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Eskimo Eskimos, or Esquimaux, are terms used to refer to people who inhabit the circumpolar region, excluding Scandinavia and most of Russia, but including the easternmost portions of Siberia. There are two main groups of Eskimos: the Inuit in northern Alaska, Canada and Greenland, and the Yupik of western Alaska and the Russian Far East.
Eskimo bowline The Eskimo bowline is a knot that places a loop in the end of a rope. Whereas the standard bowline knot loops the working end around the standing part, the Eskimo bowline loops it around its own descending part.
Eskimo Joe EP Eskimo Joe is the second EP released by Eskimo Joe. "Turn Up Your Stereo" and "Ruby Wednesday" received plenty of airplay on Australian youth radio station Triple J reaching #39 and #99 respectively on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999.
Eskimo kinship Eskimo kinship (also referred to as Lineal kinship) is a concept of kinship used to define family in anthropology. Identified by Lewis Henry Morgan in his 1871 work Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, the Eskimo system was one of six major kinship systems (Eskimo, Hawaiian, Iroquois, Crow, Omaha, and Sudanese).
Eskimo words for snow It is a popular urban legend that the Inuit or Eskimo have an unusually high number of words for snow: dozens, hundreds, or thousands. The number of words depends on the definitions of Eskimo (there are a number of languages) and snow, and on the method of counting numbers of words in languages that have quite different grammatical structures from English.
Eskimo-Aleut languages Eskimo-Aleut is a language family native to Greenland, the Canadian Arctic, Alaska, and parts of Siberia. Also called Eskaleut (Eskaleutian, Eskaleutic), Eskimoan or Macro-Eskimo, it consists of the Eskimo languages (known as Inuit in the north of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland; as Yup'ik in the west of Alaska; and as Yuit in Siberia) on the one side, and the single Aleut language on the other.
Eskimobot eskimobot is a band currently operating out of New York City, New York. Led by vocalist/keyboardist Kimi Recor, they have been described as a dance act, but combine substantial elements of indie rock and electronic music.
Esko Lähtevänoja Esko Lähtevänoja (born May 14, 1953 in Utajärvi) was a former Finnish cross country skier who competed in the 1970s. He earned a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti.
Esko Nikkari Esko Nikkari (November 23, 1938 Lapua, Finland – December 17, 2006 in Seinäjoki, Finland) was a prolific Finnish actor who made more than 70 appearances on film and television. He debuted in 1974 in the movie Karvat.
Eskobar Eskobar is the name of a Swedish indie/pop band that was founded in 1996 some 30 kilometres north of Stockholm, in the small town of Åkersberga. The band features Daniel Bellqvist as its lead singer, Frederik Zäll on guitars, and Robert Birming on drums.
Eskom Eskom is a South African electricity public utility which was established in 1923 as the Electricity Supply Commission (ESCOM) also known by its Afrikaans name Elektrisiteitsvoorsieningskommissie (EVKOM), by the government of South Africa in terms of the Electricity Act (1922).
Eskra Eskra () is a small village located in the south-west of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on the Omagh to Clogher road, about 10 miles from Omagh and about 4 miles from Clogher. It was originally part of Clogher and also contains the hamlet of Newtownsaville.
Eskrido Eskrido, a version of Doce Pares, is a Filipino martial art that is a combination of Doce Pares, Aikido, and Judo, with lesser influences from other Japanese systems. It features standard eskrima stick techniques mixed with Jujutsu-style locks and throws that utilize the stick.
Eskrima Eskrima or Escrima refers to a class of Filipino martial arts that emphasize stick and sword fighting. Other terms which have entered into common usage include Kali and Arnis de Mano (harness of the hand); occasionally the abbreviation FMA (Filipino Martial Arts) is used.
Eslamshahr Eslamshahr (population 4,000,000) is a city located in the centre of the provincial capital Tehran, in Iran. This city is located on the major road jaddeh saveh, which starts in the south of Tehran, and ends at Saveh City.
Esma RedĹľepova Esma RedĹľepova is a Roma vocalist, songwriter, and humanitarian born in Yugoslavia. During her life she has performed in more than 8000 concerts in 30 countries, and with her late husband Stevo Teodosievski has fostered forty-seven children.
Esmarch bandage Esmarch bandage (also known as Esmarch's bandage for surgical haemostasis or Esmarch's tourniquet) in its modern form is a narrow hard rubber tourniquet with a chain fastener that is used to control bleeding by applying it around a limb in such a way that blood is expelled from ithttp://www.mercksource.
Esmé Squalor Esmé Gigi Genevieve Squalor is a fictional character from the book series by Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events. She is the city's sixth-most-important financial advisor, and portrayed as an unpleasant woman.
Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox, 1st Earl of Lennox (1542–May 26 1583) was the son of John Stewart, 5th Lord of Aubigny. Sir James Melville described him as "of nature, upright, just, and gentle".
Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond Esmé Stuart, 2nd Duke of Richmond, 5th Duke of Lennox (November 2 1649–August 10 1660) was the son of James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond and Mary Villiers, daughter of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.
Esmée Fairbairn Charitable Trust The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is one of the largest independent grantmaking foundations in England, making grants to organisations which aim to improve the quality of life for people and communities in the UK, both now and in the future.
Esme Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith Esme William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith, GCB, GCMG, CVO (September 15, 1863 - August 1, 1939) was a British diplomat. The grandson of Lord Henry Thomas Molyneux Howard, younger brother of the twelfth Duke of Norfolk, Howard was born at Greystoke Castle, Cumberland, and educated at Harrow.
Esme Melville Esme Melville (1918 - 14 September 2006) was a veteran Australian actress. Her television credits of the 1970s included various guest roles in the Crawford Productions police dramas Homicide, Division 4, Matlock Police and Bluey.
Esmie Tseng Esmie Tseng, aka rockonlittleone, (born April 7 1989) is a Kansas teenager charged with stabbing her mother to death at the age of 16. While matricides are rare in the United States, the case also gained visibility due to her active online presence.
Esmolol Esmolol (tradename Brevibloc®) is a cardioselective beta1 receptor blocker with rapid onset, a very short duration of action, and no significant intrinsic sympathomimetic or membrane stabilising activity at therapeutic dosages.
