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Uluburun shipwreck The Uluburun Shipwreck is a well-documented late 14th century BC shipwreck of the Late Bronze Age period, discovered off the south coast of Turkey in the Mediterranean Sea near the city of KaĹź in the province of Antalya. A Turkish sponge diver found it in 1982.
Ulugh Beg Ulugh Beg (also Uluğ Bey, Ulugh Bek and Ulug Bek) (1393 or 1394 in Sultaniyeh (Persia) – October 27, 1449) was a Timurid ruler as well as an astronomer, mathematician and sultan. His commonly known name is not truly a personal name, but rather a moniker, which can be loosely translated as "Great Ruler" or "Patriarch Ruler" and was the Turkic equivalent of Timur's Perso-Arabic title Amīr-e KabīrB.
Ulugh Beigh (crater) Ulugh Beigh is the remnant of a lunar crater that is located just to the west of the Oceanus Procellarum lunar mare. It is named after the Timurid king and scientist Mīrzā Muhammad bin Shāhrukh, popularly known as Uluğ Bey (Chaghatai: great king).
Ulugh Kun In Turkic shamanism, the spring festival Ulugh-Kun (or "Great Day" in Old and Middle Turkic) was celebrated on or about March 22, and marked the first day of the Turkic month of Oshlaq-ay. The holiday was celebrated with feasting and probably with sacrificial rites.
Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories Ulukhaktok (known until 1 April, 2006 as Holman) is a small hamlet on the west coast of Victoria Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. The 2001 census indicated a population of 398, of which 375 are Inuvialuit or Inuit.
Ulundi, KwaZulu-Natal Ulundi was at one time the capital of Zululand in South Africa, and later the capital of the Bantustan of KwaZulu. It is now a part of KwaZulu-Natal Province and from 1994 to 2004 took turns at being the capital with Pietermaritzburg.
Ulupınar Ulupınar is a village situated 30 kilometres from the district centre of Kemer, in Turkey's Antalya Province. It is on the outskirts of the Olympos Valley National Park, famous for its eternal fire, and commands a region of stunning natural beauty.
Uluru Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in central Australia, in the Northern Territory. It is located in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, 440 km southwest of Alice Springs (coordinates ).
Ulven concentration camp Ulven concentration camp was established by the Nazi administration of occupied Norway in Bergen in June of 1940, one of the first of its kind in Norway. It was designated a Polizeihäftlingslager, under the administration of the Nazi "Security Police" (SIPO).
Ulver Ulver (Norwegian for Wolves) is an experimental musical ensemble from Norway that started out making folk-inspired black metal and neo-classical folk music. Since then, they have been exploring various forms of avant-garde and experimental music.
Ulverston Ulverston is a market town in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria in north-west England. Historically part of Lancashire, the town is set on the Furness peninsula, close to the Lake District, and just north of Morecambe Bay.
Ulverston Victoria High School Ulverston Victoria High School (UVHS) is a Mathematics and Computing Specialist school in the town of Ulverston, Cumbria. It is a comprehensive school and takes its students from the local area as well as some from Barrow-in-Furness, Grange-over-Sands and Coniston.
Ulwindowseek ULWindowSeek / ULWindowURL pop ups are an indication that your computer is infected with a trojan. If you are receiving pop ups with ULWindowSeek or ULWindowURL titles in them, this means your computer is infected with the dangerous Vundo trojan.
Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin is a watch manufacturer founded in 1846 in Le Locle, Switzerland. Historically Ulysse Nardin was best known for being a manufacturer of marine chronometers, but today Ulysse Nardin produces complicated mechanical watches.
Ulysses (band) ulysses is an indie rock band formed by Robert Schneider (lead vocalist of The Apples in Stereo) along with John Ferguson and Ben Fulton in the spring of 2003. Robert Beatty (of Hair Police) joined later that year.
Ulysses (novel) Ulysses is a 1922 novel by James Joyce, first serialised in parts in the American journal The Little Review from 1918 to 1920, and published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach on February 2, 1922, in Paris. It is an important work of Modernist literature.
Ulysses (poem) Ulysses is a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson, written in 1833 but not published until 1842. It is narrated by an aged Ulysses (the Latin form of Odysseus) who has become dissatisfied with his life as king of Ithaca.
