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186 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin | Dublin | Dublin () is the capital of the Republic of Ireland, and the biggest city on the island of Ireland. In 2011, there were over 1.1 million people living in the Greater Dublin Area.
Dublin was built by the Vikings upon the river Liffey. The river divides the city into two parts, North Dublin and South Dublin.
Many famou... |
187 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance | Dance | Dance is a performing art. It is described in many ways. It is when people move to a musical rhythm. They may be alone, or in a group. The dance may be an informal play, a part of a ritual, or a part of a professional performance. There are many kinds of dances, and every human society has its own dances.
As with othe... |
188 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution%20of%20the%20monasteries | Dissolution of the monasteries | The dissolution of the monasteries was an event that happened from 1536 to 1540, when English King Henry VIII took away the land and money that the nuns and monks of the Roman Catholic church owned. Henry VIII then gave this land and money to people that supported him.
This was also when Henry VIII made himself the ne... |
190 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadline | Deadline | A deadline is a time by which some task must be completed.
Very often, it means a time limit that is set in place by an authority - for example, a teacher tells students that they must turn in their homework in by a certain time. This is so the teacher is able to report fairly to his or her principal that every studen... |
191 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutton%27s%20Speedwords | Dutton's Speedwords | Dutton Speedwords is a made-up language written by Reginald John Garfield Dutton. The idea of Dutton Speedwords is to make frequent words short, and very frequent words very short. Dutton Speedwords can be used as a second language for international communications. Dutton Speedwords is also a shorthand writing system ... |
195 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil | Devil | In some religions, the devil is a bad spirit or supernatural being that tries to create problems for people and distance them from God. Some people also use the words "the Devil" or "Satan" for the most powerful devil. The word "devil" comes from the Greek word "diabolos" which means "someone who tells lies to hurt you... |
196 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diarrhea | Diarrhea | Diarrhea (DIE-uh-REE-uh), also spelled diarrhoea, happens when the body makes more watery feces than normal. Diarrhea can occur in humans as well as most other mammals.
Causes
Diarrhea is not a disease. But it may be a symptom of a disease. The most common causes of diarrhea are:
Viruses, like Norovirus (the most co... |
199 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimension | Dimension | Dimensions are the way we see, measure and experience our world, by using up and down, right to left, back to front, hot and cold, how heavy and how long, as well as more advanced concepts from mathematics and physics. One way to define a dimension is to look at the degrees of freedom, or the way an object can move in ... |
203 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance | Distance | Distance is how far one thing is from another thing. It is also a measure of the space between two things. It can be measured along any path. Thus, someone who goes around in a circle has traveled a distance, even though his position has not changed.
In geometry, the distance between two points A and B is sometimes wr... |
204 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth | Depth |
Depth in Mathematics
In math, the distance between the nearest end and farthest end of an object is its depth.
For example, Jane measures a box. When she measures the distance between the end of the box closest to her and the end of the box farthest away, Jane measures the box's depth.
See
Volume
Geometry
Wid... |
206 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary | Dictionary | A dictionary is a type of book which explains the meanings of words or, more precisely, lexemes. The words are arranged in alphabetical order so that they can be found quickly. The word "dictionary" comes from the Latin "dictio" ("saying").
There are several types of dictionaries: dictionaries which explain words and ... |
207 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition | Definition | A definition is an exact word or phrase of the meaning, nature, or limits of something. A definition usually answers the question what. Defining means giving a definition. Other words with this meaning are description and explanation. It describes what a word means and explains to the person when and where it can be us... |
208 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark | Denmark | Denmark (), officially named the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the furthest south of the Scandinavian countries, to the south of Norway and south-west of Sweden (which it is connected to by a bridge). It has a south border with Germany. It borders both the North Sea to the west and t... |
209 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death | Death | Death is the end of a life in an organism. All biological and living activity of the living thing stop, including the mind and the senses. The usual signal for death in humans and many other animals is that the heart stops beating and cannot be restarted. This can be caused by many things. All living things have a limi... |
210 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel-electric | Diesel-electric | A diesel-electric engine is a diesel generator, a diesel engine that drives an electric generator. The generator feeds electric power to an electric motor which turns a driveshaft. Its efficiency is higher than when an engine drives a shaft through gears. Most locomotives and many ships use diesel-electric drive.
