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WNCN WNCN ("NBC17") is the NBC affiliate in the Triangle region of North Carolina (the Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville DMA), broadcasting on analog channel 17 and digital channel 55. It is licensed to Goldsboro, but its studios are just outside of downtown Raleigh.
WNCT-TV WNCT-TV, channel 9, is the CBS affiliate in Greenville, North Carolina, serving New Bern, Washington, and the rest of east central North Carolina. The station broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 9, and its digital signal on VHF channel 10.
WNEG-TV WNEG-TV is the CBS television affiliate in Toccoa, Georgia, serving several counties in the northeastern portion of that state. Besides that region, the station also serves as the secondary CBS affiliate for the Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, S.
WNEO WNEO and WEAO are PBS member stations in northeastern Ohio, simulcasting together as PBS 45 & 49. The stations are operated from studio facilities in the Akron suburb of Kent, Ohio by Northeastern Educational Television of Ohio, which is a consortium of the University of Akron, Kent State University and Youngstown State University.
WNEP-TV WNEP-TV, is the ABC network afiliate of the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania television market. The station is licensed to Scranton, formerly owned by The New York Times Company (pending completion of a sale to Oak Hill Capital Partners in 2007), and has its studios located outside the Scranton city limits in Moosic, Pennsylvania.
WNEU WNEU is the Telemundo affiliate serving the Boston market, licensed to Merrimack, New Hampshire. The station is owned by NBC Universal, but is controlled by ZGS Communications as a full-power relay of WTMU-LP, primarily serving Boston's northern suburbs and southern New Hampshire.
WNGS WNGS 67 (branded as RTN-11) is a television station licensed to Springville, New York, serving the Buffalo television market. The station is run under a local marketing agreement by WKBW (Channel 7), and airs mostly programming from the Retro Television Network, along with sports programming from Channel 7, repeats of Buffalo Bills preseason games, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, and New York Mets games that are broadcast over-the-air by WKYC (Channel 3) in Cleveland, WWOR (Channel 9) and WPIX (Channel 11) in New York City, respectively.
WNIN WNIN is a public television station in Evansville, Indiana, broadcasting locally on channel 9 as a PBS member station. The station is owned by Tri-State Public Teleplex, who also owns sister station WNIN-FM, the local NPR member station.
WNIO WNIO is an AM radio station in Youngstown, Ohio, USA broadcasting at 1390 kHz with an adult standards format. The station, which is part of Youngtown's Clear Channel cluster, uses programming supplied by Music Of Your Life.
WNJU WNJU is the Telemundo flagship station for the New York City area. Owned by NBC Universal, WNJU broadcasts the Spanish language television network Telemundo to the New York City region from studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
WNKY WNKY is a NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Bowling Green, Kentucky on UHF channel 40. Owned by Max Media, the station's transmitter is located near Smiths Grove, Kentucky, about halfway between Bowling Green and Glasgow.
WNLO WNLO-TV (CW 23 WNLO) is the CW affiliate for the Buffalo, New York television market, with transmitter facilities located at 870 Whitehaven Road on Grand Island. It is owned by LIN TV, which also owns CBS affiliate WIVB.
WNMT WNMT is a talk radio station in Hibbing, Minnesota that broadcasts over the preassigned frequency of 650 AM. It is also, however the call letters of a former radio station in Garden City, Georgia that broadcast from the summer of 1968 until roughly the spring of 1991 over the 1520 AM frequency.
WNNE WNNE is the NBC affiliated television station serving the White River Junction, Vermont and Lebanon, New Hampshire area. Known on-air as "News Channel 31", the station is licensed to Hartford, Vermont and has studios located in White River Junction.
WNNJ WNNJ is an AM radio station known as Oldies 1360in Sussex County, New Jersey broadcasting on 1360 licensed to Newton. They are owned by Clear Channel Communications and offer an oldies format, playing the hits from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
WNOV WNOV (860 AM) ("The Source") is a community-oriented urban contemporary radio station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. WNOV is the only station owned by Courier Communications, And air a variety of African-American-oriented programming, ranging from rhythm and blues music, gospel music, hip-hop and community affairs shows.
WNRI WNRI is an AM radio station located in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, operating on 1380kHz with a daytime power of 2,500 watts and a nighttime power of 18 watts. The station has a news & talk format and has been owned by Bouchard Broadcasting Inc.
WNSH WNSH AM 1570 is a radio station licensed to Beverly, Massachusetts. The station has a construction permit to increase its daytime power from 500 watts to 50,000 watts (directional) at the expense of WPEP-Taunton, Massachusetts which expires on April 27 2008.
WNWO-TV WNWO-TV is a television station in Toledo, Ohio and affiliated with the NBC-TV network. The stations serves Northwestern Ohio, Southeastern Michigan and can be viewed in Windsor, Ontario and Essex County over the air and on cable.
WNYA WNYA-TV and WNYA-CA are two television stations affiliated with MyNetworkTV. WNYA is licensed to Pittsfield, Massachusetts and broadcasts an analog signal on UHF channel 51 from a transmitter located northwest of the city in the Berkshire Mountains near Berry Pond.
WNYF-CA WNYF-CA and WNYF-LP are two low-powered television stations, both affiliated with the FOX network serving the Watertown, New York area. WNYF-CA broadcasts from Watertown, while WNYF-LP broadcasts from nearby Massena.
WNYI WNYI is a television station in Ithaca, New York, serving the Elmira and Syracusetelevision markets as a Univision] affiliate. The station is owned by [[Equity Broadcasting and broadcasts on UHF channel 52, with a digital signal on VHF channel 9.
WNYO-FM WNYO is a radio station broadcasting from the State University of New York at Oswego in the City of Oswego, New York The station is run entirely by SUNY Oswego students. WNYO broadcasts music of almost any genre (although the station has attempted to winnow down the music played to three categories: loud rock, BPM and urban music) to the entire campus and the surrounding city on 88.
WNYT WNYT is the NBC television affiliate for New York state's Capital District (Albany-Schenectady-Troy). It is licensed to Albany and its transmitter is located on Bald Mountain outside of Troy and its studios located in Menands, approximately one block north of the Albany city line.
WNYU WNYU is a non-commercial radio station owned and operated by New York University. Until 2004, it served lower Manhattan and surrounding areas, but thanks to a new booster, it now broadcasts to the tri-state region.
WNYW WNYW, channel 5, is the flagship television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. The station's transmitter is atop the Empire State Building, and its studio facilities are in the Yorkville section of Manhattan.
WNYZ WNYZ is a low-power television station in the New York City market area on US NTSC VHF TV channel 6. However, they have not been broadcasting video and are now only carrying audio programming on the audio subcarrier of 87.