Ulysses 31 Ulysses 31 (宇宙伝説ユリシーズ31, uchuu densetsu yurishiizzu 31) is a Japanese-French anime series (1981) which updates the Greek and Roman mythology of Odysseus (known as "Ulysses" in Roman Mythology and "Ulysse" in French, hence the name) to the 31st century. The show comprises 26 half-hour episodes and is produced by DiC Entertainment.
Ulysses contract A Ulysses contract is a legal agreement designed to override a present request from a legally competent patient in favor of a past request made by that patient . Ulysses contracts are typically invoked when schizophrenic patients stop taking their medication at perceived remission times .
Ulysses Club The Ulysses Club was formed for older motorcyclists at the instigation of Stephen Dearnley in Sydney, Australia in 1983. It is the largest organization of its kind in Australia and it now has branches in Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Norway and United Kingdom.
Ulysses Jones, Jr. Ulysses Jones, Jr. (born June 7, 1951 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 98th district, which encompasses a part of Shelby County, Tennessee.
Ulysses pact A Ulysses pact is a freely made decision that is designed and intended to bind oneself in the future. The term is used in medicine, especially in reference to advance directives or living wills, where there is some controversy over whether a decision made by a person in one state of health should be considered binding upon that person when he or she is in a markedly different, usually worse, state of health.
Ulysses probe Ulysses is an unmanned probe designed to study the Sun at all latitudes. The spacecraft, named for the Latin translation of "Odysseus", was launched in October 1990 from the Space Shuttle Discovery (mission STS-41) as a joint venture of NASA and the European Space Agency.
Ulysses Ricci Ulysses Ricci (1888 – 1960) was an American sculptor known primarily for his architectural sculpture. Born in New York City, Ricci was an apprentice at the Perth Amboy Terra Cotta Works in New Jersey from 1902 to 1906.
Ulysses S. Grant III Ulysses Simpson Grant III (July 4, 1881 – August 29, 1968), the son of Frederick Dent Grant (and the grandson of General of the Army and President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant) was an American soldier and planner.
Ulysses S. Webb Ulysses Sigel Webb (September 29, 1864 - July 31, 1947) was the 19th Attorney General of California. He helped empower the Asiatic Exclusion League by enforcing anti-Asian laws passed nationally as well as in California, such as the Alien Land Law.
ULEB The ULEB (acronym of the French Union des Ligues Européennes de Basket, in English Union of European Leagues of Basketball) was founded in 1991 with the aim to help the cooperation and development of European professional basketball leagues. Its headquarters are located in Barcelona, Spain.
ULEB Cup 2006-07 The 2006-07 ULEB Cup is a basketball competition for European clubs that is secondary to the Euroleague. The competition, conducted by ULEB (the Europe-wide governing body for club basketball), is analogous to the UEFA Cup in football.
ULTra ULTra ("Urban Light Transport") is a personal rapid transit system from Advanced Transport Systems Ltd in Cardiff, Wales. The system was conceived by Martin Lowson and his design team, and has had ÂŁ10 million and 100 man-years put into the project.
ULTRA AP The ULTRA AP (Armored Patrol) is a concept combat vehicle that was unveiled in September of 2005 by Scott Badenoch and other engineers from the Georgia Tech Research Institute, the applied research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology. The Ultra AP is being developed in tandem by GTRI with the ULTRA 3T.
ULTRACOM ULTRACOM — or Telecomunicaciones Ultramarinas de Puerto Rico (TUPR) in Spanish— is a telecommunications corporation that manages satellite and submarine communications cable systems connected to Puerto Rico. It is jointly owned by Puerto Rico Telephone and Telefonica S.
Uşak Province Uşak (from Uşşak meaning "lovers"; alternative transliteration: Ushak) is a province in western Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Manisa to the west, Denizli to the south, Afyon to the east, and Kütahya to the north.
Uładzimir Hančaryk Uładzimir Hančaryk (Russian: Владимир Гончарик, Cyrillic Belarussian: Уладзімір Ганчарык, Lacinka Belarussian: Uładzimir Hančaryk) was the top candidate that opposed Alexander Lukashenko in the 2001 elections for the office of President of Belarus.
Um er-Rasas Um er-Rasas () (Kastrom Mefa'a, Kastron Mefa'a) is an archeological site in Jordan which contains ruins from the Roman, Byzantine, and early Muslim civilizations. The majority of the site has not been excavated.
