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Vachanamrut The Vachanamrut or the nectarine discourses of Bhagwan Swaminarayan is the most sacred and foundational scripture of the Swaminarayan faith. It contains the profound wisdom of the Vedas, Upanishads, Brahmasutras, Bhagvad Gita, Bhagvat Purana, Dharma shastras like Yagnavalkya Smruti, Vidurniti, and epics like the Ramayan and Mahabharat.
Vachel Lindsay Nicholas Vachel Lindsay (November 10, 1879 – December 5, 1931) was an American poet. His exuberant recitation of some of his work led some critics to compare it to jazz poetry despite his persistent protests.
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin is a Swiss manufacturer of prestige watches and a brand of the Richemont group. It currently employs around 400 people worldwide, most of whom are based in the manufacturing plant - a modern design and audacious building - in Geneva.
Vacht Nacht A 'Vacht Nacht' (Yiddish; "the night of watching") is a term referring to the night before the Bris milah. The standard "Vacht Nacht" custom, practiced by many Ashkenazic Jews, is to have children come and recite the Shema and other verses near the baby.
Vai script The Vai script was devised by of Jondu, in what is now Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia. He is regarded within the Vai community, as well as by most scholars, as the script’s inventor and chief promoter when it was first documented in the 1830s.
Vai Sikahema Vai Sikahema (born August 29, 1962 in Tonga) was an NFL running back-kick returnman who played for 8 seasons from 1986 to 1993. Sikahema is considered the best American football player ever to emerge from Tonga.
Vaiaku Lagi Hotel The Vaiaku Langi Hotel, or Vaiaku Lagi Hotel, situated in Funafuti, Tuvalu, is the Pacific island nation's only hotel. The Government-owned establishment faces the Funafuti lagoon, and has been recently upgraded and refurbished to service Tuvalu's growing tourist base.
Vaigai River The Vaigai is a river in Tamil Nadu state of southern India. It originates in the Periyar Plateau of the Western Ghats range, and flows northeast through the Kambam Valley, which lies between the Palni Hills to the north and the Varushanad Hills to the south.
Vaihingen Vaihingen an der Enz is located on the western periphery of the middle Neckar region, between Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, in southern Germany. Vaihingen is situated on the river Enz, and has a population of around 30,000.
Vaihtoehtouutiset Vaihtoehtouutiset, aka vunet.org, is an alternative news agency in Finland which consists of small but determined team of journalists working on international and domestic pressing matters which require attention.
Vaijayanti The Vaijayanthi necklace of Lord Vishnu is crucial to the revelation of Vaikuntha. Considering Vaijayanthi as a living entity, and assuming relation through feminine genotype, she is the representation of absolute supercontrollership in context of civilization.
Vaikunda Avatara Orvalam The Vaikunda Avatara Orvalam is the name given to the procession which originates from Nagercoil to Swamithoppe. This is held annually on the day of Lord Narayana's incarnation as Ayya Vaikundar, according to the teachings of Akilattirattu Ammanai, the holy text of Ayyavazhi religion.
Vail Daily The Vail Daily is a free, 15,000 circulation newspaper in Eagle County, Colorado, published seven days a week. The Vail Daily is distributed in stores, coffee shops, restaurants, bars and workplaces and also has a comprehensive online Web site.
Vail Film Festival The Vail Film Festival is a 4-day film festival which takes place annually in late March in Vail, Colorado. The festival is held in the largest ski resort in North America and draws attendees and filmmakers from across the United States and around the world.
Vailala Madness The Vailala Madness was a social movement in the Papuan Gulf, in the Territory of Papua beginning in the later part of 1919 and petering out after 1922. It is generally accepted as the first well-documented cargo cult, a class of millenarian religio-political movements, although the expression cargo cult itself dates from the mid 1940s.
Vailankanni Vailankanni(Meaning:Virgin of Velai,the town), also known as Velankanni or "Velanganni", is a panchayat town in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a small town located on the shores of the Bay of Bengal 350 km south of Chennai (Madras) and 12 km south of Nagapattinam on the Coromandel Coast, in Tamil Nadu, India.
Vaillante Les Usines Vaillante is a fictional France-based and family-run automobile manufacturer created by Henri Vaillant and specialized in trucks and high performance sports cars and which is featured in the French comic book series Michel Vaillant.
Vailulu'u Vailulu'u is a massive volcanic sea mount, not discovered until 1975, which rises 4200 m from the sea floor to a depth of 590 m about one-third of the way between Ta'u and Rose islands at the eastern end of the American Samoas. The basaltic sea mount, is considered to mark the current location of the Samoan hotspot.
