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Pasir Ris Pasir Ris is primarily a residential area in Singapore comprising many high-rise residential dwelling blocks, mostly public housing built by the Housing and Development Board in Pasir Ris New Town. The town is located in the eastern part of Singapore.
Pasir Ris Bus Interchange Pasir Ris Bus Interchange (Chinese: 巴西立巴士转换站) is a bus station located at Pasir Ris in the eastern part of Singapore. This bus interchange also serves as a pickup/dropoff point for shuttle buses ferrying NSmen heading to the SAF Ferry Terminal for their shuttle ferry to Pulau Tekong.
Pasir Ris New Town Pasir Ris New Town is a new town in the Eastern part of Singapore. Built by the Housing and Development Board, it is bounded by the Pasir Ris Drive 12, the Tampines Expressway, Old Tampines Road, east edge of Loyang Valley, south of Loyang Industrial Estate, a canal leading to Serangoon Harbour, and the south edge of Pasir Ris Park back to Pasir Ris Drive 12.
Pasir Ris Park Pasir Ris Park (Chinese: 白沙公园) is a beach park located in the north-eastern part of Singapore. It stands at 71 hectares of land, including 6 hectares of preserved mangrove forests and some reclaimed land.
Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency (Simplified Chinese: 白沙—榜鹅集选区) is a six-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern region of Singapore. The constituency consists of Pasir Ris, Punggol, a small part of Hougang and the eastern part of Sengkang.
Pasithea In Greek mythology, Pasithea or Pasithee is the eldest of the Graces, and goddess of hallucination or hallucinatory drugs, her name meaning "acquired sight" (Greek pasis, "acquired", and thea "sight, goddess". In some accounts she is a daughter of Zeus, in others the offspring of Hera and Dionysus.
Pasithee (moon) Pasithee (pə-sith'-ee-ə, or spelling pronunciation pas'-ə-thee, ; Greek Πασιθέη), or Jupiter XXXVIII, is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S.
Paskal Pasukan Khas Laut (Special Maritime Unit, Paskal) is an elite navy commando unit and special operations force in Malaysia. "Pasukan Khas Laut" (PASKAL) was formed on 1 October 1982 with the explicit purpose of enforcing Malaysia's maritime claims through sea, air and land operations (similar to the United States Navy SEALs).
Paskamanset River The Paskamanset River, also known as the Paskamansett River, is a river in New Bedford and Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The Paskamanset and Slocums River really form just a single river but the fresh water portion kept its earlier Indian name, while the salt-water portion is named for its English discoverer.
Paskau PASKAU (Pasukan Khas Udara; Special Air Team) is a unit of the Royal Malaysian Air Force. The squad was created in the 1970s after the covert attacked by the Malayan Communist Party were the communist agents attacked with high explosion mortar from the outside RMAF airbase and one of the DHC-4 Carribou airplane was completely destroyed.
Pasko Naming Hangad 'Pasko Naming Hangad' (Tagalog: Our Christmas desire) is the third album recorded by Philippine-based vocal ensemble Hangad. It is Hangad's first Christmas-themed album, containing original compositions and arrangements of some familiar Christmas songs.
Pasko Rakic Pasko Rakic is a neuroscientist at Yale University. Rakic has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences USA, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Presidency of the Society for Neuroscience.
Pasłęka Pasłęka () is a river in northern Poland, a tributary of the Vistula Bay and thus into the Baltic Sea, with a length of 169 km (23rd longest) and the basin area of 2,294 km² (all in Poland). The town of Braniewo is located on this river.
Paso A Paso [ Spanish > "Pace" or "Step"] is an elaborate float made for religious parades. They are carried by porters on staves, like a litter or sedan chair, and are usually followed or escorted by a band.
Paso de Cortés The Paso de Cortés is the pass or saddle between the Popocatépetl and Ixtaccíhuatl volcanoes in central México. It thus forms part of the Trans-Mexican volcanic belt, and is a place where the normally southeast-tending continental divide heads north for over 10 miles.
Paso de los Libres-Uruguaiana International Bridge The Paso de los Libres-Uruguaiana International Bridge is a road and railroad bridge that joins Argentina and Brazil over the Uruguay River, running between Paso de los Libres, Corrientes Province, Argentina, and Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It measures 1,419 meters (4,655 ft) in length.
