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Vittorio Revetra Vittorio Revetra, during World War II, was a Lieutenant-Colonel and the commander of the Regia Aeronautica's fighters in Libya. On December 9, 1940, while patrolling in a CR-42, he discovered the tracks of British vehicles which had driven through a gap in the Italian lines south of Sidi Barrani, as part of Operation Compass.
Vittorio the Vampire Vittorio: The Vampire is the second book in Anne Rice's New Tales of the Vampires series. It is the only vampire novel by Rice in which the lead character does not appear in her series The Vampire Chronicles, although Vittorio references them briefly.
Vittorio Tamagnini Vittorio Tamagnini (born October 28, 1910 in Civitavecchia – died January 20, 1981) was a bantamweight professional boxer from Italy, who won the gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Vittorio Vidali Vittorio Vidali (1900, Trieste—1983), also known as Vittorio Vidale, Enea Sormenti, Jacobo Hurwitz Zender, Carlos Contreras, "Comandante Carlos") was an Italian-born Stalinist assassin and what is commonly called a "communist agent". Outside of Spain (where Vidali is said to have killed 400 people), he is known primarily for orchestrating the deaths in Mexico of Julio Antonio Mella and Joseph Stalin's rival Leon Trotsky.
Vitu Islands Vitu Islands (), is a volcanic group with an area of 37 sq mi (96 km²) located in the Bismarck Archipelago volcanic island group, a part of Papua New Guinea in the South West Pacific, which has a total area of 19,200 sq mi (49,730 km²).
Vitus Bering Vitus Jonassen Bering (also, less correctly, Behring) (August 1681–December 19, 1741) was a Danish-born navigator in the service of the Russian Navy, a captain-komandor known among the Russian sailors as Ivan Ivanovich. He was born in the town of Horsens in Denmark and died at Bering Island, near the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Viv Graham Viv Graham (1959-December 31, 1993) was a British mobster and former professional heavyweight boxer who, operating a chain of Tyneside nightclubs and bars, was a reputed organized crime figure in the Geordie underworld involved in extortion and racketeering activities.
Viv Hope Vivien "Viv" Hope (previously Windsor and Dawson) is a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. Deena Payne has played her since 1993, making Viv the fourth longest running current character.
Viv Ivins In the Left Behind series, Viv Ivins (real name: Viviana Ivinisova)is the woman who brought Marilena Carpathia to Lucifer, and is the surrogate "aunt" to Nicolae Carpathia. Her name represents the number 666, having the Roman numerals (VI VI VI) spelled out.
Viv Kind Viv Kind (nee Florence Margaret Vivienne Lloyd) was born in Salford, Lancashire on 28th July 1948. The third child of Sydney Lloyd and Cecily Beaumont Botte, she is also the sister of Tony Lloyd MP, and is currently a councilor on the City of York Council, representing Heworth Ward.
Viva (Warhol superstar) Viva (born Janet Susan Mary Hoffmann on August 23 1938 in Syracuse, New York) is an actress, writer and a former Warhol superstar. She was born into a staunchly conservative/anti-Communist Catholic family in upstate New York which supported Senator Joe McCarthy.
Viva Aerobus Viva Aerobus is a low cost airline part-owned by the founders of Europe's biggest low-frills carrier Ryanair. Viva Aerobus started operations in November 30, 2006 with its hub at Monterrey Airport, General Mariano Escobedo International Airport (MTY).
Viva America Viva America - refers to a popular American radio music program which was broadcast live over the CBS radio network and to South America over the Cadena de las Americas (Chain of the Americas) throughout the 1940s. All broadcasts of this program were supervised under the strict government supervision of the United States Department of State and the Office for Inter-American Affairs (OCIAA) as part of the cultural exchange initiatives authorized by President Franklin D.
Viva Blue Viva Blue, or the Finch/Richmond Hill/Newmarket line, is a line on the Viva bus rapid transit system in York Region, north of Toronto, Canada. It is operated by Connex Transportation, under contract from the Region of York.
Viva el Amor Viva El Amor (1999) (see 1999 in music) is the seventh studio album by the rock band The Pretenders. The band's lineup for the album is the same as that of 1994's Last of the Independents: Chrissie Hynde, Martin Chambers, Andy Rourke and Adam Seymour.
Viva Hate Viva Hate is Morrissey's debut solo album, released on March 22, 1988. The album was more successful than any of Morrissey's work with The Smiths and is widely considered more modern and musically innovative in comparison as well.