Wo Fat Wo Fat is the name of a fictional villain in the long-running CBS series Hawaii Five-O. He is the arch-nemesis of Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord), the head of Hawaii's (fictional) state police force, named "5-0" due to Hawaii being the fiftieth state admitted to the union.
Wo Che Wo Che (禾輋) is an area in Sha Tin of Hong Kong. South of Fo Tan and north of proper Sha Tin, it is divided into Sheung Wo Che (上禾輋) and Ha Wo Che (下禾輋), and the reclamation by Shing Mun River.
Woad Warrior The Woad Warrior was a type of warrior that existed in the Late Bronze Age (about 1300 BC-700 BC) and Iron Age (beginning about 700 BC) of Europe and commonly noted among the Celtic peoples. Often cited as being partly responsible for the assumption that these peoples were "Barbarians", descriptions have been made on these warriors throughout history by historians such as Livy, Florus, Strabo and others.
Wobbegong Wobbegong is the common name given to the eight species of carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae. They are found in shallow temperate and tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean, chiefly around Australia and Indonesia, although one species occurs as far north as Japan (the Japanese wobbegong, Orectolobus japonicus).
Wobble board The wobble board is an instrument popularized by the Australian musician and artist Rolf Harris and featured in his most well-known song "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport". A wobble board, like some other musical instruments, can be ornately designed as its large surface area can act as a canvas without detracting from its musical capability.
Wobbler (fishing) A wobbler (or "plug") is a fishing lure designed to resemble a fish of prey, or some other natural food of predatory fish. As the name signifies, it makes wobbling movements that are caused by the mouth dish or "bill" on the plug which causes it to wobble and dart as it moves through the water.
Wobbler disease Wobbler disease is a condition of the cervical vertebrae that causes an unsteady gait and weakness in dogs and horses. It is also known as cervical vertebral instability, cervical spondylomyelopathy, and cervical vertebral malformation (CVM).
Wobulation Wobulation is a term which refers to the known variation (or wobble) in a characteristic. Examples of where the term is used, include to describe advanced radar waveform modulations - where the repetition rate or centre frequency of a signals is changed in a repetitive fashion to reduce the probability of detection of a signal.
Woburn Abbey Woburn Abbey, near Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, is the seat of the Duke of Bedford, head of the Russell Family. The Abbey was a half-demolished, half-derelict house in 1953 when the 12th Duke died, exposing the family estates to heavy death duties for the second time in thirteen years.
Woburn Golf and Country Club Woburn Golf and Country Club is located near Milton Keynes in England, about fifty miles north of central London. There are three courses, the "Duke's Course" which opened in 1976, the "Duchess Course", which followed in 1978, and the "Marquess Course", which dates from 2000.
Woburn Challenge The Woburn Challenge is a programming competition organized by high-school students of Woburn Collegiate Institute, in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. The contest is similar in structure to the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.
Woburn Rookie Drama Festival The Woburn Rookie Drama Festival (usually just called Rookie) is a festival of short plays held annually every spring at Woburn Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The most notable part of the festival is that it all of the plays are directed, acted, crewed, and sometimes written entirely by students with no teacher assistance.
Woburn Safari Park Woburn Safari Park is a safari park located in Woburn, Bedfordshire in the UK. Visitors to the park can drive through the large animal exhibits, which contain species such as White Rhinos, Elephants, Tigers and Black Bears.
Woburn Sands Woburn Sands is a settlement that is mainly in the Borough of Milton Keynes, England, and is located to the south-east of Milton Keynes itself, near Wavendon. The county boundary between Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire runs throughthe town so that the smaller part of the town, including its primary school, is in Bedfordshire.
Woburn Square Woburn Square is the smallest of the Bloomsbury Squares and owned by the University of London. Designed by Thomas Cubitt in 1829, it is named for Woburn Abbey, the main country seat of the Dukes of Bedford, who developed much of Bloomsbury.
Woburn, Bedfordshire Woburn is a small town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. It is situated approximately five miles south east of the centre of Milton Keynes, and about three miles south of junction 13 of the M1 motorway.
Wockhardt Hospital Wockhardt hospitals Group is an established chain of super speciality hospitals at Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkatta and Nagpur. With latest technology, multi-disciplinary capability, state of the art facilities, world class infrastructure and excellent patient care ambience and processes, Wockhardt Hospitals is poised to become the most advanced and progressive healthcare institution in this part of the world.
Wodaabe The Wodaabe (or Bororo) are a subgroup of the Fulani (sometimes Fula, Fulbe, or Peul) ethnic group. The Wodaabe are traditionally nomadic cattle-herders and traders, with migrations stretching from southern Niger, through northern Nigeria, northeastern Cameroon, and the western region of the Central African Republic.
Wodao The wodao (ĺ€ĺ€, literally "sword/knife of the wo people") is a Chinese sword from the Ming Dynasty. Apparently influenced by Japanese sword design, it bears a strong resemblance to a Tachi or Odachi in form: extant examples show a handle approximately 25 cm long, with a gently curved blade 80 cm long.
Wodefit Gesgeshi, Widd Innat Ityopp'ya "Wodefit Gesgeshi, Widd Innat Ityopp'ya" ("March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia") is the national anthem of Ethiopia. The words are by Dereje Melaku Mengesha and music is by Solomon Lulu Mitiku.
Wodonga Middle Years College Wodonga Middle Years College is a public school in Wodonga, Victoria. It was formed in 2005-2006 when the three public schools in Wodonga; Wodonga High School, Wodonga West Secondary College, and Mitchell Secondary College merged together and pooled resources, as part of a plan to address long-term population growth in WodongaThe plan saw the restructure of the public schools] in [[Wodonga, with the formation of Wodonga Middle Years College to specialise in the education of students in Years 7, 8 and 9, and Wodonga Senior Secondary College to specialise in the education of Years 10, 11 and 12.
Wodonga railway station, Victoria Wodonga railway station was the original terminus of Victoria's North Eastern Railway which was built during the 1870s, reaching Wodonga in 1873. The connection through to the standard gauge system across the Murray River to Albury was not completed for a few years, partly because the New South Wales standard gauge system had not yet extended as far south as Albury.
Wodonga Senior Secondary College Wodonga Senior Secondary College is a public school in Wodonga, Victoria. It was formed in 2005-2006 when the three public schools in Wodonga; Wodonga High School, Wodonga West Secondary College, and Mitchell Secondary College merged together and pooled resources, as part of a plan to address long-term population growth in Wodonga.
