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Yellow-necked mouse The yellow-necked mouse Apodemus flavicollis is closely related to the wood mouse, with which it was long confused, only being recognised as a separate species in 1894. It differs in its band of yellow fur around the neck and in having slightly larger ears and usually being slightly larger overall.
Yellow-rumped Warbler Three closely related North American bird forms—the eastern Myrtle Warbler, its western counterpart, Audubon's Warbler, and the Central American Goldman's Warbler—are periodically lumped as the Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata).
Yellow-shouldered Parrot The Yellow-shouldered Parrot or Yellow-shouldered Amazon (Amazona barbadensis) is a parrot of the genus Amazona that is a resident breeder in the arid areas of northern Venezuela, the Venezuelan islands of Margarita and La Blanquilla, and the island of Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles). It has become extinct on Aruba and possibly also on Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles).
Yellow-spotted river turtle One of the larger South American river turtles, the Yellow-spotted river turtle can grow up to 45 cm long and weighing up to 8 kg. This species can be recognized by its black or brown oval carapace (shell) with distinctive low keels on the second and third scutes.
Yellow-spotted tropical night lizard The yellow-spotted tropical night lizard (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum) is a night lizard ranging from central Mexico to Panama. It includes two subspecies, Lepidophyma flavimaculatum flavimaculatum and Lepidophyma flavimaculatum obscurum.
Yellow-thighed Finch The Yellow-thighed Finch, Pselliophorus tibialis, is a passerine bird which is endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. Despite its name, it is not a true finch, but rather a member of the large Emberizidae family, which also includes buntings, American sparrows, juncos and towhees.
Yellow-throated Big-eared Bat The Yellow-throated Big-eared Bat, Lampronycteris brachyotis (also Micronycteris brachyotis), is a species of bat from South and Central America. It is native to several countries in Latin America, including Brazil, Guatemala and Venezuela.
Yellow-throated Plated Lizard The Yellow-Throated Plated Lizard or just Plated Lizard, (scientific name Gerrhosaurus flavigularis), is about 45½ cm (18 inches) in length and lives in the grassland and scrub of Sudan, Ethiopia and along Eastern Africa down to South Africa.
Yellow-vented Bulbul The Yellow-vented Bulbul, Pycnonotus goiavier, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is resident breeder in southeast Asia from southern Thailand and Cambodia south to Borneo and the Philippines.
Yellowbanded perch The yellowbanded perch, Acanthistius cinctus, is a large marine fish of the grouper family, found around eastern Australia including Lord Howe Island, islands off the east coast of Northland in the North Island of New Zealand, and the Kermadec Islands, in caves and archways of rocky reefs. Their length is between 40 and 60 cm.
Yellowbeard Yellowbeard is a 1983 comedy film, that was co-written and acted by Monty Python member Graham Chapman and David Sherlock, and directed by Mel Damski. The film co-starred Peter Boyle, fellow Monty Python members Eric Idle and John Cleese, Cheech & Chong, Madeline Kahn, Peter Cook and Marty Feldman in his last film appearance.
Yellowbelly (Copthorne) A yellowbelly is a native-born resident of Copthorne, West Sussex, England. The origin of this nickname is lost in history, but a number of explanations have been offered in Copthorne - a story so far, the book written for the village's Millennium Celebrations, in the chapter by Joy Day entitled Traditions and Characters.
Yellowbelly flounder The yellowbelly flounder, Rhombosolea leporina, is a flatfish of the genus Rhombosolea, found around New Zealand in shallow enclosed waters such as estuaries, harbours, mudflats, and sandflats, in waters less than 50 m in depth. Their length is from 25 to 50 cm.
Yellowdog Updater The Yellowdog Updater is a utility that is similar to Debian's APT program, but for the RPM package management system. It can be used to automatically download and install updated RPM packages on any RPM-based distribution.
Yellowface Yellowface is the practice in cinema, theatre, and television where Asian American characters are portrayed by White American actors, often while wearing heavy makeup in order to approximate "Asian" or "Oriental" facial characteristics. Directors and film studios employed this practice for a variety of reasons, the most common being the desire to avoid onscreen romantic interaction between white and Asian actors in intimate contexts.
Yellowfin croaker Yellowfin croacker (Umbrina roncador) is a species of croaker occurring from the Gulf of California, Mexico, to Point Conception, California. They frequent bays, channels, harbors and other nearshore waters over sandy bottoms.
