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Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness The Cathedral of St Andrew in Inverness, Scotland, is the mother church of the Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness within the Scottish Episcopal Church. The bishopric is currently vacant — the last Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness was The Right Reverend John Crook, who retired on 30 November 2006.
Bishop of Newcastle, Australia The present bishop of Newcastle in the Anglican Church of Australia is the Right Reverend Dr Brian Farran, who was enthroned on Friday 24 June 2005 (the feast of the nativity of St John the Baptist) at Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle.
Bishop of Ostia The Bishop of Ostia is the ecclesiastical head of the Catholic diocese of Ostia, one of the seven suburbicarian sees of Rome. The position is now attached to the post of Dean of the College of Cardinals, with the actual governance of the diocese entrusted to the Vicar General of Rome.
Bishop of Pyongyang The Diocese of Pyongyang was created by Pope John XXIII in 1962 after becoming an Apostolic Vicariate in 1927. The Archbishop of Seoul acts as the Apostolic Administrator in Pyongyang, as the religions suppressed in North Korea.
Bishop of Richborough In the Church of England, the bishop of Richborough is a provincial episcopal visitor for the whole Province of Canterbury, licensed by the Archbishop of Canterbury as a "flying bishop" to visit parishes throughout the province who are uncomfortable with the ministrations of their local bishop who has participated in the ordination of women. The role is named after Richborough.
Bishop of Ripon and Leeds Though one ancient Bishop of Ripon is known, the modern diocese dates from 1836. Since 1999, the see has been called the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, reflecting the growing importance of Leeds, the largest city within the diocese and one of the fastest-growing cities in Britain.
Bishop of Rome The Bishop of Rome is the bishop of the Holy See and is more commonly referred to as the Pope. The first Bishop of Rome to bear the title of "Pope" was Boniface III in 607, the first to assume the title of "Universal Bishop" by decree of Emperor Phocas.
Bishop of Ross The Bishop of Ross was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Ross, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics. The first recorded bishop appears in the late 7th century as a witness to Adomnán of Iona's Cáin Adomnáin.
Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart The Diocese of Rottenburg, established by Pope Pius VII on August 16, 1821, was renamed the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart on January 18, 1978 under Pope Paul VI. The following men have served as Bishop of the diocese:
Bishop of Sabina Cardinal Bishop of Sabina is a role in the Roman Catholic church. The Cardinal Bishop of Sabina is one of the six suburbicarian tituli (not counting Ostia) of the College of Cardinals which carry the rank of Cardinal Bishop.
Bishop of Sion The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion (German Bistum Sitten, Latin Dioecesis Sedunensis, French Évêché de Sion), in the Swiss canton of Valais, is the oldest bishopric in Switzerland and one of the oldest north of the Alps. The cathedral at Sion, "Notre-Dame du Glarier" was fortified by walls and crowns one of the two hills on which the city is built.
Bishop of St Albans The Bishop of St Albans is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of St Albans in the Province of Canterbury. The bishop is supported in his work by two suffragan bishops, the Bishop of Hertford and the Bishop of Bedford, and three archdeacons.
Bishop of the Isles The Bishop of the Isles or Bishop of Sodor was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Sodor, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics. The bishopric, encompasing both the Hebrides and Mann, probably traces its origins as an ecclesiastical unity to the careers of Olaf, King of the Isles, and Bishop Wimund.
Bishop of Worcester The Bishop of Worcester is the ordinary in the see of Worcester and has his seat in Worcester Cathedral. The diocese covers the county of Worcestershire, the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, and parts of the City of Wolverhampton.
Bishop O'Dowd High School Bishop O'Dowd High School is a Catholic, co-educational, college preparatory school in Oakland, California, administered by the Diocese of Oakland. Bishop O'Dowd shares the traditions of the Catholic faith with all students, but also accepts students of other faith backgrounds or lack thereof.
Bishop Patrick Duffy The Most Reverend Patrick Duffy appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Clogher in on 12 May, 1671, twenty-one years after the death of his predecessor, Heber MacMahon in 1650. He was installed as bishop in 1673.
Bishop Pine The Bishop Pine (Pinus muricata) is a pine with a very restricted range: mostly California, USA, including some offshore islands, and a few locations in Baja California, Mexico, and always on or near the coast, from Trinidad Head in Humboldt County, California south to San Vicente in Baja California. The mature trees grow to a height of 15-25 m, rarely up to 34 m, with a trunk diameter of up to 1.
