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Moschino Moschino is a part of the Aeffe fashion group and a designer and manufacturer of women's and men's fashion. It was originally created in 1983 by the late Francisco Moschino, and is well known for its "classico con twist", classical twist.
Moschops Moschops (meaning calf face) was a prehistoric mammal-like "reptile" (therapsid) which lived in the Middle Permian, some 265 million years ago. Its remains were found in the Karoo region of South Africa.
Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park - ‘The Smoke Which Thunders’, Is an UNESCO World Heritage site that is home to the mighty and spectacular Victoria Falls. The park is found in the southern most edge of Zambia on its border with Zimbabwe.
Mosik Mosik is the acronym for the international collective of talents More Strangers in Kreuzberg. Founded in Berlin, Kreuzberg in the Summer of 2003, it is an active circle of young artists, musicians, architects, film makers and writers of diverse extract.
Mosin-Nagant The Mosin-Nagant (Russian: Винтовка Мосина, also known as the Moisin-Nagant) is a bolt-action, five-round, military rifle that was used by the armed forces of Imperial Russia and later the Soviet Union and various Eastern bloc nations. Also known as the Three-Line Rifle (Трёхлинейная винтовка), it was the first to use the 7.
Mosiuoa Lekota Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick Lekota (13 August 1948 -) is the current (as of 2006) South African Minister of Defence, a position he has held since 17 June 1999. He was previously known as Terror Lekota because of his playing style on the soccer field.
Moskau (Dschinghis Khan song) Moskau is a single by the German dance-act Dschinghis Khan. Its original release was in 1979, but in 2004 Moskau became a surprise hit on the Internet due to the sharing of a performance of the song from the group's glory days.
Moskon Moskon was a Dacian king that ruled in the 3rd century BC the northern parts of Dobruja, probably being the head of a local tribal union, which had close relations with the local Greek colonies and adopted the Greek style of administration.
Moskovsky Prospekt Moskovsky Prospekt (literally: Moscow Avenue) is a 10 km-long avenue in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The street runs from Sennaya Square and Sadovaya Street, to the Victory Square, where it becomes Pulkovo Highway and Moscow Highway.
Moskvitch 407 The Moskvitch 407 was a car from Soviet manufacturer Moskvitch introduced in 1958 as a development of the Moskvitch 402 and differs from the Moskvich 403 only in that the engine is different. It was powered by a 1375 cc inline-4 engine giving 45 hp.
Moskvitch G2 Moskvitch G2 was a sports car from Moskvitch based on the earlier Moskvitch G1. Instead of an open wheel car it was now fitted with an aerodynamic body (spider or hard-top) and was capable of a top speed of 223 km/h.
Moskvitch G4 Moskvitch G4 was a sports car from Moskvitch released in 1963. It used the same engine as the Moskvitch 403, but fitted with Weber carburettors giving 81 hp, but this was boosed to 92 hp when fitted with the Moskvitch 412 engine.
Moskwa Moskwa is a polish punk-rock band created in 1983 by Paweł "Guma" Gumola (guitar, vocal), Piotr "Rogoza" Rogoziński (bass guitar, vocal) and Tomek "Pałker" Gron (drums) in Łódz city.
Moslavina Moslavina is a region in Croatia, administratively divided into the counties of Zagreb, Sisak-Moslavina and Bjelovar-Bilogora. The main city in the region in terms of traffic, commerce and business is the city of Kutina, with 24,000 citizens.
Mosler Mosler Automotive is an American supercar manufacturer based in Florida, founded by Warren Mosler in 1985. It currently produces the MT900R racer and the street-legal MT900S, as well as several unique project vehicles.
Moslim Democratische Partij The Muslim Democratic Party or MDP (Dutch: Moslim Democratische Partij) is a political party in Belgium which was formed in 2003, as a result of the poor showing of the alliance party RESIST between the marxist-leninist Workers Party of Belgium and the AEL (Arab European League, a small Muslim and Arab nationalist movement) at the 2003 Belgian federal elections.
Mosman, New South Wales Mosman is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mosman is located 8 km from the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the Municipality of Mosman.
Moson Moson (-Hungarian, in German: Wieselburg) was a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary in present-day eastern Austria and north-western Hungary, on the right (south) side of the Danube river. Moson is the name of a town, nowadays part of the city Mosonmagyaróvár.