Yellowfin grouper The yellowfin grouper (Mycteroperca venenosa) is a coral reef fish native to the western Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico. It is generally a denizen of the deeper reef areas but it may venture into shallower waters, especially during the cooler seasons.
Yellowhead (bird) The Yellowhead or Mohua (Mohoua ochrocephala) is a small insect-eating bird that is endemic to New Zealand's South Island. The Yellowhead and its close relative, the Whitehead have sympatric distributions as, conversely, the latter is found only on the North island and several small islands surrounding it.
Yellowhead (electoral district) Yellowhead is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979. The district is in west-central Alberta, and represents the counties of Yellowhead, Woodlands, Lac Ste.
Yellowhead disease Yellowhead disease (YHD) is a viral infection of shrimp and prawn, in particular of the giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon), one of the two major species of farmed shrimp. The disease is highly lethal and contagious, killing shrimp quickly.
Yellowjacket Yellowjackets are black-and-yellow wasps of the genus Vespula or Dolichovespula (some can be black-and-white, the most notable of these being the bald-faced hornet, Dolichovespula maculata). They can be identified by their distinctive combination of black-and-yellow color, small size (slightly larger than a bee), and entirely black antennae.
Yellowknife Range Lake Yellowknife Range Lake is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories, Canada. Currently represented in the Legislative assembly by Korean-Canadian politician-lawyer Ms.
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Yellowknife ( MST) is the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories, with a population of approximately 20,000 as of 2006. Located on the north shore of Great Slave Lake on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River, Yellowknife and its surrounding waterbodies were named after the local Yellowknives tribe, who made tools from regional copper deposits.
Yellowknives The Yellowknives, Yellow Knives, Copper Indians, Red Knives or T'atsaot'ine are one of the five main groups of the Dene First Nation that live in the Northwest Territories of Canada. The name, which is also the source for the later community of Yellowknife, derives from the colour of the tools made from local copper deposits.
Yellowman Yellowman (born Winston Foster in Negril, Jamaica in 1959) is a Jamaican reggae (raggamuffin) and dancehall deejay. He was popular in Jamaica in the 1980s, coming to prominence with a series of singles that established his reputation.
Yellowmargin triggerfish The yellowmargin triggerfish, Pseudobalistes flavomarginatus, are marine fish in the triggerfish family Balistidae. They originate in coastal tropical waters and reefs of the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea south to Natal, South Africa and east from southern Japan south to Indonesia and Samoa.
Yellowspotted catshark The yellowspotted catshark, Scyliorhinus capensis, is a rare cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the southeast Atlantic from Lüderitz, Namibia to central Natal, South Africa between latitudes 0° S and 37° S. Its length is up to 1.
Yellowstone Falls Yellowstone Falls consist of two major waterfalls on the Yellowstone River, within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States. As the Yellowstone river flows north from Yellowstone Lake it decreases in altitude and plunges first over Upper Yellowstone Falls and then a quarter mile (400 m) downstream over Lower Yellowstone Falls, at which point it then enters the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, which is up to 1,000 feet (304 m) deep.
Yellowstone Fire of 1988 The Yellowstone Fire of 1988 was the largest forest fire known to affect Yellowstone National Park in recorded history. The fires burned for several months and by the time the winter snows extinguished the flames, 793,880 acres (321,271 ha) or roughly 36 percent of the park had been impacted by the fires.
Yellowstone Plateau The Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field developed through three volcanic cycles spanning two million years that included some of the world's largest known eruptions. Eruption of the >2,500 kmÂł Huckleberry Ridge Tuff about 2 million years ago created the more than 75-km-long Island Park caldera.
Yellowstone River The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri, approximately 671 mi (1,080 km long), in the western United States. Considered the principal tributary of the upper Missouri, the river and its tributaries drain a wide area stretching from the Rocky Mountains in the vicinity of the Yellowstone National Park across the mountains and high plains of southern Montana and northern Wyoming.
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative or Y2Y is a joint Canada- US network of over 800 organizations and individiuals interested in restoring and maintaining the Yellowstone to Yukon region. The group works with local communities, through education and stewardship programs, to encourage conservation of the area.
Yellowtail kingfish The yellowtail kingfish or southern kingfish, Seriola lalandi lalandi, is a subspecies of yellowtail amberjack, a jack of the genus Seriola, found off south eastern Australia and the north east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. Their length is between 100 and 180 cm.
