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Hinghwa Hinghwa (兴化話) or Putian (莆田話) is a Chinese dialect. It is one of the two variants of the Pu-Xian subdivision of the Min group of Chinese, and it is spoken in the east central Fujian province of southern China.
Hinglish Hinglish, a portmanteau of the words Hindi and English, is the arbitrary usage of Hindi and English, combining both, in one sentence. This is more commonly seen in urban and semi-urban centers of India, but is slowly spreading its root into rural and remote areas via television and word of mouth, slowly achieving vernacular status.
Hingol National Park Hingol National Park or Hungol National Park (Urdu: ہنگول ) covers about 1,650 square km² and is the largest of National Parks of Pakistan and lies on the Makran coast in Balochistan and approximately 190 km from Karachi. The area was for the first time declared reserved in 1988.
Hinchingbrooke House Hinchingbrooke House in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, was built around an 11th century nunnery. After the reformation it passed into the hands of the Cromwell family, and subsequently, became the home of the Earls of Sandwich, including John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, reputed inventor of the sandwich.
Hinchliffe Stadium Hinchliffe Stadium (pronounced Hinch-liffe, although many pronounce it Hinch-cliff) is an historic 10,000-seat municipal stadium in Paterson, New Jersey, built 1931-32 on a dramatic escarpment above Paterson's National Landmark Great Falls, and surrounded by the city's National Landmark Historic District, the first planned industrial settlement in the nation (chartered 1792). It is one of only a handful of stadiums surviving nationally that once played host to significant Negro League baseball during America's Jim Crow era.
Hink-pink Hink-pink or hinky-pinky is a word game that consists of a question or clue with an answer that is two words that rhyme. If the answer is two single syllable words, it is a "hink-pink"; an answer of two words of two syllables each is a "hinky-pinky"; and if the answer is two three syllable words is a "hinkety-pinkety".
Hinkelien Schreuder Hinkelien Schreuder (born February 13, 1984 in Goor) is a medley and backstroke swimmer from The Netherlands, who also competed in the freestyle events. She's currently living in Eindhoven, where she is studying physiotherapy, and is training at the same club as multiple Olympic champion Pieter van den Hoogenband.
Hinkle Fieldhouse Hinkle Fieldhouse is a basketball arena located on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. When Tony Hinkle Memorial Fieldhouse was built in 1928, it was the largest basketball arena in the United States, and it retained that distinction until the late 1950s.
Hinkle Locomotive Service and Repair Facility The Union Pacific Railroad's (UP) Hinkle Locomotive Service and Repair Facility is located within the railroad's yard at Hinkle, Oregon. The first locomotive shop and servicing facilities at Hinkle were constructed in 1951 as part of the general relocation of railroads and highways in North-Central Oregon due to the construction of the McNary Dam on the Columbia River.
Hinkley Point B nuclear power station Hinkley Point B is a nuclear power station near Bridgwater, Somerset, on the south west coast of England. Construction of Hinkley Point B started in 1967 and the station began making electricity on 5th February, 1976.
Hinkley, California Hinkley is an unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert in California, 14 miles west of Barstow, 59 miles east of Mojave, and 47 miles north of Victorville. According to the US Census Bureau, it has a 2000 population of 1,915 within the 92347 Zip Code.
Hinksey Stream Hinksey Stream is a branch of the River Thames to the west of the city of Oxford, England. It starts as Seacourt Stream to the north which flows past the village of Wytham and becomes Hinksey Stream at North Hinksey.
Hino Ashihei Hino Ashihei (火野葦平, 1907 January 25-1960 January 24) was born in Wakamatsu (now Wakamatsu ward, Kitakyushu) and in 1937 he received the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for one of his novels, Fun'nyōtan (Tales of Excrement and Urine). At that moment he was a soldier for the Japanese army in China.
Hino Tori Hino Tori, also unofficially called Firebird, is a game developed by Konami. It is in essence a Knightmare-like vertical scrolling shooter with the player viewing his character on the back and enemies and obstacles entering from the top of the screen.
Hinode Hinode (ひので, Sunrise in Japanese), formerly known as Solar-B, is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Solar mission with United States and United Kingdom collaboration. It is the follow-up to the Yohkoh ("Solar-A") mission and it was launched on the final flight of the M-V rocket from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan on September 22, 2006 at 21:36 GMT (September 23, 06:36 JST).
