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Military Tract of 1812 In May 1812, an act of Congress was passed which set aside bounty lands as payment to volunteer soldiers for the War against the British (War of 1812). The land was set aside in western territories that became part of the present states of Arkansas, Michigan and Illinois.
Military uniform Military uniforms comprises standardised dress worn by members of the armed forces of various nations. Military dress and military styles have gone through great changes over the centuries from colourful and elaborate to extremely utilitarian.
Military unrest since the 2000 Fijian coup d'état Following the quashing of George Speight's civilian coup d'état in 2000, the Military handed power over to a civilian administration led by the banker, Laisenia Qarase, who won the parliamentary election held to restore democracy in September 2001. Despite the role of the military in the rise to power of the Qarase government, relations between them have noticeably deteriorated since, to the extent that by July 2004, the Military was threatening to overthrow the government.
Military use of children The military use of children refers to children being placed in harm's way in military actions, in order to protect a location or provide propaganda. This is sometimes referred to as child sacrifice, though not equivalent to the religious variety.
Military use of children in Sri Lanka Military use of children in Sri Lanka has been an internationally recognized problem since the inception of the Sri Lankan civil war in 1983. The primary recruiters of under age children are the rebel LTTE movement and the government aligned Para-military group known as the Karuna group.
Military Unit Mottos: Canada Note: For convenience's sake (and owing that the original article was becoming large by Wikipedia standards), the original article Military Unit Mottos: Canada was broken down along the lines of the specific branch of service in the Canadian Armed Forces (i.e.
Military Units to Aid Production Military Units to Aid Production or UMAP’s (Unidades Militares para la Ayuda de Producción) were established by the Cuban government in 1965 as a way to eliminate alleged "bourgeois" and "counter-revolutionary" values in the Cuban population.
Military University Department (Czechoslovakia) A military department (in Czech vojenská katedra, plural vojenské katedry) was a part of every civilian university in Czechoslovakia during 1951 - 1990. Their goal was to provide basic military training to all male students eligible of army service.
Military Virtue Medal The Military Virtue Medal () is a Romanian military decoration, instituted on April 8, 1872, by King Carol I. A previous version, called Pro Virtute Militari, was established by Alexandru Ioan Cuza in 1860 for the veterans of the Dealul Spirii battle (1848) between the revolutionaries and the Ottomans, but it was issued to the recipients later, in 1866, due to political reasons (Romania was still under Ottoman suzerainty).
Military World Games The Military World Games is a multi-sport event for military sportspeople, organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). The Games have been held since 1995, although championships for separate sports had been held for some years.
Military-church relations in Fiji The Military of Fiji has always had a close relationship between the country's churches, particularly the Methodist Church, to which some two-thirds of indigenous Fijians belong. Relations became strained in 2005, however, over the church's support for the government's controversial Reconciliation and Unity Commission, which the Military strongly opposes.
Military-industrial complex The term military-industrial complex (MIC) refers to a close and symbiotic relationship between a nation's armed forces, its arms industry, and associated political and commercial interests. In such a system, the military is dependent on industry to supply material and other support, while the defense industry depends on government for a steady revenue stream.
Militärischer Abschirmdienst The Militärische Abschirmdienst (MAD), full name Amt für den Militärischen Abschirmdienst (official English name: "Federal Armed Forces Counterintelligence Office") is the German military intelligence service.
Milites Templi Milites Templi (Latin for "Soldiers of the Temple") is a papal bull issued by Pope Celestine II in 1144 that ordered the clergy to protect the Knights Templar and encouraged the faithful to contribute to their cause. It allowed the Templars to make their own collections once a year, even in areas under interdict.
Militia Act of 1792 The Militia Act of 1792 was a series of statutes enacted by the second United States Congress in 1792. The act provided for the organization of state militias under the command of the President of the United States.
Militia Act of 1855 The Militia Act of 1855, an act of Canadian legislation, permitted the formation of an Active Militia. The 5,000 volunteers were armed, equipped and paid 5 shillings a day for 10 days of training a year (20 days for those in the artillery).
Militia Act of 1903 The Militia Act of 1903, also known as the Dick Act, was the result of a program of reform and reorganization in the military establishment initiated by Secretary of War Elihu Root following the Spanish-American War of 1898 after the war demonstrated weaknesses in the militia, as well as in the entire United States military.
