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Orlando Figes Orlando Figes (born 1959) is one of Britain's leading historians of modern Russian history and a professor at Birkbeck, University of London. He frequently reviews books for The Guardian and the London Review of Books.
Orlando Graham Orlando Graham (born May 5, 1965 in Montgomery, Alabama), is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Miami Heat in the 2nd round (40th overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft. A 6'8" forward from Auburn University at Montgomery, Graham played in only one NBA season for the Golden State Warriors during the 1988-89 NBA season.
Orlando Hernández Orlando Hernández Pedroso (born October 11, 1965 in Villa Clara, Cuba), nicknamed El Duque, is a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher for the New York Mets. His greatest success came as a New York Yankees starter during that team's run of World Series championships in 1998, 1999, and 2000.
Orlando Hudson Orlando Thill Hudson (born December 12, 1977 in Darlington, South Carolina) is a major league second baseman for the National League's Arizona Diamondbacks. He is popularly known by his nickname "The O-Dog".
Orlando Huff Orlando Huff (born August 14, 1978 in Mobile, Alabama) is a current American Football linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals in the National Football League. He also played for the Seattle Seahawks in his five year career.
Orlando innamorato Orlando innamorato ("Orlando in Love") is an epic poem written by the Italian Renaissance author Matteo Maria Boiardo. The poem is written in the ottava rima stanza rhythm consisting of 68 cantos and a half.
Orlando Jones Orlando Jones (born April 10, 1968) is an American comedian and film and television actor. He is notable for being one of the original cast members of the sketch comedy series MADtv and for his role as the 7 Up spokesman from 1999 to 2002.
Orlando Jordan Orlando Mason Jordan (born July 10, 1978 in Salem, New Jersey) is a professional wrestler who is currently working for TNT Pro Wrestling but is best known for working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown! brand.
Orlando Juice The Orlando Juice was one of the eight original franchises that began play in the Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1989. In the league's inaugural season, the Juice finished third in the Northern Division, narrowly missing the playoffs.
Orlando Maldonado Orlando Maldonado (born May 21 1959 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico) is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico, who won the bronze medal in the men's light flyweight (– 48 kg) division at the 1976 Summer Olympics. It was the second only the second medal ever for Puerto Rico, after the bronze captured by fellow boxer Juan Evangelista Venegas in 1948.
Orlando Merced Orlando Luis (Villanueva) Merced (born November 2, 1966 in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico) was a First Baseman and Outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1990-96), Toronto Blue Jays (1997), Minnesota Twins (1998), Boston Red Sox (1998), Chicago Cubs (1998), Montreal Expos (1999) and Houston Astros (2001-03).
Orlando Parga Orlando Parga-Figueroa (born on February 6, 1939) is a Senator of Puerto Rico whose recommended expulsion from the New Progressive Party was downgraded to a generic censure by the party's General Assembly on August 20, 2006. He was born in Mayaguez and currently resides in Caguas with his wife, Teresita.
Orlando Patterson Orlando Patterson is a preeminent Jamaican sociologist at Harvard University who is recognized for his many scholarly contributions to his study on ethnicity primarily of those people of African descent and is one of the most cited modern writers in his field. Patterson received his B.
Orlando Reeves According to one tale on the origin of the name of Orlando, Florida, Sentinel Orlando Reeves was an American soldier who was killed during the Seminole War, when he was about to fire a warning shot to his fellow soldiers. But, this is a gross distortion of the historical record.
Orlando Ruff Orlando Ruff (born September 28, 1976 in Charleston, South Carolina) is an American football player who currently plays linebacker for the Cleveland Browns. In college he played for Furman University, departing as the fourth player in school history with 488 career tackles.
Orlando Starz The Orlando Starz were a franchise in the Independent Women's Football League from 2002-2004 based in Orlando, Florida. The team won a Division championship in 2002, but struggled in 2003, compiling a 1-7 record.
Orlando Street Railway The Orlando Street Railway operated a mule-drawn streetcar line in downtown Orlando, Florida in the 1880s and 1890s. The main line ran north-south along Orange Avenue between Lake Lucerne and Lake Ivanhoe, with several east-west branches.