Viva la Diva Viva la Diva was a four-piece Atlanta-based rock band fronted by Cooper Seay, formerly of the Ellen James Society. The other members were bassist Jan Dykes (also a former member of the Ellen James Society), guitarist Candi Jiosne, and drummer Wayne Glass.
Viva La Bam Viva La Bam was a spin-off from MTV's Jackass series which starred Bam Margera and his "crew". Each episode would have a theme, mission or challenge which would normally be accomplished by performing pranks, skateboarding and enlisting the help of friends, relatives and experts.
Viva La Vega Viva La Vega is a DVD presented by the Norwegian company Amazon Film of the band Kaizers Orchestra. It features their concert at Vega in Kopenhagen, Denmark on 6 October 2005, as well as documentaries, music videos, a biography, and stills.
Viva Las Vegas Viva Las Vegas (1964) is an American romantic musical motion picture co-starring American singers Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret. The movie is regarded as one of Presley's best and noted for the on-screen chemistry between Presley and Ann-Margret.
Viva Las Violence Viva Las Violence is the fourth studio album of North Carolina punk band Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13. It was released on November 6 2001, on Century Media Records, in collaboration with People Like You Records.
Viva Last Blues Viva Last Blues is the name of a 1995 album by Will Oldham, released under the moniker Palace Music. It was recorded by Steve Albini and includes "New Partner", a song which is usually considered one of his best songs.
Viva Le Famille Viva Le Famille is a Mediacorp TV Channel 8 Singapore Chinese drama serial that revolves aroung a big family that faces many problems which other Singaporean families may also face, such as expenses on giving birth to a child, staying with their in-laws, etc. There are 2 parts of the show.
Viva Managua Movement The Viva Managua Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Viva Managua) is a Nicaraguan political organisation founded in 1996 in Managua, under the figure of a popular subscription association. Viva Managua participated in the 1996 municipal elections with Pedro SolĂłrzano as the candidate for mayor of Managua.
Viva Purple Viva Purple, or the Martin Grove/Richmond Hill/Cornell line, is a line on the Viva bus rapid transit system in York Region, north of Toronto, Canada. It is operated by Connex Transportation under contract from the Region of York.
Viva! Viva!, or Vegetarians' International Voice for Animals, founded by Juliet Gellatley in 1995, is a UK-based vegetarian and vegan campaigning charity along with an animal-rights based organization which promotes vegetarianism and veganism.
Viva64 Viva64 is the lint-like tool for searching of errors and possible problems in C++ code while porting the application to the 64-bit platform. Now when all the developers realize the need of releasing 64-bit versions of software, it is very necessary to make sure that the product being developed is of high quality.
Vivandière Vivandière is a generic name for women attached to military regiments as camp followers, but also often occupying a place of honour as mascots. Their function was to stiffen morale, particularly in wartime, when they would act as nurses on the battlefield.
Vivant Vivant is a small Belgian social liberal party founded by millionaire Roland Duchâtelet. In the regional elections in June 2004, the party formed a strategic alliance with the Flemish Liberals and Democrats or VLD.
Vivarini Vivarini, the surname of a family of painters of Murano (Venice), who produced a great quantity of work in Venice and its neighborhood in the 15th century, leading on to that phase of the school which is represented by Carpaccio and the Bellinis.
Vivarium A vivarium (plural: vivariums or vivaria) is an area, usually enclosed, for keeping and raising animals or plants for observation or research. Often, a portion of the ecosystem for a particular species is simulated on a smaller scale, with controls for environmental conditions.
Vivasvat In Hinduism, Vivasvat (also Visvakarma or Vivasvan) is a solar deity and another name for Surya. He is married to Saranya (also called Sanjna), and father of the Asvins, Sanjana, Vaivasvata Manu, Revanta, Yama and Yami.
VivĂ­simo VivĂ­simo is privately held enterprise search software company in Pittsburgh specialising in the development of software to improve search on the web and in enterprises. The focus of VivĂ­simo's research thus far has been the concept of clustering search results based on topic; for example, dividing the results of a search for "cell" into groups like "biology," "battery," and "prison.
Vive ut vivas Vive Ut Vivas is a latin phrase meaning "live that you may live" or simply "live to the fullest." It is popular as a family motto An alternate translation is "live that you may live forever" [http://www.
Vive, Viva Vive, Viva and Vivat are interjections used in the Romance languages. Vive, in French, and Viva, in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian, Vivat, in Romanian and Latin are subjunctive forms of the verb "to live".