Ma... |
214 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy | Embassy | A foreign embassy is the official office of one country in another. It is usually in the capital city of the other country. It is where the ambassador and other representatives of the home country work. Much of the diplomacy (talk) between the two governments happens there. They represent their country to the host gov... |
216 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe | Europe | Europe is the western part of the continent of Eurasia, often thought of as its own continent. It is separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains in Russia and the Bosporus strait in Turkey.
Europe is bordered by water on three sides. On the west is the Atlantic Ocean. To the north is the Arctic Ocean. The Mediterranean ... |
217 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia | Encyclopedia | An encyclopedia is a collection (usually a book) of information. Some are called "encyclopedic dictionaries".
All encyclopedias were printed, until the late 20th century when some were on CDs and the Internet. 21st century encyclopedias are mostly online by Internet.
The largest encyclopedia in the English language ... |
218 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%20science | Earth science | Earth science is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth. Earth science may also be called geoscience. Geoscience is the study of the architecture of the earth.
It is a broader term than geology because it includes aspects of planetary science, which is part of astronomy. The Earth sciences ... |
219 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth | Earth | Earth is the third planet of the solar system. It is the only planet known to have life on it. The Earth formed around 4.5 billion years ago. It is one of four rocky planets on the inside of the Solar System. The other three are Mercury, Venus, and Mars.
The large mass of the Sun keeps the Earth in orbit, just as the ... |
221 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Et%20cetera | Et cetera | Et cetera means "and the rest" in Latin. It is often used in English to continue a list that is longer than what can be normally written. People most often write "et cetera" as etc.. Very rarely, it is also written "&c" because the ampersand, or the "&", is the same as "et", having been formed by 'e' and 't' being joi... |
224 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiment | Experiment | An experiment is a test of an idea or a method. It is often used by scientists and engineers. An experiment is used to see how well the idea matches the real world. Experiments have been used for many years to help people understand the world around them. Experiments are part of scientific method. Many experiments are ... |
226 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics | Ethics | Ethics is the study of good and bad behaviour. It is one of the main parts of philosophy. Ethics tries to answer questions like:
What actions are good? What actions are evil?
How can we tell the difference?
Are good and evil the same?
How should we make hard decisions that might help or hurt other people?
How do ... |
227 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/E%20Prime | E Prime | E Prime (it means English Prime) is a way of speaking English without using the verb "to be" in any way ("be, is, am, are, was, were, been, and being"). Instead, an E Prime speaker or writer uses different verbs like "to become," "to remain," and "to equal" or they might choose to rearrange the sentence to show that th... |
230 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein%20on%20the%20Beach | Einstein on the Beach | Einstein on the Beach is an opera written by the minimalist composer Philip Glass and theater director and designer Robert Wilson. It was first acted for an audience in Avignon, France in 1976.
It is a single act opera, about five hours long with no intermission. Because of the length and the minimalist (repetitive) ... |
231 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/English | English | Were you looking for English Wikipedia, the full English Wikipedia version of Simple?
The word English can mean:
From or about the country England
English people
English language
The Amish word for somebody who is not in their group
Avoirdupois, a system of measurement sometimes called "English".
English opening,... |
234 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic%20group | Ethnic group | An ethnic group is a group of people who are considered to be the same in some or multiple ways. They may all have the same ancestors, speak the same language, or have the same culture, which could sometimes include religion. They often live in the same or surrounding area.