Bishop Quinn High School Bishop Quinn High School is a small, private Catholic high school in Palo Cedro near Redding, California founded in 1995 by the Diocese of Sacramento. The school is named after Bishop Francis Quinn, the diocese's bishop emeritus.
Bishop Serapion Bishop Serapion of the Los Angeles was born in Assiut on November 10 1951. Following his graduation from the Faculty of Medicine at Assiut in 1975, His Grace had practiced medicine in Aswan until he entered Saint Pishoy’s Monastery on April 8 1979.
Bishop Stang High School Bishop Stang High School is a private Catholic secondary school located in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, in the New England region of the United States. It was the first diocesan secondary school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River, which includes most of Southeastern Massachusetts, including Cape Cod and the Islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.
Bishop Stopford's School at Enfield Bishop Stopford's School at Enfield, commonly known as Bishop Stopford's or just Bishop's, is an independent gansta school, co-educational secondary school in with sixth form. The school has strong links with the Church of Terrorism.
Bishop Strachan School The Bishop Strachan School (BSS), () named after Anglican Bishop John Strachan, is the oldest day and boarding school for girls in Canada. Located in Toronto (), it was founded by John Langtry in 1867 as an institution different from most other schools for young women at that time.
Bishop Sullivan Catholic High School Bishop Sullivan Catholic High School (known until 2004 simply as Catholic High School; commonly referred to as "Catholic" or "BSCHS") is a Roman Catholic secondary school in Virginia Beach, Virginia founded as Norfolk Catholic High School in 1953. In 2004, the school received its new name in honor of Walter Francis Sullivan, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Richmond and a significant benefactor during the school's foundation, as well as with the creation of the Barry Robinson Fine Arts Center which opened the same year at the school's renaming.
Bishop Sutton Bishop Sutton () is a small village within the Chew Valley in Somerset. It lies south of Chew Valley Lake and north of the Mendip Hills, approximately 10 miles south of Bristol on the A368, Weston-super-Mare to Bath road.
Bishop to the Forces The Anglican church in the United Kingdom's armed forces falls under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury, however for all practical purposes the function is performed by the Bishop to the Forces. His full title is 'The Archbishop of Canterbury's Episcopal Representative to the Armed Forces'.
Bishop Tuff The Bishop Tuff is located in the Owens Valley, southeast of Mammoth Lakes, California. It is a welded tuff that formed 760,000 years ago as a rhyolitic pyroclastic flow during the eruption that created the Long Valley Caldera.
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (BVGS) is a grammar school and language college in the Sutton Coldfield area of Birmingham, England, one of the oldest schools in United Kingdom which celebrated its 450th anniversary in 1990. The school is also a Sixth Form College.
Bishop W. Perkins Bishop Walden Perkins (October 18, 1841 - June 20, 1894) was a United States Representative and Senator from Kansas. Born in Rochester, Ohio, he attended the common schools and Knox College (Galesburg, Illinois).
Bishop Walsh School Bishop Walsh School is a K-12 Catholic school located in Cumberland, Maryland and under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Currently, the school is attended by approximately 600 students from kindergarten through high school.
Bishop's Bridge Bishop's Bridge, sometimes known as Paddington Bridge, is a road bridge in the Paddington district of London. The bridge carries Bishop's Bridge Road across the rail approaches to Paddington Station and the adjacent Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal.
Bishop's Castle, Glasgow The Bishop's Castle of Glasgow, Scotland, was the residence of the bishops and archbishops of Glasgow Cathedral until the Reformation when the last archbishop, James Beaton, fled to France in about 1560 It is located in the area where Glasgow Royal Infirmary] and the [[St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art are now located.
Bishop's Frome Bishop's Frome is a village and civil parish in eastern Herefordshire, England. It is 21 km (13 miles) northeast of the City of Hereford, 16 km (10 miles) west of Malvern, Worcestershire and 8 km (5 miles) south of Bromyard.
Bishop's Mills, Ontario Bishop's Mills, Ontario is a small community, approximately 65 km southwest of Ottawa in the township of North Grenville. The rural community has a population of about 135 and is also the home of the Bishops Mills Natural History Centre village name is derived from a grist mill and a saw mill built on a branch of the Rideau River] by Chauncey Bishop (1796-1877) and his brother, Ira (1803-1883).