Viveiro Viveiro (also Vivero) is a town and municipality in the province of Lugo, in the northwestern Galician autonomous community of Spain. It borders on the Bay of Biscay, to the south of the municipality of Ourol, to the east of Xove and to the west of O Vicedo.
Vivek Paul Vivek Paul (born 1958), an alumnus of BITS Pilani, and until recently the Vice Chairman of Wipro Limited and CEO of Wipro Technologies in India, was declared among the best managers in the world by the Business Week in 2004. He was also named by Time and CNN amongst the most influential business persons in the world.
Viveka Davis Viveka Davis is an American actress who has starred on television and in movies. As a young actress, she was best known for her role in the 1983 NBC TV miniseries V as Polly Maxwell, a role she reprised in the 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle.
Viveka public school Located in a small Town 'Tenali' in AndraPradesh,Guntur District has a Good History of Breaking Records silently in the Field of Education and contributed significantly Enhancing the standards of Education in the Town famous for its Business Orientation and has created a Young set of people who can dare to Dream Big ..which inspired many other Big Institutions like Gowtham,Chaitanya to find out the Huge potential of people in winning StateRanks from this small town to extend their Branches which has helped significantly the Young People of the Town to Make their dreams come True..
Vivekanand Education Society's Institute of Technology Vivekanand Education Society's Institute of Technology also known as VESIT or VES Institute of Technology, established in 1984, is one of the premier engineering colleges affiliated with the Mumbai University. VESIT has the departments of electronics, electonics and telecommunications, computer, instrumentation engineering, and information technology.
Vivekananda College Vivekananda College, named after Swami Vivekananda, was inaugurated on 1st July 1946 by Professor, Philosopher and President of India-to-be, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. It is located at Mylapore, in the centre of Chennai, India on 20 acres (81,000 m²).
Vivekananda Rock Memorial Vivekananda Rock Memorial is a place in Kanyakumari, India about 500 meters away from mainland (at the southernmost tip) of India which attracts large number of tourists. This memorial stands on one of two rocks separated by about 70 meters.
Vivente rege Vivente Rege (Latin) is a form of king's election, where the king's successor, usually of the same dynasty, was elected before the old king died. It was an important element of politics in Poland during the times of the free election of kings, when monarchs would attempt to push through the election of their heir, and Polish nobility (szlachta) would oppose it, on the grounds that it would lead to absolute monarchy.
Vivian Blaine Vivian Blaine (born 21 November 1921 in Newark, New Jersey; died 9 December 1995 in New York, New York) was an actress and singer best known for originating the role of Miss Adelaide in the musical theater production Guys and Dolls.
Vivian Bullwinkel Vivian Bullwinkel-Statham AO MBE ARRC ED (Born Vivian Bullwinkel) (18 December 1915- 3 July 2000) was an Australian Army nurse during the Second World War. She was the sole survivor of the Banka Island Massacre, when the Japanese killed 21 of her fellow nurses on Radji Beach, Bangka Island (Indonesia), on 16 February 1942.
Vivian Campbell Vivian Patrick Campbell (born in August 25, 1962 in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) is an Irish rock guitarist, currently playing for Def Leppard. However, he was already known as a proficient guitarist in the early 80's, before joining the band in 1992, first with the Irish rock band Sweet Savage, then with Dio.
Vivian Gaither High School Vivian Gaither High School (commonly abbreviated to simply Gaither or GHS) is located in the Greater Northdale area of Hillsborough County, Florida. It is a senior public high school, serving grades 9-12, operated by the Hillsborough County Public School System.
Vivian H. H. Green Vivian Hubert Howard Green (18 November 1915–18 January 2005) was a Fellow and Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, a priest, author, teacher, and historian. He was also celebrated for his influence on his student John Le Carré when it became known that Green was the model for the spymaster George Smiley in Le Carré's novels.
Vivian Hsu Vivian Hsu (Hanzi: 徐若瑄, pinyin: Xú Ruòxuān, Wade-Giles: Hsu Jo-hsuan, Japanese: ビビアン・スー) born March 19 1975 in Taichung, Taiwan, is a famous singer, actress, and model who has worked mainly in Taiwan and Japan.
Vivian Johnson (Without a Trace) Special Agent Vivian "Viv" Johnson is a fictional character played by actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste on the CBS drama Without a Trace. Vivian is second in command of the FBI missing persons case squad in New York City.
