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Yol
For the article about the Indian town, see Yol (India) Yol (Turkish for "The Road" or "The Way") is the title of a film by Yilmaz Güney and Åžerif Gören. Its screenplay was written by Güney, and it was directed by his assistant Gören, as Güney was jailed at the time of shooting. Later, when GÃ..
Yola
Yola may mean: Yola language, an extinct language in County Wexford, Ireland.Yola, Nigeria, the capital of Adamawa State a state of Nigeria. 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 ..
Yola, Nigeria
Location of Yola in Nigeria Yola is the administrative center of the state of Adamawa, Nigeria. Located on the Benue River, it has a population of 88,500 (2004). Established in 1841, Yola was the capital of a Fulani state until it was taken by the British in 1901. Daytime temperatures can easi..
Yolanda
Yolanda can refer to: Yolanda of Flanders, who ruled over the Latin Empire in Constantinople, orYolanda, a synonym of the orchid genus BrachionidiumYolanda, wife of Bohemond (the Crusader). [link]Yolanda, a computer game released in 1990. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] ..
Yolanda 'Lonnie' Ali
Yolanda Williams 'Lonnie' Ali is best known for being the fourth and current wife of American boxer Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali and Yolanda Williams were married on November 19, 1986. They had known each other since childhood in Louisville, Kentucky. Their mothers were close friends. They currently..
Yolanda Adams
Yolanda Yvette Adams (born August 27, 1961 in Houston, Texas) is an American singer, one of the most popular gospel music artists of the contemporary period. Along with Kirk Franklin, Adams is one of the first artists to blend R&B and gospel music, an achievement which, while it initially caused cri..
Yolanda and the Thief
Yolanda and the Thief (MGM) is a 1945 Hollywood musical comedy film set in a fictional Latin American country, and stars Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer, Frank Morgan, Ludwig Stossl and Mildred Natwick, with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Arthur Freed. The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli a..
Yolanda Celbridge
Yolanda Celbridge is an erotic writer published by Nexus Books. She specializes in stories of female submission involving spanking and flagellation, often with historical or tropical settings or both. See also Nexus BooksBDSM External link [The official Nexus books website] ..
Yolanda Chen
Yolanda Chen (born July 26, 1961 in Moscow) is a retired Russian athlete. She started as a pentathlete, but decided to specialize in long jump. In 1988 she achieved a personal best of 7.16 metres, a good result, but from 1992 she switched in triple jump instead, a relatively new event for women. Ins..
Yolanda del Rio
Yolanda Del Rio (born Yolanda Jaen López on May 27 in Pachuca, Hidalgo) is a Mexican Ranchera singer. Born the youngest daughter of 4 children, she was inspired at a young age by famous golden age Ranchera singers Lola Beltrán, Lucha Villa, or Amalia Mendoza played on the radio. Yolanda began v..
Yolanda Gil
Yolanda Gil is an Spanish-born American computer scientist. She is the Associate Division Director for Research at the USC ISI. ..
Yolanda Griffith
--> Yolanda Evette Griffith (born March 1, 1970 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the Sacramento Monarchs of the WNBA. She is sometimes called by her nicknames: "Yo" and "Yo-Yo". Contents 1 High School and College2 American Baske..
Yolanda Hightower
Yolanda Lynn ("Yogi") Hightower (born in Virginia Beach, Virginia) is a former field hockey player from the United States, who finished in eight position with Team USA in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Hightower was part of Old Dominion University's rise as a national power in women's field hoc..
Yolanda Hughes
Yolanda Hughes is a professional female bodybuilder from the United States. Yolanda Hughes was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on October 30, 1963. At a height of 5'6½", she competed as a heavyweight as an amateur. She earned her pro card by winning the World Amateur championship in 1992. As a p..
Yolanda King
Yolanda Denise King (born November 17, 1955) is the first-born child of Coretta Scott King and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, King is a human rights worker and actress. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social C..
