovens & Murray Football League, which they joined in 1950. Their nickname is the Hawks. Their home ground is WJ Findlay Oval ..
Wangari Maathai
Wangari Muta Maathai (born April 1, 1940 in Nyeri) is a Kenyan environmental and political activist. In 2004 she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for "her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace" — the first African woman to receive the award. Hon. Dr. Maathai is also ..
Wangcheng
Wangcheng County (Simplified Chinese: 望城县, Traditional Chinese: 望城縣; pinyin: wàng chéng xiàn) is a county of Changsha, the capital of Hunan province in China.Wangcheng has a population of 706500(2002 census). Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Economy4 Towns Histor..
Wangchuk Namgyal
Chogyal Wangchuk Tenzing Namgyal (b. April 1, 1953) is the son of Palden Thondup Namgyal, the last sovereign king of Sikkim. He's also the present heir of the Namgyal dynasty and claimant to the Sikkim throne. He was crowned as Sikkims 13th king but this position does not confer any official authori..
Wangdangshan
Located in the northwest of Hubei province, Wudangshan stretches 400 kilometres and covers an area of more than 30 square kilometres. This mountainous area is best known as a Taoist sanctuary. As early as the East Han Dynasty (25-220AD), the mountain attracted the Emperor's attention. During the Ta..
Wangdue Phodrang
Location of Wangdue Phodrang Dzongkhag within Bhutan Wangdue Phodrang (previously spelled Wangdi Phodrang) is a dzongkhag (district), of central Bhutan. This is also the name of the dzong (built in 1638) which dominates the district, and the name of the small market town outside the gates of..
Wangechi Mutu
Wangechi Mutu is an artist who lives and works in New York. External links [The Saatchi Gallery; About Wangechi Mutu and her art] Additional information on Wangechi Mutu including artworks, text panels, articles, and full biographyhttp://artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/arti..
Wangen
Wangen can refer to several towns: in Germany:*Wangen im Allgäu, Ravensburg district, Baden-Württemberg.*several small towns and parts of towns.in Switzerland:*Wangen an der Aare, Canton of Bern.*Wangen-Brüttisellen, Canton of Zürich.*Wangen SZ, Canton of Schwyz.in France* Wangen, Bas-Rhin ''d�..
Wangen (district)
The District of Wangen is one of the 26 administrative districts in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital is the municipality of Wangen an der Aare. The district has an area of 129 km² and consists of 26 municipalities: Municipality Population (Jan 2005) Area (km²) Attiswil 1,379 ..
Wangen an der Aare
Wangen an der Aare is a municipality in the Bernese Upper Aargau, Switzerland famous for its historic town centre. This small town lies between Olten and Solothurn in rural surroundings on the Aare, a major river of the west-central lowland region of Switzerland, the Mittelland. An ancient wooden ..
Wangen im Allgäu
The title of this article contains the character ä. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Wangen im Allgaeu. Wangen im Allgäu is a historic city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies in the district of Ravensburg, north-east of Lake Constance. Wikimedia Common..
Wanger
Wanger can refer to: Needs More Wanger (2003), the first "album" put out by USENET punk rock band Interröbang CartelWalter Wanger (1894-1968), American film producerWanger Township, MinnesotaBritish-English slang for the penis. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of art..
Wangerin Organ Company
The Wangerin Organ Company was a manufacturer of pipe organs based out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was also known as the Wangerin-Werchardt and Wangerin-Weichardt company. Many of their organs are still being played in churches today. During the theater organ boom in the latter 1920’s, the Bart..
Wangerland
Wangerland is a municipality in the district of Friesland, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the North Sea coast, approx. 20 km northwest of Wilhelmshaven, and 10 km north of Jever. Its seat is in the village Hohenkirchen. ..
Wangerooge
Banner Map Overview State: Lower-Saxony County: Frisland Geographical location: Elevation: 1-17 m above Sea level Area: 4,97 km² Inhabitants: 1.055 (June 2004) Density: 212 inhabitants/ km² Zip Code: 26486(Old: 2946) Area Code: 04469 License plate: ..
Wangerooge class tug
The Type 722 Wangerooge class seagoing tugboats are used for rescue and salvage operation by the German Navy. They are also used for towing targets and retrieving training torpedoes. Survival trainings for aircraft crews are also carried out with them. Contents 1 Specifications2 List ..
Wanger Township, Minnesota
Wanger Township is a township in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 95 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 93.4 km² (36.0 mi²). 93.3 km² (36.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0..
Wangford
Wangford is a village in Suffolk, England, just off the A12 trunk road just outside Southwold. The church, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, is the church of a former Cluniac Priory. Derelict at the end of the 19th century, it was restored by the local Rous family, the Earls of Stradbroke. Reput..
Wangfujing
Wangfujing, looking south (August 2004 image) Night view of Wangfujing (July 2004 image) Wangfujing street (Simplified Chinese 王府井; Hanyu Pinyin: Wángfǔjǐng Dàjiē) in Beijing is one of the Chinese capital's most famous street for shopping. Much of the road is off-limits to car..
Wangfujing Department Store
Wangfujing (王府井百货) is a Chinese department store based in Beijing. Through a joint venture with Japanese department store Ito-Yokado, Wangfujing Yokado opened China's first full-scale food supermarket. Both companies each have a 40 per cent stake. Japanese supermarket operator York-Benim..
Wanghe Bridge
Wanghe Bridge as seen from the 4th Ring Road Wanghe Bridge is an overpass and a nodal point in Beijing. When it was first built, it was just an ordinary, unnamed and virtually unnoticed railway bridge, carrying a railway line over the northeastern 4th Ring Road. This railway line ran from the..
Wangi Falls
Wangi Falls are located in the Litchfield National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia. Accessed by sealed road, the falls are found near the western boundary of the park, 80km south of Darwin as the crow flies. See also Florence FallsTjaynera FallsTolmer Falls ..
Wangjaesan Light Music Band
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Wangjiang County
Wangjiang County is a county in Anhui under the jurisdiction of Anqing City. Its population is 600,000 and its area is 1357 square kilometers. The government of Wangjiang County is located in Huayang Town. Wangjiang County has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 2 townships. ..
Wangjing
Korean shopsigns in Wangjing, Beijing Wangjing (望京 Hanyu Pinyin: Wàngjīng) is a major residential area in Chaoyang District, in the northeast of Beijing. The name "Wangjing" means "view of Beijing". Expansive in dimensions, it is a very important residential zone and has plenty of high..
Wangjing railway station
Wangjing railway station (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: }}}; pinyin: ) is a railway station in Beijing. Schedules No passenger trains stop at the station. Note: Updated in May 2006, the train schedule will change in October 1, 2006. ... | Huangtudian | Wangjing | Xinghuo | ... ..
Wangkumara (language)
Wangkumara is an Australian Aboriginal language from the Karnic subgroup of the widespread Pama-Nyungan languages family. It is spoken by an Indigenous Australian people in Queensland, Australia. ..
Wangle people
The Wangle people were a clan who were part of the Turuwal tribe, whose country was known as Wanne, now part of Australia. ..
Wangniudun Town
Wangniudun is a county within the Dongguan prefecture-level city in the Pearl River Delta, in the Guangdong Province of southern China. ..
Wangoi
Wangoi is a town and a nagar panchayat in Imphal West district in the Indian state of Manipur. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Wangoi had a population of 7872. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Wangoi has an average literacy..
Wangsa Maju
Wangsa Maju is a major township in Kuala Lumpur. History Previously it was a site of Setapak rubber estate from 1900s until 1980s. This township was opened on 1984. Today Wangsa Maju has become a largest township in Kuala Lumpur after Bandar Tun Razak and Bandar Tasik Selatan in Cheras. Features ..
Wangtan
Wangtan is a town located at the east tip of Lixin county, China bordering Mengcheng county. Education Wangtan boasts of several famous middle schools that produce high quality students: Wangtan Middle School, Wangtan Xiang Middle School and others. ..
Wangus
Wangus is a type of beef, named after the cow from which it comes. The animal is a cross between wagyu and Angus cattle and is reported to have a docile temperament. External links [ozarksfn.com] ..
Wangwi
The Wangwi is a Go competition in South Korea. Outline The Wangwi is a Go competition used by the Hanguk Kiwon. It is sponsored by the Chung-ang Il-po. The komi for white is 6.5 points. The preliminary matches get 4 hours of thinking time, while the final match gets 5 hours. The winner's purse is 4..
Wang (surname)
Contents 1 Chinese surname2 Hmong surname3 Korean surname4 Japanese surname5 Vietnamese surname6 Prominent people with the family name 왕7 Prominent people with the family name Wang 王8 Prominent people with the family name 汪9 Fictional characters10..
Wang Anshi
Wáng Ānshí Wáng Ānshí (王安石 Wade-Giles: Wang An-shih) (1021 - May 21, 1086) was a Chinese economist, statesman, chancellor and poet of the Song Dynasty who attempted some controversial, major socioeconmic reforms. His courtesy name was Jièfǔ (介甫), ..
Wang Anyi
Wang Anyi (born in Nanjing in 1954) is a Chinese writer. The daughter of a famous woman writer and member of the Communist Party, Ru Zhijuan, and a father who was denounced as a Rightist when she was three years old, Wang Anyi writes that she "was born and raised in a oughfare, Huaihai Road." As a ..
Wang Benli
Wang Benli (王本立) was a corrupt official under Emperor Gaozong, and was dismissed because of Di Renji. The court recalled him in 688 and gave him the title of chancellor. He was dismissed again in February 690. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Wang Bing
Wang Bing (born 2 January 1978) is an athlete from the People's Republic of China. He competes in canoeing. Wang competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's 500 metre individual canoe. He placed fourth in his initial heat of the 500 metre with a time of 1:51.920, qualifying for the semifinals. ..
Wang Bingzhang
Wang Bingzhang (王炳章) was born on December 30, 1947, in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China. Having been a doctor for eight years after graduation from Beijing Medical University, he went to McGill University, Canada to pursue his further study from 1979 and obtained his M.D. degree in 19..
Wang Binyu
Wang Binyu, was a Chinese migrant labourer executed for murder in China in 2005. His case attracted some sympathy within China. Born in a poor family in Gansu, Wang Binyu went to work at a factory in the neighbouring Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. These two regions are in the dry thinly-populate..
Wang Bo
Wang Bo (王勃) (647–675) was a poet in the Tang Dynasty. ..
Wang Can
Names Simplified Chinese: 王粲 Traditional Chinese: 王粲 Pinyin: Wáng Càn Wade-Giles: Wang Ts'an Zi: Zhongxuan (仲宣) Wang Can (王粲)(177 – 217) was a politician, scholar and poet during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms Period in ancient China. He contributed g..
