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Wiman Joseon
Korean name Hangul: 위만조선 Hanja: 衛滿朝鮮 McCune-Reischauer: Wiman Chosŏn Revised Romanization: Wiman Joseon Chinese name Traditional Chinese: 衛滿朝鮮 Simplified Chinese: 卫满朝鲜 Hanyu Pinyin: Wèimǎn Cháoxiǎn Wade-Giles: Weiman Ch'ao-hsien ..
Wimauma, Florida
Wimauma is an unincorporated census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The population was 4,246 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 External links History Wimauma was founded by Captain C.H. Davis in 1902. That year,..
WiMAX
WiMAX is defined as Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access by the WiMAX Forum [link], formed in April 2001 to promote conformance and interoperability of the standard IEEE 802.16, also known as WirelessMAN. The Forum describes WiMAX as "a standards-based technology enabling the ..
Wimberley, Texas
Wimberley is an incorporated village as well as a census-designated place (CDP) in Hays County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,797 at the 2000 census. Geography Wimberley is located at [29°59′44″N, 98°6′3″W] (29.995474, -98.100832)[Geographic references#1GR1�..
Wimbish
Wimbish is a village and civil parish within Saffron Walden Rural District, in Essex, England. The first recorded mention of the village was in 1042, when it was referred to as Winebisc. It was subsequently referred to as Wimbeis in the Domesday Book. The village has its own non-denominational pri..
Wimbi Dira Airways
Wimbi Dira Airways is a scheduled and charter, passenger and cargo airline based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It serves the country's main cities. Contents 1 Code Data2 History3 Services4 Fleet5 External links Code Data IATA Code: 9CICAO Code: WDAC..
Wimbledon
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Wimbledon, London
This article is for the district of London, for the Tennis championship, see The Championships, Wimbledon Wimbledon (pronounced ['wɪmbəldən]) is a suburb of London, part of the London Borough of Merton and located seven miles (11.3 km) south west of Charing Cross. For most of the past ..
Wimbledon, North Dakota
Wimbledon is a city in Barnes County, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 237 at the 2000 census. Wimbledon was founded in 1892. Geography Wimbledon is located at [47°10′14″N, 98°27′36″W] (47.170662, -98.459941)[Geographic references#1GR1]. Accordi..
Wimbledon (film)
Wimbledon is a film released in September 2004. It is a romantic comedy about a washed-up tennis pro named Peter Colt (played by Paul Bettany) and an up and coming tennis star called Lizzie Bradbury (played by Kirsten Dunst) during the Wimbledon Championships. The movie was partly made during the ..
Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency)
Wimbledon Borough constituency Wimbledon shown within Greater London Created: 1885 MP: Stephen Hammond Party: Conservative Type: House of Commons County: Greater London EP constituency: London Wimbledon is a constituency covering the district of Wimbledon in the London Borough of Me..
Wimbledon and Putney Commons
The windmill on Wimbledon Common in February 2005 Wimbledon and Putney Commons consist of a large open space in south-west London comprising 1140 acres (4.6 km²). The area comprises three distinct segments -- Wimbledon Common, Putney Heath and Putney Lower Common, the latter being separ..
Wimbledon Chase railway station
Wimbledon Chase railway station is in the London Borough of Merton in South London. The station is served by First Capital Connect trains, and is on the Thameslink loop. It is in Travelcard Zone 3. The typical off-peak service from the station is 2 trains per hour to Wimbledon (clockwise around the..
Wimbledon College
Wimbledon College is a state-maintained voluntary-aided Roman Catholic (Jesuit) secondary school for boys aged 11 to 18. Contents 1 General2 External links3 Miscellaneous4 Some famous former pupils5 See also General The school is based in Edge Hill, Wimbledon, London SW..
Wimbledon Cup
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } For other cups with the same name see Wimbledon Cup ..
Wimbledon Cup (disambiguation)
Wimbledon Cup may refer to one of several articles: Wimbledon Cup - a U.S. National Rifle Association trophyWimbledon Cup (Falkland Islands) - a Falklands Islands Rifle Association trophyWimbledon Cup (croquet) - a World Croquet Federation trophy This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] p..
Wimbledon F.C.
Wimbledon F.C. crest Wimbledon F.C. was the name of a now defunct football club that played in south London. Founded in 1889, the club spent most of its history in non-league football, before a rapid ascent to the top flight of English football in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The club won ..
