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Dysnomia (mythology) Dysnomia (ΔυĎνομία), as the poetical daughter of Eris, is the daimon of "lawlessness" in poetical contexts that are marginal to Greek mythology. In comparison, Eunomia was a name given to one of the Horae, the embodiments of order.
Dyson (company) Dyson is a British company best known for producing a popular vacuum cleaner that uses cyclonic separation. The creator, James Dyson, used the centrifugal particle separation, after finding that the dust bag in his vacuum cleaner needed to be replaced even when it was not full.
Dyson (crater) Dyson is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, past the northwest limb. It is located in the northern part of the surface, to the northwest of the Coulomb crater, and east of Van't Hoff crater.
Dyson Aliens Dyson Aliens, also known as "Primes", are a fictional species of intelligent extraterrestrial life which originate from the primary sun of the binary star system known as the "Dyson Pair" in the Commonwealth Saga of science fiction novels books by Peter F. Hamilton.
Dyson Perrins Laboratory The Dyson Perrins Laboratory was the main centre for research into organic chemistry of Oxford University from its foundation in 1916 until its retirement as a laboratory in 2003. It was founded with an endowment from Charles Dyson Perrins, heir to the Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce company.
Dyson series In scattering theory, the Dyson series is a perturbative series, and each term is represented by Feynman diagrams. This series diverges asymptotically, but in quantum electrodynamics at the second order the difference from experimental data is in the order of 10^{-10}.
Dyson sphere A Dyson sphere (or shell as it appeared in the original paper) is a hypothetical megastructure that was originally described by Freeman Dyson as a system of orbiting solar power satellites meant to completely encompass a star and capture its entire energy output. Dyson speculated that such structures would be the logical consequence of the long-term survival of technological civilizations, and proposed that searching for evidence of the existence of such structures might lead to the detection of advanced intelligent extraterrestrial life.
Dyson tree A Dyson tree is a hypothetical genetically-engineered plant, (perhaps resembling a tree) capable of growing on a comet, suggested by the physicist Freeman Dyson. He suggested that such plants could produce a breathable atmosphere within hollow spaces in the comet (or even within the plants themselves) utilising solar energy and cometary materials, thus providing self-sustaining habitats for humanity in the outer solar system.
Dyson's Bus Services Dyson's Bus Services is a privately owned bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates a number of bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government.
Dyson's eternal intelligence Dyson's eternal intelligence (or The Dyson Scenario) is a concept that states an intelligent being would be able to think an infinite number of thoughts in an open universe. As the universe cooled, the thoughts would be slower and slower, but there would still be an infinite number of them.
Dysoxylum Dysoxylum is a genus of plants, mainly trees in the mahogany family Meliaceae. There are about 70 species and they range from Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, New Caledonia and through to other parts of the western Pacific Ocean.
Dysphemism In language, both dysphemism (from the Greek “dys” δυς = non and “pheme'” φήμη = speech) and cacophemism (in Greek “cacos” κακός = bad) refer to the usage of an intentionally harsh word or expression instead of a polite one; they are rough opposites of euphemism. “Dysphemism” may be either offensive or merely humorously deprecating, while “cacophemism” is usually deliberately offensive.
Dysphoria Dysphoria (from Greek δύĎφοĎος (dysphoros), from δυĎ-, difficult, and φÎĎω, to bear) is generally characterized as an unpleasant or uncomfortable mood, such as sadness (depressed mood), anxiety, irritability, or restlessness.Abbess; Alleydog.
Dysphrenia The term dysphrenia was coined by the German medical specialist Karl Kahlbaum to designate a clinical picture in 19th century psychiatry. Today the concept is still used in the western world as a lay generic synonym for mental disorder in adults, and as a term to describe different cognitive/verbal/behavioral deficits in children and adolescents.
Dysprosium(III) chloride Dysprosium(III) chloride (DyCl3), also known as dysprosium trichloride, is a compound of dysprosium and chlorine. It is a white to yellow solid which rapidly absorbs water on exposure to moist air to form a hexahydrate, DyCl3.