Hinoemata, Fukushima Hinoemata (檜枝岐村; -mura) is a village located in Minamiaizu District, Fukushima, Japan. It is locally famous for its soba (buckwheat noodles) and known nationally for its kabuki performances and as a gateway to the Oze marshlands.
Hinoiri HINOIRI (初日の入り meaning “Sunset”) were a mercenary organization in Japanese folklore located in Bhutan, South Asia. The merciless organization was known for their deadly missions and relentless force in their efforts to rid the country of monarchism and its tyrannical king.
Hinojosa de Duero Hinojosa de Duero is a village and large municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 105 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 796 people.
Hinrek van Alckmer Hinrek van Alckmer, also known as Hendric van Alckmaer, Henrik van Alkmer and Henry of Alkmaar, was a 15th century Middle Dutch author who wrote one of the principal published versions of Reynard the Fox in 1487.
Hinsdale (CDP), New Hampshire Hinsdale CDP is a census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Hinsdalein Cheshire County, New Hampshire. The United States Census Bureau defines the CDP in order to report separate demographic details for the more densely populated main settlement of the town.
Hinsdale South High School Hinsdale South High School, or HSHS, and locally referred to as "South," is a public four-year high school located at the corner of 75th Street and Clarendon Hills Road in Darien, Illinois, a southwestern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Hinsdale Township High School District 86, which also includes Hinsdale Central High School.
Hinson's Island, Bermuda Hinson's Island is a small island within the Great Sound, Bermuda of Bermuda. It lies in the southeast of the sound, and is part of Paget parish, although it was formerly part of Warwick Parish and is still within the Warwick North constituency.
Hintalo Wajirat Hintalo Wajirat is one of the 36 woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Located in the Debubawi Zone at the eastern edge of the Ethiopian highlands, Debubawi Zone, Hintalo Wajirat is bordered on the south by Raya Azebo, on the southwest by Alaje, on the west by Samre, on the north by Enderta, and on the east by the Afar Region; Hintalo Wajirat surrounds the woreda of Mek'ele on all sides.
Hinterkaifeck Hinterkaifeck is the scene of an unsolved mass murder which is one of the most mysterious crimes in german history. In a stormy night in the year 1922 the whole family of an isolated Farm was killed with a pickaxe.
Hinterland Who's Who Hinterland Who's Who is a series of 60-second public service ads profiling Canadian animals and birds, produced by Environment Canada in the 1960s. The distinctive refrain of flute music that each of these ads opened with, along with the deadpan style of the narrator, John Livingston, describing the animal over footage of it taken in the wild, became a widely recognized and often parodied feature of Canadian pop culture.
Hinterzarten Hinterzarten is a pretty little resort village in the Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald), located in the southwest of the state of Baden-WĂĽrttemberg, Germany. Although Hinterzarten is mostly famous for its ski jumpers, it also has many tourist attractions (see Attractions).
Hinton Blewitt Hinton Blewitt () is situated 5 miles north of Wells, 15 miles south of Bristol on the Northern slope of the Mendip Hills within the designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and in the Chew Valley near to the source of the River Chew.
Hinton Mitchem Senator Hinton Mitchem is serving his eighth term in the Alabama Senate after serving one term in the Alabama House of Representatives. Senator Mitchem was elected President Pro Tempore of the Senate on January, 9 2007 by a margin of 18-17 over the efforts of a coalition of Republicans and disaffected Democrats to elect leadership that would be more favorable to Gov.
Hinton Rowan Helper Hinton Rowan Helper (December 27, 1829-March 8, 1909) was a Southern critic of slavery during the 1850s. In 1857, he published a book which he dedicated to the "nonslaveholding whites" of the South.
Hinton train collision The Hinton train collision was a railway accident that occurred on February 8, 1986. Twenty-three people were killed in a collision between a Canadian National Railway freight train and a VIA Rail passenger train.
Hinton Waldrist Castle Hinton Waldrist Castle was situated in the village of Hinton Waldrist some 12 Km south of Wantage (). The village was formerly in the historic county of Berkshire but is now in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire.
Hintze Ribeiro disaster In the night of March 4, 2001, the Hintze Ribeiro disaster occurred when Hintze Ribeiro Bridge collapsed in Castelo de Paiva, Portugal. The bridge collapsed, killing up to 70 people, including those in a bus and three cars, which were attempting to get to the other side of the Douro river.