Bishop's Palace, Galveston The Bishop's Palace, also known as Gresham's Castle, is an ornate Victorian house located on Broadway and 14th Street in the East End Historic District of Galveston, Texas. The American Institute of Architects has listed the home as one of the 100 most significant buildings in the United States, and the Library of Congress has classified it as one of the fourteen most representative Victorian structures in the nation.
Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall The Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall was built at the same time as the adjacent St Magnus Cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, was being constructed, and housed the cathedral's first bishop, William the Old of the Norwegian Catholic church who took his authority from the Archbishop of Nidaros (Trondheim). The ruined structure now looks like a small castle.
Bishop's Stortford College Bishop's Stortford College is a public school, with a 130-acre campus located on the edge of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. It is an independent, co-educational, day and boarding school for children aged 4 to 18 years.
Bishop's Stortford railway station Bishop's Stortford railway station serves the town of Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by 'one'; this includes the occasional Stansted Express trains which call there.
Bishop's Tachbrook Bishop's Tachbrook is a village and civil parish in the Warwick district of Warwickshire, England, about three miles south of Warwick and Leamington Spa. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,514.
Bishop's University Students' Representative Council The Bishop's University Students’ Representative Council is a non-profit student run organization to which all full-time students automatically belong. They are members of the Canadian Alliance of Students Associations.
Bishop's Waltham Bishop's Waltham is a small town in Hampshire, England with a population of around 6,500 people. It started off as a Saxon village, and steadily grew to become one of Hampshire's largest villages, despite being burnt to the ground by Danes in 1001 AD.
Bishopric of Adria The Bishopric of Adria is a bishopric suffragan to the patriarchate of Venice, which comprises roughly the northeastern Italian Province of Rovigo (Rovigo itself is not an episcopal see), and a part of one town in the Province of Padua.
Bishopric of Angoulême The Bishopric of Angoulême is a Roman Catholic territory in France, with see in Angoulême. It comprises the départment of the Charente and has always been suffragan to the Archbishopric of Bordeaux, under the old régime as well as under the Concordat.
Bishopric of Basel Bishopric of Basel may refer to either the Roman Catholic diocese in Switzerland (German: Bistum Basel, Latin: Dioecesis Basileensis) or to the historic prince-bishopric (German: FĂĽrstbistum Basel), a secular state in which the bishop governed parts of Switzerland and France until late in the 1700s. The bishop of Basel has not resided in the city of Basel since 1528.
Bishopric of Brandenburg Bishopric of Brandenburg was a diocese established by Otto the Great in 948, including the territory between the Elbe on the west, the Oder on the east, and the Black Elster on the south, and taking in the Uckermark to the north.
Bishopric of Brixen The bishopric of Brixen (modern Brixen-Bressanone, in what is now the autonomous province of Bolzano) is a former independent state of Northern Italy which was created in 1179 and existed until 1803, when it was absorbed into the Habsburg's Holy Roman Empire.
Bishopric of Camerino The Bishopric of Camerino was a Roman Catholic ecclesiasticl territory whose episcopal see was Camerino, a city in the province of Macerata in the central Italian Marche region, in the Apennines. Later the seat of an archbishopric, in 1986 it was included in the archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche.
Bishopric of Dorpat The Bishopric of Dorpat (in Estonian: Tartu piiskopkond) was a medieval principality which existed from 1234 to 1558, generally encompassing what are now Tartu, Põlva, Võru and Jõgeva counties in Estonia. The Bishopric was part of Livonian Confederation.
Bishopric of Grenoble The diocese of the bishopric of Grenoble, in south-eastern France, comprises the Department of Isère and the former Canton of Villeurbanne (Rhône), while in ancient times it was a suffragan of Vienne and included the Deanery or see at Savoy, which in 1779, was made a bishopric with the see at Chambéry. By the Concordat, the Bishop of Grenoble was made a suffragan of the Archbishop of Lyon, thirteen archipresbyterates of the former Diocese of Vienne were affiliated to the Diocese of Grenoble, and there were annexes to it some parishes in the Dioceses of Belley, Gap, Lyon, and Die.
Bishopric of Halberstadt The Bishopric of Halberstadt was a Roman Catholic diocese from 804 until 1648 and a state of the Holy Roman Empire from the late Middle Ages until around 1800. Its capital was Halberstadt and it was located around the Harz.