Dystocia Dystocia (antonym eutocia) is an abnormal or difficult childbirth or labour. Dystocia may arise due to incoordinate uterine activity, abnormal fetal lie or presentation, or absolute or relative cephalopelvic disproportion.
Dystopia (band) Formed in Orange County, California in 1992, Dystopia are a sludge band, popular in both the heavy metal and crust punk scenes, due in large part to their bleak, misanthropic imagery. Lyrics often deal with human emotion and social or political issues, such as environmentalism, racial equality, animal rights, and veganism or vegetarianism.
Dytiscidae Dytiscidae (known by various common names around the world, including predaceous diving beetles, water beetles and diving beetles) is a family of water beetles. They are about one inch long, dark brown in color with golden highlights and short, but sharp, pincers.
Dyula people The Dyula or Dioula are a Mande ethnic group, widespread in West Africa, whose traditions of long-distance trade and traditional abhorrence of war caused them to play a notable part in the peaceful expansion of Islam across much of the area. Trading in gold and kola nuts between the forest belt and the Sahara, large portions of the Dyula converted to Islam to strengthen ties with Saharan merchants.
Dyuni Dyuni (Дюни, "Dunes"; also Duni or Dyunite) is a holiday town on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, 40 km south of the Bulgarian city of Burgas and 7 km from Sozopol. The construction of the resort began in 1987 by an Austrian company and after a Bulgarian project.
Dyurtyuli Dyurtyuli (; Bashkir: Дүртөйлө) is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Belaya River 126 km north-west of Ufa at . Population: 29,984 (2002 Census); 25,264 (1989 Census).
Dyveke Sigbritsdatter Dyveke Sigbritsdatter (in Denmark normally just known as "Dyveke" - Dutch for "little pidgeon") was a common girl, the daughter of merchant Sigbrit Willoms, who became the mistress to Christian II of Denmark in 1507 or 1509. Their relationship has been the inspiration of many poets but in fact very little is known about it.
DYFM Bombo Radio DYFM 837 KHz Iloilo City is an AM station owned and operated by Bombo Radyo Philippines by Consolidated Boradcasting System in the Philippines. DYFM Bombo Radyo studio is located at Sky City Tower, Mapa, Iloilo City.
DYMO The DYMO routing protocol is successor to the popular Ad-Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector AODV protocol and shares many of its benefits. It is, however, slightly easier to implement and designed with future enhancements in mind.
DYNY-TV UNTV Channel 42 is a UHF television station in the Philippines operated by the Progressive Broadcasting Corporation, the same company that operates the NU 107 network of FM stations. The transmitter is located at Quezon Street, Iloilo City the same as NU107 Iloilo
DYS (band) DYS was a straight edge hardcore punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, and part of the notorious "Boston Crew" along with contemporaries such as SSD and Negative FX. They released two LPs: Brotherhood, an album still held in high regard by fans of hardcore music, and DYS (i.
DYS (DNA) DYS is short for DNA Y-chromosome Segment, and is used to designate a segment of DNA on the Y chromosome where a sequence of nucleotides repeats. These sequences are known as short tandem repeats (STRs), and are called markers in genealogical DNA testing.
Dzaoudzi Dzaoudzi is a commune in the French overseas collectivity of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean. The commune of Dzaoudzi, made up of the twin towns of Dzaoudzi and Labattoir, is located on the small island of Petite-Terre (or Pamanzi).
Dze Dze (Ѕ, ѕ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Macedonian language and in Old Church Slavonic. It represents the sound as in the English word "kids", and is the voiced equivalent of Ц (Tse).
Dzerzhinskaya Line The Dzerzhinskaya Line (), is a line of the Novosibirsk Metro. When the original metro plan was unveiled, the first line, which opened in 1986, was to bypass the main railway station, which was to be served by the future second line.
Dzerzhinsky City District, Perm Dzerzhinsky City District () is one of the city districts of Perm. According to the results of the 2002 Census, Dzerzhinsky City District is fourth by the size of population with 153,403 inhabitants (constituting 15.
Dzhanka Dzhanka (, "damson") is a village in Krumovgrad municipality, Kardzhali Province in the very south of Bulgaria, located in the Eastern Rhodopes. The majority of its population consists of ethnic Turks.