Sometimes almost all of the people in one co... |
236 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewe | Ewe | Ewe might mean:
A female sheep
Ewe language |
242 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola%20virus | Ebola virus | Ebola virus or Ebola virus disease (EVD), often shortened to Ebola, is a very dangerous virus. It belongs to the family Filoviridae. Four different types of Ebola virus can cause a severe disease which is often fatal. Ebola infection causes hemorrhagic fever which starts suddenly. "Hemorrhagic" means that the victim wi... |
243 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecology | Ecology | Ecology is the branch of biology that studies the biota (living things), the environment, and their interactions. It comes from the Greek oikos = house; logos = study.
Ecology is the study of ecosystems. Ecosystems describe the web or network of relations among organisms at different scales of organization. Since ec... |
246 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics | Economics | Economics is the social science which studies economic activity: how people make choices to get what they want. It has been defined as "the study of scarcity and choice" and is basically about the choices people make. It also studies what affects the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services in an ... |
247 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20element | Chemical element | A chemical element is a substance that is made up of only one type of atom. Atoms are made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons.
The number of protons in an atom is called the atomic number. For example, all atoms with 6 protons are atoms of the chemical element carbon, and all atoms with 92 protons are atoms of the... |
248 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt | Egypt | Egypt is a country in northeast Africa, parts of the country hang on to the Middle East. Its capital city is Cairo. Egypt is famous for its ancient monuments, such as the Pyramids and the Sphinx.
History
Ancient Egypt has one of the longest histories of any country in the world as it used to be ruled by pharaohs. As ... |
249 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything2 | Everything2 | Everything2 or E2 is a website. It lets people make pages about many different things, and some people use it as a diary.
E2 users create pages called nodes and add stuff in writeups. Only logged-in users can create writeups. Only the person who created the writeup or someone who the website owners (called "gods") ... |
253 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editor | Editor | An editor is a person who makes changes to documents.
More specifically the word editor can mean:
a person who edits texts; see copy editing. A newspaper or magazine editor is a person who prepares articles for printing and sometimes chooses which articles to put in the newspaper. The main editor of a newspaper or ma... |
255 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological%20yield | Ecological yield | Ecological yield is the harvestable growth of an ecosystem. It is most commonly measured in forestry - in fact sustainable forestry is defined as that which does not harvest more wood in a year than has grown in that year, within a given patch of forest.
However, the concept is also applicable to water, and soil, and... |
256 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience%20economy | Experience economy | The experience economy is the intangible service economy that customers experience directly. In moral purchasing, Natural Capitalism and other theories of how consumers make choices, they are actually choosing experiences or comprehensive outcomes of their choices. For instance to buy local is to choose a whole exper... |
257 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution | Execution | Execution is where state authorities kill someone for having committed an extremely serious crime, usually treason or especially terrible murders. In most countries where the death penalty is still provided for by law, using it is an option available to the sentencing judge: even if the jury or judicial panel recommend... |
258 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesch%20Reading%20Ease | Flesch Reading Ease | The Flesch Reading Ease (FRES) score says how easy something is to read. J. Peter Kincaid and others made this formula for the U.S. Navy in 1975.
How it works
The FRES test works by counting the number of words, syllables, and sentences in the text. It then calculates the average number of words per sentence and the a... |
262 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/February | February | February (Feb.) is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, coming between January and March, with 28 days in common years, and 29 days in leap years. In Sweden in 1732 the month had 30 days. This was to make the calendar match to the rest of the world. In 1930 and 1931, February had 30 days ... |
269 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAQ | FAQ | FAQ is an abbreviation for "Frequently Asked Question(s)". The term is used for a list questions and answers. All of the questions are supposed to be asked often and they all are about the same thing. Since the acronym was first used in written form, there are different ways it is said; both "fak" and "F.A.Q." are comm... |
271 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame%20%28disambiguation%29 | Flame (disambiguation) | A flame is the part of a fire that can be seen. Flame might also mean:
Flaming (internet) - Insult sent over the internet on purpose
Flame polishing
Flame retardant, a kind of material that resists heat and flame.
Flame Nebula, a star in Orion's Belt
Organizations
Calgary Flames, Canadian ice hockey team
Atlant... |
276 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial%20capital | Financial capital | Financial capital is a form of capital. It is things that have value, but do not do anything by themselves. They are only valuable because people value (want) them. For example, money is a form of financial capital. You cannot do anything with money but it still has value.