Esmond Romilly Esmond Marcus David Romilly, (June 10 1918–November 30 1941), was a well-born British socialist and anti-fascist. Educated at Wellington College, he and his brother Giles refused to join the Officers' Training Corps, distributed pacifist leaflets, and ultimately ran away from school.
Esmond Wright Professor Esmond Wright (5 November 1915 – 9 August 2003) was a British Conservative politician, historian and Director of the Institute of United States Studies, London University from 1971 to 1983. He was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal in 1988.
Esmonde and Larbey John Esmonde (born 1937) and Bob Larbey (born 1934) were a successful British television comedy scriptwriting duo from the 1960s to the 1990s, creating popular situation comedies such as Please Sir! and The Good Life.
Esna Boyd Esna Boyd Robertson (1901-1962), an Australian tennis player, reached seven consecutive women's singles finals at the Australian Championships from 1922 through 1928. She won one of those finals, defeating Sylvia Lance Harper in 1927.
Esna Park Drive Esna Park Drive is an aterial road in York Region or Town of Markham in Ontario. Its direction heads east-west between Woodbine Avenue and Alden Road, then changes to north-south between Alden Road (14th Avenue) and Steeles Avenue.
Esna-Steeles (VIVA) Esna-Steeles is a Vivastation on York Region's Viva bus rapid transit system, north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It opened on October 16, 2005, at the intersection of Esna Park Drive and Steeles Avenue in Markham, Ontario.
Eso-Charis (album) Eso-Charis is the eponymous album of the band Eso-Charis. The album was originally released independently in 1998, later being released by Day-Glo Records of Sweden, and even later by Solid State Records, the label of Living Sacrifice, which three of the members were also a part of.
Esomeprazole Esomeprazole (IPA: ) is a proton pump inhibitor (brand names Nexium®; Lucen®; Esopral® and Axagon® in Italy) developed and marketed by AstraZeneca which is used in the treatment of dyspepsia, peptic ulcer disease (PUD), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GORD/GERD) and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. Esomeprazole is the S-enantiomer of omeprazole (marketed as Losec/Prilosec), and AstraZeneca claims improved efficacy of this single enantiomer product over the racemic mixture of omeprazole.
Esomus danricus Esomus danricus, a Danionin known as the Indian Flying Barb is one of the species known as Flying Barbs owing to their extremely long barbels. Danricus was discovered as long as go as 1822 by Hamilton, however, lacking the spectacular beauty of the Danios it is rarely seen in the aquarist hobby.
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy In medicine (gastroenterology), esophagogastroduodenoscopy is a diagnostic endoscopic procedure that visualises the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract up to the duodenum. It is considered a minimally invasive procedure since it does not require an incision into one of the major body cavities and does not require any significant recovery after the procedure (unless sedation or anesthesia has been used).
Esopus Creek The Esopus Creek is a small river in southeastern New York, United States. The Esopus Creek is a tributary of the Hudson River and joins that river by the Village of Saugerties in the northeast corner of Ulster County.
Esopus Wars The Esopus Wars were two localized conflicts between Dutch settlers and the Esopus tribe of Lenape Indians during the latter half of the 17th century in what is now Ulster County, New York. Like many other wars during the colonial period they were brought about by the clash of European and Native American cultures, the first war having started over paranoia on the part of the settlers, and the second war a continuation of that grudge on the part of the Esopus tribe.
Esoteric cosmology Esoteric cosmology is cosmology that is an intrinsic part of an esoteric or occult system of thought. It almost always deals with at least some of the following themes: emanation, involution, evolution, epigenesis, planes of existence or higher worlds (and their emanation and the connections between them), hierarchies of spiritual beings, cosmic cycles (e.
Esoteric Christianity Esoteric Christianity refers to the occult study and the mystic living of the esoteric knowledge related to what adherents view as the "inner teachings" of early Christianity, seen as a Mystery religion. The term is thought by some to be originally associated with the Essenes and, later, the Rosicrucians.
Esoteric interpretation of the Qur'an An esoteric interpretation of the Qur'an is an interpretation of the Qur’an which includes attribution of esoteric or mystic meanings to the text by the interpreter. In this respect, its method is different from the conventional exegesis of the Qur’an, called tafsir.
Esoteric Order of Art The Esoteric Order of Art or EOA is an art movement founded in Finland in the year 2005 by two artists, Tapani Mokko and Marianne Kaunio. It's basic principles emphasizes mystical aspects of art and individuality of artist.
Esotericism The term Esotericism refers to the doctrines or practices of esoteric knowledge, or otherwise the quality or state of being described as esoteric.Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary : esotericism Esoteric knowledge is that which is specialised or advanced in nature, available only to a narrow circle of "enlightened", "initiated", or highly educated people.
Esp1 Esp1 is a separin protein that cleaves the cohesin subunit Scc1, thus allowing sister chromatids to separate at the onset of anaphase during mitosis. Esp1 is coded by esp1-1 and is regulated by the securin Pds1.
Esp@cenet esp@cenet is a free online service for searching patents and patent applications. esp@cenet was developed by the European Patent Office (EPO) together with the member states of the European Patent Organisation.
España 2000 España 2000 is a far right-wing political party of Spain. At present they are without parliamentary representation, but they have a growing presence in Valencia and a minor presence currently in Catalonia, Granada and Madrid.
España Boulevard España Boulevard is the main thoroughfare of Sampaloc district, Manila and the extreme western section of Quezon City. It is an 8-lane divided arterial road and is a component of one of the radial roads of Metro Manila — Radial Road 7 or R-7.
Espace DalĂ L'Espace Dali is an art museum in Paris, France. Dedicated to the work of the surrealist artist Salvador DalĂ, the museum contains many of his drawings, cartoons, and sculptures as well as a few of his paintings.
Espada Acequia The Espada Acequia, or Piedras Creek Aqueduct, was built by Franciscan friars in 1731 in what is now San Antonio, Texas, United States. It was built to supply irrigation water to the lands near Mission San Francisco de la Espada, today part of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
Espada y daga Espada 'y' Daga (also known as "punta y daga" or "olisi y baraw (cebuano))" is a discipline of Eskrima and the Filipino martial arts (FMA) believed to be influenced by European Fencing in particular the Spanish style of Sabre and Dagger used by the Conquestadors who invaded the Philippine islands in the 16th Centuary and not the Rapier and Dagger styles used for dueling and self defence purposes by the Spanish upper classes as was once believed.
