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Tanker boot Tanker boots are military boots closely associated with soldiers who serve on tanks and tracked vehicles in general. It is said the idea was borrowed from the French crewmen encountered during World War I when then-Captain George S.
Tankerton A suburb of Whitstable, Tankerton was a commercial development by the Tankerton Estate Company in the late 19th century, and was designed with a grid of streets leading from the shoreline. It used to be known as Tankerton-on-Sea.
Tankette A tankette is a type of small armoured fighting vehicle resembling a tank, intended for infantry support or reconnaissance. Tankettes were designed and built by several nations between about 1930 and 1935, and saw some combat in the Second World War.
TankĹŤbon is the Japanese term for a "compilation volume" of a particular series (such as a manga or a novel series, magazine articles, essays, craft patterns, etc.), as opposed to a magazine or a complete works series which often contain multiple titles.
Tanks in World War I The tank was developed by the British in World War I as a solution to the stalemate trench warfare had brought to the western front. The first prototype of the Mark I tank was tested for the British Army on September 6, 1915.
Tanktics: Computer Game of Armored Combat on the Eastern Front Tanktics: Computer Game of Armored Combat on the Eastern Front was Chris Crawford's first computer game, created for his own custom setup in 1977 and published for the Commodore PET in 1978. Avalon Hill published a 1981 release for the TRS-80 and Apple II.
Tankwa Karoo National Park Tankwa Karoo National Park is a Scientific National Park in South Africa. The park lies near the border of the Northern Cape and Western Cape, in one of the most arid regions of South Africa, receiving 100mm or less of precipitation in an average year.
Tanna Devei Eliyahu Tanna Devei Eliyahu (Hebrew: תנא דבי אליהו) is the composite name of a midrash, consisting of two parts, whose final redaction took place at the end of the 10th century CE. The first part is called "Seder Eliyahu Rabbah" (31 chapters); the second, "Seder Eliyahu Zuṭa" (15 chapters).
Tanna Ground-dove The Tanna Ground Dove (Gallicolumba ferruginea), also known as Forster's Dove of Tanna, is an extinct dove species. Its taxonomic affiliation is uncertain but at its first scientific discussion by Johann Georg Wagler in 1829 it was classified into the genus Gallicolumba (which includes Ground Doves and Bleeding-hearts); its closest relative is possibly the Santa Cruz Ground Dove.
Tannaka-Krein duality In mathematics, Tannaka-Krein duality theory concerns the interaction of a topological group and its category of linear representations. The aim is for a version of Pontryagin duality that is a mathematical duality for groups that are not commutative.
Tannakian category In mathematics, a tannakian category is a particular kind of monoidal category C, equipped with some extra structure relative to a given field K. The role of such categories C is to approximate, in some sense, the category of linear representations of an algebraic group G defined over K.
Tanne Ost Operation Tanne Ost ("Fir East") was a German operation during World War II to capture the island Suursaari (Swedish Högland, Russian Gogland) in the Gulf of Finland before it could fall into Soviet hands. Suursaari was especially important because it worked as a lock in the Finnish gulf guarding the minefields keeping the Soviet Baltic Navy in Kronstadt.
Tannenzäpfle Rothaus Tannenzäpfle is a German pilsener beer from the Black Forest region that has achieved cult status in certain parts of East Berlin, above all in fashionable bars of the districts of Friedrichshain and Mitte. (The German word "Tannenzäpfle" means pine-cone.
Tanner '88 Tanner '88 was a groundbreaking HBO television series. Written by Garry Trudeau and directed by Robert Altman, it went behind the scenes of the fictional campaign of former Michigan Congressman Jack Tanner in his unsuccessful bid for the Democratic party's nomination for the United States presidential election, 1988.
Tanner Moor Tanner Moor is one of the largest moorlands in Austria with a surface area of 120 hectares. Tanner Moor is a Natura 2000 ecologically protected area located on a high granite plateau in the Freistadt district, MĂĽhlviertel, Upper Austria at an average elevation of 900 m.
Tanner on Tanner Tanner on Tanner was a 2004 comedy and the sequel series to the 1988 Robert Altman directed and Garry Trudeau written mini-series about a failed presidential candidate, Tanner '88. The sequel focuses mostly on Alex Tanner (Cynthia Nixon), a struggling filmmaker and the daughter of onetime Presidential candidate Jack Tanner (Michael Murphy).