Financial capital is used to pay for things, ... |
278 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecund%20universes | Fecund universes | Fecund universes is a multiverse theory of Lee Smolin. It relies on models of our universe and statistics from astrophysics but is more correctly a theory of cosmology.
In this theory, collapsing stars, or black holes, are always creating new universes with slightly different laws of physics. Because these laws are ... |
280 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food | Food | Food is what people and animals eat to live. Every organism needs energy to carry on with the process of living which comes from food. Food usually comes from animals and plants. It is eaten by living things to provide energy and nutrition. Food contains the nutrition that people and animals need to be healthy. The con... |
283 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine | Fine | If someone is found guilty of a crime, their punishment may be to pay a fine, a certain amount of money. In many countries, fines can be ordered by police, court judges and some government officers.
When agreeing to a contract with a business, a customer may agree to certain rules. If the customer breaks the rules, th... |
284 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frying | Frying | To fry food is to cook it in hot butter or vegetable oil or other fat. We can fry food in a small amount of fat in a pan or in a lot of oil in a pot. Some restaurants use deep frying to fry a large amount of food.
Cooking methods |
285 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish | Fish | Fish (plural: fish or fishes) are an aquatic group of vertebrates which live in water and respire (get oxygen) with gills. They do not have limbs, like arms or legs, and they do have digits (fingers & toes). This is a definition which does not quite work: some amphibia also live in water and have external gills, but th... |
286 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot | Foot | Foot is also the name of a unit of measurement. See foot (unit).
A foot (one foot, two or more feet) is a body part on the end of a leg. It is used when walking. It is also important for balance: it helps people stand straight. People also use it to kick, in both fighting and sports, football being an example.
People... |
291 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/France | France | France ( or ; ), officially the French Republic (, ), is a country whose metropolitan territory is in Western Europe and that also includes various overseas islands and territories in other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to... |
292 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland | Finland | Finland (Finnish: Suomi) is a country in Northern Europe and is a member state of the European Union. Finland is one of the Nordic countries and is also part of Fennoscandia. Finland is located between the 60th and 70th latitudes North. Its neighbours are Sweden to the west, Norway to the north, Russia to the east and ... |
293 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit | Fruit | In botany, a fruit is a plant structure that contains the plant's seeds.
To a botanist, the word fruit is used only if it comes from the part of the flower which was an ovary. It is an extra layer round the seeds, which may or may not be fleshy. However, even in the field of botany, there is no general agreement on h... |
294 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farm | Farm | A farm is a piece of land used to grow crops and/or raise animals.
People who grow these plants or raise these animals are called farmers. This work is called farming.
Land that is used to grow plants is called farmland. Land that is used to feed animals with its grass is called pasture. Land that can be used to g... |
296 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography | Geography | Geography (from Greek: , geographia, literally "earth description") is the study of earth and its people. Its features are things like continents, seas, rivers and mountains. Its inhabitants are all the people and animals that live on it. Its phenomena are the things that happen like tides, winds, and earthquakes.
A p... |
299 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammar | Grammar | Grammar is the study of words, how they are used in sentences, and how they change in different situations. The Ancient Greeks used to call it grammatikē tékhnē, the craft of letters. It can have any of these meanings:
The study of a language: how it works, and everything about it. This is background research on langu... |
300 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Lakes | Great Lakes | The Great Lakes are five large lakes in east-central North America. They hold 21% of the world's surface fresh water.
The five lakes are: Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario.
Geography
Four of the Great Lakes are on the border between Canada and the United States of America. The o... |
302 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU%20Free%20Documentation%20License | GNU Free Documentation License | The GNU Free Documentation License (GNU FDL or simply GFDL) is a copyleft license for open content such as software. It was made by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) for the GNU project. It was initially created for use with software documentation, but can be applied to other types of works as well, such as Wikipedia.... |
304 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass | Glass | Glass is a hard material that can be made in many shapes. It is usually transparent, but it can also be made in colours. Glass is mainly made of silica; glass made of silica only is called silica glass.
