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Waetla Waetla is a Germanic mythological character who, depending on location, is also known as Vadi (Norse), Wada (Anglo-Saxon), Wate (Middle High German) or Wade (modern English). Few details have survived to the present day, with most of the surviving information about him coming from the Poetic Edda, Chaucer, and the Brothers Grimm.
Wafa Wafa is the news agency of the Palestinian National Authority. Daily news from Palestinian territories, Israel and the Middle East is available in English, Arabic and Hebrew is available from Wafa, making it a major source of information over current events for those regions.
Wafaa Lamrani Wafaa Lamrani is a Moroccan poet, born in 1960. She was featured with two poems, The Wail of Heights and I am Consecrated to the Coming One in The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology , and she was one of the five women poets featured in La carte poétique du Maroc
Wafd Party In post-World War I Egypt, the term wafd referred to a "delegation", and more specifically the one that had the direct goal of achieving the complete and total independence of Egypt. This delegation hoped to gain representation at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.
Wafer (electronics) In microelectronics, a wafer is a thin slice of semiconducting material, such as a silicon crystal, upon which microcircuits are constructed by doping (for example, diffusion or ion implantation), chemical etching, and deposition of various materials. Wafers are thus of key importance in the fabrication of semiconductor devices such as integrated circuits.
Wafer dicing Wafer dicing is the process by which a the individual silicon chips or integrated circuits on a silicon wafer are separated following the processing of the wafer. The dicing process can be accomplished by scribing and breaking, by mechanical sawing (normally with a machine called a Dicing Saw) or by laser cutting.
Wafer fabrication Wafer Fabrication is a procedure comprised of many repeated sequential processes to produce complete electrical or photonic circuits. Examples include production of radio frequency (RF) amplifiers, LEDs, optical computer components, and CPUs for computers.
Wafer testing Wafer testing is a step performed during semiconductor device fabrication. During this step, performed before a wafer is sent to die preparation, all individual integrated circuits that are present on the wafer are tested for functional defects by applying special test patterns to them.
Wafer trapdoor spider The wafer trapdoor spiders (superfamily Cyrtauchenioidea, family Cyrtaucheniidae) are a widespread family of spiders that lack the thorn-like spines on tarsi and metatarsi I and II (the two outermost leg segments) found in true trapdoor spiders (Ctenizidae). Many, but not all, make wafer-like doors to their burrows, while others build the cork-like doors found commonly in the true trapdoor spiders.
Wafer tumbler lock A wafer tumbler lock is a type of lock that utilizes a set of flat wafers to prevent the lock from opening unless the correct key is inserted. This type of lock is similar to the pin tumbler lock and works on a similar principle.
Wafer-scale integration Wafer-scale integration, WSI for short, is a yet-unused system of building very-large integrated circuit networks that use an entire silicon wafer to produce a single "super-chip". Through a combination of large size and reduced packaging, WSI could lead to dramatically reduced costs for some systems, notably massively parallel supercomputers.
Waferboard Waferboard belongs to the subset of reconstituted wood panel products called flakeboards, which is a type of particleboard. It is a structural material made from rectangular wood flakes of controlled length and thickness bonded together with waterproof phenolic resin under extreme heat and pressure.
Waffle (bbs) Waffle is a bulletin-board system created by Tom Dell which ran under DOS and later UNIX. The software was unique in many ways, including the fact that all of the configuration files were in readable text files, and that it fully supported UUCP on the DOS platform.
Waffle House Waffle House is a restaurant chain with 1500 stores found in twenty-five states in the United States.Waffle House history The "low-rent roadside cafe featuring waffles""Tin Cup" script (as characterized by screenwriter Ron Shelton) claims to be the world’s leading server of waffles, T-bone steaks, omelets, cheese 'n eggs, USDA Choice hamburgers, country ham, pork chops, grits, hashbrowns, patty melts, raisin toast, apple butter, and Heinz Traditional Steak Sauce.
Wafi Wafi: is a popular Arabic name that expresses multiple good characteristics such as "reliable", "trustworthy", and "perfect". The English translation of this name is either "perfect" or "complete".
Waft Waft is a term meaning to carry along gently as through the air. The term is commonly used to describe scents that have diffused in to other parts of a room, or to describe smoke as being seen moving through the air.