Mosopelea The Mosopelea are a native American tribe that once inhabitated regions that stretched from the lower Mississippi to Ohio. At the mouth of the Cumberland River is a habitation site that is thought to belong to them.
Mosque A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith, its said that you always have to face Mecca (the holy city of Islam) when worshiping Allah (the only god). Muslims often refer to the mosque by its Arabic name, masjid (pl.
Mosque of Abu Haggag The Mosque of Abu Haggag is a mosque located in the Egyptian city of Luxor. Specifically, it stands atop the ruins of Luxor Temple, an Ancient Egyptian centre of worship dating back to the reign of Pharaoh Amenhotep III in the 14th century BC.
Mosque of Ibn Tulun The Mosque of Ahmad Ibn Ţūlūn (Arabic: مسجد أحمد بن طولون) is located in Cairo, Egypt. It is arguably the oldest mosque in the city surviving in its original form, and is the largest mosque in Cairo in terms of land area.
Mosque of Mulai Idris The mosque of Mulai Idris, built by the founder of Fez about the year 810, is considered so sacred that the streets which approach its entrance are forbidden to Jews, Christians or four-footed beasts. The sanctity of the shrine in particular is esteemed very great, and this accounts flock to it.
Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab The Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab (or in Spanish transcription Omar Iban Al-Jattab) in Maicao, La Guajira, Colombia is the second biggest mosque in Latin America. To the locals it is simply known as "la Mezquita" ("The Mosque") for being the only one in the region, and along with the Dar Alarkan School, they are the centers of Islamic faith of the region.
Mosques of Lahore Mosques of Lahore: There are a large number of new, old, and ancient mosques in the city of Lahore, Pakistan. This is consistent with the general personality of the city, which has a culture that mixes the old and the new with superb ease.
Mosques of Multan Multan, Pakistan boasts of having some of the oldest mosques, which were once considered as the jewels of the city. These mosques now remind us of the glorious past of Multan as it was governed by Muslims for more than a thousand years.
Mosquito control Mosquito control is the task of managing the population of mosquitoes to reduce their damage to human health, economies, and enjoyment of mosquito-ridden areas. Mosquito control is a vital public-health practice throughout the world and especially in the tropics because mosquitoes spread many diseases, such as malaria.
Mosquito Control Considering its status as the first major release by post-metal band Isis, the Mosquito Control EP would prove a blueprint for their musical evolution. The piece runs fluent through all 29 minutes, and all four songs are linked through consistent bouts of chaos and lyrics glued by the metaphor of insect swarms for the failure of a human relationship.
Mosquito Lake (TV series) Mosquito Lake was a shortlived Canadian television sitcom, which aired on CBC Television in 1989. The show, a family sitcom, starred comedian Mike MacDonald as the father of a family spending the summer in a dilapidated cottage on Mosquito Lake.
Mosquito net A mosquito net offers protection against mosquitos, flies, and other insects, and thus against diseases such as malaria. Its fine, see-through, mesh construction stops many insects from biting and disturbing the person using the net.
Mosquito Range The Mosquito Range (elevation approximately 14,000 ft) is a high mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado in the United States. The peaks of the range form a ridge running north-south for approximately 40 miles (64 km) from southern Summit County on the north end, then along the boundary between Lake and Park counties.
Mosrite Mosrite was an American guitar manufacturing company, based in Bakersfield, California, from the late 1950s to the mid 1990s Founded by Semie Moseley, Mosrite guitars were played by many rock and roll and country artists such as Kurt Cobain, Joe Maphis, Larry Collins, Buck Trent, The Ventures, the MC5, and The Ramones. Mosrite guitars were known for innovative design, beautiful engineering, very thin, low-fretted and narrow necks, and extremely hot (high output) pickups.
Moss Beach, California Moss Beach is a coastal census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, with a year 2000 census population of 1953. Located in Moss Beach are the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, a marine sanctuary; the historic Moss Beach Distillery and the Seal Cove Inn, a destination lodging property.
Moss Burmester Moss James Burmester (born June 19, 1981 in Hastings, New Zealand) is a New Zealand swimmer, who was a gold medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. He set a new Commonwealth Games 200m Butterfly record in a time of 1:56.
