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List of East Coast hip hop artists This list includes East Coast hip hop artists and groups who either have been instrumental to the subgenre, have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as in the case of one that has been on a major label, but not limited to such), or have gained significant critical acclaim. The rappers are listed by the first letter in their name (not including the words "a", "an", or "the").
List of Eastern Indo-Aryan languages The Eastern Indo-Aryan languages include some 210 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken by about many people in Asia; this language family is a part of the Indo-Aryan language family. Each subfamily in this list contains subgroups and individual languages.
List of Eastern Orthodox Christians This is primarily a list of notable people who contributed to the history of Eastern Orthodox Christianity's theology or culture. However it is also for people whose Eastern Orthodox identity is an important part of their notability.
List of EC numbers (EC 1) This list contains a list of EC numbers for the first group, EC 1, oxidoreducatases, placed in numerical order as determined by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
List of EC numbers (EC 2) This list contains a list of EC numbers for the second group, EC 2, transferases, placed in numerical order as determined by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
List of EC numbers (EC 3) This list contains a list of EC numbers for the third group, EC 3, hydrolases, placed in numerical order as determined by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
List of EC numbers (EC 4) This list contains a list of EC numbers for the fourth group, EC 4, lyases, placed in numerical order as determined by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
List of EC numbers (EC 5) This list contains a list of EC numbers for the fifth group, EC 5, isomerases, placed in numerical order as determined by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
List of EC numbers (EC 6) This list contains a list of EC numbers for the sixth group, EC 6, ligases, placed in numerical order as determined by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
List of ECW World Heavyweight Champions The ECW World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title. It was the highest ranked championship for Extreme Championship Wrestling and was reactivated when the promotion was revived in June 2006 by World Wrestling Entertainment.
List of Edinburgh suburbs The Suburbs of Edinburgh have evolved over time, with the expansion, development, and redevelopment of Edinburgh itself. They have an interesting historical timeline of establishment, which reveals a rich tapestry of social and political influences.
List of Edmonton Oilers players This is a list of players who have played at least one game for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1972-73 to present. (Current as of February 6, 2006.
List of EDA companies A comprehensive list of electronic design automation (EDA) Companies can be compiled from lists of vendors-exhibitors of DAC (Design Automation Conference) held yearly for more than 30 years. EDA Companies that no longer exist (merged or died) are now listed in a separate category at the end of this page.
List of Egged bus lines The Egged Bus Cooperative is the largest bus company in Israel, and the second largest in the world. It operates over a hundred bus lines, including internal city lines in many of Israel's cities (in others, the Dan Bus Company, Kavim, Superbus, etc.
List of Egyptologists An Egyptologist is any archaeologist, historian, linguist, or art historian who specializes in Egyptology, the scientific study of Ancient Egypt and its antiquities. Demotists are Egyptologists who specialize in the study of the Demotic language and field of Demotic Studies.
List of El-Hazard characters The following article provides information on major and minor characters in the fictional universe of the various El-Hazard anime and manga series. If a character's existence differs significantly in the alternate timeline Wanderers TV series, these differences will also be noted.
List of Elektra Records artists This is a list of artists who have recorded for Elektra Records, or any of its subsidiary labels. A caret (*) denotes an artist who has recorded for both an Elektra subsidiary label, and Elektra Records proper.
List of Elfquest publications Elfquest is a comic book series created by Wendy and Richard Pini in 1978. The comics and related works of prose fiction tell the story of the elves of the World of Two Moons, particularly the elfin tribe called the Wolfriders.
List of Ellen White writings Ellen White was one of the founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, believed by the church to have the spiritual gift of prophecy described in the Bible. She was a prolific author, writing more than 40 books and 5000 periodical articles during her lifetime.
List of ELCA synods Each of the 65 synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America elects one bishop and three synod council officers for leadership, vision, and expertise. Synod Bishops are elected to six year terms and may be limited by the synod constitution.
List of Emirs of AlmerĂ­a AlmerĂ­a was an emirate (Muslim kingdom) in the taifa (fragmentation of the Caliphate of Cordoba which had ruled nearly all Iberia) in the present south Spanish region of Andalusia. The title was Emir of AlmerĂ­a and Cartagena.
List of Emperors of the Ming Dynasty The Ming Dynasty ruled China from 1368 to 1644, succeeding the Mongol Yuan Dynasty and falling amidst much peasant turmoil to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Sixteen emperors ruled over the whole of China spanning 276 years.