Dzhe Dzhe (Џ, џ) is a letter of Vuk Karadžić's Cyrillic alphabet reform, used in Serbian and Macedonian to represent the affricate (like the J in English "jump"). It corresponds to the digraphs дж or чж or the letters җ (Zhje), , or from some other Cyrillic alphabets and writing systems.
Dzhidi language Dzhidi, or Judæo-Persian, is the Jewish language spoken by the Jews living in Iran. As a collective term, Dzhidi refers to a number of Indo-Iranian languages or dialects spoken by Jewish communities throughout the formerly extensive Persian Empire.
Dzhokhar Dudaev Dzhokhar Musayevich Dudayev (Chechen Latin: Dzoxar Dudayev; Cyrillic: ДжохаĚŃ€ ĐśŃŃĐ°Ěевич Đ”ŃĐ´Đ°Ěев, 15 April 1944 – 21 April 1996) was a Soviet Air Force general and a Chechen leader, the first president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, an unrecognized breakaway state in the North Caucasus.
Dzhugdzhur Mountains The Dzhugdzhur Mountains () are a mountain range in the far east of Siberia that run along the entire northwest coast of the Sea of Okhotsk. In the east, mountains emerge from the Stanovoy Range and run northeast for some 1500 kilomteres before splitting three ways into the Chersky Range, Verkhoyansk Mountains, and Gydan Mountains.
Działdowo Działdowo () is a town in north-central Poland with 20,830 inhabitants (2004), the capital of Działdowo County. Situated in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (since 1999), Działdowo previously belonged to Ciechanów Voivodeship (1975-1998).
Działyński Palace in Poznań Działyński Palace in Poznań, Poland is a Baroque palace built in 1773-1787. The building features a rich stucco-decorated interior of its "Red Hall" and a classicist façade decorated with sculptures.
Dziennik Polska-Europa-Ĺšwiat Dziennik Polska-Europa-Ĺšwiat () is a new Polish nationwide daily newspaper published by Axel Springer Polska, a division of Germany's Axel Springer Verlag publishing company. It is modelled on Springer's Welt Kompakt, the Berliner-style edition of the Hamburg-published broadsheet Die Welt.
Dziennik Polski (London) The Dziennik Polski (lit: "(the) Polish Daily") is Britain's only daily (Monday to Friday) Polish-language newspaper. It was started in 1940, for the growing Polish immigrant community who started to arrive to Britain during the Second World War.
DzierĹĽoniĂłw County DzierĹĽoniĂłw County (in Polish powiat dzierĹĽoniowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in the Lower Silesian Voivodship in Poland, created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.
Dziewona Dziewona (or Dziewanna in Polish, Devana in Czech, Diiwica in Serbian) is the Slavic equivalent of the Roman Goddess Diana, whose name is said to appear very late in Slavic history. However, all her names that derive from Slavic language translate to "The Maiden.
Dziga Vertov Group The Dziga Vertov Group (French: Groupe Dziga Vertov) was formed in 1968 by politically active filmmakers including Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin. Their films are defined primarily for Brechtian forms, Marxist ideology, and a lack of personal authorship.
Dzików Confederation The Dzikowska Confederation (Polish: konfederacja dzikowska) was a military organisation formed in 1734 in Dzików (today suburb of Tarnobrzeg) by supporters of Stanisław I Leszczyński during the War of Polish Succession, under the leadership of Adam Tarło.
Dziwna The Dziwna () is an eastern strait, river or a branch of the Oder River out of three straits connecting the Oder Lagoon with the Bay of Pomerania of the Baltic Sea, between the island of Wolin and the Polish mainland.
Dziwnów Dziwnów (former ) is a town in northwestern Poland on the Baltic Sea, at the point where the river Dziwna flows into it. Previously in the Szczecin Voivodeship (1975-1998), Dziwnów has been in Kamień Pomorski County in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999.