Paso de los Toros (drink) Paso de los Toros (Bull's pass) is a Uruguayan commercial carbonated soft drink, a brand of tonic water. It is named after the Uruguayan city Paso de los Toros and is bottled by Pepsi factories, and it was originally produced by a local company.
Paso de Porculla The Olmos-Marañon highway begins from the detour that is located in the kilometer 865 of the South Pan-American highway. From the city of Chiclayo up to the detour of Olmos (department of Lambayeque), there are 104 kilometers of distance towards the north.
Paso Del Norte Group The Paso Del Norte Group (PDNG) is a private organization of approximately 360 business and civic leaders of El Paso, Texas. The group, meant to be representative of the El Paso region, also includes members from Juarez, Mexico and Southern New Mexico.
Paso Doble Paso Doble or pasodoble is a lively style of dance to the duple meter march-like pasodoble music. It actually originated in France but is modeled after the sound, drama, and movement of the Spanish] [[bullfighting|bullfight.
Paso Fino The Paso Fino is a beautiful, naturally-gaited horse with a history dating back many centuries to Spain. The Paso Fino is a mix of the Barb, Spanish Jennet, and Andalusian horse and was bred by Spanish land owners in Puerto Rico and Colombia to be used in the plantations because of their endurance and the comfortable ride they provided.
Paso Robles Wine Festival The Paso Robles Wine Festival is a festival focused on tasting Californian wines, held in Paso Robles' downtown city park. Attendees have the opportunity to talk with the Paso Robles vintners and taste their wines.
Pasonanca Park Pasonanca Park-is renowned in the Philippines as a tourist attraction and popular site for youth citizenship training and for the holding of regional seminars, conferences, conventions, outdoor campings, or Boy Scout and Girl Scout jamborees. It is located in Zamboanga City about 7 km.
Pasotron A Plasma-assisted slow-wave oscillator (Pasotron) is a directed energy device that produces high-power, long-pulse microwave energy. Because the device does not require any externally-produced magnetic fields to confine the electron beam used to generate the microwaves, it can be constructed to be smaller and lighter than other high-power microwave sources.
Paspalum Paspalum is a genus of the grass family, Poaceae. It includes Bahia grass (Paspalum notatum), the food grain Koda millet (Paspalum scorbiculatum) and a warm season turfgrass (Paspalum vaginatum), which is sometimes used as an alternative for bermudagrass.
Pasporta Servo The Pasporta Servo (Passport Service) is a hospitality service for speakers of the language Esperanto. The service publishes a directory of people from countries in every continent who are willing to host other Esperanto speakers in their homes for free.
Pasqual Cicogna Pasquale Cicogna was the Doge of Venice from 1585 to 1595. He supported the claim of Henry of Navarre to the French throne, and convinced Pope Sixtus V to support Henry in exchange for his conversion to Catholicism.
Pasqual Ferry Pasqual Ferry (sometimes credited as Paschalis, Pascual or Pascal Ferry) is a Spanish comic book artist and penciller, best known in the United States' comic industry for his work on Heroes for Hire (1997), Action Comics (2000) and Adam Strange (2004).
Pasqual Maragall i Mira Pasqual Maragall i Mira (born January 13, 1941) was the 127th President of Generalitat de Catalunya (the government of Catalonia). He had previously been Mayor of Barcelona, from 1982 to 1997, and helped run the city's successful Olympic bid.
Pasquale Amati Pasquale Amati (1716—1796) was an Italian antiquary, born at Savignano di Romagna (now Savignano sul Rubicone), and educated at Cesena, Rimini, and Rome. On his return to Savignano he wrote two Dissertazione (Faenza, 1761-63) to prove that the Rubicon was the river Savignano.
Pasquale Anfossi Pasquale Anfossi (5 April, 1727 – February, 1797) was an Italian opera composer. Born in Taggia (Liguria), he studied with Niccolò Piccinni and Antonio Sacchini, and worked mainly in London, Venice and Rome.
Pasquale Buzzelli Pasquale Buzzelli was one of the few survivors of the September 11, 2001 attacks who didn't leave the towers before collapse. When the collapse occurred, Buzzelli was on what he claims was the twenty-second floor of the North Tower (though Genelle McMillan attests that he was with her and that both were on the thirteenth floor).