Militia Bill The Militia Bill was a suggestion by the Long Parliament, in the hope that they would be able to control the army but king Charles I thought that this would lead to the long parliament having too much control and denied it Royal Assent, therefore blocking its passage into law.
Militia Dei Militia Dei (Latin for Soldiers of God) is a Papal bull issued by Pope Eugene III in 1145 that consolidated the Knights Templar's independence of the local clerical hierarchy by giving the Order the right to take tithes and burial fees and to bury their dead in their own cemeteries.
Militia Immaculata The Militia Immaculata, or "Army of the Immaculate," is a worldwide Catholic evangelization movement founded by St. Maximilian Kolbe in 1917 in response to protests against the pope by freemasons in Rome.
Militia Ordinance The Militia Ordinance was a piece of legislation passed by the Long Parliament of England in March 1642, which was a major step towards the civil war between the King and Parliament of England. Previously the King had the sole right to appoint the Lords Lieutenant, who were in charge of the county militias (also known as the trained bands).
Militia Templi The Militia Templi, Christi Pauperum Militum Ordo is a Roman Catholic lay association of the faithful that celebrates its liturgy according to the traditional form in place in 1962, often referred to as the Tridentine Mass. Founded under the authority of the Archdiocese of Siena, the Militia Templi's focus is knightly and monastic and members follow a modern adaptation of the Rule written by St.
Militsiya Militsiya (; ; ; ; literally "militia") has been the short official name of the police in the Soviet Union and most Warsaw Pact states, inherited by some former Soviet states, such as Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Considering etymology of the term and the distinctive local features, the militsiya should be considered a special kind of regional policing system, not just a translation of the English "police".
Miliukov note The Miliukov note was an incident in May 1917, one which resulted in the bolstering of support for the Bolsheviks in Russia, and a widespread mistrust of the Russian Provisional Government. The Bolsheviks, who had long thought that the Provisional Government was continuing the war in the same fashion that the Tsarist Government had, had little proof of this and were simply waiting for a time to take action in spreading popular mistrust of the Provisional Government.
Milivi Adams Milivi Adams (1997-November 17, 2002) was a young cancer patient from the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico who had become a symbol in the battle against the presence of the military in that island. Her face had been many times on the covers of Puerto Rican newspapers and magazines, and there are posters with her picture on them on many of Vieques' street corners.
Milivoj Ašner Milivoj Ašner (born 1913?) is a former police chief in eastern Croatia who allegedly enforced racist laws under Croatia's World War II Nazi-allied regime, which persecuted hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews and Roma.
Milivoj Petković Milivoj Petković is a Bosnian-Croat army officer who is among six defendants charged by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), in relation to the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.
Miljoenenjacht (Netherlands) Miljoenenjacht (; IPA: ), officially Postcode Loterij Miljoenenjacht, is a Dutch game show, the format of which has been successfully exported to numerous countries, where it is often known as Deal or No Deal. The show has been aired since 2005 on the Dutch television channel Talpa, but was originally broadcast by TROS on Nederland 2 from its start in 2001.
Milk (Garbage song) "Milk" was the fifth and final single taken from Garbage's 1995 platinum debut album Garbage. "Milk" was written and recorded by Garbage (Duke Erikson, Shirley Manson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig) at their own recording studio during the 1994-1995 sessions for Garbage.
Milk and Cereal Milk and Cereal is an internet meme originated by a group known as VT's Finest. The original video features two Virginia Tech students named Matt and Dan lip syncing to the song "Milk and Cereal" by the band G.
Milk and Honey (musical) Milk and Honey is an original musical by Jerry Herman and Don Appell. It began previews on October 9, 1961, opened on October 10, 1961, and closed on January 26, 1963, it had one preview and 543 total performances in the Martin Beck Theatre, a Broadway venue.
Milk and Toast and Honey "Milk And Toast And Honey," (the group's 35th single) was the third single released from Swedish pop duo Roxette's 2001 album Room Service. The single was only released commercially in Europe and Australia where chart-wise it didn't perform spectacularly, but long lasting radio play proved the song to be popular across the globe.