Wang Center for the Performing Arts
The Wang Center for the Performing Arts, located in Boston, Massachusetts, consists of two theatres, both of which are neighbors on Tremont Street south of Stuart Street in Boston's Theatre District: Contents 1 Theaters1.1 The Wang Theatre1.2 The Shubert Theatre2 See also3&nbs..
Wang Chang
Wang Chang an officer of the Three Kingdoms Period that led over some 10,000 of men in a certain invasion of the southern distict of Wu. He changed his mind however, concluding that is wasn't the right time to attack Ding Feng, so he retreated. References This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing ..
Wang Changlin
Wang Changlin 王昌龄 (698-755) was a Chinese writer of Tang dynasty He was a doctor, and he was attached to the Empire's Files for a long time, before he had to go into exile. The biographical news do not give so much information about him, his name was among the names related to Ming Huangdi e..
Wang Changyuan
Wang Changyuan (surname Wang; Chinese: 王昌元, Pinyin: Wáng Chāngyuán) is a Chinese guzheng performer and composer. The daughter of the guzheng master Wang Xunzhi, she graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and in 1984 went to the United States to study world music at Kent Stat..
Wang Chen
Wang Chen (王晨 born 21 June 1976) is a female badminton player from Hong Kong. Wang played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In women's singles, she defeated Lorena Blanco of Peru and Jie Yao of the Netherlands in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Wang lost to Zhang Ning of the ..
Wang Chen, Hubei
Wang Chen (汪陈) is a village near Mawan, Hubei, China. ..
Wang Chen-Yee
Wang Chen-Yee is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin series of classic comic books drawn and written by Belgian writer-artist Hergé. He is a Chinese leader of the Sons of the Dragon brotherhood, opposed to the Japanese occupation of China. He is first seen observing Tintin def..
Wang Cheng-pang
Wang Cheng-pang (Chinese: 王正邦; pinyin: Wáng Zhèngbāng ) (born 12 January 1987) is an athlete from the Republic of China. He competes in archery. Wang competed for the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first match, a..
Wang Chien-shien
Wang Chien-shien (王建煊 Pinyin: Wáng Jiànxuān) (born August 7, 1938) is a founder of the New Party. He was a finance minister of the Republic of China and is the chairman of the Chinese Management Association (since 1990). Born in Anhui, Wang was popular in the 1990s for his clean reputation..
Wang Chong
Wang Chong (27 – 97 C.E.) (Traditional Chinese: 王充; Simplified Chinese: 王充; pinyin: Wáng Chōng) was a Chinese philosopher during the Han Dynasty who developed a rational, secular, naturalistic, and mechanistic account of the world and of human beings. His main work was the Lun-Heng (..
Wang Chongyang
Wang Chongyang (11 January 1113 – 22 January 1170) [Chinese calendar: 宋徽宗政和二年十二月廿二 – 金世宗大定十年正月初四] (Traditional Chinese: 王重陽; Simplified Chinese: 王重阳; pinyin: Wáng Chóngyáng) was a Song Dynasty Taoist who was one of the founder..
Wang Chung
Wang Chung might refer to: Wang Ch'ung (27–97 C.E.), a Chinese philosopherWang Chung (general), a Chinese general during the Three Kingdoms periodWang Chung (band), a British new wave musical group This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the..
Wang Chung (band)
Wang Chung was a British New Wave music group. Contents 1 Career2 Albums3 Singles4 See also5 External links Career Originally called Huang Chung which is Chinese for "perfect pitch" (though they later claimed it was the sound a guitar made on American Bandstand), the ba..
Wang Dan
This article is about the dissident. For the athlete, see Wang Dan (triathlete). --> This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang. Wang Dan (Chinese: 王丹; Pinyin: Wáng Dān) (born February 26, 1969), a leader of the Chinese democracy movement, was one of the most visible of the student lead..
Wang Dan (triathlete)
Wang Dan is an athlete from the People's Republic of China. She competes in triathlon. Wang competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She took thirty-second place with a total time of 2:08:49.10. ..
Wang Dao
Wang Dao (王導) (265-339), courtesy name Maohong (茂弘), formally Duke Wenxian of Shixing (始興文獻公), was a Jin Dynasty (265-420) statesman who served important roles in the administrations of Emperor Yuan, Emperor Ming, and Emperor Cheng, including as Emperor Cheng's regent. His governa..
Wang Daohan
Wang Daohan (汪道涵), (March 1915 – December 24, 2005) was the former president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS). Wang was born in China's Anhui Province in 1915 and joined the Communist Party of China in 1938. During his early career within the governmen..
Wang De-lu
Wang De-lu (王得錄) (1772-1843) was a Chinese general during the Qing Dynasty. He was born in what is now Taibao City, Chiayi County, Taiwan. He enlisted as a soldier aged 15, and later led China's navy. He died of natural causes during the First Opium War. Because of his success as a soldier,..
Wang Ding-liu
Wang Ding-liu, nicknamed 'The Lightning', is a character in the epic Chinese tale, the Water Margin. Wang first appears soon after imperial generals Guan Sheng and Suo Chao had joined the Liangshan bandits. Song Jiang had fallen sick amidst the imperial raids against the stronghold and Zhang Shun h..
Wang Dulu
Wang Dulu (王度盧 1909–1977) was a Chinese author whose story Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was made into a successful film by director Ang Lee (see Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). Wang Du Lu was born into a poor Manzhou (Manchu) Banner family in Beijing as Wang Baoxiang (王葆祥); his..
Wang Dun
Wang Dun (王敦) (266-324), courtesy name Chuzhong (處仲), was a Jin Dynasty (265-420) general and later warlord with paramount authorities, having brought Emperor Yuan (Sima Rui) to submission with his military force. However, although he later appeared to intend to seize the Jin throne by forc..
Wang Fanxi
Wang Fanxi Wang Fanxi (Chinese: 王凡西 Wáng Fánxī; March 16, 1907 – December 30, 2002) was a leading Chinese Trotskyist revolutionary. Born near Hangzhou in the Zhejiang province, he joined the Communist Party of China, then an illegal organisation, in 1925. In 192..
Wang Fei
Wang Fei with guqin Wang Fei (Chinese: 王菲; Pinyin: Wáng Fēi; Wade-Giles: Wang Fei) is a musician of Chinese descent. She specialises in traditional Chinese musical instruments such as the guqin and the guzheng. Her teacher of the guqin is mainly Li Xiangting of the Central Conservator..
Wang Film Productions
Wang Film Productions is one of the oldest and most prolific animation studios. It was founded in 1978 and is located in Taipei, Taiwan. Wang has done animation/ink and paint for the following shows and films: The 13 Ghosts of Scooby DooAladdin (TV series)Animaniacs[[Back to the Future: The Anima..
Wang Fu
Names Simplified Chinese: 王甫 Traditional Chinese: 王甫 Pinyin: Wáng Fǔ Wade-Giles: Wang Fu Zi: None/Unknown Wang Fu (? – 219) is a fictional character in the 14th century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong. He was said to be an officer serving the K..
Wang Fuzhi
Wang Fuzhi (王夫之), styled Chuanshan (船山 Ch’uan-shan), also known as Wang Fu-zi or Wang Zi (1619–1692) was a Chinese philosopher of the late Ming, early Qing dynasties. Contents 1 Life2 Philosophical work2.1 Metaphysics2.2 Ethics2.3&nb..
Wang Go
Wang Go (王暠 in Pinyin: wang2 gao3; Mongolian name: Öljeyitü 完澤禿; ?-1345) was a King of Shen (瀋王) of the Yuan Dynasty. He was a member of the Goryeo royal family and a grandson of King Chungryeol. In 1314 when King Chungseon passed the throne to hi..
Wang Guangmei
Wife of Liu Shaoqi. (b. 1921) Described as a sophisticated woman, she spoke French, English and Russian. Her father had been a high ranking official in the Chinese Republic. She had worked as a translator in efforts to mediate between Chiang Kaishek and Mao Zedong after World War II. This mediati..
Wang Guangya
Wang Guangya (王光亚) (b. 1950) was President of the UN Security Council for the month of February 2004, China's Vice Minister of foreign affairs and permanent representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations. He is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University. Iran's nuclear pr..
Wang Gungwu
Wang Gungwu (Simplified Chinese: }}}; pinyin: ) is an academic who has studied and written about the Chinese diaspora. He was born in Surabaya, Indonesia, and grew up in Ipoh, Malaysia. He studied history in the University of Malaya, Singapore, where he received both his Bachelor and Masters degrees..
Wang Guowei
Wang Guowei (1877-1927) also known as Qing¡'an and Baiyu, styled Guantang and Shuiguan, was a Chinese scholar and Ci poet. Wang was born in Haining in Zhejiang Province and at 16 he entered the Hangzhou Zhonguen college. The next year he passed the imperial examination and got a clerk/proofreading..
Wang Hao
Hao Wang, also Wang Hao (}; }; 20 May 1921 – 13 May 1995) was a Chinese-American logician, philosopher and mathematician. Born in Jinan, Shandong, in the Republic of China (today the People's Republic of China), Wang received his early education in China. After obtaining a B.Sc. degree in ..
Wang Hao (table tennis)
Wang Hao is a Chinese table tennis player. He won the silver medal in men's singles at the 2004 Summer Olympics Games. ..
Wang Hao De
Wang Hao De Names Known in English as: Wang Hao De Chinese: 王好德 Hanyu Pinyin: Wáng Hǎodé Wade-Giles: Wang Hao-te Family name: Wang Chinese: 王 Given names Haode (好德) Courtesy name : Gaoshan (高山) Pseudonym : Gaoshan Yuren (高山愚人) Wang Hao De (1921 – 1999) is ..
Wang Hong
Wang Hong (王弘) (379-432), courtesy name Xiuyuan (休元), formally Duke Wenzhao of Huarong (華容文昭公), was a high level official of the Chinese dynasty Liu Song. He served during the administrations of Emperor Wu (Liu Yu), Emperor Shao, and Emperor Wen of Liu Song, becoming prime ministe..
Wang Hongwen
Wang Hongwen (Chinese: 王洪文, pinyin Wáng Hóngwén, Wade-Giles: Wang Hung-wen) (1936–August 3, 1992) was the youngest member of the Gang of Four. He took part in the Korean War in the early 1950s. After the war he was sent to Shanghai to work in a factory, where he met Zhang Chunqiao an..
Wang Hong Ni
Wang Hong Ni (born March 9, 1982) is an athlete from the People's Republic of China. She competes in triathlon. Wang competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She took fortieth place with a total time of 2:18:40.07. ..