Wodonga West Secondary College Wodonga West Secondary was one of three public secondary schools educating Years 7-12 in Wodonga, Victoria. In 2005-2006 it formally merged and pooled resources with the other two public secondary schools in Wodonga, Wodonga High School and Mitchell Secondary CollegeWodonga West and Mitchell Secondary College] became a combined college over two campuses, specialising in Years 7, 8 and 9, known as [[Wodonga Middle Years College, which is loosely associated with Wodonga Senior Secondary College.
Woe betide Woe betide is an archaic phrase, loosely translating into modern-day English to mean 'Let woe rise up against', or "May despair come to" formerly used to decry a person's actions. Grammatically, it is a phrase in the subjunctive mood.
Woe from Wit Woe from Wit (Russian: Горе от ŃĐĽĐ°, also translated as "The Woes of Wit", "Wit Works Woe", and so forth) is Aleksandr Griboyedov's comedy in verse, satirizing the society of post-Napoleonic Moscow, or, as a high official in the play styled it, "a pasquinade on Moscow."
Woensel An important rural village in North Brabant, Woensel is mentioned in documents before 1000 as the seat of a deanage of the diocese of Liège. Around 1200, Eindhoven, a fortification on the Dommel river to the south of Woensel, grew into a local market town, and took more political prominence, but it did not surpass Woensel in prosperity or population.
Woerden Woerden is a municipality and a city in the central Netherlands. Due to its central location between Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag and Utrecht, and the fact that it has excellent rail and road connections to those cities, it is a popular town for commuters who work in those cities.
Woes of the Pharisees The Woes of the Pharisees is a list of criticisms by Jesus against Scribes and Pharisees and Lawyers that is present in the Gospel of Luke and Gospel of Matthew . Seven are listed in Matthew, and hence Matthew's version is known as the seven woes, while only six are given in Luke, whose version is thus known as the six woes.
Wogan Wogan was a chat show on British television, hosted by Terry Wogan. The show was initially broadcast on Saturday evenings on BBC ONE from 1982 to 1984, before being moved to weekday evenings at 7pm, where it remained, three nights per week, from 1985 to 1992.
Wohlthat Mountains Wohlthat Mountains () is a large group of associated mountain features consisting of the Humboldt Mountains, Petermann Ranges, and the Gruber Mountains, located immediately east of the Orvin Mountains in central Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for Councilor of state Helmuth C.
Wochenend und Sonnenschein "Wochenend und Sonnenschein" ("Weekend and Sunshine") is a song with German lyrics that was copyrighted in 1930 by Charles Amberg (lyrics) and Milton Ager (music). The music is based on the famed American song "Happy Days Are Here Again" that was copyrighted in 1929 by Ager and Jack Yellen (English lyrics).
Woiwurrung language Woiwurrung (sometimes spelt Woiwurrong, Woiworung, Wuywurung) is an Indigenous Australian language spoken by some of the Kulin Nation clans of Victoria, from Mount Baw Baw in the east to Mount Macedon, Sunbury and Gisborne in the west.
Wojciech Bartosz Głowacki Wojciech Bartos(z) Głowacki (1758–1794), known also as Bartosz Głowacki, was a Polish peasant and the most famous member of the kosynierzy (peasant volunteer infantry) during the Kościuszko Uprising in 1794. Born as Wojciech Bartosz, he became a Polish national hero during the battle of Racławice on 4 April 1794, when he captured a Russian cannon by putting out the fuse with his hat.
Wojciech Bogusławski Wojciech Bogusławski (9 April 1757 - 23 July 1829) was a Polish actor, theater director, and writer of dramas born in Glinno near Poznań. Called the "Father of Polish theater" during the times of Polish Enlightenment, he was the director of Teatr Narodowy (National Theater) from 1783-1785, 1790-1794 and 1799-1814.
Wojciech Frykowski Wojciech Frykowski (December 22, 1936 - August 9, 1969) was a Polish one time actor and writer who was murdered in the home of Sharon Tate and Roman Polański by members of the Charles Manson "Family".
Wojciech Chrzanowski Wojciech Chrzanowski (1788–1861) was a Polish general who participated in Napoleon's Russian campaign and in the battles of Leipzig, Paris, and Waterloo. After Napoleon's final defeat he served in the national army of Poland, and was under Hans Karl von Diebitsch in Turkey in 1828/29.
Wojciech Jaruzelski Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski (pronounced: ) (born July 6, 1923) was a communist Polish political and military leader, Prime Minister from 1981 to 1985, head of the Polish Council of State from 1985 to 1989 and President from 1989 to 1990.
Wojciech Jasiński Wojciech Jasiński (born April 1, 1948 in Gostynin) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005, getting 14,956 votes in the 16th Płock district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Wojciech Karolak Wojciech (Wojtek) Karolak (born on 28 May 1939 in Warsaw, Poland, where he still lives today) is considered by many to be one of Europe's finest Hammond B-3 organ players - though he refers to himself as "an American jazz and rhythm and blues musician, born by mistake in Middle Europe".
Wojciech Korfanty Wojciech Korfanty (20 April 1873 - 17 August 1939) was a Polish nationalist activist, journalist and politician, serving as member of the German Reichstag and the Prussian Landtag, later in the Polish Sejm. Briefly, he also was a paramilitary leader.
Wojciech Kowalski Wojciech (Wojtek) Kowalski (born October 10, 1967 in Inowroclaw) is a former tennis player from Poland, who represented his native country as a qualifier at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There he was defeated in the first round by fellow qualifier Tony Mmoh from Nigeria.
Wojciech Świdziniewski Wojciech Świdziniewski - born 26 July, 1975 in Białystok, is a Polish fantasy writer and columnist. His first short story, The Consecrated (Konsekrowany), was published in Fantastyka, Poland's leading fantasy literary magazine, in 1999.
Wojciech Mojzesowicz Wojciech Mojzesowicz (born June 25, 1954 in Bydgoszcz) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 12601 votes in 4 Bydgoszcz district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Wojciech Piotr Szarama Wojciech Piotr Szarama (born December 16, 1955 in Bytom) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 9280 votes in 29 Gliwice district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Wojciech Romaniuk Wojciech Romaniuk (born January 20, 1970 in Biała Podlaska) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 10719 votes in 7 Chełm district, candidating from Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej list.
Wojciech Rubinowicz Wojciech (Adalbert) “Adalbert” is the German form of the Polish name “Wojciech” Rubinowicz (February 22, 1889 in Sadágora, Bukovina – October 13, 1974 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish theoretical physicist who made contributions in quantum mechanics, mathematical physics, and the theory of radiation. He is know for the Maggie-Rubinowicz representation of Kirchhoff’s diffraction formula.
Wojciech Saługa Wojciech Saługa (born March 27, 1969 in Jaworzno) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 10968 votes in 32 Sosnowiec district, candidating from Platforma Obywatelska list.
