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Mellor Glacier Mellor Glacier () is a tributary glacier, flowing northnortheast between Mount Newton and Mount Maguire and coalescing with Collins Glacier just prior to junction with Lambert Glacier at Patrick Point, in the Prince Charles Mountains. It was mapped from air photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1956.
Mellow Candle Mellow Candle were a progressive folk rock band. Principally Irish, the members were also unusually young, Clodagh Simonds and Alison Bools (later O'Donnell) being only 15, and still at school, at the time of their first single, "Feelin' High", released in 1968.
Mellow Mushroom The Mellow Mushroom is a small restaurant franchise based in Atlanta, Georgia, with 46 restaurants operating in Louisiana, Michigan, Indiana, Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The Mellow Mushroom's specialty is pizza, and other pizza parlor fare, such as sub sandwiches, calzones, and salads.
Mellunmäki metro station The Mellunmäki metro station (Finnish Mellunmäen metroasema / Swedish Metrostationen Mellungsbacka) is a ground-level bridge station on the northern branch (Itäkeskus - Mellunmäki) of the Helsinki Metro. It serves the district of Mellunmäki in East Helsinki, and is the terminus of the northern branch.
Mellville Mellvile the Penguin is Prime Minister (Or More accurately, Vice Penguin) of the country of Pellmellia in the Lookit Series of graphic novels of a humorous persuasion by Cartoonist Ray Friesen. He is a bit fat and lazy, but undeniably awesome.
Melmerby, Harrogate Until the late 1950's, the unremarkable village of Melmerby, north of Ripon, was the site of a major rural railway junction. Situated on the main Harrogate to Northallerton via Ripon railway line (closed 1968), a branch line (closed 1963) ran westwards from Melmerby to the small market town of Masham, famous for brewing.
Melmoth, KwaZulu-Natal Melmoth is a small town situated in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The town was established in the Mthonjaneni district after the annexation of Zululand by the United Kingdom in 1887 and was named after Sir Melmoth Osborn.
Melnics Melnics is a fictional language native to the Celestians of the game Tales of Eternia for the PlayStation (Tales of Destiny 2 in North America). Meredy, the mysterious girl who arrived from Celestia, is the first speaker of Melnics encountered by Reid and Farah, and is not understood by the party until later in the game.
Melnik Ridge Melnik Ridge (Melnishki Hrebet 'mel-nish-ki 'hre-bet) is a narrow ridge rising to 696m in eastern Livingston Island bounded by Kaliakra Glacier to the N and W, and Struma Glacier to the S and linked to Bowles Ridge by the 575m high Yankov Gap. The ridge is 1.
Melnik, Bulgaria Melnik (Мелник) is the smallest settlement classified as a town in the Republic of Bulgaria and is located in Blagoevgrad Province (sometimes referred to as Pirin Macedonia), in the southwestern Pirin Mountains, about 440 m above sea level. The town is an architectural reserve and 96 of its buildings are cultural monuments.
Melnikov distance Consider a smooth dynamical system ddot x = f(x) + epsilon g(t), with epsilon ge 0 and g(t) periodic with period T. Suppose for epsilon = 0 the system has a hyperbolic fixed point x0 and a homoclinic orbit phi(t) corresponding to this fixed point.
Melnitsa Melnitsa (Мельница, the Russian for windmill) - the cult Russian neo-folk rock band. Founded in 1999 by Natalya O'Shea (Hellawes) and Alexey Sapkov (Chus) around the remnants of a local folk band Til Ulenshpigel.
Melnitsa Animation Studio Melnitsa Animation Studio (, "melnitsa" meaning "windmill") is a Saint Petersburg-based Russian studio which produces animated films. There is also a section of the studio devoted to digital special effects for the use of its own projects as well as for live-action films.
Melocco and Moore Melocco & Moore Architects was launched in 1993 and has grown to become an award winning Sydney based architectural firm. Led by David Melocco and Phil Moore, the practice concentrates on high-end residential and commercial projects in Australia.
MelodĂ­a Eterna MelodĂ­a Eterna is Ailyn's first commercial album, released in 2006 (see 2006 in music) on the SalĂłn Del CĂłmic in Barcelona. This album has the best songs of the soundtrack of the anime and manga "Sailor Moon".