Espadaña Espadaña is a sparsely populated village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 56 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 49 people.
Espagnole sauce In cooking, espagnole sauce is one of the mother sauces that are the basis of sauce-making in classic French cooking. Auguste Escoffier codified the recipe in the late 19th century, which is still followed today.
Espalier Espalier is the horticultural technique of training trees through pruning and grafting in order to create formal "two-dimensional" or single plane patterns by the branches of the tree. The technique was popular in the Middle Ages in Europe to decorate solid walls by such trees planted near them, although evidence exists suggesting that the technique dates back much farther, perhaps even to ancient Egypt.
Espanola, Ontario [(2001] census population 5,449) is a town in [[Northern Ontario, Canada. It is situated on the Spanish River, and is the seat of Sudbury District, approximately 70 kilometres west of the city of Sudbury, and just south of the junction of Highway 6 and Highway 17.
Espargos Espargos is the capital city of the island municipality of Sal, Cape Verde and is also in the heart of the island. Espargos means "asparagus" and refers to the wild vegetable asparagus stalk with its bright yellow flowers which grows in sandy areas around the island.
Esparto Esparto, or esparto grass, also known as "halfah grass" or "needle grass", Stipa tenacissima, is a perennial grass grown in northwest Africa and southern Spain for fiber production for paper making. The fiber makes a high quality paper often used in book manufacturing.
Espasante Espasante Important Fishing Port in the Ferrolterra borough of Ortigueira in North-western Spain. From this port, which is at the other side of the Ria of Ortigueira, just in front of important fishing port of Carino, large numbers of trawlers leave the locality every year heading to far distant places across the globe in pursue of precious tuna, cod, haddock and many other cuisine delicatessens.
Espérance , , literally translated as "The Sporting Hope of Tunis", also known as EST, taraji, or Espérance, is a sports club based in Tunis, Tunisia. It fields several sport teams in football, handball, volleyball, etc.
Especially for You "Especially for You" was the fifth international single released from singer Kylie Minogue in time for the christmas 1988 market and is a duet with Jason Donovan. It did not appear on her debut album but was included on Jason Donovan's 1989 debut album Ten Good Reasons.
Especially for Youth Especially For Youth (often abbreviated as EFY) is a week long youth-oriented seminar focused on fellowship and teaching the principles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Attendance is open to all youth aged 14 to 18.
Especially in Michigan "Especially in Michigan" is the 10th track on the Red Hot Chili Peppers' ninth studio double album Stadium Arcadium Disc 1: Jupiter. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta performed the guitar solo on the song.
Espedair Street (radio) Espedair Street was a four part BBC radio adaptation of the Iain Banks novel Espedair Street broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1998. The dramatisation was by Joe Dunlop and it was produced by Dave Batchelor.
Espejo Lake Espejo Lake (Spanish for mirror) is a lake of glacial tectonic origin located at the south of the Neuquén Province, Argentina. Its on the route known as the Road of the Seven lakes, near the town of Villa La Angostura.
Espeland concentration camp Espeland concentration camp was established in the borough of Arna by the Nazi authorities of occupied Norway in the summer of 1943. It was largely built by slave labor from the other concentration camp near Bergen, Ulven concentration camp.
Espelkamp Espelkamp is a town and a municipality in the Minden-LĂĽbbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 kilometers north of LĂĽbbecke and 20 kilometers north-west of Minden.
Espen Baardsen Espen Baardsen (born December 7, 1977) is a former football goalkeeper. He was born in San Rafael, California to Norwegian parents, and got selected for the US Under-18 national team before switching his international eligibility to Norway because of his dual nationality.
Espen Berntsen Espen Berntsen (born May 12, 1967) is a Norwegian football referee from Vang outside of the Norwegian municipality of Hamar. He debuted as a referee in 1990, Tippeligaen-official in 1997 and became a FIFA-official in 2002.
Espen Bjervig Espen Bjervig (born June 30, 1972) was a former Norwegian cross country skier who competed from 1995 to 2004. He won a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Ramsau and earned his best individual finish of 8th in the 10 km event in those same games.
Espen Eckbo Espen Eckbo (born 22 April 1973 in Oslo) is a Norwegian actor, writer and comedian. Internationally, he is best recognised for having helped to create the fictional boy band Boyzvoice and the subsequent mockumentary Get Ready to be Boyzvoiced (2000) about life in the group.
Espen Haug Espen Gaarder Haug is an author, philosopher, quantitative trader and arbitrageur specializing in options and other derivatives. He is best known for his book "The Complete Guide to Option Pricing Formulas" 2nd edition McGraw-Hill 2006.
Espeon are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Espeon in the games, anime, and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon—untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments—and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Esper The term and concept esper has existed in the field of parapsychology, and in the mainstream of science fiction, for some time, since at least 1950. Properly used, the term refers to an individual born capable of using telepathy and similar paranormal mental abilities; it apparently derives from extra-sensory perception ("ESP") via the English occupational suffix, thus being literally "ESP-er" with different capitalization.
Esper (Akira) The Espers, , Kiyoko (ă‚ă¨ă‚ł) and Takashi (ă‚żă‚«ă‚·), are paranormal human test subjects of the Japanese government in the movie and manga Akira. The term "Esper" is never used in the film or manga, but refers to the character's Extra Sensory Perception
Esperance Star Esperance Star is a dive liveaboard operating out of Brisbane, Australia. She gained some notoriety throughout the country for having located approximately 19 previously unknown wrecks along the coast of southern Queensland.
Esperance, Western Australia Esperance () is a town in Western Australia, located on the south coast around half-way between Albany and the South Australian border. Its population is around 14,000 people, and its major industries are tourism, agriculture and fishing.
Esperantic Studies Foundation The Esperantic Studies Foundation is a foundation which strives to solve international language problems. According to its website "The Esperantic Studies Foundation promotes research and teaching on Esperanto and on related issues of interlingual communication, especially in the context of higher education in North America.
Esperantido Esperantido is the term used within the Esperanto and constructed language communities to describe a language project based on or inspired by Esperanto. Esperantido originally referred to the language of that name, which later came to be known as Ido.