List of EMC directives The following list outlines a number of EMC standards and directives which are known at the time of writing to be either available or have been made available for public comment. These directives attempt to standardize product safety and performance, in respect to radio interference for electrical equipment.
List of Encyclicals of Pope John Paul II This article contains a list of Encyclicals of Pope John Paul II. Pope John Paul II issued 14 Papal Encyclicals during his reign as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church for over 26 years, from his election on 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005.
List of Ender's jeesh In the fictional Ender's Game series, the term "jeesh" is used to refer to someone's inner circle or group of close friends. Ender Wiggin is the protagonist of the original Ender's Game: his friends are known as Ender's jeesh.
List of English cities by population This is a list of the largest cities and towns of England ordered by population. The populations are 2001 census figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), using the Key Statistics for Urban Areas figures, that attempt to divorce the populations of towns and cities from the Local Authority district(s) that they are contained within.
List of English Football League managers by date of appointment This is a list of English Football League managers by date of appointment. It lists every manager currently managing a club in the English Premier League and Football League, in order of the date of their appointment.
List of English homographs Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings (and may or may not have different pronunciations). This list consists largely or exclusively of homographs that are pronounced differently, also known as heteronyms.
List of English chronicles This is a list of the most important Chronicles relevant to the kingdom of England in the period from the Norman Conquest to the beginning of the Tudor dynasty (1066-1485). The chronicles are listed under the name by which they are commonly referred to.
List of English irregular verbs This is a list of irregular verbs in the English language. The citation form (the infinitive) comes first (with a link to the Wiktionary article on the verb), together with the present tense forms when they are different, then the preterite or simple past, and finally the past participle.
List of English monarchs This is a list of the monarchs of England, which was unified as a kingdom in a series of stages between the reigns of Alfred the Great of Wessex and his grandson Athelstan (from 878 to 926). Union with Wales was enacted in 1536, and with Scotland in 1707 to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
List of English ODI cricketers This is a list of English One-day International cricketers. A One-day International, or an ODI, is an international cricket match between two representative teams, each having ODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
List of English suffixes This is an incomplete list of suffixes in English. Note that this list includes only derivational suffixes (which form new words, often of a different part of speech) and suffixes which serve to mark the part of speech.
List of English Twenty20 International cricketers This is a list of English Twenty20 International cricketers. A Twenty20 International is an international cricket match between two representative teams, each having ODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin These words of Australian Aboriginal origin include some which are almost universal in the English-speaking world, such as kangaroo and boomerang. Many such words have also become loan words in other languages beyond English.
List of English words of Dutch origin This is a list of words of Dutch language origin. However, note that this list does also include some words of which the etymology is uncertain, and that some may have been derived from Middle Low German equivalents instead or as well.
List of English words of Etruscan origin This is a list of English words that are thought to have their origin in Etruscan and were borrowed through Latin, often via French. Not all of these words have been demonstrated to be of Etruscan origin, and some may be Indo-European or from another source.
List of English words of French origin A great number of words of French origin have entered the English language to the extent that 40% of its vocabulary is of French origin. Many of those words in turn originate from Latin, and sometimes from Greek.
List of English words of Hawaiian origin A number of Hawaiian words have made their way into the English language. Within Hawai'i, an English-speaking state in the United States, the number of Hawaiian words used in everyday conversation is quite large, so the listing here is presumably limited to those words that are known or used by persons otherwise not especially familiar with Hawaiian English.
List of English words of Hebrew origin This is a list of English words of Hebrew (and related Semitic) origin. Transliterated pronunciations follow Sephardic/Modern Israeli pronunciations as opposed to Ashkenazi pronunciations, with the major difference being that the letter tav (ת) is transliterated as a "t" as opposed to an "s.
List of English words of Chinese origin Words of Chinese origin have entered the English language and many European languages. Most of these were loanwords from Chinese itself, a term covering those members of the Chinese branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family.
List of English words of Japanese origin Words of Japanese origin have entered many languages. Some words are simple transliterations of Japanese language words for concepts inherent to Japanese culture, but some are actually words of Chinese origin that were first exposed to English via Japan.
List of English words of Persian origin As Indo-European languages, English and Persian have many words of common Proto-Indo-European origin, and many of these cognate words often have similar forms. However, this article will be concerned with loanwords, that is, words in English that derive from Persian, either directly, or more often, via one or more intermediary languages.