Uma Bharti Uma Bharti (born May 3, 1959, Madhya Pradesh, India) was raised under the care of the late Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia of Gwalior, Uma Bharati, along with Sadhvi Ritambhara. She played a prominent part in the Ram Janmabhoomi Movement, with her slogan of ‘Ramlala Hum Aayenge, Mandir Wahin Banayenge’
Uma Deusa na Bruma Uma Deusa na Bruma (A Goddess in the Mist) (ISBN 972-41-3288-9) is a historic novel by JoĂŁo Aguiar about a romance in the ending days of the civilization of Northern Portugal (Entre-Douro-e-Minho) in mid 2nd Century B.C.
Uma Nanda Temple Umananda Devaloi is a Shiva Temple is located at the Peacock island in middle of river Brahmaputra just opposite the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Kamrup or the Kachari Ghat in Guwahati. It was built by the Ahom King Gadadhar Singha (1681-1696) who was a devout Shaivaite.
Uma Narayan Uma Narayan (born 16 April 1958) is a feminist scholar. She is the author of Dislocating Cultures: Identities, Traditions and Third World Feminism in which Narayan disputes feminism as a solely Western notion, while challenging assumptions that East Indian feminism is based on Western models.
Uma of Nukunuku Uma of Nukunuku was the second wife of Niumataiwalu, founder of the Vuanirewa dynasty, or noble clan, of the Lau Islands (in Fiji). She was by him, the mother of Matawalu, the fifth Roko Sau of the Lau Islands.
Umaña Rafael Alfonso Umaña Mendez (1908 -November 20, 1994), known to most as Umaña, created art for seven decades in New York, France, Spain, Florida, and Virginia, mastering numerous media including textiles; sculpture in marble, silver, and iron; painting and drawings in oil, watercolor, pencil, silver- and goldpoint; printmaking; and fine art book illustration. Born in Bogotá, Colombia to a family of artisans, his father was an accomplished metal-worker and iron forger whose work was commissioned by churches, the government, and other wealthy clients.
Umair Hussain Umair Hussain (born 9 October 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.
Umakant Sharma Umakant Sharma (born in 1982) is an Indian chess player who in 2006 was banned from playing competitive chess for ten years due to cheating. Umakant was caught during the Subroto Mukerjee tournament in India in which he was rated as the top seed.
Umami Umami (Japanese: 旨み、旨味、うまみ) is one of the five basic tastes sensed by specialized receptor cells present on the human tongue. The same taste is also known as xiānwèi (鮮味 or 鲜味) in Chinese] cooking.
Umar `Umar ibn al-Khattāb (in Arabic, عمر بن الخطاب) (c. 584 – November 7, 644), sometimes referred by Sunni Muslims as `Umar al-Farūq (Umar the Distinguisher (between Truth and Falsehood)), also known in English as Omar or Umar, was from the Banu Adi clan of the Quraysh tribe.
Umar at Fatimah's house Some Shi'a and Sunni sources narrated that during the Succession to Muhammad, after the general bay'ah, Abu Bakr sent a group of people headed by Khalid ibn Walid and Umar at Fatimah's house. Shi'a portray this event as a military Coup d'Ă©tat, while Sunni are prone to view it in a totally different maner.
Umar Bin Hassan Umar Bin Hassan (born in Akron, Ohio in 1948) is an African-American poet associated with The Last Poets. He sold his younger sister's record player to purchase a bus ticket to New York City, where he joined The Last Poets.
Umar Faruq Abd-Allah Umar Faruq Abd-Allah Wymann-Landgraf (born in 1948) is an American Muslim convert, born in Columbus, Nebraska to a Protestant family of the Midwest. His was christened Larry Gene Weinman and was brought up in the Congregationalist, Presbyterian, and Lutheran traditions.
Umar Gul Umar Gul ([[Urdu/Pushtu: عمر گل) (born 14 April, 1984 in Peshawar) is a Pakistani cricketer who has played ten Test matches and 25 ODIs for Pakistan as a specialist fast bowler. However, injury has prevented him from a long international career, as he was out of cricket for an entire season after his international debut.
Umar Chapra Umar Chapra is a Senior Research Advisor at the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) of the Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah who has written extensively on the issues of Islamic finance. His papers and articles include:
Umar Ibn Ivan Lee Umar Lee is an American Muslim leader, political commentator, columnist, boxing analyst, and author of Raging Wanderer in America. Umar Lee is, in his own words, "no fan of liberals, conservatives, animal-rights nuts, so-called hipsters, armchair jihadists, anti-Semites, effete men, manly women, spoiled kids, loose parents, the politically correct, “progressive Muslims”, rednecks, golfers, bad drivers, racists, union-busters, food Stalinists, and more.