Esperanto (album) Esperanto released in 1993, was the first album by Karl Bartos as "Elektric Music" (initially in collaboration with Lothar Manteuffel, formerly of the group Rheingold). Elektric Music was the recording project begun after Bartos ended his involvement with the band Kraftwerk in 1991.
Esperanto and Ido compared This article attempts to highlight the main differences between Esperanto and Ido, two constructed languages that have a related past but have since parted ways. Ido was invented in the early 20th century after a schism between those who believed that Esperanto had inherent flaws that prevented it from being a suitable international auxiliary language, and those who believed that Esperanto was sufficient as it was, and that endless tinkering with a language would only weaken it in the end.
Esperanto and Interlingua compared Esperanto and Interlingua are two planned languages which have taken radically different approaches to the problem of providing an International auxiliary language (IAL). For more detail about the languages themselves, see their respective articles.
Esperanto as an international language Esperanto was conceived as a language of international communication, more precisely as a universal second language. Since publication, there has been debate over whether it is possible for Esperanto to attain this position, and whether it would be an improvement for international communication if it did.
Esperanto AntaĹen Esperanto AntaĹen (meaning Esperanto Forward) was founded in April 2001 by David Yaki, with the support of research scientists at the Alstom Power Research Facilities in Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland as well as individual speakers of Esperanto from four continents. In addition to managing the Calgary Esperanto Centre, offering Esperanto courses and events, Esperanto AntaĹen also maintains the Dorothy Hawley Esperanto Library.
Esperanto culture The language Esperanto is often used to access an international culture, including a large corpus of original as well as translated literature. There are over 25,000 Esperanto books (originals and translations) as well as over a hundred regularly distributed Esperanto magazines.
Esperanto grammar Esperanto is a constructed auxiliary language. Its logical structure makes Esperanto easier to learn than most of the world's languages, though particular features may be more or less advantageous to speakers of different language backgrounds.
Esperanto in popular culture References to Esperanto, a constructed language, have been made in a number of films and novels. Typically, this is done either to add the exoticness of a foreign language without representing any particular ethnicity, or to avoid going to the trouble of inventing a new language.
Esperanto II Esperanto II was a reform of Esperanto proposed by René de Saussure in 1937, the last of a long series of such proposals beginning with his 1907 reform proposal Antido."René de Saussure (1868-1943) - Tragika sed grava esperantologo kaj interlingvisto el Svislando" by Andy Künzli] It was one of several languages investigated by the International Auxiliary Language Association, the linguistic research body that eventually standardized and presented Interlingua.
Esperanto jubilee symbol The Esperanto Jubilee Symbol (jubilea simbolo) is a cultural symbol that was created in 1987 to mark the 100 year anniversary of the Esperanto international language. Because of its shape, the symbol is sometimes informally called the melon (melono), egg (ovo) or football (rugbea pilko).
Esperanto League for North America The Esperanto League for North America (Esperanto-Ligo por Norda Ameriko in Esperanto or ELNA) is the main organization of speakers and supporters of the international language Esperanto in the United States. The organization is considering changing its name to Esperanto-USA, among other reasons because, despite the "North America" in ELNA's name, ELNA is a national, not a continental organization.
Esperanto music Esperanto music is music written, recorded, and performed in Esperanto, a constructed language used for international communication. The following lists are of artists, popular songs, publishers, events and projects, organizations, and magazines relating to music in Esperanto.
Esperanto orthography Esperanto is written in a Latin alphabet of twenty-eight letters, upper and lower case. This is supplemented by punctuation marks and by various logograms, such as the numerals 0-9, currency signs such as $, and mathematical symbols.
Esperanto Wikipedia The Esperanto Wikipedia is the Esperanto edition of Wikipedia. Started in December 2001 as the eleventh edition of Wikipedia (alongside the Basque Wikipedia), and the largest Wikipedia in a constructed language, this edition has over 60,000 articles as of October 2006, and is the fifteenth largest Wikipedia as measured by the number of articles.
Esperantujo Esperantujo or Esperantio is a term (meaning "Esperantoland") used by speakers of the constructed international auxiliary language Esperanto to refer to the Esperanto community and the activities going on in the language. When two people are speaking Esperanto, they are said to be "in" Esperantujo.
Esperanza High School Esperanza High School is a 9th–12th grade public high school located in Anaheim, California that is part of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District. It is a California Distinguished School and home to many excellent athletic programs.
Esperanza Osmeña Esperanza Limjap Osmeña (1896-1978) was the second wife of Philippine President Sergio Osmeña and is considered the fourth First Lady of the Philippines. They were married in 1920, two years after the death of President Osmeña's first wife, Estefania Chiong Veloso.
Esperanza Rising Esperanza Rising is a 2000 novel by Pam Muñoz Ryan. Set during the time of the American Great Depression, it examines the plight of Mexicans struggling to eke out a place in the United States, and also focuses on cultural issues of the characters as they learn to look forward to the future rather than look back on a long gone past.
Esperite Esperite is a rare complex calcium lead zinc silicate (PbCa3Zn4(SiO4)4) related to beryllonite and trimerite that used to be called calcium larsenite. It occurred on the 400 foot level, approximately 1080 feet north of the north side of the Palmer Shaft pillar and other parts of the Franklin ore body.
Espers (band) Espers are an indie-rock band from Philadelphia with neo-folk tendencies. They formed in 2002 as a trio of singer-songwriter Greg Weeks, Meg Baird and Brooke Sietinsons but later expanded to a sextet including Otto Hauser, Helena Espvall and Chris Smith.
Espetada The espetada is a typical Portuguese dish made of large chunks of beef rubbed in garlic and salt, skewered onto a bay leaf stick with vegetables such as onions and bell peppers and left to grill over smouldering wood chips. Other meats including pork and chouriço are also commonly used, but there are also other types like those made from squid.
Esphigmenou Monastery Esphigmenou monastery (Greek: Μονή ΕĎφιγμÎνου) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece, dedicated to the Ascension of Christ. It is built next to the sea at the northern part of the Athonite peninsula.
Espinhaço Mountains The Espinhaço Mountains (Portuguese Serra do Espinhaço) is a mountain range in eastern Brazil. The range runs roughly north and south through the states of Minas Gerais and Bahia, and forms the divide between the upper watershed of the São Francisco River and those of the shorter rivers which flow east into the Atlantic, including the Doce, the Jequitinhonha, and the Pardo.