Moss campion The moss campion (Silene acaulis) is a small mountain-dwelling wildflower that is common all over the high arctic and the higher mountains of Europe and North America(Alps, Carpathians, Urals, Pyrenees, British Isles, Faroe Islands, Rocky Mountains).
Moss Cass Moses (Moss) Henry Cass (born 18 February 1927) is a former member of the Australian House of Representatives. Born in Narrogin, Western Australia, Cass was educated in state schools before graduating in Medicine from the University of Sydney and worked as a Research Fellow at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne and as Director of the Melbourne based Trade Union Clinic and Research Centre.
Moss Evans Arthur Mostyn Evans (July 13 1925 - January 12 2002), better known as Moss Evans, was the general secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU), then the largest general trade union in the United Kingdom, from 1978 until 1985.
Moss Hart Moss Hart (October 24 1904 – December 20 1961) was an American playwright and director of plays and musical theater. Hart recalled his youth, early career and rise to fame in his autobiography, Act One, adapted to film in 1963, with George Hamilton portraying Hart.
Moss Christie Maurice ("Moss") Christie (born November 26 1902 - date of death unknown) was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1920s who won a silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories The Moss Landing Marine Laboratories is a multi-campus research facility of the California State University, administered by San Jose State University (SJSU), and located in Moss Landing, California. The facility is located at the midpoint of the coast of Monterey Bay, and is only a few hundred meters from Monterey Canyon, the largest undersea canyon on the west coast of the Americas.
Moss Landing Power Plant The Moss Landing Power Plant is a electricity generation plant located in Moss Landing, California, at the midpoint of Monterey Bay. The plant's large smoke stacks are landmarks that can be seen throughout the Monterey Bay Area.
Moss Park Moss Park is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as defined by the city. The difference between the city and the people is that the people would also include The Distillery District and Corktown within the confines as defined by the city itself.
Moss-trooper Moss-troopers were bandits that operated in Scotland during and after the time of the English Commonwealth. The moss-troopers were often disbanded or deserting soldiers from one of the Scottish armies of the Scottish Civil War.
Mossad (Hebrew: המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים, The Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations, often referred to as The Mossad, meaning The Institute) is Israel's intelligence agency and is responsible for intelligence collection, counter-terrorism, covert operations such as paramilitary activities, and the facilitation of aliyah where it is banned. It is one of the several main Intelligence Community intelligence entities in Israel, such as Aman (military intelligence) and Shin Bet (internal security), but its director reports directly to the Prime Minister.
Mossad Le'aliyah Bet The Mossad Le'aliyah Bet (Hebrew: 'המוסד לעלייה ב) (English, Foundation for Immigration B) was a branch of the Jewish Defense Association (Haganah) in British Palestine that operated to facilitate Jewish immigration into the British Mandate of Palestine, in violation of British restrictions. It operated from 1938 until the founding of the State of Israel.
Mossant Mossant was a famous brand of hat manufactured in France and well-known in the United States for most of the twentieth century. The company was founded by Charles Mossant in the nineteenth century, and by 1929 more than 2,000 hats a day were being produced.
Mossburn Branch The Mossburn Branch was a branch line railway in New Zealand from Lumsden on the Kingston Branch to the town of Mossburn in western Southland. Construction began in 1879, Mossburn was reached in 1887, and the line closed in 1982.
Mossdale Caverns Mossdale Caverns is a cave system in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is located about 5 kilometres (3 miles) north of Grassington, and east of Conistone, where the Mossdale beck disappears beneath the ground into the caves at Mossdale Scar.
Mossel Bay Mossel Bay, South Africa (spelled Mosselbaai in Afrikaans) lies along the Indian Ocean, east of the Cape of Good Hope and west of Humansdorp and is part of the Garden Route. Portuguese explorer Bartholomeu Diaz arrived here on February 3 1488, thus proving to his sponsors that Africa had a southern tip; making it theoretically possible to sail from Europe to India.
Mosses from an Old Manse Mosses from an Old Manse was a short story collection by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and named in honor of The Old Manse where he and his wife lived for the first three years of their marriage. The first edition was published in 1846, and the second edition was published in 1854.