List of English words of Spanish origin This is a list of English language words whose origin can be traced to the Spanish language, also known as "Spanish loan words". There is also a separate list of some words or phrases from Spanish that are sometimes used in English slang, but have not entered the standard lexicon.
List of English words of Yiddish origin This is a list of English language words of Yiddish language origin, many of which have entered the language by way of American English or Cockney. Spelling of some of these words may be variable (for example, schlep is also seen as shlep, schnoz as shnozz, and so on).
List of Equatorial Guinea-related topics This page aims to list articles on Wikipedia that are related to Equatorial Guinea. This is so that those interested in the subject can monitor changes to the pages by clicking on Related changes in the sidebar.
List of Erasure B-sides and non-album songs Below is a list of songs recorded by English synthpop duo Erasure which were either released as B-sides to their singles, included on film soundtracks or compilation albums or otherwise not included on their official album releases. Many of Erasure's B-sides were remixed several times (nearly as much as their A-sides), and issued throughout several single releases.
List of Escheators of Munster This is a list of the Members of Parliament appointed as Escheator of Munster, a notional 'office of profit under the crown' which was used to resign from the Irish House of Commons, and after the Union, that of the United Kingdom. See also Escheator.
List of Estonian rulers List of Estonian rulers is a list of ancient Estonian elderships and known tribal elders, states and rulers of states (starting from the time of the first successful Danish conquest in 1219) who either ruled or laid claims of sovereignty over some parts of the territory of present day Estonia, as well as the leaders of the independent Republic of Estonia since 1918.
List of ESPN Major League Baseball broadcasters The List ESPN Major League Baseball broadcast teams are listed in the table below, including games broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Radio. Keep in mind these are just weekly regular season pairing for Major League Baseball.
List of Eureka episodes The following is a list of episodes for the American science fiction drama Eureka. In addition to the regularly televised episodes, there is a short webisode series called "Hide and Seek", which is available on the Sci Fi Channel's Eureka homepage.
List of Eureka Seven episodes This is the complete episode list for the anime series Eureka Seven. There are 50 episodes in all and a recap special, entitled Navigation ray=out. The first episode aired in Japan on April 17, 2005, and the final episode almost a full year later, on April 2, 2006. The series was later picked up by Cartoon Network for the United States market and began airing a few weeks after, on April 15, 2006.
List of Eureka Seven characters This page lists the characters from the anime and manga series Eureka Seven, covering the characters who are widely considered to be "primary" to the plot of the story. They are broken down into three main categories (the three "factions" in the series): Gekkostate, a group of pirates formed from a defunct special forces group; the U.
List of European countries by GDP This is a list of European economies sorted by their gross domestic product at market or government official exchange rates (nominal GDP). The data here is for the year 2005 produced by the International Monetary Fund in September 2006 (some of the data are IMF staff estimations).
List of European countries by GDP PPP This is a list of European nations sorted by their Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. The GDP dollar estimates presented here are derived from purchasing power parity (PPP) calculations.
List of European countries by population This is a list of European countries and dependencies by population.The three states of the Caucasus, and Kazakhstan, which may or may not be considered part of Europe depending on definitions, are not included here.
List of European Commissioners from Ireland Since Ireland joined the European Economic Community on Jan 1 1973, the Taoiseach has the right to nominate one member of the European Commission, known as a Commissioner. Commissioners usually serve a term of five years.
List of European folk music traditions This is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments and other related topics. The term folk music can not be easily defined in a precise manner; it is used with widely-varying definitions depending on the author, intended audience and context within a work.
List of European Football Championship national team droughts This is a list of droughts associated with the participation of national football teams in the European Football Championship Finals. Note that up until 1980, only teams that reached the final four of the tournament are included.
List of European metropolitan areas by GRP A metropolitan region's gross domestic product, or GRP, is one of several measures of the size of its economy. Similar to GDP, GRP is defined as the market value of all final goods and services produced within a metropolitan area in a given period of time.
List of European Solheim Cup golfers This is a list of all the golfers who represented Europe in the Solheim Cup from the first staging in 1990 through to 2005. Laura Davies of England is the only woman who has played on all nine European Solheim Cup teams to date.
List of European Union member states by accession This is a list of European Union member states, their dates of application and accession. It shows the growth of the European Union and its predecessors through enlargement from six members in 1952 to twenty-seven members in 2007; as of 2007, at least seven (possibly even more) are expected to join in its future.