Tanner stage The Tanner stages (also known as the Tanner scale) are stages of physical development in children, adolescents and adults. The stages define physical measurements of development based on external primary and secondary sex characteristics, such as the size of the breasts, genitalia, and development of pubic hair.
Tannerite Tannerite is a binary explosive used primarily as a target for firearms practice. Tannerite is unique in that it is exceptionally stable when subjected to less severe forces such as a hammer blow or being dropped.
Tannersville Cranberry Bog The Tannersville Cranberry Bog is a sphagnum bog on the Cranberry Creek in Tannersville, Pennsylvania. It is the southernmost boreal bog east of the Mississippi river, containing many black spruce and tamarack trees at the southern limit of their ranges.
Tannerus (crater) Tannerus is a small lunar crater that is located in the rugged southern highlands of the Moon. It lies within a couple of crater diameters of Asclepi crater to the northeast, and some distance due east of Jacobi crater.
Tanngrisnir and TanngnjĂłstr In Norse mythology, Tanngrisnir (tooth-grinder) and TanngnjĂłstr (tooth-gnasher) are a pair of magic goats which draw the flying chariot of the god Thor. Thor is able to eat the goats, and by placing the bones and skin together, is able to return them to life with the aid of his hammer Mjolnir the following day.
Tannhäuser According to medieval German legend, Tannhäuser is a knight and poet who found the Venusburg, the subterranean home of Venus, and spent a year there worshipping the goddess. After leaving the Venusburg, Tannhäuser is filled with remorse, and travels to Rome to ask Pope Urban IV if it is possible to be absolved of his sins.
Tannhäuser (opera) Tannhäuser or Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf die Wartburg (Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest on the Wartburg) is an opera in three acts, music and text by Richard Wagner, based on the two Germanic legends of Tannhäuser and the song contest at Wartburg. Key themes are the struggle between sacred and profane love, and redemption through love (a theme running through almost all Wagner's mature work).
Tannin Tannins are astringent, bitter-tasting plant polyphenols that bind and precipitate proteins. The term tannin refers to the source of tannins used in tanning animal hides into leather; however, the term is widely applied to any large polyphenolic compound containing sufficient hydroxyls and other suitable groups (such as carboxyls) to form strong complexes with proteins and other macromolecules.
Tannin (demon) In Jewish folklore Tannin is the name of a demon associated either with a dragon or a serpent. Sometimes he is compared with Rahab, and also considered a dragon of the sea, especially associated with the Red Sea.
Tanning bed A tanning bed or sunbed is a device emitting ultraviolet radiation (typically 95% UVA and 5% UVB, +/-3%) used to produce a cosmetic tan. There are a few units called "high pressure" beds that generate only UVA, but these are much less common and much more expensive.
Tanning lamp Tanning lamps (or sometimes called tanning bulbs) are the part of a tanning bed, booth or other tanning device that actually produce the ultraviolet. While there are literally hundreds of different tanning lamps, they can usually be classified in two basic groups: low pressure and high pressure.
Tannisho The , also known as the Lamentations of Divergences is a small text written by a disciple of Shinran named Yuien. In the Tannisho Yuien is concerned about the rising doctrinal divergences that emerged in Jodo Shinshu Buddhism after the death of their founder, so he wrote down dialogues between himself and Shinran that he could recall when his master was alive.
Tannu Uriankhai Tannu Uriankhai (Traditional Chinese: 唐努烏梁海; Simplified Chinese: 唐努乌梁海; Hanyu Pinyin: Tángnǔ Wūliáng Hǎi) was originally a part of Outer Mongolia (Mongolia Region of the Republic of China since 1912).
Tannu-Ola Mountains The Tannu-Ola mountains, also called the Tangdy-Uula mountains (Tuvan: Таңды-Уула), is a mountain range in southern Siberia, in the Tuva Republic of Russia. It extends in an east-west direction and curves along the Mongolian border.
Tanoan languages Tanoan is a major linguistic grouping of Pueblo Indians. It is remotely related to the Kiowa language with which it forms the Kiowa-Tanoan language family and an even more remote relation with the Uto-Aztecan and Zuni languages has been suggested.
Tanoli The Tanolies (also spelt Tanauli, Tanawali) (Urdu: تنولی ) are a prominent and famous Muslim Pakhtun tribe residing mainly in the Amb, Hazara district of NWFP Pakistan. They have ruled the state of Amb of Hazara whitch started from the beginning of 18th century.