Orlando Thunder The Orlando Thunder was a member of the World League of American Football from 1991 to 1992 (known as NFL Europe from 1995 onwards). The team played their games in the 70,000 seat Citrus Bowl, and was coached by Don Matthews in 1991 and Galen Hall in 1992.
Orlando Utilities Commission The Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) is a municipal utility system owned by the city of Orlando, Florida, providing electric, water and sewer services to residents of Orlando and portions of adjacent unincorporated areas of Orange County. Its slogan is "The Reliable One.
Orlando Wines Orlando Wines is a famous Australian winery located in the small township of Rowland Flat, between Lyndoch and Tanunda, in South Australia's Barossa Valley wine-growing region. Orlando Wines was the valley's first commercial winery.
Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area The Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), also known as the Orlando Area, Metro Orlando or (more colloquially) Greater Orlando, is the state of Florida's third most populated metropolitan region, and the 28th-largest metro area in the United States. The MSA consists of Lake, Osceola, Orange and Seminole Counties.
Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority The Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority (OOCEA) is an expressway authority responsible for construction, maintenance and operation of toll roads in Orange County, Florida, United States, which includes the city of Orlando. It was founded in 1963 for the purpose of building the Bee Line Expressway, and soon built the East-West Expressway.
Orlat Orlat (Hungarian: Orlát) is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania, at the foothills of the Cindrel Mountains, 17 km west of the county capital Sibiu, in the Mărginimea Sibiului ethnographical area.
Orléanist The Orléanists were a French political faction or party which arose out of the French Revolution, and ceased to have a separate existence shortly after the establishment of the Third Republic in 1872. It took its name from the Orléans branch of the House of Bourbon, who were its leaders.
Orléans, Ontario Orléans is a suburban area in eastern Ontario, which became part of the city of Ottawa in 2001. It is located in the eastern part of the city along the Ottawa River, about 16 km (10 miles) from downtown Ottawa.
Orleans (band) Orleans is a classic American Pop/Rock band best known for its hits Dance With Me (1975), Still the One (1976) and Love Takes Time (1979). Orleans was formed in Woodstock, NY February 1972 by John Hall, Larry Hoppen and Wells Kelly.
Orleans Canal The Orleans Canal is a drainage canal in New Orleans, Louisiana. The current version of the canal is about 2km long, running along the up-river side of New Orleans' City Park, through the Lakeview and Lakeshore neighborhood, and into Lake Pontchartrain.
Orleans Cross Roads, West Virginia Orleans Cross Roads is an unincorporated hamlet that lies on the western flanks of Sideling Hill on the Potomac River in Morgan County, West Virginia. To its south, Rockwell Run, a mountain stream fed by springs, empties into the Potomac.
Orleans Hotel and Casino The Orleans Hotel and Casino is a Mardi Gras themed hotel with 1,885 rooms and a 135,000 square foot casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Owned by Boyd Gaming Corporation, it includes a large multipurpose show area that can be converted into an ice rink.
Orleans Levee Board The Orleans Levee Board is the body in charge of supervising the levee and floodwall system in Orleans Parish, Louisiana which is intended to protect New Orleans from flooding. Over the years the Board has also taken on various activities relating to land use on and around the levees.
Orleans Territory Orleans Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States formed out of the first subdivision of the Louisiana Purchase. All of the Louisiana Purchase south of the 33rd parallel became the Territory of Orleans, and the remainder became the District of Louisiana.
Orlets An Orlets (Russian: орлец), also known as an Eagle Rug, is a small rug, usually round, for an Orthodox bishop to stand on during services. It is usually woven or embroidered to show an eagle soaring over a city.
Orley Farm (novel) Orley Farm is a novel written in the realist mode by Anthony Trollope (1815-82), and illustrated by the Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais (1829-96). It was first published in monthly shilling parts by the London publisher Chapman and Hall, from March 1861 to October 1862.
Orlin Norris Orlin Levance Norris, born October 4, 1965 in Lubbock, TX, is an American boxer who held the WBA Cruiserweight Title and fought in several noteworthy boxing matches in the 1980's and 1990's. He is the lesser known brother of retired former champion Terry Norris.
Orlistat Orlistat (marketed as Xenical® by Roche), also known as tetrahydrolipstatin, is a drug designed to treat obesity. Its primary function is preventing the absorption of fats from the human diet, thereby reducing caloric intake.