Vaišvilkas Vaišvilkas (Woyszwiłk, Vojszalak, Vojšalk, Vaišelga, Vaišalgas; killed on 9 December 1268 in Volodymyr-Volynskyi) was the Prince of Black Ruthenia (1255 – 1267), and the Grand Duke of Lithuania (1264 – 1267).
Vain (band) Vain are a glam metal band formed in San Francisco in 1989, at the last wave of the Glam Metal era, and in a time when the city's main musical export was thrash metal slowly changing to Old Skool Punk. The band were formed by vocalist Davy Vain, and were signed to Island Records in 1989 upon the release of their debut album No Respect that same year.
Vain (horse) Vain was a champion thoroughbred racehorse that dominated Australian sprint racing in the period 1968-70, and went on to become a top sire. The chestnut colt by Wilkes out of the Orgoglio mare Elated won 12 of 14 races he contested, and ran second in the other two.
Vainu Bappu Observatory The Vainu Bappu Observatory, or VBO for short, is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Indian Institute of Astrophysics. It is located in the Javadi Hills near the town of Kavalur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, 175 km south-east of Bangalore.
VaiN VaiN is a progessive/industrial metal band from South Saint Paul, Minnesota. Their musical styles have been described as an amalgam of such groups as Mudvayne, American Head Charge, Cannibal Corpse, Cradle of Filth, Fear Factory, Pantera, and Rammstein.
Vairagya Vairagya is a Sanskrit term used in Hindu philosophy that roughly translates as dispassion or renunciation, in particular renunciation from the pains and pleasures in the material world. The Hindu philosophers who advocated vairagya told their followers that it is a means to achieve moksha.
Vairamuthu Vairamuthu, born in 1953 in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu is a noted Tamil poet and star lyricist. His poetry reflects his staunch commitment to the progressive ideas of the Dravidian movement on the one hand, and a playful romanticism on the other.
Vaisakha Vaisakha (Hindi: बैसाख baisākh or वैशाख vaishākh) is a month of the Hindu calendar. In India's national civil calendar, Vaisakha is the second month of the year, beginning on 21 April and ending on 21 May.
Vaisampayana Vaisampayana or Vaiśampayana was a celebrated ancient Indian sage who was the original teacher of the Black Yajur-Veda. He was a pupil of the great Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, from whom he learned the Jaya, the original 8,800 verses of the Mahabharata.
Vaisheshika Vaisheshika, also Vaisesika, (Sanskrit: वैशॆषिक, IAST Vaiśeṣika)is one of the six Hindu schools of philosophy (orthodox Vedic systems) of India. Historically, it has been closely associated with the Hindu school of logic, Nyaya.
Vaishnava Center for Enlightenment The Vaishnava Center for Enlightenment (founded 1994) is an Indian American organization based in East Lansing, Michigan. The Vaishnava Center for Enlightenment is a signatory to a wide range of public resolutions and petitions.
Vaishnavastra In Hinduism, the Vaishnavastra (Sanskrit वैश्णवास्त्र) is the personal missile weapon of the God Vishnu. Once fired it cannot be thwarted by any means, except by the will of Vishnu himself.
Vaishnavism Vaishnavism is one of the principal traditions of Hinduism, and is identified from other schools by its primary worship of Vishnu (and his associated avatars) as the Supreme God. It is principally monotheistic in its philosophy, whilst also incorporating elements which could be described as being panentheistic.
Vaishno Devi Vaishno Devi Mandir is one of the holiest Hindu temples dedicated to Shakti, located in the hill of Vaishno Devi, Jammu and Kashmir, India. In Hinduism, Vaishno Devi, also known as Mata Rani and Vaishnavi, is a manifestation of the Mother Goddess.
Vaishya In the Hindu varna system, a Vaishya (Sanskrit वैश्य vaiśya) is a member of the third of the four only varnas of the varna system of traditional Indian society. It is comprised of merchants, artisans, and landowners.
Vaisnava-Sahajiya Vaisnava-Sahajiya was a Hindu and Buddhist cult that emphasized religious experiences in sexual acts. This cult, a part of the Tantra tradition, used the romance between Krishna and Radha as a metaphor for union with god, and sought to experience that union through its physical reenactment.
Vaison-la-Romaine Vaison-la-Romaine (Latin: Vasio Vocontiorum) is a small town and former bishopric in Provence. It is part of a commune of the same name, in the Vaucluse département, a part of the ancient French province of Comtat Venaissin.
