Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located in the U.S. state of Washington between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, nearly 108 miles (174 km) south of the United States–Canadian border in King County, of which it is the county seat. Seattle was founded in the 1850s and named after Chief Seattle, or Sealth. As of 2004, the population estimates of the city given by the U.S. Census Bureau was 571,480, howeve ...

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• Seattle, Washington - History
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• Seattle, Washington - Geography and climate
• Seattle, Washington - Geography
• Seattle, Washington - Climate
• Seattle, Washington - Demographics
• Seattle, Washington - Government and politics
• Seattle, Washington - Official nickname, flower, slogan, and song
• Seattle, Washington - Seattle mayors of note
• Seattle, Washington - Sister cities
• Seattle, Washington - Economy
• Seattle, Washington - Education
• Seattle, Washington - Culture
• Seattle, Washington - Landmarks
• Seattle, Washington - Annual cultural events and fairs
• Seattle, Washington - Performing arts
• Seattle, Washington - Museums and art collections
• Seattle, Washington - Other cultural institutions
• Seattle, Washington - Media
• Seattle, Washington - Sports
• Seattle, Washington - Infrastructure
• Seattle, Washington - Transportation
• Seattle, Washington - Street layout
• Seattle, Washington - Medical centers and hospitals
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The 7-foot 1-inch (2.16 m) Chamberlain holds nearly 100 NBA records, including the record for most points in a game -- 100 -- well before the NBA adopted the three-point field goal line. Going into the 1961-62 season, this record was held by Elgin Baylor of the Lakers, with 71 points. On December 8, 1961, Chamberlain and the Warriors played Baylor and the Lakers. In that game, Chamberlain scored 78 points, breaking Baylor's record. However, the game had gone into triple overtime. Legendary Laker broadcaster "Chick" Hearn often told th ...

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Wilt Chamberlain, Wilt Chamberlain - Early Life, Wilt Chamberlain - NBA Career, Wilt Chamberlain - Legacy, Wilt Chamberlain - Personal life

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Australian English is known for its use of diminutives with the "-za" suffix applied to the shortened version of a person's name, especially one ending in -(r)r- plus vowel. Thus "Barry" becomes "Bazza" and "Gary" becomes "Gazza" though this is not routinely done with all names; a possible diminutive for "Larry", which would be "Lazza" under this system, a word quite close to Lizzy (diminutive of the female name Elizabeth) and lass (meaning girl)), is very rare. There has also been a trend towards changing "Jarrod ...

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Diminutive, Diminutive - English Usage in General, Diminutive - Australian English, Diminutive - Other suffixes, Diminutive - Diminutives aside from Proper Nouns, Diminutive - Non-English languages with regular use of diminutive suffixes, Diminutive - German, Diminutive - Dutch and Low German, Diminutive - Latin, Diminutive - Italian, Diminutive - Spanish, Diminutive - Portuguese, Diminutive - French, Diminutive - Czech, Diminutive - Russian, Diminutive - Turkish, Diminutive - Polish

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South Indians, for long time, had a simple naming system. Historically, everyone was called by a single name, which was chosen in one of three ways that South Indians chose their names: The name of their Village / Town e.g. Delhi Ganesh Their Family name e.g. Pulithevar Some used both e.g. Madurai Mani Iyer The concepts of initials, middle names, family names and surnames is foreign to South Indians. Everyone had a single name like Murugesh or Lakshmanan. Occasionally these names wer ...

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Indian names, Indian names - Given names, Indian names - Last names, Indian names - South Indian names, Indian names - Initials, Indian names - Surnames or Family Names, Indian names - North Indian Names, Indian names - External link

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Brisk yeshivas commonly known as Brisk (a name used by many Yiddish-speaking Jews to refer to the town of Brest-Litovsk, located in what is now Belarus). The town of Brisk was originally home to many great Talmudic scholars, including Rabbi Joel Sirkish (1561-1641) and many in the famed Soloveitchik family. Today, Brisk refers to several Haredi yeshiva's in Israel, with extensions in the United States as well, founded by members of the Soloveitchik family; it also refers to the general approa ...

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• Brisk yeshivas - The Soloveitchik dynasty
• Brisk yeshivas - Rabbi Chaim Solovietchik
• Brisk yeshivas - Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik
• Brisk yeshivas - Rabbi Moshe Soloveitchik
• Brisk yeshivas - Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Soloveitchik
• Brisk yeshivas - Philosophy
• Brisk yeshivas - General
• Brisk yeshivas - Halachic
• Brisk yeshivas - Talmudic
• Brisk yeshivas - Political
• Brisk yeshivas - Logic

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Brenda Lee, real name Brenda Mae Tarpley (born December 11, 1944), was an American teen idol and country singer from Lithonia, Georgia. Brenda Lee - Biography. Brenda sang in a big adult voice from childhood and began her recording career at age 12 in 1956, with songs like "BIGELOW 6-200 (pronounced six two oh oh)" and "Little Jonah". The song "Dynamite" coming out of a 4 ft 9 in (1.45 meter) frame led to her lifelong nickname, "Little Miss Dynamite". Along with Connie Francis, she was one of ...

