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YagaYaga can refer to: Yajna (Hindu mythology)Baba Yaga (Russian mythology)Yaga (clothing company)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 intend..
YaganSee also Yaghan language. Portrait of Yagan by George Cruikshank.This portrait was painted from observations of Yagan's severed head, which had shrunk substantially during smoking. According to George Fletcher Moore, it bears little resemblance to the living face of Yagan, which was "plump, with..
Yagbe'u Seyon of EthiopiaEmperor Yagbe'u Seyon (throne name Salomon) was {{IPA (1285 - 1294) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonid dynasty. He succeeded his father Yekuno Amlak. Yagbe'u Seyon served as co-ruler with his father Yekuno Amlak for the last few years of his reign, which eased Salomon's succession. He sough..
YagbumYagbum was a city in what is now northern Ghana, near the Black Volta. Founded by the Ngbanya clan of Mande horsemen (c. 1600), Yagbum became the capital of their new Gonja kingdom. References Wilks, Ivor. "Wangara, Akan and Portuguese in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries II: The Struggle fo..
YagcibedirThe Local names and meaning of motifs used on Anatolian Yagcibedir carpets, The history of Anatolian weaving art traces back to 6000 B.C. When the Central Asian tribes - who brought along the rug weaving art - arrived to Anatolia, they found a rich cultural inheritance which had existed since the o..
Yagen ValleyYagen Onsen (薬研温泉) is a hot spring located in Ohata-machi, Mutsu city, Aomori Prefecture. This onsen and Oku-yagen Onsen are described in this article. Access Shimokita Kotsu bus from Shimokita Station of the Japan Railway Ominato Line to Ohata takes roughly 30 minutes. It takes another 25..
YagerYager is a video game for the Microsoft Xbox console, later ported to PC. It was released in North America in September of 2004. In the game, the player takes on the role of Magnus Tide, a space-going adventurer. Yager, a single-player shooting game, is set over 20 levels in which the player takes..
Yager StadiumFred C. Yager Stadium is the main football facility at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where the Division 1-A Miami RedHawks compete in intercollegiate football against other schools in the mid-major Mid-American Conference and non-conference foes. It has a capacity of 24,286 spectators, and was ..
YaghaYagha is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso. Its capital is Sebba. Provinces of Burkina Faso ..
Yaghan languageYagán, also known as Yámana, Yaghan, and Háusi Kúta, is one of the indigenous languages of Tierra del Fuego, spoken by the Yagán people. It is regarded as a language isolate, although some linguists have attempted to relate it to Kawésqar and Chon. Only two elderly speakers remain, though th..
Yaghi-SiyanYaghi-Siyan (died June 2, 1098) was the governor of Antioch during the First Crusade. He was a Turkish slave of the Seljuk sultan Malik Shah I, who had captured Antioch in 1085 and appointed Yaghi-Siyan governor around 1090. Malik Shah died in 1092, and his successor Tutush I granted Yaghi-Siyan m..
YaghmaiThis does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Yaghmai is the surname of a large family from Iran. Yaghmai, pronounced Yag-maa-ee, denotes that the family lin..
Yaghnobi languageThe Yaghnobi language - yaγnobī́ zivók (in Tajik variant of cyrillic script яғнобӣ зивок [jaʁnɒ:'bi: zɪ'vɒ:k], Russian ягнобский язык /jagnobskij jazyk/, Tajik забони яғнобӣ /zabon-i yaġnobî/, Persian زبان یغنابى /zæbān-e yæġnābī..
Yaghnob RiverThe Yaghnob River is a tributary of the Zeravshan River of Sughd, Tajikistan. Its valley is the location of the Yaghnobi language. ..
YaghoobiMohammad Yaghoobi, is a medical doctor and a resaercher graduated from Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 1999. He further continued his education in the University of Paris till 2004 and then moved to Canada. He is currently a research fellow at McMaster University. One of his major contribut..
YaghuthYaghūth (Arabic "He Helps" يَغُوثَ) is an idol referred to in the Qur'an (71:23) as a god of the era of the Prophet Noah. The name may be the source of H. P. Lovecraft's Yuggoth. Sources [Encyclopedia Mythica] ..
YagiYagi may refer to: Dr. Hidetsugu Yagi, electrical engineer and professor at Tohoku Imperial University in JapanYagi antennaYagi (suburb), part of Kashihara city, Nara Prefecture, JapanThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an ..
Yagi, KyotoYagi (八木町; -cho) was a town located in Funai District, Kyoto, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 8,916 and a density of 179.90 persons per km². The total area was 49.56 km². The town was merged into the city of Nantan and ceased to exist on Ja..
YagibushiThe Yagibushi (八木節) is a popular folk song and dance performed at matsuri in Gunma and Tochigi, Japan. It consists of dancers with broad hats called kasa going in a counter clockwise circle around a mikoshi. The dance is very energetic and ends with everyone throwing their hats ..