List of Excel Saga media Below is the list of Excel Saga media, consisting of sixteen manga volumes released in Japan, fifteen manga released in North America, twenty-six episodes of the anime, and six volumes of the English-language DVD release. Beginning as a manga by Rikdo Koshi and published by Shonen Gahosha, was adapted into a twenty-six episode anime directed by Shinichi Watanabe and animated by J.
List of Eyeshield 21 characters The following is a list of major characters from the anime and manga versions of Eyeshield 21, concentrating on the teams encountered by the Deimon Devil Bats. This section has been divided between the crucial rivals Deimon has encountered through their tournament play and other teams that, while not as crucial, have been obstacles the Devil Bats have overcome.
List of faculty members at the Institute for Advanced Study The Institute for Advanced Study is a private institution in Princeton Township, New Jersey, designed to foster pure cutting-edge research by scientists in a variety of fields without the complications of teaching or funding, or the agendas of sponsorship.
List of fairy tales This is a list of fairy tales, the dates of their earliest known printed version, the author and, if known, the collection of tales in which it was published. It should be noted, however, that not all stories listed below would be categorized as fairy tales by a strict definition of the term, but rather have entered popular culture as such.
List of fake anti-spyware programs Malicious programmers have released a number of fake anti-spyware programs', and widely distributed Web banner ads now spuriously warn users that their computers have been infected with spyware, directing them to purchase programs which do not actually remove spyware — or worse, may add more spyware of their own.Roberts, Paul F.
List of famous Baptists The following list of Baptists is a catalogue of those who were members of Baptist churches or who were raised in Baptist churches. It is not intended to imply that all those who appear on the list were practicing Baptists or that they remained Baptists their entire lives.
List of famous circuses and circus owners There have been many famous "Modern" circuses since the first modern circus was staged by Philip Astley in London on January 9, 1768. Many of them are more well known by the name of their principal owner.
List of famous diamonds A number of large or extraordinarily colored diamonds have gained fame, both as exquisite examples of the beautiful nature of diamonds, and because of the famous people who wore, bought, and sold them. A partial list of famous diamonds in history follows.
List of famous residents of Connecticut This list includes Connecticut natives and other notable individuals who have established a residence in the state. Because of its location near New York City, many famous people with business ties to the area move to Fairfield County from outside the state.
List of famous Royal Air Force members This article lists those members of the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom who have become either nationally or internationally famous. This could either be due to commanding squadrons or higher formations in memorable operations, by being awarded high honours or by gaining fame subsequent to their RAF service.
List of famous sisters List of famous Sisters There have been many entertainers and performers on stage, film and television, either biological or not, known as "Sisters." Others, just as famous, shone in literature and dance.
List of famous ten-pin bowlers Since the advent of Ten-pin bowling, there have been many bowlers who have achieved fame for their excellence in the sport. These bowlers have led to changes in game mechanics, new high scores, and increased interest in the game.
List of famous Tbilisians This is a list of famous people who have lived in Tbilisi, including both natives and residents. Some of the figures in the list may be included in several of the categories simultaneously but are only included in the sections which pertain to their achievements/occupations the most.
List of fantasy films List of fantasy films is a chronological listing of films in the fantasy genre. Fantasy television programs, including made for TV movies and miniseries, should be listed at List of fantasy television programs.
List of fantasy novels This page lists a broad variety of fantasy novels (and novel series)--some old, some new; some famous, some obscure; some well-written, some ill-written--and so may be considered a representative slice of the field. The books appear in alphabetical order by title (ignoring "A", "An", and "The"); series are alphabetical by author-designated name or, if there is no such, some reasonable designation.
List of fascist movements by country This is a list of political parties, organizations, and movements that have been claimed to follow some form of fascist ideology. Since there is no single, universally accepted definition of fascism, most of the entries in this list are bound to be highly controversial.
List of fast casual dining restaurants A fast casual restaurant is a type of restaurant which is similar to a fast-food restaurant in that it does not offer full table service, but promises a somewhat higher quality of food and atmosphere. It is a growing concept to fill the space between fast-food and casual dining.
List of fatal bear attacks in North America by decade This is a list of known fatal bear attacks that occurred in North America by decade in reverse chronological order. Three species of bear, the Brown Bear (Ursus arctos), the American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) and the Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) are identified in the article.
List of federal subjects of Russia by population Here is a list of the 86* federal subjects of Russia in order of population according to the 2002 Census. The total of all federal subjects is 145,166,731, which does not include nationals living abroad at the time of census.