Yolanda Lopez
Yolanda M. López (born 1942) is an American muralist, painter, printmaker, educator, and film producer. Her work focuses on the experience of Mexican American women and often challenges ethnic stereotypes associated with them. According to López, "It is important for us to be visually literate; it..
Yolanda Montes "Tongolele"
Tongolele on the cover of Somos magazine Yolanda Montes "Tongolele", (born Yolanda Ivonne Montes Farrington on 3 January 1932 in Spokane, Washington) is an exotic dancer and actress of the Cinema of Mexico. Tongolele became a professional dancer when she was only 15 years old. Her father was..
Yolanda Montez
Yolanda Montez was a fictional superheroine in DC Comics universe. Her first appearance was in Infinity Inc. #12 (March 1985). She was created by Roy Thomas and Todd McFarlane. Roy and Dann Thomas originally intended to create a Canadian superheroine named The Lynx for new 1980s-era descendants of..
Yolanda Morazzo
Yolanda Morazzo (born 1928, São Vicente, Cape Verde) is a writer of poetry and short fiction in the Portuguese language. Books Poesia de Intervenção (1976) ..
Yolanda of Flanders
Yolanda of Flanders (d. 1219) ruled the Latin Empire in Constantinople for her husband Peter of Courtenay from 1217 to 1219. She was the daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Hainault, and Countess Margaret I of Flanders. Two of her brothers, Baldwin I and then Henry, were emperors in Constantinople. Aft..
Yolanda Perez
Yolanda Perez (born May 20, 1983) is a Mexican American singer who specializes in banda music. She is sometimes known by the stage name "La Potranquita", (Spanish: "little filly"), a name taken by her father from his home city of Zacatecas, Mexico. Perez was born in Los Angeles, California. When..
Yolanda Saldívar
Yolanda Saldívar (born September 19, 1960) was convicted in 1995 for the murder of famed Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla, which occurred on March 31, 1995. She is currently serving a life sentence but must serve 30 years before parole is possible (2025) in a Texas prison for Selena's murder. Sald..
Yolanda Vadiz
Yolanda Vadiz (1959-1988) was a Puerto Rican soprano. A Christian since her teen years, Vadiz was a gospel singer who crossed over to popular music. Vadiz was the daughter of Cuban actress and show host Meche Marchand, who was raised in Puerto Rico, and of Puerto Rican trio singer, Jose Vadiz Colon..
Yolanda Vargas Dulché
Yolanda Vargas Dulché de la Parra born in Mexico City on July 18,1926, and dying,at her house, the Pedregal,on August 8,1999 was a mexican writer of short stories and telenovelas. a magestical woman, and a great master of the writing, has done telenovelas, like this Telenovelas Alondra (1995)El pec..
Yolanda Ventura
Yolanda Ventura (born on October 21, 1968 in Barcelona, Spain) is an actress of telenovelas in Mexico and former singer and member of the Spanish pop band Parchís. She is the daughter of Spanish musician Rudi Ventura and wife of Mexican actor Alejandro Aragón. She joined Parchís after a record..
Yolande
Yolande can refer to: Yolande_of_Jerusalem, the 13th century queen of Jerusalem. Yolande of Celene, a fictional elven queen of the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. Yolande de Courtenay. Wife of Andrew II of Hungary. This is a [disambiguationdisa..
Yolande (Greyhawk)
In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Yolande is the grey elven queen of the elven kingdom of Celene. Her honorifics include "Her Fey Majesty," the "Faerie Queen," the "Perfect Flower of Celene," and "Lady Rhalta of All Elvenkind." Yolande makes her..
Yolande Beekman
Yolande Beekman (1911 - September 11, 1944) is a heroine of World War II. Born as Yolande Elsa Maria Unternahrer to an educated family in Paris, Beekman moved as a child to London and grew up fluent in the English, German, and French languages. When World War II broke out, she joined the Women's Au..