Pasquale Cajano Pasquale Cajano (born Pasquale Cagiano August 19, 1921 - October 24, 2000) was a small-time Italian-American film actor. After two uncredited cameo appearances in The Age of Innocence and Where Evil Lies, Cajano gained more fame when he was cast by his friend Martin Scorsese in the 1995 crime drama Casino as the Mafia Boss Remo Gaggi, based on the real-life mob boss Joseph Aiuppa.
Pasqualina Lehnert Sister Pasqualina Lehnert (August 25,1894 — November 13,1983) was a Bavarian Roman Catholic nun who served as Pope Pius XII's housekeeper from his period as Nuncio to Bavaria in 1917 until his death as pope in 1958. She was born Josefina Lehnert in Ebersberg, Bavaria.
Pasqualina Napoletano Pasqualina Napoletano (born on 28 September 1949) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Central region with the Democratici di Sinistra, a Vice-Chairwoman of the Socialist Group, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade.
Pasque flower Pasque flowers (or pasqueflowers) are deciduous perennials that are found in short clumps in meadows and prairies of North America and Eurasia. The genus Pulsatilla includes about 30 species, many of which are valued for their finely-dissected leaves, solitary bell-shaped flowers, and plumed seed heads.
Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center The Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center is a 1000-seat concert hall located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. The auditorium is the home of the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra, and many other cultural events.
Pasquinade Pasquinade refers to an anonymous lampoon, whether in verse or in prose. Pasquin (Italian Pasquino) was the name ordinary Romans gave to a battered ancient statue dug up in the course of paving the Parione district and erected at the corner of Piazza di Pasquino and Palazzo Braschi, on the west side of Piazza Navona in the Piazza Navona in 1501, by Cardinal Oliviero Carafa, who inadvertently gave the statue its first voice, by originating an annual ceremony, the first in 1501, for Saint Mark's Day, April 25.
Pasquotank River The Pasquotank River is a coastal water-body in Northeastern North Carolina in the United States. Located between Camden and Pasquotank counties, the Pasquotank connects directly to the Albemarle Sound and is part of the Intracoastal Waterway via Elizabeth City.
Pass by catastrophe Pass by catastrophe refers to any number of popular urban legends in academia claiming that if some particular catastrophic event occurs, students whose performance could have been affected by the event are automatically awarded passing grades on the grounds that there would then be no way to assess them fairly and they cannot be penalized for the catastrophe. Typical instances of this legend include:
Pass deflected In American football a Pass deflected, also known as a Pass defensed, is an incomplete pass that is caused by a defensive player. This is done by slapping or blocking the ball, and is an important statistic for determining a defensive back's effectiveness.
Pass interference In American football, pass interference is when a player interferes with an eligible receiver's ability to make a fair attempt to catch a forward pass. Pass interference may include tripping, pushing, pulling or cutting in front of the receiver or pulling on the receiver's arms.
Pass laws Pass laws in South Africa were designed to segregate the population and were one of the dominant features of the country's apartheid system. Introduced in South Africa in 1923, they were designed to regulate movement of black Africans into urban areas.
Pass of Brander Stone Signals The Pass of Brander Stone Signals are a series of railway signals situated in the Pass of Brander, between Loch Awe and Taynuilt stations on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line in Scotland. They are part of a warning system that advises train drivers to exercise caution in the event of a rock-fall.
Pass of Drumochter The Pass of Drumochter (Scottish Gaelic: Bealach Druim uachdair) is the main mountain pass between the northern and southern central Scottish Highlands. The A9 road passes through here, as does the Highland Main Line, the railway between Inverness and the south of Scotland.
Pass the Buck (pricing game) Pass the Buck is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Debuting on October 4, 2001, it is played for a car and a cash prize of up to $8,000 (or up to $9,000 without winning the car); and uses grocery items.
Pass the Gravy Pass the Gravy is a 1928 short comedy film in which neighbors argue over their pet chickens, and their children, who are in love. It stars Max Davidson, Gene Morgan, Spec O'Donnell, Martha Sleeper and Bert Sprotte.
Pass-or-correct bid In the card game Bridge a pass-or-correct bid (or convertible bid), is a non-forcing bid that asks partner to pass or bid differently based on her/his holding. Pass-or-correct bids are generally used as responses to multiway bids.
Pass-Through Certificates Pass-Through Certificates (PTCs) are instruments that evidence the ownership of two or more Equipment Trust Certificates. In other words, Equipment Trust Certificates may be bundled into a pass-through structure as a means of diversifying the asset pool and/or increasing the size of the offering.