Orlov Orlov (Орлов) is the name of a Russian noble family which produced several distinguished statesmen, diplomatists and soldiers. The family first gained distinction in the person of four Orlov brothers, of whom the senior was Catherine the Great's lover, and the two junior were notable military commanders.
Orlov most Orlov most (, meaning "Eagles' Bridge") is a bridge over the Perlovska River in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It gives the name to the important and busy juncture at which it is located.
Orlov Revolt The Orlov Revolt (1770) was a precursor to the Greek War of Independence (1821), which saw a Greek uprising in the Peloponnese at the instigation of Count Orlov, commander of the Russian Naval Forces of the Russo-Turkish War. In Greece it is known as the "Orlov events" (Ορλωφικά).
Orly shoes Orly Shoe Corporation is a moderate priced house of designer and celebrity inspired fashion forward footwear that started in 1980 by Albert Antebi, in New York. Specializing in both the branded and private label business, Orly Shoes was voted number 13 of top 100 fastest growing small businesses in the USA according for FSB Magazine, with a closing of $286 million dollars in revenue in 2004.
Orlyonok Orlyonok (Russian:Орлёнок, Eaglet in English) was one of the main Soviet Young Pioneer camps in the past and is the main Children Center of Russia nowadays. It was established July 12 1960 by the decision of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR (March 27 1959) on the Black Sea coast near the town Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, Russian SFSR, at Orlyonok was the Young Pioneer camp that was intended for the children of Russian SFSR, who were notable for excellent study, were prize winners at various Student Olympiads, contests, sports competitions or were notable Komsomol or Young Pioneer organization activists.
Orūzgān Province Orūzgān (Pashto: ؤروزگان, also spelt Oruzgan or Uruzgan) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the centre of the country, though the area is considered part of southern Afghanistan and it is culturally and tribally linked to Kandahar.
Orm and Cheep Orm and Cheep is a 1980s British children's television series that was aimed at the younger viewers of CITV. It used puppets as the main characters (Orm being a worm and Cheep being a bird) and was narrated by Richard Briers.
Ormari Romero Ormari Romero Turcás (born February 22, 1968 in Segundo Frente, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba) is a righthanded pitcher for the Cuban national baseball team and Santiago de Cuba of the Cuban National Series.
Ormeau Baths Gallery The Ormeau Baths Gallery in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is one of Ireland's premier contemporary art spaces. It has curated exhibitions by prominent international artists including; Yoko Ono, Gilbert & George, Victor Sloan, Bill Viola, Hans Peter Kuhn, Stan Douglas, David Byrne, Willie Doherty and Alastair MacLennan.
Ormeloxifene Ormeloxifene (also known as Centchroman) is one of the selective estrogen receptor modulators, or SERMs, a class of medication which acts on the estrogen receptor. It is best known as a non-hormonal, non-steroidal oral contraceptive which is taken once per week.
Ormesby Ormesby is a surburb spanning the Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland urban areas in North East England within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. Although merely parts of Ormesby lie within the borough of Middlesbrough, with the rest reserved for the borough of Redcar & Cleveland, it is more often identified as being under Middlesbrough's wing.
Ormgas Ormgas is a Stockholm, Sweden-based internet radio station which streams all the music available from OverClocked ReMix (called "OC ReMixes"). Ormgas' playlist also contains most of the episodes from an Atlanta, Georgia-based radio show called VG Frequency hosted by Larry Oji (also known as "Liontamer").
Ormidhia Ormidhia {Greek: Ορμήδεια) is a village in Larnaca District in south-eastern Cyprus. It is one of two villages surrounded by the British Sovereign Base Area of Dhekelia the others are Xylotymvou and Dhekelia Power Station.
Ormiston Pound Ormiston Pound is a ring of mountains punctuating the MacDonnell Ranges, in the West MacDonnell National Park, approximately 80 kilometres west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, Australia. It lies at roughly the half way point in the celebrated Larapinta Trail and offers spectacular views from its circumference of Mount Sonder, Gosses Bluff crater and the surrounding range.
Ormolu Ormolu (from French or moulu, signifying gold ground or pounded) is an 18th-century English term for applying finely ground, high-karat gold to an object in bronze. The French refer to this technique as bronze doré, which is used to this day though the item may be merely painted with a gold-tone paint.
