Bai (白族; pinyin: bái zú) is one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Population (2000): 1,858,063. Bai people live mostly in the provinces of Yunnan (Dali area), and in neighboring Guizhou (Bijie area) and Hunan (Sangzhi area) provinces. An estimated 1,240,00 (as of 2003) of the Bai speak the language in all its varieties, also called Bai, either a member of the Tibeto-Burman language family or possibly an independent branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. The SIL codes for Bai are BCA, BFC< ...

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Bay leaf (plural bay leaves) are the aromatic leaves of several species of the Laurel family (Lauraceae). Bay leaves are used in cooking for their distinctive flavor and fragrance, and may be used fresh or dried. Mediterranean bay leaf The leaf of the bay laurel or "true laurel", Laurus nobilis, is a culinary herb often used to flavor soups, stews, and braises and pâtés in Mediterranean Cuisine. California bay leaf The leaf of the California bay t ...

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Dalgety Bay, a coastal town in Fife, Scotland, stands on the north shore of the Firth of Forth. Dalgety Bay is the name of the town and the bay which fronts a large proportion of the shoreline. The bay was named after the original village of Dalgety, but the ruins of the 12th century St. Bridget's Kirk are all that now mark the site. St. Bridget's Kirk was in existence some time before 1178, as it is mentioned in a Papal Bull written by Pope Alexander III. The new town takes its name from the main bay it adjoins, but the town stretches over many bays and c ...

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Yakutat Bay is 29 km (18 mi) across, extending southwest from Disenchantment Bay to the Gulf of Alaska. "Yakutat" is a Tlingit Indian name reported as "Jacootat" and "Yacootat" by Lisianski in 1805. The bay was named "Baie de Monti" by La Perouse, who visited it in 1786, for one of his officers. In the same year, Captain Nathaniel Portlock named it "Admiralty Bay", while the Spanish called it "Almirantazgo." The name "Bering Bay" has also been applied to the feature on the assumption that Bering visited it in 1741.

Bay of Kiel (German: Kieler Bucht; Polish: Zatoka Kilońska) is a basin in the south-western Baltic Sea, off the shores of German land Schleswig-Holstein and the islands of Denmark. It is connected with the Bay of Mecklenburg in the east, Little Belt in the northwest, and great Belt in the North. Main port: Kiel. Other related archivesBaltic Sea, Bay of Mecklenburg, Denmark, German, Kiel, Little Belt, Schleswig-Holstein, great Belt

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Bay rum is the name of a cologne or an after-shave. It is a distillate that was originally made from rum and the leaves or berries of the West Indian Bay tree, Pimenta racemosa. Other ingredients may be citrus and spice oils. Bay rum was quite popular in the early 20th century; while still in use, it is no longer common. Other uses include as under-arm deodorant. ...

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Ungava Bay is a large bay in northeastern Canada separating Nunavik (far northern Québec) from Baffin Island. The bay is shaped like a curved square with a side length of about 180 kilometres and has an area of approximately 33,000 km2 (12,720 mi2). It is generally fairly shallow, though at its border with the Atlantic Ocean depths of 300 metres (980 feet) are reached. There are a number of islands within Ungava Bay. The largest, Akpatok Island, and others north of 60° N are part of the territory of Nunavut, whilst s ...

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Image:SomaliaBay.PNG Bay is a region (gobolka) in southern Somalia. Its capital is Baydhabo. It is bordered by the Somalian regions of Bakool, Hiiraan, Shabeellaha Hoose, Jubbada Dhexe and Gedo. ...

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See also: Baffin Bay, Texas Baffin Bay is a sea between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. It is 1,130 km (700 mi) across from north to south. It is not navigable most of the year because of the presence of large numbers of icebergs. Baffin Bay is bounded by Baffin Island in the west, Greenland in the east, and Ellesmere Island in the north. It connects to the Atlantic through Davis Strait, and to the Arctic through several narrow channels of Nares Strait. These channels are covered year-round by the polar ice cap. In t ...

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The Bay of Plenty, often abbreviated to BoP, is a region of New Zealand situated around the body of water of the same name. Bay of Plenty - The bay itself. The bay stretches from the Coromandel Peninsula in the west to Cape Runaway in the east. The region is bound by the Kaimai and Mamaku Ranges in the west and extends inland to the sparsely populated forest lands around Rotorua, Kawerau and Murupara. Several islands are located in the bay, notably Mayor Island/Tuhua, Motiti Island, Whale Isl ...