Mossflower Woods In the fictional world of Redwall, Mossflower Woods is a forest surrounding the abbey of Redwall, known to be frequented by various gangs and vermin lowlifes, rendering it a no-go zone at night. It has various streams running through it, including River Moss which was used to sink the fortress Kotir.
Mossi Kingdoms The Mossi Kingdoms, sometimes mistakenly referred to as the Mossi Empire were a trio of powerful states in modern-day Burkina Faso. Each state possessed similar customs and government, but were ruled independently of each other.
Mossman Collection The Mossman Carriage collection is held at Stockwood Park, Luton, Bedfordshire and is the largest and most significant vehicle collection of its kind in the country, including originals from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
Mossman, Queensland Mossman is a town of 1700 people in Far North Queensland, Australia, on the Mossman River. Originally known as Mosman — the name was changed to avoid confusion with the Sydney suburb of Mosman — it is located on the Captain Cook Highway 75 km north of the regional city of Cairns.
Mosspark railway station Mosspark railway station is a railway station on the Paisley Canal Line and managed by First Scotrail. It services the Pollok and Cardonald areas of Glasgow, while the district after which it is named is more closely served by Corkerhill railway station.
Mossy fiber In neuroscience, the term fiber describes a bundle of axons projecting from one group of neurons in a specific area to another. The term may refer to one of two specific mossy fiber locations, which share little similarity aside from their name:
Mossy fiber (hippocampus) In the hippocampus, granule cells of the dentate gyrus form distinctive unmyelinated axons that project along the mossy fiber pathway to the CA3 region. The axons emerge from the basal portions of the granule cells and pass through the hilus (or polymorphic cell layer) of the dentate gyrus before entering the stratum lucidum of CA3.
Mossynoeci Mossynoikoi, latinised Mossynoeci, is a Greek compound noun meaning "dwellers in wooden towers". The Greeks of the Euxine Sea applied it to the peoples of the northern Anatolian coast just west of Trebizond.
Most Apollo The Most Apollo (literally the Apollo Bridge, mostly referred to as Bridge Apollo; its provisional name during construction being Most Košická after the street leading to it) in Bratislava is a road bridge over the Danube in the capital of Slovakia.
Most Beloved Most Beloved or Beloved (宠爱) is a Cantopop album by Leslie Cheung released in 1995 after a long personal struggle between deciding to make a comeback or to make good his retirement vow. It was also his first album with Rock Records.
Most common words in English The list below of most common words in English, like any superlative list, cannot be definitive. It is based on an analysis of the Oxford English Corpus of over a thousand million words, and represents one study done by Oxford Online, associated with the Oxford English Dictionary.
Most favoured nation Most favoured nation (MFN), also called normal trade relations in the United States, is a status accorded by one nation to another in international trade. Somewhat counterintuitively, it does not confer particular advantages on the receiving nation, but means that the receiving nation will be granted all trade advantages, such as low tariffs that any third nation also receives.
Most Haunted Most Haunted is a British television programme based on investigating purported paranormal activity that is shown on the satellite and cable channels LIVINGtv, LIVINGtv2 and Ftn, primarily for the UK market, in Polish on channel Zone Club. It is also currently being shown on the Travel Channel in the United States, on the W Network in Canada, on TV3 in Ireland, as well as on the W Network in Australia.
Most Holy Place The Most Holy Place is a designation used by multiple religious traditions to indicate a physical location which they consider to be the holiest place. These locations include among others a location within the inner Tabernacle of Moses, the Kaaba, the city of Varanasi, India, the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh, and Harimandir Sahib.
Most Holy Redeemer Church, San Francisco Most Holy Redeemer Church in San Francisco, California, is a Roman Catholic parish situated in the Castro district, located at 100 Diamond Street (at 18th Street). The parish was established by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1900 and is an inclusive Catholic community -- embracing all people of good faith -- Catholics as well as those people interested in learning about the Catholic experience -- regardless of their background, gender, race, social status or sexual orientation.
Most Holy Synod The Most Holy Directing Synod () was the highest governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church between 1721 and 1918–when the Patriarchate was restored. At the time of its disestablishment, it was the oldest governing body among the various Orthodox Churches.