Wafty Crank Records Wafty Crank Records is an independent non-profit DIY record label based in York, England. It was started in 2002 when a group of people decided it would be a good idea to release their music on their own record label, thus Wafty Crank Records was born.
Wag Wag is a highland district in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia, in the approximate location of the modern Wag Hemra Zone. The district seat is the town of Sokota, which has been a major market center for centuries.
Wag Hemra Zone Wag Hemra is a Zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Wag Hemra is bordered on the south by Semien Wollo, on the southwest by Debub (South) Gondar, on the west by Semen (North) Gondar, on the north and east by the Tigray Region.
Wag Kukurap Wag Kukurap (Her Lover) is an horror television series hosted by Dingdong Dantes. The show is broadcast every Saturday and is divided into two shows, each containing a true paranormal story from the best selling horror books True Philippine Ghost Stories and Haunted Philippines.
Wag the Dog Wag the Dog is a 1997 film starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro and Anne Heche about a Washington spin doctor (De Niro) who distracts the electorate from a presidential sex scandal by hiring a Hollywood producer (Hoffman) to create a fake war. The scheme enlists the musical talents of Mark Knopfler (musical producer) & Willie Nelson (who creates a theme song for the 'war').
Wagafi bread Wagafi bread (in Arabic often referred to as white bread) is an Irani bread that normally contains a greater amount of flour than normal bread. The bread is made in a hole called tannoor and is the most common bread in Iran and the famous also in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf.
Wagashi Wagashi (Japanese: 和菓子) is a general term for traditional Japanese confectionery, especially the types made of mochi, red bean paste, and fruits that are served in the Japanese tea ceremony. Wagashi is typically made from all natural, plant based ingredients.
Wage Board Award Wage Board Award it is the salary package, given time to time, for the workers of Pakistan's newspapers industry. According to the constitution of Pakistan the wage of the newspapers industry is fixed by the state and the newspapers owners are refusing to pay accordingly.
Wage curve The wage curve is the term used to describe the negative relationship between the levels of unemployment and wages that arises when these variables are expressed in local terms. According to David Blanchflower and Andrew Oswald (1994, p.
Wage dispersion Wage dispersion is an economic term which refers to the differentials between the higher and lower wages encountered in an economy. European countries have in general much more compressed wage dispersion than the U.
Wage insurance Wage insurance is a form of proposed insurance that would provide workers with compensation if they are forced to move to a job with a lower salary. The idea has been proposed as a response to outsourcing and the effects of globalization.
Wage labour Wage labour is the socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer in which the worker sells their labour under a contract (employment), and the employer buys it, often in a labour market.Deakin, Simon; Wilkinson, Frank.
Wage slavery Wage slavery is a socialist term used to refer to a condition in which a person is legally (de jure) voluntarily employed but practically (de facto) a slave. It is used to express disapproval of a condition where a person feels compelled to work in return for payment of a wage.
Wagga Wagga Base Hospital Wagga Wagga Base Hospital is located in the City of Wagga Wagga, the largest inland city of New South Wales, Australia. The hospital is the largest in the region, providing medical services to the wider Riverina.
Wagga Wagga RAAF Museum Wagga Wagga RAAF Museum is located at the Wagga Wagga RAAF Base at Forest Hill about 10km east of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia on the Sturt Highway. Wagga Wagga RAAF Museum has indoor and outdoor displays of aircraft, memorabilia and photographs relating to the RAAF.
Waggaman, Louisiana Waggaman is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. Waggaman is on the West Bank of the Mississippi River, within the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area.
Waggle dance Waggle dance is a term used in beekeeping and ethology for a particular figure-eight dance of the honeybee. By performing this dance, successful foragers can share with their hive mates information about the direction and distance to patches of flowers yielding nectar or pollen, or both, and to water sources.
Waghäusel Waghäusel is a German town located in the Rhine valley in the south-western state of Baden-Württemberg. Waghäusel consists of 3 townships which are the core city (1236 residents), Kirrlach (9347 residents) and Wiesental (9596 residents) [as of March 31, 2006].
Wagin, Western Australia Wagin (; post code: 6315) is a town and shire in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately 225km south-east of Perth on the Great Southern Highway between Narrogin and Katanning. It is also on State Route 107.
Wagmare Suresh Ganapat Wagmare Suresh Ganapat (born 15 September, 1961) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Wardha constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.