Melodeclamation Melodeclamation (from Greek “melos” = song, and Latin “declamatio” = declamation) is a music genre, kind of a concert piece using the principles of melodrama, a kind of extended technique, a type of rhythmic vocal writing that bears a resemblance to Sprechstimme. It is a rhythmical speech with musical accompaniment.
Melodeon (organ) A melodeon (also known as a cabinet organ or American organ) is a type of 19th century reed organ with a foot-operated vacuum bellows, and a piano keyboard. It differs from the related harmonium, which uses a pressure bellows.
Melodi Grand Prix 2006 The Norwegian selection final for this year's Eurovision Song Contest, the Melodi Grand Prix 2006, was held on February 4th in Oslo Spektrum, Norway's premier concert hall venue with a capacity of 9,700. The event was hosted by Synnøve Svabø & Stian Barsnes Simonsen, two familiar television faces.
Melodic death metal Melodic death metal (sometimes referred to as Gothenburg metal or melodeath) is a subgenre of death metal. Originally mixing the harmonic style and the groovy melodies of the British metal with the thrashing, harshing sound of death metal (and later expanding through many influences and evolutions), it contains more melodic guitar riffs and solos, which are sometimes acoustic, and also contain more understandable lyrics as well as coherent singing as opposed to traditional death grunt vocals.
Melodic expectation In music cognition melodic expectation is the tendency for a person listening to a melody to have a feeling or expectation for what might come next in the melody. For example, if the ascending musical partial octave "do-re-me-fa-sol-la-ti...
Melodic intonation therapy Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT) is a therapeutic process used by music therapists and speech pathologists to help patients with communication disorders caused by brain damage. This method uses a style of singing called melodic intonation to stimulate activity in the right hemisphere of the brain in order to assist in speech production (Carroll 1996).
Melodic motion Melodic motion is the quality of movement of a melody, including nearness or farness of successive pitches or notes in a melody. This may be described as conjunct or disjunct, stepwise or skipwise, respectively.
Melodic music Melodic music is a term that covers various genres of non-classical music which are primarily characterised by the dominance of a single strong melody line. Rhythm, tempo and beat are subordinate to the melody line or tune, which is generally easily memorable, and followed without great difficulty.
Melodic psytrance Full on or melodic psytrance (also referred to as morning trance and isra trance) is a form of psychedelic trance firstly originated in Israel at the early 2000s, especially by acts who have gained high popularity worldwide such as Astrix and Cosma. Melodic psytrance draws its main influences from more radio-friendly trance genres such as uplifting trance (Nitzhonot and vocal trance), futuristic melodies, occasional electric guitar performances driven from rock music and usage of vocals.
Melodica The melodica is a free-reed instrument similar to the accordion and harmonica. It has a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument.
Melodifestivalen Melodifestivalen () is an annual music competition organised by Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio to determine the song and artist that will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It has been staged under various formats every year since 1959, with the exceptions of 1964No competition was held in 1964 due to an artists’ strike.
Melodifestivalen 1959 Melodifestivalen 1959 (known as Säg det med musik: stora schlagertävlingen) was the selection for the second song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the first time that this system of picking a song had been used.
Melodifestivalen 1960 Melodifestivalen 1960 (known as Eurovisionsschlagern, svensk final) was the selection for the third song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the second time that this system of picking a song had been used.
Melodifestivalen 1961 Melodifestivalen 1961 (known as Eurovisionsschlagern, svensk final) was the selection for the fourth song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the third time that this system of picking a song had been used.
Melodifestivalen 1962 Melodifestivalen 1962 (known as Eurovisionsschlagern, svensk final) was the selection for the fifth song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the fourth time that this system of picking a song had been used.
Melodifestivalen 1963 Melodifestivalen 1963 (known as Eurovisionsschlagern, svensk final) was the selection for the sixth song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the fifth time that this system of picking a song had been used.
Melodifestivalen 1965 Melodifestivalen 1965 (known as the Svensk sĂĄngfinal) was the selection for the seventh song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the sixth time that this system of picking a song had been used.
Melodifestivalen 1966 Melodifestivalen 1966 (known as the Svensk sĂĄngfinal) was the selection for the eighth song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the seventh time that this system of picking a song had been used.
Melodifestivalen 1977 Melodifestivalen 1977 was the selection for the 17th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. Sweden did not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 due to demonstrations against commercial music.
