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Boulengerula taitana
Boulengerula taitana (Taita Hills caecilian, Taita Mountains caecilian) is a limbless amphibian endemic to the Taita Hills, Kenya, 1,000–2,000 m; its young feed on the mother's skin.
Boules at the Mediterranean Games
Boules at the Mediterranean Games: Sport-Boules (progressive and precision shooting, raffa, pétanque) within the four-yearly ICMG Mediterranean Games since 1951; Taranto 2026 golds went to France (Marsens, Groléaz), Slovenia, and Tunisia.
Boules sports
Boules is a family of target ball games, chiefly pétanque, boule lyonnaise, jeu provençal, and raffa, in which metal balls are thrown toward a small wooden jack; governed internationally since 1985, contested at the World Games.
Boules sports at the World Games
Boules sports at the World Games: pétanque, lyonnaise, and raffa competitions at the IWGA's multi-sport event, on the program since London 1985, with France leading the all-time medal table.
Bouleuterion at Dodona
Bouleuterion at Dodona: Hellenistic council house (early 3rd century BC, King Pyrrhus) in the Sanctuary of Zeus, Epirus; 43.60 x 32.50 m hall, Doric stoa of 15 columns, seat of the Epirote League, destroyed by the 522-528 AD earthquake.
Boulevard
Boulevard: a wide, tree-lined urban street, often with a landscaped median, from the French word for bulwark. Covers the Grands Boulevards, Haussmann's 64 km of new Paris roads, multiway boulevard design, and modern redesigns like Octavia and Queens Boulevard.
Boulevard (2026 film)
Boulevard is a 2026 Spanish romantic drama adapted from Flor M. Salvador's Wattpad series, directed by Sonia Méndez, starring Eve Ryan and Mikel Niso as high school outcasts.
Boulevard City
Boulevard City is the flagship entertainment zone of Riyadh Season in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a free-to-enter district of arenas, theaters, and restaurants in the Hittin district.
Boulevard du Temple (photograph)
Boulevard du Temple, also titled Paris Boulevard, is an 1838 daguerreotype by Louis Daguerre, considered the earliest surviving photograph of human beings: a shoe shiner and his customer.
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)
Boulevard of Broken Dreams: 2004 Green Day single from American Idiot, written by Armstrong, Dirnt, and Tré Cool; Billboard Hot 100 number 2, Grammy Record of the Year 2006, six MTV VMAs including Video of the Year.
Boulevard theatre
Boulevard theatre, or théâtre de boulevard, is a French tradition of light commercial entertainment theater named for the Paris playhouses of the boulevard du Temple and Grands Boulevards.
Boulevard World
Boulevard World is a country-themed entertainment zone of Riyadh Season in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, opened in 2022 with replicas and pavilions devoted to cultures from around the world.
Boulkessi attack
The Boulkessi attack was a jihadist assault on the night of 29 to 30 September 2019 against a Malian army camp at Boulkessi, central Mali, killing 25 or more soldiers.
Boulle work
Boulle work, also spelled Buhl work, is a style of marquetry in which designs cut from brass or pewter are set into tortoiseshell, named for the French cabinetmaker André-Charles Boulle.
Boulogne-Billancourt
Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine commune west of Paris (INSEE 92012), 119,019 inhabitants in 2023; defined by the Renault factories founded 1898 and closed 1992, and the Île Seguin redevelopment with La Seine Musicale and the Le Large art center.
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais, France), sub-prefecture on the English Channel; ancient Gesoriacum/Bononia. Leading French fishing port (~33,000 t auctioned yearly), Capécure seafood cluster, Nausicaá aquarium; 40,539 inhabitants in 2023.
Boulonnais
Boulonnais, historical region and former county of Boulogne in Pas-de-Calais, France, around Boulogne-sur-Mer; incorporated by Louis XI in 1477, known for fiscal privileges, bocage livestock country, and Marquise quarries.
Boulouris
Boulouris, a seaside resort and lieu-dit of Saint-Raphaël in the Var, France, developed from the 1870s (then named Boulerie) alongside Valescure; also a Roman-era quarry site near Fréjus.
Boulting brothers
The Boulting brothers, John and Roy Boulting, were identical twin British film producer-directors who founded Charter Films in 1937, made Brighton Rock, Seven Days to Noon, and I'm All Right Jack, and alternated producing and directing roles.
Boulton Paul Defiant
The Boulton Paul Defiant was a British two-seat turret fighter of the Second World War, with four machine guns in a dorsal turret and no forward-firing guns.
Boumediene v. Bush
Boumediene v. Bush (2008), consolidated with Al Odah v. United States, is the 5-4 Supreme Court decision holding that Guantanamo detainees have a constitutional habeas corpus right and that MCA section 7 unconstitutionally suspended the writ.
Boumerdes Province
Boumerdes Province (ولاية بومرداس) is a coastal wilaya of north-central Algeria: 1,456.68 km², 801,068 residents (2018), 9 daïras, 32 communes, seat of Algeria's 1962 Provisional Executive, and site of the deadly 2003 Mw 6.8 earthquake.
Bouna
Bouna is a town in northeastern Côte d'Ivoire, chief town of the Bounkani region near the Ghana border and the historic center of the Koulango kingdom.
Bouna Sarr
Bouna Sarr, born 1992 in Lyon, Senegalese right-back and former winger; FC Metz, Marseille, Bayern Munich (2020-24, three Bundesliga titles, 2021 Club World Cup); 2021 AFCON winner with Senegal; returned to Metz in 2026 after 818 days out.
Bounce (film)
Bounce is a 2000 American romantic drama written and directed by Don Roos, starring Ben Affleck as a man who falls for the widow of a plane crash victim, played by Gwyneth Paltrow.
Bounce (music genre)
Bounce is a dance rap style that emerged in New Orleans in the early 1990s, built on call-and-response chants and the Triggerman beat, later popularized nationally by Big Freedia.
Bounce message
A bounce message, also called a delivery status notification (DSN) or non-delivery report, is an automated email returned to report a failed or delayed delivery attempt.
Bounce TV
Bounce TV is an American over-the-air broadcast network for African-American audiences, launched September 26, 2011 with The Wiz; founded by Martin Luther King III, Andrew Young and others, now Scripps-owned and in sale process.
Bouncer
A bouncer, also called doorman or door supervisor, is nightclub or bar door security controlling entry and ejecting unruly patrons; UK work requires an SIA licence, and research links door staff to both violence exposure and reduced barroom aggression.
Bouncer (cricket)
Bouncer (cricket): short-pitched fast delivery rising toward the batter's chest or head; also called bumper. Limited to two per over in Tests and ODIs, one in T20Is; defined by Law 41.6 shoulder-height rule; central to the 1932-33 Bodyline controversy.