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Wajah Wajah was originally recorded as a theme song for the Reality Program for Charity on Malaysia's TV3. The show is known as BERSAMAMU and it focused on providing assistance for individuals and families in poverty, in need of help and neglected by society.
Wajid Khan Wajid Ali Khan (born April 24, 1946 in Lahore, Pakistan) is a Canadian businessman and politician. He is a current member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Mississauga—Streetsville for the Conservative Party.
Wajig Wajig is a simplified front end to the underlying package management tools including dpkg and APT for Debian. Wajig provides the functionality of apt-get, dpkg, dpkg-deb, apt-cache, and other tools, by launching these tools as a subprocess.
Waka' Formerly known as El Perú, Waka´ is a Pre Classic and Classic site. The site, composed of 672 monumental structures and untold numbers of small house structures, sits atop an escarpment six kilometers north of the San Pedro Mártir River, in Laguna Del Tigre National Park.
Waka-jumping New Zealanders speak colloquially of waka-jumping (or more conventionally, party-hopping) when an elected politician switches political parties between elections (taking his parliamentary seat with him and potentially upsetting electoral proportionality in the New Zealand Parliament).
Wakako Yamauchi Wakako Yamauchi (born 1924) is an Asian American female writer. She is the author of the play "12-1-A", the title a reference to an internment camp where the Nikkei characters were detained during World War II.
Wakamaru Wakamaru is a Japanese domestic robot made by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, primarily intended to provide companionship to elderly and disabled people. The robot is yellow, 100 cm tall, and weights 30 kilograms.
Wakamezake Wakamezake (Japanese: わかめ酒), also called wakame sake and seaweed sake, is a sexual act involving drinking alcohol from a woman's body. The woman closes her legs tight enough that the triangle between the thighs and Mound of Venus form a cup, and then pours sake down her chest into this triangle.
Wakan Tanka In Lakota traditions, Wakan Tanka is the term for the "sacred" or the "divine" as understood by the Lakota people. It is often translated as "The Great Spirit" or "The Great Mystery", and is typically understood as the power or the sacredness which resides in everything, similar to many animistic and pantheistic notions of God.
Wakanohana Masaru Wakanohana III Masaru (若乃花 勝) (born January 201971 as Masaru Hanada (花田 勝 Hanada Masaru)) is a former sumo wrestler who belongs to a very famous sumo family. As an active wrestler he achieved sumo's highest rank of Yokozuna.
Wakapau The Arawak village of Wakapau is located in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region of Guyana, on the Wakapau River, a tributary on the west bank of the Pomeroon River, 3 km from its mouth, located at . The village is one of the best examples of an Amerindian community that has not only preserved the traditional Arawak culture, but also retained its tribal language.
Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival is a weekend music festival held annually in early June just outside Lawrence, Kansas since 2004. It hosts music of the jam band genre, notably rock, jazz, funk, Bluegrass, electronica and folk music.
Wakarusa River The Wakarusa River is a tributary of the Kansas River, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long, in eastern Kansas in the United States. It drains an agricultural area of rolling limestone hills south of Topeka and Lawrence.
Wakarusa War The Wakarusa War was a skirmish that took place in Kansas Territory during November and December 1855 as part of the Bleeding Kansas violence. It centered around Lawrence, Kansas, and the Wakarusa River Valley.
Wakash Indians The Wakash Indians are linguistic family inhabiting the western coast of British Columbia from 50° 30' to Garden Channel, and the west and northwest of Vancouver Island, as well as a small region around Cape Flattery, Washington. They comprise several tribes, speaking separate dialects, of which the three most important are the Hailtzuk, Kwakiutl, and Nootka.
Wakatobi Wakatobi is the name of an archipelago located in an area of South Eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia. The name Wakatobi is derived from the names of the main islands that form the archipelago: Wangi wangi, Kaledupa, Tomea, and Binongko.
Wakatomika Wakatomika was the name of two 18th century Shawnee villages in what is now the state of Ohio. The name was also spelled Wapatomica, Waketomika, and Waketameki, among other variations, but the similar name Wapakoneta was a different Shawnee village.
Wakatomika, Ohio Wakatomika is a populated place in southern Coshocton County, Ohio. A post office was established at Wakatomika in 1823, but was closed down in 1909 and Wakatomika is now covered by the Trinway, Ohio post office.