Wojtek Wolski Wojtek Wolski (born February 24, 1986 in Zabrze, Poland) is a Polish-born Canadian ice hockey center, currently of the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL. He was drafted #21 overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft as the first round pick of the Avalanche.
Wok hei Wok hei () is a term in Cantonese Chinese referring to the flavour, tastes, and "essence" imparted by a hot wok on the food. The word hei (romanization based on Cantonese Chinese) is equivalent to qi (romanization based on Mandarin Chinese).
Woke on a Whaleheart Woke on a Whaleheart is the first record to be released by Bill Callahan under his own name instead of his former nom de plume, Smog. His relationship with Drag City, however, remains intact and they will release the album on April 17th, 2007.
Woking Woking is a large town and local government district with borough status in the west of Surrey in South East England. It functions as a dormitory town of the London commuter belt and is located 23 miles (37 km) south west of Charing Cross in central London.
Wokingham Wokingham is a small market town and civil parish in Berkshire in the south east of England, close to Reading and Bracknell. It covers an area of 557 acres and, according to the 2001 census, has a population of 30,403.
Wokingham Waterside Centre The Wokingham Waterside Centre is a waterside centre used for kayak and canoe clubs in Reading, England, located on the River Thames. The center is used by Wokingham Canoe Club, Reading University Canoe Club and is also used by local enterprises as an alternative to a hotel based conference facility.
Wokou Wokou or Japanese pirates (Chinese character: ĺ€ĺŻ‡; Chinese pronunciation: wĹŤkòu; Japanese pronunciation: wakĹŤ; Korean pronunciation: 왜구 waegu) were pirates who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century onwards. At their peak, the "Japanese pirates" were often composed of substantial Chinese militia, merchants and smugglers, in addition to Japanese soldiers, ronin, merchants, and smugglers; even Portuguese sailors, traders, moneychangers and missionaries.
Wola Wola is a district of western Warsaw, Poland, formerly the village of Wielka Wola, that was incorporated into Warsaw in 1916. An industrial area with traditions reaching back to the early 19th century, it's slowly changing into an office and residential district.
Wola (settlement) Wola in Poland, (in Latin libera villa, libertas ) a name given to agricultural villages, appearing as early as the first half of the 13th century and historically constituting a separate category of settlements in Poland, by comparison to others, in terms of the populace used to settle them and the freedoms they were granted. These settlers were given plots of land and exemption for a certain number of years (up to 20) from all rents, fees, and taxes, and in most cases separate institutions and charters based on either the Magdeburg law, or its local variants.
Wola massacre The Wola massacre (August 5-8 1944 in Wola, Warsaw) was the scene of the largest single massacre in the history of Poland. According to different sources, some 40,000 to 50,000 Polish civilians and POWs were killed by the Nazi forces.
Wola Rasztowska transmitter Wola Rasztowska transmitter (Polish: RCN Wola Rasztowska) was a mediumwave broadcasting facility at Wola Rasztowska near Warsaw in Poland at 21°17' E and 52°27' N. Wola Rasztowska transmitter, which was also known as Warszawa III was receivable until its shutdown on February 1st, 1998 on 819 kHz in whole Europe.
Woland Woland, a German name for Satan appears in several variants of the old Faust legends under the names Valand, Woland, Faland, and Wieland. In his drama (see Faust, Part 1 and Faust, Part 2), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once refers to the devil as "Junker Woland".
Wolbachia Wolbachia is a genus of inherited bacterium that infects arthropod species, including a high proportion of all insects. It is one of the world's most common parasitic microbes and is potentially the most common reproductive parasite in the biosphere, for example more than 16% of insect species in Panama carry this bacterium.
Wolcott Gibbs Wolcott Gibbs (March 15, 1902 - August 16, 1958) was an editor, humorist, parodist, drama critic, and short story writer for The New Yorker magazine from 1927 until his death. He is best remembered for his 1936 parody of Time magazine, which skewered the magazine's inverted narrative structure.
Wold Newton family The Wold Newton family is a literary concept derived from a form of crossover fiction developed by the science fiction writer Philip José Farmer. Farmer suggested in two fictional "biographies" of fictional characters (Tarzan Alive and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life), that the meteorite which fell in Wold Newton, England, in the late 18th century was radioactive and caused genetic mutations in the occupants of a passing coach.
Wold's theorem In statistics, Wold's theorem or Wold representation theorem, named after Herman Wold, says that every covariance-stationary time series can be written as a infinite moving average (MA(infty)) process of its forecast errors. This is also called Wold decomposition.
Woldemar Brinkmann Woldemar Brinkmann (12 March 1890 to 31 December 1959) was a German architect and interior designer, he is associated with Nazi architecture. He worked with Paul Troost on several projects including an unbuilt Opera House that would have seated 3,000 people, three times as big as the Paris Opera or Vienna State Opera.
Woldingham Woldingham is a village in Surrey located 700 feet above sea level just within the M25, southeast of London. Situated high on the North Downs between Oxted and Warlingham, it is a village of 2,326 inhabitants (according to the Office for National statistics 2001 census).
Wole Soyinka Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Soyinka (born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian writer, poet and playwright. Some consider him Africa's most distinguished playwright, as he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, the first African so honored.
Woleaian Woleaian is the main language of the island of Woleai and surrounding islands in the state of Yap of the Federated States of Micronesia. Woleaian is officially classified as a Trukic language, and within this family its closest relative is Satawalese, with which it is largely mutually intelligible.
Wolei class minelayer The Wolei class minelayer is the sole minelayer in the People's Liberation Army Navy, numbered 814. The project was first designed by the 708th institute in 1981 and Dalian Shipyard completed the unit in 1988.
Wolek family (One Life to Live) The Woleks were one of the fictional core families on the American soap opera One Life to Live when it debuted in 1968. They were the working class reflection of the affluent Lords, and early storylines explored the ways these families interacted and contrasted.
Wolete Israel Seyoum Princess Wolete Israel Seyoum (died 1985), was the daughter of Leul Ras Seyoum Mengesha, Prince of Tigray, and great-granddaughter of Emperor Yohannes IV of Ethiopia. She was thus the sister of Leul Ras Mengesha Seyoum.
Wolf (Boy Scouts of America) Wolf is a rank attainable by a Scout in the Cub Scout division of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), and ranks above Tiger and below Bear. After earning the Bobcat badge, second-grade aged Cub Scouts work toward the Wolf badge and then earn Arrow Points.
Wolf (crater) Wolf is a lunar crater that lies in the south-central part of the Mare Nubium, a lunar mare in the southern hemisphere of the Moon. It lies to the north-northwest of the Pitatus walled plain, and east-southeast of the prominent Bullialdus crater.