Espino de la Orbada Espino de la Orbada is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 28 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 326 people.
Eskimo bowline The Eskimo bowline is a knot that places a loop in the end of a rope. Whereas the standard bowline knot loops the working end around the standing part, the Eskimo bowline loops it around its own descending part.
Eskimo Joe EP Eskimo Joe is the second EP released by Eskimo Joe. "Turn Up Your Stereo" and "Ruby Wednesday" received plenty of airplay on Australian youth radio station Triple J reaching #39 and #99 respectively on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999.
Eskimo kinship Eskimo kinship (also referred to as Lineal kinship) is a concept of kinship used to define family in anthropology. Identified by Lewis Henry Morgan in his 1871 work Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, the Eskimo system was one of six major kinship systems (Eskimo, Hawaiian, Iroquois, Crow, Omaha, and Sudanese).
Eskimo words for snow It is a popular urban legend that the Inuit or Eskimo have an unusually high number of words for snow: dozens, hundreds, or thousands. The number of words depends on the definitions of Eskimo (there are a number of languages) and snow, and on the method of counting numbers of words in languages that have quite different grammatical structures from English.
Eskimo-Aleut languages Eskimo-Aleut is a language family native to Greenland, the Canadian Arctic, Alaska, and parts of Siberia. Also called Eskaleut (Eskaleutian, Eskaleutic), Eskimoan or Macro-Eskimo, it consists of the Eskimo languages (known as Inuit in the north of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland; as Yup'ik in the west of Alaska; and as Yuit in Siberia) on the one side, and the single Aleut language on the other.
Eskimobot eskimobot is a band currently operating out of New York City, New York. Led by vocalist/keyboardist Kimi Recor, they have been described as a dance act, but combine substantial elements of indie rock and electronic music.
Esko Lähtevänoja Esko Lähtevänoja (born May 14, 1953 in Utajärvi) was a former Finnish cross country skier who competed in the 1970s. He earned a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti.
Esko Nikkari Esko Nikkari (November 23, 1938 Lapua, Finland – December 17, 2006 in Seinäjoki, Finland) was a prolific Finnish actor who made more than 70 appearances on film and television. He debuted in 1974 in the movie Karvat.
Eskobar Eskobar is the name of a Swedish indie/pop band that was founded in 1996 some 30 kilometres north of Stockholm, in the small town of Åkersberga. The band features Daniel Bellqvist as its lead singer, Frederik Zäll on guitars, and Robert Birming on drums.
Eskom Eskom is a South African electricity public utility which was established in 1923 as the Electricity Supply Commission (ESCOM) also known by its Afrikaans name Elektrisiteitsvoorsieningskommissie (EVKOM), by the government of South Africa in terms of the Electricity Act (1922).
Eskra Eskra () is a small village located in the south-west of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on the Omagh to Clogher road, about 10 miles from Omagh and about 4 miles from Clogher. It was originally part of Clogher and also contains the hamlet of Newtownsaville.
Eskrido Eskrido, a version of Doce Pares, is a Filipino martial art that is a combination of Doce Pares, Aikido, and Judo, with lesser influences from other Japanese systems. It features standard eskrima stick techniques mixed with Jujutsu-style locks and throws that utilize the stick.
Eskrima Eskrima or Escrima refers to a class of Filipino martial arts that emphasize stick and sword fighting. Other terms which have entered into common usage include Kali and Arnis de Mano (harness of the hand); occasionally the abbreviation FMA (Filipino Martial Arts) is used.
Eslamshahr Eslamshahr (population 4,000,000) is a city located in the centre of the provincial capital Tehran, in Iran. This city is located on the major road jaddeh saveh, which starts in the south of Tehran, and ends at Saveh City.
Esma RedĹľepova Esma RedĹľepova is a Roma vocalist, songwriter, and humanitarian born in Yugoslavia. During her life she has performed in more than 8000 concerts in 30 countries, and with her late husband Stevo Teodosievski has fostered forty-seven children.
Esmarch bandage Esmarch bandage (also known as Esmarch's bandage for surgical haemostasis or Esmarch's tourniquet) in its modern form is a narrow hard rubber tourniquet with a chain fastener that is used to control bleeding by applying it around a limb in such a way that blood is expelled from ithttp://www.mercksource.
Esmé Squalor Esmé Gigi Genevieve Squalor is a fictional character from the book series by Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events. She is the city's sixth-most-important financial advisor, and portrayed as an unpleasant woman.
Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox, 1st Earl of Lennox (1542–May 26 1583) was the son of John Stewart, 5th Lord of Aubigny. Sir James Melville described him as "of nature, upright, just, and gentle".
Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond Esmé Stuart, 2nd Duke of Richmond, 5th Duke of Lennox (November 2 1649–August 10 1660) was the son of James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond and Mary Villiers, daughter of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.
Esmée Fairbairn Charitable Trust The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is one of the largest independent grantmaking foundations in England, making grants to organisations which aim to improve the quality of life for people and communities in the UK, both now and in the future.
Esme Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith Esme William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith, GCB, GCMG, CVO (September 15, 1863 - August 1, 1939) was a British diplomat. The grandson of Lord Henry Thomas Molyneux Howard, younger brother of the twelfth Duke of Norfolk, Howard was born at Greystoke Castle, Cumberland, and educated at Harrow.
Esme Melville Esme Melville (1918 - 14 September 2006) was a veteran Australian actress. Her television credits of the 1970s included various guest roles in the Crawford Productions police dramas Homicide, Division 4, Matlock Police and Bluey.
Esmie Tseng Esmie Tseng, aka rockonlittleone, (born April 7 1989) is a Kansas teenager charged with stabbing her mother to death at the age of 16. While matricides are rare in the United States, the case also gained visibility due to her active online presence.
Esmolol Esmolol (tradename Brevibloc®) is a cardioselective beta1 receptor blocker with rapid onset, a very short duration of action, and no significant intrinsic sympathomimetic or membrane stabilising activity at therapeutic dosages.
Esmond Romilly Esmond Marcus David Romilly, (June 10 1918–November 30 1941), was a well-born British socialist and anti-fascist. Educated at Wellington College, he and his brother Giles refused to join the Officers' Training Corps, distributed pacifist leaflets, and ultimately ran away from school.