Tanora Tanora is a tangerine flavoured carbonated drink sold in the Republic of Ireland (predominantly Munster - though traditionally it achieved high sales only in Cork). Most of the the Product sales were in and around the Farranlea Park area of Bishopstown.
Tanorexia Tanorexia is a slang term used to describe people who put themselves at risk of getting skin cancer as a result of the excessive outdoor tanning or excessive use of tanning salons to get a darker skin color. It is based etymologically on the medical condition anorexia, with tanorexics always seeing themselves as too pale.
Tanoshii Moomin Ikka: Muumindani no Suisei (movie) Tanoshii Moomin Ikka: Muumindani no Suisei (Japanese: 楽しいムーミン一家 ムーミン谷の彗星, literally meaning in English: Comet in Moominland) is a anime film by Telescreen aired first in 1992.
Tanque Verde, Arizona Tanque Verde is a suburban census-designated place located northeast of Tucson, Arizona in Pima County. Tanque Verde (Spanish for "Green Tank") is a community devoted to wilderness preservation, low-density residential development, and responsible growth.
Tanquetazo El Tanquetazo or El Tancazo (Both Spanish for "the tank putsch") (June 29, 1973) are the names used to refer to the failed coup attempt in Chile led by Army Lieutenant Colonel Roberto Souper against the government of Socialist president Salvador Allende. It is called such because the rebelling officers primarily used tanks.
Tansen Miyan Tansen (1506–1589) is believed to have been the greatest North Indian musician of all time. He was instrumental in creating the classical style of North Indian music as we know it today, and has influenced it greatly up to the present day, both through his actions and his blood descendants.
Tansley Tansley is a village on the Southern edge of the Derbyshire Peak District, two miles East of Matlock. It is recorded in the Domesday Book as Taneslege, and its name comes from the combination of the Old English words lega, meaning "wood or glade" and tan meaning "a branch of a valley".
Tansu Tansu are traditional Japanese chests, handcrafted and made of fine woods, such as cypress, keyaki, Japanese cedar and koa. The beautiful ornament in the metal fittings and inventive techniques employed to offer storage space make tansu chests quite desirable to foreigners.
Tansy The Tansy or Common Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant of the aster family that is native to temperate Europe and Asia. It has also become established as an invasive wild plant in other parts of the world.
Tant Strul Tant Strul was a Swedish punk rock band that most of the time was considered a "girl's band", the leading women punk rock band in Sweden, although they at some time points had one male member. The last setting before they split up was: vocalist, guitarrist and song-writer Kajsa Grytt, keyboardist Malena Jönsson, bassist Liten Falkeholm, drummer Nike Markelius, and cellist Sebastian Öberg (from the Flesh Quartet.
Tanta Tanta (Arabic: طنطا ) is an Egyptian city, capital of the Al Gharbiyah governorate on the Nile Delta, and an estimated 335,000 inhabitants, considered the capital of the Delta. It is located 94 km (59 miles) north of Cairo and 130 km (81 miles) southeast of Alexandria.
Tantalum carbide Tantalum carbide (TaC) is an extremely hard refractory ceramic material, commercially used in tool bits for cutting tools. It is a heavy, brown powder usually processed by sintering, and an important cermet material.
Tantalum telluride Tantalum telluride is a chemical compound of tantalum and tellurium. It is unusual in that it forms dodecagonal chalcogenide quasicrystals, a formation that cannot occur in a normal crystal because it does not result in a periodic crystal lattice.
Tantalum(III) nitride Tantalum(III) nitride (TaN) is an inorganic chemical compound. It is used to create barrier layers between copper and silicon in the manufacture of integrated circuits, to create thin film surface mount resistors and has other electronic applications.
Tantalus Range The Tantalus Range is a small but spectacular subrange of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in southern British Columbia, Canada. The range is well-known to travellers to and from the ski resort at Whistler as the stunning vista on the highway to the resort from Squamish.
Tantalus son of Broteas Tantalus, not to be confused with his more famous grandfather and namesake (Tantalus), was the son of Broteas and ruled over the city of Pisa in the Peloponnesus. He was the first husband of Clytemnestra and was slain by Agamemnon, King of Mycenae, who made Clytemnestra his wife.
Tantamani Tantamani (Assyrian pronunciation, identical to Tandaname) or Tanwetamani (Egyptian) or Tementhes (Greek) (d. 653 BC) was king of Egypt (664 BC to 656 BC), and a member of the Nubian or Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt.