Bishopric of Liège The Bishopric of Liège or Prince-Bishopric of Liège was a state of the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries in present Belgium. It was headed by the Prince-Bishop of Liège.
Bishopric of Limoges The Bishopric of Limoges is a diocese comprising the départments of Haute-Vienne and Creuse in France. After the Concordat of 1801, the See of Limoges lost twenty-four parishes from the district of Nontron which were annexed to the Diocese of Périgueux, and forty-four from the district of Confolens, transferred to the Diocese of Angoulême; but until 1822 it included the entire ancient Diocese of Tulle, when the latter was reorganized.
Bishopric of MĂĽnster The Bishopric of MĂĽnster was an ecclesiastical principality in the Holy Roman Empire, located in the northern part of today's North Rhine-Westphalia and western Lower Saxony. During the eighteenth century, it was often held in conjunction with the neighboring Bishopric of Paderborn and the Archbishopric of Cologne.
Bishopric of Merseburg Bishopric of Merseburg was a former episcopal see in Saxony with the center in Merseburg, founded at the same time in the same manner as those of Meissen and Zeitz, as part of the plan for binding more closely to the Empire the territory of the Wends on the right bank of the Saale (967).
Bishopric of Orléans The diocese of Orléans (Aurelianum in Latin) comprises the Départment of Loiret, and was suffragan of the archbishopric of Paris since 1622, previously of the archbishopric of Sens. From 1966 until 2001 it was under the jurisdiction of Bourges but since the provisional reorganisation of French ecclesiastical provinces it is now subject to Tours.
Bishopric of Ratzeburg The former bishopric of Ratzeburg, in northern Germany, was suffragan to the archbishopric of Hamburg. The diocese embraced a territory which corresponded in the Second German Empire to the Duchy of Lauenburg (in Holstein) in the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein, the bishop's own Principality of Ratzeburg in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and the western part of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, including Wismar but not Schwerin.
Bishopric of Reval The Bishopric of Reval (Low German: Bisdom Reval; Latin: Dioecesis Revaliensis) was a bishopric in Danish Estonia, 1219 - 1346, and in The Monastic State of Livonian Order, 1346 - 1560; the independent bishopric since June 29, 1560 until June 6, 1561.
Bishopric of SigĂĽenza The Roman Catholic bishopric of SigĂĽenza in the province of Guadalajara in Castilia, central Spain. It is a suffragan of the primatial archbishopric of Toledo; it is bounded on the north by Soria, on the east by Saragossa and Teruel, on the south by Cuenca and on the west by Guadalajara and Segovia.
Bishopric of Worms The Bishopric of Worms was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire. Located on both banks of the Rhine around Worms just north of the union of that river with the Neckar, it was largely surrounded by the Palatinate.
Bishops Cannings Bishops Cannings is a village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey in the English county of Wiltshire. The parish is the third largest in Wiltshire, and includes the settlements of Coate, Horton, Bourton and Easton in addition to Bishops Cannings itself.
Bishops in the Church of Scotland Like most Reformed Churches, the Church of Scotland has a presbyterian structure which invests in a hierarchy of courts the authority which other denominations give to bishops. Nevertheless, the Church of Scotland does have the concept of a bishop, and there has been debate about widening this concept.
Bishops Lydeard Bishops Lydeard is a village and parish in Somerset, UK, situated on the A358 road and West Somerset Railway five miles north west of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. The village has a population of 3,949 .
Bishops' Wars The Bishops’ Wars—Bellum Episcopalae—refers to two armed encounters between Charles I and the Scottish Covenanters in 1639 and 1640, which helped to set the stage for the English Civil War and the subsequent Wars of the Three Kingdoms
Bishopsgate mutiny The Bishopsgate mutiny occurred in April 1649 when soldiers of Colonel Edward Whalley's regiment of the New Model Army refused to obey orders and leave London. At the end of the mutiny one soldier, a supporter of the Levellers, Robert Lockier, was executed by firing squad.
Bishopsgate railway station Opened on 1 July 1840 as Shoreditch and renamed Bishopsgate on 27 July 1847, it was the original London passenger terminus of the Eastern Counties Railway. The station was inconveniently located and was replaced as the terminus when Liverpool Street opened in 1874.