Passacaglia In music a passacaglia (French: passacaille, Spanish: pasacalle, German: passacalia; Italian: passacaglio, passagallo, passacagli, passacaglie) is a musical form and the corresponding court dance. Its name derives from the Spanish pasar (to walk) and calle (street), deriving either from street performance or musicians taking a few steps during one.
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 The Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor (BWV 582) is the name of a piece of music by Johann Sebastian Bach for the organ. It is his most large-scale work for the organ, described by the noted organist and Bach player E.
Passacaglia ĂĽber Heidelberg Passacaglia ĂĽber Heidelberg is a musical work by Juan Maria Solare for clarinet, violin and violoncello (Cologne, 30/JAN - 11/FEB/1996) [7'00"]. It is dedicated to the city of Heidelberg on the occasion of its 800th anniversary.
Passage (Carpenters album) Passage is an album by American popular music duo The Carpenters. Released in 1977, it produced the singles "All You Get From Love is a Love Song" and "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognised Anthem of World Contact Day).
Passage (Samael album) Passage is the 1996 album by Swiss metal band Samael. On this album, the band suddenly started making a much more intensive use of keyboards and industrial sounds, getting further away from their trash/black metal roots and progressing into the industrial dark metal genre.
Passage des Panoramas The Passage des Panoramas is a roofed commercial passageway located in the IIe arrondissement, of Paris between the Montmartre boulevard to the North and Saint-Marc street to the south. It is one of the earliest venues of the Parisian philatelic trade, and it was one of the very first covered, airy commercial passageways in the world.
Passage du Havre Passage du Havre is an old shopping] [[Arcade (architecture)|arcade in the centre of Paris. Formerly geared towards fish shops and railway modelling (Hornby, La Maison du Train), the arcade was rebuilt in the lat 1990s at the time as the construction of Paris' RER E underground railway line, to welcome new shops more in keeping with the Quartier de l'Opéra-Saint Lazare but destroying this urban treasure.
Passage grave [simple passage tomb in Carrowmore] near [[Sligo in Ireland]]A Passage grave (sometimes hyphenated) or Passage tomb is a tomb, usually dating to the Neolithic, where the burial chamber is reached along a distinct, and usually low, passage. Some variants have sub-chambers leading off from the main burial chamber, called Cruciform passage graves.
Passage of the Red Sea The Passage of the Red Sea is the the account of the march of Moses and the Israelites on their escape out of Egypt and the alleged crossing of the Red Sea as described in the Biblical Exodus, chapters 13:17 to 15:12.
Passages Passages is a musical album in the style of chamber music co-composed by Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass and released in 1990 by RCA Victor. The album's content is a hybrid of Ravi Shankar's signature sitar playing & Hindustani classical music and Philip Glass's distinct American minimalist contemporary classical style.
Passaggio Passaggio is a term used in classical singing to describe the pitch ranges in which vocal registration events occur. Beneath passagio is the Chest voice where any singer can produce a powerful sound, and above it lies the head voice, where a powerful and resonant sound is accessible only with training.
Passaic (NJT station) Passaic Station is a New Jersey Transit rail station servicing its Main Line trains. The station is located at the intersection of Passaic Avenue, Lackawanna Place, and Van Houten Avenue in the Passaic Park section of Passaic, New Jersey.
Passaic and Harsimus Line Conrail's Passaic and Harsimus Line serves freight in northeastern New Jersey, as an alternate to the mainly passenger Northeast Corridor. It takes trains from the Northeast Corridor and Lehigh Line near Newark Liberty International Airport northeast and east into Jersey City, New Jersey, serving as part of CSX's main corridor from upstate New York to the rest of the east coast.
Passaic City School District Passaic City School District is a compehensive community public school district located in Passaic, New Jersey, serving students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade. PCSD, an Abbott District, serves all of the city of Passaic.
Passaic River Flood Tunnel The Passaic River Flood Tunnel is a proposal for a flood relief tunnel from the central portion of the Passaic River basin in Passaic County, New Jersey in an area where a number of large tributary rivers join the Passaic River and severe flooding occasionally occurs. The tunnel would provide relief to an area that experiences severe flooding events which cause tens of millions in property damage and disruption to lives.
Passaic Valley Regional High School Passaic Valley Regional High School is a regional comprehensive four-year public high school and school district that serves students in grades 9 - 12 from three communities in Passaic County, New Jersey. The school serves students from Little Falls (370 students from a 2000 Census population of 10,855), Totowa Borough (392 students from a population of 9,892) and West Paterson Borough (385 students from a population of 10,987).