Glass used to make windows and bottles is a specific type called soda-lime glass, composed of about 75% silicon diox... |
305 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/God | God | God is a being or spirit worshipped as a deity. He is considered to be the creator of the universe in some religions. Theists believe that God is the creator of the world and created everything that exists and has ever existed. Some theists think God is immortal (cannot die) and has power without limits. People who are... |
306 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost | Ghost | In folklore, a ghost is thought to be the spirit of a dead person or they are referred to as the supernatural by others. Scientists say that there are no real ghosts, but many people believe that there are. There are a huge amount of stories about ghosts in books and movies. Sometimes the ghost is the spirit of a perso... |
308 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green | Green | Green is a color. It is one of the colors of the rainbow. Green is between the yellow and blue colors in a rainbow. Green paint can be made by mixing yellow paint and blue paint together.
Green light, like all light, is quanta—composed of photons. The wavelength of green light is about 550 nanometers (one-billionth... |
309 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/God%27s%20eye%20view | God's eye view | God's eye view is a name for a point of view where the speaker or writer assumes they have knowledge only God would have. It appears several ways:
In religion, when an institution claims to speak for a divine being.
In writing, when an author leaves the point of view of the main actor to start writing about things t... |
310 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google | Google | Google LLC is an American multinational corporation from the United States. It is known for creating and running one of the largest search engines on the World Wide Web (WWW). Every day more than a billion people use it. Google's headquarters (known as the "Googleplex") is in Mountain View, California, part of Silicon... |
311 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon | Gallon | A gallon is a volumetric unit of measurement. People have used many different gallons throughout history. Only two gallons are still commonly used, which are the imperial and U.S. liquid gallon.
Sale of petrol
Petrol, also known as gasoline, is sold by the imperial gallon in four British Overseas Territories (Anguill... |
312 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government | Government | A government is a group of people that have the power to rule in a territory, according to the administrative law. This territory may be a country, a state or province within a country, or a region. There are many types of government, such as democratic, parliamentary, presidential, federal or unitary.
Governments... |
314 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy | Galaxy | A galaxy is a group of many stars, with gas, dust, and dark matter. The name 'galaxy' is taken from the Greek word galaxia meaning milky, a reference to our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
Gravity holds galaxies together against the general expansion of the universe. In effect, the expansion of the universe takes place bet... |
315 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometry | Geometry | Geometry is the part of mathematics that studies the size, shapes, positions and dimensions of things. We can only see or make shapes that are flat (2D) or solid (3D), but mathematicians (people who study math) are able to study shapes that are 4D, 5D, 6D, and so on.
Squares, circles and triangles are some of the sim... |
316 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph%20theory | Graph theory | Graph theory is a field of mathematics about graphs. A graph is an abstract representation of: a number of points that are connected by lines. Each point is usually called a vertex (more than one are called vertices), and the lines are called edges. Graphs are a tool for modelling relationships. They are used to find a... |
318 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goatee | Goatee | A goatee is a beard formed by a tuft of hair under the chin, resembling that of a billy goat.
Other websites
Information on goatees
Facial hair |
323 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herm | Herm | Herm is the smallest of the Channel Islands that is open to the public.
Herm is only 1½ miles long. Cars are banned from the small island just like its Channel Island neighbour, Sark. Unlike Sark, bicycles are banned too. The sandy white beaches make Herm a walker's paradise.
Population: 60 (2002).