Yolande Betbeze
Yolande Betbeze born 1930 in Mobile, Alabama was Miss America 1951. Betbeze entered the Miss Alabama for the scholarship opportunities the pageant presented. Having been educated in a convent school, she was reluctant to pose in a swimsuit and refused to do so after she won the Miss America crown...
Yolande de Dreux
Yolande de Dreux was Queen Consort of the Kingdom of Scotland from 1285 to 1286. She was also Countess of Montfort in her own right. Yolande was born c. 1263, daughter of Robert IV, Count of Dreux and Beatrix of Montfort, heiress of Montfort. A marriage was contracted to Alexander III of Scotlan..
Yolande Donlan
Yolande Donlan (born 2 June 1920) is an American actress who has worked extensively in the United Kingdom. She is the daughter of James Donlan, who was a hard working character actor in Hollywood films of the 1930s. It is thought that she had some uncredited roles in films including Pennies From H..
Yolande Moreau
Yolande Moreau (born February 27, 1953 in Brussels) is a Belgian comedian and film director. In 1989 she joined Jérôme Deschamps and Macha Makeieff's troupe, of which she became one of the stars, especially with the TV programme, Les Deschiens. She played a concierge in the film Amélie. Extern..
Yolande of Aragon
This article is in need of improvement. Yolande of Aragon ( Barcelona, 1383 – 1443), the daughter of John I of Aragon and his wife Yolande of Bar, daughter of Robert I, Duke of Bar and Marie of France. She was also known as Jolantha de Aragon and Violant d'Aragó. Contents 1 Claim ..
Yolande of Jerusalem
Yolande of Brienne (1212 - 1228), also known as Yolanda or Isabella II, became Queen of Jerusalem as an infant in 1212. The death of Queen Isabella-Yolande (From MS of William of Tyre's Historia and Old French Continuation, painted in Acre, 13C. Bib. Nat. Française.) She was the only child o..
Yolande of Valois
Yolande de Valois (Tours, September 23, 1434 – August 23, 1478, Chambéry) was the daughter of King Charles VII of France and Marie d'Anjou. She married Duke Amadeus IX of Savoy in 1452. Her husband's retiring disposition and epilepsy left her in control of the state, to struggle with the Sav..
Yolande Palfrey
Yolande Palfrey is a British actress, best remembered for her parts in science fiction television series. She appeared in Blake's 7 and the Doctor Who serial Terror of the Vervoids. ..
Yolande Thibeault
Yolande Thibeault (born in 1939, Montreal, Quebec) is a journalist and politician in Quebec, Canada. She was elected a Member of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons for the St-Lambert Riding in the 1997 general election. She was re-elected in the 2000 election with considerable majority ov..
Yolande Trueman
Yolande Trueman (formerly Duke) is a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. She is played by Angela Wynter. History Yolande arrived in the square on 16 September 2003, as Patrick Trueman's holiday romance. They had met during Patrick's visit to his homeland of Trinidad, wher..
Yolandita Monge
Yolandita Monge (born September 16, 1955) is an international singer and actress from Puerto Rico, who is also known as "Puerto Rico's most glamorous and talented diva". Monge is also known by the international press as Puerto Rico's Shining Star. Contents 1 Biography2 Yolandita, the..
Yola language
Yola was a branch of Middle English that evolved separately among the English (known as the Old English) who followed the Norman barons Strongbow and Robert Fitzstephen to eastern Ireland in 1169. They became concentrated mainly in County Wexford. Because these "Normans" more freely adopted elements..
Yola Ramírez
Yola Ramírez (born circa 1937 in Mexico City, Mexico) was an internationally renowned tennis player in the 1950s and 1960s. She was a singles finalist at the French National Championships (now known as the French Open) in 1960 and 1961. She lost the 1960 final to Darlene Hard and the 1961 final..
