A Wisdom Archive on Brea

In Irish mythology, the god Brea was one of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Brea (pronounced Bray-yah) is also the name of a town in Orange County, California. The word "brea" means tar in Spanish and refers to the nearby Brea Tar Pits. Brea is also the name of a rock band from Morgan Hill, CA, USA. Other related archivesBrea, California, Irish mythology, Tuatha Dé Danann

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English has a no longer productive process of voicing stem-final fricatives, which is encountered both in noun-verb pairs and in the formation of plural nouns. belief - believe life - live proof - prove strife - strive thief - thieve ba[θ] - ba[ð]e brea

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Tar is a viscous black liquid derived from the destructive distillation of organic matter. Most tar is produced from coal as a byproduct of coke production, but it can also be produced from petroleum, peat or wood. Naturally occurring "tar pits" (e.g. the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles) actually contain asphalt, not tar, and are more accurately known as asphalt pits. In English and French, "tar" means primarily the coal derivative, but in northern Europe, it refers primarily to the wood distillate, which is used in th ... Including:

• Tar - Sources

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Wilshire Boulevard is one of the principal east-west arterial roads in Los Angeles, California. Running 16 miles from Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles to Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, it has been called "the backbone of Los Angeles." Many of the post-1956 skyscrapers in Los Angeles are located along Wilshire; indeed, one of the oldest and tallest is known simply as "One Wilshire." One particularly famous stretch of the boulevard between Fairfax and La Brea Avenues is known as the Miracle Mile. The area just to ... Including:

• Wilshire Boulevard - Cities and Communities along Wilshire Boulevard east to west
• Wilshire Boulevard - Landmarks along Wilshire Boulevard west to east

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The Worshipful Company of Bakers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. The Bakers' Guild is known to have existed in the twelfth century. From the Corporation of London, the Guild received the power to enforce regulations for baking, known as the Bread Assize. The violations included selling short-weight bread and the addition of sand instead of flour. (So that they could avoid punishment for inadvertently selling a short-weight bread, bakers added a thirteenth loaf to a dozen, giving rise to the term baker's dozen.) The Brea ... Including:

• Worshipful Company of Bakers - External link

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Conservation status: Prehistoric The American lion, also known as the North American or American cave lion, is an extinct feline known from fossils. It is comparable in size to the Eurasian cave lion, the largest cat that ever existed, and was about 25% larger than the modern African lion. American lion - Description. The American lion averaged 3.5 m (11.5 ft) in length, with a typical male weighing about 235 kg (520 lb), and a typical female weighing about 175 kg ... Including:

• American lion - Description
• American lion - Environment
• American lion - Classification
• American lion - History

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Causewayed enclosures are a type of large prehistoric earthworks common to the early Neolithic Europe. More than 100 examples are recorded in France, 70 in England and further sites are known in Scandinavia, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Northern Ireland and Slovakia. Causewayed enclosure is preferred to the older term causewayed camp as it has been demonstrated that the sites did not necessarily serve as occupation sites. They are often hilltop sites, encircled by between one and four segmented concentric ditches, wit ... Including:

• Causewayed enclosure - England
• Causewayed enclosure - France
• Causewayed enclosure - Northern Ireland

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A&M Records is a record label formed in 1962 by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss. Their first choice for a name was Carnival Records and they released two singles under that name before they learned another label had taken the Carnival name first. Alpert and Moss changed the name to "A&M." Over the years, A&M added specialty imprints, Omen Records (1964-1966) for soul, Horizon Records for jazz (1974-1978) and V ...

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Westwood is a district in western Los Angeles, California. Developed by the Janss family in the 1920s, it is best known as the home of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the epicenter of a large Iranian population. The eastern portions of the district are often thought of as a distinctly different neighborhood, Holmby Hills. Westwood Los Angeles California - Geography. Located in the northern central portion of Los Angeles' West Side, Westwood is bordered by Brentwood on the west, Bel-Air ... Including:

• Westwood Los Angeles California - Geography
• Westwood Los Angeles California - Transportation
• Westwood Los Angeles California - Attractions
• Westwood Los Angeles California - Westwood Village
• Westwood Los Angeles California - Mormon Temple
• Westwood Los Angeles California - Housing and Demographics
• Westwood Los Angeles California - The Millionaire's Mile

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Consonant mutation is the phenomenon in which a consonant in a word is changed according to its morphological and/or syntactic environment. Mutation phenomena are found in languages around the world. The prototypical example of consonant mutation is the initial consonant mutation of all modern Celtic languages. Initial consonant mutation is found also in Japanese, Indonesian or Malay, in Southern Paiute and in several West African languages such as Fula. Baltic Finnic languages such as Finnish and Estonian have mutation of word ... Including:

• Consonant mutation - Celtic
• Consonant mutation - Japanese
• Consonant mutation - Indonesian/Malay
• Consonant mutation - Southern Paiute
• Consonant mutation - Fula
• Consonant mutation - Finnish
• Consonant mutation - Dholuo
• Consonant mutation - English
• Consonant mutation - Modern Hebrew
• Consonant mutation - In fiction
• Consonant mutation - Sindarin
• Consonant mutation - Mutation vs. sandhi
• Consonant mutation - Bibliography

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Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., situated northwest of Downtown. Due to its fame and identity as the historical center of movie studios and stars, the word "Hollywood" is often used colloquially to refer to the American film industry. Today much of the movie industry has dispersed into surrounding areas such as Burbank and the Westside, but significant ancillary industries (such as editing, effe ... Including:

• Hollywood Los Angeles California - History
• Hollywood Los Angeles California - Hollywood and the motion picture industry
• Hollywood Los Angeles California - Modern Hollywood
• Hollywood Los Angeles California - Runaways
• Hollywood Los Angeles California - Hollywood area neighborhoods
• Hollywood Los Angeles California - Education
• Hollywood Los Angeles California - Landmarks and interesting spots

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