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Oil-drop experiment The purpose of Robert Millikan's oil-drop experiment (1909) was to measure the electric charge of the electron. He did this by carefully balancing the gravitational and electric forces on tiny charged droplets of oil suspended between two metal electrodes.
Oil-for-Food Programme The Oil-for-Food Programme, established by the United Nations in 1995 (under UN Security Council Resolution 986) and terminated in late 2003, was intended to allow Iraq to sell oil on the world market in exchange for food, medicine, and other humanitarian needs for ordinary Iraqi citizens without allowing Iraq to rebuild its military.
Oil/water separator An Oil/Water Separator is a device that separates oil from water, commonly used in electrical substations. The main components of an electrical substation, transformers, contain a large amount of oil used for cooling purposes.
Oiler (ship) An oiler is a ship, also called a tanker, that can carry a liquid cargo of petroleum, or a naval support vessel that carries fuel to other naval ships steaming at sea, and can transfer the fuel during underway replenishment at sea (RAS).
Oilfields Workers' Trade Union The Oilfields Workers Trade Union or OWTU is one of the most powerful trade unions in Trinidad and Tobago. Currently led by Errol McLeod, the union was born out of the 1937 Labour Riots, the union was nominally led by the imprisoned TUB Butler but was actually organised by lawyer Adrian Cola Rienzi.
Oilgate Oilgate is a South African political scandal in which the petrol company Imvume Holdings was accused of paying R11 million of state money to the ruling African National Congress shortly before the elections. The money had been received from a state oil company, PetroSA, as part of an advance payment for a quantity of oil condensate that had been procured from Glencore, an international company.
Oilliphéist In Irish mythology, Oilliphéist was a fabulous, dragon-like monster. In one famous story, the Oilliphéist cuts the route of the River Shannon when it hears that St Patrick has come to drive out it and its kind.
Oily fish Oily fish (oil-rich fish, pelagic fish) are those fish which have oils throughout the fillet and in the belly cavity around the gut, rather than only in the liver like white fish. Oily fish fillets may contain up to 30 percent oil, although this figure varies both within and between species.
Oingo Boingo Oingo Boingo was a critically acclaimed American New Wave rock band better known for their influence, soundtrack contributions, and high energy Halloween concerts rather than their chart successes. The band was led by songwriter/vocalist Danny Elfman, who later achieved substantial renown as a composer for film and television.
Oinofyta Oinofyta (Greek meaning wine plant) is a municipality composed by the previous villages of Agios Thomas, Kleidi and Oinofyta located in the southeastern portion of the prefecture of Viotia, close to the prefecture of Attica. The municipality includes the village of Agios Thomas.
Oinomancy Oinomancy (or oenomancy or Ĺ“nomancy) is a form of divination conducted by examining patterns in wine. An ancient technique, oinomancy was performed by a priestess known as a Bacchante, and protected by Bacchus, the Roman god of wine.
Oinountas Oinountas (Modern Greek: Οινούντας, Ancient/Katharevousa: -ous, ancient form: Oinous or Inous, Latin: Oenus) is a municipality in the northeastern part of the prefecture of Laconia, Greece. It was first established in 1840, the seat of administration being Vresthena.
Oinousses Oinousses (Greek: Οινούσσες), alternative form: Aignoussa (Greek: Αιγνούσα) is a barren island some 5km from the Greek island of Khios and west of Turkey as well as a community and a municipality.
Oirata Oirata (also known as Maaro) is a Papuan language spoken on the island of Kisar in Indonesia, and in Ambon City. It is sometimes considered a dialect of the Fataluku language spoken in East Timor, as the two languages are closely related.
Oireachtas The Oireachtas () is the "national parliament"The term "National Parliament" appears in Article 15 of the Constitution of Ireland; it is a description of the role of the Oireachtas, rather than an alternative official title. or legislature of the Republic of Ireland, sometimes referred to as Oireachtas Éireann.
Oireachtas of the Irish Free State From 1922 to 1937 the Oireachtas was the legislature, or parliament, of the Irish Free State. Until the final days of the Irish Free State it consisted of the King and two houses: Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann (also known as the 'Senate').
Oiseaux de Djoudj National Park The Oiseaux du Djoudj National Park lies on the north bank of the River Senegal in Senegal, north east of St-Louis. It provides a range of wetland habitats which prove very popular with migrating birds, many of which have just crossed the Sahara.