Hinwick Hinwick is a hamlet in the Borough of Bedford, north Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom; it is around nine miles north west of Bedford and is close to the county border with Northamptonshire. The hamlet is in the parish of Podington, which is sometimes called "Podington and Hinwick" and this parish was within Hundred of Willey.
Hinzelmann Hinzelmann (sometimes called Luring) was a kobold, especially notable for a specific historical account, hailing from northern Germany. According to legend, he was a household spirit of ambivalent nature, similar to Robin Goodfellow, who could provide good luck and perform household tasks, but become malicious if not appeased.
Hiob Ludolf Hiob Ludolf (or Job Leutholf) (June 15, 1624 - April 8, 1704) was a German orientalist, and born at Erfurt. Edward Ullendorff rates Ludolf as having "the most illustrious name in Ethiopic scholarship".
Hip (anatomy) In anatomy, the hip is the bony projection of the femur, known as the greater trochanter, and the overlying muscle and fat. The hip joint is the joint between the femur and the acetabulum of the pelvis and its primary function is to support the weight of the body in both static (e.
Hip (slang) Hip is a slang term, an adjective meaning "fashionably current", referring to someone who is conversant with or deeply involved in a particular trend or subject. "Hip", like "cool", does not refer to one particular quality.
Hip boot Hip boots, or waders as they are colloquially called, are a type of boot initially designed to be worn by river fishermen. Hip boots are typically made out of rubber, and completely cover the legs, up to the tops of the thighs or all the way up to the waist.
Hip hop The term hip hop (also spelled "hip-hop" or "hiphop") refers to both a musical (see hip hop music) and a cultural genre or movement (hip hop culture) that was developed predominantly by African Americans and Latinos (primarily of Puerto Rican ethnic heritage) in urban communities, starting in the 1970s.Coinage of the term "Hip-Hop" is often credited to Keith Cowboy, a rapper in Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five.
Hip hop and religion While religion and spirituality are unusual to many successful mainstream artists, the study and advocation of religion(s) and spirituality forms an integral part of many artists music and occasionally acts as the binding force behind entire scenes.
Hip hop culture Hip hop is a cultural movement that began among (but is not limited to) African-American and Puerto Rican communities in the South Bronx in the late 1970s. Portions of the culture began spreading into the mainstream during the early 1980s; by the 1990s, hip hop culture had spread all over the world.
Hip hop dance The term "hip hop dance" covers a wide range of styles, including dances that have often been associated with hip hop culture, to those that are merely performed to the music. These styles have grown in popularity over the years, partly due to the rise in popularity of hip hop music.
Hip hop fashion Hip hop fashion is, according to KRS-One, one of the nine "extended" elements of hip hop culture. It refers to a distinctive style of dress originating with the African-American youth living in the two main coastal cities of the United States.
Hip hop model Hip hop models are female models who appear in mainstream rap music videos, magazines, calendars, and other forms of media. Hip hop models are also known as hip hop honeys, dimes (or dymes or dime pieces), video vixens and eye candy.
Hip hop montage Hip hop montage is a montage technique used in film to portray a complex action through a rapid series of simple actions in fast motion, accompanied by sound effects. The term was coined by Darren Aronofsky, who used the technique in his films Pi and Requiem for a Dream to portray drug use.
Hip hop movies Hip hop movies are motion pictures that display the aesthetics and culture of hip hop, primarily use hip hop as the musical soundtrack, use hip hop artists as their main characters, or all of the above. Some have suggested that hip hop movies also include video recorded concerts and documentaries.
Hip hop music Hip hop music, also known as rap music, is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. It consists of two main components: rapping (MCing) and DJing (production and scratching).
Hip hop rivalries Hip-hop feuds and rivalries often referred to as "beefs", have existed since the 1970s. Originally, at block parties, DJs would play records and isolate the percussion breaks for the dancing masses, which was copied from Jamaican reggae music.
Hip hop skit A hip hop skit is a form of sketch comedy that appears on a hip hop album, and is usually written and performed by the artists themselves. Skits can appear on albums as individual tracks, or at the beginning or end of a song.
Hip house Hip house, also known as house rap, is a mixture of house music and hip hop which arose during the 1980s in New York and Chicago. However, the first hip house track was "Rok Da House" by the UK producers 'The Beatmasters' and featured British female rappers 'The Cookie Crew'.