Bishopsgate Tower The Bishopsgate Tower is a 288 m, 63-storey skyscraper being planned for the centre of London's main financial district, the City of London. The architects are Kohn Pedersen Fox and the developer is the fund management company, DIFA.
Bishopston, Bristol Bishopston is an inner-suburb and council ward in north Bristol, England, situated on the Gloucester Road, the main northern arterial road in the city. It is in the Bristol West parliamentary constituency and elects two City Councillors.
Bishopstone railway station Bishopstone railway station is in Bishopstone in East Sussex. The station has one platform, and train services from the station are provided by Southern, and the station is on the Seaford branch of the East Coastway Line.
Bishopstone, East Sussex Bishopstone is a hamlet with a population of about 200 people, located along a dead-end road west of Seaford, East Sussex. Bishopstone was an episcopal manor: hence its name meaning "dwelling place of the bishop".
Bishopstone, Swindon Bishopstone is a civil parish in the Swindon unitary authority of Wiltshire, England, about six miles east of Swindon, and just west of the county border with Oxfordshire. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 648.
Bishopthorpe Palace Bishopthorpe Palace is a stately home and historic house at Bishopthorpe south of York in the City of York unitary authority and ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the River Ouse and is the official residence of the Archbishop of York; within the local area it is sometimes simply called "the Archbishop's Palace.
Bishton Bishton () is a small rural community (parish) to the east of the city of Newport. The parish lies in the Llanwern electoral district (ward) and contains the eastern end of Llanwern Steelworks, the Underwood estate as well as Bishton itself.
BischofsgrĂĽn BischofsgrĂĽn was supposedly the town where the art of glassblowing became a true industry. Glassblowing is no longer a necessity, but BischofsgrĂĽn (Engl: "Bishopsgreen") has become something of a tourist attraction, not for its growth but for its lack of it.
Bisimulation In theoretical computer science a bisimulation is an equivalence relation between state transition systems, associating systems which behave in the same way in the sense that one system simulates the other and vice-versa.
Bisj Pole A Bisj Pole, or Bis Pole, is a ritual artifact used by the Asmat people of south-western New Guinea. Objects similar to Bisj Poles are found among many peoples of the South Pacific islands - in New Zealand, and on Vanuatu.
Biskop Hvoslef The Biskop Hvoslef is a veteran Norwegian sailing vessel built in 1933 that was used in search and rescue by the Redningsselskapet (Norwegian Society for Rescue at Sea) on the Norwegian coast between 1933 and 1964. It is now a privately-owned vessel.
Biskupské gymnázium Bohuslava Balbína Biskupské gymnázium Bohuslava Balbína (Bohuslav Balbín Bishop Grammar School) is a Roman Catholic Church run gymnázium (type of grammar school) in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. Founded in 1992, it has currently about 600 students.
Bislama language Bislama is a Melanesian creole language, one of the official languages of Vanuatu. It is the first language of many of the "Urban ni-Vanuatu" (those who live in Port Vila and Luganville), and the second language of the rest of the country's residents.
Bislett stadion Bislett stadion is a sports stadium in Oslo, Norway. Bislett is Norway's most well known sports arena internationally, with 15 speed skating world records and more than 50 track and field world records having been set here.
Bisley, Surrey The village of Bisley, in Surrey, England, is well known to rifle marksmen around the world. Once a tiny and inconspicuous hamlet in the Surrey heathland, its fortunes changed in 1890 when the UK's National Rifle Association Championships moved there from Wimbledon.
Bislig City Bislig City is a 4th class city in the province of Surigao del Sur, Mindanao Philippines. Bislig is approximately 208 kilometers northeast of Davao City, 152 kilometers south of Tandag (the provincial capital) and 158 southeast of Butuan City.
Bislmach Brigade The Israeli Bislmach Brigade (formerly the 772 Brigade, as of 2006, the 828 Brigade), an abbreviation for the School for Infantry Corps Professions and Squad Commanders, is an IDF body responsible for the training of all the Infantry Corps squad commanders and platoon sergeants.
Bismacine Bismacine™ is a substance manufactured by American Biologics Corporation that is purported to treat Lyme disease. It is not a licensed pharmaceutical, but was granted a trademark by the US Patent and Trademark Office in January 2005.
Bismarck Archipelago The Bismarck Archipelago is a group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean, named in honour of the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck and belonging to Papua New Guinea.