Yagihara StationYagihara Station is a JR East train station on the Joetsu Line in southern Shibukawa City, Gunma, Japan. Neighborhood Furumaki Elementary School and Furumaki Junior High School are not too far away from Yagihara Station. Neighboring stations East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Joetsu Line :Gunma-..
YaginumaellaYaginumaella is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Species Yaginumaella badongensis Song & Chai, 1992 (China)Yaginumaella bhutanica Zabka, 1981 (Bhutan)Yaginumaella bilaguncula Xie & Peng, 1995 (China)Yaginumaella cambridgei Zabka, 1981 (Bhutan)Yaginumaella flexa Song & Ch..
Yaginumaella lobataYaginumaella lobata is a jumping spider. Contents 1 Appearance2 Etymology3 Distribution4 Literature Appearance The species resembles Y. urbanii. Etymology The specific name is derived from the bulbous lobe of the palpal organ. Distribution Y. lobata is only known from Tai..
YaginumanisYaginumanis is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Species Yaginumanis cheni Peng & Li, 2002 (China)Yaginumanis sexdentatus (Yaginuma, 1967) (Japan) ..
Yagishiri Islandis a small isle in the Sea of Japan, 25km to the west from Haboro. It is part of Rumoi Subprefecture in Hokkaido, Japan. Together with Teuri Island, to the west across the Musashino street, it is administered by the town of Haboro. The island's area is 5.21 km2 and it is inhabited by 379 people (as ..
Yagi (Usagi Yojimbo)Yagi, the Lone Goat Assassin is a character in the comic book Usagi Yojimbo; he is an anthropomorphic goat, and is a highly skilled assassin. His most recognizable trait, is that he carries his son, Gorogoro with him in a baby carriage. He was once an honorable samurai, and despite his dark path..
Yagi antennaA Yagi-Uda antenna. From left to right, the elements mounted on the boom are called the reflector, driven element, director. A Yagi-Uda Antenna, commonly known simply as a Yagi antenna or Yagi, is an antenna consisting of an array of a dipole and additional parasitic elements. The dipole in t..
Yagi JukichiYagi Jukichi (八木重吉), was a Japanese poet on modern religious themes. Born in Tokyo on February 9 1898, Yagi attended the Kanagawa Prefecture Normal School in Kamakura, where he converted to Methodism, and became attracted to the poetry of Tagore. He remained a devout Protestant all his shor..
YagnobiYagnobi is an Iranian language spoken by about two-and-a-half-thousand people in Tajikistan. There are two dialects, Eastern Yagnobi and Western Yagnobi. Yagnobi has its roots in the Sogdian language. Yagnobi has 8 vowels and 27 consonants. Morphologically, Yagnobi feature both inflected and an..
YagnopaveethamThe Yagnopaveetham is the triple stranded sacrificial strand of thread that is worn by those initiated into the Gayatri recital. The three strands represent the three sandhya rites that are to be performed when the sun rises and sets and when the sun is at the zenith. The rites are in adoration of t..
YAGOFor the article on traditional Japanese house names, see yagō. Yet Another Gigabit Organization, an early LAN startup acquired by Cabletron Systems in the mid 1990's, fueling it's growth into Gigabit Ethernet switching and ultimately being re-spun off into the entity Riverstone Networks. Yago was ..
YagōYagō (屋号), literally meaning "house name," is a term applied in traditional Japanese culture to names passed down within a guild, studio, or other circumstance other than blood relations. The term is synonymous with iena (家名) and kadona (角名). The term most often refers to the stagenames..
YagodnikYagodnik, Arkhangelsk Oblast, north west Russia, was the site of a World War II airfield. It's located near Arkhangelsk, on the Northern Dvina river, 9 kilometres from the sea at Dvina Bay. The airfield was used by the Royal Air Force as a temporary base in September 1944 to launch Operation Parava..
Yagoona, New South WalesYagoona is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The area was originally known as Irish Town and the suburb of Yagoona was created in 1927. Yagoona is an Aboriginal word meaning 'now' or 'today'. It was home to the first McDonalds restaurant in Australia that opened in late 1971 and clos..
Yagoona railway station, SydneyYagoona is the next station west of Bankstown on the CityRail Bankstown line and is situated virtually next to the Hume Highway in Yagoona. It has a simple island platform and does not have any crossovers or any other features of interest. {| align="center" border="1" width="420" cellspacing="0" ..
Yagoshi StationYagoshi Station Yagoshi Station (矢越駅) is a train station located on the JR Ōfunato Line in eastern Murone, Iwate, Japan. It is a 'ghost station', with no staff assigned to it. Contents 1 Line2 Surrounding area3 History4 Adjacent stations Line JR E..
Yago BellenYago Bellon (born August 28 1989 in St. Gallen) is a Swiss midfielder playing for Aston Villa. Yago, twin brother to Damian Bellen, signed for Aston Villa for an undisclosed amount on 11 July 2006, alongside his brother. Yago is naturally a winger, and signed for FC Lugano in Switzerland, before m..