Umar Islam Umar Islam (born 23 April 1978) (formerly Brian YoungTime: Profiling the Suspects: Converts to Islam, August 11, 2006.) 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.
Umar Khel Umar Khel, along with the Daulat Khel, Khulozai, Maghdud Khel, Mahmud Khel, Mahsud Khel and Yusaf Khel, is a sub-division of the Kakazai, Tarkanis/Mamund tribe of the Pashtuns located in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir (Arabic:عمر مصطفى ألمنتصر) (born 1939 - January 23, 2001) was General Secretary of the People's Committee in Libya (Prime Minister) from 1 March, 1987 to 7 October, 1990 and the foreign minister from 1992 until 2000.
Umar Tall El Hadj Umar Tall, also Umar Tal,Umar Taal "Umar Futi", al-Hajj Umar ibn Sa'id Tal, or el-Hadj Omar ibn Sa'id Tal, ([c1797 - 1864) was a Senegalese politician, Islamic scholar, and Toucouleur king who founded a brief empire encompassing much of what is now Guinea, Senegal, and Mali. Early in his career he preached and wrote against social injustices such as the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Umaril The Unfeathered Umaril the Unfeathered, commonly known as 'Umaril', is the main antagonist in The Knights of Nine, an expansion for the award winning video game for the Xbox 360 console and PC, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. He is the latters expansion's main and final enemy, and the whole questline revolves around the obtaining of a divine armour and set of weaponry that will allow the weilder to defeat him.
Umarzai Umarzai (or Omarzai) is a relatively small Pathan family group found in urban areas in Pakistan. A large group used to live in Jaranwala, Pakistan and Nakuru, Kenya but now most have them have moved to the United Kingdom.
Umask umask (abbreviated from user file creation mode mask) is a function on POSIX environments which sets the default file system mode for newly created files and directories of the current process. The permissions of a file created under a given umask value are calculated using the following bitwise operation (note that umasks must always be calculated in octal)
Umatilla Indian Reservation The Umatilla Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in eastern Oregon in the United States, mostly located in Umatilla County, with a very small part extending south into Union County. The reservation is owned by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
Umax UMAX Technologies (originally UMAX Computer Corporation) is a manufacturer of computer products, including scanners, mice, flash drives and computer networking products, based in Germany. UMAX was formerly a maker of Apple Macintosh clones, using the SuperMac brand name outside of Europe.
Umayyad conquest of Hispania The Umayyad conquest of Hispania (711–718) commenced when an army of the Umayyad Caliphate consisting largely of Moors, the Muslim inhabitants of North and West Africa, invaded Visigothic Christian Hispania (Portugal and Spain) in the year 711. Under the authority of the Umayyad caliph at Damascus, and led by the Berber general Tariq ibn Ziyad, they landed at Gibraltar on April 30 and worked their way northward.
Umayyad conquest of North Africa The Umayyad conquest of North Africa continued the century of rapid Arab Muslim expansion following the death of Mohammed in 632 CE. By 640 the Arabs controlled Mesopotamia, had invaded Armenia, and were concluding their conquest of Byzantine Syria.
Umayyad tradition of cursing Ali There was an Umayyad tradition of cursing Ali, that is said to have started with Muawiyah I, a practice put to end by Umar II. This is tradition is described in sources such as Sahih Muslim and is prominently mentioned by Shi'a when retelling the history of Islam.
Umayyah ibn Khalaf Umayyah ibn Khalaf ibn SafwanSahih Bukhari was a Mecca]n [[Arab, a leading member of the Quraish and head of the of Bani Jumah. He was an opponent of the Muslims led by their prophet Muhammad and is best known as the master of Bilal ibn Ribah, a slave he tortured for converting to Islam.
Umba Umba () is an urban-type settlement in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on Kola Peninsula at the point where the Umba River flows into the Kandalaksha Gulf. Population: 6,497 (2002 Census); 8,309 (1989 Census).
Umba sapphire The Umba sapphire is a unique type of fancy sapphire discovered circa 1960 in the Gerevi Hills, north of the Umba River in the Umba Valley of Tanzania. Umba sapphires exhibit coloration not common to sapphires sourced from other parts of the world.
Umbanda Umbanda is a religion that blends Catholicism, Kardecist Spiritualism, and Afro-Brazilian religions . It originated in Brazil in the early 20th century through a medium, ZĂ©lio Fernandino de Moraes, who worked among the Afro-Brazilian population of Rio de Janeiro.