Wakatsuki Reijirō Baron , (21 March, 1866–20 November, 1949) was a Japanese politician and the 25th and 28th Prime Minister of Japan. Opposition politicians of the time derogatorily labeled him Usotsuki Reijiro, or "Reijiro the Liar".
Wakayama Bokusui Wakayama Bokusui (若山 牧水, August 24, 1885 - September 17, 1928) is a Japanese author. He was one of the Naturalist tanka poets at the beginning of the 20th century during the tanka revival started by Yosano Tekkan.
Wakayama Castle in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, sits at the mouth of the Kii River. Originally ĹŚta castle, home of the Saiga Ikki, it was captured by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1585, during the Siege of Negoroji; many monks from Negoroji sought refuge in ĹŚta, which was soon destroyed by flood.
Wake (comic) Wake (Sillage in the original French) is a science fiction graphic novel series created by Jean-David Morvan and Philippe Buchet. The series has been translated to English and published in the united States by NBM Publishing.
Wake County Public School System The Wake County Public School System is a public school district located in Wake County, North Carolina. With more than 128,000 students enrolled as of the 2006/07 school year, it is the second largest public school district in North Carolina.
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WFUBMC), is an academic medical center located in Winston-Salem, NC. WFUBMC is comprised of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the North Carolina Baptist Hospital.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine, along with North Carolina Baptist Hospital and Wake Forest University Physicians, is part of the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center system. It is located in downtown Winston-Salem and is currently the largest employer in Forsyth County.
Wake Island Wake Island (also known as Wake Atoll) is a coral atoll having a coastline of 12 miles (19 kilometers) in the North Pacific Ocean, located about two-thirds of the way from Honolulu (2,300 statute miles or 3,700 km west) to Guam (1,510 miles or 2,430 km east). It is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States, administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, U.
Wake Island (1942 film) Wake Island is a 1942 film which tells the story of the United States military personnel who were stationed at Wake Island when it was attacked by the Japanese following the attack on Pearl Harbor. It stars Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, Macdonald Carey, Albert Dekker, Barbara Britton and William Bendix.
Wake Island Rail The extinct Wake Island Rail (Gallirallus wakensis) was a flightless rail and the only native land bird on the Pacific atoll of Wake. It was found on the islands of Wake and Wilkes, but not on Peale, which is separated from the others by a channel of about 100 meters.
Wake Me Up When September Ends "Wake Me Up When September Ends" is the fourth single from Green Day's seventh studio album, American Idiot. Released on 13 June 2005, the single peaked at number six in the United States, becoming Green Day's second Top 10 single.
Wake the Town Jamaican toaster U-Roy put the country on notice when the refrain "Wake the town, tell the people" first rang out of dancehalls and clubs in Jamaica in 1970. The song was one of the first major hits of the genre, taking reggae music to the next level, and was the primary inspiration of much of dancehall music for the next generation.
Wake the World "Wake The World" was the B-side of the single "Do It Again" which was released by The Beach Boys in 1968 through Capitol Records. It charted at #20 in the United States and #1 in the United Kingdom.
Wake Technical Community College Wake Technical Community College, a two-year accredited institution of higher education and technical training school, is located approximately five miles south of Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina and county seat of Wake County. Wake Technical Community College, also known colloquially as Wake Tech, is part of the North Carolina Community College System, a state-supported body of fifty-nine campuses throughout the State of North Carolina.
Wake Up America: A National Sleep Alert Wake up America: A National Sleep Alert was a pivotal 1992 sleep study performed in the United States by the National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research. It found that contemporary United States citizens spent twenty percent less time sleeping than people in earlier eras, and that accidents and reduced productivity caused by sleep deprivation or sleep disorders could cost the United States up to a hundred million dollars a year.
Wake Up Dead Man "Wake Up Dead Man" is the twelfth and final track from U2's 1997 album, Pop. Similar to "If You Wear That Velvet Dress", the song was originally written for the Zooropa album, but was set aside and then reworked on the next album.
Wake Up to Wogan Wake Up to Wogan is the name of the most listened to radio show in the United Kingdom and the flagship breakfast programme broadcast on BBC Radio 2. The show is presented by Sir Terry Wogan who has fronted Wake Up to Wogan (WUTW) since January, 1993, he had previously presented the breakfast show between 1972 and 1984, but the title WUTW was only added at the start of his second term.