Milk baths Milk Baths are just like regular baths, only with an addition of milk and often other scents such as lavender, honey, and essential oils. Cleopatra, Elizabeth I of England, Elisabeth of Bavaria, and others have historically acclaimed the beautifying benefits of these baths.
Milk Can Game The Milk Can Game is an annual football game between North Hunterdon High School and Voorhees High School, two public high schools in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. After the conclusion of the game, a golden milk can is awarded to the winner.
Milk float A milk float is a small battery electric vehicle (BEV), specifically designed for the delivery of fresh milk. They were once common in many European countries, particularly the United Kingdom, and were operated by local dairies.
Milk for Spain Fifty years before Live Aid popularised foreign aid, labour activists in Britain organised a huge relief operation for the victims of the Spanish Civil War. The prime mover in this operation was the Co-operative Union, the federation of British co-operative societies.
Milk Farm Restaurant Milk Farm Restaurant was a restaurant in Dixon, California off I-80, that played a big part for Dixon's and northern California's dairy economy during World War II. The restaurant is now a large part of the local history for the city of Dixon.
Milk It "Milk It", a song from the 1993 album In Utero by Nirvana, was taken for release as the B-side to the hit single "Heart-Shaped Box". The song, with its murky, freewheeling sound, was described by Kurt Cobain as the new Nirvana.
Milk junkies Milk Junkies is a series of hentai games and anime OVAs. Each individual series will feature two busty women (usually one young, and one older) who use their extremely large breasts to pleasure their male friend.
Milk line The milk lines are two parallel lines (thickenings of the epidermis) along the ventral surface of mammals of both sexes; they extend from the upper limbs (arms) to the lower limbs (legs) and are developed in the embryo. They give rise to the mammary glands and nipples but are otherwise usually not visible in the adult.
Milk Money Milk Money is a 1994 romantic comedy about three seventh-grade friends who travel to the city (apparently Pittsburgh) to hire a prostitute (Melanie Griffith) to strip for them. One of them then tries to set her up with his single dad (Ed Harris).
Milk quartz Milk quartz or milky quartz may be the most common variety of crystalline quartz and can be found almost anywhere. The white colour may be caused by minute fluid inclusions of gas and/or liquid trapped during the crystal formation.
Milk shark The milk shark, Rhizoprionodon acutus, is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific and eastern Atlantic oceans between latitudes 35° N and 30° S, from the surface to 200 m. Its length is up to about 1.
Milk sickness Milk sickness also known as tremetol poisoning or in animals as trembles is characterized by trembling, vomiting, and severe intestinal pain that affects individuals who eat dairy products or meat from a cow that has fed on white snakeroot. Although highly rare today, milk sickness claimed thousands of lives in the early 1800s, perhaps the most well-known victim being Abraham Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln.
Milka Tadić Milka Tadić (also known as Milka Tadić-Mijović) is a democratic activist in Podgorica, Montenegro. She is the editor of The Monitor magazine, which has long championed democratic opposition to Serbia and independence for Montenegro.
MilkandCookies MilkandCookies is an archive of internet memes from sarcastic, pop culture geeks about humor, video clips, independent media, music, technology, toilet humor, television, politics, risque behavior, bloopers, celebrities, cults and religions.
Milkha Singh Milkha Singh (born in Faisalabad (Lyallpur) on 8 October 1935) is a Sikh athlete, who represented India in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He is nicknamed The Flying Sikh.
Milkhemet Mitzvah Milkhemet Mitzvah (Hebrew: מלחמת מצווה, "commandment war") is the term for a war during the times of the Tanakh when a king (of the Kingdom of Israel) would go to war in order to fulfil something based on, and required by, the Torah without needing approval from a Sanhedrin, such as war against Amalek.
Milking Milking is the act of removing milk from the mammary glands of an animal, typically cows (cattle) and goats. A rarely used term for the milking of cows is vaccimulgence, derived from the Latin words vacca ("cow") and emulgere ("to milk out").
Milking Shorthorn The Milking Shorthorn is a breed of dairy cattle that originated in Britain. It was used for beef for many years, and only in the more recent centuries did the Milking Shorthorn split off from the shorthorn family and become more focused milk producers.
MilkinSorgin EP MilkinSorgin is an EP by the band Cool For August, released in 1997 as a promo in the United States. The EP features two songs from the Grand World album as well as two b-sides which include "Hope I'm Wrong (Acoustic)" and a cover of the Merle Haggard song, "You Don't Have Very Far to Go".