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• Brenda Lee - Biography
• Brenda Lee - A few of Brenda Lee's better-known hits

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Blanka is a character from the Street Fighter series of fighting games. Blanka has green skin and long orange hair. Blanka - Vital Statistics. Fighting style:— Self-taught Savage fighting Birthplace:— Brazil Birthdate:— February 12, 1966 Height:— 192cm Weight:— 96kg 3 sizes:— B198, W120, H172 Blood type:— B Special Skill:— Hunting, Electrical Discharge ...

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• Blanka - Vital Statistics
• Blanka - Story
• Blanka - Trivia
• Blanka - Related characters

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Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (February 28, 1906 – June 20, 1947) was an American gangster, popularly thought to be the impetus behind large-scale development of Las Vegas. He hated the nickname, Bugsy, and wouldn't allow anyone to call him that to his face. Bugsy Siegel - The beginning. Benjamin Hymen Siegelbaum was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a poor Austrian Jewish family, one of five children. As a boy, Siegel joined a street gang on Lafayette Street in the Lower East Side and committ ...

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• Bugsy Siegel - The beginning
• Bugsy Siegel - To California
• Bugsy Siegel - Las Vegas venture
• Bugsy Siegel - The Flamingo fiasco
• Bugsy Siegel - The last act
• Bugsy Siegel - Cultural references

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Joseph Frank Keaton Jr. (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966), always known as Buster Keaton, was a popular and influential American silent-film comic actor and filmmaker. His trademark was physical comedy with a stoic, deadpan expression on his face, earning him the nickname The Great Stone Face. His innovative work as a director made great contributions to the development of the art of cinema. A 2002 world-wide poll by Sight and Sound ranked Keaton's The General as the 15th best film of all time. ...

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• Buster Keaton - Early life in vaudeville
• Buster Keaton - Silent film era
• Buster Keaton - Marriages
• Buster Keaton - Sound era and television
• Buster Keaton - Death
• Buster Keaton - Legacy and contribution
• Buster Keaton - Filmography
• Buster Keaton - Books
• Buster Keaton - Notes

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The "Big Apple" is a nickname or alternate toponym for New York City. Its popularity since the 1970s is due to a promotional campaign by the New York Convention and Visitor's Bureau. Its earlier origins are less clear. The most plausible explanation cited as of 2004 by the New-York Historical Society and others is that it was first popularized by John J. Fitz Gerald, who first used it in his horse racing column in the New York Morning Telegraph in 1921, then further explaining its origins in his Febr ...

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• Big Apple - Spanish theory

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Charles Montgomery "Monty" Burns (usually simply Mr. Burns) (born September 15 in an unspecified year), a fictional character, is the owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant in The Simpsons cartoon series. He is fabulously wealthy, and due to his status as Springfield's leading (and perhaps only) plutocrat, Mr. Burns is able to do whatever he wants with little to no consequences. He is attended at almost all times by Waylon Smithers, his loyal aide and confidant. Harry Shearer is the voice behind the character of Mr ...

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• Montgomery Burns - Age
• Montgomery Burns - Biography
• Montgomery Burns - Early life
• Montgomery Burns - Post-WWII
• Montgomery Burns - Present day
• Montgomery Burns - Health
• Montgomery Burns - State of mind
• Montgomery Burns - Real life models
• Montgomery Burns - Video game appearances
• Montgomery Burns - The Simpsons: The Arcade Game
• Montgomery Burns - The Simpsons Road Rage
• Montgomery Burns - The Simpsons: Hit and Run

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Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (Üsküdar, 29 March 1869–Lisbon, 20 July 1955) was an Armenian businessman and philanthropist. He was born in Scutari, now Üsküdar and part of Istanbul, and educated at King's College London, where he studied petroleum engineering. Immediately on leaving, he went into the oil business, and was one of the first to open up the Middle East to the trade. He was involved in founding Royal Dutch/Shell, and his habit of retaining five per cent of the shares of the oil companies he developed earned him the nickname, "Mr. Fiv ...

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• Calouste Gulbenkian - External link

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The Springbok (Dutch: springen = to jump; bok = antelope, deer, or goat) (Antidorcas marsupialis) is a small brown and white antelope that stands about 75 cm high. The males can weigh up to 50 kg and the females up to 37 kg. The Latin name marsupialis derives from a pocket-like skin flap which extends along the middle of the back on to the tail. The springbok can lift this flap, which makes the white hairs underneath stand up in a conspicuous 'fan'. Springboks inhabit the dry inland areas of central ...

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• Springbok Antelope - National symbol

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The 1985 World Series, popularly known as the "Show-Me Series" and the "I-70 Series", pitted the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals against the American League champion Kansas City Royals. Interstate 70, which crosses Missouri and links the two cities together, inspired the nickname for this year's Major League Baseball championship. It was the second Missouri-only World Series: the first was the 1944 World Series be ...

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• 1985 World Series - Trivia
• 1985 World Series - Quotes of the Series
• 1985 World Series - External links

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Ailanthus altissima Ailanthus excelsa Ailanthus giraldii Ailanthus malabarica Ailanthus triphysa Ailanthus vilmoriniana Ailanthus (derived from ailanto, an Amboine word probably meaning "tree of the gods" or "tree of heaven") is a genus of 6-10 species of trees belonging to the family Simaroubaceae, in the order Sapindales (formerly Rutales or Geraniales). The genus is nati ...