Tantième Tantième (1947-1966) was a French Thoroughbred horse racing champion and prominent sire who twice won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, France's most prestigious horse race. He also won several other important conditions races including the Grand Critérium in 1949, the Poule d'Essai des Poulains, Prix Lupin and his first Arc de Triomphe in 1950.
Tantilla hobartsmithi The Southwestern Blackhead Snake (Tantilla hobartsmithi) is a small species of colubrid snake native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The epithet hobartsmithi is in honor of American zoologist Hobart M.
Tantive IV In the fictional Star Wars saga, the blockade runner Tantive IV, was a Corellian Corvette used by Bail Organa and later his adoptive daughter Leia Organa. The vessel has the distinction of being the very first space vessel seen (although not chronologically) in the entire series of Star Wars films.
TantĹŤ A is a common Japanese single or, occasionally, double edged knife or dagger with a blade length between 15 and 30 cm (6-12 inches). There is a disputed saying about the tantĹŤ, wakizashi, and katana stating that they are "the same sword in different lengths.
Tanto, Hyogo Tanto (但東町; -cho) was a town located in the former Izushi District, Hyogo, Japan. On April 1, 2005 the town merged with four other towns into the expanded city of Toyooka, Hyogo and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Tantor Tantor is a generic name for elephants in Mangani, the fictional language of the great apes in the Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs. In Burroughs' works a number of elephants appear under the name of Tantor, most notably one particular bull elephant the ape man befriends in his youth in the first Tarzan novel, Tarzan of the Apes.
Tantramar Heritage Trust The Tantramar Heritage Trust is a non-profit charity that promotes the preservation of heritage buildings, artefacts and lands in an area of south-east New Brunswick along the Nova Scotia border known as the "Tantramar". This region, which is centred around Sackville, New Brunswick and Amherst, Nova Scotia is characterised by an ecologically significant coastal lowland known as the Tantramar Marshes.
Tantras The Tantra ("Looms" or "Weavings"), refer to numerous and varied scriptures pertaining to any of several esoteric traditions rooted in Hindu and Buddhist philosophy. The Tantras are a total of ninety two scriptures, where sixty four are purely Ābheda, literally "without differentiation," or monistic (known as the Bhairava Tantras or Kashmir Śaivite Tantras), eighteen are Bhedabheda, literally "with differentiation and without differentiation," or monistic cum dualistic (known as the Rudra Tantras), and the final ten are completely Bheda, literally "differentiated," or dualistic, (known as the Ṣiva Tantras).
Tantrasara The Tantrasara is a work attributed to Abhinavagupta, the most famous historical proponent of the Trika or Kashmir Shaivism philosophy of Hinduism. It is said to be an abbreviation of the Tantraloka, Abhinavagupta's Magnum opus.
Tantric shamanism Tantric Shamanism is a merging of tantric and shamanic practices for the purpose of enlightement through awakening awareness of the unseen realms and the body energetic in order to be more fully alive and embodied with in the earthly realm.
Tantrix Tantrix is a hexagonal tile-based abstract strategy game invented by Mike McManaway from New Zealand. Each of the 56 different Bakelite tiles in the set contains three lines, going from one edge of the tile to another.
Tantrum A tantrum is an emotional outburst wherein higher brain functions are unable to stop the emotional expression of the lower (emotional and physical) brain functions. It can be categorized by an irrational fit of crying, screaming, defiance, and a resistance to every attempt at pacification in which even physical control is lost.
Tantulocarida Tantulocarida is a small subclass of the class Maxillopoda (ostracods, copepods, barnacles) that consists of about 1200 species. They are typically ectoparasites that infest deep-sea copepods, isopods, tanaids, and ostracods.
Tantum Ergo Tantum ergo are the opening words of the Vespers for Corpus Christi, also sung during veneration of the Blessed Sacrament. The song is actually the last two verses of Pange Lingua, a hymn written by St Thomas Aquinas.
Tanunda Liedertafel Tanunda Liedertafel is a 52-member male choir in Tanunda, South Australia. Drawing its four-part singing material from traditional popular German culture, the group's origins may date back at least to 1861, based on a surviving music book case with the words Tanunda Liedertafel 1861 painted on its metal lid.
Tanushimaru, Fukuoka Tanushimaru (田主丸町; -machi) was a town located in Ukiha District, Fukuoka, Japan. On February 5, 2005 the town merged with three other towns into the expanded city of Kurume, Fukuoka and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Tanusree Shankar Tanushree Shankar is one of the leading dancer and choreographer of contemporary Indian dance. She earned her fame as a danseuse as the leading dancer of the Ananda Shankar Performing Arts group in the 1970's and 1980's.