Islands of the Ch... |
324 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/History | History | History is the study of past events. People know what happened in the past by looking at things from the past including sources (like books, newspapers, scripts and letters), buildings and artifacts (like pottery, tools, coins and human or animal remains.) Libraries, archives, and museums collect and keep these things ... |
325 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health | Health | Health is "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease" according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Physical is about the body. Mental is about how people think and feel. Social talks about how people live with other people. It is about family, work, school, a... |
326 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor | Harbor | Harbour means to shelter or keep safe. A harbor (or harbour) is a place where ships may shelter. Some harbours are used as ports to load and unload ships. The port will have quays or piers where the ships may be moored or tied up and a transport system for taking goods inland. Often railway and road transport will b... |
332 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii | Hawaii | Hawaii (sometimes spelled "Hawai'i".) is a U.S. state and the only U.S. State that is in Oceania. It is the last state that joined the United States, becoming a state on August 21, 1959. It is the only state made only of islands. Hawaii is also the name of the largest island. The capital and largest city of Hawaii is H... |
333 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu | Honolulu | Honolulu is the capital city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is also the largest city in Hawaii and it has the most important harbor. It is on the south-east shore of the island of Oahu.
Etymology
Honolulu means "sheltered harbor" in the Hawaiian language. No one knows for sure when Honolulu was first settled or when ... |
335 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii%20%28island%29 | Hawaii (island) | The Island of Hawaiʻi is the largest U.S. Hawaiian Island, and it is the farthest south. It is also called the "Big Island." Its area is 4,038 sq. miles (10,458 km2). The widest part of the island is 93 miles (150 km) across.
The Big Island has more than half (~62%) of the total land area of State of Hawaii. It is part... |
337 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii%20Ponoi | Hawaii Ponoi | "Hawai`i Pono`i" is the state song of Hawaii. The words were written by King David Kalakaua, the music by Prof. Henry Berger, the Royal Bandmaster. "Hawai`i Ponoi" was also the anthem of the Kingdom of Hawai`i and the Territory of Hawai`i.
Lyrics
Hawai`i pono`i
Nana i kou, mo`i
Kalani Ali`i,
ke Ali`i.
Makua lani e
Kam... |
338 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healing | Healing | Healing is a process that happens in the body. Through healing, cells are able to repair damaged tissue.
There are two different ways healing can happen:
The damaged tissue is replaced with tissue of the same kind. This is called regeneration.
The damaged tissue is replaced with scar tissue. This is called repair
Mo... |
342 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Australia | History of Australia | People have lived in Australia for over 65,000 years. The first people who arrived in Australia were the Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander people's. They lived in all parts of Australia. They lived by hunting, fishing and gathering.
Aboriginal peoples invented tools like the boomerang and spear. There is a... |
346 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Spain | History of Spain | Spain is a country in Europe.
Early History
People have lived on the Iberian Peninsula for about 500,000 years. Neanderthal man came about 200,000 years ago. Modern humans first came about 40,000 years. Thousands of years ago Iberians and Celts lived there, and the Phoenicians made a few cities there to get tin and s... |
348 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height | Height | Height is the distance between the lowest end and highest end of an object.
For example, people consider the bottom of the foot a person's lowest end, and the top of the head a person's highest end. If the distance between the bottom of a person's foot and the top of that person's head is 64 inches, then that person's... |
349 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historian | Historian | A historian is someone who studies history. Historians use written sources to understand past events and societies.
Related pages
List of historians
References
Sources
Richard B. Todd, ed. (2004). Dictionary of British Classicists, 1500–1960, Bristol: Thoemmes Continuum, 2004 .
Kelly Boyd, ed. (1999). Encycloped... |
353 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20body | Human body | The human body is the body of a person. It is the physical structure of a person.
The body is a thing that can be hurt or killed. Its functions are stopped by death. You need your muscles and your joints to move.
Study of the human body
Some people study the human body. They look at where it is different from, or t... |
355 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen | Hydrogen | Hydrogen is a chemical element. It has the symbol H and atomic number 1. It has a standard atomic weight of 1.008, meaning it is the lightest element in the periodic table.
Hydrogen is the most common chemical element in the Universe, making up 75% of all normal (baryonic) matter (by mass). Most stars are mostly hyd... |
357 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium | Helium | Helium is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol He, atomic number 2, and atomic weight of about 4.002602. There are 9 isotopes of helium, only two of which are stable. These are 3He and 4He. 4He is by far the most common isotope.