Melodifestivalen 2007 (semifinals) The semifinals for Melodifestivalen 2007 will begin on 3 February 2007. There will be five semifinals in Jönköping, Gothenburg, Örnsköldsvik, Gävle and Nyköping (second chance round) leading up to the final at the Stockholm Globe Arena on 10 March, 2007.
Melodiya Melodiya (Russian: Μелодия) was the state-owned major record company/label of the Soviet Union. It was established in 1964 as the All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya.
Melodrama The word "melodrama" comes from "melos", the Greek word for song (compare melody), combined with "drama". Music is used to increase the emotional response or to suggest characters.
Melodrama (album) Melodrama is the debut album from Israeli psychedelic trance duo Vibe Tribe, released in November 2004. The audio mastering was made by Astral Projection member Lior Perlmutter and the artwork by Czech artist Jan Moravec.
Melodrom Melodrom are: Mina Špiler (vocals), Matevž Grad (guitar, programming), Miha Žargi (bass), Matej Nolda (drums) and Polona Janežič (keyboards). The band create everything by themselves: from music and lyrics through videos to design.
Melody In music, a melody, also tune, voice, or line, is a series of linear events or a succession, not a simultaneity as in a chord (see harmony). However, this succession must contain change of some kind and be perceived as a single entity (possibly Gestalt) to be called a melody.
Melody (singer) Melodía Ruiz Gutiérrez (born October 18, 1990 in Dos Hermanas, Spain), better known in the Spanish music world as Melody, is a pop singer. Some close relatives used to belong to a music group named Los Quillos.
Melody Amber The Melody Amber chess tournament, which uniquely combines blind chess and speed chess is an annual invitation-only event for some of the world's best players. It has been held in Monte Carlo from 1992 onwards and is sponsored by the Dutch billionaire and world champion of postal chess, Joop van Oosterom.
Melody Anderson Melody Anderson (born December 3, 1955) is a Canadian–American social worker and public speaker specializing in the impact of addiction on families. She is more widely known as an actress, with her most high-profile role being Dale Arden in the 1980 adaptation of Flash Gordon.
Melody Beattie Melody Beattie is the author of Codependent No More, which when published in 1987 by the publishing division of the Hazelden Foundation became a phenomenon of the self-help movement. The book went on to sell over eight million copies, and it introduced the word codependent to the world.
Melody Lacayanga Melody Lacayanga is a Filipino-American dancer from Daly City, California. She was the runner-up in Season 1 of FOX's hit show So You Think You Can Dance, where she proved she could not just do jazz, but also hip hop, Jive and even Latin dancing.
Melody Max Melody Max (born April 22, 1984 in San Francisco,CA USA) is a half Persian and half French female pornstar. She generally goes by the name of either Melody Max (which is more commonly used now), Melody Sweet or Melody.
Melody Ranch Melody Ranch (also known as Gene Autry's Melody Ranch) is a 1940 western film which tells the story of a singing cowboy who returns to his hometown to restore order when his former childhood enemies take over the town. It stars Gene Autry, Jimmy Durante, Ann Miller, Barton MacLane, Barbara Jo Allen, George 'Gabby' Hayes and William 'Billy' Benedict.
Melody type A melody type is a term used by musicologists and ethnomusicologists to represent a set of melodic formulas, figures, and patterns which are used in the composition of an enormous variety of music, especially non-Western and early Western music. Such music is generally composed by a process of centonization, either freely (i.
Melody Thornton Melody Thornton (born September 28, 1984) is an American singer. She takes the third most prominent vocal role in The Pussycat Dolls, after lead vocalist Nicole Scherzinger and Carmit Bachar, adding melismatic vocal runs to many of their songs.
Melody Time Melody Time (first released on May 27, 1948) is an animated feature produced by Walt Disney and released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures. Made up of several sequences set to popular music and folk music, the film is, like Make Mine Music before it, the contemporary version of Fantasia, an ambitious film that proved to be a commercial disappointment upon its original theatrical release.
Melodyguild Melodyguild (often misspelled as Melody Guild) was a Los Angeles Dream Pop/Indie Rock band begun in 2002 by former Love Spirals Downwards vocalist, Suzanne Perry, and ex-members of The Von Trapps, Matt Gleason and John West.