Dzūkija National Park Dzūkija National Park - a national park in Dzūkija in Lithuania established in 1991 in order to preserve the pine forests, the landscape and the villages of the region on the area of 550 square kilometres on the banks of the Neman River. The administrative centre of the park is in Marcinkonys and the other important town is Merkinė.
Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche (1965- ) is a Buddhist meditation master and scholar from Dzogchen Monastery and Dzogchen Shri Singha Monastic University in Tibet. He is a 33rd generation lineage holder of the Dzogchen lineage of Buddhism.
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche The Seventh Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche is president of Nalandabodhi, a leading Tibetan Buddhist scholar, and a meditation master. He is also one of the highest tĂĽlkus in the Nyingma and Karma Kagyu lineages of Tibetan Buddhism, and the founder of Nitartha Institute, which provides assistance to scholars and Asian cultural institutions.
Dzong architecture Dzong architecture is a distinctive type of fortress architecture found in the former and present Buddhist kingdoms of the Himalayas, most notably Bhutan. The architecture is massive in style with towering exterior walls surrounding a complex of courtyards, temples, administrative offices, and monk housing.
Dzoosotoyn Elisen Desert The Dzoosotoyn Elisen Desert is a remote, arid, and rugged area of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. The nearest population center to this sparsely populated land is the city of Urumqi.
Dzungaria Dzungaria (also Jungaria, Sungaria, Zungaria; Mongolian: Зүүнгар ZĂĽĂĽngar, Chinese: ćş–ĺ™¶çľ ZhÇ”ngĂ©Ä›r, DĹľungarija) is a geographical region covering approximately 777,000 km², within the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwestern China.
Dzungars Dzungar (also Jungar or Zungar; Mongolian: Зүүнгар Züüngar) is the collective identity of several Oirat (West Mongolian) tribes that formed and maintained the last Central Asian nomadic empire from the early 17th century to the middle 18th century.
Dzunukwa Dzunukwa is the Kwakiutl(Kwakwakawakw) "wild woman of the forest." She is venerated as a bringer of wealth, but is also greatly feared by children, because she is also known as an ogress who steals children and carries them home in her basket to eat.
Dzur The dzur is a carnivorous creature indigenous to the fictional planet Dragaera, created by Steven Brust. Alternatively, Dzur can refer to one of the seventeen Great Houses of the Dragaeran people, or to a member of that house (although such members are often also referred to as Dzurlords).
Dzyarzhynskaya Hara Dzyarzhynskaya Hara (Belarusian Гара ДзяржынŃкая) is the highest point in Belarus. The hill is 345 meters (1130 ft) above sea level and is located west of Minsk, near Dzyarzhynsk, in the village Skirmuntava.
DZBB DZBB (594 kHz Metro Manila) "Super Radyo" is the flagship AM station of GMA Network in the Philippines. The station's studio is located at the GMA Network Center in Quezon City, while it's transmitter is located at Obando, Bulacan, Philippines.
DZBB-TV DZBB-TV, channel 7, is the flagship station of Philippine television network GMA Network. Its studios are located at the GMA Network Center at the corner of Timog Avenue and Epifanio de los Santos Avenue in Quezon City.
DZihan & Kamien dZihan & Kamien pronounced ("Gee-hahn and Kammy-en") are a downtempo house and acid jazz music duo based in Vienna, Austria. Their first production single, Der Bauch, released in 1996 under the name MC Sultan, was popular in European clubs and was included on several compilations.
DZJV-TV UniversiTV(DZJV-TV 33) is a UHF television station of ZOE Broadcasting Network, it was launched on November 27, 2006. This channel is somehow similar to ABS-CBN's Knowledge Channel but this station's target viewers are the adolescent people and shows mostly informative programming.
DZME DZME (1530 kHz Metro Manila) Radyo Uno is an AM station owned and operated by Capitol Broadcasting Center in the Philippines. The station's studio is located at 317 Roosevelt Avenue, San Antonio, San Francisco Del Monte, Quezon City.
DZMM DZMM (630 kHz Metro Manila) "Radyo Patrol" is the flagship AM station of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation in the Philippines. The station's studio is located at the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center in Quezon City, while it's transmitter is located at Obando, Bulacan, Philippines.