Wagn wagn was a franchise operator of commuter train services on the Great Northern route out of London King's Cross and Moorgate stations. In December 2005, wagn lost the franchise to run these routes, which was taken over on 1 April 2006 by FirstGroup plc as successful bidders for the new combined Thameslink-Great Northern franchise.
Wagner Bull Wagner Bull -was born in 1949 started practing Aikido in 1969, and now is an aikido teacher living in Brazil. He holds the rank of 6th dan in the Aikikai and is both Technical director and President of Brazil Aikikai.
Wagner Free Institute of Science The Wagner Free Institute of Science is a natural history museum located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855 by William Wagner, a notable philanthropist of the time, who sought to offer free educational courses to all who would seek to learn about the natural world.
Wagner Lamounier Wagner Lamounier is a former guitarist and vocalist of Brazilian thrash metal (at that time) band Sepultura, but most famous for been the leader of the thrash/death metal band SarcĂłfago during the 80's and part of the 90's.
Wagner Ribeiro Wagner Ribeiro is a Brazilian football agent, whose more famous clients include Real Madrid's young Brazilian forward Robinho as well as ex-Real Madrid coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo. Ribeiro was instrumental in engineering Robinho's transfer from Brazilian club Santos to Spanish giants Real Madrid, who dished out $30 million for the highly-rated youngster.
Wagner's Law Wagner's law is named after the German economist Adolph Wagner (1835-1917). Wagner's law predicts that the development of an industrial economy will be accompanied by an increased share of public expenditure in gross national product.
Wagner-Jauregg reaction The Wagner-Jauregg reaction is a classic organic reaction in organic chemistry (named after its inventors) describing the Diels-Alder reaction of 2 equivalents of maleic anhydride with a 1,1-diarylethylene. After aromatization of the bis-adduct the ultimate reaction product is a naphthalene compound with one phenyl substituent.
Wagnerian rock Wagnerian rock is a musical genre created by Jim Steinman due to his love for the music of Richard Wagner and Phil Spector. The genre is a merger — almost a musical hybrid — of twentieth century Rock & Roll and nineteenth century Opera reminiscent of Wagner's and Spector's, not to mention including a major distinctive touch of Steinman's own musical skills.
Wagokuhen The was a circa 1489 CE Japanese dictionary of Chinese characters. This early Muromachi Period Japanization was based upon the circa 543 CE Chinese Yupian (玉篇 "Jade Chapters"), as available in the 1013 CE Daguang yihui Yupian (大廣益會玉篇; "Enlarged and Expanded Yupian").
Wagon Bed Spring (Kansas) Wagon Bed Spring (also Lower Spring or Lower Cimarron Spring), located in Grant County, Kansas, was an important watering spot on the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail. It was registered as a National Historic Landmark in 1961.
Wagon tragedy The Wagon tragedy was the death of a large number of prisoners on 10 November 1921 in the Malabar region of Kerala state of India. The prisoners had been taken into custody following unrest in Malabar, and their deaths through apparent negligence discredited the British Raj and generated sympathy for the Indian independence movement.
Wagon Wheel, Rancho Santa Margarita, California Wagon Wheel is a residential master planned community located in the city of Rancho Santa Margarita in Orange County, California. It houses a golf course, and is primarily newer development constructed in the early 1990's.
Wagon-wheel effect The wagon-wheel effect, (alternatively, or stagecoach-wheel effect, stroboscopic effect) is an optical illusion in which a spoked wheel appears to rotate differently from its true rotation. The wheel can appear to rotate more slowly than the true rotation, it can appear stationary, or it can appear to rotate in the opposite direction from the true rotation.
Wagyl The Wagyl (alternative spelling Waugal or Waagal) is, according to Noongar culture, a snakelike Dreamtime creature responsible for the creation of the Swan and Canning Rivers and other waterways and landforms around present day Perth and the south-west of Western Australia
Wagyu Wagyu ("和牛" in Japanese Kanji characters) refers to several beef breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to intense marbling, and produces a high percentage of oleaginous unsaturated fat. Also known as Kobe-style beef, the meat from Wagyu cattle are known worldwide for marbling characteristics, increased eating quality through a naturally enhanced flavor, tenderness and juiciness, and thus a high market value (around $500 to $1000 a pound, or as high as $4000 for choice cuts).