Yellowtail snapper The yellowtail snapper, Ocyurus chrysurus, is an abundant species of snapper found along the North American coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Although they have been found as far north as Massachusetts, their normal range is along Florida down through the West Indies and Brazil.
Yellowthroat The yellowthroats are New World warblers in the genus Geothlypis. Most members of the group have localised ranges in Mexico and Central America, but the Masked Yellowthroat has an extensive South American distribution, and Common Yellowthroat, the only migratory species in the group, breeds over much of North America.
Yellur Yellur is village in Udupi district of Karnataka state in India. Situated at the foot of a small hillock locally called Yellurgad, the place is a pittoresque village with multiple temples, including a temple dedicated to Eshwara (Shiva).
Yelp Yelp is an internet company based in San Francisco, CA. Yelp hosts a website database of user reviews, mainly of restaurants and stores, but also of medical providers, automotive services, cultural venues, professional services, other websites, and the like.
Yelvertoft Yelvertoft is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. The main thoroughfare, called High Street, is approximately three quarters of a mile long, from the Parish Church of All Saints to the Village Hall.
Yeşil Cami Yeşil Cami (Green Mosque), also known as Mosque of Mehmed I is a part of the larger complex (a kulliya), built by Sultan Mehmed I Çelebi and completed in 1420. The mosque was built between 1391-1421 by architect vezir Hacı İvaz Paşa.
YeĹźil River The YeĹźil River (, "Green River"; , Iris) is a river in northern Turkey. From its source north-east of Sivas, it flows past Tokat and Amasya, and reaches the Black Sea at Samsun after 418 km (260 miles).
Yeşil Türbe The mausoleum of the fifth Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed I, known as Yeşil Türbe (Green Tomb) was built by his son and successor Murad II following the death of the sovereign in 1421 in Bursa. The architect, Hacı Ivaz Paşa designed the tomb and the Yeşil Cami opposite to it .
Yeşilçam Yesilcam refers to the Turkish cinema industry in the same way that Hollywood refers to American cinema, and Pinewood refers to British cinema. Yesilcam experienced its heyday during the 1950s-1970s, when it saw through 250-350 films annually.
Yeşilköy Yeşilköy (named before 1926 San Stefano or Santo Stefano, Greek Άγιος Στέφανος pronounced Aghios Stephanos - rendered in Turkish as Ayastefanos) is a part of Bakırköy district of the greater Istanbul.
YeĹźilyurt YeĹźilyurt is a small town in southwestern Turkey at a distance of 14 kilometers from the city of MuÄźla, center of the MuÄźla Province. Its former name was Pisi, and Pisye (or Psya) in antiquity, possibly associable to the common root for the word fish in many languages (pisces, psara).
Yeşilyurt (Istanbul) Yeşilyurt is a part of Bakırköy district of the greater Istanbul. It is located along Marmara Sea, and borders to the southwest the neighbourhood of Yeşilköy, to whom once belonged, and to the northeast that of Ataköy.
Yemane Gebre Loul Yemane Gebre Loul was an alderman of a Christian parish in Saudi-Arabia. One week after arresting 40 Pakistani Christians, Saudi Arabia's Muttawa (religious police) broke into a private worship service of expatriate Christians, arresting five elders from the congregation of 60 Ethiopian and Eritrean Christians who had gathered for prayer in Riyadh's central Al-Olaya district and declared that such gatherings were “forbidden” in Saudi Arabia.
Yemelyan Pugachev Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachev (), born in 1740 or 1742 and executed in 1775, was a pretender to the Russian throne who led a great Cossack insurrection during the reign of Catherine II. Alexander Pushkin wrote a remarkable history of the rebellion, and he recounted some of the events in his novel The Captain's Daughter (1836).
Yemen Arab Republic The Yemen Arab Republic (YAR), (in Arabic: الجمهوريّة العربية اليمنية [al-Jamhūrīyah al-`Arabīyah al-Yamanīyah] ) also known as North Yemen or Yemen (Sanaa), was a country from 1962 to 1990 in the northern part of what is now Yemen. Its capital was at Sanaa.
Yemen Scout Association The Yemen Scout Association (), the national Scouting organization of Yemen, was founded in 1954, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1980. The boys only Yemen Scout Association has 6,481 members as of 2004.