Wake Up Wal-Mart Wake Up Wal-Mart is a union-backed campaign group affiliated with the UFCW. It is based in Washington DC and is often critical of the business practices of Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, and the largest private employer in the United States.
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie is an American comedy film which was released in 2004. It stars Will Ferrell as pompous TV news anchor Ron Burgundy and Christina Applegate (as Veronica Corningstone), David Koechner (as sportscaster Champ Kind), Steve Carell (as slow-witted weatherman Brick Tamland) and Paul Rudd (as field reporter Brian Fantana).
Wake Ups Wake Ups are a brand of caffeine pills known for their simple white packaging which depicts a red- and blue-coloured rooster reminiscent of the Rossignol (ski brand) Rooster logo. The 12- and 36-pill packs come in foil-wrapped plastic housed in a cardboard sleeve featuring the words "Wake Ups" printed diagonally in bold red letters.
Wakefern Food Corporation The Wakefern Food Corporation, founded in 1946 and based in Elizabeth, New Jersey (United States), is the largest cooperative group of supermarkets in the United States. The name "Wakefern" is a portmanteau of the founders' names (W for Louis Weiss, A for Al and Sam Aidekman, K for Abe Kesselman, an E for pronunciation, and FERN for Dave Fern), though the company adopted the name ShopRite for its stores in 1951.
Wakefield (Metro-North station) The Wakefield Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of the Wakefield section of The Bronx via the Harlem Line, and it is the last station on the line before it crosses into Westchester County, New York. It is 12.
Wakefield and District League The Wakefield and District League is a football competition based in England. It has a total of four divisions including the Wakefield and District League Premier Division, which sits at level 14 of the English football league system.
Wakefield Cycle The Wakefield Cycle or Towneley Cycle refers to a series of thirty-two mystery plays based on the Bible performed around Corpus Christi day in the town of Wakefield, England during the late Middle Ages until 1576. It is one of only four surviving English mystery play cycles.
Wakefield Kirkgate railway station Wakefield Kirkgate Railway Station is a Railway station in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It is older than the nearby Westgate station which serves a lot more destinations, especially places further afield.
Wakefield massacre The Wakefield massacre happened on December 26, 2000 when disgruntled software engineer Michael McDermott went on a shooting rampage, killing seven of his co-workers at Edgewater Technology in Wakefield, Massachusetts, north of Boston .
Wakefield Stanza The Wakefield Stanza is, in literary studies, a unique stanza appearing in the medieval English religious drama called the Towneley Plays (or Towneley Cycle). Because the Towneley Cycle comes to us from a single unique manuscript that writes the verses in ways that are more convenient to the scribe than they are regular, the stanza is variously described.
Wakefield Westgate railway station Wakefield Westgate is the mainline railway station for the city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is located on the western edge of the main city centre, on the opposite side from Wakefield's other station, Kirkgate.
Wakefield, Bronx Wakefield is a residential and middle-class section of the northern borough of the Bronx in New York City, bounded by the New York city line with Westchester County to the north, 233rd Street to the south, and the Bronx River, Bronx River Parkway and Metro-North Railroad tracks to the west. Wakefield is the northernmost neighborhood in New York City (although the city's northernmost point is actually in Riverdale, at the College of Mount Saint Vincent).
Wakefield, Quebec Wakefield is a village on the western shore of the Gatineau River, at the confluence of the La PĂŞche River in the Outaouais region of Quebec. The village, named after the town of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, is now the southern edge of the municipality of La PĂŞche, and was founded in 1830 by Irish, Scottish and English immigrants.
Wakefield–241st Street (IRT White Plains Road Line) Wakefield–241 Street is an elevated station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 241st Street and White Plains Road in the Wakefield neighborhood of the Bronx, it is served by the train at all times.
Wakehurst F.C. Wakehurst is a Northern Ireland football club playing in the Irish Second Division. The club, founded in 1969, hails from Ballymena and plays its home matches at Ballymena Showgrounds pitch two, which backs onto the Ballymena Showgrounds home of their neighbours Ballymena United.