Wang Hsing-ching
Wang Hsing-ching (王杏慶/王杏庆 Wáng Xìngqìng) (born in 1946), who has a pseudonym of Nanfang Shuo (南方朔 Nán Fāngshuò), is a journalist, political commentator, and cultural critic. Today, he is the chief editor and writer of [The Journalist magazine] (《新新聞週刊�..
Wang Hui
Wang Hui (1632 - 1717) was a Chinese landscape painter, the most well known of the Four Wangs. He, and the three other Wangs, dominated orthodox art in China through out the late Ming and early Qing periods. ..
Wang Jian
This article is about the Former Shu emperor. For other Chinese historical personalities, see Wang Jian (disambiguation). Wang Jian (王建) (847-918), courtesy name Guangtu (光圖), formally Emperor Gaozu of Former Shu ((前)蜀高祖), was the founding emperor of the Chinese state Former Shu. ..
Wang Jian (disambiguation)
There are a number of Chinese historical personalities whose names are rendered Wang Jian in pinyin: Wang Jian (王翦) was a Qin Dynasty general.Wang Jian (王儉) was a Liu Song and Southern Qi official.Wang Jian (王建) was the founding emperor of Former Shu.Wang Jian (王鑒) was a Ming Dynast..
Wang Jian (Southern Qi)
Wang Jian (王儉) (452-489), courtesy name Zhongbao (仲寶), formally Duke Wenxian of Nanchang (南昌文憲公), was an official of the Chinese dynasties Liu Song and Southern Qi, who was particularly powerful during the reigns of the first two emperors of Southern Qi, Emperor Gao (Xiao Daocheng)..
Wang Jiaxiang
--> Wang Jiaxiang (August 15, 1906 - January, 1974), one of the senior leaders of the Communist Party of China in its early stage and a member of the 28 Bolsheviks, with his life of up and down indicating the cruel reality of politics. As a native of Jinxian Anhui, Wang studied in the affiliated ..
Wang Jin
Wang Jin is a character in the epic Chinese tale, the Water Margin. He featured most prominently in the early chapters of the novel, as an imperial drill instructor who offended Gao Qiu and had to flee the capital. He later encountered Shi Jin, and taught him martial arts. ..
Wang Jin-pyng
Wang Jin-pyng (Chinese: 王金平, pinyin: Wáng Jīnpíng) (born March 17, 1941), Taiwanese politician, is the President of the Legislative Yuan. Wang is considered to be soft-spoken and a concilatory figure, and is considered to be an extremely shrewd politician. Born in Lu-ju..
Wang Jin-Pyng
Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) (17 March 1941 - ) is the president of the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China. ..
Wang Jingjiu
Wang Jingjiu The Chinese General Wang Jingjiu or Wang Ching-chiu (1902-1968). Commanded 87th Division, one of the Chinese German trained Divisions and the 71st Corps at the Battle of Shanghai and Battle of Nanking. The following year he commanded 25th Corps in the Battle of Wuhan and in the Battle ..
Wang Jingwei
Wang Jingwei * Courtesy name: Jixin (季新) Alternate name: Zhaoming (兆銘). Wang Jingwei (Traditional Chinese: 汪精衛; Simplified Chinese: 汪精卫; Hanyu Pinyin: Wāng Jīngwèi; Wade-Giles: Wang Ching-wei) (May 4, 1883 – N..
Wang Jingwei Government
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself}} if you can. See [discussion page] for details. The Nanjing Nationalist Government (Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also the "Republic of China-Nanjin..
Wang Jinrei
Wang Jinrei is a character in the Tekken fighting game series. Contents 1 History1.1 Before Tekken - Tekken 52 Controversy Among Age3 Trivia4 See also History Before Tekken - Tekken 5 Wang was a companion of Jinpachi Mishima, Heihachi's father. Wang watched Heihachi an..
Wang Ji (Three Kingdoms)
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Wang Jun
Wang Jun is Chairman of the Board of Poly Technologies in the People's Republic of China. The company deals in arms-trading and is associated with the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Wang is also the Chairman of China International Trust and Investment Corporation (CITIC).[Nuclear Threat Init..
Wang Junxia
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang. Wang Junxia (Chinese:王军霞, born January 19, 1973) is a Chinese former long-distance runner. Career Born at in Jiaohe, Jilin Province, she was coached by Ma Junren until 1995 and by Mao Dezhen from 1995 to her retirement after 1996 Olympics. ..
Wang Kang
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Wang Kelian
Wang Kelian is a Perlis town border of Malaysia-Thailand Border. Near the town is Satun in Thailand. ..
Wang Khan
This article is about Wang Khan Toghrul, ruler of the Kerait. For the Seljuk leader, see Toghrül. Wang Khan, also Ong Khan, was the title given to the Kerait ruler Toghrul by the Jurchen Jin Dynasty of China. Like the rest of their tribe they were Nestorian Christian. Wang Khan was the blood brot..
Wang Kuang
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Wang Laboratories
Wang logo circa 1980. Wang logo circa 1970. Usage restricted. Trademarks on this page belong to their owner. See [Image use policy]. Wang Laboratories was a computer company founded in 1951 by Dr. An Wang and Dr. G. Y. Chu. The company was successively headquartered in Cambridg..
Wang Lang
Names Simplified Chinese: 王朗; Traditional Chinese: 王朗; Pinyin: Wáng Lǎng Zi: Jǐngxīng (景興) Wang Lang (? - 228?) was a politician during the end of the Han Dynasty and then into the Three Kingdoms period of China. Through his granddaughter's marriage of Sima Zhao, he would beco..
Wang Lei
Wang Lei Wang Lei Chinese 王磊 Pinyin Wáng Lěi Born December 26, 1977 Birthplace ..
Wang Lequan
Wang Lequan is the current secretary of the Communist Party of China of the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region. See also Leading small group External links [Wang Lequan] ..
Wang Liming
Wang Liming (Chinese: 王利明; Pinyin: Wáng Lìmíng; 1960 -) is the Dean of Renmin University of China, Law School. Biography Wang was born in Xiantao, Hubei, China. He received his B.A degree from Hubei College of Finance in 1981, and M.A in law degree from Renmin University of China Departme..
Wang Ling
Wang Ling an officer serving under the Kingdom of Wei during the Three Kingdoms Period of China. Wang Ling was the nephew of Wang Yun. It is known that Wang Ling only appeared throughout the historical records of the Three Kingdoms. Wang Ling at one time followed Zhang Liao in attacking the army of ..
Wang Liping
Wang Liping is the name of the following: Wang Liping, a Chinese footballer.Wang Liping, a Chinese race walker.Wang Liping, a former neurosurgen and now neuroscientist. ..
Wang Liping (athlete)
Wang Liping (born July 8, 1976 in Liaoning) is a Chinese race walker, who became Olympic champion over 20 kilometres in 2000. Her personal best time is 1:26:23 hours, which puts her 8th in the all-time performers list. External links IAAF profile for [Wang Liping] ..
Wang Liqin
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Wang Lun
Wang Lun is a character in the epic Chinese tale, the Water Margin. Wang was not part of the 108 heroes; rather, he was the original ruler of Mount Liang, and his aides were Song Wan and Du Qian. When Chao Gai and his men (Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng, the Ruan brothers, Bai Sheng and Liu Tang) who had j..
Wang Luobin
Wang Luobin (1913-1996) was a renowned Han Chinese songwriter who specialized in composing Mandarin-language songs based on the music of various ethnic minorities in western China. Wang was born in Beijing in 1913. He graduated from the Music Department of Beijing Normal University in 1934 and act..
Wang Mang
Wang Mang (王莽, pinyin: Wáng Măng) (45 BC–October 6, 23), courtesy name Jujun (巨君), was a Han Dynasty official who seized the throne from the Liu family and founded Xin (or Hsin) Dynasty (新朝, meaning "new dynasty"), ruling AD 8–23. The Han dynasty was restored after his overthr..
Wang Manli
Wang Manli (born March 7, 1973) is a Chinese speed skater who won a silver medal in the Women's 500 m at the 2006 Winter Olympics. ..
Wang Men
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Wang Meng
This article is about the Former Qin prime minister. For the Yuan Dynasty painter, see Wang Meng (artist). For the speed skater, see Wang Meng (athlete). Wang Meng (王猛, pinyin Wáng Měng) (325–375), courtesy name Jinglüe (景略), formally Marquess Wu of Qinghe (清河武侯), served a..
Wang Meng (artist)
Wáng Méng (王蒙) (c.1308 – 1385) Chinese painter during the Yuan dynasty. He was born in Huzhou (湖州), now known as Wuxing (吴兴), Zhejiang. Zi: Shūmíng 叔明 Hao: Xiāngguāng Jūshì 香光居士 ..
Wang Meng (athlete)
Wang Meng (王濛, pinyin Wáng Méng; born April 10, 1985) is a Chinese short track speed skater. She lives in Beijing and is from Harbin, the same hometown as the last gold medalist in the 500 m, Chinese speed skater Yang Yang (A). On February 15 2006 at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Wang was the fi..
Wang Ming
--> Wang Ming (王明; pinyin: Wáng Míng; May 23 1904 - March 27 1974) was a senior leader of the early Communist Party of China (CPC) as well as the mastermind of the famous 28 Bolsheviks group. Wang was also a major political rival of Mao Zedong during the 1930s, opposing Mao's nationalist dev..
Wang Ming-Dao
Ming-Dao Wang (or Wang Ming-Dao as spoken in Chinese) (王明道, 1900-1991) was born in Beijing and is considered an outspoken fundamentalist in Chinese Christian church theology. He always took the opportunity to point out or criticize any shortcomings of the Chinese church and society. One of h..
Wang Mingdao
Wang Mingdao (1900-1991), a Chinese Christian evangelist, has been popularly referred to as the "Dean of the House Churches" in China. He was the founder (1925) of the Christian Tabernacle in Peking, which was one of the largest evangelical churches in China at that time, and he was considered one..
Wang Nan
Wang Nan 王楠(born October 23, 1978) is a world-class table tennis player from Liaoning, China. Wang remained as world #1 on the ITTF ranking system from 1999 to 2001. She is left-handed, and began playing table tennis when she was seven years old. Her particular skills are changing the placement ..
Wang Pi
Wang Pi (王弼 226–249) was a Chinese philosopher. His most important works are commentaries on Laozi's Dao De Jing and the I Ching. The text of the Dao De Jing that appeared with his commentary was widely considered as the best copy of this work until the discovery of the Ma-wang-tui Texts..
Wang Ping
Wang Ping (王平) is a figure in Chinese military history. A Wei officer, he defected to Shu later. During the battle of Han Zhong he opposed the general Xu Huang and defected to Shu. He fought well for Shu under Ma Su in the southern campaigns against the nanman forces and at Jie Ting. ..