Vaitheeswaran temple Vaitheeswaran Koil is 24 km (15 miles) from Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India. The place is famous for the Siva temple dedicated to Lord Vaidyanatheeswarar, the healer of all diseases and his consort Thaiyalnayaki.
Vaivasvata Manu In Hindu mythology, Vaivasvata Manu (also Manu Vaivasvate) is one of the 14 Manus. He is considered the progenitor of the current Manvantara, which is the 7th of the 14 that make up the current Kalpa, each Kalpa making up a day of Brahma.
Vajas Vajas (in English it means echo) is a Norwegian band (music group) with Kristin Mellem on violin and vocals, Nils Johansen on guitars, computers and synthesizers and the infamous Samii ethnic yoiker Ánde Somby on vocals and yoik (joik). The band debuted in 2003 and has toured internationally ever since.
Vajdahunyad Castle Vajdahunyad Castle, or Vajdahunyad vára, is a castle in City Park, Budapest, Hungary, that was built between 1896 and 1908, designed by Ignác Alpár. It is a copy in part of a castle in Transylvania, Romania, that is also called Vajdahunyad, though it is also a display of different architectural styles.
Vajirananavarorasa Vajirananavarorasa (also spelled Vajirañanavarorasa, Wachirayanwarorot, or Wachirayan Warot, ) (April 12, 1860, Bangkok, Thailand - August 2, 1921, Bangkok, Thailand) was the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand from 1900 to 1921. He helped to institutionalize Thai Buddhism.
Vajiravudh Vajiravudh (January 1, 1881 – November 25, 1925) (also known as Rama VI, reigning title Phra Mongkut Klao Chaoyuhua; ) was King of Siam (now Thailand) from 1910 until his death. He succeeded his father, King Chulalongkorn.
Vajiravudh College [crest]An all-boys Thai boarding school, Vajiravudh College was established by Phra Mongkut Klao Chaoyuhua King Rama VI which is also known as King Vajiravudh. The school was originally named the "Royal Page" (in Thai:Ma-had-lek-luang).
Vajra Vajra (Devanagari: वज्र) is a Sanskrit word meaning both thunderbolt and diamond and is ritual tool or spiritual implement which is symbolically important to both Buddhism and Hinduism, but is particularly important in Buddhism.
Vajra Mushti Vajra Mushti (Sanskrit वज्र मुश्टि) is the name of both a knuckleduster-like weapon and an ancient Indian martial art identified with that weapon that incorporates striking aspects, grappling aspects, and a study of vital pressure points (marman).Cezar Borkowski (1998).
Vajradhara Vajradhara is the ultimate Primordial Buddha, or Adi Buddha, according to the cosmology of Tibetan Buddhism. Vajradhara displaced Samantabhadra Buddha in Gelug and Kagyu mythologies, but is metaphysically equivalent.
Vajradhatu Vajradhatu was the name of the umbrella organization of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, one of the first Tibetan Buddhist lamas to visit and teach in the West. It served as the vehicle for the promulgation of his Budhhist teachings, and was also the name by which his community was known from 1973 until 1990.
Vajravarahi Vajrayogini or Vajravarahi (Tibetan: dor je phag mo, English: the Vajra Sow) is a tantric Buddhist deity whose sadhana (practice) originated in India between the 10th and 12th century.England (2002) She is often associated with triumph over ignorance as well as with abandonment (one of her hidden aspects is Varuni, goddess of alcohol and intoxication).
Vajrayana Vajrayāna Buddhism (Also known as Tantric Buddhism, Tantrayana, Mantrayana, Esoteric Buddhism, Diamond Vehicle, ', or 金剛乘 Jingangcheng in Chinese) is an extension of Mahayana Buddhism consisting of differences in the adoption of additional techniques (upaya, or 'skillful means') rather than in philosophy. The Vajrayana is often viewed as the third major 'vehicle' (Yana) of Buddhism, alongside the Theravada and Mahayana.
Vakataka The Vakataka was an Indian dynasty. They ruled in the today's parts of Maharashtra and Madya Pradesh from third century to fifth century and are the most important follow-up dynasty of the Satavahanas and are contemoraries to the Gupta.
Vakílu'd-Dawlih Afnán-i-Yazdí (), also known as Ḥájí Mírzá Muḥammad-Taqí, surnamed Vakílu'd-Dawlih (1830-1909) was an eminent follower of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, a global religion of Persian origin. He is identified as one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh.