Oishi Yoshio Ōishi Yoshio (大石良雄 1659 - March 20, 1703) was the karō of the Akō han in Harima Province (now Hyogo Prefecture), Japan (1679 - 1701). He is known as the leader of the Forty-seven Ronin in their 1702 vendetta and thus the hero of the Chushingura.
Oistins The coastal town of Oistins ("Oye-s-tins")is an area located in the country of Barbados. Situated in the southern portion of the parish of Christ Church, Oistins operates mostly as a fishing village, a tourist hang out, as well as the location of the parish church of Christ Church.
Oistins Fish Festival The Oistins Fish Festival is a folk festival organized by the National Cultural Foundation of Barbados. It celebrates the founding of the Charter of Barbados and the fishing industry of Oistins, Christ Church.
Oium Oium (from Aujom, meaning "in the waterlands" in Gothic) was according to Jordanes, a name for Scythia, where the Goths settled after leaving Gothiscandza. Archaeologically, it corresponds to the Gothic Chernyakhov culture, and geographically to Ukraine.
Oizumi, Yamanashi Ōizumi (大泉村; -mura) was a village located in Kitakoma District, Yamanashi, Japan. On November 1, 2004 the village merged with six other towns and villages from Kitakoma District forming the city of Hokuto.
OICETS OICETS (other name Kirari) is an experimental satellite by JAXA to demonstrate interorbital communication between satellites through optical (laser) means. OICETS was originally slated for a launch on the second J-I launcher.
OIM (offshore installation manager) The OIM is the most senior member of management on many larger drilling rigs, particularly large jack-up rigs and some semi-submersibles. On smaller rigs the Tool Pusher will usually be the most senior member of management, but will work under the OIM when one is present.
OISV The OISV stands for the Organization of Independent Software Vendors. The OISV is a co-operative of developers, marketers, distributors, and retailers that combine their resources to create better and affordable software for users.
Oj borg OJ Borg is a radio and television personality hailing from Leicester (although the name is courtesy of his Maltese Dad.) Born 4th April 1979 OJ has worked at various Radio stations, starting out at Galaxy Manchester as a member of the Ground Crew.
Oj, svijetla majska zoro Oj, svijetla majska zoro ("Oh, bright dawn of May") is the official state anthem of Montenegro. Before becoming the anthem, it was a popular folk song of Montenegrins, with many variations. The anthem has been criticized on the basis that its lyrics were altered by Sekula Drljević, the former Fascist President of the Axis puppet state of Montenegro during World War II, who held the distinction of being deposed within 24 hours of his appointment.
Ojai Playwrights Conference The Ojai Playwrights Conference is a theatre festival held annually each August in Ojai, California. The mission of the conference is to offer play development resources to dramatists with the aim of supporting the creation of new work for the American theatre.
Ojamajo Doremi (series) is a magical girl anime series that has obtained wide popularity among young girls in Japan. Its popularity rivals that of the also popular Sailor Moon in the magical girl (mahĹŤ shĹŤjo) genre of Japanese animation.
Ojibwa The Ojibwa, Aanishanabe or Chippewa (also Ojibwe, Ojibway, Chippeway, Anishinaabe, or Anishinabek) is the largest group of Native Americans/First Nations north of Mexico, including MĂ©tis. They are the third largest in the USA, surpassed only by Cherokee and Navajo.
Ojibwe grammar The Ojibwe language is an Algonquian American Indian language spoken throughout the Great Lakes region and westward onto the northern plains. It is one of the largest American Indian languages north of Mexico in terms of number of speakers, and exhibits a large number of divergent dialects.
Ojibwe phonology The Anishinaabe language or the Ojibwe group of languages is an Algonquian American Indian language spoken throughout the Great Lakes region and westward onto the northern plains. It is one of the largest American Indian languages north of Mexico in terms of number of speakers, and exhibits a large number of divergent dialects.
Ojibwe writing systems The Ojibwe language is an Algonquian American Indian language spoken throughout the Great Lakes region and westward onto the northern plains. It is one of the largest American Indian languages north of Mexico in terms of number of speakers, and exhibits a large number of divergent dialects.
Ojinaga Cut The Ojinaga Cut was a parcel of land between Ojinaga, Chihuahua, and Presidio, Texas, that gave rise to an international border dispute between the United States and Mexico when the Rio Grande (RĂ­o Bravo del Norte) changed course.