Umbelliferone Umbelliferone or 7-hydroxycoumarin is a widespread natural product of the coumarin family. It occurs in many familiar plants from the Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) family such as carrot, coriander, garden angelica and deadly nightshade, as well plants from other families such as the mouse-ear hawkweed.
Umbels Umbels is a flower cluster having stalked flowers arranged singly along an elongated unbranched axis, as in the lily of the valley, in which all the individual flower stalks arise in a cluster at the top of the peduncle and are of about equal length.
Umberlee Umberlee is an evil sea goddess in the Faerûnian pantheon, in the fictional setting of Forgotten Realms. She is most often worshipped by sailors or people travelling by sea, out of fear for her destructive powers.
Umberto Abronzino Umberto Abronzino (November 16, 1920 - July 1,2006) was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1971 for his lifelong dedication to building the sport of soccer. Abronzino was elected to the California Soccer Association Hall of Fame in 1964 and the California Youth Soccer Association Hall of Fame in 1979.
Umberto Bossi Umberto Bossi (born September 19, 1941) is an Italian politician, leader of the Northern League, a party seeking autonomy or independence for northern Italy. He is married to Manuela Marrone and has four sons (of which one from his first wife).
Umberto I of Italy Umberto I, King of Italy or Humbert I of Italy (Umberto Ranieri Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio di Savoy), (14 March, 1844 – 29 July, 1900) was the King of Italy from 9 January, 1878 until his death. He was deeply loathed in left-wing circles, especially among anarchists, because of his hard-line conservatism and support of the Bava Beccaris massacre in Milan.
Umberto II of Italy Umberto II, occasionally anglicized as Humbert II, (September 15, 1904, Racconigi, province of Cuneo - March 18, 1983, Geneva, Switzerland), the last King of Italy, nicknamed the King of May (Italian: Re di Maggio), was born the Prince of Piedmont. He was the third child of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and Elena Petrovich of Montenegro.
Umberto Meoli Umberto Meoli (August 26, 1920 – May 17, 2002)"Umberto Meoli; Obituary; The Register", in The Times, May 31, 2002 was an Italian historian of economics in Padua, Italy, known as a maverick who eschewed Marxism in favour of British pragmatism.
Umberto Nobile Umberto Nobile (January 21, 1885, Lauro, province of Avellino – July 30, 1978, Rome) was an Italian aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer. Nobile is notable for having piloted the airship Norge that was the first aircraft both to reach the North Pole, and to cross the polar ice cap between Europe and America.
Umbil Umbil (Indian Functional Food) is similar to kanjika but contains lactic fermented milk as an ingredient or cooked plant material may be combined with lactic fermented dairy product. It is beneficial in maintaing the health of ecoorgan.
Umbilicated lesions In dermatology an umbilicated lesion is a skin nodule with a central depression (usually occurring multiply as part of a rash). The appearance is very characteristic and in combination with a detailed patient history, frequently allows a physician to make a diagnosis.
Umbilicus (mollusk) In mollusks, the umbilicus of a shell is the axially aligned hollow cone within the whorls of a coiled gastropod shell, where no columella has been formed. This is the hole around which the inner surface of the shell is coiled.
Umbilicus rupestris Umbilicus rupestris is a succulent, perennial flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae, in the genus Umbilicus. It is commonly known as Navelwort or Pennywort, but these names are also used for unrelated plants.
Umbilicus urbis Romae The Umbilicus Urbi of the City of Rome, the designated centre of the city from which and to which all distances in Rome and the Roman Empire were measured, is situated in the Roman Forum. It was built between the Basilica Aemilia, which pre-dates it, and the Basilica Julia, which does not, in the late Republican period.
Umboi Island Umboi (also named Rooke or Siassi) is a volcanic island (with no recent volcanism) between the mainland of Papua New Guinea and the island of New Britain, at . It is separated from New Britain by Dampier Strait and has an elevation of 1,548 m
Umbozero Lake Umbozero Lake (Russian: Умбозеро, named after the adherent Umba River) is located in Murmansk Oblast of Russia, between the Khibiny on the west and Lovozero Tundras on the east. Area is between 313 and 422 sq.
Umbracullum The umbracullum, a Latin word derived from umbra 'shade' for a sun-umbrella, is a historic piece of the papal regalia and insignia, once used on a daily basis to provide shade for the pope. Also known as the pavilion, in modern usage the umbracullum is a symbol of the Roman Catholic Church and the authority of a pope over it and the Eastern Rites.