Ormond Beach Middle School Ormond Beach Middle School located in Ormond Beach, Florida, is home to 1040 - 6th, 7th and 8th grade students, and is a member of the Volusia County School District. OBMS is graded "A" by the Florida Department of Education.
Ormond McGill Ormond McGill (born 1913 in Palo Alto, California, died October 19, 2005, also in Palo Alto, CA) was the "Dean of American Hypnotists". McGill became interested in magic as a kid (he was also pretty legendary in magic circles), taking up hypnosis in 1927 while still a teenager.
Ormond Pursuivant Ormond Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary (also spelt Ormonde) is the title of a Scottish officer of arms. The office is currently vacant, as the reduction in the number of pursuivants in the Court of the Lord Lyon from six to three in the late 19th century means only three titles are in use at any one time.
Ormond Stone Ormond Stone (January 11, 1847 - January 17, 1933), was an astronomer, mathematician and educator. He was the director of Cincinnati Observatory and subsequently the first director of the McCormick Observatory, where he trained a significant number of scientists.
Ormond, Ontario Ormond is a small hamlet in Eastern Ontario, with a population of not more than 150. To the South is Winchester, to the East, Morewood and Marionville, to the Northwest, highway 31 and Vernon, Ontario, and to the North, Metcalfe.
Ormonde Castle Ormonde Castle is a castle on the River Suir on the east side of Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland. The oldest part of the existing castle is a mid-15th century walled bawn cornered on the northeast and northwest by towers.
Ormonde Stakes The Ormonde Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1 mile 5 furlongs and 89 yards (2,697 metres) at Chester Racecourse in May.
Ormsby M. Mitchel Ormbsy MacKnight Mitchel (July 20, 1805 – October 30, 1862) was an American astronomer and major general in the American Civil War who ordered the raid that became famous as the Great Locomotive Chase. He was known as "Old Stars.
Ormskirk Ormskirk is a market town in England, situated thirteen miles north of Liverpool and eighteen miles south of Preston. It lies on sloping ground on the side of a ridge, whose highest point is 254 feet above sea-level, at the centre of the West Lancashire Plain.
Ormskirk railway station Ormskirk railway station is situated in the town of Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. The town is in the southern part of the West Lancashire district, and has many links with the Merseyside communities to its south.
Ormtjernkampen National Park Ormtjernkampen is a national park located in Gausdal municipality in the county of Oppland in Norway. It is the smallest national park in Norway and consists primarily of virgin spruce forest, with some lakes and marshes.
Ormulum The Ormulum or Orrmulum is a 12th-century work of Biblical exegesis, written in early Middle English verse by a monk named Orm (or Ormin). Because of the unique phonetic orthography adopted by the author, the work preserves many details of English pronunciation at a time when the language was in flux after the Norman Conquest; consequently, despite its lack of literary merit, it is invaluable to philologists in tracing the development of English.
Ormus Ormus (also known as Ohrmuzd, Hormuz, and Ohrmazd) was a 16th and 17th century kingdom located within the Persian Gulf and extending as far as the Strait of Hormuz. During this time, it was a client state of the Portuguese empire.
Ornain The Ornain is a 120 km long river in northeastern France, right tributary of the Saulx (Seine basin). It is formed near the village Gondrecourt-le-Château by the confluence of the small rivers Ognon and Maldite.
Ornament (architecture) In architecture, ornament is a decorative detail used to embellish parts of a building or interior furnishing. Ornament can be carved from stone, wood or precious metals, formed with plaster or clay, or impressed onto a surface as applied ornament.
Ornament (music) In music, ornaments are musical flourishes that are not necessary to the overall melodic (or harmonic) line, but serve to decorate or "ornament" that line. Many ornaments are performed as "fast notes" around a central note.
Ornament and Crime Ornament and Crime is an essay written by the influential and self-consciously "modern" Austrian architect Adolf Loos under the German title Ornament und Verbrechen in 1908. It was translated into English in 1913, under its challenging title.
Ornamental Gardens The Ornamental Gardens are located at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa, Ontario Canada. Once used as a test facility for the development of winter hardy roses, weigela and peonies it now acts as the steward to several large collections of ornamentals.