Esmond Wright Professor Esmond Wright (5 November 1915 – 9 August 2003) was a British Conservative politician, historian and Director of the Institute of United States Studies, London University from 1971 to 1983. He was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal in 1988.
Esmonde and Larbey John Esmonde (born 1937) and Bob Larbey (born 1934) were a successful British television comedy scriptwriting duo from the 1960s to the 1990s, creating popular situation comedies such as Please Sir! and The Good Life.
Esna Boyd Esna Boyd Robertson (1901-1962), an Australian tennis player, reached seven consecutive women's singles finals at the Australian Championships from 1922 through 1928. She won one of those finals, defeating Sylvia Lance Harper in 1927.
Esna Park Drive Esna Park Drive is an aterial road in York Region or Town of Markham in Ontario. Its direction heads east-west between Woodbine Avenue and Alden Road, then changes to north-south between Alden Road (14th Avenue) and Steeles Avenue.
Esna-Steeles (VIVA) Esna-Steeles is a Vivastation on York Region's Viva bus rapid transit system, north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It opened on October 16, 2005, at the intersection of Esna Park Drive and Steeles Avenue in Markham, Ontario.
Eso-Charis (album) Eso-Charis is the eponymous album of the band Eso-Charis. The album was originally released independently in 1998, later being released by Day-Glo Records of Sweden, and even later by Solid State Records, the label of Living Sacrifice, which three of the members were also a part of.
Esomeprazole Esomeprazole (IPA: ) is a proton pump inhibitor (brand names Nexium®; Lucen®; Esopral® and Axagon® in Italy) developed and marketed by AstraZeneca which is used in the treatment of dyspepsia, peptic ulcer disease (PUD), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GORD/GERD) and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. Esomeprazole is the S-enantiomer of omeprazole (marketed as Losec/Prilosec), and AstraZeneca claims improved efficacy of this single enantiomer product over the racemic mixture of omeprazole.
Esomus danricus Esomus danricus, a Danionin known as the Indian Flying Barb is one of the species known as Flying Barbs owing to their extremely long barbels. Danricus was discovered as long as go as 1822 by Hamilton, however, lacking the spectacular beauty of the Danios it is rarely seen in the aquarist hobby.
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy In medicine (gastroenterology), esophagogastroduodenoscopy is a diagnostic endoscopic procedure that visualises the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract up to the duodenum. It is considered a minimally invasive procedure since it does not require an incision into one of the major body cavities and does not require any significant recovery after the procedure (unless sedation or anesthesia has been used).
Esopus Creek The Esopus Creek is a small river in southeastern New York, United States. The Esopus Creek is a tributary of the Hudson River and joins that river by the Village of Saugerties in the northeast corner of Ulster County.
Esopus Wars The Esopus Wars were two localized conflicts between Dutch settlers and the Esopus tribe of Lenape Indians during the latter half of the 17th century in what is now Ulster County, New York. Like many other wars during the colonial period they were brought about by the clash of European and Native American cultures, the first war having started over paranoia on the part of the settlers, and the second war a continuation of that grudge on the part of the Esopus tribe.
Esoteric cosmology Esoteric cosmology is cosmology that is an intrinsic part of an esoteric or occult system of thought. It almost always deals with at least some of the following themes: emanation, involution, evolution, epigenesis, planes of existence or higher worlds (and their emanation and the connections between them), hierarchies of spiritual beings, cosmic cycles (e.
Esoteric Christianity Esoteric Christianity refers to the occult study and the mystic living of the esoteric knowledge related to what adherents view as the "inner teachings" of early Christianity, seen as a Mystery religion. The term is thought by some to be originally associated with the Essenes and, later, the Rosicrucians.
Esoteric interpretation of the Qur'an An esoteric interpretation of the Qur'an is an interpretation of the Qur’an which includes attribution of esoteric or mystic meanings to the text by the interpreter. In this respect, its method is different from the conventional exegesis of the Qur’an, called tafsir.
Esoteric Order of Art The Esoteric Order of Art or EOA is an art movement founded in Finland in the year 2005 by two artists, Tapani Mokko and Marianne Kaunio. It's basic principles emphasizes mystical aspects of art and individuality of artist.
Esotericism The term Esotericism refers to the doctrines or practices of esoteric knowledge, or otherwise the quality or state of being described as esoteric.Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary : esotericism Esoteric knowledge is that which is specialised or advanced in nature, available only to a narrow circle of "enlightened", "initiated", or highly educated people.
Esp1 Esp1 is a separin protein that cleaves the cohesin subunit Scc1, thus allowing sister chromatids to separate at the onset of anaphase during mitosis. Esp1 is coded by esp1-1 and is regulated by the securin Pds1.
Esp@cenet esp@cenet is a free online service for searching patents and patent applications. esp@cenet was developed by the European Patent Office (EPO) together with the member states of the European Patent Organisation.
España 2000 España 2000 is a far right-wing political party of Spain. At present they are without parliamentary representation, but they have a growing presence in Valencia and a minor presence currently in Catalonia, Granada and Madrid.
España Boulevard España Boulevard is the main thoroughfare of Sampaloc district, Manila and the extreme western section of Quezon City. It is an 8-lane divided arterial road and is a component of one of the radial roads of Metro Manila — Radial Road 7 or R-7.
Espace DalĂ L'Espace Dali is an art museum in Paris, France. Dedicated to the work of the surrealist artist Salvador DalĂ, the museum contains many of his drawings, cartoons, and sculptures as well as a few of his paintings.
Espada Acequia The Espada Acequia, or Piedras Creek Aqueduct, was built by Franciscan friars in 1731 in what is now San Antonio, Texas, United States. It was built to supply irrigation water to the lands near Mission San Francisco de la Espada, today part of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
Espada y daga Espada 'y' Daga (also known as "punta y daga" or "olisi y baraw (cebuano))" is a discipline of Eskrima and the Filipino martial arts (FMA) believed to be influenced by European Fencing in particular the Spanish style of Sabre and Dagger used by the Conquestadors who invaded the Philippine islands in the 16th Centuary and not the Rapier and Dagger styles used for dueling and self defence purposes by the Spanish upper classes as was once believed.
Espadaña Espadaña is a sparsely populated village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 56 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 49 people.