Yago BellonYago Bellon (born August 28 1989 in St. Gallen) is a Swiss midfielder playing for Aston Villa. Yago, twin brother to Damian Bellon, signed for Aston Villa for an undisclosed amount on 11 July 2006, alongside his brother. Yago, naturally a winger, joined FC St. Gallen aged just 13, however he was s..
Yago LamelaYago Lamela Tobía (born July 24, 1977 in Avilés) is a Spanish athlete competing in the long jump. His greatest year was 1999, when he jumped 8.56 during the indoor season to win the silver medal at the 1999 World Indoor Championships. Later that year he set a new outdoors personal best with 8.56, ..
YaguaThere are approximately 3,000 to 4,000 Yagua people in northeastern Peru. Currently, they live near the Amazon, Napo, and Yavari Rivers and their tributaries. Ethnographic descriptions of the Yagua are found in Fejos (1943) and P. Powlison (1985). The history and migrations of the Yagua are descr..
YaguarónYaguarón is a city in Paraguay, located in the department of Paraguarí. It contains a famous and visually stunning church, the building of which started in 1640 and took 60 years to complete. Yaguarón is also notable as the birthplace of José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, dictator of Paraguay 18..
Yaguarón (district)Yaguarón is a district in the department of Paraguarí, Paraguay. The district seat is the town of Yaguarón. The name of the district and the town means "big dog" in Guaraní language. ..
Yagua languageThe Yagua language is spoken by the Yagua people, primarily in northeastern Peru. As of 2005, it appears that a few speakers may have migrated northward across the Peruvian-Colombian border near the town of Leticia. Contents 1 Genetic affiliation2 Sociolinguistic Situation3 Phonol..
Yaguine Koita and Fode TounkaraYaguine Koita (aged 14) and Fodé Tounkara (aged 15) were stowaways who froze to death on a Sabena Airlines Airbus A330 (Flight 520) flying from Conakry, Guinea, to Brussels, Belgium, on 28 July 1999. Their bodies were discovered on 2 August in the airplane's rear right-hand wheel bay at Brussels I..
YagurYagur (יגור) is a kibbutz located on the slopes of Mount Carmel, about 9 km southeast of Haifa. It is one of the two largest kibbutzim (plural for kibbutz) in Israel. Its name is derived from an abandoned Arab village nearby. There is a site with a similar name (Jagur) mentioned in the Book of J..
Yagyu clanThe were a minor family of daimyō (feudal lords) with lands just outside Nara, who became the heads of one of Japan's greatest schools of swordsmanship, Yagyū Shinkage-ryū. The Yagyū were also swordsmanship teachers to the Tokugawa shoguns. Yagyū Muneyoshi (1527-1606), the first famous Yagyū..
Yagyū Jūbei MitsuyoshiA portrayal of Jubei done by Sonny Chiba, who would play the legendary samurai many times Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi (柳生十兵衞三厳 Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi 、柳生三厳、柳生十兵衞、1607?-1650April 21) is one of the most famous and romanticized of the samurai in Japan's feudal..
Yagyu Munefuyu(1613?-1675) was a swordsman during the Edo Period of the 17th century. Munefuyu was the brother of the famed Yagyu Jubei, and the son of Yagyu Munenori, the trainer of the third Tokugawa Shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu. Throughout the course of Munefuyu's life he fought in many duels which greatly increas..
Yagyu Munenori(1571-1646May 11) was a Japanese swordsman who inherited leadership of the school of swordsmanship called Yagyū Shinkage-ryū from his father Yagyū "Sekishusai" Muneyoshi. This was one of two official sword styles patronized by the Tokugawa Shogunate (the other one being Itto-ryū). M..
Yagyu Muneyoshi(1527- May 25 1606) was one of the most famous swordsmen in Japanese history. He founded the Yagyū Shinkage-ryū, and raised the Yagyū family up from being a minor noble family to the official instructors of swordsmanship of the Tokugawa shoguns. Muneyoshi fought in his first battle at the age of..
Yagyu Shingan-ryuPlease [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. Yagyu Shingan-Ryu was founde..
Yagyu Shinkage-ryuYagyū Shinkage Ryū (柳生新陰流) is one of the greatest and most famous Japanese schools of swordsmanship or kenjutsu. Its name roughly means "Yagyū New Shadow School," Yagyū being the name of the family which came to head the school at the end of the 16th century. It grew out of a ..
YAG training vesselsYAG training vesseles are 23m (75 ft) training ships were built between 1954-1958 and based in HMC Dockside in Esquimalt, British Columbia. A list of YAG: 1. YAG 0102. YAG 1993. YAG 3064. YAG 3085. YAG 3146. YAG 3157. YAG 3198. YAG 3209. YAG ???10. YAG ???11. YAG ??? ..
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