Wang Qi
Wāng Qí (汪琦) is a Chinese astronomer. He co-discovered the periodic comet 142P/Ge-Wang. ..
Wang Qishan
Wang Qishan (b. July, 1948) is the mayor of Beijing (China). He first took over from Meng Xuenong when SARS struck Beijing in spring 2003 and was promoted to an official mayor in early 2004. He is known to be frank and responsible. In a recent City Management Radio programme, listeners were astonish..
Wang River
The Wang River (Thai: ) is a river in northern Thailand. It mouths into the Ping River at the town Tak. The river is altogether 335 km long. On the south side of the Wang River lies Lampang. The river extends toward the Chiang Rai Province. ..
Wang Rong
Wang Rong (}) is one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove : 竹林七賢 Ruan Ji 阮籍 | Xi Kang 嵇康 | Shan Tao 山濤 | Liu Ling 劉伶 | Ruan Xian 阮咸 | Xiang Xiu 向秀 | Wang Rong 王戎 ..
Wang Ruowang
Wang Ruowang (王若望， February 4, 1918 - December 19, 2001) was a Chinese author and dissident. On his death, the Dalai Lama described him as a "Freedom Fighter". External links [World Tibet News] ..
Wang Shenzhi
Wang Shenzhi is the name for the military governor of Fujian from 909-925. He had succeeded his brother Wang Chao. Together they created the Min kingdom which began in the relatively backward Langye region. Wang Shenzhi worked hard though to attract scholars to construct an efficient bureaucracy, ta..
Wang Shichong
Wang Shichong (王世充) (AD??? - 621) was a Sui general who declared himself emperor in Luoyang following the demise of the Sui Dynasty. He successfully defended a siege against Li Mi in a risky charge that forced Li Mi to flee to Li Shimin for refuge. However, he was later besieged by Li Shimin. ..
Wang Shifu
Wang Shifu (c1250 - c1337) was a successful Chinese dramatic playwright of the Yuan Dynasty. There are 14 plays attributed to Wang and only three are extant. Hsi hsiang chi Romance of the West Chamber is considered the best and is still popular today. It is an amplified tsa-chu; a then popular thea..
Wang Shishen
Wang Shishen (1686-1759) was a native of Anhui who was born poor. Later he made a good living as a painter and one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. Despite that he still tended to be poor, but relatively happy, and devoted to painting research. He would become noted as one of the greatest Chines..
Wang Shiwei
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Wang Shiyan
WANG Shiyan (王时焰) was born in 1949 at Baoding, China. He studied art at the prestigious Fine Arts Academy of China and classical Chinese literature at Hunan University. Today he is a member of the Chinese National Federation of Fine Arts Professionals, the national Association of Plastic Arts..
Wang Shoupeng
Wang Shoupeng (1875 - 1929) was the acting president of Shandong University in Jinan from 1926 to 1927. He was the second president of the university. ..
Wang Shu-hui
Wang Shu-hui (王淑慧) is a legislator for the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan. The DPP is currently the ruling party. She made news headlines May 30, 2006, when on the legislative floor in Taipei, she snatched a paper (proposing direct links with the People's Republic of China) from PFP l..
Wang Shuang
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Wang Sichao
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Wang Su
Wang Su the son of Wang Lang. During the uprising of the Wu Qiu Jian, Wang Su advised Sima Shi tot lower the morale of the rebels by treating their families courteously. Following this event, Wang Su entreated Cao Mao to allow the succession of Sima Zhao. ..
Wang Tao
Wang Tao Wang Tao (王韜; November 10, 1828 – April, 1897) was a Qing dynasty translator, reformer, political columnist, newspaper publisher, and fiction writer. He was born as Wang Libin in Puli Town 1 in Suzhou prefecture. Contents 1 Life1.1 Work with the London Missiona..
Wang Tao (Three Kingdoms)
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Wang Tau Hom
Wang Tau Hom (橫頭磡) is an area in mid-north New Kowloon of Hong Kong. A public housing estate, Wang Tau Hom Estate, erects in the area. ..
Wang Thonglang
Wang Thonglang (Thai: ) is one of the 50 districts (Khet) of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bounded by other Bangkok districts (from north clockwise): Lat Phrao, Bang Kapi, Huai Khwang, and Chatuchak. Contents 1 History2 Places3 Administration4 District Council5 External links ..
Wang Tiande
Wang Tiande is a contemporary Chinese artist who focuses on site-specific artwork, as of November 2005. ..
Wang Tiantian
Wang Tiantian (Simplified Chinese:王湉湉) was born on February 14, 1986 in Tianjin, China. Wang's first major competition was at the 2003 Asian Championship. She won the vault finals as well a silver medal on floor exercise. Her success at Asian Championship gave her the chance to compete at th..
Wang Tieya
Wang Tieya (Chinese: 王铁崖; Pinyin: Wáng Tiĕyá; 6 July, 1913 - 12 January, 2003) was an eminent Chinese jurist and former Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Wang Tieya was educated at Tsinghua University and the London School of Economics and Political Sc..
Wang tile
Wang tiles (or Wang dominoes), first proposed by Hao Wang in 1961, are equal-sized squares with a color on each edge which give rise to a simple undecidable decision problem. The following shows an example set of 13 Wang tiles: The standard question is whether a given finite set can tile the plan..
Wang Toghtua Bukha
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Wang Township, Minnesota
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Wang Wei
This article is about the 8th century Chinese poet; other Wang Weis are Wang Wei (17th century poet) and Wang Wei (pilot). Wang Wei (王維) (701 - 761), sometimes titled the Poet Buddha, was a Tang Dynasty Chinese poet, musician, painter and statesman. From a high family, he passed the civil serv..
Wang Weike
Wang Weike (Traditional Chinese:王維克) (1900-1952) is a Chinese translator, the first one to produce a complete Chinese translation of Dante's Divina Commedia (rendered indirectly from French). He is a native of Jintan, Jiangsu Province. In 1917, he attended the Nanjing Hohai Engineering School..
Wang Wei (17th century poet)
Wang Wei (Chinese 王微)(1597-1647) was a Chinese woman poet. Orphaned at the age of seven, she became a courtesan in Yangzhou. In later life she was twice married and twice widowed, before becoming a priestess with the name "Taoist Master in the Straw coat". Thereafter she travelled through..
Wang Wei (pilot)
Wang Wei (王伟/王偉) (April 6, 1968 - April 1, 2001) was a pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force whose Shenyang J-8 fighter jet hit the wing of an American EP-3E surveillance plane about seventy miles off the coast of the Chinese island of Hainan. Wang ejected from the plane and died. ..
Wang Wenhua
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Wang Xi
Wang Xi Name Wang Xi Chinese Trad. Simp. 王檄 Pinyin Wáng Xí Born January 9, 1984 Birthplace ..
Wang Xia
Some of the information in this has not been [Verifiabilityverified] and might not be reliable. It should be checked for inaccuracies and modified as needed, [cite sourcesciting sources]. Wang Xia from Bayannaoermeng, Linhe City, Inner Mongolia was tortured in Hohhot City Prison..
Wang Xiang
Wang Xiang a minister of during the Three Kingdoms Period of China. Wang Xiang acted as the grand commander of Wei. Xiang along with many other officials of Wei saw Deng Ai and Zhong Hui leave on their way to attack Shu. Xiang later encouraged Sima Zhao to select his eldest son, Sima Yan as his he..
Wang Xiangsui
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Wang Xiangzhai
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Wang Xianzhi
Wang Xianzhi (王獻之, 344 - 386) is a famous Chinese calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The seventh and youngest son of the famed Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi inherited his father's talent for the art, although his siblings were all notable calligraphers. His style is more fluid..
Wang Xiaobo
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Wang Xiaoshuai
Wang Xiaoshuai (王小帅, born 22 May 1966 in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese film director. Filmography Shanghai Dreams (2005)Drifters (2003)After War (2002)Beijing Bicycle (2001)So Close to Paradise (1998)Frozen (1996)Suicides (1994)The Days (film) (1993) External link ..
Wang Xifeng
Wang Xifeng (王熙鳳) is one of the principal characters in the classic Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber. A not-so-well educated upper class woman with finesse, she is also known as "Peppercorn Feng"(鳳辣子), "Hot Pepper", or Phoenix. She is a niece of Lady W..
Wang Xiu
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Wang Xizhi
Names Chinese: 王羲之 Pinyin: Wáng Xīzhī Wade-Giles: Wang Hsi-chih Zi: Yìshào (逸少) Hao: Dànzhāi (澹斋) Also known as: Shūshèng (書聖, literallySage of Calligraphy) Wang Xizhi (王羲之) (303-361) was a famous Chinese calligrapher. Born in Linqin county in Shandong pr..
Wang Xuan
Wang Xuan (February 5 1937 - February 13 2006), born in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, innovator of the Chinese printing industry, was an academician at both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He is a well-known computer application specialist, who was awarded the State P..
Wang Yan
Wang Yan is the name of the following: Wang Yan, a 10th-century emperor of Former Shu.Wang Yan, a Chinese race walker.Wang Yan, a Chinese track cyclist. ..
Wang Yangming
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Wang Yan (athlete)
Wang Yan (born May 3, 1971 in Liaoning) is a Chinese race walker, who won the bronze medal over 10 km at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She also won the 1993 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, as well as a silver medal at the 1999 World Championships and a bronze at the 2001 East Asian Games. Ext..
Wang Ye
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Wang Yi-Ch'eng
Wang Yicheng or Wang Yi-Ch'eng (王禹偁, 954-1001) was a Chinese poet from Chuyeh in Shandong province. He served in a government post and was known for forthright criticism of policies; this led to his eventual banishment to the South. ..
Wang Yifu
Men's Shooting Bronze 1984 50 m Pistol Silver 1992 50 m Pistol Gold 1992 10 m Air Pistol Silver 1996 10 m Air Pistol Silver 2000 10 m Air Pistol Gold 2004 10 m Air Pistol Wang Yifu (王义夫) (born December 4, 1960) is a Chinese pistol shooter, and in ter..
Wang Ying
Wang Ying can mean: Wayne WangWang Ying (Water Margin) ..
Wang Ying (Water Margin)
Wang Ying(王英) is a character in the Water Margin. Wang Ying was from the Huai province, and was born with a short stature and sparkling eyes. He was rough and impatient by nature and was particularly lustful. He was also very skilled in martial arts, and could fight a hundred men at the same ti..
Wang Yongzhi
Wang Yongzhi (November 17 1932 - ), born in Changtu County, Liaoning, China, is an aerospace scientist and academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He is notable for being the general architect and designer of China's first manned spacecraft Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou 6. He was awarded the na..