Wakeijuku Wakeijuku (和敬塾) literally meaning A Place to seek Harmony and Respect, is an all male dormitory located in Mejiro ward, Tokyo. Established in 1955 by Kisaku Mayekawa, philanthropist and founder of Mayekawa Manufacturing Company, Wakeijuku has been honored as the proud home of Japan's finest university students for more than forty years -- most notably those of Waseda University which is close by.
Wakeskating Wakeskating is an adaptation of wakeboarding that employs a similar design of board manufactured from plywood or from fibreglass. Unlike wakeboarding, the rider is not bound to the board in any way, which gives the sport its own unique challenges.
Wakesurfing Wakesurfing is a water sport in which a surfer trails behind an inboard ski boat, surfing the boat's wake without being directly attached to the boat. The wake from the boat mimics the look and feel of an actual ocean wave.
Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil was the foreign minister in the Taliban government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Prior to this he served as spokesman and secretary to Mullah Mohammad Omar, leader of the Taliban.
Wakin Chau Wakin Chau () (b. 22 December, 1960) is a Hong Kong singer popular in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mainland China. Known as Emil Chau through the 1980s and 1990s, Chau has been one of the best-loved entertainers in Asia and internationally, reaching the twentieth year of his career in 2006. His career boasted a discography of up to 40 albums and several international concert tours.
Waking Hours Waking Hours is the second studio album by Del Amitri, released in July, 1989. It reached number 6 in the UK Albums Chart and featured one of the band's most famous songs, "Nothing Ever Happens", which reached number 11 in the UK Singles Chart.
Waking Life Waking Life is a digitally rotoscoped and animated film, directed by Richard Linklater and made in 2001. The entire film was shot using digital video and then a team of artists using computers drew stylized lines and colors over each frame.
Waking Up in Reno Waking Up in Reno is a 2002 comedy film starring Natasha Richardson, Holmes Osborne, Billy Bob Thornton, Patrick Swayze, Charlize Theron and Billy O'Sullivan. It was directed by Jordan Brady and written by Brent Briscoe and Mark Fauser.
Wakiso District Wakiso is a district in Uganda and encircles Kampala, Uganda's capital city. Wakiso lies in the central region of the country, bordering with the districts of Luwero and Nakaseke in the north, Mukono and Kampala in the east, Mpigi and Mityana in the west, and Kalangala lying in Lake Victoria to the south.
Wakizashi The (meaning "side arm") is a traditional Japanese sword with a shĹŤtĹŤ blade between 30 and 60 cm (12 and 24 inches), with an average of 50 cm (20 inches). It is similar to but shorter than a katana, and sometimes longer than the kodachi ("small sword").
WakkaWiki WakkaWiki (often shortened as Wakka) is a very small wiki engine, that is easy to install, hack and maintain. It was originally developed by Hendrik Mans (creator of the PlanetCrap discussion community) with help from Carlo Zottmann.
Wakker Prize The Wakker Prize (in German: Wakkerpreis, in French Prix Wakker) is awarded annually by the Swiss Heritage Society to a Municipality of Switzerland for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage.
Wakkerstroom Wakkerstroom, (Awake Stream), is the second oldest town in Mpumalanga Province in South Africa. It was established in 1859 and its name is an Afrikaans translation of the Zulu name for the river that flows near the town, uThaka, (Awake).
Wako Department Store Wako (ĺ’Śĺ…‰) is considered by some to be the most exclusive department store in Japan, located at the heart of the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo. This store is famous for its watches, jewelery, porcelain, dishware, and handbags, as well as foreign luxury goods.
Wakodahatchee Wetlands Located in Delray Beach, Florida, the park was created on fifty acres of unused utility land, and transformed into a recreation wetlands open to the public with a three-quarter mile boardwalk that crosses between open water pond areas, emergent marsh areas, shallow shelves, and islands with shrubs and snags to foster nesting and roosting. The board walk has interpretive signage as well as Gazebos with benches along the way.
Wakool, New South Wales Wakool is a town in the western Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Wakool is located in the Wakool Shire Local Government Area, 791 kilometres south west of the state capital, Sydney and 336 kilometres north west of Melbourne.
Waksman Institute of Microbiology The Waksman Institute of Microbiology is a research facility on the Busch Campus of Rutgers University. It is named after Selman Waksman, who was a faculty member who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1952 for research which led to the discovery of streptomycin.