Hip Hop (mascot) Hip Hop is the mascot of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team. Hip Hop usually entertains Sixers fans during halftime and time-outs by performing acrobatic slam dunks off of a trampoline, usually over some type of prop, such as a ladder.
Hip Hop Caucus The Hip-Hop Caucus (H2C) is a hip-hop membership-organization that has established a comprehensive agenda for the hip-hop community. The members of H2C form a national coalition of pop-culture, social, political, community-based, and youth-leadership organizations as well as individuals.
Hip Hop Congress Hip Hop Congress (HHC) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, international grassroots network that educates, empowers and unites individuals. Its mission is to preserve and evolve hip hop culture by inspiring social action and cultural creativity within the community.
Hip Hop Hoodíos The Hip Hop Hoodíos (from Spanish judíos = Jews) are a multilingual rock en español/alternative rock and hip hop band. They are composed of Josué Noriega (born Josh Norek), Abraham Vélez, and Federico Fong (former member of La Barranca, Jaguares and Caifanes).
Hip Hop Kemp Hip Hop Kemp is an international hip hop festival held every August in eastern Bohemia, Czech Republic. It is the biggest hip-hop festival in Central and Eastern Europe, with an audience of almost 20,000 hip hop lovers.
Hip Hop Pantsula Hip Hop Pantsula is a popular South African rapper, who frequently performs in ethnic languages, though mostly seTswana. In 1997, Pantsula became involved with distinguished producer Chicco Twala, leading to the release of his debut album, Party.
Hip precautions Hip precautions refer to certain things that one should not do after having a hip replacement. Since the hip joint is very weak from surgery, doing any of these three things can greatly increase the risk of hip dislocation.
Hip Pop R&B Hip Pop & R&B is a musical genre that combines three different genres of Hip Hop, R&B and Pop. Early on artists like Chaka Khan, Prince, and Jody Watley who were R&B artists often used rap artists in their songs to give it a Hip Hop sound.
Hip Sing Tong The Hip Sing Tong was a Chinese-American criminal organization based in New York's Chinatown during the turn of the century. They, along with their rivals the Four Brothers and the On Leong Tong, would be involved in the violent Tong wars for control of Chinatown during early 1900s.
Hip-1 Huntingtin Interacting Protein or Hip-1 for short is a protein that interacts with the huntingtin protein. It is known to contain a domain homologous to the death effector domains (DED) found on proteins involved in apoptosis.
Hip-Hop Forever III Hip-Hop Forever III is the third compilation album in the "Hip-Hop Forever" series by DJ Jazzy Jeff, an American hip hop producer. This album features a strong set of hip-hop classics, favourites, and rare gems.
Hip-O Records Hip-O Records is a record label, currently part of Universal Music Group, which specializes in reissues and compilations. They are currently in the midst of releasing the Complete Motown Singles, a series of twelve box sets which include both sides of every 45 from Motown Records and its subsidiaries during that company's Detroit era.
Hipatia Hipatia is an organisation promoting "the adoption of public policies combined with human and social behaviour that favour the free availability and sustainability of, and social access to, technology and knowledge".
Hipólito Ramos Hipólito Ramos (born January 30, 1956) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal in the Light Flyweight division (-48 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In the final he lost to Shamil Sabirov of the Soviet Union on points (2-3).
Hipólito Ruiz López Hipólito Ruiz López (August 8, 1754, Belorado, Burgos, Spain—1815, Madrid), or Hipólito Ruiz, was a Spanish botanist known for researching the floras of Peru and Chile during an expedition under Carlos III from 1777 to 1788. During the reign of Carlos III, three major botanical expeditions were sent to the New World; Ruiz and José Antonio Pavón were the botanists for the first of these expeditions, to Peru and Chile.
Hipólito Yrigoyen Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen Alem (July 12 1852 – July 3 1933) was twice President of Argentina (from 1916 to 1922 and again from 1928 to 1930). Yrigoyen was popularly known as el peludo (The mole) due to his beady eyes.
Hipermercado GĂ©ant Hipermercado GĂ©ant is one of Uruguay's better known companies, and arguably that nation's most well known supermarket. Hipermercado GĂ©ant is part of the GĂ©ant international conglomerate of international stores.
HiperSocket HiperSocket is an IBM technology for high-speed communications between partitions on a server with a hypervisor. The term is most commonly associated with zSeries and System z9 mainframes which can provide in-memory TCP/IP connections between and among LPARs running several different operating systems, including z/OS, z/VM, and Linux on zSeries.