Wang Youcai
Wang Youcai is a Chinese activist. He was in jail, but he has been released into the U.S.. He was an organiser of the China Democracy Party which was banned by the Chinese government. In December 1999 the Chinese government sentenced him to 11 years in prison for subversion. ..
Wang Yuanlu
Abbot Wang Wang Yuanlu (Traditional Chinese: 王圓籙; Simplified Chinese: 王圆箓; pinyin: Wáng Yuánlù) (c.a. 1849 - 1931) was a Taoist priest acting as an abbot of the caves in Dunhuang at the beginning of the 20th century. He discovered ancient Buddhist scriptures in a temple there, ..
Wang Yue
Wang Yue (b. March 31, 1987) is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In 1999, Wang Yue was the world champion in the category under 12 years. In 2006 on the 37th Chess Olympiad, his Rating Performance was 2837, second best of all players. External links FIDE rating card for [Wang Yue][]..
Wang Yun
Portrait of Wang Yun from a Qing Dynasty edition of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms Names Simplified Chinese: 王允 Traditional Chinese: 王允 Pinyin: Wáng Yún Wade-Giles: Wang Yun Zi: Zishi (子师) Wang Yun (137 – 192) was the Minister over the Masses under Emperor Xian,..
Wang Yung-ching
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Wang Yuyan
[Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Wang Yuyan (王语嫣, 王玉燕 in 1st revision of the novel) is a fictional character in Jinyong's novel, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. Her mother is Madam Wang, her father is Duan Zhengchun and she is the cousin of Gusu ..
Wang Zhaojun
Wang Qiang (王牆 also 王檣; 王嬙), more commonly known by her style name Wang Zhaojun (王昭君) was the consort of the Xiongnu shanyu Huhanye (呼韓邪). She is famed as one of the Four Beauties of ancient China. Wang Zhaojun in history Wang Zhaojun was born to a prominent family of Zigui..
Wang Zhen
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Wang Zhenhe
Wang Zhenhe (Wang Chen-ho, 王禎和) (1940-1990) is one of Taiwan's most famous writers. Wang's masterpiece is the comic novel Rose, Rose, I Love you(《玫瑰﹐玫瑰我愛你》), which is set in the coastal town of Hualien during the Vietnam War. The novel's plot centers on the efforts of the t..
Wang Zhizhi
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang. Wang Zhizhi (}; }, born July 8, 1977 in Beijing, China) is a professional basketball player formerly in the American National Basketball Association. Wang was the first person from mainland China to play in the NBA, (though Ma Jian was on a presea..
Wang Zhong
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Wang Zi Bian Qing Wa
Wang Zi Bian Qing Wa was aired last year in Taiwan and has since then been a hit. Its ratings broke those of Meteor Garden that was leading as best tv series of Taiwan before Wang Zi Bian Qing Wa was showed. The series includes all the members of 183 Club and 2 members of 7 Flowers, both groups ..
Wang Zuo
Wang Zuo 王佐 (also Wang Yunhui 王雲輝 or Wang Yunfei 王雲飛), nicknamed Nandougu (南斗牯), (May 1898-24 February 1930) was a bandit chieftain who operated in the mountainous area of Jinggangshan in Jiangxi province, China. He later c..
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Wanha Satama
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Wanhua
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Wanica District
Wanica is a district of Suriname, in the northeast. Wanica's capital city is Lelydorp. Wanica has a population of near 76,320 and an area of 444 km². With a high population density, Wanica is one of Suriname's most populated and most urbanised districts. The district's capital, originally c..
Waning Moon (solitaire)
Waning Moon is a solitaire card game played with two decks of playing cards. The name comes from the tableau that resembles a crescent moon and the fact that it "wanes" as more cards are played in the foundation. To start, thirteen piles of three cards are dealt, forming a semicircle. This would be..
Waniphok
Waniphok (วณิพก), or "The Wandering Minstrel", was the third album by Thai rock band Carabao. It was released in 1983. Track listing Track Thai Transcription 01 วณิพก Waniphok 02 ถึกควายทุย (3) Thyk Khwaaj Tui (3) 03 หรอย Rooi 04 ไม้ไ�..
Wanju County
Hangul: 완주군 Hanja: 完州郡 Revised Romanization: Wanju-gun McCune-Reischauer: Wanju-gun Statistics Area: 820.94 km² Population: 84,009 (2001) Pop. density: 102.3 people/km² Administrative divisions: 2 eup, 11 myeon ..
Wank
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wank may refer to: Wank (joke), a very corny word playSlang for masturbationWanker, a pejorative term, literally meaning one who wanks (masturbates)Wank, Bavaria, a mountain in Bavaria in south GermanyThe type of rotary internal co..
Wank, Bavaria
Wank Wank (IPA /vaŋk/) is a mountain in Estergebirge (part of Bavarian Prealps), by Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany, close to the Austrian border. It is 1780m tall, and is served by a cable car, the Wankbahn, which in twenty minutes takes one virtually to the peak (valley station 728m, mou..
Wankan
Wankan (also called Okan) is an old kata practiced in Karate. Not much is known about the history of this kata. "Wankan" means "king's crown" in Okinawan. The originates from the Tomari-te school and in modern karate is practiced in Shorin-ryu, Shotokan, and Matsubayashi-ryu. It is often considere..
Wankaner
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Wankdorfhalle
Wankdorfhalle is an indoor sporting arena located in Berne, Switzerland. The capacity of the arena is 3,100 people. It hosted some matches at the 2006 European Men's Handball Championship and the home games of BSV Bern Muri and Bern Capitals. ..
Wankdorf Stadium
The Wankdorf Stadium (German: Wankdorf Stadion) was a football stadium in the Wankdorf quarter of Bern, Switzerland, and the former home of Swiss club BSC Young Boys. It was built in 1925, and as well as serving as a club stadium, it hosted several important matches, including the 1954 FIFA World ..
Wankel engine
First Wankel Engine NSU KKM 57P Autovision und Forum, Germany Wankel Engine in Deutsches Museum Munich, Germany The Wankel rotary engine is a type of internal combustion engine, invented by German engineer Felix Wankel, which uses a rotor instead of reciprocating pistons. This design pr..
Wankendorf
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Wanker
Wanker is a pejorative term of British origin, also common in Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, literally meaning one who wanks (masturbates). It is particularly used of someone (usually male) who is self-obsessed and/or a show-off. It has the similar meanings and overtones to Ame..
Wankers Corner, Oregon
Wankers Corner (pronounced either "wohn-kers" or "waah-nkers") is the name of the intersection of Stafford Road with Borland Road, within the boundaries of Clackamas County, Oregon. Because this is not a recognized community, it has never had a post office established there, nor does it consistently..
Wankhede Stadium
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Wanksta
"Wanksta" is the second single from the soundtrack for 8 Mile. Released in 2002, the single, which is performed by 50 Cent, reached #13, becoming 50 Cent's first Top 20 single. The song was his first single to chart after signing up with Eminem's label Shady Aftermath. It was a bonus track (track ..
Wankum
Wankum is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town's location, near the A2 autobahn close to the border with The Netherlands, is infamous with British motorists who pass the sign to the Wankum exit shortly after entering Germany and view the name with amusement (sometimes photographing..
Wank (joke)
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Wanlessia
Wanlessia is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Etymology Named in honor of arachnologist Fred R. Wanless, who described more than a dozen salticid genera in the 1970 and '80s. Species Wanlessia denticulata Peng, Tso & Li, 2002 (Taiwan)Wanlessia sedgwicki Wijesinghe, 1992..
Wanlessia denticulata
Wanlessia denticulata is a jumping spider. Etymology The epitheton is derived from the status of the teeth of the chelicera. Distribution W. denticulata is only known from Taiwan. Literature [Xian-Jin Peng, I-Min Tso and Shu-Qiang Li (2002) Five new and four newly recorded species of jumpi..
Wanless Park
Wanless Park is a neighbourhood in North Toronto. It is located just North of Lawrence Avenue, between Bayview Avenue and Yonge Street. Central to the Wanless Park neighbourhood is a park called Wanless Park. Wanless Park is a small neighbourhood park (approximately 5 acres) with numerous tenni..
Wanlip
Wanlip is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, with a population of about 150. It is a suburb of Leicester, and is just north of Birstall, and west of Watermead Country Park and the River Soar. ..
Wanli Emperor
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Wanli Township
Wanli (萬里) is a rural township in the northeastern part of Taipei County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. Area: 63.38 km²Population: 19,061 people (2003)Attractions Yeliou (野柳)Feicuei Bay (翡翠灣) ..
Wanlockhead
for at grid reference NS871129 Wanlockhead Village Hydraulic pumping engine at Wanlockhead Wanlockhead is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland nestling in the Lowther Hills, which form part of the Southern Uplands. It is Scotland's highest village at 467m or 1531ft and the..
Wann, Oklahoma
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WANN-LP
WANN-LP is a low-power TV station on channel 32 in metro Atlanta. The city of license is Atlanta, and the transmitter and antenna are located downtown. Owned by Prism Broadcasting Network, it reportedly airs Urban America Television, though Shop at Home seems to be the current feed. Prism also o..
Wannabe
For other uses, see Wannabe (disambiguation). Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A wannabe (sometimes spelled wannabee) is a person who likes to imitate, or even wishes to be, another. The term, a contraction of "want to be," entered the popular consciousness in the ..
Wannabe: A Hollywood Experiment
Wannabe is an autobiography co-written by Jamie Kennedy and Ellen Rapaport. The book chronicles Kennedy's life in Hollywood as he attempts to become a star. It gives background on his life and family, and quickly dives into his adventures. It tells of such things as Kennedy's living conditions in ..
Wannabe (disambiguation)
A Wannabe is a person who imitates or emulates another. Wannabe may also refer to: Wannabe (song), the song by the Spice GirlsWannabe (film), a 2005 comedy film starring Craig YoungWannabe (short film), a short film about the murder of an Andy Warhol starlet This is a [disambiguationdisambigua..
Wannabe (film)
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Wannabe (short film)
For the 2005 comedy film starring Craig Young, see Wannabe (film). Wannabe (short film) is a 12-minute independent film set in the 1960s about the murder of an Andy Warhol starlet named Ann. It was written and directed by Frances Bathory, who also starred as Ann. References ..
Wannabe (song)
"Wannabe" was the first single from the Spice Girls' first album, Spice. Released in 1996/1997, the single peaked at number one in the UK becoming the Spice Girls' first number one single; it also peaked at number one in the USA. Contents 1 Song information2 Chart performance3 M..
WannaBlessedBe
Wannablessedbe is a term used to describe one of the growing number of adolescents interested in Wicca as a fashion statement but not as a religion. The term originated in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode Hush where Willow Rosenberg, disappointed with the lack of dark mojo spinning at an on-camp..