Passalidae Passalidae is a family of beetles known variously as "bessbugs", "bess beetles", "betsy beetles" or "horned passalus beetles". Nearly all of the 500-odd species are tropical; species found in North America are notable for their size, ranging from 20-43 mm, for having a single "horn" on the head, and for a form of social behavior unusual among beetles.
Passamezzo moderno The Gregory Walker or passamezzo moderno (modern half step, also quadran, quadrant, quadro pavan) was "one of the most popular harmonic formulae in the Renaissance period, divides into two complementary strains thus:"
Passau Passau (Latin: Batavia, Czech: Pasov) is a town in Niederbayern, Eastern Bavaria, Germany, known also as the DreiflĂĽssestadt (City of Three Rivers), because the Danube River is joined there by the Inn River from the South, and the Ilz River coming out of the Bavarian Forest to the North.
Passé composé Passé Composé is the most commonly used past tense in the modern French language. It is used to express that an action has been completed at the time of speech, or at some (possibly unknown) time in the past.
Passband In telecommunications, optics, and acoustics, a passband is the portion of spectrum, between limiting frequencies (or, in the optical regime, limiting wavelengths), that is transmitted with minimum relative loss or maximum relative gain by a filtering device.
Passbook A passbook (American English: bankbook) is a paper book used to record bank transactions on a deposit account. Depending on the country or the financial institution, it can be of the dimensions of a chequebook or a passport.
Passe-Partout Passe-Partout was a French-language children's television program produced by Radio-Québec (later Télé-Québec) that was in production from 1977 to 1987. It aired on Radio-Québec, Radio-Canada and TV Ontario, lasting on some networks until 1998.
Passe-Tout-Grains Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains is a controlled appellation from the region of Burgundy, France. The Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains became regional apellation on 31 July 1937 and is comprised by at least one third Pinot Noir and Pinot Liebault and two thirds Gamay grapes that are fermented together.
Passed ball In baseball, a catcher is charged with a passed ball when he fails to hold or control a legally pitched ball which should have been held or controlled with ordinary effort, thereby permitting a runner or runners to advance or score. A runner who advances due to a passed ball is not credited with a stolen base unless he breaks before the pitch is delivered.
Passenger (band) Passenger is a metal band with roots from Swedish metal, heavy pop and American nu metal and alternative metal scene, trying to explore and create a more unique sound. The members are pretty well known in the Gothenburg scene.
Passenger car A passenger car is a piece of railway rolling stock that is designed to carry passengers. Most often, the term passenger car is associated with equipment that resembles a coach or sleeping car, but it can also encompass several other specialized types of equipment, including baggage, dining and railway post office cars.
Passenger information ’’’Passenger information’’’ refers to operational information disseminated to public transport users. A distinction is drawn between information for planning (travel route investigation, times, trip durations, fares, etc.
Passenger leukocyte A passenger leukocyte is an immunological concept that is an important concept in transplatation biology. The term was conined in 1968 when Elkins and Guttmann showed that leukocytes present in a donor initiate an immune response in the recipient of a transplant.
Passenger Name Record A Passenger Name Record (PNR) is the travel record for a person (or small group of persons) as used by airline and travel agency databases. Colloquially, "PNR" may also refer to the unique six-character record locator used to identify the record.
Passenger Pigeon The Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) or Wild Pigeon is an extinct species of pigeon that was once the most common bird in North America. It is estimated that there were as many as five billion Passenger Pigeons in the United States at the time Europeans arrived in North America.
Passenger ship A passenger ship is a ship whose primary function is to carry passengers. The category does not include cargo vessels which have accommodations for limited numbers of passengers, such as the ubiquitous twelve-passenger freighters once common on the seas in which the transport of passengers is secondary to the carriage of freight.
Passenger Transport Executive In the United Kingdom, Passenger Transport Executives (PTEs) are local government bodies which are responsible for public transport (passenger transport) within large urban areas. They are accountable to bodies called Passenger Transport Authorities (PTAs) (see below).
Passenger virus A passenger virus, according to the Duesberg hypothesis, is a virus that simply 'hitchhikes' in the body of a person without causing symptoms, illness or disease. From a disease perspective, therefore, a passenger virus may be thought of as inert.