Ojos de Brujo Ojos de Brujo ("Witch's eyes" in English) is an eight-piece band from Barcelona, who describe their style as "hiphop flamenkillo" (hip-hop with a little flamenco) The band sold over 100,000 copies of their self-produced BarĂ­ album, and has received several awards, among these the BBC Radio 3] World Music Award for Europe in 2004 (having also been nominated in 2003 [http://www.bbc.
Ojuela Ojuela was a small mining settlement located northwest of the Mexican city of Torreon, Coahuila in Northern Mexico. The settlement is now a well known as a "ghost town" as a result of the mineral ore being exhausted.
Oka Crisis The Oka Crisis was a land dispute between the Mohawk nation and the town of Oka, Quebec which began on March 11, 1990, and lasted until September 26, 1990. It resulted in three deaths, and would be the first of a number of well-publicised violent conflicts between Indigenous people and the Canadian Government in the late 20th century.
Okada Izō Okada Izō (岡田 以蔵, 1832–June 3, 1865), born Yoshifuru (宜振), was one of the four members of the Hitokiri, a band of assassins active in Japan during the late Tokugawa shogunate in the 1860s. He and Tanaka Shimbe worked for Takechi Hanpeita as political assassins attempting to kill everyone who supported the Tokugawa Shogun over the Emperor.
Okahandja Okahandja (meaning "the place where two rivers flow into each other to form one wide one") is a small town in central Namibia, north of Windhoek on the B1 road. It was founded around 1800, by two local groups, the Herero and the Nama.
Okaihau Branch The Okaihau Branch, sometimes known as the Kaikohe Branch and rarely the Rangiahua Branch, was a branch line railway that joined the North Auckland Line of the national rail network of New Zealand at Otiria. It was the most northerly line in New Zealand and was intended to run all the way to Kaitaia.
Okakura Kakuzo Okakura Kakuzo (岡倉覚三, February 14, 1863 - September 2, 1913; also known as 岡倉 天心 Okakura Tenshin) was a Japanese scholar who contributed the development of arts in Japan. Outside Japan, he is chiefly remembered today as the author of The Book of Tea.
Okan Ersan Okan Ersan is a Turkish Cypriot guitarist. He was born on April 27, 1972 in Nicosia, Cyprus, and started to play the guitar and piano at a very young age. Since he came from a musician family (his father is a musician), he chose music as a first job.
Okan Koç Okan Koç (born 1982 in Adapazarı, Turkey) is a professional football player currently playing for Konyaspor. He began his career with lower division club Çanakkale Dardanelspor before being transferred to Beşiktaş J.
Okanagan (provincial electoral district) Okanagan was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning with the election of 1903 and lasting only until the election of 1912, after which it was succeeded by North Okanagan and South Okanagan. The riding was originally part of the Yale riding until 1890.
Okanagan Centre Okanagan Centre was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Okanagan North and Okanagan—Similkameen, and eliminated in 1996 when it was merged into Kelowna.
Okanagan College Okanagan College is the predominant vocational and undergraduate post-secondary institution in the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, Canada. With over 5000 full-time students it constitutes the largest college in British Columbia outside the Lower Mainland and Victoria.
Okanagan Highland The Okanagan Highland, also known as the Okanogan Highland in the United States, is a plateau-like hilly area in British Columbia, Canada. It lies between the Okanagan Valley on its west and the Kettle River on its east, and geologically is more or less an extension of the Thompson Plateau, which lies west of the Okanagan.
Okanagan Challenge Okanagan Challenge are a Canadian soccer team, founded in 1995. The team is a member of the Pacific Coast Soccer League (PCSL), a recognised Division III league in the American Soccer Pyramid which features teams from western Canada and the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America.
Okanagan language The Okanagan language, known to its speakers as or Syilx'tsn, is the traditional language of the Okanagan people of the Southern Interior region of British Columbia. It is a member of the Interior Salish group of Salishan languages.
Okanagan Lake Bridge The Okanagan Lake Bridge (also known as the Kelowna Floating Bridge) is a three-lane, 2,100 foot/650 metre-long floating bridge across Okanagan Lake, from Kelowna, British Columbia on the eastern side to the Westside area. Completed in 1958, the bridge was the first of its kind in Canada.
Okanagan Nation Alliance The Okanagan Nation Alliance is a First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia, spanning the Nicola, Okanagan and Similkameen Districts of the Canadian province of British Columbia and also the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington state.
Okanagan South South Okanagan was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning with the election of 1979 and lasting until the 1986 election. The riding is similar to, but not the same as, its main predecessor, South Okanagan, which expired in 1975 but had been the longtime seat of Okanagan South's first member's father W.