Yemen Times The Yemen Times is unified Yemen's first and most widely-read independent English-language newspaper. The paper is published twice-weekly (on Mondays and Thursdays) and has its own printing press, advertising associates and news service.
Yemeni Confederation of Labor Unions The Yemeni Confederation of Labor Unions (YCLU) is the sole national trade union center in Yemen. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the Aden Trades Union Congress and the General Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions.
Yemeni presidential election, 2006 The Yemen presidential election of 2006 was held on 20 September 2006. Incumbent president Ali Abdullah Saleh of the General People's Congress party defeated the Yemen opposition coalition candidate Faisal Bin Shamlan.
Yemeni Socialist Party The Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) (الحزب الاشتراكي اليمني, al-Hizb al-Ishtiraki al-Yamani) is a political party in Yemen. It was the former ruling party in South Yemen before the unification into Yemen.
Yemenia Yemenia - Yemen Airways (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية اليمنية) is the national airline of Yemen, based in Sanaa. It operates scheduled domestic services as well as international services to more than 30 destinations in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia.
Yemenite Hebrew language The Yemenite Hebrew language or Temani Hebrew language is a descendant of Biblical Hebrew traditionally used by Yemenite Jews. It is believed by some scholars that its phonology was heavily influenced by Yemeni-spoken Arabic.
Yemenite Jews Yemenite Jews (Hebrew: תֵּימָנִים, Standard Temanim Tiberian ; singular תֵּימָנִי, Standard Temani Tiberian ) are those Jews who live, or whose recent ancestors lived, in Yemen (תֵּימָן, Standard Teman Tiberian ; "far south"), on the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula. They are sometimes considered to be Mizrahi.
Yemrehana Krestos Yemrehana Krestos (called "Abraham" by Francisco Alvarez) was negus of Ethiopia, and a member of the Zagwe dynasty. According to Taddesse Tamrat, he was the son of Germa Seyum, the brother of Tatadim; however the Italian scholar Carlo Conti Rossini published in 1902 a document that stated Yemrehana Krestos was the successor of Na'akueto La'ab, and succeeded by Yetbarak.
Yen block The Yen block is a term referring to the closed financial and economic system, created in the 1930s in Northeast Asia. It was based on the Japanese currency, the yen, and was set up as a way to integrate industrial and natural resources of occupied Manchuria (Manchukuo), and then occupied mainland China, into the economy of the Empire of Japan, at that time including present-day Taiwan and Korea.
Yen Yuan Yen Yuan (Chinese: 颜元, Wade-Giles: Yen Hsi-chai (literary form)) (1635 - 1704) founded a practical school of Confucianism to contrast with the more ethereal Neo-Confucianism that had been popular in China for the previous six centuries.
Yenda, New South Wales Yenda is a town in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. The town is located about 16km east of Griffith, 45 kilometres north of Narrandera, and 450km west of Sydney in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area of Southern NSW.
Yendi (novel) Yendi is Steven Brust's second novel in his Vlad Taltos series and is a prequel to the first novel, Jhereg. Originally printed in 1984 by Ace Books, it was reprinted in 1999 in the omnibus The Book of Jhereg along with Jhereg and Teckla.
Yeng Guiao Joseller "Yeng" Guiao is a Filipino professional basketball head coach for the Red Bull Barako in the Philippine Basketball Association. Guiao won four PBA titles since starting his head coaching job for Swift in the early-1990's.
Yeni Mosque The New Mosque (1597 - 1663) is located in Eminönü and together with the Galata Bridge the New Mosque is one of the best- known sights of İstanbul. An elegant fountain for ablutions stands in large courtyard and the Sultan's kiosk is decorated with marvelous İznik tiles.
Yeni TĂĽrkĂĽ Yeni TĂĽrkĂĽ (means New TĂĽrkĂĽ in Turkish) is one of the best selling and best-known band in Turkey. They had concerts in more than twenty countries and have recorded many albums since the establishment in 1978.
Yeniche (people) The Yeniche, or Jenische, are the third-largest population of nomadic people (or "Travelers") in Europe, living mostly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and parts of France. They are some of the most geographically widespread in Western Europe.
Yeniche language The Yeniche language, or Jenisch, (ISO 629-2 code: YEC) is spoken by the Yeniche, and is distinctly different from the Romani variants spoken by other populations of Roma. It is a mixture of Romani, Yiddish, Rotwelsch, and various German dialects.