WNCT-TV WNCT-TV, channel 9, is the CBS affiliate in Greenville, North Carolina, serving New Bern, Washington, and the rest of east central North Carolina. The station broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 9, and its digital signal on VHF channel 10.
WNEG-TV WNEG-TV is the CBS television affiliate in Toccoa, Georgia, serving several counties in the northeastern portion of that state. Besides that region, the station also serves as the secondary CBS affiliate for the Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, S.
WNEO WNEO and WEAO are PBS member stations in northeastern Ohio, simulcasting together as PBS 45 & 49. The stations are operated from studio facilities in the Akron suburb of Kent, Ohio by Northeastern Educational Television of Ohio, which is a consortium of the University of Akron, Kent State University and Youngstown State University.
WNEP-TV WNEP-TV, is the ABC network afiliate of the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania television market. The station is licensed to Scranton, formerly owned by The New York Times Company (pending completion of a sale to Oak Hill Capital Partners in 2007), and has its studios located outside the Scranton city limits in Moosic, Pennsylvania.
WNEU WNEU is the Telemundo affiliate serving the Boston market, licensed to Merrimack, New Hampshire. The station is owned by NBC Universal, but is controlled by ZGS Communications as a full-power relay of WTMU-LP, primarily serving Boston's northern suburbs and southern New Hampshire.
WNGS WNGS 67 (branded as RTN-11) is a television station licensed to Springville, New York, serving the Buffalo television market. The station is run under a local marketing agreement by WKBW (Channel 7), and airs mostly programming from the Retro Television Network, along with sports programming from Channel 7, repeats of Buffalo Bills preseason games, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, and New York Mets games that are broadcast over-the-air by WKYC (Channel 3) in Cleveland, WWOR (Channel 9) and WPIX (Channel 11) in New York City, respectively.
WNIN WNIN is a public television station in Evansville, Indiana, broadcasting locally on channel 9 as a PBS member station. The station is owned by Tri-State Public Teleplex, who also owns sister station WNIN-FM, the local NPR member station.
WNIO WNIO is an AM radio station in Youngstown, Ohio, USA broadcasting at 1390 kHz with an adult standards format. The station, which is part of Youngtown's Clear Channel cluster, uses programming supplied by Music Of Your Life.
WNJU WNJU is the Telemundo flagship station for the New York City area. Owned by NBC Universal, WNJU broadcasts the Spanish language television network Telemundo to the New York City region from studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
WNKY WNKY is a NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Bowling Green, Kentucky on UHF channel 40. Owned by Max Media, the station's transmitter is located near Smiths Grove, Kentucky, about halfway between Bowling Green and Glasgow.
WNLO WNLO-TV (CW 23 WNLO) is the CW affiliate for the Buffalo, New York television market, with transmitter facilities located at 870 Whitehaven Road on Grand Island. It is owned by LIN TV, which also owns CBS affiliate WIVB.
WNMT WNMT is a talk radio station in Hibbing, Minnesota that broadcasts over the preassigned frequency of 650 AM. It is also, however the call letters of a former radio station in Garden City, Georgia that broadcast from the summer of 1968 until roughly the spring of 1991 over the 1520 AM frequency.
WNNE WNNE is the NBC affiliated television station serving the White River Junction, Vermont and Lebanon, New Hampshire area. Known on-air as "News Channel 31", the station is licensed to Hartford, Vermont and has studios located in White River Junction.
WNNJ WNNJ is an AM radio station known as Oldies 1360in Sussex County, New Jersey broadcasting on 1360 licensed to Newton. They are owned by Clear Channel Communications and offer an oldies format, playing the hits from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
WNOV WNOV (860 AM) ("The Source") is a community-oriented urban contemporary radio station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. WNOV is the only station owned by Courier Communications, And air a variety of African-American-oriented programming, ranging from rhythm and blues music, gospel music, hip-hop and community affairs shows.
WNRI WNRI is an AM radio station located in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, operating on 1380kHz with a daytime power of 2,500 watts and a nighttime power of 18 watts. The station has a news & talk format and has been owned by Bouchard Broadcasting Inc.
WNSH WNSH AM 1570 is a radio station licensed to Beverly, Massachusetts. The station has a construction permit to increase its daytime power from 500 watts to 50,000 watts (directional) at the expense of WPEP-Taunton, Massachusetts which expires on April 27 2008.
WNWO-TV WNWO-TV is a television station in Toledo, Ohio and affiliated with the NBC-TV network. The stations serves Northwestern Ohio, Southeastern Michigan and can be viewed in Windsor, Ontario and Essex County over the air and on cable.
WNYA WNYA-TV and WNYA-CA are two television stations affiliated with MyNetworkTV. WNYA is licensed to Pittsfield, Massachusetts and broadcasts an analog signal on UHF channel 51 from a transmitter located northwest of the city in the Berkshire Mountains near Berry Pond.
WNYF-CA WNYF-CA and WNYF-LP are two low-powered television stations, both affiliated with the FOX network serving the Watertown, New York area. WNYF-CA broadcasts from Watertown, while WNYF-LP broadcasts from nearby Massena.
WNYI WNYI is a television station in Ithaca, New York, serving the Elmira and Syracusetelevision markets as a Univision] affiliate. The station is owned by [[Equity Broadcasting and broadcasts on UHF channel 52, with a digital signal on VHF channel 9.
WNYO-FM WNYO is a radio station broadcasting from the State University of New York at Oswego in the City of Oswego, New York The station is run entirely by SUNY Oswego students. WNYO broadcasts music of almost any genre (although the station has attempted to winnow down the music played to three categories: loud rock, BPM and urban music) to the entire campus and the surrounding city on 88.
WNYT WNYT is the NBC television affiliate for New York state's Capital District (Albany-Schenectady-Troy). It is licensed to Albany and its transmitter is located on Bald Mountain outside of Troy and its studios located in Menands, approximately one block north of the Albany city line.
WNYU WNYU is a non-commercial radio station owned and operated by New York University. Until 2004, it served lower Manhattan and surrounding areas, but thanks to a new booster, it now broadcasts to the tri-state region.
WNYW WNYW, channel 5, is the flagship television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. The station's transmitter is atop the Empire State Building, and its studio facilities are in the Yorkville section of Manhattan.
WNYZ WNYZ is a low-power television station in the New York City market area on US NTSC VHF TV channel 6. However, they have not been broadcasting video and are now only carrying audio programming on the audio subcarrier of 87.