Wakulla Springs Wakulla Springs is located 14 miles (22 km) south of Tallahassee, Florida and 5 miles (8 km) east of Crawfordville in Wakulla County, Florida at the crossroads of State Road 61 and State Road 267. It is protected in the Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park.
Wakulla Volcano The Wakulla Volcano was the name given to a prominent column of smoke, sometimes accompanied by bright light, seen coming from deep in the swamps of Wakulla County, Florida, from at least the Spanish occupation of Florida through 1886. The scientific assumption today is that the smoke came from a peat fire.
Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace 'Planet(ary) Robo(t) Danguard A(ce)' (惑星ロボ・ダンガードＡ (エース); Wakusei Robo Dangaado A [ehsu]) is a Japanese science fiction anime series created by Leiji Matsumoto (松本零士) with Dan Kobayashi (小林壇). It was licensed by Jim Terry Productions as part of the Force Five promotion as simply "Danguard Ace".
Wal Hannington Wal (Walter) Hannington (17 June 1896 - 17 November 1966) was a founder member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and National Organiser of the National Unemployed Workers' Movement, from its formation in 1921 to its end in 1939, when he became National Organiser of the Amalgamated Engineering Union.
Wal L Handley Walter Leslie Handley , (April 5 1902 - November 15 1941), was born in Aston, Birmingham,Kolumbus.fi Walter Leslie Handley (Retrieved December 10 2006) was a famous British Inter-War motorcycle racer with 4 wins at the Isle of Man TT Races in his career.
Wal Murray Wallace Telford Murray (born 11 September 1931, died 15 July 2004) was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He was the member for the seat of Barwon from 1 May 1976 until 3 March 1995.
Wal-Lex Recreation Center The Wal-Lex Recreation Center, or simply Wal-Lex, was an entertainment complex located in Waltham, Massachusetts which operated from 1947 until 2002. Considered a landmark in Waltham and the surrounding area, Wal-Lex consisted of a 60-lane candlepin bowling facility, a rollerskating rink, billiard tables, and video games.
Wal-Mart employee and labor relations As with many US retailers, Wal-Mart experiences a high rate of employee turnover (approximately 50% of employees leave every year, according to the company). Although they average nearly double the federal minimum wage, wages at Wal-Mart are about 20% less than at other retail stores.
Wal-Mart Watch Wal-Mart Watch, formed in the spring of 2005, is a joint project of The Center for Community and Corporate Ethics, a non-profit organization studying the impact of large corporations on society and its advocacy arm, Five Stones. Initial national partners include Sojourners, American Independent Business Association, National Council of Women’s Organizations, Sierra Club, Interfaith Worker Justice, Campus Progress, Teamsters, United Food and Commercial Workers, Sprawl-Busters.
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price is a 2005 documentary film by director Robert Greenwald. The film presents an unfavorable picture of Wal-Mart's business practices through interviews with former employees, small business owners, and footage of Wal-Mart executives.
Wala (goddess) In Australian aboriginal mythology, Wala is a sun goddess who lived with her sister, Bara, and her sister-in-law, Madalait. Bara accompanied her across the sun every day, but Wala realized she made the earth too hot and made her stop.
Walailak University Founded in 1992, Walailak University (Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยวลัยลักษณ์) is a public university located in Tha Sala District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand. Although state-funded, Walailak University is given a high level of autonomy, unusual among Thai public universities.
Walam Olum The Walam Olum, usually translated as "Red Record" or "Red Score," is said to be a Lenape or Delaware Native American origin narrative, although most consider it to be a spurious account. The contents of the text include a summary of the history and migrations of the tribe.
Walasi-Yi Interpretive Center The Walasi-Yi Interpretive Center is a small brick building located at Neels Gap on the eastern side of Blood Mountain. It is notable as the only place that the 2,135-mile-long Appalachian Trail goes through a man-made structure.
Walberswick Walberswick is a village on the Suffolk coast, across the River Blyth from Southwold and close to Orford Ness. Coastal errosion and the shifting of the mouth of the River Blyth meant that the neighbouring town of Dunwich was lost as a port in the last years of the 13th century.
Walbridge A. Field Walbridge Abner Field was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts; born in North Springfield, Windsor County, Vt., April 26, 1833; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.