Espagnole sauce In cooking, espagnole sauce is one of the mother sauces that are the basis of sauce-making in classic French cooking. Auguste Escoffier codified the recipe in the late 19th century, which is still followed today.
Espalier Espalier is the horticultural technique of training trees through pruning and grafting in order to create formal "two-dimensional" or single plane patterns by the branches of the tree. The technique was popular in the Middle Ages in Europe to decorate solid walls by such trees planted near them, although evidence exists suggesting that the technique dates back much farther, perhaps even to ancient Egypt.
Espanola, Ontario [(2001] census population 5,449) is a town in [[Northern Ontario, Canada. It is situated on the Spanish River, and is the seat of Sudbury District, approximately 70 kilometres west of the city of Sudbury, and just south of the junction of Highway 6 and Highway 17.
Espargos Espargos is the capital city of the island municipality of Sal, Cape Verde and is also in the heart of the island. Espargos means "asparagus" and refers to the wild vegetable asparagus stalk with its bright yellow flowers which grows in sandy areas around the island.
Esparto Esparto, or esparto grass, also known as "halfah grass" or "needle grass", Stipa tenacissima, is a perennial grass grown in northwest Africa and southern Spain for fiber production for paper making. The fiber makes a high quality paper often used in book manufacturing.
Espasante Espasante Important Fishing Port in the Ferrolterra borough of Ortigueira in North-western Spain. From this port, which is at the other side of the Ria of Ortigueira, just in front of important fishing port of Carino, large numbers of trawlers leave the locality every year heading to far distant places across the globe in pursue of precious tuna, cod, haddock and many other cuisine delicatessens.
Espérance , , literally translated as "The Sporting Hope of Tunis", also known as EST, taraji, or Espérance, is a sports club based in Tunis, Tunisia. It fields several sport teams in football, handball, volleyball, etc.
Especially for You "Especially for You" was the fifth international single released from singer Kylie Minogue in time for the christmas 1988 market and is a duet with Jason Donovan. It did not appear on her debut album but was included on Jason Donovan's 1989 debut album Ten Good Reasons.
Especially for Youth Especially For Youth (often abbreviated as EFY) is a week long youth-oriented seminar focused on fellowship and teaching the principles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Attendance is open to all youth aged 14 to 18.
Especially in Michigan "Especially in Michigan" is the 10th track on the Red Hot Chili Peppers' ninth studio double album Stadium Arcadium Disc 1: Jupiter. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta performed the guitar solo on the song.
Espedair Street (radio) Espedair Street was a four part BBC radio adaptation of the Iain Banks novel Espedair Street broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1998. The dramatisation was by Joe Dunlop and it was produced by Dave Batchelor.
Espejo Lake Espejo Lake (Spanish for mirror) is a lake of glacial tectonic origin located at the south of the Neuquén Province, Argentina. Its on the route known as the Road of the Seven lakes, near the town of Villa La Angostura.
Espeland concentration camp Espeland concentration camp was established in the borough of Arna by the Nazi authorities of occupied Norway in the summer of 1943. It was largely built by slave labor from the other concentration camp near Bergen, Ulven concentration camp.
Espelkamp Espelkamp is a town and a municipality in the Minden-LĂĽbbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 kilometers north of LĂĽbbecke and 20 kilometers north-west of Minden.
Espen Baardsen Espen Baardsen (born December 7, 1977) is a former football goalkeeper. He was born in San Rafael, California to Norwegian parents, and got selected for the US Under-18 national team before switching his international eligibility to Norway because of his dual nationality.
Espen Berntsen Espen Berntsen (born May 12, 1967) is a Norwegian football referee from Vang outside of the Norwegian municipality of Hamar. He debuted as a referee in 1990, Tippeligaen-official in 1997 and became a FIFA-official in 2002.
Espen Bjervig Espen Bjervig (born June 30, 1972) was a former Norwegian cross country skier who competed from 1995 to 2004. He won a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Ramsau and earned his best individual finish of 8th in the 10 km event in those same games.
Espen Eckbo Espen Eckbo (born 22 April 1973 in Oslo) is a Norwegian actor, writer and comedian. Internationally, he is best recognised for having helped to create the fictional boy band Boyzvoice and the subsequent mockumentary Get Ready to be Boyzvoiced (2000) about life in the group.
Espen Haug Espen Gaarder Haug is an author, philosopher, quantitative trader and arbitrageur specializing in options and other derivatives. He is best known for his book "The Complete Guide to Option Pricing Formulas" 2nd edition McGraw-Hill 2006.
Espeon are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Espeon in the games, anime, and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon—untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments—and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Esper The term and concept esper has existed in the field of parapsychology, and in the mainstream of science fiction, for some time, since at least 1950. Properly used, the term refers to an individual born capable of using telepathy and similar paranormal mental abilities; it apparently derives from extra-sensory perception ("ESP") via the English occupational suffix, thus being literally "ESP-er" with different capitalization.
Esper (Akira) The Espers, , Kiyoko (ă‚ă¨ă‚ł) and Takashi (ă‚żă‚«ă‚·), are paranormal human test subjects of the Japanese government in the movie and manga Akira. The term "Esper" is never used in the film or manga, but refers to the character's Extra Sensory Perception
Esperance Star Esperance Star is a dive liveaboard operating out of Brisbane, Australia. She gained some notoriety throughout the country for having located approximately 19 previously unknown wrecks along the coast of southern Queensland.
Esperance, Western Australia Esperance () is a town in Western Australia, located on the south coast around half-way between Albany and the South Australian border. Its population is around 14,000 people, and its major industries are tourism, agriculture and fishing.
Esperantic Studies Foundation The Esperantic Studies Foundation is a foundation which strives to solve international language problems. According to its website "The Esperantic Studies Foundation promotes research and teaching on Esperanto and on related issues of interlingual communication, especially in the context of higher education in North America.
Esperantido Esperantido is the term used within the Esperanto and constructed language communities to describe a language project based on or inspired by Esperanto. Esperantido originally referred to the language of that name, which later came to be known as Ido.
Esperanto (album) Esperanto released in 1993, was the first album by Karl Bartos as "Elektric Music" (initially in collaboration with Lothar Manteuffel, formerly of the group Rheingold). Elektric Music was the recording project begun after Bartos ended his involvement with the band Kraftwerk in 1991.