Vakhsh River The Vakhsh River, also known as the Surkhob (in north-central Tajikistan) and the Kyzyl-Suu (in Kyrgyzstan) is a Central Asian river, and one of the main rivers of the nation of Tajikistan. It is a tributary of the Amu Darya river.
Vakhtang Murvanidze Vakhtang Murvanidze (* October 13 1979 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a Georgian figure skater. He is a multiple Georgian national champion and has represented Georgia at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where he placed 17th, and the 2006 Winter Olympics, where he placed 28th.
Vakhtang V of Kartli Vakhtang V () (1618–1675) was the king of Kartli (eastern Georgia) from 1658 until his death, who ruled as a vassal wali for the Persian shah. He is also known under the name of Shah Nawaz, which he assumed on being obliged outwardly to conform to Islam.
Vakhtang VI of Kartli Vakhtang VI (Georgian: ვახტანგ VI), also known as Vakhtang the Scholar and Vakhtang the Lawgiver, (September 15, 1675 – March 26, 1737) was a wali of Kartli, eastern Georgia, as a nominal vassal to the Persian shah from 1716 to 1724. Traditionally, he has been still styled as king of Kartli.
Vakill Vakill (born Donald Mason, 1975) is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. Vakill is known through his association with Chicago Hip Hop collective The Molemen, and for his literate, witty, punch line-filled lyricism and detailed story-telling.
Vaktoth heavy fighter In the Wing Commander universe, "Vaktoth" is the name of a family of heavy fighters used by the Kilrathi. The first Vaktoth was built in the 2660s and derivatives of the design continued in varying forms of Kilrathi service at least into the 2680s.
Val (comics) Val (surname unknown or maybe simply not applied), also known as the Sentry is a defender Spaceknight and is a warrant officer of the flagship of the Galadorian army. He was wounded during an assault by the Trionians, who killed the Prime Director, the first man of the Galadorian nation and its fleet sent on a mission to stop ethnic cleansing in their Universe.
Val A. Browning Val Allen Browning (20 August 1895-1994) was a noted Utah industrialist, philanthropist, and third generation gun innovator. His grandfather, Jonathan Browning, opened a gun shop in Ogden, Utah in 1852 and his father, John Browning is considered by many to be the most important gun inventor in history.
Val Anderson Val Anderson was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 1991 general election, as a candidate of the BC Liberal Party, and was re-elected in the 1996 and 2001 elections.
Val Anthony Val Anthony was a pianist and cabaret singer at Jilly's, a popular New York City night club in the 1960s owned by Jilly Rizzo. Frequent guests included Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr.
Val Avery Val Avery (born Sebouh Der Abrahamian) is an American character actor who has added heft to hundreds of movies and television shows since the '50s. In his early years he acted in plays with the Armenian Youth Federation.
Val Barker Trophy The Val Barker Trophy is awarded to the outstanding and most stylistic boxer of each Olympic Games since 1936. The trophy was established in honor of Val Barker, who was the first Honorary Secretary of the Federation Internationale de Boxe Amateur in 1920.
Val d'Orcia The Val d’Orcia, or Valdorcia, is a region of Tuscany, Italy, which extends from the hills south of Siena to Monte Amiata. It is characterised by gentle, carefully-cultivated hills occasionally broken by gullies and by picturesque towns and villages such as Pienza (rebuilt as an “ideal town” in the fifteenth-century under the patronage of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini), Radicofani (home to the notorious brigand-hero Ghino di Tacco) and Montalcino (the Brunello di Montalcino is counted among the most prestigious of Italian wines).
Val de dagne The Val de Dagne is a valley to the south east of Carcassonne in the department of Aude in South West France. The valley forms roughly a Z shape, the northern part following the line of the D3 immediately to the south of the Alaric Mountains, between Monze and Montlaur, and the southern part extending roughly from the slopes of the Corbières Occidental range in the west, to the entry of the gorge of the River Sou as it approaches its confluence with the Orbieu west of [Lagrasse]http://www.
Val de Seine The Val de Seine is one of the most important business districts of Paris agglomeration. Located at the southwest of the city, it spreads along a bend of the Seine river mainly on the municipalities Boulogne-Billancourt, Issy-les-Moulineaux and the South of Paris 15th arrondissement.
Val di Noto Val di Noto (English: Vallum of NotoThe Val term does not refer to a "Valley" as in other Italian geographically names, but to one of the Vallum into which Sicily was administratively divided under the Arab rule.) is a geographical area of south east Sicily; it is dominated by the limestone Iblean plateau.