Walbro Walbro Corporation is a manufacturing company that specializes in small engine carburetion and supplier of auto parts. Walbro carburetors are commonly used on line-trimmers, leaf blowers, chain-saws, and edgers.
Walbrook The Walbrook river played a key role in the Roman settlement of Londinium, the city now known as London. It is thought that the river acquired its name from the fact that it ran through or under the London Wall.
Walburga Stemmer Walburga Stemmer was a fruit-seller living in Weingarten (WĂĽrttemberg) who historians John Bierman and Colin Smith assert had an affair with Erwin Rommel and gave birth to his daughter, Gertrud Pan, in 1913. Rommel turned away from her and in 1916 married another woman, Lucie Mollin.
Walburga, Lady Paget Walburga Ehrengarde Helena Lady Paget (1839 - 1929) was a German by birth and born in Berlin, Paget was a diarist, writer and an intimate friend of Queen Victoria. The daughter daughter of Charles Frederic Anthony, Count von Hohenthal she married Sir Augustus Berkeley Paget (1823-1896), British ambassador to Copenhagen in 1860 and later British Ambassador in Rome and Vienna.
Walcott, Lincolnshire Walcott is a small village with approximately 500 inhabitants. The village dates from before 1100AD and the Catley Priory was founded between 1146 and 1154, although now no sign of the Priory can be seen after it fell into financial poverty sometime in the 16th Century.
Wald test The Wald test is a statistical test, typically used to test whether an effect exists or not. In other words, it tests whether an independent variable has a statistically significant relationship with a dependent variable.
Waldalgesheim The wine-growing town of Waldalgesheim, in the landkreiz Mainz-Bingen, in the Rhineland of Germany is widely known as the site of a late 4th century BCE chariot burial that defines a stage in the La Tène culture, that is generally known as Waldalgesheim style. The lack of weapons recovered from the tomb and the fine gold torc, bracelets and anklets, have led archaeologists to infer that the deceased was a woman.
Waldbaum's Waldbaum's is a supermarket chain in New York, especially dominant on Long Island and the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. It started in 1904 as a shop run by Israel Waldbaum in Brooklyn, and in the late 70's, expanded out of its New York/Long Island home turf and into Southern New England.
Waldbröl Waldbröl is a town is in the south Oberbergischer Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, about 50 kilometers east of Cologne. The neighbouring municipalities Nümbrecht, Morsbach and Reichshof border on Waldbröl.
Waldeck (state) Waldeck (or later Waldeck and Pyrmont) was a sovereign principality in the German Empire and German Confederation and, until 1929, a constituent state of the Weimar Republic. It comprised territories in present-day Hesse and Lower Saxony (Germany).
Waldemar Andzel Waldemar Andzel (born September 17, 1971 in Czeladź) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 4257 votes in 32 Sosnowiec district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Waldemar de Brito Waldemar de Brito (May 17, 1913 – February 21,1979) was a Brazilian footballer, who played for several clubs in Brazil and Argentina, as well as for the Brazil national team. He is acknowledged to have discovered Pelé during the latter's early footballing days.
Waldemar Haffkine Waldemar Mordecai Wolff Haffkine (March 15, 1860, Odessa, Russia - October 26, 1930, Lausanne, Switzerland) was a bacteriologist who mainly worked in India. He was the first microbiologist who developed and used vaccines against cholera and bubonic plague.
Waldemar Januszczak Waldemar Januszczak (born January 12, 1954) is a British art critic, who writes for The Sunday Times, and a film maker of television arts documentaries. He was previously Commissioning Editor for the arts for Channel 4 television.
Waldemar Kaminski Waldemar Kaminski (born July 23, 1917 near Albany, New York; died June 21, 2006, Buffalo, New York) was a grocer and anonymous philanthropist in Buffalo. After his death, it was revealed that he had anonymously given millions of dollars to Buffalo charities over the years.
Waldemar Levy Cardoso Waldemar Levy Cardoso (born December 4, 1900), the son of Jewish immigrants from Morocco, is currently, at the age of 106 years, the only living field marshal of the Brazilian Army. He is a veteran of World War II mentioned in dispatches.
Waldemar Nowakowski Waldemar Nowakowski (born January 13, 1950 in Przemysław) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 4170 votes in 5 Toruń district, candidating from Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej list.

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