Yenisey (bandy club) Yenisey are a Bandy club from Krasnoyarsk, Russia who currently play in the East Russian Bandy League. Yenisey have had little success in the last few years but are consistently in the top half of the league table.
Yenit Yenit Company Limited is a small Thai web developing company in Koh Samui, Surat Thani, Thailand, focusing on tourist related webpages and publications. It has published a number of websites about popular destinations in Thailand.
Yenko Chevrolet Yenko Chevrolet, located in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, was one of largest and most notorious custom muscle car shops of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Don Yenko, son of the dealership founder, first ordered special Corvairs in 1965.
Yenshui Yenshui or Yenshuei (Chinese for 'salt water') is the name of a town in Tainan County, South Taiwan which is famous for its notoriously dangerous fireworks festival. The annual event commemorates a cholera epidemic more than a century ago, the fireworks symbolizing the burning of demons associated with the plague.
Yenta Yenta (יענתּאַ) from the Yiddish Yente, a back-formation from the woman's name Yente, alteration of Yentl, from Old Italian Gentile, from gentile, amiable, highborn, from Latin gentīlis, of the same clan. Yenta is a term sometimes used to describe a Jewish Female.
Yenumulapalli Yenumulapalli is a small village, which is very near to the international village of Puttaparthi which is an abode of aghavan "sri satya sai baba" in India. The village is surrounded by greenery and hills and is situated on the banks of river Chitravathi.
Yeo Hiap Seng Yeo Hiap Seng Limited is an investment holding company as well as a drink manufacturer in Singapore and Malaysia. It produces its own Asian drinks and has the license from Pepsico to produce Pepsi, 7 Up, Mountain Dew, Mirinda and Mug Root Beer.
Yeo Woon-Kon Yeo Woon-Kon (born September 4, 1974) is a field hockey player from South Korea, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In the final the Asians were beaten by title holders The Netherlands after penalty strokes.
Yeojoo Institute of Technology Yeojoo Institute of Technology (or YIT) is a private two-year college in Yeoju County, southeastern Gyeonggi province, South Korea. A small extension campus is located in neighboring Icheon City, at a Hyundai plant.
Yeom Ki-Hoon Yeom Ki-Hoon (born March 30, 1983) is a Korean football player who currently plays for the K-League club, Jeonbuk FC. Yeom is a talented player who has made his way onto the national team following his continental performances.
Yeoman Plotter The Yeoman Plotter is a unique piece of navigational equipment used on ships and boats, which allows GPS and radar navigation data to be used much more effectively with traditional paper charts. The plotter consists of a plotting surface impregnated with fine wires and a moveable "mouse" containing a sensing ring.
Yeomanry In the 1790s, the threat of invasion of the Kingdom of Great Britain was high, with the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. In order to maximise the country's defences, a number of volunteer regiments were raised in many counties by yeomen.
Yeomanry Mounted Division The Yeomanry Mounted Division was a Territorial Army cavalry division formed in Palestine in mid-1917 from three yeomanry mounted brigades. In July 1918, the division was renamed the 4th Cavalry Division and the brigades were likewise renamed as cavalry brigades.
Yeomanry Order of Precedence Unlike the British Army, the Territorial Army and with respect to this page, the Yeomanry, has frequently been the subject of amalgamations and absorptions in its history. The subject of precedence within the Yeomanry can sometimes be contentious with debates as to 'who is on the right of the line' quite commonplace when two or more cap badges are brought together.
Yeongdeungpo-gu Yeongdeungpo-gu is an administrative district in southwest Seoul, Korea. Although the origin of the name is uncertain, the first two syllables are thought to be from yeongdeung (靈登) or "divine ascent," a shamanic rite.
Yeongnam Yeongnam (literally "south of the passes") is the name of a region that coincides with the former Gyeongsang Province in what is now South Korea. (It was also the name of a Goryeo-era province in the same area.
Yeongnamnu (Miryang) The Yeongnamnu or Yeongnamru is a pavilion on a cliff overlooking the curve of the Miryang River in central Miryang, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. It dates to the Joseon Dynasty and is one of the central cultural treasures of Miryang.