Most Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery Most Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery is a cemetery in East Hampton (town), New York that is the burial ground for the paternal ancestors and relatives of First Lady of the United States Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Diss Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church is a small Catholic parish church in Diss, Norfolk, England. Situated on Stanley Road, parallel to Fair Green, it was originally built in 1952, and extended and refurbished in 1999.
Most Hot 100 hit singles from an album The American Billboard Hot 100 chart of pop hit singles has attracted considerable interest and attention from music fans over the years, and one question frequently asked is, what album has contained the most (U.S.
Most lethal battles in world history The following is a list of the most lethal battles in world history. This list will include both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding similar combat-related deaths) and civilian deaths during the battles.
Most Likely to Succeed Most Likely to Succeed is an upcoming comedy film expected to be released around 2008. The movie will star Will Arnett as a man who while attending his high school's 20th reunion, lies to his former dream girl about his rich New York lifestyle in order to impress her.
Most of All "Most of All" was the fifth and the final single from Jody Watley's self-titled debut, Jody Watley. "Most of All" was the least success of the five singles released from the album, it peaked at number sixty on the US pop chart, but did find better success on the dance chart where it reached number eight and the R&B chart where it peaked at number eleven.
Most Outrageous Moments Most Outrageous Moments (originally titled Most Outrageous TV Moments for the first season) is a show that aired on NBC in which video footage of humorous events from various functions are shown. It aired its second season on NBC as a regular series after it was initially a limited number of specials focusing on live television and game shows during the 2005-2006 television season but was not renewed.
Most popular given names The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely-used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current onomastic trends, or else be composed of the personal names occurring most within the total population.
Most restaurants per capita in the United States Many areas within the United States claim the title of Most Restaurants Per Capita. While the numbers of licensed food and drink establishments for the various US cities are not readily available, here are the rankings for the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Most royal candidate theory The most royal candidate theory is the erroneous belief that, in every single election from George Washington through George W. Bush in 2000, the candidate who won was the one with the most royal blood, counting lineage in European succession terms.
Most Recently Used Most Recently Used (MRU) is a term used in computer science that refers to an uncommon method of caching disk access, with LRU being a more common mechanism. MRU cache systems replace the most recently used addresses with those of incoming sectors.
Most significant bit In computing, the most significant bit (msb) is the bit position in a binary number having the greatest value. The msb is sometimes referred to as the left-most bit, due to the convention in positional notation of writing more significant digits further to the left.
Most significant change Most Significant Change (MSC) was originally developed by Rick Davies in 1993 as a means of participatory impact monitoring. The first use of MSC on a large scale was by CCDB (Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh), a Bangaldeshi NGO.
Most Shocking Most Shocking is a reality television show produced by Nash Entertainment and Court TV Original Productions. Featuring the most unbelievable action-packed video of criminal behavior, "Most Shocking" spans the globe to bring you pulse-pounding pursuits, gut-wrenching dramas, and the high-stakes life and death standoffs that brave real-life cops must be ready to face every day.
Most Valuable Player In sports, a Most Valuable Player (MVP) award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests. Initially used in professional sports, the term is now also commonly used in amateur sports, as well as in other completely unrelated fields of endeavor such as business and music awards.
Mostafa A. Abdelkader Mostafa A. Abdelkader is a mathematician from Alexandria, Egypt, who has propounded a concave hollow Earth theory and has developed adjustments to the laws of physics that take into account gravitation, optics, and other physical phenomena.
Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar Mostafa Mohammad Najjar () is the defense minister of Iran. At 49, he is a veteran of the Revolutionary Guards since the establishment of the body in 1980, where he served as in charge of the Middle East Department, with Israel, Lebanon and the Persian Gulf as places of particular attention.
Mostar derby The Mostar derby is a football rivalry in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina between HĹ K Zrinjski and FK VeleĹľ. The derby took place for the first time in 2000 and was played until 2003 when VeleĹľ was relegated from the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mostar Sevdah Reunion Mostar Sevdah Reunion is musical ensemble from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina playing almost exclusively sevdalinka and gypsy music. The band is composed of experienced musicians and often collaborates with renowned musicians in the field of gypsy music: they made an album with Šaban Bajramović and two albums with Ljiljana Buttler.