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apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ ) brackets ( ( ) ) ( [ ] ) ( { } ) ( 〈 〉 ) colon ( : ) comma ( , ) dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― ) ellipsis ( … ) ( ... ) exclamation mark ( ! ) full stop/period ( . ) hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ ) interrobang ( Including:

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• Quotation mark - Angled quotation marks in various European languages
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• Quotation mark - Table
• Quotation mark - Names for quotation marks
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Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located in the U.S. state of Washington between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, nearly 108 miles (174 km) south of the United States–Canadian border in King County, of which it is the county seat. Seattle was founded in the 1850s and named after Chief Seattle, or Sealth. As of 2004, the population estimates of the city given by the U.S. Census Bureau was 571,480, howeve ...

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• Seattle Washington - History
• Seattle Washington - Founding
• Seattle Washington - Major events
• Seattle Washington - Economic history
• Seattle Washington - Geography and climate
• Seattle Washington - Geography
• Seattle Washington - Climate
• Seattle Washington - Demographics
• Seattle Washington - Government and politics
• Seattle Washington - Official nickname flower slogan and song
• Seattle Washington - Seattle mayors of note
• Seattle Washington - Sister cities
• Seattle Washington - Economy
• Seattle Washington - Education
• Seattle Washington - Culture
• Seattle Washington - Landmarks
• Seattle Washington - Annual cultural events and fairs
• Seattle Washington - Performing arts
• Seattle Washington - Museums and art collections
• Seattle Washington - Other cultural institutions
• Seattle Washington - Media
• Seattle Washington - Sports
• Seattle Washington - Infrastructure
• Seattle Washington - Transportation
• Seattle Washington - Street layout
• Seattle Washington - Medical centers and hospitals
• Seattle Washington - Utilities
• Seattle Washington - Gallery
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the United States of America. Massachusetts - Name. Massachusetts - Mass-adchu-et. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was named after the indigenous population, the Massachusett, whose name can be segmented as mass-adchu-et, where mass is "great", adchu is "hill" and et is a locative suffix. It has been translated as "at the great hill," "at the place of large hills," or "at the range ...

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• Massachusetts - Name
• Massachusetts - Mass-adchu-et
• Massachusetts - Commonwealth
• Massachusetts - Geography
• Massachusetts - History
• Massachusetts - Early settlement
• Massachusetts - Europeans: Pilgrims Puritans and Yankees 1620-1686
• Massachusetts - Colonial Maturity 1686-1765
• Massachusetts - Revolutionary Massachusetts 1765-1780
• Massachusetts - Federalist Era 1780-1815
• Massachusetts - Leader in industrialization 1815-1860
• Massachusetts - Civil War and Gilded Age 1860-1900
• Massachusetts - Prosperity decades 1900-1929
• Massachusetts - Depression and war 1929-1945
• Massachusetts - Economic changes: decline of manufacturing 1945-1980
• Massachusetts - Modern economy and society 1980-2006
• Massachusetts - Other notable history
• Massachusetts - Economy
• Massachusetts - Demographics
• Massachusetts - Population
• Massachusetts - Race and Ancestry
• Massachusetts - Religion
• Massachusetts - Government
• Massachusetts - Legal holidays observed
• Massachusetts - Politics
• Massachusetts - Banned in Boston
• Massachusetts - Liberal reputation
• Massachusetts - Defamation of the Commonwealth
• Massachusetts - Contemporary political issues
• Massachusetts - Famous politicians and public figures
• Massachusetts - Massachusetts cities towns and counties
• Massachusetts - Education and research
• Massachusetts - The central role of education
• Massachusetts - Public schools
• Massachusetts - Professional sports
• Massachusetts - Trivia

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Alex is the main character of the Street Fighter III series. As a Street Fighter III character, Alex has no official biography. All that is conclusively known about him is that he's an American from New York (although given by his accent, many assume Alex is from Brooklyn). Alex entered the third World Warrior tournament because its sponsor, Gill, had seriously injured his best friend and father figure Tom, even though Tom had told him Gill had won fairly. Tom allowed him to go, letting him make his own dec ...

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• Alex Street Fighter - Trivia

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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (born June 24, 1842, Horse Cave Creek, Meigs County, Ohio, USA – date of death uncertain, possibly December 1913 or early 1914, presumably in Mexico) was an American satirist, critic, poet, short story writer, editor, and journalist. His clear style and lack of sentimentality have kept him popular when many of his contemporaries have become obscure. His dark, sardonic views and vehemence as a critic, earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce". Such was Bierce's venerable reputation, that it was feared tha ...

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• Ambrose Bierce - Early life and military career
• Ambrose Bierce - Journalism
• Ambrose Bierce - The McKinley accusation
• Ambrose Bierce - Literary works
• Ambrose Bierce - Disappearance
• Ambrose Bierce - Bierce in popular culture
• Ambrose Bierce - Primary books

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