List of federations of trade unions This is a list of federations of trade unions. Those federations listed under each country are also known as national trade union centres and are organisations formed by trade unions which operate, in most cases, at the national level.
List of feeder teams in football The following is a list of soccer teams and their affiliates. Most teams have an affiliate team for a number of reasons, including the ability to loan out inexperienced youngesters, to allow young, foreign players to gain a Work Permit, or for business purposes, such as merchandising.
List of female directors This is a list of female motion picture and television directors. In 2002, the Guiness Book of Records named Indian actress and director Vijaya Nirmala, the most prolific female director, since she had directed 42 feature films from 1972.
List of female chess players From the Middle Ages through the 1700s, chess was a popular social pastime for both men and women of the upper classes. Mary Queen of Scots and Queen Elizabeth I played, and Thomas Jefferson wrote several times about Benjamin Franklin's playing chess in Paris with socially important women, including the Duchess of Bourbon, who was "a chess player of about his force".
List of female mixed martial artists With Mixed Martial Arts still being so new a sport and even fewer women pursuing this highly athletic contest, the ones who are have found it difficult getting a foot in the MMA federations. Women fighters are some of the lower paid competitors to this sport due to the possible backlash of women "duking it out" in a ring or octagon.
List of female state governors in the United States Twenty-nine women have been or are currently serving as the governor of an American state, including two in an acting capacity. The first female governor was Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming who was elected on November 4, 1924 and sworn in on January 5, 1925.
List of female theater actors This is an alphabetical list of notable female theater actors from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland. The list includes also female actors from other countries who have played leading or co-leading roles in well-known theaters of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
List of fiction inspired by Dune As one of the best-known and best-selling science fiction novels of all time, Frank Herbert's Dune series has inspired many works both inside and outside the SF genre. The series makes use of the Hero's Journey, as do many of the works that it inspired.
List of fiction that breaks the fourth wall The following is a list of examples of fiction that breaks the fourth wall for dramatic or comedic effect. It does not include situations in which the fourth wall is broken inadvertently, such as when a mirror or other reflective surface catches a film crew and the editors fail to notice it.
List of fictional airborne castles The idea of cities floating in gas giants was popularized by the Star Wars movie The Empire Strikes Back, in which a gas mine floats in the atmosphere of the planet Bespin. Another notable example is the antigravity-supported City of Stratos, in the Star Trek episode The Cloud Minders.
List of fictional assimilating races In science fiction, a common theme is that of the assimilating race: a fictional species or race which maintains its numbers not by conventional sexual reproduction but through the assimilation of the members of other groups.
List of fictional bears Bears are very common fictionalized and personified animals, and can be found in almost every single kind of fiction. The following is an attempt to list and categorize all the bears that appear in all forms of fiction.
List of fictional brands This is an incomplete list of fictional items not listed under categories elsewhere, which have appeared in entertainment and other fictional media. For more on fictional brands and fictional brands history, visit Fictional brands.
List of fictional British monarchs This is a list of fictional British Monarchs- characters who appear in alternate histories and similar works of fiction as the monarch of England, Scotland, the United Kingdom and variants thereof. They are listed according to the production or story in which they appeared.
List of fictional British Prime Ministers Fictional stories featuring the political scene in Westminster or Whitehall in the United Kingdom, often feature fictional British Prime Ministers - invented characters with the position of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Such characters may be complete inventions, or they may be based on a particular Prime Minister or politician, or on a broad stereotype of party politicians.
List of fictional clergy and religious figures Clergy and other religious figures have generally represented a popular outlet for pop culture, although this has tapered in recent years. Some of the more popular clergy, members of religious orders and other religious personages featured in works of fiction are listed below.
List of fictional companies This is a list of fictional companies. These are nonexistent companies created for dramatic or literary purposes in a story, usually so the author or producer either is not giving free advertising to a real company, or (more likely) does not get sued for insulting a real company.
List of fictional Cambridge colleges Fictional colleges are perennially popular in modern novels, allowing the author much greater license when describing the more intimate activities of a Cambridge college. Such institutions are often home to eccentrics or miscreants, murderers or snobs, and though wistfully romantic in their cloistered courts, host fictional events that could prove libellous were identifiable institutions used.
List of fictional detective teams This is a list of fictional detective teams from popular detective fiction. This list includes pairs of characters who appear in a series of novels or short stories, not characters who are teamed only for a single story.

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