Yeop Mahidin Bin Mohamed Shafiff Yeop Mahidin bin Mohamed Shariff was the first Director of Rejimen Askar Wataniah, the reserves component of the Malaysian Army. He was widely regarded as the “Father of Wataniah” for his efforts in establishing the Rejimen Askar Wataniah as a credible force.
Yeovil and District League The Yeovil and District League is a football competition based in England. It has a total of four divisions including the Yeovil and District League Premier Division which sits at level 14 of the English football league system.
Yeovil Pen Mill railway station Yeovil Pen Mill railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town of Yeovil in Somerset. The station is located 96 km (59½ miles) south of Bristol Temple Meads on the "Heart of Wessex" line towards Weymouth.
Yeprem Khan Yeprem Khan Davidian, also Yefrem Khan, (1868-1912) was an Armenian revolutionary leader and national hero of Persia (Iran). Yeprem was born in the town of Barsum (in what is today Azerbaijani Republic) - in the historical Armenia's province of Gardman (located north to modern Nagorno-Karabakh Republic).
Yer The letter (Ъ, ъ) of the Cyrillic alphabet is known as the hard sign (твёрдый знак ) in the modern Russian alphabet and as er golyam (ер голям, "big yer") in the Bulgarian alphabet. The letter is called back yer in the pre-reform Russian orthography, in Old Russian, and in Old Church Slavonic.
Yer Bird Records Yer Bird Records is a Charlottesville, Virginia based independent record label founded by album designer and one-time Pitchfork Media music critic Morgan King in 2004. After the release of an album by English songwriter Daniel Smith (not of the Danielson Family) didn't come to fruition, King partnered with photographer Benjamin Gallman.
Yer Blues "Yer Blues" is a song by the Beatles, the second song on the second disc of the CD version of the White Album. It was written by John Lennon while in Rishikesh, India, and has a basic I, IV, V chord progression.
Yerablur Yerablur (Armenian: ) is a military cemetery located on a hilltop in the outskirts of Yerevan, Armenia. Since 1988 Yerablur has become the home of the Armenian soldiers who have lost their lives during the Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Yeramba (artillery) The Yeramba was a self-propelled artillery vehicle built in Australia after the end of the Second World War. They were produced by mounting the 25 pounder gun howitzer on an American M3A5 Grant tank hull, converted by the Ordnance Factory Bendigo from 1950 to 1952.
Yerazi The Yerazi people, sometimes written as Yeraz, are an Azerbaijani sub-group, also referred to as a clan, consisting of Azeris originally from what is now Armenia. The term Yerazi has double-meaning in the Azeri language: either meaning "Azeris from Yerevan"
Yerba Buena Yerba Buena (Clinopodium douglasii) is a sprawling aromatic herb of the western and northwestern United States, western Canada and Alaska. Another local name for this plant is Oregon tea, referring to its use as both a medicinal and refreshing tea in Oregon.
Yerba Buena (band) Yerba Buena is a Grammy-nominated fusion band based out of New York. The fatherhood of the project is the object of a dispute between Venezuelan songwriter, producer and instrumentalist Andres Lavin and Cuban musician Decemer Bueno.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Located in San Francisco's new Yerba Buena Cultural District, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) is a contemporary art center featuring visual art, performance and film/video that celebrates local, national and international artists and the Bay Area's diverse communities. YBCA programs year-round in two landmark buildings—the Galleries and Forum by Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki and Theater by American architect James Stewart Polshek.
Yerba Buena Gardens Yerba Buena Gardens is the name for two blocks of public parks located between Third and Fourth, Mission and Folsom Streets in downtown San Francisco. The first block bordered by Mission and Howard Streets was opened in 1993.
Yerba Buena High School Yerba Buena High School is a public comprehensive four-year high school located in the East San Jose area of San Jose, California, USA. It is one of the better performing high schools in East San Jose, although it is one of the poorest performing schools in the East Side Union High School District.
Yerba Buena Island Yerba Buena Island sits in the San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland, California. The Yerba Buena Tunnel runs through its center and connects the western and eastern spans of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
Yerba mate Yerba mate (Spanish) or erva mate (Portuguese) (Ilex paraguariensis) is a species of holly (family Aquifoliaceae) native to subtropical South America in Argentina, southern Paraguay, western Uruguay and southern Brazil. The infusion called mate is prepared by steeping the dry leaves (and twigs) in hot water rather than boiling water like black tea or coffee.

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