Melokoza Melokoza is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Omo Zone, Melokoza is bordered on the south by Basketo, on the west by the Debub Omo Zone, on the northwest by Ela, on the north by Isara Tocha, and on the east by Loma Bosa; the Omo River defines its northwestern boundary separating the woreda from Ela and Isara Tocha.
Melon Melon is a term used for various members of the Cucurbitaceae family with fleshy fruits, or may specify the typically sweet-fruiting members, muskmelon and watermelon.melon it can also mean breastsMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary.
Melon (whale) The melon is an oval shaped oily, fatty lump of tissue found at the centre of the forehead of most dolphins and toothed whales, located between the blowhole and the end of the head. The function of the melon is not completely understood, but scientists believe it provides a means of focusing sounds used in echolocation.
Melon Day Melon Day is an annual national holiday in Turkmenistan devoted to festivities to celebrate the country's muskmelon, in particularly a recent crossbreed product named "Turkmenbashi Melon", which is praised for its delicious aroma, excellent taste and large size.
Melon-headed Whale The Melon-headed Whale (Peponocephala electra; other names are many-toothed blackfish and electra dolphin) is a cetacean of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae). It is closely related to the Pygmy Killer Whale and the Pilot Whales, and collectively these dolphin species are known by the common name blackfish.
Melonpool Melonpool is a collection of characters created by Steve Troop who's adventures have been portrayed through both puppetry and in a long-running webcomic. The webcomic is the larger of these two areas, though it is currently on indefinite hiatus.
Melor Melor (also known in Latin as Melorius; in Cornish as Mylor; in French as MĂ©loir; and other variations) was a Breton saint and martyr who, in England, was venerated particularly in Wiltshire where he was titular of Amesbury Abbey, which claimed his relics.
Melora Creager Melora Creager (born March 25 1966) is an American cellist and singer-songwriter. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, she grew up in Emporia, Kansas, with an older brother and a younger sister, both of whom were adoptive as she was.
Meloxicam Meloxicam is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to relieve the symptoms of arthritis, primary dysmenorrhea, fever; and as an analgesic, especially where there is an inflammatory component. It is closely related to piroxicam.
Melozzo da Forlì Melozzo da Forlì (Forlì, Italy, c. 1438-Forlì, November 8, 1494), was an Italian Renaissance painter near the Umbrian school, the first who practised foreshortening with much success and one of the most outstanding fresco painters of 15th century.
Melphalan Melphalan hydrochloride (trade name Alkeran®) is a chemotherapy drug belonging to the class of nitrogen mustard alkylating agents. It is used primarily to treat multiple myeloma and ovarian cancer, and occasionally malignant melanoma.
Melpomene Projects The Melpomene Projects, officially called the Guste apartments, are located in uptown New Orleans and are one of the Housing Projects of New Orleans. At a peak height of 12 stories, it is the tallest public housing complex in the city.
Melqart Melqart (less accurately Melkart, Melkarth or Melgart (Greek disposed of the letter Q (Qoppa), replacing it with additional use of K (Kappa) and G (Gamma)), Akkadian Milqartu, was the tutelary god of the Phoenician city of Tyre, as Eshmun protected Sidon. The name is a slight compression of Phoenician Milk-Qart "the King of the City".
Melrose Park (SEPTA station) Melrose Park station is SEPTA Regional Rail station located along the SEPTA Main Line operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. It is located in at the intersection of Valley Road and Mill Road in the neighborhood of Melrose Park in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania.
Melrose Park, Pennsylvania Melrose Park is an unincorporated section of Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania on the Philadelphia city line. It is bordered to the south by Cheltenham Avenue, to the west by Old York Road, to the east by New Second Street and to the north by Ashbourne Road.
Melrose Plant Melrose Plant is a fictional character in Martha Grimes' series of Richard Jury mystery novels. Superintendent Richard Jury is a Scotland Yard detective who frequently calls on Plant to assist him, unofficially, in his cases.
Melrose RFC Melrose Rugby Football Club is located in the town of Melrose in the Scottish Borders and is one of the most famous and oldest rugby clubs in the world. The club was formed in 1877 and was elected to full membership of the Scottish Rugby Union in 1880.
Melrose Sevens Melrose Sevens is an annual rugby union sevens event held by Melrose Rugby Club, in Melrose, Scotland. It is the oldest rugby sevens competition dating from 1883, when the tournament was suggested by former Melrose player Ned Haig.