Esperanto and Ido compared This article attempts to highlight the main differences between Esperanto and Ido, two constructed languages that have a related past but have since parted ways. Ido was invented in the early 20th century after a schism between those who believed that Esperanto had inherent flaws that prevented it from being a suitable international auxiliary language, and those who believed that Esperanto was sufficient as it was, and that endless tinkering with a language would only weaken it in the end.
Esperanto and Interlingua compared Esperanto and Interlingua are two planned languages which have taken radically different approaches to the problem of providing an International auxiliary language (IAL). For more detail about the languages themselves, see their respective articles.
Esperanto as an international language Esperanto was conceived as a language of international communication, more precisely as a universal second language. Since publication, there has been debate over whether it is possible for Esperanto to attain this position, and whether it would be an improvement for international communication if it did.
Esperanto AntaĹen Esperanto AntaĹen (meaning Esperanto Forward) was founded in April 2001 by David Yaki, with the support of research scientists at the Alstom Power Research Facilities in Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland as well as individual speakers of Esperanto from four continents. In addition to managing the Calgary Esperanto Centre, offering Esperanto courses and events, Esperanto AntaĹen also maintains the Dorothy Hawley Esperanto Library.
Esperanto culture The language Esperanto is often used to access an international culture, including a large corpus of original as well as translated literature. There are over 25,000 Esperanto books (originals and translations) as well as over a hundred regularly distributed Esperanto magazines.
Esperanto grammar Esperanto is a constructed auxiliary language. Its logical structure makes Esperanto easier to learn than most of the world's languages, though particular features may be more or less advantageous to speakers of different language backgrounds.
Esperanto in popular culture References to Esperanto, a constructed language, have been made in a number of films and novels. Typically, this is done either to add the exoticness of a foreign language without representing any particular ethnicity, or to avoid going to the trouble of inventing a new language.
Esperanto II Esperanto II was a reform of Esperanto proposed by René de Saussure in 1937, the last of a long series of such proposals beginning with his 1907 reform proposal Antido."René de Saussure (1868-1943) - Tragika sed grava esperantologo kaj interlingvisto el Svislando" by Andy Künzli] It was one of several languages investigated by the International Auxiliary Language Association, the linguistic research body that eventually standardized and presented Interlingua.
Esperanto jubilee symbol The Esperanto Jubilee Symbol (jubilea simbolo) is a cultural symbol that was created in 1987 to mark the 100 year anniversary of the Esperanto international language. Because of its shape, the symbol is sometimes informally called the melon (melono), egg (ovo) or football (rugbea pilko).
Esperanto League for North America The Esperanto League for North America (Esperanto-Ligo por Norda Ameriko in Esperanto or ELNA) is the main organization of speakers and supporters of the international language Esperanto in the United States. The organization is considering changing its name to Esperanto-USA, among other reasons because, despite the "North America" in ELNA's name, ELNA is a national, not a continental organization.
Esperanto music Esperanto music is music written, recorded, and performed in Esperanto, a constructed language used for international communication. The following lists are of artists, popular songs, publishers, events and projects, organizations, and magazines relating to music in Esperanto.
Esperanto orthography Esperanto is written in a Latin alphabet of twenty-eight letters, upper and lower case. This is supplemented by punctuation marks and by various logograms, such as the numerals 0-9, currency signs such as $, and mathematical symbols.
Esperanto Wikipedia The Esperanto Wikipedia is the Esperanto edition of Wikipedia. Started in December 2001 as the eleventh edition of Wikipedia (alongside the Basque Wikipedia), and the largest Wikipedia in a constructed language, this edition has over 60,000 articles as of October 2006, and is the fifteenth largest Wikipedia as measured by the number of articles.
Esperantujo Esperantujo or Esperantio is a term (meaning "Esperantoland") used by speakers of the constructed international auxiliary language Esperanto to refer to the Esperanto community and the activities going on in the language. When two people are speaking Esperanto, they are said to be "in" Esperantujo.
Esperanza High School Esperanza High School is a 9th–12th grade public high school located in Anaheim, California that is part of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District. It is a California Distinguished School and home to many excellent athletic programs.
Esperanza Osmeña Esperanza Limjap Osmeña (1896-1978) was the second wife of Philippine President Sergio Osmeña and is considered the fourth First Lady of the Philippines. They were married in 1920, two years after the death of President Osmeña's first wife, Estefania Chiong Veloso.
Esperanza Rising Esperanza Rising is a 2000 novel by Pam Muñoz Ryan. Set during the time of the American Great Depression, it examines the plight of Mexicans struggling to eke out a place in the United States, and also focuses on cultural issues of the characters as they learn to look forward to the future rather than look back on a long gone past.
Esperite Esperite is a rare complex calcium lead zinc silicate (PbCa3Zn4(SiO4)4) related to beryllonite and trimerite that used to be called calcium larsenite. It occurred on the 400 foot level, approximately 1080 feet north of the north side of the Palmer Shaft pillar and other parts of the Franklin ore body.
Espers (band) Espers are an indie-rock band from Philadelphia with neo-folk tendencies. They formed in 2002 as a trio of singer-songwriter Greg Weeks, Meg Baird and Brooke Sietinsons but later expanded to a sextet including Otto Hauser, Helena Espvall and Chris Smith.
Espetada The espetada is a typical Portuguese dish made of large chunks of beef rubbed in garlic and salt, skewered onto a bay leaf stick with vegetables such as onions and bell peppers and left to grill over smouldering wood chips. Other meats including pork and chouriço are also commonly used, but there are also other types like those made from squid.
Esphigmenou Monastery Esphigmenou monastery (Greek: Μονή ΕĎφιγμÎνου) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece, dedicated to the Ascension of Christ. It is built next to the sea at the northern part of the Athonite peninsula.
Espinhaço Mountains The Espinhaço Mountains (Portuguese Serra do Espinhaço) is a mountain range in eastern Brazil. The range runs roughly north and south through the states of Minas Gerais and Bahia, and forms the divide between the upper watershed of the São Francisco River and those of the shorter rivers which flow east into the Atlantic, including the Doce, the Jequitinhonha, and the Pardo.
Espino de la Orbada Espino de la Orbada is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 28 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 326 people.
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