Wannado City
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Wannagan Creek site
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Wannanosaurus
Wannanosaurus ("Wannano lizard", named after the Province in China, where it was discovered) was a primitive pachycephalosaurian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of China, about 80 million years ago (mya). It was a bipedal homalocephalid (like Homalocephale), sharing the characteristic o..
Wannanup, Western Australia
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Wanna Be a Star (Chilliwack album)
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Wanna Be a VJ
Wanna Be a VJ was a show and contest on MTV. Contestants were selected from the crowd around MTV's Times Square office, and narrowed down via challenges testing the applicants' music knowledge and personality. Once narrowed down to six contestants, viewers were allowed to vote for contestants via ..
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
"Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’" Single by Michael Jackson From the album Thriller Released May 1983 Format CD singleCassette single7" single Genre Pop/rock Length 6:03 Label Epic Writer Michael Jackson Producer Quincy Jones Chart positions #5 Pop, #5 R&B (USA)#8 Pop (UK) Michael Jack..
Wanna Buy A Duck?
Wanna Buy A Duck? is a word game that uses memory, and is either used as a game to pass time, or for the annoyance of other people. The game of Wanna Buy A Duck takes different forms, depending on the situation in which it is used. As a perpetual game The basic format for all versions of the game ..
Wanna B Ur Lovr
Wanna B Ur Lovr is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic constituted of cheesy, and sometimes confusing, pickup lines. Some of the pickup lines used in the song: I like our skeletal structure, baby, you're an ectomorph no doubtYour face is real symmetrical, and your nostrils are so niceGirl, you smell li..
Wanna Have Fun
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Wanna Love U Girl
Wanna Love U Girl is the 1st single to Blue-eyed soul singer/songwriter Robin Thicke. Robin shot the music video to this single on an island full of beautiful women. The song features producer Pharrell Williams and was produced by The Neptunes, and is composed of high pitched synthesizers and drums...
Wanne
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Wannenberg Transmission Tower
Wannenberg Transmission Tower is a 103 metre high FM- and TV transmission tower built of reinforced concrete on the Wannenberg at [47°36′08″N, 8°24′26″E]. See also List of towers ..
Wanneroo, Western Australia
The City of Wanneroo is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. It covers an area of approximately 685.8 square kilometers in metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia. The City of Wanneroo has a population of 88,274. Wanneroo is also a suburb of Perth within this municipality. ..
Wanneroo Road
Wanneroo Road is an important arterial road in Perth, Western Australia. It is about 75 Kilometres long. It links Perth with the City of Wanneroo, and the Towns of Yanchep and Lancelin. It starts from Charles Street in the Perth CBD and then becomes Perth-Lancelin Road after Gingin Brook Road in Gu..
Wannes Van de Velde
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Wannian County
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Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory
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Wannier function
The Wannier functions are a complete set of orthogonal functions used in solid-state physics. They were introduced by Gregory Wannier. The Wannier functions for different lattice sites in a crystal are orthogonal, allowing a convenient basis for the expansion of electron states in certain regimes...
Wanning
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Wanniyala-Aetto
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Wannsee
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Wannsee Conference
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Wannskrækk
Wannskrækk was a Norwegian punk rock band, from Trondheim. They recorded one album, one compilation and two singles. Their only album was named Wannskrækk & Liliedugg - Last Opera - Live Ritz Trondheim 12. juni 84 which was recorded in 1988. The compilation was Wannskrækk - Riff (1980-1985) th..
Wanouchi, Gifu
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Wanpaku Ouji no Orochi Taiji
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Wanquan River
Wanquan River (Chinese: 万泉河，literally "ten-thousand-spring river") is the third longest river in Hainan Island, and is 162 km long. It rises in the Five-Finger Mountain, and flows generally northeast turbulently in a narrow route through moutainous regions. About half way downstream, it ente..
WANR
WANR AM 1570 is a radio station based in Warren, Ohio. It operates with unlimited hours with 500 watts during the daytime,and 116 watts in the evening hours. The station format is oldies, featuring "Inspirational Gold Hits" every hour, and also broadcasts a variety of local sports programming. Owne..
Wanroom
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Wansapanataym
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] Show Information Wanspanatym is former show by ABS-CBN.The show has numerous episodes even guests.The show run from 1997 to 2005.The theme Song was sanged by Michelle Ayalde and Nyoy Volante for revival.The show hosts before the ending was the Star Circle Quest win..
Wansbeck
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Wansbeck (disambiguation)
Places called Wansbeck include: The River Wansbeck, a river in Northumberland, EnglandWansbeck — a local government district in south-east Northumberland, through which the river flowsWansbeck — a constituency in the same area, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the..
Wansbeck (UK Parliament constituency)
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Wansbeck local elections
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Wansbeck Road Metro station
Wansbeck Road is a station on the Green Line of the Tyne and Wear Metro, which opened May 10, 1981. It is built on an embankment above Wansbeck Road. A second concrete span was added to the original single-track bridge in 1978-1979 as the Metro was being built. The platforms are on opposite sides of..
Wansdyke
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Wansdyke (district)
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Wansdyke (earthwork)
Wansdyke (from Wodin's Dyke) is a mediaeval defensive linear earthwork in the West Country of England, consisting of a ditch and a running embankment from the spoil. It runs from Maes Knoll, a hillfort close to Norton Malreward, in the Chew Valley south of Bristol, to the Savernake Forest near Marlb..
Wansdyke (UK Parliament constituency)
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Wansford
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Wanshan Qundao
Wanshan Qundao (萬山羣島) is a 104 island archipelago siutated to the south of Hong Kong in the South China Sea. The islands belong to Guandong Province and part of the Zhuhai municipal administration (Wanshan Administration). The largest island, Dangan has a mountain terrain similar to Hong Ko..
Wanshu
Wanshu is a name borne by several katas in many systems of karate, including Goju-Ryu, Isshin-Ryu, Shotokan (under the name empi) and others. Wanshu is also the Okinawan-adapted name of Sappushi [Jp. 'diplomat'] 'Wang Ji' (1621-1689), the leader of a large ambassadorial mission from China ..
Wanstead
Wanstead is a suburban area in the London Borough of Redbridge, north-east London. The main road going through Wanstead is the A12. The name means "place by a lump or hillock" and is first recorded circa 1050. Unlike many "Clone towns" independent retaliers thrive in Wanstead and only a few cha..
Wanstead and Woodford (UK Parliament constituency)
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Wanstead Flats
Wanstead Flats is the southern-most portion of Epping Forest in east London. It is surrounded by the heavily built-up areas of Leytonstone to the west, Wanstead to the north, Manor Park and Forest Gate to the south, and Ilford and Seven Kings to the east. To the north-west it is connected by way of..
Wanstead Park
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Wanstead Park railway station
Wanstead Park is a railway station in London. It is on the Gospel Oak to Barking line in Zone 3, between Leytonstone High Road and Woodgrange Park. Operated by Silverlink, there is a half-hourly service for most of the day. Despite its name, Wanstead Park Station is not situated in Wanstead but i..
Wanstead tube station
Wanstead tube station is a London Underground station in Wanstead, on the Hainault loop of the Central Line. It is in Zone 4. Construction of the station had started in the 1930s, but was delayed by the onset of World War 2. Wanstead was not opened until December 14, 1947. The station buildings, l..
Want
This article is about the economic concept, for other uses, see Want (disambiguation) In economics, a want is something you desire, distinct from a need which is something you have to have. It's said that we have unlimited wants, but limited supplied resources. Thus, we can't have everything we wan..
WANT
WANT is an FM radio station liscensed to Lebanon, Tennessee and broadcasting to the Nashville, Tennessee market on a frequency of 98.9mHz. Its current format features country music, and it is simulcast over 1490 AM WCOR. WANT also broadcasts selected intercollegiate sporting events featuring teams ..
Want, The (band)
The Wants' first and only album was released in May 2000 by Southern Lord Records. The line-up consisted of Kenneth Leer on vocals, Rick Florio on drums, Jeff Mackey on Bass, and Adam Valk on Guitars. Also in 2000, they appeared on the Aerosmith tribute album Right In the Nuts Releases Greates..
Wantage
There is also a town called Wantage in the state of New Jersey in the United States of America. redirect [[Template:Infobox England place]] A view of Wantage town centre, 2004. A statue of Alfred the Great stands in the market square, which is used as a carpark except on market days. Wantage i..
Wantage (UK Parliament constituency)
Wantage County constituency Wantage shown within Oxfordshire, and Oxfordshire shown within England Created: 1983 MP: Ed Vaizey Party: Conservative Type: House of Commons County: Oxfordshire EP constituency: South East England Wantage is a constituency represented in the House of ..
Wantage Hall
The hall's logo, with Astra Castra Numen Lumen inscribed Wantage Hall is the oldest hall of residence of the University of Reading, in the town of Reading in the UK. The hall is situated just off the University's Whiteknights Campus, twenty minutes walk from the town centre, ten minutes from t..
Wantage Rural District
Wantage was a rural district of Berkshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was created in 1894 as a successor to the Wantage rural sanitary district. It was named after Wantage, which formed a separate urban district entirely surrounded by the rural district. The district was abolished in 1974 alon..
Wantage Township, New Jersey
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Wantage Town F.C.
Wantage Town are a football club that play in the Hellenic Football League Premier Division as 2005/06. Club information Floodlights: YesNickname: The AlfrediansGround: Alfredian ParkRecord Gate: 550 vs. Oxford United (August 2003)Best Gate 2005/06: 300 vs. Didcot TownAverage attendance: 85 spectat..
Wantagh, New York
Wantagh (pronounced /WAHN-taw/) is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 18,971 at the 2000 census. Wantagh is in the southeastern part of the Town of Hempstead. Wantagh School District consists of 3 elementary schools, 1 middle school..
Wantagh State Parkway
The Wantagh State Parkway is a parkway on Long Island, New York that links the Ocean Parkway at Jones Beach State Park with the Northern State Parkway in Westbury. It is unsigned New York State Reference Route 908T. The parkway is located approximately 30 miles east of Manhattan and 14 miles east ..
Wantan
Wantan is: an alternative spelling for Wonton, a Chinese dumplingan alternative common name for Black mulga, an Australian tree 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 li..
Wanted
This article is about the song. For the comic book series, see Wanted (comics), for the Channel 4 gameshow, see Wanted (television). "Wanted" is a popular song. It was written by Jack Fulton and Lois Steele. The most popular recorded version, by Perry Como, reached #1 on Billboard magazine's charts..
Wanted: Dead or Alive
For the 1987 film, see [[Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987 film)]] Wanted: Dead or Alive was an American Western television show which ran for three seasons from 1958 to 1961, starred unconventional-looking leading man Steve McQueen, and was a spin-off of Trackdown (1957), a western TV series featuring R..