Ornamental plant An ornamental plant is a plant that is grown for its ornamental qualities, rather than for its commercial or other value. The term is often abbreviated to ornamental (usually as a noun) when used in horticultural contexts.
Ornate angelshark The ornate angelshark, Squatina tergocellata, is an angel shark of the family Squatinidae endemic to southeast Australia between latitudes 30° S and 35° S, at depths of between 130 and 400 m. Its length is up to 1.
Ornate butterflyfish The ornate butterflyfish, Chaetodon ornatissimus, is a butterflyfish of the family Chaetodontidae found in the Indo-Pacific oceans from Sri Lanka to the Hawaiian, Marquesan and Ducie islandss, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe and Rapa islands, and throughout Micronesia, at depths down to 36 m. Its length is up to 20 cm.
Ornate dogfish The ornate dogfish, Centroscyllium ornatum, is a little-known deepwater dogfish shark found on the upper continental slopes of the Indian Ocean, in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, at depths of between 520 and 1,260 m. Its length is up to 30 cm, and its reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Ornate wobbegong The ornate wobbegong, Orectolobus ornatus, is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in the western Pacific Ocean around eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia, between latitudes 1° N to 40° S. It reaches a length of 2.
Ornge (Ontario Air Ambulance) Ornge (formerly Ontario Air Ambulance) is the air ambulance service for the province of Ontario and for the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (Ontario). The provision of ambulance services in Ontario is governed by the Ambulance Act.
Ornithine transcarbamylase Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) (also called ornithine carbamoyltransferase) is an enzyme that catalyzes the reaction between carbamoyl phosphate (CP) and ornithine (Orn) to form citrulline (Cit) and phosphate (Pi). In plants and microbes OTC is involved in arginine (Arg) biosynthesis, whereas in mammals it is located in the mitochondria and is part of the urea cycle.
Ornithine translocase deficiency Ornithine translocase deficiency is a rare inherited disorder that causes ammonia to accumulate in the blood. Ammonia, which is formed when proteins are broken down in the body, is toxic if the levels become too high.
Ornithischia Ornithischia or Predentata is an order of beaked, herbivorous dinosaurs. The name ornithischia is derived from the Greek ornitheos (ορνιθειος) meaning 'of a bird' and ischion (ισχιον) meaning 'hip joint'.
Ornithoctoninae Ornithoctoninae, also known as earth tigers, are a sub-family of old-world tarantulas, which were first erected in 1895 by Reginald Innes Pocock on basis of the genotype Ornithoctonus andersoni described in 1892 from former Burma, now Myanmar.
Ornithogalum pyrenaicum Ornithogalum pyrenaicum, also called Prussian asparagus, wild asparagus, Bath Asparagus, Pyrenees star of Bethlehem or spiked star of Bethlehem, is a plant whose young flower shoots may be eaten as a vegetable, similar to asparagus.
Ornithocheirus Ornithocheirus (from Greek "ορνις", meaning bird, and "χειρ", meaning hand) was a huge pterosaur from the early Cretaceous period of South America. Along with Quetzalcoatlus, several large bone fragments from the Santana Formation of Brazil indicate that Ornithocheirus may have been one of the largest pterosaurs that ever lived, with a wingspan reaching almost 12 m (40 ft).
Ornitholestes Ornitholestes ("bird robber") was a small theropod dinosaur of the late Jurassic of Western Laurasia (the area that was to become North America). Almost everything known of this species comes from a single skeleton of Ornitholestes, found near Como Bluff in 1900, and described by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1903.
Ornithological handbook An ornithological handbook is a book (or series of books) giving summarised information either about the birds of a particular geographical area or a particular taxonomic group of birds. Some handbooks cover many aspects of their subjects' biology, whereas others focus on specific topics, particularly identification.
Ornithological Society of the Middle East The Ornithological Society of the Middle East was formed in April 1978 as a successor to the Ornithological Society of Turkey and was expanded in 2001 to cover the Caucasus and central Asia. Its aims are as follows:
Ornithology Ornithology (from the Greek ornis = bird and logos = word/science) is the branch of zoology concerned with the scientific study of birds. Several aspects of the study of ornithology differ from closely related disciplines, perhaps because of the high visibility and the aesthetic appeal of birds.