Mostarska Petlja Mostarska Petlja or colloquially Mostar (English: Mostar Interchange; Serbian Cyrillic: Мостарска Петља or Мостар) is a major interchange and a surrounding urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Savski Venac.
Mosteiros, Cape Verde Mosteiros (Portuguese for "monasteries") is a municipality located in the northeastern part of the island of Fogo in Sotavento in southern Cape Verde in the southwestern Cape Verde and is the twenty-first largest community in Cape Verde. The municipal and the parish population is around 9,449.
Mostly Harmless Mostly Harmless is a novel by Douglas Adams and the fifth and final book of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. It is described on the cover of the first editions as the "Fifth book in the increasingly inaccurately named 'Hitchhiker's Trilogy'".
Mosto Mostapha Bousmina Mosto Mostapha Bousmina is a physicist and rheologist working on nanomaterials and nanotechnology. He received Louis-Pasteur Award in 1993, Prize of Quebec Minister of Commerce and Industry in 1998, International Morand Lambla Award in 2000, Canada Top-Twenty Award in 2002 and the Prestigious Steacie fellowship in 2004.
Mostogradnja Mostogradnja is the leading Serbian bridge building company, with headquarters in Belgrade and daughter companies in Podgorica, Montenegro and Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina and a representative office in Moscow, Russia. Its projects have included bridges and interchanges, as well as industrial and military structures in former Yugoslavia and abroad.
Mostonga The Mostonga (Serbian Cyrillic: Мостонга) is a river in northern Serbia, in Bačka region of the province of Vojvodina, a 70-km long left tributary to the Danube. Once 92 km long, due to the extensive corrections and channeling of the river to make it part of the other canals, the Mostonga is shortened, turned into a series of channels and popularly referred to as a river there is no more.
Mostow rigidity theorem In mathematics, Mostow's rigidity theorem, sometimes called the strong rigidity theorem, essentially states that the geometry of a finite volume hyperbolic manifold (for dimension greater than two) is determined by the fundamental group and hence unique. It is the leading example of the types of statements that occur in rigidity theory.
Mostre transmitter The Mostre transmitter is the most powerful broadcasting station in Bosnia and can be received at night time in whole Bosnia on 612 kHz. Mostre transmitter is situated near Mostra, 20 kilometres north of Sarajevo.
Mostviertel Mostviertel (English: Must Quarter) is the southwestern of the four quarters of Lower Austria. It is bordered on the north by the Danube and to the south and west by the state borders of Styria and Upper Austria respectively.
Mosul Mosul ( , Kurdish: Mûsil, Syriac: ܢܝܢܘܐ Nîněwâ, Turkish: Musul) is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of Ninawa Governorate. It stands on both banks of the Tigris River, with five bridges linking the two sides, some 396 km (250 miles) northwest of Baghdad.
Mosuo The Mosuo (; also spelled Moso or Musuo) are a small ethnic group living in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in China, close to the border with Tibet. Consisting of a population of 50,000, most of them are found near Lugu Lake, high in the Tibetan Himalayas .
MoSCoW Method MoSCoW is a method used in business and particularly in software development to get an understanding with the customer on the importance they place on the delivery of each functional requirement. It originated as part of the Dynamic Systems Development Method.
MoSoSo MoSoSo, or mobile social software, is software -- generally on a mobile phone or on a laptop computer -- that facilitates social encounters, or mobile social networking by associating geographical location and time with one's own social network.
Mot In Ugaritic Mot 'Death' (spelled mt) is personified as a god of death. The word is cognate with forms meaning 'death' in other Semitic languages: with Hebrew מות (moth or maveth); with Canaanite, Egyptian Aramaic, Nabataean, and Palmyrene מות (mwt); with Jewish Aramaic, Christian Palestinian Aramaic, and Samaritan מותא (mwt’); with Syriac mautā; with Mandaean muta; with Akkadian mūtu; with Arabic maut; with Ge'ez mot.
Mot (Star Trek) In the fictional Star Trek universe, Mot is a rather talkative Bolian who works as a barber (despite being from a race that does not grow hair on their heads) on the USS Enterprise-D. Besides his regular job, Mot seems to also have the official duty of creating hairpieces for away team members in need of a disguise.

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