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987 film)
Wanted Dead or Alive is a 1987 film directed by Gary Sherman and starring Rutger Hauer as Nick Randall, the descendant of the character played by Steve McQueen in the [[Wanted: Dead or Alive|television series of the same name]]. Plot Nick Randall is a bounty hunter and an ex-CIA operative, who is a..
Wanted: Dead or Alive (album)
Wanted: Dead or Alive is a 1990 (see 1990 in music) album by the hip hop duo Kool G Rap & DJ Polo. It is widely regarded as one of the most influential rap albums of the 1990's, and an indefinite classic status. This is in part due to the wide range of sounds implemented and expansion of G Rap's ly..
Wanted: Hero
Wanted: Hero is a comic book sold online and in print, drawn by Jaime Buckley and begun in 2005. Although primarily sold online in PDF format, the first volume was published using the print on demand services of lulu.com. The premise behind the series is aptly summed up in the blurb for the first..
Wanted: Monty Mole
Wanted: Monty Mole is a platform game that was published in 1984 by Gremlin Graphics. Versions were released for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 home computers. Contents 1 Gameplay2 Images3 Sequels4 Trivia Gameplay The player controls the titular mole who has to travel ..
Wanted (album)
Wanted is the fourth studio album released by rapper Bow Wow in 2005. The album features the two successful singles, "Let Me Hold You", which features R&B singer Omarion, and "Like You", which features R&B singer and Bow Wow's ex-girlfriend Ciara. The CD was certified platinum in January. Trac..
Wanted (comics)
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Wanted (game show)
Wanted was a British 1990s game show on Channel 4, although more similar to modern Reality Television than the classic gameshow format. Conceptually, it was similar to an advanced game of hide and seek. Format It entailed three teams of two runners travelling throughout Great Britain (travel to oth..
Wanted (TV series)
Wanted is a 2005 primetime police drama television series broadcast on the TNT network. It stars Gary Cole as Lieutenant Conrad Rose, Ryan Hurst as ATF Field Agent Jimmy McGloin, and Josey Scott as Officer Rodney Gronbeck. The show follows an elite taskforce, with members pulled from the different ..
Wanted Dead or Alive
Wanted Dead or Alive might refer to: Wanted Dead or Alive, an album by Warren Zevon.Wanted Dead or Alive, an EP by Altamont."Wanted Dead or Alive", a song from Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet.[[Wanted: Dead or Alive]], a TV series starring Steve McQueen.[[Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987 film)|Wanted: Dead..
Wanted Dead or Alive (album)
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 directly to the intended article. For the Altamont EP, see Wanted Dead or Alive (EP)For the Warren Zevon album, ..
Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi song)
Wanted Dead or Alive is a song from Bon Jovi's 1986 album Slippery When Wet. The song was written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora. In 1987, it was released as the band's third single. It peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the third single from the album to reach the Top 10 ..
Wanted Dead or Alive (EP)
Wanted Dead Or Alive is an EP by Altamont, which was released in 1997 as a spilt album with Acid King through Man's Ruin Records. Track listing "Pluto Washington's Introduction""Sally Greensnake""Red Jackson""Casino""Pluto Closes Shop" Personnel Dale Crover - Guitar, VocalsJoey Osbourne - Drums, V..
Wanted Dead or Alive (Warren Zevon album)
Wanted Dead or Alive is the first album by singer/songwriter Warren Zevon, released in 1969. (see 1969 in music). Track listing "Wanted Dead or Alive" - 2:36"Hitchhikin' Woman" - 2:16"She Quit Me" - 4:48"Calcutta" - 2:19"Iko-Iko" - 1:54"Traveling in the Lightning" - 3:05"Tule's Blues" (Zevon) - 3:..
Wanted Dread and Alive
Wanted Dread And Alive is an album by Peter Tosh. It was released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). Track listing "Coming in hot""Nothing but love""Reggeamylitis""Rock with me""Oh bumbo claat""Wanted dread and alive""Rastafari is""Guide me from my friends""Fools die" ..
Wanted for Murder
Wanted for Murder is the title of a collection of six mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris which was first published in the United States in 1931. This book was part of an ongoing series of novels and novellas by Charteris featuring the adventures of his Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter, Simon Tem..
Wanted Man
"Wanted Man" is also the name of a song written by Bob Dylan for Johnny Cash and recorded on his At San Quentin album. It has also been covered by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds on their album The Firstborn Is Dead. Wanted Man is the first track on glam metal band Ratt's popular album Out of the Cella..
Wanted Man (album)
Wanted Man is an album by Paul Kelly and was originally released in 1994. It was released on Mushroom Records in Australia, the first solo studio album after disbanding his band, The Messengers. Track listing "Summer Rain""God's Hotel""She's Rare""Just Like Animals""Love Never Runs On Time""Song f..
Wanted poster
Wanted poster for John Wilkes Booth and accomplices for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. A more modern wanted poster for Pablo Escobar, et al. A wanted poster is a poster put up to let the public know of a criminal whom authorities wish to apprehend. They will generally include eit..
Wantha Davis
Wantha Davis (born in 1918 near Liberal, Kansas) is a pioneering American female jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. Born Wantha Lorena Bangs, she married horse breeder Lendol Davis. After graduating from High School, Ms. Bangs rode a freight train to Texas where she found work in the stables at a..
Wantirna, Victoria
Wantirna is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Knox. Features include the Knox Private Hospital and Swinburne TAFE Wantirna Campus. On Sundays there is a Trash and Trade market. There is also a Scope pool and a Hungarian Comm..
Wantirna College
Wantirna College, located in Wantirna, Victoria is a state-government school, founded in 1980 when the surrounding area was developed, to provide for the education to the new arrivals. it is now home to 1500 students and over 100 staff. Contents 1 History2 Annual Events2.0.1 Throu..
Wantirna South, Victoria
Wantirna South is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Knox. It serves as the headquarters of the Knox City Council. The Knox City Council's building was burnt down in 1994, and took a few years to be rebuilt. It is now a meet..
Wantirna South Football Club
The Wantirna South Football Club was formed in 1952 and is based at Walker Reserve which is located at Tyner Road in Wantirna South. The club until the completion of the 1997 season were known as the South Wantirna Football Club, but due to the amalgamation with the Wantirna Football Club (which was..
Wanton mee
Wanton mee or Wan Tan mee (Chinese: 云吞面) is a Cantonese noodle dish which is popular in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. The dish is usually served in hot soup or dry stir in black soya sauce, garnished with leafy vegetables, Char Siew (roasted barbecued pork meat slices), and together wi..
Wantsum Channel
The Wantsum Channel is the name given to a now silted-up watercourse in the English county of Kent. The "River" Wantsum is now little more than a drainage ditch flowing from Reculver to the River Stour. History From prehistory until the Middle Ages it separated the island of Thanet at the north ea..
Wants You!
Wants You! is the second album of the band Rough Cutt. Track listing Rock The UsaBad ReputationDon't Settle For LessHot'N'HeavyTake A ChanceWe Like It LoudDouble TroubleYou Wanna Be A StarLet 'Em TalkThe Night Cries Out (For You) Line-Up Paul Shortino: Lead VocalsAmir Derakh: GuitarChris Hager: Gui..
Want (disambiguation)
Things known as Want include: want is when you desire somethingWant One, album by Rufus WainwrightWant Two, album by Rufus WainwrightWant, a repackaging of the Rufus Wainwright albums Want One and Want Two as one album, with some extra tracks.Want is one of the two children of mankind (the second i..
Want and glut
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. "Want and glut" is a practice within a culture that consists of depriving oneself of food, and then gorging ones..
Want list
In stamp collecting, a want list is simply a list of postage stamps that the collector is seeking to acquire. They are the major tool by which collectors organize the construction of a collection, and stamp dealers frequently advertise to collectors to "send us your want lists". Since most major co..
WANT ME, WANT ME
"WANT ME, WANT ME" is Namie Amuro's 28th solo single under the avex trax label. It was released in two formats CD and CD&DVD on April 06, 2005. The CD format contained a b-side track and its instrumental while the CD&DVD format had no b-side but came with the music video. It was the last retailed ..
Want One
Want One is Rufus Wainwright's third album, released on September 23, 2003, and produced by Marius deVries. Track listing "Oh What a World" - 4:23"I Don't Know What it Is" - 4:51"Vicious World" - 2:50"Movies of Myself" - 4:31"Pretty Things" - 2:40"Go or Go Ahead" - 6:39"Vibrate" - 2:44"14th Stree..
Want That Life
Want That Life is the tenth album by British new wave band The Fixx, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). Track listing all songs by The Fixx "Touch" - 4:41"You Don't Have to Prove Yourself" - 4:11"Are You Satisfied?" - 5:49"Want That Life" - 3:49"We Don't Own the World" - 3:55"No Hollywood End..
Want to Play?
"Want to Play?" is the first book by author P. J. Tracy. It revolves around the search for a copycat killer, who is recreating murders found in a new computer game. It also seems that the killer is linked to the computer programmers who made the game. This book was shown on the Richard & Judy show..
Want to see, want to know, want to confirm Kakashi-sensei's true face (Naruto episode)
Naruto Episode 101 is an episode of the anime series Naruto that is based on a special omake in the first Data Book. Episode Synopsis In this episode, Naruto convinces Sakura and Sasuke to help him see what Kakashi looks like under his mask. First, they treat Kakashi to Ramen, thinking that Kak..
Want Two
Want Two is the fourth album by American-Canadian singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. The album was released on November 16 2004. Four of the tracks on this album were released in the summer of 2004 as the EP Waiting for a Want on the iTunes music store. W2 is, according to the artist, the darke..
Wanukaka language
Wanukaka is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia. It has about 10 000 native speakers mainly on the island of Sumba. The language has two main dialects. External links [Ethnologue report on Wanukaka] ..
Wanup, Ontario
Wanup is a community in the Ontario city of Greater Sudbury. Formerly an unorganized community in the geographic township of Dill, the community was annexed into Greater Sudbury on January 1, 2001 when that city was created by amalgamating the former Regional Municipality of Sudbury. Settlement d..
WANX-LP
WANX-LP is a low-power TV station on channel 26 in metro Atlanta. The city of license is Atlanta, and the transmitter and antenna are located downtown. Owned by Prism Broadcasting Network since 1991, it airs ACN Jewelry Television. WANX-LP has a construction permit to increase its coverage somewha..
Wanyamon
Wanyamon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise. He is one of the new Digimon who is confirmed to appear as a partner Digimon in the upcoming Digimon Savers series. He is the in-training form of Gaomon. He was result of the mixing of small dog and cat data, producing a affectionate Di..