Passenger-Only Fast Ferry Class ferry The Passenger-Only Fast Ferry Class ferries were built by Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes, Washington for Washington State Ferries beginning in 1998. They are unique in the system for being propelled by water jets rather than traditional propellers.
Passepartout (SAJV) Passepartout as a fictional character in the science fiction television series The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne was born to the semi-piratical captain of a Mediterranean trading vessel, Passepartout, uncertain of his actual birthplace, combines all the nationalities of Southern Europe from Albania to Spain. Before becoming Phileas Fogg's valet, he had been a circus acrobat, lumberjack, large-animal veterinary assistant, and hairdresser to the Emperor of Ethiopia.
Passer rating Passer rating is a measure of the performance of quarterbacks or any other passers in American football. There are at least two formulae currently in use: one officially used by the National Football League and the Canadian Football League, and one used in college football.
Passerelle The Passerelle, also known as the Luxembourg Viaduct, is a viaduct in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It runs southwards from the city centre, Ville Haute, carrying road traffic across the PĂ©trusse valley and connecting Boulevard Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Avenue de la Gare.
Passerelle Clause The Passerelle Clause, also known as the Escalator Clause, is a clause within treaties of the European Union that allows for the replacement of unanimous voting in the European Council with qualified majority voting (QMV).
Passerida Passerida is under the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, one of two parvorders contained within the suborder Passeri. While more recent research suggests that its sister parvorder, Corvida is not a singular grouping, the existence of Passerida as a distinct clade is well accepted.
Passerina The genus Passerina is a group of birds in the Cardinal family Cardinalidae. Although not directly related to buntings in the family Emberizidae, they are sometimes known as the North American buntings (the North American Emberizidae are colloquially called "sparrows" although they are also not related to these birds).
Passfaces Passfaces:A strong authentication technology that is used to either replace or augment passwords in existing security environments. It is based on cognometrics, or the mind’s natural ability to recognize faces.
Passfield white paper The Passfield White Paper came out of the Hope-Simpson Commission's investigation into the deeper causes of the Wailing Wall disturbances of 1929. The paper backtracked from the Balfour Declaration and, if implemented, would have limited Jewish immigration to Palestine.
Passchendaele (film) Passchendaele is the name of a film project spearheaded by Canadian actor Paul Gross (Due South). The film, to be shot in Calgary, Alberta, CFB Suffield, and on location in Belgium, focuses on the experiences of Gross' grandfather, Michael Dunne, a soldier who served in the 10th Battalion, CEF in the First World War at the Battle of Passchendaele (also known as the Third Battle of Ypres).
Passchendaele Memorial The Passchendaele Memorial is a war memorial commemorating the actions of the Canadian Corps during the World War I Battle of Passchendaele. This battle was part of the larger battles that were fought around the town of Ypres.
Passi Passi is a French hip hop artist who became famous in the mid-1990s with the group Ministère AMER, which included himself and Stomy Bugsy. He is most widely known, however, as a solo artist, as well as a participant in many other groups, such as Bisso Na Bisso and Dis l'heure 2 zouk.
Passiflora edulis Passion fruit (Portuguese: maracujá; Spanish: maracuyá) comes from passion flower vines, plants of the genus Passiflora, native to tropical and sub-tropical America. The members of this genus produce beautiful flowers that are extensively cultivated outside their natural range.
Passiflora foetida The Foetid Passion Flower or Stinking Passion Flower (Passiflora foetida), also known as the Wild Maracuja or Running Pop, is a creeping vine which has an edible fruit and leaves that have a mildly rank aroma. It is native to northern South America and the West Indies.
Passiflora incarnata Maypop (Passiflora incarnata), also known as Purple passionflower, is a fast growing perennial vine with climbing or trailing stems. A member of the passionflower genus Passiflora, the Maypop has large, intricate flowers with prominent styles and stamens.
Passiflora lutea Passiflora lutea (Yellow passionflower) is a flowering plant in the family Passifloraceae, native North America, in the eastern and south-central parts of the United States from Pennsylvania west to Kansas, and south to Florida and Texas. It is the northernmost species of Passiflora, occurring slightly further north than P.
Passiflora tarminiana Passiflora tarminiana is a variety of passion fruit. Its single fruits ("banana passionfruits") look somewhat like a straight, small banana with rounded ends, and are called "curuba india" in Colombia, where this plant is a native species.

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