Melrose, Louisiana Melrose is a village in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, including the Melrose Plantation and surrounding area, on Louisiana Highway 119. In addition to the historic Plantation, the Cane River Creole National Historic Park and Heritage Area is at Melrose.
Melt Away Bay Meltaway Bay is a 1-acre wave pool nestled against the base of Mount Gushmore at Disney's Blizzard Beach waterpark. This attraction is constantly fed by "melting snow" waterfalls creating "bobbing" (short) waves.
Melt Banana/Discordance Axis split 7" The Melt-Banana/Discordance Axis Split EP was released in 1995 on HG Fact, and was limited to a run of 2000. Each band covers one song by the other; Discordance Axis performs "So Unfilial Rule" and Melt-Banana performs "One Dimensional," originally titled "One-D.
Melt Flow Index The Melt Flow Index is a measure of the ease of flow of the melt of a thermoplastic polymer. It is defined as the weight of polymer in grams flowing in 10 minutes through a capillary of specific diameter and length by a pressure applied via prescribed alternative gravimetric weights for alternative prescribed temperatures.
Melt With the Sun "Melt With the Sun" is a dance music song written by Amber (aka Marie-Claire Cremers) and Sweet Rains, performed by Amber and produced by Sweet Rains and released on November 14, 2006. The dance music remixes EP has 10 Tracks including remixes by Grammy Winner Hex Hector, Tracy Young, Al B Rich, AM Corona, Sweet Rains, Pathos V2, and Lance Jordan.
Melt-Banana Melt-Banana is a Japanese noise rock (sometimes referred to as noisecore) band that was founded in 1992 by friends attending Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. These friends were Onuki Yasuko (also known as Yasuko O.
Melta Point Melta Point (Nos Melta 'nos 'mel-ta) is a rocky point on the coast of Hero Bay, Livingston Island, formed by an offshoot of Teres Ridge. The point is named after the ancient Melta, ancestor of the present town of Lovech in Northern Bulgaria.
Meltdown (festival) Meltdown is an annual music festival held at the Royal Festival Hall, part of London's South Bank Centre. Since its inception in 1993, the festival has been curated by a single person each year, usually a notable musician or composer (the single exception to this rule thus far has been disc jockey John Peel, who curated the 1998 event).
Melting point The melting point of a crystalline solid is the temperature at which it changes state from solid to liquid. When considered as the temperature of the reverse change from liquid to solid, it is referred to as the freezing point.
Melting points of the elements (data page) This page lists melting points for various chemical elements at standard atmospheric pressure in Kelvin, Celsius, and Fahrenheit . In general, melting points increase going from top to bottom, although there are many exceptions.
Melting pot The melting pot is a metaphor for the way in which [societies develop, in which the ingredients in the pot (people of different cultures and religions) are combined so as to lose their discrete identities to some degree, yielding a final product which has a more uniform consistency and flavor, and which is quite different from the original inputs. The term gained popularity in describing ethnicity in the United States after the metaphor was used in the 1908 play of the same name that modernized Romeo and Juliet http://www.
Melting Stones Melting Stones is a fantasy novel by young adult author Tamora Pierce, to be released as a Full Cast Audio book in November 2006, and as a paper book in 2007. The book takes place at the same time as the 2005 novel The Will of the Empress, and follows characters Evvy and Rosethorn, former travel companions of Briar Moss, in their journey to the Battle Islands to investigate the death of the local plantlife and an impending vulcano eruption.
Melting temperature The dissociation of a double-stranded DNA molecule is often referred to as melting because it occurs quickly once a certain temperature has been reached. For multiple copies of a specific DNA molecule (usually synthesized by polymerase chain reaction), the melting temperature (Tm) is defined as the temperature at which 50% of that same DNA molecule species form a stable double helix and the other 50% have been separated to single strand molecules.
Meltokio Meltokio is a fictional place in the game Tales Of Symphonia for Gamecube (PlayStation 2 in Japan, only available through internet buy), and is the base of the kingdom of Tethe'Alla. It is also the home of Zelos Wilder.
Melton Airfield, Victoria Melton Airfield is a small grass strip airfield located approximately 5km north of the township of Melton in the Shire of Melton, Victoria, Australia. It is located at the intersection of Coburns Road and Diggers Rest - Coimadai Road.