Wimbledon Hawks
Australian rules football club in Wimbledon, a suburb of London, England. The club plays in the London Premiership of the British Australian Rules Football League. History The London Hawks (name change to Wimbledon in 1995) were a foundation club of the BARFL, playing every season since the league..
Wimbledon High School
Wimbledon High School is an independent all-girls school in Wimbledon, southwest London. It is run by the Girls' Day School Trust and celebrated its 125th birthday on November 9th 2005, having been founded by Edith Hastings in 1880. The school symbol is an apple, as the first lesson ever taught ..
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum
The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum is a museum concerned with the sport of tennis which is located at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon in South London, the venue of the Wimbledon Championships. The collections include items dating back to 1555. The museum is open all year round and reopen..
Wimbledon Park
Wimbledon Park is a both a park in Wimbledon and the suburb around it to which it lends its name. It is the second largest park in the London Borough of Merton and also gives its name to Wimbledon Park tube station. To the immediate west of the park resides the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Cl..
Wimbledon Park tube station
Wimbledon Park is a station on the Wimbledon branch of the District Line, in Travelcard Zone 3. Grid reference {| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em auto; text-align: center; clear: both;" |- ! Preceding station ! colspan="3" | Underground Lines ! Following station |- style="text-align: cent..
Wimbledon School of Art
Wimbledon School of Art is an art school based in the British capital of London, albeit some way adrift of the city centre. Its degrees are validated by the University of Surrey and the school is held in fine international regard in both its teaching and research. An April 2006 press release confir..
Wimbledon station
Wimbledon station is a National Rail, London Underground, and Tramlink station located in Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton. The station serves as a junction for services from London Underground District Line and National Rail operators South West Trains, First Capital Connect and Tramlink ..
Wimbledon Windmill
Wimbledon Windmill is a hollow-post mill, which means that the main post that supports the weight of the structure is hollowed out, and that the rotating shaft which couples the blades to the machinery passes through the inside of this post. The windmill has an octagonal brick base of two stories..
Wimblington
Wimblington is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 1700 as of the 2001 census. History Formerly a hamlet of the large Doddington parish, in 1874 it became a separate parish and a new church, St. Peters, was opened on May 15th of that year. Wimblington won the Cambs Times ..
Wimborne Minster
redirect [[Template:Infobox England place]] The Minster Wimborne Minster is a market town in the East Dorset district of Dorset in South West England and the name of the church in that town. The central town has a population of 6,418 (as of 2001) and is situated at the confluence of the River S..
Wimborne St Giles
See also: Wimborne St Giles (hundred) Wimborne St Giles is a village in east Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase seven miles north of Wimborne Minster, north of Poole. The village has a population of 366 (2001). There is a first school called Wimborne St. Giles CE VE First School, a pub ..
Wimborne St Giles (hundred)
Wimborne St Giles Hundred was a hundred in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes: Wimborne All Saints (absorbed by Wimborne St Giles 1732)Wimborne St GilesWest Woodyates (created 1858) See also: List of hundreds in Dorset ..
Wimborne Town F.C.
Wimborne Town F.C. is a football club based in Wimborne in Dorset, England. They were established in 1878 and won the FA Vase in 1992. They reached the First Round Proper of the FA Cup in the 1982-83 season for the first time. They are currently members of the Wessex League. External links [..
Wimbotsham
Wimbotsham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated close to the River Great Ouse, 2 km north of the town of Downham Market, 18 km south of the town of King's Lynn, and 60 km west of the city of Norwich.[#endnote_osexp1] The civil parish has an area of..
WiMedia Alliance
The WiMedia Alliance is a not-for-profit open industry association that promotes and enables the rapid adoption, regulation, standardization and multi-vendor interoperability of ultra-wideband (UWB) worldwide. WiMedia UWB is the basis for the industry’s first UWB standards. The WiMedia Ultra-Wide..
Wimereux
'''Wimereux People walking on Wimereux's beach(c) Gonzague Dambricourt''' Country France Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais Départment Pas-de-Calais Arrondissement Boulogne-sur-Mer Canton Boulogne-sur-MerNord-Ouest INSEE 62893 Postal Code 62930..
Wimmen's Comix
Wimmen's Comix, later titled Wimmin's Comix, was an influential all-female underground comics anthology published from 1970 to 1992. The magazine was produced and jointly edited by a collective whose original members were Michelle Brand, Lora Fountain, Aline Kominsky, Lee Marrs, Pat Moodian, Trina ..
Wimmer's Shrew
Wimmer's Shrew (Crocidura wimmeri) is a white-toothed shrew found only in Côte d'Ivoire. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and a restricted range. References Hutterer (2004). [Crocidura wimmeri]. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Re..