Milkis Milkis is a soft drink produced by Lotte Chilsung, a Korean beverage company. It combines many of the common elements of traditional carbonated beverages such as corn syrup, sugar, and carbonated water with milk to create a creamy taste; its label proclaims "New feeling of soda beverage".
Milkman A milkman is a person — traditionally male — who delivers milk in milk bottles or cartons. Milk deliveries frequently occur in the morning and it is not uncommon for milkmen to deliver dairy products other than milk like egg nog, cream and even yogurt or butter.
Milkman joke Milkman jokes, though they appear in dozens of different forms, all have the same basic plot: a woman gives birth to an infant who more closely resembles the local milkman than her husband, revealing the child's biological father and, in the process, the mother's adultery. The joke has become a fixture in popular culture and thought, to the point of becoming hackneyed and tiresome.
Milko Bobotsov Milko Georgiev Bobotsov () (born 30 October 1931 in Plovdiv) is the first Bulgarian to attain the chess title of International Grandmaster, achieving this title in 1961. Prior to gaining the title he won the Bulgarian national championship in 1958.
Milkshake (drug reference) A milkshake is a manner of consuming marijuana by which the consumer engages in sexual activity at the peak of narcotic euphoria with another during a ritualistic milkshake ceremony. People engaging in this activity are referred to as "malters.
Milkwood (band) Milkwood was an Anglo-Canadian rock band formed in Toronto in March 1969 by former The Influence guitarist Louis McKelvey with future Celine Dion backing singer Mary Lou Gauthier and English multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Tomlinson, who’d worked previously with future Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre in The Motivation, The Penny Peeps and Gethsemane.
Milky Milky is a dance production group based out of Italy. The act consists of producers Giordiano Trivellato and Giuliano Sacchetto, with Egyptian/German singer Sabrina Elahl serving as their lead singer on most of their tracks.
Milky seas effect Milky seas is a condition on the open ocean where large areas of seawater (up to 6,000 square miles) are filled with bioluminescent bacteria, causing the ocean to uniformly glow an eerie blue at night. The condition has been the stuff of mariner's tales for centuries – notably appearing in chapter 24 of Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea – but until recently it has not been rigorously documented.
Milky Way The Milky Way (a translation of the Latin Via Lactea, in turn derived from the Greek Γαλαξίας (Galaxias), sometimes referred to simply as "the Galaxy"), is a barred spiral galaxy of the Local Group. Although the Milky Way is but one of billions of galaxies in the universe, the Galaxy has special significance to humanity as it is the home of the Solar System.
Milky Way bar The Milky Way bar is a candy bar distributed by the Mars candy company. The American version of the Milky Way bar is made of chocolate-malt nougat topped with caramel and covered with milk chocolate and is therefore very similar to the European Mars bar.
Milkybar Milkybar is a white chocolate confection produced by Nestlé and sold in Australia, New Zealand, India, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Milkybar is also sold under the name Galak in Europe (except Spain, the UK and Ireland) and Brazil.
Mill (currency) The mill or mille(₥) (sometimes mil in the UK and Malta) is a now abstract unit of currency used sometimes in accounting. In the United States, it is equivalent to 1/1000 of a United States dollar (a tenth of a cent).
Mill Basin, Brooklyn Mill Basin/ Mill Island is a neighborhood in New York City in the southeastern portion of the borough of Brooklyn lying along Jamaica Bay and bounded to the north by Avenue U, and to the east, south, and west by the Mill Basin / Mill Island Inlet.
Mill Bluff State Park Mill Bluff State Park is a 1,258 acre Wisconsin state park near the village of Camp Douglas, and a unit of the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve. The park protects several sandstone bluffs between 80 and 200 feet high which were islands 12,000 years ago in Glacial Lake Wisconsin.
Mill Creek (North Fork South Branch Potomac River) Mill Creek is a major tributary stream of the North Fork South Branch Potomac River in Pendleton County, West Virginia. Mill Creek rises on the western flanks of North Fork Mountain (3412 feet/1040 m) and from there, flows north through Germany Valley.