Helium is called a noble gas, because it does not regularly mix with other chemi... |
358 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home%20page | Home page | The home page of a website is the document that a web server sends to another computer's web browser application when it has been contacted without a request for specific information. That is, when one enters only a domain name in the Address box without specifying a directory or a file, the home page is usually the fi... |
359 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair | Hair | Hair is something that grows from the skin of mammals. Animal hair is usually called fur. Sheep and goats have curly hair, which is usually called wool. Hair is made of keratins, which are proteins.
Humans and some other animals have lost much of their hair through evolution, and some other mammals, such as the elepha... |
361 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland | Ireland | Ireland (; ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic. It is about 486 kilometres (302 miles) long and about 288 kilometres (179 miles) wide. To the west of Ireland is the Atlantic Ocean; to the east of Ireland, across the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain. Over 6.4 million people lived on the island... |
362 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet | Internet | The Internet is the biggest world-wide communication network of computers. The Internet has millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry many different kinds of information. The short form of internet is the 'net'. The World Wide Web is one of its biggest services. It ... |
363 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy | Italy | Italy ( [iˈtaːlja]) is a country in Southern Europe. It is a member of the European Union. Its official name is Repubblica Italiana. The Italian flag is green, white and red. Italy is a democratic republic.
Italy is a founding member of the European Union. Its president is Sergio Mattarella. Its prime minister is Ma... |
364 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/If | If | If is a word to describe a statement where one thing depends on something else.
For example:
We can call this true if there is proof.
We will play outside if it does not rain.
If — is a poem written by Rudyard Kipling. It appeared in the Brother Square Toes chapter of Kipling's book Rewards and Fairies. In a 1995 BB... |
367 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island | Island | An island is a piece of ground that is surrounded by a body of water such as a lake, river or sea. Islands are smaller than continents.
Greenland and Australia are huge islands, but they are built of continental rock. The most ancient part of continental rock is far older and chemically more complex than the rock of ... |
370 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interim | Interim | Interim means "in between" or "transitional" (moving from one time or place to another), or "temporary."
Some common "interim" items:
An interim report is a report on the how some work is going.
An interim document is a piece of writing that is not finished.
An interim official is a person who is doing a job tempo... |
371 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiom | Idiom | An idiom is a common phrase which means something different from its literal meaning but can be understood because of their popular use.
Idioms are difficult for someone not good at speaking the language. Some idioms are only used by some groups of people or at certain times. The idiom shape up or ship out, which is ... |
373 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IELTS | IELTS | The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) tests how fluent you are in the English language. People who take the test take the Academic Module or the General Training Module. The academic one is for people who want to go to university. The general one is for people who want to do other training or want t... |
378 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ink | Ink | Ink is a liquid that is used to write, draw, print, or make marks. The word ink is from Latin and means "colored water". Ink is used in pens, in some computer printers, and in printing presses. In some countries, people write by using ink and brushes. People usually write or print using black ink, but ink can be any co... |
381 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inch | Inch | The inch is a unit of length in the Imperial system and the United States customary system. The abbreviation for inches is in or ". There are 12 inches in a foot. One inch is equal to 2.54 centimetres.
The word "inch" came from Middle English unche, which came from Old English ynce, from Latin uncia meaning "a twelfth... |
384 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pint | Pint | The pint (abbreviated pt) is a unit of volume in imperial units and United States customary units. There are three types of pints used in different countries. An imperial pint and US pint both equal of a quart and of a gallon.
An imperial fluid ounce is approximately 4% smaller than a US fluid ounce although an impe... |
387 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian | Italian | The word Italian may mean:
Anything related to the country of Italy
Italians, people of Italy
Italian cuisine, food of Italy
Italian language |
390 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO%2019011 | ISO 19011 | ISO 19011 is the new global accounting standard, replacing accounting standards that were part of ISO 14001 and ISO 9001. It is the most likely basis for accounting reform which could put an end to accounting scandals.
Accounting
19011 |
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