Wimmera
The Wimmera is a region in the west of the Australian state of Victoria, internationally renowned for its national parks, spectacular wilderness, historic wineries, and country hospitality. It broadly extends west from about Ballarat to the South Australia border, and from the northern boundary of t..
Wimmera River
The Wimmera River is a River in Western Victoria, Australia. It begins in the Pyrenees, and flows into Lake Hindmarsh and Lake Albacutya, although in most years the flow disappears before that. ..
Wimme Saari
Wimme Saari (also known as just Wimme) is one of the best known Sami yoik singers from Finland. Wimme Saari combines traditional Sami singing with his own improvisations, usually to a techno-ambient accompaniment by members of Finnish electronic group RinneRadio. Wimme has also appeared on the alb..
Wimm Bill Dann
Wimm Bill Dann is Europe's biggest dairy products factory. It is situated in Moscow and churns out yoghurt, milk and drinks. The company is also the biggest juice-producer in Eastern Europe. ..
WIMN-CA
WIMN-CA is a religious, class A television station located in Arecibo, Puerto Rico transmitting over analog channel 20. The station is licenced to Carmen Cabrera. External links [Mega TV][Query the FCC's TV station database for WIMN-CA] Broadcast television stations in the P..
WIMP
This article is about the hypothetical class of particles. For other uses of the term, see wimp (disambiguation). In astrophysics, WIMPs, or weakly interacting massive particles, are hypothetical particles serving as one possible solution to the dark matter problem. These particles interact throu..
Wimp
Wimp may refer to: "Wimp" is a variant of the name of the Cornish Saint VeepWIMP stands for "Weakly Interacting Massive Particles", a hypothetical class of matter.WIMP (computing) stands for the "window, icon, menu, pointer" paradigm, or "windows, icons, mice and pointers".WIMP (software bundle), r..
Wimp.com
Wimp.com was a humor website that hosted video clips, often compared to EBaum's World, YouTube, and YTMND for perpetuating internet memes. It was recently replaced by Dump.com. If you wish to help bring back this website, please sign this petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/249346857..
Wimpel
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Wimperg
A Wimperg is a other word in German and Dutch language for a Gothic ornamental gable over windows or portals, which are accompanied often with Pinnacles. It is a typical element in the Gothic Architecture especially in the Cathedral architecture. The wimpergs often have Crockets or other decorativ..
Wimpey no-fines house
The Wimpey No-fines House is a design of residential building intended for mass-production of social housing for families. They were built in large numbers in the UK following the Second World War, and are now one of the most common building designs visible around the country. "No-fines" refers to ..
Wimpffen
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Wimpkiller
Wimpkiller is a zine published by Michael Rice and Dave Rupert. Founded in a Houston suburb some time between 1989 and 2002 as a self-published print zine, Wimpkiller's popularity quickly spread beyond Houston to develop reader bases in Austin, TX, Durham, NC, Europe and Japan. The Name A common q..
Wimple
Manoah and his wife, the wife wearing a wimple The wimple is a garment of mediaeval Europe worn by women. It is a cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. At many stages of medieval culture it was unseemly for a married woman to show her hair. A wimple might ..
Wimpole Hall
Wimpole Hall in 1880. The lake and Gothic folly in the grounds of Wimpole Hall Wimpole Hall is a country house located in Arrington, Royston, Cambridgeshire, England, about 8½ miles (14 km) southwest of Cambridge. The house, begun in 1640, and its 3,000 acres (12 km²) of par..
Wimpole Home Farm
Wimpole Home Farm is an 18th-century model farm located at Wimpole Hall, Arrington, Royston, Cambridgeshire, England and operated by the National Trust. Originally built in 1794 as a model farm by Sir John Soane for Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, the farm today displays a collection of farm i..
Wimpy
Wimpy could refer to: J. Wellington Wimpy a hamburger loving character from the Popeye cartoons.The Wellington bomber was commonly known as the Wimpy amongst service personnel.The Wimpy Bar chain of hamburger restaurants, named after the cartoon character, established in the United Kingdom in 1954 ..
Wimpy Bar
Wimpy Logo Wimpy is the brand name of a chain of hamburger restaurants based in the United Kingdom. The restaurants were originally called Wimpy Bars and many people still refer to them by this name, despite the fact that the name "Wimpy Bar" was dropped in favour of "Wimpy" many years ago. T..