Mill Creek (Ohio) The Mill Creek is a stream in southwest Ohio. It flows 26 miles southwest and south from its headwaters in Union Township of Butler County through central Hamilton County and the heart of Cincinnati, Ohio into the Ohio River just west of downtown.
Mill Creek (Opequon Creek) Mill Creek is a tributary of Opequon Creek, belonging to the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds, located in Berkeley County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. Its name reflects its past as popular site for various types of mills, beginning with one constructed by Morgan Morgan in the mid-18th century near his cabin in present-day Bunker Hill.
Mill Creek (White Clay Creek) Mill Creek is a stream principally located in northern New Castle County, Delaware, a tributary of the White Clay Creek. It takes its name the large number of mills (mostly gristmills and sawmills) located along it during the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Mill Creek Hundred Mill Creek Hundred is the name of an unincorporated subdivision of New Castle County, Delaware. Hundreds were once used as a basis for representation in the Delaware General Assembly, and while their names still appear on all real estate transactions, they presently have no meaningful use or purpose except as a geographical point of reference.
Mill Creek Mall The Mall at Mill Creek, or Mill Creek Mall is a one-story shopping mall located in Secaucus, New Jersey in the New Jersey Meadowlands. It is situated in the Harmon Meadow Plaza complex, approximately six miles from New York City, and is owned by Hartz Mountain Industries.
Mill Creek Town Center Mill Creek Town Center is a mixed-use complex, consisting of mostly commercial developments and some residential developments. The master-planned development has about 233,000 square feet for commercial and office development.
Mill Creek Township, Hamilton County, Ohio Mill Creek Township (or Millcreek Township) is a former township of south central Hamilton County, Ohio that was largely absorbed in the late Nineteenth Century by the annexation of suburban villages and outlying settlements by the City of Cincinnati. It extended north from the Ohio River along both banks of the Mill Creek after which it was named.
Mill Glacier Mill Glacier () is a tributary glacier, 16 km wide, flowing northwest between the Dominion Range and the Supporters Range into Beardmore Glacier. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) and named for Hugh Robert Mill, British geographer and Antarctic historian.
Mill Hill (The Hale) railway station Mill Hill (The Hale) railway station is a former station in the Mill Hill area of north London. It was located near Mill Hill Broadway on a closed section of railway between Mill Hill East Underground station and another closed station at Edgware.
Mill Inlet Mill Inlet () is an ice-filled inlet which recedes 8 miles in a northwest direction and is some 20 miles wide at its entrance between Cape Robinson and Monnier Point, along the east coast of Graham Land. It was charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947 and named for Hugh Robert Mill.
Mill Meece Pumping Station Mill Meece Pumping Station is a pumping station, located in the village of Millmeece in Staffordshire, England. Its function, powered by steam engines, was to pump water from boreholes to a reservoir in Hanchurch, from which it flows by gravity to supply the Potteries area.
Mill Mountain Star The Mill Mountain Star, also known as the Roanoke Star, is the world's second largest illuminated man-made star, constructed in 1949 at the top of Mill Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia. It was the largest star ever assembled until the El Paso Star was completed in El Paso, Texas.
Mill of Haldane The Mill of Haldane, usually referred to as simply Haldane, is an almost entirely council-owned housing scheme in Balloch, West Dunbartonshire. Built to house mainly unemployed and lower-working-class people, like nearby areas such as Renton and Tullichewan, it has well-known social deprivations, and is one of the many "slum areas" surrounding the Vale of Leven, in that the quality of housing is poor, with many council tenements being disused.
Mill River (neighborhood) Mill River is a neighborhood in the city of New Haven, Connecticut located between the more famous neighborhoods of Wooster Square and Fair Haven. The area is bordered on the east by the Mill River (from I-95 up to the vicinity of Humphrey Street) then by Amtrak railroad tracks (up to Blatchley Avenue).
Mill Valley Film Festival The Mill Valley Film Festival is an annual, non-competitive film festival presented by the California Film Institute, intended as a celebration of the best of independent and international cinema. It began in 1977.
Mill Valley School District The Mill Valley School District is located 13 miles north of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County. The district has 5 elementary schools and 1 middle school with an enrollment of approximately 2,200 students in grades K through 8.
Mill Woods Millwoods is a district in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, south of the Whitemud Freeway (14), east of Calgary Trail (2), west of 34th street, and north of Ellerslie Road. Construction on Millwoods began in the early 1970s, and for some time there was only limited access to the area.