Val Fonteyne Valere Ronald "Val" Fonteyne (born December 2, 1933 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta) is a retired Canadian NHL and WHA hockey player. He played left wing in the NHL between 1959 and 1972 for the Detroit Red Wings (twice), New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins, and in the WHA from 1972 to 1974 for the Alberta Oilers and later Edmonton Oilers.
Val Garay Val Garay is a record producer and engineer who has worked with Kim Carnes, The Motels, Marty Balin, Bonnie Raitt, Joan Armatrading, Dolly Parton, Pablo Cruise, James Taylor, QueensrĂżche, Cock Robin, Dramarama, Ezo, Ringo Starr, Linda Ronstadt, Nicolette Larson and others.
Val Gielgud Val Henry Gielgud (born April 28 1900 in London, England, UK; died November 30 1981 in London, England, UK) was an English actor, writer, director and broadcaster. He was a pioneer of radio drama for the BBC, and also directed the first ever drama to be produced in the newer medium of television.
Val IT Val IT is a suite of documents that provide a framework for the governance of IT investments, produced by ISACA, one of the leading bodies concerned with IT governance and auditing. It is essentially a formal statement of principles and processes for IT portfolio management.
Val James Val James (Born - February 14, 1957 in Ocala, Florida, USA) is a retired American Professional Hockey Left Winger who played 2 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Buffalo Sabres and Toronto Maple Leafs.
Val Lehman Val Lehman (born March 15, 1943) is an Australian actress who is best known for the role of Wentworth Detention Centre's inmate boss, or "top dog", Bea Smith in the Australian series Prisoner. She played the role for 4½ years before leaving the series in the 400th episode in 1983, with the character perishing offscreen some two years later.
Val Logsdon Fitch Val Logsdon Fitch (born March 10, 1923) is an American nuclear physicist. A native of Merriman, Nebraska, he graduated from McGill University with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1948 and was awarded a Ph.
Val Lumnezia The Val Lumnezia (Rhaeto-Roman, "Valley of Light") is a Swiss high Alpine valley made up of the main Lumnezia valley, and a side valley, the Valser valley to the south-east. Located at , it forms also Municipality, which is composed of the communities Vella, Vignogn, Degen, Suraua, Vrin, Cumbel, Morissen, Vals and Lumbrein.
Val MĂĽstair The Val MĂĽstair (German: MĂĽnstertal, Italian: Val Monastero) is a mountain valley in the Swiss Alps. It connects the Pass dal Fuorn (Ofenpass, 2149 m) with South Tyrol and the Vinschgau-Val Venosta (914 meter).
Val McCalla Val McCalla (born October 3, 1943 in Kingston, Jamaica; died August 22, 2002 in Seaford, East Sussex) is best known as the founder of The Voice, a British weekly newspaper aimed at the Britain's black community. He founded it in 1982 as a voice for the British African-Caribbean community and black Briton people.
Val Picinich Valentine John Picinich (September 8, 1896 - December 5, 1942) born in New York, New York was a catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics (1916-17), Washington Senators (1918-22), Boston Red Sox (1923-25), Cincinnati Reds (1926-28), Brooklyn Robins/Brooklyn Dodgers (1929-33) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1933).
Val Ramos Val Ramos is considered to be one of the best Nuevo Flamenco guitarists in the United States. A native of New York City (of Puerto Rican parents), Val has toured the United States and Spain with his ensemble which includes his brother Jose Ramon Ramos.
Val Valentino Val Valentino (born Leonard Montano on June 14 1956 in East Los Angeles, California) is a magician, illusionist and actor who gained notoriety by starring in four magic specials on the Fox Network. He goes by the stage name the Masked Magician.
Val Verde (fictional country) Val Verde is a fictional country used by 20th Century Fox when they require a South/Central American country without getting into legal or diplomatic hot water. In general it is Spanish-speaking country resembling Cuba or Panama.
Val-d'Or Foreurs The Val-d'Or Foreurs are an ice hockey team based in Val-d'Or, in the region of Abitibi-TĂ©miscamingue, Quebec, Canada. The team, founded in 1993, play in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, a member of the Canadian Hockey League.
Val-des-Monts, Quebec The municipality of Val-des-Monts, population 9,200, is located about 40 kilometres north of Ottawa in the Outaouais region of Quebec. Formed in 1974 by the merger of the towns of Perkins, Saint-Pierre-de-Wakefield and Poltimore, it consists mainly of farms and mountainous forests.