Okanagan Trail The Okanagan Trail was an inland route to the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush from the Lower Columbia region of the Washington and Oregon Territories in 1858-1859. The route was essentially the same as that used by the Hudson's Bay Company fur brigades, following the Columbia River to the confluence of the Okanogan River, and then up that river's watercourse via Osoyoos, Skaha (Dog) and Okanagan Lakes, then using a pass via Monte Creek to Fort Kamloops, at the confluence of the North and South Thompson Rivers.
Okanagan-Boundary Okanagan-Boundary was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia spanning the area from the Similkameen towns of Kaleden and Keremeos to Grand Forks and Christina Lake, and including the southern Okanagan towns of Okanagan Falls, Oliver, Osoyoos, Rock Creek and Greenwood. The riding first appeared in the 1991 election as the result of a redistribution of the former riding of Boundary-Similkameen.
Okanagan-Westside Okanagan-Westside is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It includes the small cities of Westbank, Westside, Peachland, and Summerland, and extends from the city limit of Summerland (in the south) to the Okanagan Lake bridge, in Westside (north).
Okanagan—Shuswap Okanagan—Shuswap (formerly known as North Okanagan—Shuswap) is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988.
Okanogan River The Okanogan River (called the Okanagan River in Canada) is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 115 mi (185 km) long, in southern British Columbia in Canada and north central Washington in the United States. It drains a scenic plateau region called the Okanogan Country east of the Cascade Range and north and west of the Columbia, and also the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia.
Okapi Framework The Okapi Framework is a set of interface specifications, format definitions, components and applications that provides an environment to build inter-operable tools for the different steps of the translation and localization process.
Okapi Wildlife Reserve The Okapi Wildlife Reserve is a World Heritage Site in the Ituri Forest in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the borders with Sudan and Uganda. At a size of approximately 14,000 km², it covers approximately one fifth of the area of the forest.
Okarito Lagoon Okarito Lagoon is a coastal lagoon on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. It is located 130 kilometres south of Hokitika, and covers an area of about 12 km², making it the largest unmodified wetland in New Zealand.
Okay Airways Okay Airways (奥凯航空公司 Aòkǎi Hángkōng Gōngsī) is the People's Republic of China's first privately owned airline. It is 25% owned by Korean Air and is based at Tianjin Binhai International Airport, Tianjin.
Okazaki Castle , although not the same castle as was originally built, nor in the same place, nevertheless has a long history dating back to 1455, when it was built by warrior Saigo Tsugiyori. Recent research suggests that the original castle was built in the Myodaiji (明大寺) area of Okazaki, and was probably nothing more than a mere wooden fort.
Okazaki fragment An Okazaki fragment is a relatively short fragment of DNA (with an RNA primer at the 5' terminus) created on the lagging strand during DNA replication. It was originally discovered in 1968 by Reiji Okazaki, Tsuneko Okazaki, and their colleagues while studying replication of bacteriophage DNA in Escherichia coli.
Oke The ōke (王家), literally "Prince Houses", were branches of the Japanese Imperial Family formed from branches of the Fushimi-no-miya house. All but one of the ōke were formed by the descendants of Fushimi-no-miya Kuniye.
Oke Bay Oke Bay is off Rawhiti Road in the Bay of Islands about 29km from Russell, New Zealand. It is a beautiful sandy swimming beach, and regarded as one of the safest beach in New Zealand, suitable for swimming without supervision.
Okeana, Ohio Okeana is an unincorporated community of central Morgan Township, Butler County, Ohio, on Dry Fork Creek, a tributary of the Great Miami River, on State Route 126 about three miles northwest of Shandon in sections 21 and 26 of R1ET3N of the Congress Lands. It is a mile north of Alert, a mile east of Macedonia, and ten miles southwest of Hamilton.
Okeechobee Waterway The Okeechobee Waterway is a man-made waterway stretching from Fort Myers on the west coast to Stuart on the east coast of Florida. It was built/finished in 1937 to accommodate the rich and elite of the time by allowing them to cross the state from their homes on the east coast to their coconut labor camps on the west coast, in relative ease and in a timely manner.
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is a 395,080 acre (1,598 km²) National Wildlife Refuge located in Charlton and Ware Counties of Georgia, and Baker County in Florida, United States. The refuge was established in 1937 to protect a majority of the 438,000 acre (1,772 km²) Okefenokee Swamp.