Wo Fat Wo Fat is the name of a fictional villain in the long-running CBS series Hawaii Five-O. He is the arch-nemesis of Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord), the head of Hawaii's (fictional) state police force, named "5-0" due to Hawaii being the fiftieth state admitted to the union.
Wo Che Wo Che (禾輋) is an area in Sha Tin of Hong Kong. South of Fo Tan and north of proper Sha Tin, it is divided into Sheung Wo Che (上禾輋) and Ha Wo Che (下禾輋), and the reclamation by Shing Mun River.
Woad Warrior The Woad Warrior was a type of warrior that existed in the Late Bronze Age (about 1300 BC-700 BC) and Iron Age (beginning about 700 BC) of Europe and commonly noted among the Celtic peoples. Often cited as being partly responsible for the assumption that these peoples were "Barbarians", descriptions have been made on these warriors throughout history by historians such as Livy, Florus, Strabo and others.
Wobbegong Wobbegong is the common name given to the eight species of carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae. They are found in shallow temperate and tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean, chiefly around Australia and Indonesia, although one species occurs as far north as Japan (the Japanese wobbegong, Orectolobus japonicus).
Wobble board The wobble board is an instrument popularized by the Australian musician and artist Rolf Harris and featured in his most well-known song "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport". A wobble board, like some other musical instruments, can be ornately designed as its large surface area can act as a canvas without detracting from its musical capability.
Wobbler (fishing) A wobbler (or "plug") is a fishing lure designed to resemble a fish of prey, or some other natural food of predatory fish. As the name signifies, it makes wobbling movements that are caused by the mouth dish or "bill" on the plug which causes it to wobble and dart as it moves through the water.
Wobbler disease Wobbler disease is a condition of the cervical vertebrae that causes an unsteady gait and weakness in dogs and horses. It is also known as cervical vertebral instability, cervical spondylomyelopathy, and cervical vertebral malformation (CVM).
Wobulation Wobulation is a term which refers to the known variation (or wobble) in a characteristic. Examples of where the term is used, include to describe advanced radar waveform modulations - where the repetition rate or centre frequency of a signals is changed in a repetitive fashion to reduce the probability of detection of a signal.
Woburn Abbey Woburn Abbey, near Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, is the seat of the Duke of Bedford, head of the Russell Family. The Abbey was a half-demolished, half-derelict house in 1953 when the 12th Duke died, exposing the family estates to heavy death duties for the second time in thirteen years.
Woburn Golf and Country Club Woburn Golf and Country Club is located near Milton Keynes in England, about fifty miles north of central London. There are three courses, the "Duke's Course" which opened in 1976, the "Duchess Course", which followed in 1978, and the "Marquess Course", which dates from 2000.
Woburn Challenge The Woburn Challenge is a programming competition organized by high-school students of Woburn Collegiate Institute, in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. The contest is similar in structure to the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.
Woburn Rookie Drama Festival The Woburn Rookie Drama Festival (usually just called Rookie) is a festival of short plays held annually every spring at Woburn Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The most notable part of the festival is that it all of the plays are directed, acted, crewed, and sometimes written entirely by students with no teacher assistance.
Woburn Safari Park Woburn Safari Park is a safari park located in Woburn, Bedfordshire in the UK. Visitors to the park can drive through the large animal exhibits, which contain species such as White Rhinos, Elephants, Tigers and Black Bears.
Woburn Sands Woburn Sands is a settlement that is mainly in the Borough of Milton Keynes, England, and is located to the south-east of Milton Keynes itself, near Wavendon. The county boundary between Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire runs throughthe town so that the smaller part of the town, including its primary school, is in Bedfordshire.
Woburn Square Woburn Square is the smallest of the Bloomsbury Squares and owned by the University of London. Designed by Thomas Cubitt in 1829, it is named for Woburn Abbey, the main country seat of the Dukes of Bedford, who developed much of Bloomsbury.
Woburn, Bedfordshire Woburn is a small town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. It is situated approximately five miles south east of the centre of Milton Keynes, and about three miles south of junction 13 of the M1 motorway.
Wockhardt Hospital Wockhardt hospitals Group is an established chain of super speciality hospitals at Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkatta and Nagpur. With latest technology, multi-disciplinary capability, state of the art facilities, world class infrastructure and excellent patient care ambience and processes, Wockhardt Hospitals is poised to become the most advanced and progressive healthcare institution in this part of the world.
Wodaabe The Wodaabe (or Bororo) are a subgroup of the Fulani (sometimes Fula, Fulbe, or Peul) ethnic group. The Wodaabe are traditionally nomadic cattle-herders and traders, with migrations stretching from southern Niger, through northern Nigeria, northeastern Cameroon, and the western region of the Central African Republic.
Wodao The wodao (ĺ€ĺ€, literally "sword/knife of the wo people") is a Chinese sword from the Ming Dynasty. Apparently influenced by Japanese sword design, it bears a strong resemblance to a Tachi or Odachi in form: extant examples show a handle approximately 25 cm long, with a gently curved blade 80 cm long.
Wodefit Gesgeshi, Widd Innat Ityopp'ya "Wodefit Gesgeshi, Widd Innat Ityopp'ya" ("March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia") is the national anthem of Ethiopia. The words are by Dereje Melaku Mengesha and music is by Solomon Lulu Mitiku.
Wodonga Middle Years College Wodonga Middle Years College is a public school in Wodonga, Victoria. It was formed in 2005-2006 when the three public schools in Wodonga; Wodonga High School, Wodonga West Secondary College, and Mitchell Secondary College merged together and pooled resources, as part of a plan to address long-term population growth in WodongaThe plan saw the restructure of the public schools] in [[Wodonga, with the formation of Wodonga Middle Years College to specialise in the education of students in Years 7, 8 and 9, and Wodonga Senior Secondary College to specialise in the education of Years 10, 11 and 12.
Wodonga railway station, Victoria Wodonga railway station was the original terminus of Victoria's North Eastern Railway which was built during the 1870s, reaching Wodonga in 1873. The connection through to the standard gauge system across the Murray River to Albury was not completed for a few years, partly because the New South Wales standard gauge system had not yet extended as far south as Albury.
Wodonga Senior Secondary College Wodonga Senior Secondary College is a public school in Wodonga, Victoria. It was formed in 2005-2006 when the three public schools in Wodonga; Wodonga High School, Wodonga West Secondary College, and Mitchell Secondary College merged together and pooled resources, as part of a plan to address long-term population growth in Wodonga.
Wodonga West Secondary College Wodonga West Secondary was one of three public secondary schools educating Years 7-12 in Wodonga, Victoria. In 2005-2006 it formally merged and pooled resources with the other two public secondary schools in Wodonga, Wodonga High School and Mitchell Secondary CollegeWodonga West and Mitchell Secondary College] became a combined college over two campuses, specialising in Years 7, 8 and 9, known as [[Wodonga Middle Years College, which is loosely associated with Wodonga Senior Secondary College.