Bismarck Bobcats The Bismarck Bobcats are a Junior A ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League's central division, and play out of Bismarck, North Dakota in the VFW All Seasons Arena. Originally a part of the America West Hockey League, the Bobcats joined the NAHL in a merger of the two leagues in 2003.
Bismarck family The Bismarck family is a German noble family descending from Herebord von Bismarck, the first verifiable holder of the name from the 13th century. A Prussian Junker family until 1871, their most notable member Otto von Bismarck, gained the status of FĂĽrst von Bismarck.
Bismarck Chase The Bismarck Chase was a World War II naval engagement between the British Home Fleet and the German battleship Bismarck which had attempted to break out into the North Atlantic to disrupt Allied merchant shipping. The British wanting to avenge the sinking of HMS Hood chased the Bismarck for three days and sank her.
Bismarck Memorial The Bismarck Memorial, located in the Tiergarten in Berlin, is a prominent memorial statue dedicated to Prince Otto von Bismarck, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia and the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
Bismarck Sea The Bismarck Sea lies to the north of the island of New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. The archipelago also extends round to the east and north of the sea, enclosing it and separating it from the Pacific Ocean.
Bismarck tower "Bismarck-towers" are a unique German monument-style to honor the ex-chancellor Otto von Bismarck (1815 - 1898). The towers were built on four different continents: Australia, South America, Africa and Europe.
Bismarck tower Szczecin One of the many Bismarck Towers that dot the landscape of the former German Kaiserreich (as well as countries such as the USA, South Africa, Australia, and Argentina) is located in Szczecin, Poland, formerly Stettin, Germany. Located 150 km from Berlin, this picturesque city has something extra to offer: a tower built in dedication to Otto von Bismarck.
Bismarck-Denkmal (Hamburg) The Bismarck-Denkmal (German for Bismarck monument) is a monument in the city of Hamburg, in the centre of the St. Pauli district, dedicated to Otto von Bismarck, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia and the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
Bismarck-Mandan Bismarck-Mandan refers to the metropolitan area (known as the "Bismarck, ND Metropolitan Statistical Area") in North Dakota that includes the twin cities of Bismarck and Mandan, the small suburb of Lincoln, and several small nearby "bedroom communities". The cities of Bismarck and Mandan straddle the Missouri River.
Bismillah Airlines Bismillah Airlines is an airline based in Bangladesh. It is an enterprise within the Mollah Group of Industries, an industrial and export house of Bangladesh and is the first private sector international airline holding AOC/ATO Licenses to operate regular freighter services as an international cargo carrier of Bangladesh.
Bismillah Khan (Afghanistan) General Bismillah Mohammadi Khan is the chief of staff of the Afghan National Army. Before the fall of the Taliban, he was the Northern Alliance's Deputy Minister of Defence, under Ahmad Shah Masood and later Mohammed Fahim.
Bismuth Bismuth (IPA: ) is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Bi and atomic number 83. This heavy, brittle, white crystalline trivalent poor metal has a pink tinge and chemically resembles arsenic and antimony.
Bismuth subgallate Bismuth subgallate, with a chemical formula C7H5BiO6, is the active ingredient in the medication Devrom that is used to treat malodor in flatulence and stool. Also used to treat helico bacter pylori and in wound therapy.
Bismuth subsalicylate Bismuth subsalicylate, with a chemical formula C7H5BiO4, is the active ingredient in the popular medication Pepto-Bismol that is used to treat nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea and other temporary discomforts of the stomach and gastrointestinal tract. It is also the main ingredient of Kaopectate (since 2003, replacing attapulgite).
Bismuth telluride Bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) is a grey powder that is a compound of bismuth and tellurium also known as Bismuth(III) telluride. It is a semiconductor which is an efficient thermoelectric material for refrigeration or portable power generation.
Bismuth(III) oxide Bismuth (III) oxide is the most important industrial compound of bismuth, and a starting point for bismuth chemistry. It is found naturally as the mineral bismite, but it is usually obtained as a by-product of the smelting of copper and lead ores.
Bisnovat 5 The Bisnovat 5 (Бисноват 5) was a research aircraft inspired by the German DFS 346 aircraft that was captured by Soviet troops towards the end of World War II. It was ordered into development in order to provide an all-Soviet alternative to an aircraft built on foreign technology.

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