Melton Highway Melton Highway (formerly Keilor-Melton Road) links Melbourne's outer north-western suburbs of Melton and Sydenham (northern Keilor as the old name suggests); it has a Victorian route designation of C754 (and Metro previously). It connects the Western Freeway and Calder Freeway and provides the most direct route between Ballarat and Melbourne's airports and northern suburbs bypassing busy western suburbs.
Melton International Tackle Melton International Tackle ("Melton Tackle") is a retailer of Big Game Fishing Tackle based in Anaheim, California best known for offering high end and hard to find items such as Ian Miller Rods, Joe Yee Lures, Marlin Magic Lures and more.
Melton Mowbray Melton Mowbray (or more commonly known as Melton) a town of around 26,000 people in the borough of Melton in north-east Leicestershire, England, 15 miles from Leicester and 105 miles north of London. The town is on the River Eye/River Wreake and is served by Melton Mowbray railway station.
Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association The Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association is a group of pork pie manufacturers in the Melton Mowbray area of England, UK. The association was set up with the purported aim of helping to protect the Melton Mowbray pork pie recipe which it perceives as being unique to the Melton Mowbray area.
Melton South, Victoria Melton South (Postcode: 3338) is a locality within Melton township. It is defined as the area of Melton that is south of the Western Freeway and incorporates the area north of Coburns Road; the housing estates of Brookfield and Brookfield Acres.
Meltwater pulse 1A Meltwater pulse 1A was a period of rapid deglaicialization about 14,000 years ago. During this pulse the sea level rose by about 25 m in some parts of the northern hemisphere, over a period of less than 500 years.
Melty Blood is a Japanese dĹŤjin 2D fighting game, developed by TYPE-MOON and French-Bread (known as Watanabe Seisakujo prior to 2003), and is a spin-off to TYPE-MOON's visual novel game Tsukihime. It was chosen as one of the nine games that were to be played at the popular fighting game tournament Tougeki Tougeki 2007's Official Site.
Meltywax Meltywax was a brand of wax produced using melting snow. It was shortly available in New England in the early 1920s but was removed from the shelves pretty quickly since it never managed to prove the melting snow had any noticeable effect on the quality of the wax.
Melungeon Melungeon is a term traditionally applied to one of a number of so-called "tri-racial isolate" groups of the Southeastern United States, found mainly in Appalachia, especially eastern Tennessee, southwestern Virginia, and eastern Kentucky. "Tri-racial" refers to populations of mixed European, sub-Saharan African, and Native American ancestry, and "isolate" refers to "genetic isolate," that is, a group that has maintained to some degree a distinct ethnic identity, though is not necessarily isolated in a geographic or cultural sense.
Melus of Bari Melus (also Milus or Meles, Melo in Italian) (died 1020) was a Lombard nobleman from the Apulian town of Bari, whose ambition to carve for himself an autonomous territory from the Byzantine catapanate of Italy in the early 11th century inadvertently sparked the Norman presence in southern Italy.
Melusina von der Schulenburg, Countess of Walsingham Melusina von der Schulenburg, Countess of Walsingham (1693-1778) was the illegitimate daughter of King George I of Great Britain and his long-term mistress Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal and Munster.
Melverley Melverley is a village in Shropshire, England, situated on the River Severn and the River Vyrnwy, near the Powys hills and the border with Wales. The village, and the large rural area that surrounds it, is famous for flooding from the nearby rivers.
Melvill Jones Professor Sir Bennett Melvill Jones (1887-1975) was Francis Mond Professor of Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Cambridge from 1919 to 1935. He demonstrated the importance of streamlining in aircraft design.
Melville "Butch" Keeling Melville Sydney "Butch" Keeling (born August 10, 1905 in Owen Sound, Ontario, died November 12, 1984 in Toronto, Ontario) was a professional hockey player. A left winger, he played 12 National Hockey League seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs and the New York Rangers.
Melville Castle Melville Castle is a three-storey castellated mansion situated west of Dalkeith, Scotland near the North Esk. An earlier castle on the site was demolished when the present structure, designed by James Playfair, was built at the end of the 18th century.
Melville Corporation Melville Corporation, formerly based in Rye, New York, was a large retail holding corporation incorporated in 1922 as the Melville Shoe company by Ward Melville. It changed its name to CVS Corporation in 1996.

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