Vivian Kudo Vivian Kudo known as Yukiko Kudo (工藤 有希子 Kudō Yukiko) in the original Japanese anime and manga, is a character of the anime and manga Case Closed, known in Japan as Detective Conan (名探偵コナン Meitantei Conan).
Vivian Liberto Vivian Liberto met Johnny Cash in 1950 at a roller skating rink in San Antonio, Texas three weeks before the Air Force deployed him to Germany. At the time, she was still a senior at Providence High School, an all-girl Catholic school in San Antonio.
Vivian Malone Jones Vivian Juanita Malone Jones (July 15, 1942, in Mobile, Alabama - October 13, 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia) was an African-American woman, one of the first two African Americans to enroll at the University of Alabama in 1963 and was made famous when Alabama Governor George Wallace tried to block them from entering, triggering a showdown with federal troops. She became the first African American to graduate from the University of Alabama.
Vivian McGrath Vivian ("Viv") Erzerum Bede McGrath (17 February 1916 – 9 April 1978) was an Australian tennis champion of the 1930s. Along with John Bromwich, he was one of the first great players to use a two-handed backhand.
Vivian Nixon Vivian Nixon (born in 1984 in Miami, Florida) is a dancer who recently made her debut on Broadway (theatre) as Kalimba in Hot Feet. She is one of three children of former NBA star Norm Nixon and dancer/choreographer/producer/director/actress Debbie Allen.
Vivian Solon Vivian Alvarez Solon is an Australian who was unlawfully removed to the Philippines by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) in July 2001. In May 2005, it became public knowledge that she had been deported, although DIMIA knew of their mistake in 2003.
Vivian Stanshall Vivian Stanshall (21 March 1943 – 5 March 1995) was an English musician, painter, singer, broadcaster, songwriter, poet, writer, wit, and raconteur, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his surreal exploration of the British upper classes in Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, and for narrating Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells.
Vivian Van Damm Vivian van Damm (1895-1960) was a prominent London theatre impressario from 1932 until 1960, managing the Windmill Theatre in London's Great Windmill Street, which was a British institution, famed for its pioneering tableaux vivants of motionless female nudity and for the myth of having 'never closed' during the blitz.
Viviane Reding Viviane Reding (born 27 April 1951 in Esch-sur-Alzette) is a Luxembourg politician, currently serving as European Commissioner for Information Society and Media. Before starting a professional career as a journalist for the leading newspaper in Luxembourg, the Luxemburger Wort, she obtained a doctorate in human sciences at the Sorbonne.
Vivianite Vivianite Fe3(PO4)2·8(H2O), hydrated iron phosphate, is a secondary mineral found in a number of geological environments. Usually found as deep blue to deep bluish green prismatic to flattened crystals, most crystals rather small to microscopic, larger ones are rare.
Vivica Genaux Vivica Genaux (born in Fairbanks, Alaska) is an american mezzo-soprano. Her father, of belgian descent, was a biochemistry professor at the University of Alaska and her mother, of swiss-german extraction, was a language teacher.
Vivid Sky Vivid Sky has developed the SkyBOX in-venue sports entertainment system that gives the power back to the fans in the stands. USA Today, 2/8/2006, Devices Give Sports Fans Enhanced View The SkyBOX enhances the way any fan experiences the live event...
Vivien Duffield Dame Vivien Louise Duffield, DBE (born 1946), British socialite and philanthropist. The only daughter of millionaire businessman Sir Charles Clore, Duffield was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, and was for some years married to the British financier John Duffield, chairman of New Star Asset Management.
Vivien Garry Jazz bassist Vivien Garry led the Vivien Garry Quintet (which, on at least one date, included Edna Williams of The International Sweethearts of Rhythm on trumpet and Ginger Smock on violin) and the Vivien Garry Trio (which included her husband, Arv Garrison, on guitar and Wini Beatty on piano).
Vivien Mitchell Vivien Mitchell (born August 31, 1954) is a former field hockey international player, who played in goal for Ireland. She began as a reserve to Mary Geaney, but was goalie in her own right when she played in a match at Wembley in 1979.
Vivien Oakland Vivien Oakland (May 20, 1895 - August 1, 1958), was an American actress best known for her work in comedies in Hollywood in the 1920's and 1930's, most notably with the Hal Roach Studios. She supported Laurel and Hardy on several occasions, and sometimes played the wife of Edgar Kennedy and Leon Errol in their series of short films.