Tanvir Hussain Tanvir Hussain (born 21 February 1981) is one of the suspects arrested in the UK in connection to the 2006 transatlantic aircraft terrorist plot in the United Kingdom, and one of the nineteen whose accounts were frozen by the Bank of England.
Tanvir Mokammel Tanvir Mokammel (Bangla: তানভীর মোকাম্মেল) (b 1955) is a Bangladeshi film director. He earned a Masters degree in English Literature at Dhaka University, then worked with the Bangladesh Communist Party.
Tanworth-in-Arden Tanworth-in-Arden () (often abbreviated to Tanworth and not to be confused with Tamworth in Staffordshire) is a small village located in the county of Warwickshire, England in the United Kingdom. It is located south-east of Birmingham in the Tanworth-in-Arden parish and is administered by Stratford-on-Avon District Council.
Tanya Likkutei Amarim ( ליקוטי אמרים, Hebrew, "collection of statements"), is an early work of Hasidic Judaism, written by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad, in 1797 CE. The work is more commonly known by its opening word: Tanya (תניא, Aramaic for "it was taught in a baraita").
Tanya (album) In her previous album, Complicated, country artist Tanya Tucker had left her longtime producer Jerry Crutchfield. On Tanya, she also left the major record labels behind and started her own company, Tuckertime Records.
Tanya Atwater Tanya Atwater is an American geophysicist and marine geologist who specializes in plate tectonics, in particular the evolution of the San Andreas fault plate boundary. Her educational work has focused on the creation of computer-animated multimedia products and presentations depicting plate tectonic histories.
Tanya Ballinger Tanya Ballinger (also known as Tonya Ballinger from Chico, California) is a model and actress based in the Los Angeles area. Miss Ballinger biggest claim to fame has been her series of Miller Lite Catfight commercials with fellow model Kitana Baker in 2002.
Tanya Donelly Tanya Donelly (born July 14, 1966, in Newport, Rhode Island) is an American singer songwriter and guitarist based in New England who co-founded Throwing Muses with her stepsister Kristin Hersh. She then went on to work in The Breeders and Belly in the 1990s.
Tanya Gadiel Tanya Rachelle Gadiel (born November 21, 1972) is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 2003, representing the electorate of Parramatta.
Tanya Grotter Tanya Grotter (Таня Гроттер) is the female protagonist of a Russian series of books by Dmitri Yemets (Дмитрий Емец). Yemets describes the books as "a cultural reply" to the Harry Potter series by J.
Tanya Gyani Tanya Gyani (born 1980 in Chandigarh, India) is an interior designer. She graduated from the National Institute of Fashion Technology in New Delhi, India in 2002 and completed her Masters in Interior Design from the Florence Design Academy in Florence, Italy in 2005 where she was awarded the Elite Student Award of the FDA.
Tanya Haden Tanya Haden (born New York City, October 11, 1971) is an American artist, animator, cellist and singer. She is a member of several bands, including Let's Go Sailing and Silversun Pickups, and is the creator of the Imaginary Bear puppet show.
Tanya Kach Tanya Nicole Kach, born 14 October 1981, is a woman who was held captive by a security guard from her school for 10 years in McKeesport, Pennsylvania in the United States. She was reported missing on 10 February 1996 at the age of 14.
Tanya Rabbati Tanya Rabbati is an anonymous work on Jewish law first published in Italy, in 1514 CE. Shibbolei ha-Leket, the first "Italki" (Italian Jewish) codification of Jewish law, is an earlier work that is similar in scope and content, but more detailed and further elaborated.
Tanya Reinhart Tanya Reinhart is an Israeli linguist who writes frequently on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She contributes columns to the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot and longer articles to the CounterPunch, Znet, and Israeli Indymedia websites.
Tanya Rivero Tanya Rivero is currently a reporter and fill-in anchor for WCBS-TV (CBS 2) in New York City, the flagship station of CBS Television Network. She joined WCBS-TV in July 2005 after working for News 12 The Bronx and News 12 Brooklyn since June 2004.
Tanya Savicheva Tatyana Nikolayevna Savicheva (Russian: Татьяна Николаевна Савичева), commonly referred to as Tanya Savicheva (Таня Савичева) (January 25, 1930 - July 1, 1944) was a Russian child diarist who died during the Siege of Leningrad during World War II.