Umbral calculus In mathematics, before the 1970s, the term umbral calculus was understood to mean the surprising similarities between otherwise unrelated polynomial equations, and certain shadowy techniques that can be used to 'prove' them. These techniques were introduced in the 19th century and are sometimes called Blissard's symbolic method, and sometimes attributed to James Joseph Sylvester, who used the technique extensively, or to Edouard Lucas.
Umbrella antenna An umbrella antenna is a capacitive electrical lengthen antenna, which consists in most cases of a groundfed mast radiator, at whose tops wires are fixed, which run to the ground. These wires have to be divided at least by one insulator.
Umbrella company In the United Kingdom, an umbrella company is a company that contractors can use when working "freelance" or "self employed". Both recruitment agencies and direct clients usually require a legal form of trading to be used to ensure they are not exposed to tax and employment liabilities.
Umbrella Cockatoo The Umbrella Cockatoo, Cacatua alba also known as White Cockatoo is a medium-sized, up to 46cm long, cockatoo endemic to the islands of Halmahera, Bacan, Ternate, Tidore, Kasiruta and Mandiole in North Maluku, Indonesia. At first sight it appears to be a white parrot with brown or black eyes and a dark grey beak.
Umbrella Corporation The is a fictional biotech megacorp company set in the Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan) videogame series. In the videogames, it is a major international player in a number of markets including pharmaceuticals, medical hardware, defense, and computers along with more clandestine operations utilizing genetic engineering and bioweaponry.
Umbrella fund An umbrella fund is an investment term used to describe a collective investment scheme which is a single legal entity but has several distinct sub-funds which in effect are traded as individual investment funds.
Umbrella magnolia The Umbrella magnolia (Magnolia tripetala) is a deciduous tree native to the southeastern United States in the Allegheny Mountains region. Umbrella magnolias have large shiny leaves 30-50 cm long, spreading from stout stems.
Umbrella organization An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources. In business, political, or other environments, one group, the umbrella organization, provides resources and often an identity to the smaller organizations.
Umbrello UML Modeller In computing, Umbrello UML Modeller is a free software UML diagram application available natively for Unix. It is part of the KDE Desktop Environment but works well with other desktops and programming environments.
Umbro Cup The Umbro Cup was a minor international football competition, which took place in the summer of 1995 in England. The trophy was sponsored by the sports brand Umbro, and three of the participating teams had their kits manufactured by them.
Umdat al-Salik wa Uddat al-Nasik 'Umdat al-Salik wa 'Uddat al-Nasik (Reliance of the Traveller and Tools of the Worshipper) is a manual of Fiqh for Sunni Muslims, consisting mostly of the teachings of Imam al-Nawawi, a Shafi'i scholar, translated into English by Sheikh Nuh Ha Mim Keller.
Umdloti, KwaZulu-Natal Umdloti, (also known as Umdloti Beach), is a small resort town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa that is situated at the mouth of the Mdloti River north of Durban and now forms part of eThekwini, the Greater Durban Metropoliton. The name Mdloti is the Zulu word for a species of wild tobacco that grows here.
Ume Prunus mume is a species of Asian plum in the family Rosaceae. It is called ume (kanji: [hiragana: う][in [[Japanese language|Japanese], méi ([in [[Chinese language|Chinese], and maesil (hangul: 매실; hanja: [in [[Korean language|Korean].
Ume River The Ume River (Swedish: Umeälven) is one of the main rivers in northern Sweden. It is around 460 km (285 miles) long, and flows in a south-eastern direction from its source, the lake Överuman by the Norwegian border within the Scandinavian mountain range.
Umeå Umeå ( ) is a city and municipality in the county of Västerbotten, Sweden. Founded in 1622, Umeå is today a centre of education, technical and medical research, with one universitie and over 30,000 students, and is the largest city in northern Sweden, with 80,545 inhabitants (2005).
Umeå Court District Umeå Court District, or Umeå tingslag, was a district divided between Västerbotten and Ångermanland in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were never divided into hundreds and instead the court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of rural areas.
Umeå Institute of Technology The Umeå Institute of Technology or Tekniska högskolan i Umeå is part of the Faculty of Science and Technology at Umeå University. The Institute offers a wide range of study programmes, some of them not to be found in any other part of Sweden.

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