Okefenokee Swamp The Okefenokee Swamp is a shallow, 438,000 acre (1600 km²), peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida border in the United States. A majority of the swamp is protected by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and the Okefenokee Wilderness.
Okeford Fitzpane Okeford Fitzpaine is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp face of the Dorset Downs, three miles south of Sturminster Newton. The parish of Okeford Fitzpaine, including the villages of Belchalwell and Fiddleford, has a population of 979 (2001).
Okechukwu Ibeanu Okechukwu Ibeanu is Professor of Political Science and Dean, Faculty of the Social Sciences at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He is also the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the adverse effects of illicit movement and dumping of toxic waste on human rights.
Okeover Hall Okeover Hall, Staffordshire, is the family seat of the Okeover family, which has been in residence since the reign of William Rufus. The house lies at the border of Staffordshire with Derbyshire, which lies on the far side of the small River Dove.
Okhaldhunga District Okhaldhunga district, a part of Sagarmatha zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Okhadhunga as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,074 sq km and has a population (2001) of 156,702.
Okhankanyiweyo The Okhankanyiweyo (Mention in Despatches) emblem is a South African military award. It was instituted with effect from 27 April 2003, and may be awarded to members of the South African National Defence Force (or any other armed forces serving with the SANDF) for brave or meritorious conduct, leadership, devotion to duty or praiseworthy service which does not warrant the award of a decoration or medal.
Okhi Day Celebrated throughout Greece on October 28 each year, Okhi Day (also spelled Ohi Day, Oxi Day, or Ochi Day, , Anniversary of the "No") commemorates Greek dictator Ioannis Metaxas's (in power from August 4 1936 until January 29 1941) refusal of the ultimatum made by Italian dictator Mussolini on October 28, 1940.
Okhotsk Plate The Okhotsk Plate is a continental tectonic plate covering the Sea of Okhotsk, the Kamchatka Peninsula, and Eastern Japan. It was considered a part of the North American Plate, but recent studies show that it is an independent plate.
Okhrana The Okhrannoye otdeleniye (, meaning Security Section or Security Department), usually called the Okhrana in Western sources, or diminutive Okhranka by those dissatisfied with the tsarist regime, was a secret police force of the Russian Empire and part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) in late 1800s, aided by Special Corps of Gendarmes.
Oki 900 The OKI 900 was an analog cellular telephone popular in the mid 1990s . This phone was also very popular amongst tech-savvy cellular phreakers (or hackers of telephone systems, using technologies capable of copying mobile customer information to additional phones for theft of service).
Oki Data Americas, Inc. Oki Data Americas, Inc., a subsidiary of Oki Electric Industry of Japan, produces PC peripheral equipment under the OKI Printing Solutions brand, including digital color and monochrome printers, serial impact dot matrix printers, multifunction products and facsimiles.
Oki Jubilee Stadium Oki Jubilee Stadium (also known as Jubilee Oval or Kogarah Park) is the home stadium of the St George Illawarra Dragons, an NRL rugby league team. Located on the Princes Highway in the Sydney suburb of Kogarah, it originally hosted its first game of rugby league sometime in 1936 when the Dragons defeated the Newtown Jets in an exhibition match.
Okie Okie is an appellation, dating from as early as 1905, denoting a resident or native of Oklahoma. It is derived from the name of the state, similar to Texan or Tex for someone from Texas, or Arkie or Arkansawyer for a native of Arkansas.
Okie Noodling Okie Noodling is a 2001 documentary examining the practice of handfishing in rural Oklahoma. As much about the subculture surrounding handfishing, the film documents this fascinating practice of wading in murky water and sticking your hand into dark holes hoping a 30lb+ catfish will latch onto your hand and arm.
Okiek The Okiek, sometimes called the Ogiek or Akiek (although the term Akiek sometimes refers to a distinct subgroup), are an ethnic and linguistic group based in northern Tanzania and southern Kenya. In 2000 the ethnic Okiek population was estimated to number 36,869, though the number of those speaking the Akiek language was as low as 500 Many Ogiek speakers have shifted to languages of surrounding peoples: the Akiek in northern Tanzania now speak Maasai] and the Akiek of Kinare, Kenya now speak [[Gikuyu language|Gikuyu.
Okill Massey Learmonth Okill Massey Learmonth, VC, MC (20 February 1894 – 19 August 1917) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to Commonwealth forces.