DZTV-TV DZTV-TV, channel 13, is the flagship station of Philippine television network Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation. Its studios are located at Broadcast City, Old Balara, Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City.
Dyson (company) Dyson is a British company best known for producing a popular vacuum cleaner that uses cyclonic separation. The creator, James Dyson, used the centrifugal particle separation, after finding that the dust bag in his vacuum cleaner needed to be replaced even when it was not full.
Dyson (crater) Dyson is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, past the northwest limb. It is located in the northern part of the surface, to the northwest of the Coulomb crater, and east of Van't Hoff crater.
Dyson Aliens Dyson Aliens, also known as "Primes", are a fictional species of intelligent extraterrestrial life which originate from the primary sun of the binary star system known as the "Dyson Pair" in the Commonwealth Saga of science fiction novels books by Peter F. Hamilton.
Dyson Perrins Laboratory The Dyson Perrins Laboratory was the main centre for research into organic chemistry of Oxford University from its foundation in 1916 until its retirement as a laboratory in 2003. It was founded with an endowment from Charles Dyson Perrins, heir to the Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce company.
Dyson series In scattering theory, the Dyson series is a perturbative series, and each term is represented by Feynman diagrams. This series diverges asymptotically, but in quantum electrodynamics at the second order the difference from experimental data is in the order of 10^{-10}.
Dyson sphere A Dyson sphere (or shell as it appeared in the original paper) is a hypothetical megastructure that was originally described by Freeman Dyson as a system of orbiting solar power satellites meant to completely encompass a star and capture its entire energy output. Dyson speculated that such structures would be the logical consequence of the long-term survival of technological civilizations, and proposed that searching for evidence of the existence of such structures might lead to the detection of advanced intelligent extraterrestrial life.
Dyson tree A Dyson tree is a hypothetical genetically-engineered plant, (perhaps resembling a tree) capable of growing on a comet, suggested by the physicist Freeman Dyson. He suggested that such plants could produce a breathable atmosphere within hollow spaces in the comet (or even within the plants themselves) utilising solar energy and cometary materials, thus providing self-sustaining habitats for humanity in the outer solar system.
Dyson's Bus Services Dyson's Bus Services is a privately owned bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates a number of bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government.
Dyson's eternal intelligence Dyson's eternal intelligence (or The Dyson Scenario) is a concept that states an intelligent being would be able to think an infinite number of thoughts in an open universe. As the universe cooled, the thoughts would be slower and slower, but there would still be an infinite number of them.
Dysoxylum Dysoxylum is a genus of plants, mainly trees in the mahogany family Meliaceae. There are about 70 species and they range from Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, New Caledonia and through to other parts of the western Pacific Ocean.
Dysphemism In language, both dysphemism (from the Greek “dys” δυς = non and “pheme'” φήμη = speech) and cacophemism (in Greek “cacos” κακός = bad) refer to the usage of an intentionally harsh word or expression instead of a polite one; they are rough opposites of euphemism. “Dysphemism” may be either offensive or merely humorously deprecating, while “cacophemism” is usually deliberately offensive.
Dysphoria Dysphoria (from Greek δύĎφοĎος (dysphoros), from δυĎ-, difficult, and φÎĎω, to bear) is generally characterized as an unpleasant or uncomfortable mood, such as sadness (depressed mood), anxiety, irritability, or restlessness.Abbess; Alleydog.
Dysphrenia The term dysphrenia was coined by the German medical specialist Karl Kahlbaum to designate a clinical picture in 19th century psychiatry. Today the concept is still used in the western world as a lay generic synonym for mental disorder in adults, and as a term to describe different cognitive/verbal/behavioral deficits in children and adolescents.
Dysprosium(III) chloride Dysprosium(III) chloride (DyCl3), also known as dysprosium trichloride, is a compound of dysprosium and chlorine. It is a white to yellow solid which rapidly absorbs water on exposure to moist air to form a hexahydrate, DyCl3.
Dystocia Dystocia (antonym eutocia) is an abnormal or difficult childbirth or labour. Dystocia may arise due to incoordinate uterine activity, abnormal fetal lie or presentation, or absolute or relative cephalopelvic disproportion.