Wah Chang Wah Ming Chang (August 2, 1917–December 22, 2003) was a Chinese American designer, sculptor, and artist. He is known primarily for his sculpture and the props he designed for Star Trek (the original series), including the hand phaser and phaser pistol, tricorder, and communicator designs for the series' first season.
Wah Ching Wah Ching (華青, Hanyu Pinyin: Huáqīng, Cantonese: Wa4 ching1) also known by slang as "Dub C" is a Chinese street gang that originated in San Francisco's Chinatown in the 1960s. The name literally translates to "Chinese youth," and the group was comprised primarily of immigrant Cantonese boys from Hong Kong who banded together to combat the American-born Chinese who would often pick on them.
Wah Mee massacre The Wah Mee massacre was an incident on February 18, 1983, in which Kwan Fai (Willie) Mak, Wai-Chiu (Tony) Ng, and Benjamin Ng gunned down 14 people in the Wah Mee gambling club on Maynard Alley S. just south of S.
Wah Wah Jones Wallace "Wah Wah" Clayton Jones (born July 14, 1926 in Harlan, Kentucky) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association from 1949 to 1952 with the Indianapolis Olympians.
Wah Yan College, Kowloon Wah Yan College, Kowloon (WYK; traditional Chinese:九龍華仁書院; Jyutping: gau2 lung4 wa4 jan2 syu1 jyun2, Pinyin: Jǐulóng Huárén Shūyuàn; demonym: Wahyanite, pl.: Wahyanites) is a Roman Catholic secondary school for boys, located in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Wah-wah Wah-wah is an imitative word (or onomatopoeia) for the sound of altering the resonance of musical notes to extend expressiveness, sounding much like a human voice saying the syllable wah. The wah-wah effect is a spectral glide, a "modification of the vowel quality of a tone" (Erickson 1975, p.
Wahalak, Mississippi Wahalak (reputedly old Choctaw language, meaning "running water") is a small hamlet located in Kemper County, Mississippi, and is home to over 50 people and 14 dogs. It is best known as the temporary hideout of fugitive Kenny Wagner, who was on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in the 1950's.
Wahconah Park Wahconah Park is a city-owned baseball park located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and nestled in a working class neighborhood. One of the last remaining ballparks in the United States with a wooden grandstand, it was constructed in 1919 and seats 4,500.
Wahdat-ul-Wujood Wahdat-ul-Wujood or Wahdat al-Wujud (Arabic: وحدة الوجود) the "Unity of Being" is a Sufi philosophy emphasizing that 'there is no true existence except the Ultimate Truth (God)'. All of his creations emerge from '`adem' (عدم non-existance) to 'Wajood' (existence) out of his thought only.
Waheed Alli, Baron Alli Waheed Alli, Baron Alli (born November 16, 1964) is a Asian businessman and politician in the United Kingdom. He achieved prominence in the television industry, as a co-founder (along with his long-term partner Charlie Parsons and Bob Geldof) of Planet 24 - a successful TV production company that produced popular programmes including The Word, the Big Breakfast and Survivor.
Waheed Zaman Waheed Zaman (born 27 May 1984) is one of the suspects arrested in the UK in connection to the 2006 transatlantic aircraft terrorist plot in the United Kingdom, and one of the nineteen whose accounts were frozen by the Bank of England.
Waheela The Waheela is a wolf-like cryptid reported from Nahanni Valley in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Cryptozoologist Ivan Sanderson thought that the waheela might represent a relict population of Amphicyonids, prehistoric bear-dogs.
Wahhabism Wahhabism (Arabic: الوهابية, Wahabism, Wahabbism, Whahhabism) is an Islamic movement, named after Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab (1703–1792). It is the dominant form of Islam in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and recently Western Iraq.
Wahiawa Botanical Garden The Wahiawa Botanical Garden, 27 acres (109,000 m²) is a botanical garden on a high plateau in central Oahu, Hawaii, USA. It is one of the Honolulu Botanical Gardens, and home to a collection of tropical flora requiring a relatively cool environment, with emphasis on native Hawaiian plants.
Wahiawā, Hawai'i Wahiawā is a census-designated place and town located more or less in the center of Oahu Island, on the plateau or "central valley" between the two volcanic mountains that comprise the island. It is in the small, Wahiawa District and the City & County of Honolulu.
Wahid Kakar Wahid Kakar was Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan. President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif came into public on the appointment of the Chief of Army staff after the sudden death of General Asif Nawaz in January 1993.