Woe betide Woe betide is an archaic phrase, loosely translating into modern-day English to mean 'Let woe rise up against', or "May despair come to" formerly used to decry a person's actions. Grammatically, it is a phrase in the subjunctive mood.
Woe from Wit Woe from Wit (Russian: Горе от ŃĐĽĐ°, also translated as "The Woes of Wit", "Wit Works Woe", and so forth) is Aleksandr Griboyedov's comedy in verse, satirizing the society of post-Napoleonic Moscow, or, as a high official in the play styled it, "a pasquinade on Moscow."
Woensel An important rural village in North Brabant, Woensel is mentioned in documents before 1000 as the seat of a deanage of the diocese of Liège. Around 1200, Eindhoven, a fortification on the Dommel river to the south of Woensel, grew into a local market town, and took more political prominence, but it did not surpass Woensel in prosperity or population.
Woerden Woerden is a municipality and a city in the central Netherlands. Due to its central location between Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag and Utrecht, and the fact that it has excellent rail and road connections to those cities, it is a popular town for commuters who work in those cities.
Woes of the Pharisees The Woes of the Pharisees is a list of criticisms by Jesus against Scribes and Pharisees and Lawyers that is present in the Gospel of Luke and Gospel of Matthew . Seven are listed in Matthew, and hence Matthew's version is known as the seven woes, while only six are given in Luke, whose version is thus known as the six woes.
Wogan Wogan was a chat show on British television, hosted by Terry Wogan. The show was initially broadcast on Saturday evenings on BBC ONE from 1982 to 1984, before being moved to weekday evenings at 7pm, where it remained, three nights per week, from 1985 to 1992.
Wohlthat Mountains Wohlthat Mountains () is a large group of associated mountain features consisting of the Humboldt Mountains, Petermann Ranges, and the Gruber Mountains, located immediately east of the Orvin Mountains in central Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for Councilor of state Helmuth C.
Wochenend und Sonnenschein "Wochenend und Sonnenschein" ("Weekend and Sunshine") is a song with German lyrics that was copyrighted in 1930 by Charles Amberg (lyrics) and Milton Ager (music). The music is based on the famed American song "Happy Days Are Here Again" that was copyrighted in 1929 by Ager and Jack Yellen (English lyrics).
Woiwurrung language Woiwurrung (sometimes spelt Woiwurrong, Woiworung, Wuywurung) is an Indigenous Australian language spoken by some of the Kulin Nation clans of Victoria, from Mount Baw Baw in the east to Mount Macedon, Sunbury and Gisborne in the west.
Wojciech Bartosz Głowacki Wojciech Bartos(z) Głowacki (1758–1794), known also as Bartosz Głowacki, was a Polish peasant and the most famous member of the kosynierzy (peasant volunteer infantry) during the Kościuszko Uprising in 1794. Born as Wojciech Bartosz, he became a Polish national hero during the battle of Racławice on 4 April 1794, when he captured a Russian cannon by putting out the fuse with his hat.
Wojciech Bogusławski Wojciech Bogusławski (9 April 1757 - 23 July 1829) was a Polish actor, theater director, and writer of dramas born in Glinno near Poznań. Called the "Father of Polish theater" during the times of Polish Enlightenment, he was the director of Teatr Narodowy (National Theater) from 1783-1785, 1790-1794 and 1799-1814.
Wojciech Frykowski Wojciech Frykowski (December 22, 1936 - August 9, 1969) was a Polish one time actor and writer who was murdered in the home of Sharon Tate and Roman Polański by members of the Charles Manson "Family".
Wojciech Chrzanowski Wojciech Chrzanowski (1788–1861) was a Polish general who participated in Napoleon's Russian campaign and in the battles of Leipzig, Paris, and Waterloo. After Napoleon's final defeat he served in the national army of Poland, and was under Hans Karl von Diebitsch in Turkey in 1828/29.
Wojciech Jaruzelski Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski (pronounced: ) (born July 6, 1923) was a communist Polish political and military leader, Prime Minister from 1981 to 1985, head of the Polish Council of State from 1985 to 1989 and President from 1989 to 1990.
Wojciech Jasiński Wojciech Jasiński (born April 1, 1948 in Gostynin) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005, getting 14,956 votes in the 16th Płock district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Wojciech Karolak Wojciech (Wojtek) Karolak (born on 28 May 1939 in Warsaw, Poland, where he still lives today) is considered by many to be one of Europe's finest Hammond B-3 organ players - though he refers to himself as "an American jazz and rhythm and blues musician, born by mistake in Middle Europe".
Wojciech Korfanty Wojciech Korfanty (20 April 1873 - 17 August 1939) was a Polish nationalist activist, journalist and politician, serving as member of the German Reichstag and the Prussian Landtag, later in the Polish Sejm. Briefly, he also was a paramilitary leader.
Wojciech Kowalski Wojciech (Wojtek) Kowalski (born October 10, 1967 in Inowroclaw) is a former tennis player from Poland, who represented his native country as a qualifier at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There he was defeated in the first round by fellow qualifier Tony Mmoh from Nigeria.
Wojciech Świdziniewski Wojciech Świdziniewski - born 26 July, 1975 in Białystok, is a Polish fantasy writer and columnist. His first short story, The Consecrated (Konsekrowany), was published in Fantastyka, Poland's leading fantasy literary magazine, in 1999.
Wojciech Mojzesowicz Wojciech Mojzesowicz (born June 25, 1954 in Bydgoszcz) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 12601 votes in 4 Bydgoszcz district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Wojciech Piotr Szarama Wojciech Piotr Szarama (born December 16, 1955 in Bytom) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 9280 votes in 29 Gliwice district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Wojciech Romaniuk Wojciech Romaniuk (born January 20, 1970 in Biała Podlaska) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 10719 votes in 7 Chełm district, candidating from Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej list.
Wojciech Rubinowicz Wojciech (Adalbert) “Adalbert” is the German form of the Polish name “Wojciech” Rubinowicz (February 22, 1889 in Sadágora, Bukovina – October 13, 1974 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish theoretical physicist who made contributions in quantum mechanics, mathematical physics, and the theory of radiation. He is know for the Maggie-Rubinowicz representation of Kirchhoff’s diffraction formula.
Wojciech Saługa Wojciech Saługa (born March 27, 1969 in Jaworzno) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 10968 votes in 32 Sosnowiec district, candidating from Platforma Obywatelska list.