Okimi, Hiroshima Okimi (沖美町; -cho) was a town located in Saeki District, Hiroshima, Japan. On November 1, 2004 the town merged with three other towns becoming the city of Etajima and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Okinawa diet The Okinawa diet is a commercially promoted weight-loss diet based on the standard diet of Ryūkyū Islanders. People from these Japanese islands (of which Okinawa is the largest) are reported to have the longest life expectancy in the world.
Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium (沖縄美ら海水族館, Okinawa churaumi suizokukan) is the world's second largest aquarium and part of the Ocean Expo Park located in Motobu, Okinawa. The main tank holds 7,500-cubic meters of water and features the world's largest acrylic glass panel, measuring 8.
Okinawa Open The Okinawa Open is a men's professional golf tournament that is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played each December since 2002 and counts as the first official money event of the following season for both tours, that is for example the 2005 event was part of the 2006 season.
Okinawa Prefecture is Japan's southernmost prefecture, and consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over 1,000 km long, which extends southwest from Kyūshū (the southwesternmost of Japan's main four islands) to Taiwan. Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of the largest and most populous island, Okinawa Island, which is approximately half-way between Kyūshū and Taiwan.
Okinawa Prefecture Office The Okinawa Prefecture Office is one of the tallest buildings in Okinawa, Japan, and is the center for Japanese governmental functions stretching across Okinawa-Ken. There are 14 floors above ground and two below including a civic hall and government information center.
Okinawa soba Okinawa soba (Japanese: 沖縄そば) is a type of noodle soup eaten in Okinawa.In Okinawa, it is sometimes simply called soba or suba, although it is different from buckwheat noodles known as soba in the rest of Japan.
Okinawan cuisine Okinawan cuisine is the cuisine of the Japanese island of Okinawa. Because of the difference in culture, climate, vegetables and other ingredients between Okinawa and mainland Japan, the Okinawan cuisine is very different from the Japanese cuisine.
Okinawan kobudo Okinawan kobudo (less commonly Ryūkyū Kobujutsu) is a Japanese term that can be translated as "old martial way of Okinawa". It generally refers to the classical weapon traditions of Okinawa, most notably the rokushakubo (six foot staff, known as the "Bō"), sai (short unsharpened dagger), tonfa (handled club), kama (sickle), and nunchaku (nunchucks), but also the Tekko (knuckledusters), Tinbe-Rochin (Shield and Spear), and Surujin (Weighted Chain).
Okinawan language Okinawan (Okinawan: Ucināguci) is a Ryukyuan language spoken in Japan on the southern island of Okinawa, as well as the surrounding islands of Kerama, Kume-jima, Tonaki, Aguni, and a number of smaller islands located to the east of the main island of Okinawa.
Okinotorishima (Traditional Chinese: 沖鳥礁, Simplified Chinese: 冲鸟礁) is an atoll, which in English has multiple designations (Okinotori coral reefs, Okinotori Islands). It was formerly called Parece Vela, Spanish for "it looks like a sail" (alluding to the original appearance of rocks).
Okir Okkir or okkil is the term for geometric and flowing designs (often based on an elaborate leaf and vine pattern) and folk motifs that can be usually found in Maranao and muslim-influenced artwork, especially in the southern Philippines, and in some parts of Southeast Asia. Okir a dato refers to the ornamental design for men and okir a bay to that for women.
Okishio's theorem Okishio's theorem states that, if a firm raises its rate of profit by introducing a new technique of production, in which less labour is needed on one side, but more means of production on the other side, that this also for the economy as a whole leads to a higher rate of profit, if this new technique of production has spread through the whole branch - under the assumption, that real wages or the commodity basket workers get for their labour power has not been enlarged but remained constant.
Okita Sōji Okita Sōji (沖田 総司), (1842 or 1844 - July 19, 1868) was the captain of the first troop of the Shinsengumi, a special police force in Kyoto during the late shogunate period. He was a well-known genius swordsman, being one of the strongest out of the Shinsengumi, along with Saito Hajime and Nagakura Shinpachi.
Okitsugu Arao Colonel Okitsugu (Koko) Arao was one of the original plotters in a scheme to prevent the Emperor's declaration of surrender at the end of World War II. He was the chief of the War Affairs section of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Imperial Japanese Army.
Okkadu Okkadu (Telugu: ఒక్క డు) is a 2003 Tollywood film which was directed by Gunasekhar. It stars Mahesh Babu, Bhoomika Chawla, and Prakash Raj. Music was composed by Mani Sharma and editing was done by A. Sreekar Prasad. M.S. Raju produced this film. This film released on January 15, 2003.

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