Tanya Seghatchian Tanya Seghatchian is a film producer. She has co-produced, with David Heyman and David Barron, the past four Harry Potter films, and will produce the fifth one, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, as well as the film adaptation of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, both due out in 2007.
Tanya Shafi Tanya Shafi (Born 1974) is a Pakistani model whose goodlooks and style has captivated the local modelling scene since 1993. She started as a ramp model but has matured into a good actress and now also hosts the popular local TV show TimeOut with Tanya.
Tanya Sloan Tanya Sloan is a fictional character and hero in the Power Rangers universe, appearing in the television series Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers, Power Rangers: Zeo and Power Rangers: Turbo. She is played by Nakia Burrise.
Tanya Stephens Vivienne Stephenson (born July 2 1973 in Kingston, Jamaica) is one of the most influential reggae artists that emerged in the late 1990s. Stephens is most known for her hits "Yuh Nuh Ready fi Dis Yet"--the single was later featured on the Reggae Gold 1997 compilation album-- and "It's a Pity", which achieved Tanya international recognition as a one of a kind artist.
Tanya Streeter Tanya Streeter, born January 10 1973 in Grand Cayman, is a world champion free-diver, who made her first important breakthrough in 1998 when she bettered Deborah Andollo's Women's No Limits diving record by 10 feet, achieving a total depth of 370 feet (113 m). Streeter has been known to hold her breath under water for up to 6 minutes.
Tanya Tagaq Gillis Tanya Tagaq Gillis (BFA) (sometimes credited as Tagaq) is an Inuit throat singer from Cambridge Bay (Ikaluktuutiak), Nunavut, Canada, on the south coast of Victoria Island. After attending school in Cambridge Bay she went, at age 15, to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories to attend high school where she first began to practice throat singing.
Tanya Tucker Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958) is an American country music singer. She may be best remembered for her debut single and trademark song "Delta Dawn," which went to number 6 on the country charts.
Tanya Tucker (album) Tanya Tucker was the eponymous fourth album by Tanya Tucker, although it was the first for her new label, MCA Records. The album rose to #8 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, and two of its singles both rose to the #1 position: "Lizzie and the Rainman" and "San Antonio Stroll.
Tanya Turner Tanya Turner is a character on ITV British drama Footballers' Wives played by English actress Zöe Lucker. Although not in every episode, she is considered to be the central character and main footballer's wife of the series.
Tanycolagreus Tanycolagreus is a coelurid theropod from the Late Jurassic of North America. The holotype is a partial skeleton recovered from the Bone Cabin Quarry West locality, Albany County, Wyoming, from the Morrison Formation (Oxfordian-Tithonian).
Tanyderidae Tanyderidae, or primitive crane flies, of the order Diptera are long, thin, delicate insects with spotted wings, superficially similar in appearance to some Tipulidae, Trichoceridae, and Ptychopteridae. Most species are restricted in distribution.
Tanzania China Friendship Textile Company The Tanzania China Friendship Textile Company, located in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, is a textile producer originally founded as Friendship Textile Mills Limited, by the Tanzanian government with assistance from China during a period of socialism in the former country. It is the first plant in Tanzania built with Chinese aid, and also the largest textile mill in the country.
Tanzania People's Defence Force The Tanzania Peoples’ Defence Force (TPDF) (swahili: Jeshi la Wananchi la Tanzania - JWTZ) was created in September 1964. From its inception, it was ingrained in the troops that they were a people’s force under civilian control.
Tanzania Railways Corporation The Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) is a state-owned enterprise that runs a railway net that once was part of the East African Railways Corporation (EARC) operating in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika. Together with the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority the TRC provides the rail service for Tanzania.
Tanzania Scouts Association The Tanzania Scouts Association (TSA) is the national Scouting organization of Tanzania. Scouting in Tanzania was founded in 1919, and became a member of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement (WOSM) in 1963.
Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority The Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), also called the UHURU railway from the Swahili word for Freedom, was established in the 1970s to build a railway to serve landlocked Zambia as an alternative to rail lines via apartheid-controlled Rhodesia and South Africa.
Tanzanian hip hop Hip hop music has grown increasingly popular in Tanzania over the last ten years. Though the first generation of Tanzanian hip hop performers were modelled closely on American rappers, more recently some have begun to mix hip hop with native dance music, muziki wa dansi, taarab, Indian filmi and other styles; this fusion is sometimes called Bongo Flava.

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