Wojtek Wolski Wojtek Wolski (born February 24, 1986 in Zabrze, Poland) is a Polish-born Canadian ice hockey center, currently of the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL. He was drafted #21 overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft as the first round pick of the Avalanche.
Wok hei Wok hei () is a term in Cantonese Chinese referring to the flavour, tastes, and "essence" imparted by a hot wok on the food. The word hei (romanization based on Cantonese Chinese) is equivalent to qi (romanization based on Mandarin Chinese).
Woke on a Whaleheart Woke on a Whaleheart is the first record to be released by Bill Callahan under his own name instead of his former nom de plume, Smog. His relationship with Drag City, however, remains intact and they will release the album on April 17th, 2007.
Woking Woking is a large town and local government district with borough status in the west of Surrey in South East England. It functions as a dormitory town of the London commuter belt and is located 23 miles (37 km) south west of Charing Cross in central London.
Wokingham Wokingham is a small market town and civil parish in Berkshire in the south east of England, close to Reading and Bracknell. It covers an area of 557 acres and, according to the 2001 census, has a population of 30,403.
Wokingham Waterside Centre The Wokingham Waterside Centre is a waterside centre used for kayak and canoe clubs in Reading, England, located on the River Thames. The center is used by Wokingham Canoe Club, Reading University Canoe Club and is also used by local enterprises as an alternative to a hotel based conference facility.
Wokou Wokou or Japanese pirates (Chinese character: ĺ€ĺŻ‡; Chinese pronunciation: wĹŤkòu; Japanese pronunciation: wakĹŤ; Korean pronunciation: 왜구 waegu) were pirates who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century onwards. At their peak, the "Japanese pirates" were often composed of substantial Chinese militia, merchants and smugglers, in addition to Japanese soldiers, ronin, merchants, and smugglers; even Portuguese sailors, traders, moneychangers and missionaries.
Wola Wola is a district of western Warsaw, Poland, formerly the village of Wielka Wola, that was incorporated into Warsaw in 1916. An industrial area with traditions reaching back to the early 19th century, it's slowly changing into an office and residential district.
Wola (settlement) Wola in Poland, (in Latin libera villa, libertas ) a name given to agricultural villages, appearing as early as the first half of the 13th century and historically constituting a separate category of settlements in Poland, by comparison to others, in terms of the populace used to settle them and the freedoms they were granted. These settlers were given plots of land and exemption for a certain number of years (up to 20) from all rents, fees, and taxes, and in most cases separate institutions and charters based on either the Magdeburg law, or its local variants.
Wola massacre The Wola massacre (August 5-8 1944 in Wola, Warsaw) was the scene of the largest single massacre in the history of Poland. According to different sources, some 40,000 to 50,000 Polish civilians and POWs were killed by the Nazi forces.
Wola Rasztowska transmitter Wola Rasztowska transmitter (Polish: RCN Wola Rasztowska) was a mediumwave broadcasting facility at Wola Rasztowska near Warsaw in Poland at 21°17' E and 52°27' N. Wola Rasztowska transmitter, which was also known as Warszawa III was receivable until its shutdown on February 1st, 1998 on 819 kHz in whole Europe.
Woland Woland, a German name for Satan appears in several variants of the old Faust legends under the names Valand, Woland, Faland, and Wieland. In his drama (see Faust, Part 1 and Faust, Part 2), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once refers to the devil as "Junker Woland".
Wolbachia Wolbachia is a genus of inherited bacterium that infects arthropod species, including a high proportion of all insects. It is one of the world's most common parasitic microbes and is potentially the most common reproductive parasite in the biosphere, for example more than 16% of insect species in Panama carry this bacterium.
Wolcott Gibbs Wolcott Gibbs (March 15, 1902 - August 16, 1958) was an editor, humorist, parodist, drama critic, and short story writer for The New Yorker magazine from 1927 until his death. He is best remembered for his 1936 parody of Time magazine, which skewered the magazine's inverted narrative structure.
Wold Newton family The Wold Newton family is a literary concept derived from a form of crossover fiction developed by the science fiction writer Philip José Farmer. Farmer suggested in two fictional "biographies" of fictional characters (Tarzan Alive and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life), that the meteorite which fell in Wold Newton, England, in the late 18th century was radioactive and caused genetic mutations in the occupants of a passing coach.
Wold's theorem In statistics, Wold's theorem or Wold representation theorem, named after Herman Wold, says that every covariance-stationary time series can be written as a infinite moving average (MA(infty)) process of its forecast errors. This is also called Wold decomposition.
Woldemar Brinkmann Woldemar Brinkmann (12 March 1890 to 31 December 1959) was a German architect and interior designer, he is associated with Nazi architecture. He worked with Paul Troost on several projects including an unbuilt Opera House that would have seated 3,000 people, three times as big as the Paris Opera or Vienna State Opera.
Woldingham Woldingham is a village in Surrey located 700 feet above sea level just within the M25, southeast of London. Situated high on the North Downs between Oxted and Warlingham, it is a village of 2,326 inhabitants (according to the Office for National statistics 2001 census).
Wole Soyinka Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Soyinka (born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian writer, poet and playwright. Some consider him Africa's most distinguished playwright, as he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, the first African so honored.
Woleaian Woleaian is the main language of the island of Woleai and surrounding islands in the state of Yap of the Federated States of Micronesia. Woleaian is officially classified as a Trukic language, and within this family its closest relative is Satawalese, with which it is largely mutually intelligible.
Wolei class minelayer The Wolei class minelayer is the sole minelayer in the People's Liberation Army Navy, numbered 814. The project was first designed by the 708th institute in 1981 and Dalian Shipyard completed the unit in 1988.
Wolek family (One Life to Live) The Woleks were one of the fictional core families on the American soap opera One Life to Live when it debuted in 1968. They were the working class reflection of the affluent Lords, and early storylines explored the ways these families interacted and contrasted.
Wolete Israel Seyoum Princess Wolete Israel Seyoum (died 1985), was the daughter of Leul Ras Seyoum Mengesha, Prince of Tigray, and great-granddaughter of Emperor Yohannes IV of Ethiopia. She was thus the sister of Leul Ras Mengesha Seyoum.
Wolf (Boy Scouts of America) Wolf is a rank attainable by a Scout in the Cub Scout division of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), and ranks above Tiger and below Bear. After earning the Bobcat badge, second-grade aged Cub Scouts work toward the Wolf badge and then earn Arrow Points.
Wolf (crater) Wolf is a lunar crater that lies in the south-central part of the Mare Nubium, a lunar mare in the southern hemisphere of the Moon. It lies to the north-northwest of the Pitatus walled plain, and east-southeast of the prominent Bullialdus crater.
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