Ornithomancy Ornithomancy is the practice of Ancient Greek augury of birds. Though mainly regarding the birds' flights and songs, any action of the bird could have been interpreted as a method of foreseeing or foretelling, or could have been interpreted as a message from the gods.
Ornithomimoides Ornithomimodes ("bird mimmic-like") is a dubious genus of small theropod dinosaur, from the Late Cretaceous period (Coniacian to Santonian stages, 85-83 mya) of India. Two species have been itenditified, though they are known only from isolated vertebrae.
Ornithomimosauria Ornithomimosaurs (meaning 'bird mimic lizards') or members of the clade Ornithomimosauria are theropod dinosaurs, like Gallimimus, which bore a superficial resemblance to modern ostriches. They were fast, fleet-footed, omnivorous or herbivorous dinosaurs from the Cretaceous Period of Laurasia (now Asia, Europe and North America).
Ornithomimus Ornithomimus (meaning 'bird mimic') is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now North America. Ornithomimus velox was named on the basis of a foot and partial hand from the Maastrichtian Denver Formation, but better material has since been found in Canada, including the Edmontonian-age Ornithomimus edmontonicus and an excellent articulated specimen (species unknown) from Dinosaur Provincial Park.
Ornithopod Ornithopods are a group of ornithischian dinosaurs who started out as small, cursorial grazers, and grew in size and numbers until they became one of the most successful Cretaceous herbivores in the world, and totally dominated the North American landscape. Their major evolutionary advantage was the progressive development of a chewing apparatus that became the most sophisticated ever developed by a reptile, rivaling that of modern mammals like the domestic cow.
Ornithopter An ornithopter (from Greek ornithos "bird" and pteron "wing") is an aircraft that flies by flapping of the wings. Since many examples of flapping-wing flight exist in nature, such as birds, bats, and insects, designers seek to imitate this mode of flight.
Ornithosuchus Ornithosuchus was a Late Triassic crurotarsan. Originally it was thought to be the ancestor to the carnosaur dinosaurs (which then included Tyrannosaurus), however now it is known to be more closely related to crocodilians than dinosaurs.
Orny Adams Orny Adams (born November 10, 1970) is a comedian working in New York and Los Angeles. He has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with David Letterman and Tough Crowd, as well as other television programs.
Oro Valley, Arizona Oro Valley, incorporated in 1974, is a suburban town located six miles north of Tucson, Arizona, USA in Pima County. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 38,438, an increase from 29,700 in 2000 according to the U.
Oro-Medonte, Ontario Oro-Medonte is a township in south-central Ontario, Canada on the northwestern shores of Lake Simcoe in Simcoe County. Oro-Medonte is divided into lines based on the concession system implemented by the British colonial government in the mid-1700s.
Oroño Boulevard Oroño Boulevard (in Spanish, Bulevar Oroño) is a street in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. It is a two-way boulevard that runs north–south through the center-east of the city, from the coastal avenue by the Paraná River to the southern limit of the urbanized area.
Orobanchaceae Orobanchaceae , or the broomrape family, is a family of flowering plants of the order Lamiales, with about 25 genera and more than 200 species. Many of these genera were formerly included in the family Scrophulariaceae s.
Orocobix Orocobix was the principal regional Taino Cacique (chief) of the central mountain region of Puerto Rico, that was called, Jatibonicu in the 1500s. The Jatibonicu territorial region covered the present day municipalities of Aibonito, Orocovis, Barranquitas, Morovis and Corozal.
Orocovis OROCOVIS: A small town located in the central mountain region of the US Caribbean island Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The town originally was known by it pre-columbian Taino American Indian name of Barros and was renamed to Orocovis honoring Chief Orocobix in the year 1825.
Orocovis, Puerto Rico Orocovis (o-ro-KO-vis) is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range, north of Villalba and Coamo; south of Morovis and Corozal; southeast of Ciales; east of Jayuya; and west of Barranquitas. Orocovis is spread over 15 wards and Orocovis Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).
Orofacial granulomatosis Orofacial granulomatosis is a disease which presents as a non-tender swelling and characterized by non-necrotizing granulomas (small inflammatory nodules). The cause is unknown, but it is commonly associated with the Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome when found on the lip.

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