Yoldia sea
Yoldia sea is a name given by geologists to a variable brackish-water stage in the Baltic sea basin that prevailed after draining of Baltic ice lake had reduced the lake level to then sea level. Dates for the Yoldia sea are obtained mainly by radiocarbon dating material from ancient sediments and sh..
Yolei Inoue
Yolei Inoue, known in Japan as Miyako Inoue (井ノ上 京 Inoue Miyako), is a character in the anime and manga Digimon Adventure 02. She is partnered to Hawkmon. Yolei is a touch on the geeky side, stubborn, cheeky and impulsive. While she is somewhat loud and bold, she is ve..
Yolf
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. Yolf — short for "yard golf" — is a game for 2-4 players. Game play is similar to regular golf but the equi..
Yolk plug
Yolk plugs are large food-laden endothermal cells surrounded by the blastopore of an amphibian gastrula. ..
Yolk sac
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Yolk sac tumour
Yolk sac tumours are members of the germ cell tumour group of ovarian neoplasms. Almost all ovarian yolk sac tumours occur in women under the age of 30. Patients usually present with sudden onset pain and a large pelvic mass. Serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is elevated in virtually all cases and is t..
Yolngu
Location of Yolngu (yellow/green, top right) in the Northern Territory For Yolngu language see Yolngu Matha. The Yolngu (or YolÅ‹u) {{IPA are an Indigenous Australian people inhabiting north-eastern Arnhem Land in Australia. Contents 1 YolÅ‹u Culture1.1 YolÅ‹u Law1.2 Kinshi..
Yolngu Matha
Yolŋu Matha is the language group of the Yolngu (Yolŋu), the Indigenous people of northeast Arnhem Land in northern Australia. (Yolŋu = people, Matha = tongue). Yolŋu Matha is comprised of twelve different dialects, each with its own Yolŋu name. While there is extensive variation between thes..
Yoloaiquín
Yoloaiquín is a municipality in the Morazán department of El Salvador. ..
Yolombo
Yolombo is a municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. ..
Yolo Bypass
The 25,500 acre (103 km²) Yolo Bypass is a flood bypass that protects Sacramento and other California Central Valley communities from flooding. Weirs connect the bypass to the Sacramento River as well as to Cache Creek. Sacramento experienced several severe floods prior to its construction. Duri..
Yolo Causeway
The Yolo Causeway is a 3.2-mile (5.2-kilometer) long elevated highway viaduct on Interstate 80 that crosses the Yolo Bypass floodway and connects the cities of Sacramento, California (specifically West Sacramento, California) and Davis, California. An original stretch of the Causeway was opened in ..
Yolo County, California
Yolo County is located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California, bordered by the counties of Sacramento, Solano, Napa, Lake, Colusa, and Sutter. Woodland is the county seat. As of the 2000 census, Yolo County had a population of 168,660, and notwithstanding the presence of the Univers..
Yolo County Arts Council
The Yolo County Arts Council (YCAC) is the official Yolo County, USA arts council. The Yolo County Arts Council (YCAC) was founded in 1981 as a non-profit arts agency to act as the State-Local Partner with the California Arts Council in Yolo County. We are designated by the Yolo County Board of ..
Yolteotl
A Nahua word meaning "The Heart of God" or someone who contains an almost spiritual creativity. Philosophically, Yolteotl is a state of oneness with the universe to be obtained through personal efforts, similar to Nirvana in Buddhism, although Nirvana is an inward form of enlightenment while Yolte..
Yol (India)
Yol is a cantonment town in Kangra district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Geography Yol is located at [32.17° N 76.2° E][Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Yol]. It has an average elevation of 639 metres (2096 feet). Demographics As of 2001 India cen..
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo is an American rock band. Based in Hoboken, New Jersey, they have demonstrated unusual longevity for the indie-rock scene. A critical favorite with a devoted fan base, they have achieved only limited popular success. Contents 1 Origin of name2 History3 Trivia4 Se..

 


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