WIMP (computing)
See also: WIMP (software bundle) In human-computer interaction, WIMP stands for "window, icon, menu, pointing device", denoting a style of interaction using these elements. It was once often used as an approximate synonym of graphical user interfaces. WIMP interaction was developed at Xerox PARC (se..
WIMS
WIMS (1420 AM) is a radio station located in Michigan City, Indiana, and serves the northwest Indiana listening area. Its format is primarily news, talk and sports. WIMS also stands for Wireless Integrated MicroSystem, an engineering research center sponsored by National Science Foundation. It is a..
Wimshurst machine
Wimshurst machine with two Leyden jars. The Wimshurst machine is a historical electrostatic machine for generating high voltages, and was developed by British inventor James Wimshurst (1832 – 1903). It is an electrical generator with a distinctive appearance, having two large contra-rotating ..
Wimund
Wimund was a bishop who became a sea-faring war-lord adventurer in the years after 1147. His story is passed down to us by 12th century English historian William of Newburgh in his Historia rerum anglicarum, Book I, Chapter 24 entitled "Of bishop Wimund, his life unbecoming a bishop, and how he was ..
WIMX
95.7 WIMX is an American urban adult contemporary radio station known as "The Mix". History The station began on the frequency on November 15, 1988 as "Red 95.7 WRED" with an Adult Contemporary format. On August 30, 1993, the station switched to a country music format and was known as "Y-95.7" W..
WIMZ-FM-Tower
The WIMZ FM-Tower (also called WBIR TV-mast) is a 534.01 meter high guy-wired aerial mast for the transmission of FM and TV-programmes in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA (Geographical coordinates: [36°08′06″N, 83°43′29″W]). The WIMZ-FM Tower was completed in September 1963 and is owned..
Wim Arras
Wim Arras Wim Arras(born 07.02.1964 in Lier) was a Belgian cyclist who was specialized in sprinting. He won Paris-Brussels and seemed to gain international fame on his 24th birthday.#redirect [[Template:Fact]] His cyclingcareer ended abrubtly when he had to retire, due to a motorcycle accident in 1..
Wim Blockmans
Wim Blockmans, born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1945. Ph.D. from the University of Ghent. He is Professor of Medieval History at Leiden University and Rector of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study since September 2002. He published Emperor Charles V 1500-1558 (London 2002), and other books on l..
Wim Boost
Willem Louis Joseph Boost (July 2, 1918 - August 1, 2005), was a Dutch cartoonist, using the alias WiBo. Born in Breda, he started his career as a drawing teacher, and then started to work for the Toonder studios. He worked for several journals and newspapers including the Jeugdkampioen, Het Lichtsp..
Wim Crouwel
Wim Crouwel, born in 1928 in Groningen, Netherlands, is a Dutch graphic designer and typographer. He is known for his posters and exhibition design for the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Crouwel has designed several font sets, of which the New Alphabet (1967) is best known. New Alphabet is a highly..
Wim Delvoye
Wim Delvoye (Wervik, 1965) is a Belgian conceptual artist known for a number of unconventional projects: Contents 1 Cloaca2 Euterpe3 Tattooed pigs4 External links Cloaca Cloaca is an installation that produces feces. The first Cloaca machine was exhibited at the MuHKA (Mus..
Wim Duisenberg
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Wim Eyckmans
Wim Eyckmans (born March 23, 1973, Herentals, Belgium), is a Belgian racecar driver who starting in karting in 1986 has been in prototype racing since 2003. He participated in Formula recing in the early 1990s and ran the Indy Lights series in 1998. In 1999, he competed in the Indianapolis 500 on ..
Wim Gijsen
Wim Gijsen is a dutch science fiction and fantasy writer. He was born in 1933 and he died in 1990. ..
Wim Hermsen
Willem ("Wim") Hermsen (born September 7, 1947 in Hilversum, Noord-Holland) is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who finished in seventh position with the Dutch Men's Water Polo Team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Two of his brothers, André and Henk, also played water polo on..
WIM image format
The WIM image format is a file-based disk image format. It was developed by Microsoft for use in its upcoming Windows Vista operating system. WIM files can be managed from the command line using the xImage utility that ships with Vista. They can be manipulated programmatically using a set of p..
Wim Jansen
-->Wilhelmus ("Wim") Marinus Anthonius Jansen (born October 28, 1946 in Rotterdam) is a former Dutch football player and manager. He spent most of his playing career with his hometown team, Feyenoord, between 1965 and 1980. At Feyenoord, Jansen won four League Championships, one Dutch Cup, and one..