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Bathurst Bay is the name of a 19th Century peninsula settlement that is now a tourist attraction on Cape York in northern Queensland, near the Great Barrier Reef. The British first settled Bathurst Bay sometime in the early-19th Century. The settlement had few tradable goods because of its climate and terrain. The site became important in the mid- to late-19th Century as an anchorage for the pearling fleet, which was discovering valuable oyster pearls. By the 1890s, the pearling fleet was the only reason for continued settlement. This settlement was destroyed on March 4, 1899 when ...

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Colwyn Bay (Welsh: Bae Colwyn) is a town and seaside resort on the coast of the Irish Sea in north Wales. The A55 road cuts through it along side Colwyn Bay railway station on the North Wales Coast Line. The town's population is approximately 30,000. Colwyn Bay - Attractions. Attractions in Colwyn Bay include its pleasurable Victorian Pier and Welsh Mountain Zoo. The town is beautifully situated between the sea and the Pwllycrochan Woods on the towering hillside. A business and commercial centre with ...

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The Bay of Biscay (Spanish: Golfo de Vizcaya, or more commonly Mar Cantábrico; French: Golfe de Gascogne; Basque: Bizkaiako Golkoa) is an arm of the North Atlantic Ocean. It lies along the western coast of France from Brest south to the Spanish border, and the northern coast of Spain, and is named for the Spanish province of Vizcaya. Parts of the continental shelf ...

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Bay is a color of the hair coats of horses, characterized by a body color of dark red (known as blood bay) to deep brown, with black points (mane, tail, lower legs, and sometimes the muzzle and tip of the ears). Bay is a favorite color among ranchers and horse enthusiasts, and is one of the most common coat colors in many horse breeds. Bay color - Genetics. For background, see equine coat color genetics. A bay horse carries both the extension gene (E) and the agouti gene (A). The exten ...

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The Bay Willow (Salix pentandra) is a willow native to northern Europe and northern Asia. It is a large shrub or small tree growing to 14 m tall (rarely to 17 m), usually growing in wet, boggy ground. The leaves are glossy dark green, 5-12 cm long and 2-5 cm broad, with a finely serrated margin. The flowers are catkins, produced in late spring after the leaves; the male catkins are yellow, 2-5 cm long, the female catkins greenish, 1.5-3 cm long. The fruit is a small capsule containing numerous minute seeds ...

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Bantry Bay is a bay located in southwest Ireland, in County Cork. The bay runs approximately 35 km (22 miles) from northeast to southwest into the Atlantic Ocean. It is approximately 3-to-4 km (1.8-to-2.5 miles) wide at the head, and 10 km (6 miles) wide at the entrance. The town of Bantry, at the head of the bay, is notable as being the place where the first attempt to land was made by Wolfe Tone in 1796, when he brought over French soldiers to assist in the Irish Rebellion ...

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Bai-Ulgan, also referred to as Bai-Ulgen, Ulgen, or Ulgan; a Siberian creator-deity, usually distinct from Tengri but sometimes identified with him in the same manner as Helios and Apollo. Bai-Ulgan may be analogous to the demiurge of Gnostic theology. The birch tree, regarded as a cosmic axis between earth and sky, was regarded as sacred to him, as was the horse (horse-sacrifice was a part of his worship). He was regarded as the patron g ...

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Bay Ferries Limited, referred to simply as Bay Ferries, is a ferry company operating in eastern Canada and the United States and is headquartered in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. It is a subsidiary of Northumberland Ferries Limited (NFL) and a sister company to Bay Ferries Great Lakes Limited. Bay Ferries began operations in 1997 upon being awarded the operating licenses for ferry routes in the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine which were being discontinued by federal Crown corporation Marine Atlantic as part of cost ...

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Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, a few kilometres south of the central business district. It was the site of a landing by James Cook of the HMS Endeavour that marked the beginning of Britain's interest in, and eventual colonisation of, Australia (Captain Cook's map of Botany Bay). In modern times it is chiefly notable for being the site of Kingsford Smith International Airport, Australia's largest. The land around the headlands of the bay is protected as Botany Bay National Park. Towr ...

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