Val-David, Quebec Val-David is a village of approximately 5,000 inhabitants located in the Laurentian mountains about 75 kilometres north of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Val-David's slogan is "Un monde a part et a partager".
Val-Kill Industries Eleanor Roosevelt established Val-Kill Industries in 1927 with Nancy Cook, Marion Dickerman, and Caroline O'Day, three friends she met through her activities in the Women's Division of the New York State Democratic Party. Val-Kill was located on the banks of a stream that flowed through the Roosevelt family estate in Hyde Park, New York.
Valac In demonology, Valac is the mighty Great President of Hell, having thirty (thirty-eight to other authors) legions of demons under his command. Valac is said to give true answers about hidden treasures; he reveals where serpents can be seen, and delivers them harmless to the magician.
Valadi Valady is a small town located 5 miles from Trichi in India along the Trichi-Chennai railway. Its size and importance today is much lesser than its status in the pre-independence era, due to massive emigration over the last few decades in search for better career, and its diaspora numbering a few thousands is spread all across the world.
Valais The Valais (German: ) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland in the south-western part of the country, in the Pennine Alps around the valley of the Rhone River from its springs to Lake Geneva. The canton is one of the drier parts of Switzerland in its central Rhone valley.
Valais Ocean The Valais Ocean is a disappeared piece of oceanic crust which was situated between the continent Europe and the microcontinent Iberia. The Valais Ocean is together with other small disappeared oceanic basins often called the Alpine or Western Tethys Ocean.
Valaška The valaška is a long, thin and light axe used in the past centuries by Slovaks in the rural parts of the country as a weapon, stick or a tool. It has symbolic historical and cultural connotations and is used as a prop in many traditional dances like the odzemok.
Valamir Valamir (c420 - c465 AD) was an Ostrogothic king in the ancient country of Pannonia from 447 AD until his death. During his reign, he fought alongside the Huns against the Roman Empire and then, after Attila the Hun's death, fought against the Huns to regain Ostrogothic independence.
Valaskjálf In Norse mythology, Valaskjálf is one of Odin's Halls, a great dwelling built and roofed with pure silver. In this room is a high seat, a mighty throne, where Odin the Lord of Fury and Wisdom can watch over the entire universe.
Valassaaret Valassaaret, or Valsörarna (Finnish and Swedish for Whale Islands) is a small archipelago in the Gulf of Bothnia between Finland (the owner) and Sweden. They are a part of Korsholm municipality and are an important bird sanctuary.
Valérian: Spatio-Temporal Agent Valérian: Spatio-Temporal Agent (Valérian: Agent Spatio-Temporel) is a French comic book science fiction series created by writer Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude Mézières. Each story is coloured by Evelyn Tran-Lé.
Valérie Dionne Valerie Dionne (born July 29, 1980 in Sainte-Foy, Quebec) is a Canadian water polo player. She is a member of the national women's water polo team and has competed in five juvenile, 15 provincial, and 11 national championships.
Valbanera The Valbanera was a steamship operated by the Pinillos Line of Spain from 1905 until 1919, when it sank in a hurricane with the loss of all 488 crew and passengers aboard. The Valbanera was a 400 foot long steamer capable of carrying close to 1,200 passengers.
Valby station Valby station is a railway station in the Valby district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located where the TĂĄstrup and Frederikssund radials of the S-train network diverge, and is served by trains on either radial.
Valda Sheergold Valda Sheergold is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, played by Joan Sydney. She first appeared in 2002 at her granddaughter, Stephanie Scully's non-wedding to Marc Lambert and has reappeared in a recurring guest capacity.
Valda the Iron Maiden Valda the Iron Maiden is the name of a fictional character in DC Comics, a female knight of Charlemagne's court and the love interest of Arak, Son of Thunder. She was created by Roy Thomas in Arak, Son of Thunder #3 (August 1981).
Valdai Hills The Valdai Hills (Russian: Валда́йская возвы́шенность or Валда́й, Latvian: Valdaja augstiene) are an upland region in north-west of central Russia running north-south, about midway between St. Petersburg and Moscow, spanning the Novgorod, Tver, Pskov, and Smolensk Oblasts.
Valdas Adamkus Valdas Adamkus (, born Valdemaras AdamkeviÄŤius on November 3, 1926) is the current President of the Republic of Lithuania. It is the second time (although his terms were not served concurrently) that he is serving in this position.

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