Wanyan Aguda
Wanyan Aguda (完颜阿骨打; Han name 完颜旻) (1068-1123, r. 1115-1123) was the chieftain of the Jurchen (女真) Wanyan (完颜) tribe, founder and first emperor of the Jin Dynasty (金朝). He was the younger brother of Wanyan Wuyashu (完颜乌雅束). Aguda was given the temple name Taizu ..
Wanyan Wuyashu
Wanyan Wuyashu (完顏烏雅束; 1061-1113, r. 1104-1113) was the chief of the Jurchen Wanyan tribe. He was the elder brother of Taizu (Wanyan Aguda), founder of the Jin Dynasty. He was given the temple name Kangzong (康宗). Wuyashu was born to Shizu (Wanyan Helibo) in 1061 and inherited from his..
Wanyan Xiyin
Wanyan Xiyin was a Manchurian scribe ordered by the Jurchen chieftain, Wanyan Aguda (later the Emperor Taizu), to create the Jurchen script for administrative purposes in 1119 or 1120. He based it on Chinese characters and the Liao script. ..
Wanya Morris
Wanya Jermaine Morris (born July 29 1973, in Philadelphia) is an African-American R&B singer, best known as the leader of the popular R&B group Boyz II Men. Outside of the group, he has collaborated with a number of other artists, including Brandy Norwood, whom Morris once dated. He has made an appe..
Wanyika
Wanyika may refer to one or more of these Tanzania-Kenyan bands: A band called Simba Wanyika, or any of numerous offshoot Wanyika bandsWanyika bands that use the name Wanyika include Les Wanyika and the Super Wanyika Stars This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles ..
Wanyuan
Wanyuan is a city in the province of Sichuan, China. Shifang is the capital of the district Wanyuan. Wanyuan has more than 100.000 inhabitants. ..
Wanzai County
Wanzai County (simplified Chinese: 万载，Pinyin: wànzài ) is a county of Yichun in the Chinese province of Jiangxi. The name Wanzai literally means "10,000 loads" and is most likely related to its past importance as a center of trade. It is located along the Long He or Dragon River, a tributary..
Wanze
Wanze is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1 2005 Wanze had a total population of 12,563. The total area is 43.95 km² which gives a population density of 285.82 inhabitants per km². ..
Wanzhou District
Wanzhou District (Simplified Chinese: }}}; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), formerly Wanxian or Wan County (Simplified Chinese: }}}; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a district of Chongqing Municipality of the People's Republic of China. The urban area of Wanzhou, located in the northern part of..
Wanzleben
Wanzleben is a town in the Bördekreis (district), in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approx. 15 km southwest of Magdeburg. Wanzleben is also the seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") Börde Wanzleben, which consists of the following municipalities (population in 2..
Wan Air
Wan Air is an airline based at Faa'a, Tahiti, French Polynesia. It now operates privately for the pearl industry and has ceased public transport operations. Code Data IATA Code: 3WICAO Code: VNRCallsign: Wan Air History The airline was established and started operations in 1987. It operated mainl..
Wan Awk Pansa
Wan Awk Pansa (Thai: ) is the last day of the Thai observance of vassa. It occurs in October, three lunar months after Wan Kao Pansa. The day is celebrated in Isan by illuminated boat processions (Thai ไหลเรือไฟ lai reua fai, Isan ไ&#..
Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (born 1952) is an ethnic Malay politician and the president of the Malay-majority Parti Keadilan Rakyat (People's Justice Party), which she founded, in Malaysia. She is also the wife of former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, whom she married in 1980. As of 2004 they have s..
Wan Bao Bao
Wan Bao Bao became the first daughter of a top Chinese dignitary to have a "coming out" at the famous 13th Hotel de Crillon Debutantes' Ball, in Paris high society on October 2, 2003. This event illustrates how the People's Republic of China is successfully becoming integrated and accepted with capi..
Wan Chai
See Wan Chai District for the broader administrative district that covers Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, Happy Valley, etc. For a place in Sai Kung Peninsula, see Wan Tsai Wan Chai as seen from the Victoria Harbour A Chow Sang Sang jewelry shop, established 40 years ago Tai Yau Arcade in Wan..
Wan Chai (MTR)
Wan Chai (Chinese: 灣仔, Jyutping: Waan1 Zai2, Pinyin: Wānzǎi) is a station on Island line of Hong Kong's MTR. It serves Wan Chai. The main MTR railway is beneath Hennessy Road in the district. Due to the large area of Wan Chai, more than 50 entry/exit gates and 8 entrances/exits are set up. O..
Wan Chai Cargo Handling Basin
The Wan Chai Cargo Handling Basin (灣仔北貨物裝卸區) is situated in Wan Chai North, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. A prime site along Victoria Harbour, it is adjacent to the Wan Chai Sports Ground and located between the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and the Royal Hong Kong Yac..
Wan Chai District
This article is about the district that covers Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, Happy Valley, etc. See Wan Chai for the article on the area. Wanchai District [[Image:Wanchaidistrictcouncillogo.gif|80px|Official emblem] of Wanchai District]] District emblem District slogan: L..
Wan Chai Pier
The Wan Chai Pier (Chinese: 灣仔碼頭) , often called "Wan Chai Ferry", is a pier at the coast of Wan Chai North on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. The pier is operated by Star Ferry, and provides ferry services to Tsim Sha Tsui and Hung Hom. The pier is near the Hong Kong Convention and Exhib..
Wan Chai Sports Ground
Wan Chai Sports Ground (Chinese: 灣仔運動場) is located in Wan Chai North, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is a government-run sports ground primarily used by local schools for sports day and other athletic activities. Situated by the Victoria Harbour, it is at a convenient location next ..
Wan Fu
Wan Fu (王虎 Chinese Pinyin: Wánghǔ) is a fictional character in the Samurai Shodown series. Contents 1 History1.1 Samurai Shodown1.2 Samurai Shodown 22 Trivia History Samurai Shodown Hailing from a powerful and notable family that resides in China, Wan Fu is the genera..
Wan Guo Gong Bao
A Review of the Times– Traditional Chinese: 萬國公報; Simplified Chinese: 万国公报; Hanyu Pinyin: Wan Guo Gong Bao; Wade-Giles: Wan Kwoh Kung Pao; Literally: "The Ten Thousand Nations' Common Newspaper" A Review of the Times was a monthly publication in China from 1868-1907. It was founde..
Wan ho
Wan Ho is responsible for he first documented attempt at rocket-powered flight (c. 1500 AD). Although the story is merely a legend, it is most probable that this arose due to an attempt either by Wan Ho or someone else. In the legend, he tied 47 rockets to the back of his chair. Then he strapped h..
Wan Hon Estate
Wan Hon Estate (Chinese: 雲漢邨) is a public housing estate located in Kwun Tong Town Central. Contents 1 Geography2 Facilities3 History4 Transport4.1 Public Transport5 Administration6 See also7 External links Geography Wan Hon Estate is in 1 Wan Hon ..
Wan Hu
Illustration courtesy of United States Civil Air Patrol. The characters in this drawing are not characters of any language, and the person standing is in ancient Japanese attire. Wàn Hǔ or Wàn Hù (萬虎 or 萬戶) (c. 1500) was a minor Chinese official of the Ming dynasty and perhaps (tho..
Wan Jifei
Wan Jifei (b: 1948), is the current Vice-Chairman of the China International Trade Promotion Committee and China International Commerce Chamber. He is a graduate of Beijing University's Politics and Administration Management Department. He holds a master's degree in law and is a senior economist fo..
Wan Li
For the Ming Dynasty emperor, see Wanli Emperor. Wan Li (Traditional Chinese: 萬里; Simplified Chinese: 万里) (born 1916) was the Chairman of the National People's Congress before his retirement in 1993, and was generally considered to be a moderate. He was born in Dongping, Shandong province o..
Wan Light
Wan Light are a Swedish indie-pop/electronica duo, formed in 2003, and consisting of Krister Svensson and Magnus Karnock. Their music is based around singer/songwriter songs, but with an electronic sound. They have been compared to Mercury Rev, Neil Young, Flaming Lips and Pet Shop Boys. They are si..
Wan Mat Saman Aqueduct
Wan Mat Saman Aqueduct or Terusan Wan Mat Saman is the longest aqueduct in Malaysia. The total length is 31 km, connecting Sungai Kedah at Alor Star to Gurun in the south of Kedah. It was built between 1900 and 1909 at the order of Menteri Besar of Kedah at the time, Wan Mat Saman. The structure ena..
WAN Optimization
WAN optimization products seek to accelerate a broad range of applications accessed by distributed enterprise users via eliminating redundant transmissions, staging data in local caches, compressing and prioritizing data, and streamlining chatty protocols (e.g., CIFS). WAN Optimization is a super..
Wan Rong
Empress Wan Rong (婉容皇后) (1906–1946) was the last Empress of the Qing Dynasty in China, and Empress of Manchukuo (also known as the Manchurian Empire). She was given the posthumous title of Empress Xiaokemin (孝恪愍皇后) in 2004 by members of the Qing Imperial House. She was th..
Wan Tau Tong Estate
Wan Tau Tong Estate (運頭塘邨) is a public housing estate located in Tai Po new town of New Territories of Hong Kong. Blocks It includes three blocks, Wan Loi House (運來樓), Wan Lam House (運臨樓) and Wan Hang House (運亨樓). Transport Near by KCR, with only 5 mins walk. Ext..
Wan Tsai
For a place on the Hong Kong Island, see Wan Chai. Wan Tsai (灣仔) is a peninsula between Hoi Ha Wan and Long Harbour in north-western Sai Kung Peninsula, Hong Kong. With a narrow neck, Lan Lo Au between Nam Fung Wan and an unnamed bay of Hoi Ha Wan connecting to mainland of Sai King Peninsula, ..
Wan Waithayakon
Prince Wan Waithayakon (1891-1976) was elected President of the Eleventh Session of the United Nations General Assembly, while serving as Thailand's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He is a graduate of Oxford University and the Paris Institute of Political Studies (best known as S..
W and Z bosons
W± and Z Bosons Classification Elementary particle Boson Gauge boson Weak interaction W bosonZ boson Properties Mass: W: 80.425±0.038 GeV/c2 Z: 91.1876±0.021 GeV/c2 Electric Charge: W: ±1 e Z: 0 e Spin: 1 In physics, the W and Z bosons are the el..
W and Z class destroyer
W and Z class General Characteristics Displacement: 1,710 tons (standard), 2,530 tons (full) Length: 362 ft 9 in o/a (110.5 m) Beam: 35 ft 8 in (10.9 m) Draught: 10 ft mean (3.05 m) Propulsion: 3 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, steam turbines, ..

 

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