Dystopia (band) Formed in Orange County, California in 1992, Dystopia are a sludge band, popular in both the heavy metal and crust punk scenes, due in large part to their bleak, misanthropic imagery. Lyrics often deal with human emotion and social or political issues, such as environmentalism, racial equality, animal rights, and veganism or vegetarianism.
Dytiscidae Dytiscidae (known by various common names around the world, including predaceous diving beetles, water beetles and diving beetles) is a family of water beetles. They are about one inch long, dark brown in color with golden highlights and short, but sharp, pincers.
Dyula people The Dyula or Dioula are a Mande ethnic group, widespread in West Africa, whose traditions of long-distance trade and traditional abhorrence of war caused them to play a notable part in the peaceful expansion of Islam across much of the area. Trading in gold and kola nuts between the forest belt and the Sahara, large portions of the Dyula converted to Islam to strengthen ties with Saharan merchants.
Dyuni Dyuni (Дюни, "Dunes"; also Duni or Dyunite) is a holiday town on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, 40 km south of the Bulgarian city of Burgas and 7 km from Sozopol. The construction of the resort began in 1987 by an Austrian company and after a Bulgarian project.
Dyurtyuli Dyurtyuli (; Bashkir: Дүртөйлө) is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Belaya River 126 km north-west of Ufa at . Population: 29,984 (2002 Census); 25,264 (1989 Census).
Dyveke Sigbritsdatter Dyveke Sigbritsdatter (in Denmark normally just known as "Dyveke" - Dutch for "little pidgeon") was a common girl, the daughter of merchant Sigbrit Willoms, who became the mistress to Christian II of Denmark in 1507 or 1509. Their relationship has been the inspiration of many poets but in fact very little is known about it.
DYFM Bombo Radio DYFM 837 KHz Iloilo City is an AM station owned and operated by Bombo Radyo Philippines by Consolidated Boradcasting System in the Philippines. DYFM Bombo Radyo studio is located at Sky City Tower, Mapa, Iloilo City.
DYMO The DYMO routing protocol is successor to the popular Ad-Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector AODV protocol and shares many of its benefits. It is, however, slightly easier to implement and designed with future enhancements in mind.
DYNY-TV UNTV Channel 42 is a UHF television station in the Philippines operated by the Progressive Broadcasting Corporation, the same company that operates the NU 107 network of FM stations. The transmitter is located at Quezon Street, Iloilo City the same as NU107 Iloilo
DYS (band) DYS was a straight edge hardcore punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, and part of the notorious "Boston Crew" along with contemporaries such as SSD and Negative FX. They released two LPs: Brotherhood, an album still held in high regard by fans of hardcore music, and DYS (i.
DYS (DNA) DYS is short for DNA Y-chromosome Segment, and is used to designate a segment of DNA on the Y chromosome where a sequence of nucleotides repeats. These sequences are known as short tandem repeats (STRs), and are called markers in genealogical DNA testing.
Dzaoudzi Dzaoudzi is a commune in the French overseas collectivity of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean. The commune of Dzaoudzi, made up of the twin towns of Dzaoudzi and Labattoir, is located on the small island of Petite-Terre (or Pamanzi).
Dze Dze (Ѕ, ѕ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Macedonian language and in Old Church Slavonic. It represents the sound as in the English word "kids", and is the voiced equivalent of Ц (Tse).
Dzerzhinskaya Line The Dzerzhinskaya Line (), is a line of the Novosibirsk Metro. When the original metro plan was unveiled, the first line, which opened in 1986, was to bypass the main railway station, which was to be served by the future second line.
Dzerzhinsky City District, Perm Dzerzhinsky City District () is one of the city districts of Perm. According to the results of the 2002 Census, Dzerzhinsky City District is fourth by the size of population with 153,403 inhabitants (constituting 15.
Dzhanka Dzhanka (, "damson") is a village in Krumovgrad municipality, Kardzhali Province in the very south of Bulgaria, located in the Eastern Rhodopes. The majority of its population consists of ethnic Turks.