Milla Jauho Milla Jauho, sometimes shown as Milla Saari, (born July 10, 1975) is a Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1994 to 2006. She was best known for his doping role in the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships doping scandal that would affect five other Finnish skiers for taking hydroyethyl starch (HES), a blood plasma expander.
Milla Jovovich Milla (Militza) Jovovich (Serbian Милица Đововић/Milica Jovović, Ukrainian Cyrillic: Мілла Йовович/; born December 17, 1975) is a Ukrainian-born supermodel, actress, musician, singer, and fashion designer.
Millaa Millaa Falls The Millaa Millaa Falls are adjacent to the town of Millaa Millaa, on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia. A popular destination of international tour operators, the falls are of a significant height with a pool suitable for swimming is at their base.
Millard F. Caldwell Millard Fillmore Caldwell (February 6, 1897–October 23, 1984) was an American politician. He was the 29th governor of Florida (1945–1949) and served in all three branches of government at various times in his life, including as a U.
Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the thirteenth President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold that office. He succeeded from the Vice Presidency on the death of President Zachary Taylor, who died of acute gastroenteritis, becoming the second U.
Millard Fuller Millard Fuller is the founder and former president of Habitat for Humanity International, a nonprofit organization known globally for building adequate housing for those in need. His leadership forged Habitat into a worldwide Christian housing ministry building 200,000 homes with projects in 100 countries.
Millard Public Schools The Millard Public Schools is a school district in the southwest part of Omaha, Nebraska; the school district is named after the former city of Millard. The district has programs such as the International Baccalaureate program offered by Millard North High school, and is the only district in Nebraska to offer IB.
Millard South High School Millard South High School is located in Omaha, Nebraska and is part of the Millard Public Schools district. The current administrators are Principal Curtis Case and Assistant Principals Nolan Beyer, Vicki Kaspar, Jenna Lichter, Brad Millard, and Heidi Weaver.
Millard the Mallard A fictional character (a mallard duck) and mascot of WRVA radio in Richmond, Virginia. Millard the Mallard first appeared in September 1972 as a joke when John Harding, of the WRVA news staff, started making a Donald Duck type voice during Alden Aaroe's morning show.
Millat Party The Millat Party (Urdu: ملت پارٹی) is a political party in Pakistan, formed by Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari, former president of Pakistan, once he was no longer the president, and needed a platform to survive politically. He had the money to start a small-scale party.
Millat Tractors The Millat Tractors Limited (MTL) was established in 1964 to introduce and market Massey Ferguson Tractors in Pakistan. An assembly plant was set up in 1967 to assemble tractors in semi-knocked down (SKD) condition.
Millau Viaduct The Millau Viaduct (French: le Viaduc de Millau) is a cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France. Designed by French bridge engineer Michel Virlogeux in collaboration with British architect Norman Foster, it is the tallest vehicular bridge in the world, with one pier's summit at 343 metres (1,125 ft)—slightly taller than the Eiffel Tower and only 38 m (125 ft) shorter than the Empire State Building.
Millay (Suikoden) Millay is a character in Konami's role playing games Suikoden IV and Suikoden Tactics. A talented swordswoman from Middleport, she left her hometown when she was pressured to marry Schtolteheim Reinbach III, the son of the local Lord.
Millbay Millbay, also known as Millbay Docks is currently a run-down area of dockland in Plymouth extending from West Hoe in the east to Mutton Cove. The area is however targeted as a key area for regeneration in Plymouth as a part of the multi-agency Plymouth redevelopment plan.
Millbrae Station Millbrae Station (also known as Millbrae Intermodal Terminal) is an at-grade Bay Area Rapid Transit and Caltrain station located in Millbrae, California. This station consists of three main tracks for BART and two for Caltrain.
Millbridge Millbridge is a small neighbourhood of Plymouth on the boundary of what used to be the towns of Plymouth and Devonport. What was originally a self-standing village (which has now been subsumed within the city) lies to the north of the toll bridge, originally built by Sir Piers Edgcumbe in 1525, that crossed what used to be the Deadlake or Stonehouse Creek, to the west of Pennycomequick, the south of Stoke village and to the east of Stoke Church.
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