Hipgnosis Hipgnosis was a British art design group which specialized in creating cover art for rock albums, most notably for Pink Floyd, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Yes and Black Sabbath. Hipgnosis consisted primarily of Storm Thorgerson, Aubrey Powell and Peter Christopherson.
HipHopDX HipHopDX is a website dedicated to the coverage and examination of hip hop culture, created in the summer of 1999 by Sharath "Tommy C" Cherian, owner of Cheri Media Group. Since that time HipHopDX has grown into one of the Internet's largest and most visited Hip Hop websites online.
Hipodil Hipodil (bg: Хиподил) is a Bulgarian rock band, founded 1988 in Sofia by four classmates from the Mathematics High School in Sofia. The main music style played by the band is punk, but there are many ska, hard rock and heavy metal elements in their music, too.
Hipot Hipot is an abbreviation for high potential as in high voltage. Hipot (sometimes spelled Hypot) is also a name given to a class of electrical test procedures used to verify Electrical insulation in cables or other wired assemblies like Printed circuit boards, Electric motors, or Transformers.
Hipot tester A Hipot tester is an electronic device used to verify the electrical insulation in a cable, printed circuit board, electric motor, transformer or other wired assembly. A Hipot tester is used to perform a hipot test.
Hipparcos Hipparcos (for High Precision Parallax Collecting Satellite) was an astrometry mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) dedicated to the measurement of stellar parallax and the proper motions of stars. The project was named in honor of Hipparchus.
Hipparcos Catalogue The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues (Tycho-1) are the primary products of the European Space Agency's astrometric mission, Hipparcos. The satellite, which operated for four years, returned high quality scientific data from November 1989 to March 1993.
Hipparchus (son of Pisistratus) Hipparchus was one of the sons of Pisistratus. Although he was said among Greeks to have been the tyrant of Athens along with his brother Hippias when Pisistratus died, about 527 BC, in actuality, according to Thucydides, Hippias was the tyrant.
Hipparchus of Euboea Hipparchus of Euboea (in Greek Iππαρχος; lived 4th century BC) was one of the warmest partisans of Philip of Macedon, who rewarded him for his zeal by appointing him, together with Automedon and Cleitarchus, to be rulers, or, as Demosthenes calls them, tyrants of Eretria, supported by a force of mercenary troops. From an anecdote mentioned by Plutarch, it appears that Philip entertained for him feelings of warm personal regard.
Hipparchus On Sizes and Distances On Sizes and Distances [of the Sun and Moon] (Peri megethoon kai 'apostèmátoon) is a text by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus. It is not extant, but some of its contents have been preserved in the works of Ptolemy and his commentator Pappus of Alexandria.
Hippeastrum Hippeastrum is a genus of about 70-75 species and 600+ hybrids and cultivars of bulbous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas from Argentina north to Mexico and the Caribbean. Some species are grown for their large showy flowers.
Hipperholme Hipperholme is a village in the Calderdale area of Yorkshire ,located between the towns of Halifax and Brighouse. It is located on the busy A58 road and includes Hipperholme Grammar School, a local private school.
Hippie Hippie, usually spelled hippy in the United Kingdom, refers to a subgroup of the 1960s and early 1970s counterculture that began in the United States, becoming an established social group by 1965 before declining during the mid-1970s.Hirsch, 1993, p.
Hippie Hollow Park Hippie Hollow Park (technically known as MacGregor County Park and usually simply called Hippie Hollow) is a county park in central Texas located on the shore of Lake Travis in northwest Austin. It is the only clothing-optional public park in the State of Texas.
Hippie punk Hippie-punk is a current subculture/movement, largely among/within the radical/Anarchist movement, that combines the aesthetics and belief systems of the Hippie and Punk movements. The term can refer to either an individual who combines the two, or to a scene or subculture in which both hippies and punks (and hippie-punks) coexist, cooperate, socialize and organize together.
Hippie-core Hippie-core or (post-modern) hippie-core is a term used to describe either youth or adults who are scenesters as well as hippies. While they bear similarity to hippies of the 1960s and 1970s, they also are very different and more modern, possibly derived around the year 2000.
Hippies (TV series) Hippies was a six part British television comedy series broadcast from the 12 November-17 December 1999. It was created by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan; the writing partnership most famous for Father Ted, but the scripts were written by Mathews alone.