Dzhe Dzhe (Џ, џ) is a letter of Vuk Karadžić's Cyrillic alphabet reform, used in Serbian and Macedonian to represent the affricate (like the J in English "jump"). It corresponds to the digraphs дж or чж or the letters җ (Zhje), , or from some other Cyrillic alphabets and writing systems.
Dzhidi language Dzhidi, or Judæo-Persian, is the Jewish language spoken by the Jews living in Iran. As a collective term, Dzhidi refers to a number of Indo-Iranian languages or dialects spoken by Jewish communities throughout the formerly extensive Persian Empire.
Dzhokhar Dudaev Dzhokhar Musayevich Dudayev (Chechen Latin: Dzoxar Dudayev; Cyrillic: ДжохаĚŃ€ ĐśŃŃĐ°Ěевич Đ”ŃĐ´Đ°Ěев, 15 April 1944 – 21 April 1996) was a Soviet Air Force general and a Chechen leader, the first president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, an unrecognized breakaway state in the North Caucasus.
Dzhugdzhur Mountains The Dzhugdzhur Mountains () are a mountain range in the far east of Siberia that run along the entire northwest coast of the Sea of Okhotsk. In the east, mountains emerge from the Stanovoy Range and run northeast for some 1500 kilomteres before splitting three ways into the Chersky Range, Verkhoyansk Mountains, and Gydan Mountains.
Działdowo Działdowo () is a town in north-central Poland with 20,830 inhabitants (2004), the capital of Działdowo County. Situated in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (since 1999), Działdowo previously belonged to Ciechanów Voivodeship (1975-1998).
Działyński Palace in Poznań Działyński Palace in Poznań, Poland is a Baroque palace built in 1773-1787. The building features a rich stucco-decorated interior of its "Red Hall" and a classicist façade decorated with sculptures.
Dziennik Polska-Europa-Ĺšwiat Dziennik Polska-Europa-Ĺšwiat () is a new Polish nationwide daily newspaper published by Axel Springer Polska, a division of Germany's Axel Springer Verlag publishing company. It is modelled on Springer's Welt Kompakt, the Berliner-style edition of the Hamburg-published broadsheet Die Welt.
Dziennik Polski (London) The Dziennik Polski (lit: "(the) Polish Daily") is Britain's only daily (Monday to Friday) Polish-language newspaper. It was started in 1940, for the growing Polish immigrant community who started to arrive to Britain during the Second World War.
DzierĹĽoniĂłw County DzierĹĽoniĂłw County (in Polish powiat dzierĹĽoniowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in the Lower Silesian Voivodship in Poland, created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.
Dziewona Dziewona (or Dziewanna in Polish, Devana in Czech, Diiwica in Serbian) is the Slavic equivalent of the Roman Goddess Diana, whose name is said to appear very late in Slavic history. However, all her names that derive from Slavic language translate to "The Maiden.
Dziga Vertov Group The Dziga Vertov Group (French: Groupe Dziga Vertov) was formed in 1968 by politically active filmmakers including Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin. Their films are defined primarily for Brechtian forms, Marxist ideology, and a lack of personal authorship.
Dzików Confederation The Dzikowska Confederation (Polish: konfederacja dzikowska) was a military organisation formed in 1734 in Dzików (today suburb of Tarnobrzeg) by supporters of Stanisław I Leszczyński during the War of Polish Succession, under the leadership of Adam Tarło.
Dziwna The Dziwna () is an eastern strait, river or a branch of the Oder River out of three straits connecting the Oder Lagoon with the Bay of Pomerania of the Baltic Sea, between the island of Wolin and the Polish mainland.
Dziwnów Dziwnów (former ) is a town in northwestern Poland on the Baltic Sea, at the point where the river Dziwna flows into it. Previously in the Szczecin Voivodeship (1975-1998), Dziwnów has been in Kamień Pomorski County in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999.
Dzūkija National Park Dzūkija National Park - a national park in Dzūkija in Lithuania established in 1991 in order to preserve the pine forests, the landscape and the villages of the region on the area of 550 square kilometres on the banks of the Neman River. The administrative centre of the park is in Marcinkonys and the other important town is Merkinė.
Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche (1965- ) is a Buddhist meditation master and scholar from Dzogchen Monastery and Dzogchen Shri Singha Monastic University in Tibet. He is a 33rd generation lineage holder of the Dzogchen lineage of Buddhism.
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche The Seventh Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche is president of Nalandabodhi, a leading Tibetan Buddhist scholar, and a meditation master. He is also one of the highest tĂĽlkus in the Nyingma and Karma Kagyu lineages of Tibetan Buddhism, and the founder of Nitartha Institute, which provides assistance to scholars and Asian cultural institutions.
Dzong architecture Dzong architecture is a distinctive type of fortress architecture found in the former and present Buddhist kingdoms of the Himalayas, most notably Bhutan. The architecture is massive in style with towering exterior walls surrounding a complex of courtyards, temples, administrative offices, and monk housing.
Dzoosotoyn Elisen Desert The Dzoosotoyn Elisen Desert is a remote, arid, and rugged area of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. The nearest population center to this sparsely populated land is the city of Urumqi.
Dzungaria Dzungaria (also Jungaria, Sungaria, Zungaria; Mongolian: Зүүнгар ZĂĽĂĽngar, Chinese: ćş–ĺ™¶çľ ZhÇ”ngĂ©Ä›r, DĹľungarija) is a geographical region covering approximately 777,000 km², within the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwestern China.
Dzungars Dzungar (also Jungar or Zungar; Mongolian: Зүүнгар Züüngar) is the collective identity of several Oirat (West Mongolian) tribes that formed and maintained the last Central Asian nomadic empire from the early 17th century to the middle 18th century.
Dzunukwa Dzunukwa is the Kwakiutl(Kwakwakawakw) "wild woman of the forest." She is venerated as a bringer of wealth, but is also greatly feared by children, because she is also known as an ogress who steals children and carries them home in her basket to eat.
Dzur The dzur is a carnivorous creature indigenous to the fictional planet Dragaera, created by Steven Brust. Alternatively, Dzur can refer to one of the seventeen Great Houses of the Dragaeran people, or to a member of that house (although such members are often also referred to as Dzurlords).
Dzyarzhynskaya Hara Dzyarzhynskaya Hara (Belarusian Гара ДзяржынŃкая) is the highest point in Belarus. The hill is 345 meters (1130 ft) above sea level and is located west of Minsk, near Dzyarzhynsk, in the village Skirmuntava.
DZBB DZBB (594 kHz Metro Manila) "Super Radyo" is the flagship AM station of GMA Network in the Philippines. The station's studio is located at the GMA Network Center in Quezon City, while it's transmitter is located at Obando, Bulacan, Philippines.
DZBB-TV DZBB-TV, channel 7, is the flagship station of Philippine television network GMA Network. Its studios are located at the GMA Network Center at the corner of Timog Avenue and Epifanio de los Santos Avenue in Quezon City.
DZihan & Kamien dZihan & Kamien pronounced ("Gee-hahn and Kammy-en") are a downtempo house and acid jazz music duo based in Vienna, Austria. Their first production single, Der Bauch, released in 1996 under the name MC Sultan, was popular in European clubs and was included on several compilations.
DZJV-TV UniversiTV(DZJV-TV 33) is a UHF television station of ZOE Broadcasting Network, it was launched on November 27, 2006. This channel is somehow similar to ABS-CBN's Knowledge Channel but this station's target viewers are the adolescent people and shows mostly informative programming.
DZME DZME (1530 kHz Metro Manila) Radyo Uno is an AM station owned and operated by Capitol Broadcasting Center in the Philippines. The station's studio is located at 317 Roosevelt Avenue, San Antonio, San Francisco Del Monte, Quezon City.
DZMM DZMM (630 kHz Metro Manila) "Radyo Patrol" is the flagship AM station of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation in the Philippines. The station's studio is located at the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center in Quezon City, while it's transmitter is located at Obando, Bulacan, Philippines.
DZTV-TV DZTV-TV, channel 13, is the flagship station of Philippine television network Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation. Its studios are located at Broadcast City, Old Balara, Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City.
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