Wahidi Balhaf Wahidi Balhaf ( []), or the Wahidi Sultanate of Balhaf (Arabic: سلطنة الواحدي بالحاف []), was one of several Wahidi states in the British Aden Protectorate. It was also part of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, and its successor, the Federation of South Arabia when it was known simply as Wahidi.
Wahidi Bir Ali Wahidi Bir Ali ( []), or the Wahidi Wilayah of Bir Ali (Arabic: ولاية الواحدي بير علي []), was one of several Wahidi states in the British Aden Protectorate and the Protectorate of South Arabia. Its capital was Bir Ali on the Gulf of Aden coast.
Wahieloa In Hawaiian mythology, Wahieloa is a hero associated with the Kaha'i and Laka epics. Variations of his name in other Polynesian languages include Wahieroa (Māori), Vahieroa (Tahiti, Tuamotus), Va'ieroa (Cook Islands), Fafieloa (Samoa), and Vahie'oa (Marquesa).
Wahine (ship) *TSS Wahine (1913 - 1951) was an inter-island ferry that ran between Lyttelton and Wellington, New Zealand. It was used as a minelayer in the first world war, and saw active service as a troop ship during World War II.
Wahine disaster The TEV Wahine was a New Zealand inter-island ferry that foundered on Barrett Reef at the entrance to Wellington Harbour in a storm on 10 April 1968, and capsized near Steeple Rock. Of the 610 passengers and 123 crew on board, 51 people lost their lives.
Wahlenbergfjord Wahlenbergfjord, sometimes known in English as Waalenburg Bay, is a fjord on the southwest coast of the Arctic island of Nordaustlandet, in Norway's Svalbard archipelago. At 46 kilometers in length, and 15 km wide, it is the fifth longest fjord in the archipelago, and the longest on the island.
Wahlenbergia Wahlenbergia is a genus of between 150-270 species of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution except for North America; the highest species diversity is in Africa and Australasia. Wahlenbergia species have dispersed widely, even to oceanic islands, and there are four species known from the island of St Helena, including the now extinct species W.
Wahlenbergia gloriosa Wahlenbergia gloriosa, or royal bluebell, is an Australian wildflower from the Campanulaceae family. It grows in high rainfall (for Australia) areas in the alps, in environs ranging from shady roadside cuttings on Mount Hotham to full sun herbfields on the Main range.
Wahlenbergia roxburghii Wahlenbergia roxburghii (Roxburgh bellflower or dwarf cabbage tree) is an extinct member of four species of Wahlenbergia once known from the island of St Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean. It was last seen by naturalist John Charles Melliss in 1872.
Wahlern Wahlern is a municipality of the canton of Berne, Switzerland and seat of its Schwarzenburg district. The municipality is called Wahlern, although the chief settlement shares the name of the administrative district, Schwarzenburg.
Wahlert High School Wahlert High School is a private, co-educational, Roman Catholic high school in the city of Dubuque, Iowa. It is one of four high schools located in the city of Dubuque, the other three schools being Central Alternative High School, Hempstead High School and Dubuque Senior High School.
Wahlund effect In population genetics, the Wahlund effect refers to reduction of heterozygosity in a population caused by subpopulation structure. Namely, if two or more subpopulations have different allele frequencies then the overall heterozygosity is reduced, even if the subpopulations are in a Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
Wahnapitae, Ontario Wahnapitae is a community in the Ontario city of Greater Sudbury. The community takes its name from the Wanapitei River, which flows through Wahnapitae, and whose name in turn comes from the Ojibwe word Wahnabitaybing, which means "tooth" and describes the shape of Lake Wanapitei.
Wahnes's Parotia The Wahnes's Parotia, Parotia wahnesi is a medium-sized, up to 43cm long, passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae family. The male has an iridescent yellow green breast shield, elongated black plumes, three erectile spatule head wires behind each eye, coppery bronzed nasal tuft feathers and long, wedge-shaped tail feathers.
Wahome Muthahi Wahome Mutahi (October 24 1954 – July 22 2003) was one of the most beloved humourists of Kenya. He was popularly known as Whispers after the name of the column he wrote for The Daily Nation from 1982 to 2003, offering a satirical view of the trials and tribulations of Kenyan life.