Hippo Regius Hippo Regius is the ancient name of the modern city of Annaba (or BĂ´ne), Algeria. Under this name, it was a major city in Roman Africa, hosting several early Christian councils, and was the home of the philosopher and theologian Augustine of Hippo.
Hippo Vaughn James Leslie "Hippo" Vaughn (April 9 1888 - May 29 1966) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs during the 1910s. He had some good years for the Cubs during a time when they were not always competitive, winning over 20 games in five seasons, including a National League-leading 22 in 1918, when the season was ended a month early due to government restrictions brought about by World War I.
Hippo water roller The Hippo water roller, or Hippo roller, is a device for carrying water more easily and efficiently than traditional methods, particularly in the developing world. It consists of a barrel-shaped container which holds the water and can roll along the ground, and a handle attached to the axis of the barrel.
Hippocamp The hippocamp or hippocampus (Greek: Ippokampoi, literally "horse monster"), often called a sea-horse in English, is a mythological creature shared by Phoenician,Coins minted at Tyre show the patron god Melqart riding on a winged hippocamp: see the fourth century BCE Yizre'el Valley silver hoard. Greek, and later mythology.
Hippocamp Ruins Pet Sounds Hippocamp Ruins Pet Sounds is a set of remixes of the Beach Boys' classic album, Pet Sounds, by a group of remix artists to celebrate the fourtieth anniversary of the original album's release. Like Danger Mouse's The Grey Album, it breaks current copyright law by sampling and releasing music without permission.
Hippocampal sclerosis Formaida Sclerosis or Ammon's horn sclerosis (AHS) is the most common type of neuropathological damage seen in individuals with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). This type of neuron cell loss, primarily in the hippocampus, can be observed in approximately 65% of people suffering from this form of epilepsy.
Hippocampal subfields The hippocampus is composed of multiple subfields. Though terminology varies among authors, the terms most frequently used are dentate gyrus and the cornu ammonis (literally "Amun's horns", abbreviated CA).
Hippocampus The hippocampus is a part of the brain located inside the temporal lobe (humans and other mammals have two hippocampi, one in each side of the brain). It forms a part of the limbic system and plays a part in memory and spatial navigation.
Hippocratic Corpus The Hippocratic Corpus (Latin: Corpus Hippocratum), Hippocratic Collection, or Hippocratic Canon, is a collection of around seventy early medical works from ancient Greece strongly associated with Hippocrates and his teachings. Of the volumes in the Corpus, none is proven to be of Hippocrates's hand itself, though some sources say otherwise.
Hippocratic Oath The Hippocratic Oath is an oath traditionally taken by physicians pertaining to the ethical practice of medicine. It is widely believed that the oath was written by Hippocrates, the father of medicine, in the 4th Century B.
Hippocrene Books Hippocrene Books are a US publishing press located at 171 Madison Avenue, New York City, NY 10016. Hippocrene specialises in books on folklore, ethnic cookbooks, translations of classic works, and foreign-language reference works.
Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous) Hippodamia, from hippos (horse) and damazo (to tame), "Tamer of horses", was the bride of King Pirithous of the Lapiths. At their wedding, Hippodamia, the other female guests, and the young boys were almost abducted by the centaurs.
Hippodamus of Miletus Hippodamus of Miletus (sometimes also called Hippodamos, Greek: ), was a Greek town planner of the 5th century BC. He created city plans that featured order and regularity, in contrast to the more common intricacy and confusion common to cities such as Athens, and he is seen as the originator of the idea that a town plan might formally embody and clarify a rational social order.
Hippodrome de Longchamp The Hippodrome de Longchamp, commonly referred to as "Longchamp," is a 57 hectare horse-racing facility located on the Route des Tribunes in the Bois de Boulogne at Paris, France. Built on the banks of the Seine River, it is used for flat racing and is noted for its variety of interlaced tracks and a famous hill that provides a real challenge to competing thoroughbreds.
Hippodrome de Maisons-Laffitte The Hippodrome de Maisons-Laffitte at 1 avenue de la Pelouse in the northwestern Parisian suburb of Maisons-Laffitte in France is a turf horse racing facility and track for Thoroughbred flat racing. Opened in 1878 by Joseph Oller, inventor of the pari-mutuel machine, it sits on 92 hectares that belonged to the wealthy banker Jacques Laffitte.

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