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Nicosia (/ˌnɪkəˈsiːə/), also known as Lefkosia in Greek (Λευκωσία; pronounced [lɛfko'siɐ]) and Lefkoşa in Turkish (pronounced [lefkoʃa]), is the capital...

Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua, is the western, formerly Dutch presently Indonesian, half of the...

Khuzestan Province (Persian: استان خوزستان) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Ahvaz. Located in the southwest of the country...

A turban (from Persian دوربند‌, durband; via Middle French turbant) is a type of headwear based on cloth winding. Featuring many variations, it is worn...

The Komi Republic (Russian: Республика Коми; Komi: Коми Республика), sometimes simply referred to as Komi, is a republic of Russia. Its capital is the...

Nikon Corporation (株式会社ニコン, Kabushiki-gaisha Nikon) (UK: /ˈnɪkɒn/, US: /ˈnaɪkɒn/; Japanese: [ɲiꜜkoɴ] ) is a Japanese optics and photographic equipment...

The music of China consists of many distinct traditions, often specifically originating with one of the country's various ethnic groups. It is produced...

Tablighi Jamaat (Urdu: تبلیغی جماعتlit. 'Society of Preachers', also translated as "propagation party" or "preaching party") is an international Islamic...

The dan (段) ranking system is used by many Japanese, Okinawan, Korean, and other martial arts organizations to indicate the level of a person's ability...

Shizuoka (静岡市, Shizuoka-shi, [ɕizɯꜜoka]) is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and the prefecture's second-largest city in both population...

Kirov Oblast (Russian: Ки́ровская о́бласть, romanized: Kirovskaya oblast') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in Eastern Europe. Its administrative...

The Parliament of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს პარლამენტი, romanized: sakartvelos p'arlament'i) is the supreme national legislature of Georgia. It is...

Hu Yaobang (Chinese: 胡耀邦; pinyin: Hú Yàobāng; 20 November 1915 – 15 April 1989) was a Chinese politician who was a high-ranking official of the People's...

In Japanese traditional beliefs and literature, onryō (怨霊, lit. 'vengeful spirit', sometimes rendered "wrathful spirits", "hatred spirits", "resentful...

Shefa-Amr or Shfar'am (Arabic: شفاعمرو, Šafāʻamr, Hebrew: שְׁפַרְעָם, Šəfarʻam) is an Arab city in the Northern District of Israel. In 2022 it had a population...

The Franco–Turkish War, known as the Cilicia Campaign (French: La campagne de Cilicie) in France and as the Southern Front (Turkish: Güney Cephesi) of...

Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (Malay: Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah) (IATA: SZB, ICAO: WMSA) — formerly Subang International Airport/Kuala Lumpur...

In Sikhism, the Five Ks (Punjabi: ਪੰਜ ਕਕਾਰ Pañj Kakār) are five items that Guru Gobind Singh, in 1699, commanded Khalsa Sikhs to wear at all times. They...

The Qutb Minar complex are monuments and buildings from the Delhi Sultanate at Mehrauli in Delhi, India. Construction of the Qutub Minar "victory tower"...

Xingtai (simplified Chinese: 邢台; traditional Chinese: 邢臺; pinyin: Xíngtái; Wade–Giles: Hsing2-tʻai2), formerly known as Xingzhou and Shunde, is a prefecture-level...