Wahoo The Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) is a dark blue scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. Some say that the name "Wahoo" is a derivation of the name of the Hawaiian Island Oahu, which was sometimes spelled Wahoo, while others say the name derives from the exclamation of some fishermen, "Wahoo!
Wahpeton Daily News The Wahpeton Daily News is a newspaper printed in Wahpeton, North Dakota. The Daily News is the official newspaper of Richland County, North Dakota, and has a modest circulation in southeast North Dakota and northwest Minnesota.
Wahshy ibn Harb Wahshy ibn Harb was the Ethiopian slave of Jubayr ibn Mutim and a companion of Muhammad. He is best known for killing a leading Muslim general, Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, prior to accepting Islam, and afterwards killing Musaylimah, as a soldier in the Muslims army.
Wahwashkesh Lake Wahwashkesh Lake is the largest lake in the Parry Sound District of Ontario, with 1,721 hectares (4,253 acres) of surface area and over 106 km of shoreline. Approximately 30% of the shoreline property is Crown Land.
WaHI WaHI stands for "Washington Heights and Inwood," two neighborhoods of northern Manhattan in New York City. The term was coined by Eduardo GĂłmez, founder of the WaHI Online community web site, in 2002.
Wachau The Wachau is a well known Austrian valley with a landscape of high visual quality formed by the Danube river. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations of Lower Austria, located between the towns of Melk and Krems.
Wachenbrunn transmitter The transmitter Wachenbrunn is a large broadcasting facility for medium wave in Germany, established in the 1950s. Until 1993 the main transmitter of this facility, the medium wave transmitter for 882 kHz was run with 250 kilowatts.
Wachira Wachira (frequently also spelt as "Wacira" or "Wachiira" depending on region) is a male name among the Kikuyu, also called Gikuyu, and related Bantu peoples of Kenya. The name is commonest in the northern districts of Kikuyuland.
Wachlarz Wachlarz (Polish for folding fan) was a Polish World War II resistance organization formed by the Armia Krajowa for sabotage duties behind the German Eastern Front, outside of the Polish borders. Its commanders were Lt.
Wacho Wacho or Waccho was king of the Lombards before they entered Italy from an unknown date (perhaps circa 510) until his death in 539. He usurped the throne by assassinating (or having assassinated) his uncle, King Tato (again, probably around 510).
Wachovia Center The Wachovia Center (formerly known as the CoreStates Center and the First Union Center) is an indoor arena located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is the home arena of the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL and the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA.
Wachovia Securities Wachovia Securities, located in Richmond, Virginia, is the third largest brokerage firm in the United States as of 2004 with $652 billion retail client assets under management. It is a subsidiary of Wachovia Corporation.
Wachovia Spectrum The Wachovia Spectrum (formerly known as the Spectrum (1967-1994), CoreStates Spectrum (1994-1998) and First Union Spectrum (1998-2003)) is an indoor arena located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Completed in 1967, it seats 18,136 for basketball and 17,380 for ice hockey, indoor football, indoor soccer, and indoor lacrosse.
Wachovia, North Carolina Wachovia (Pronunciation: wah-KO-vee-yah) was the area first settled by Moravians in what is now Forsyth County, North Carolina, including the present city of Winston-Salem. The name is the Latin form of the German "die Wachau," the name of a lush green region along the Danube River which the settlers felt the land resembled.
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is a law firm in New York City. Wachtell is popularly considered one of the three most prestigious law firms in the United States along with Sullivan & Cromwell and Cravath, Swaine & Moore.
Wachtmeister Wachtmeister (master-sentinel; watch-master die Wacht am Rhein ) was a German, Austrian and Swiss military rank of non-commissioned officers. It was also adopted into Russian Army vakhmistr (ва́хмистр) and was used as Sergeant-grade rank in cavalry (until 1826), then Special Corps of Gendarmes and Cossack cavalry and Cossack Leib Guard units.
Wachusett Mountain Wachusett Mountain Ski Area is a skiing resort located on the mountain Mount Wachusett in the towns of Princeton and Westminster in Worcester County of Massachusetts. It has 22 trails being serviced by 8 lifts, including 2 high-speed quads, which is unusual for a resort of its size.
Wachusett Regional High School Wachusett Regional High School is located in Holden, Massachusetts and services the Wachusett Regional School District founded in 1955. The WRSD is comprised of Holden, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, and Sterling.

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