Wim Jonk
Wilhelmus ("Wim") Maria Jonk (born October 12, 1966 in Volendam) is a retired Dutch football player. At the height of his career, he also played for the Netherlands national team. Jonk started his career in an amateur club in his hometown, RKAV Volendam before signing for professional club FC Volen..
Wim Kieft
Willem ("Wim") Cornelis Nicolaas Kieft (born 12 November 1962 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a retired Dutch footballer. Biography Wim Kieft played for Ajax Amsterdam, PSV, Pisa Calcio and Girondins Bordeaux, and the Netherlands national football team. He came from a school of strikers who played i..
Wim Koevermans
Wilhelmus ("Wim") Jacobus Koevermans (born June 28, 1960 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland) is a former football central defender from The Netherlands, who earned one cap for the Netherlands national football team. He was a member of the Dutch team that won the European title at the 1988 European Footbal..
Wim Kok
Wim Kok (born September 29, 1938) was Prime Minister of The Netherlands from 1994 until 2002. Life and career Wim Kok (legally Willem Kok) was born in Bergambacht, the Netherlands. After completing his study at the Nyenrode business school in the Netherlands, he started his career in 1961 at the ..
Wim Mertens
Wim Mertens (b. Neerpelt, Belgium, May 14, 1953) is a Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist. Mertens studied social and political science at the University of Leuven (graduating in 1975) and musicology at Ghent University; he also studied music theory and pia..
Wim Ruska
Willem ("Wim") Ruska (born August 29, 1940 in Amsterdam), is a retired judoka from The Netherlands. During his career in the 1960's and 1970's he won seven European titles, two world titles and two Olympic titles. His success at the 1972 Olympic Games was overshadowed by the terrorist actions tha..
Wim Slijkhuis
Willem Frederik ("Wim") Slijkhuis (January 13, 1923 – June 28, 2003) was a Dutch middle distance runner, winner of two bronze medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Born in Leiden on January 13, 1923, Slijkhuis began his international sports career shortly after World War II, after competing n..
Wim Soutaer
Wim Soutaer (born June 27, 1974 in Halle, Belgium), was a contestant best known for placing third in Idool 2003, the Belgian version of Pop Idol. Contents 1 Biography2 Discography3 Idool 2003 Performances4 See also5 External links Biography Wim began singing in the ear..
Wim T. Schippers
Wim T. Schippers does the voices of Ernie, Kermit, Guy Smiley and Count Von Count on Sesamstraat, the Dutch co-production of Sesame Street. Wim T. Schippers is a well known Dutch comedian who is most known for his particular high voice. He is also an artist and he hosts the National Science Quiz. ..
Wim Turkenburg
Wim C. Turkenburg (1947) is Professor and head of department of Science, Technology and Society at the University of Utrecht, and he is scientific director of Scientific Director of the Utrecht Centre for Energy research (UCE) as well as the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innov..
Wim van der Veen
Wim van der Veen from the Netherlands, is one of the worlds leading Tenpin bowlers. The Dutchman, van der Veen, is scheduled to compete in the 2006 World Tenpin Masters. ..
Wim van de Schilde
Willem ("Wim") van de Schilde (born November 4, 1948 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who finished in seventh position with the Dutch Men's Water Polo Team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Reference [Dutch Olympic Committee] ..
Wim van Est
Wim van Est (March 25, 1923 - April 30, 2003) was a Dutch cyclist. He is best known for being the first Dutch cyclist to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France of 1951 and for falling into a ravine while wearing it. Van Est was born in the town of Fijnaart, in North Brabant. Prior to his cycl..
Wim van Spingelen
Willem ("Wim") van Spingelen (born February 19, 1938 in Utrecht) is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch Men's National Team that finished in eighth position at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Reference [Dutch Olympic Committee] ..
Wim Vriend
Willem ("Wim") Jan Frederik Vriend (born November 9, 1941 in Amsterdam) is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who finished in eighth position with the Dutch Men's Team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. His older brother Harry was also a member of that team. Reference [..
Wim Wenders
Ernst Wilhelm ("Wim") Wenders (born August 14, 1945 in Düsseldorf) is a German film director, photographer, author and producer. He received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984 for his movie Paris, Texas, and was awarded honorary doctorates at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1989 and at t..
Wi (mythology)
In Lakota mythology, Wi is one of the most supreme gods. He is a solar deity, and is associated with the American Bison. He is the father of Whope. Anog Ite attempted to seduce Wi, but she had one of her two faces changed into an ugly visage as punishment. ..
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