Vivienne Goonewardena Violet Vivienne ("Vivi") Goonewardena (18 September 1916-3 October 1996) was a Sri Lankan pioneer socialist and feminist. Her life and politics were shaped by the most interesting times of the Sri Lankan Left and she was in turn one of its more colourful personalities.
Vivion de Valera Vivion de Valera (December 13, 1910 - February 16, 1982) was an Irish scientist, businessman, lawyer, and politician. He was the eldest child of the former Taoiseach and President, Eamon de Valera and Sinéad de Valera and was named after his paternal grandfather, Juan Vivion de Valera.
Vivisection Etymologically, vivisection refers to the dissection of, or any cutting or surgery upon, a living animal. More generally, it is used to describe any invasive experiment upon living animals, or any live animal testing, typically for the purpose of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.
Vivisection and experimentation debate Vivisection and animal experimentation has been controversial since the 19th century with physiologists expressing reservations much earlier. Sides, for and against, have formed over the years and are often deeply entrenched in their respective viewpoints.
Vivisector Vivisector (Myles Alfred) is a fictional character, an openly gay intellectual mutant featured as a member of X-Statix by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in X-Force #116 and was created by Peter Milligan and Mike Allred.
Vivisick Vivisick is a four piece hardcore punk band hailing from Tokyo, Japan. Formed in 1996 by bassist/vocalist Yuki and guitarist Sunao, Vivisick has become fairly prominent in their local scene but remains almost unheard of outside of Japan.
Vivo (mobile phone network) Vivo (Bovespa: VIVO3 / VIVO4; ) is the largest mobile phone service provider in Brazil and in South America with over 30 million users. It originated from the merger of several Brazilian mobile phone operations under a joint-venture owned equally by Portuguese Portugal Telecom and Spanish TelefĂłnica.
Vivo Cantando "Vivo Cantando" (English translation: "I Live Singing") was one of four winners of the Eurovision Song Contest 1969. The song was performed in Spanish for Spain by Salomé and shared first place with Lulu representing the United Kingdom with "Boom Bang-a-Bang", Lenny Kuhr representing the Netherlands with "De Troubadour" and Frida Boccara representing France with "Un Jour, Un Enfant".
Vivo Software Vivo Software was a pioneer internet streaming media company which was acquired by RealNetworks in March 1998. Vivo Software designed the Vivo Video/Audio platform, including its encoding tools and end-user VivoActive Player.
VivoCity VivoCity (Chinese: 怡丰城) is the largest retail and lifestyle destination at the HarbourFront precinct in Singapore. Opened on 7 October 2006, it marked the completion of the main structure by a topping-out ceremony on 18 April 2006 and was officially opened on 1 December 2006.
Vivodi Telecom Vivodi is a private telecom operator in Greece that offers low telephone rates for OTE subscribers through call-by-call, carrier preselection or prepaid cards, and for business customers, also offering leased line solutions.
ViWTA The Flemish Institute for Scientific and Technological Aspect research or Vlaams Instituut voor Wetenschappelijk en Technologisch Aspectenonderzoek (viWTA) is a Flemish institute. The institute is associated with the Flemish Parliament, for which it provides advice on complex issues involving society and technology.
Vix Pervenit Vix Pervenit: On Usury and Other Dishonest Profit was an encyclical, promulgated by Pope Benedict XIV on November 1, 1745, which condemned the practice of charging interest on loans as usury. Because the encyclical was addressed to the Bishops of Italy, it is generally not considered ex cathedra.
Vixakha Bouxa The Vixakha Bouxa festival is the Lao version of the Thai Visakha Puja, which it closely resembles. It commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha, which are all said to have happened on the same date.
Vixen (comics) Vixen is a fictional character, a superhero in the DC Comics universe. She was nearly the first female African-American DC superhero to star in her own series, but the first issue of her series was cancelled in the DC Implosion in 1978, never to be released.
Viy (folklore) Viy (; _, most likely from from a Slavonic root that denotes 'eyelid') is a mythic creature of Ukrainian folklore best known from a story by Nikolai Gogol. Viy, the king of gnomes, is usually depicted a monster somewhat akin to Balor from Celtic mythology - a creature that is capable of killing with a glance.
Viy (story) Viy, is a horror story by the Russian-Ukrainian writer Nikolai Gogol, first published in the first volume of his collection of tales entitled Mirgorod (1835). It was the basis of Mario Bava's film La maschera del demonio and the Russian film Viy (1967) by Georgi Kropachyov and Konstantin Yershov.
Viyella Viyella was a blend of wool and cotton first woven in 1893 in England, and soon to be the "first branded fabric in the world". Times, 8 Sep 1987 It was made of 55 per cent merino wool and 45 per cent cotton in a twill weave, developed by James and Robert Sissons of William Hollins & Company, spinners and hosiers.
Viz The adverbs viz and videlicet are two words of Latin origin used today as synonyms of "namely", "precisely", "that is to say", and introduce a specification or a more detailed description of something stated before. Often, as with a syntactical-descriptive colon, this is a list.
Vizag Steel Plant THE Visakhapatnam steel plant is the realisation of late Tenneti Viswanadham's dream as he had led the agitation for the stell plant during the late sixties. He coined the slogan - Visakha Ukku (steel), Andhrula Hakku (right)" ( in English - Visakha Steel plant is the Right of Andhra people) .
Vizcachas River The Vizcachas River is a river in the south of the Patagonic province of Santa Cruz, Argentina. It is born at the Sierra de los Baguales, from the confluence of several streams, and descends from the Vizcachas Plain, flowing south until reaching a low-lying marsh area.
Vizcarra Vizcarra (sometimes spelled as "Viscarra") is a Basque surname which orginiated in the town of Guernica, Spain. This surname is mostly found in the Basque country, Mexico, Peru, Bolivia and the Philippines.
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Vizcaya Museum and Gardens (10 acres) is a remarkable villa and botanical garden owned by Miami-Dade County, and located at 3251 South Miami Avenue in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida. It is a National Historic Landmark open to the public daily except for Christmas Day; an admission fee is charged.
Vizianagaram Vizianagaram (), sometimes spelt as Vizianagram is the main city of the Vizianagaram District of North Eastern Andhra Pradesh in Southern India. Vizianagaram district was formed on the 1st of June 1979, with some parts carved from the neighbouring districts of Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam.
Vizić Vizić (Визић) is a village located in the Bačka Palanka municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia, although it is not geographically located in Bačka, but in Syrmia. The village is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.
Vizier A Vizier ( - Wazīr) (sometimes also spelled Vizir, Wasir, Wazir, Wesir, or Wezir - grammatical vowel changes are common in many oriental languages), literally "burden-bearer" or "helper", is a term, originally Persian, for a high-ranking political (and sometimes religious) advisor or minister, often to a Muslim monarch such as a Caliph, Amir, Malik (king) or Sultan. The Middle-Persian ancestor of this word was Vichir.
Vizille The village of Vizille is home to the Musée de la Révolution Française, a rich depository of archival and rare materials devoted to the French Revolution. The stacks are accessible to researchers (by appointment).
Vizio Vizio is a recently-established manufacturer of consumer electronics based in California, United States In 2005, Vizio broke from Sony Electronics with the goal of providing top tier performance while allowing their technology to be sold at lesser prices.. Vizio produces primarily LCD and plasma televisions, but also DVD players and other appliances.
Vizjerei The Vizjerei is a clan of mages from the fictional Diablo universe who generally lived within the jungles of Kurast. The Vizjerei is one of the largest mage clans in Sanctuary that replaced the Taan mage clan which was thought to follow the Skatsimi religion that was later replaced by the Zakarum religion.
Vizrt Vizrt () is a software company that provides a range of solutions for TV stations and other high-end graphics applications. The heart of Vizrt's software is Viz- an OpenGl based real-time 3D graphic engine, along with a node-based editing environment.
VI Corps (United States) The VI Corps took part in some of the most high profile operations in World War II. Constituted in the Organized Reserves in 1921, it was allotted to the Regular Army in 1933 and activated on 1 August 1940 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois.
VIA C3 The VIA C3 is an x86 central processing unit for personal computers produced by VIA Technologies. The C7 is one of several technical revisions VIA has undertaken to the original 16 stage pipeline core, adding new features.
VIA pc-1 Initiative The VIA pc-1 Initiative is a project of VIA Technologies to help bridge the digital divide by developing innovative and sustainable information and communication technology (ICT) solutions to benefit one billion people who currently do not have access to computers or the Internet. The envisioned computing and connectivity solutions are to bring these users social, economic, and educations benefits.
VIA Technologies VIA Technologies is a Taiwanese manufacturer of integrated circuits, mainly motherboard chipsets, CPUs, and memory, and is part of the Formosa Plastics Group. It is the world's largest independent manufacturer of motherboard chipsets.

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