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Bundesliga (shooting)
Bundesliga (shooting), the DSB shooting Bundesliga, is the German top team league in air rifle, air pistol, and bow, founded 1997, played October–February, with North/South first divisions and a knockout final in Rotenburg an der Fulda.
Bundesnetzagentur
The Bundesnetzagentur, abbreviated BNetzA, is Germany's federal regulatory authority for electricity, gas, telecommunications, post, and railways. It is headquartered in Bonn and was created in 1998.
Bundestag
The Bundestag (German: Deutscher Bundestag) is the federal parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany. Alongside the Bundesrat, it has formed the German parliamentary system since 1949.
Bundeswehr
Bundeswehr (German "Federal Defence") is Germany's armed forces, established November 1955 as West Germany's contribution to NATO; now four services, refocused on national and collective defense after the 2022 Zeitenwende with a €100 billion fund.
Bundi school
The Bundi school is a Rajput painting tradition of princely Bundi in southeastern Rajasthan, active from the late sixteenth to the late nineteenth century and admired for its lush landscapes.
Bundibugyo virus disease
Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD), also called Bundibugyo Ebola, is severe Ebola disease caused by Orthoebolavirus bundibugyoense (BDBV); incubation 2–21 days, no licensed vaccine or treatment, and the 2026 DRC outbreak is the largest recorded, with a 48% case fatality ratio.
Bundism
Bundism, the ideology of the General Jewish Labor Bund (founded Vilna 1897), a socialist, Yiddishist, anti-Zionist Jewish movement advocating diaspora national cultural autonomy, dominant in interwar Poland, revived internationally in 2023.
Bundle adjustment
Bundle adjustment is a nonlinear least-squares optimization that jointly refines camera poses and 3D point positions so reprojected points match observed image features, typically as the final structure-from-motion step.
Bundle branch block
Bundle branch block (BBB), left (LBBB) or right (RBBB), is a delay or block in the conduction pathway to one ventricle, causing wide QRS on ECG; LBBB signals heart disease and raises heart failure risk (RR 3.44), while management spans pacemakers, CRT, and conduction system pacing.
Bundle branches (heart)
The bundle branches are the two divisions of the heart's conduction system that carry the cardiac impulse from the bundle of His to the left and right ventricles.
Bundle of His
Bundle of His (atrioventricular bundle), discovered by Wilhelm His Jr. in 1893, is the 1.8 cm cardiac conduction strand linking the AV node to the bundle branches; target of His bundle pacing, now compared with left bundle branch pacing.
Bundled conductors
Bundled conductors are phases of overhead transmission lines made of several subconductors spaced apart and acting as one, common on extra-high-voltage lines to reduce corona, power loss, and audible noise.
Bundling (tradition)
Bundling, a courtship custom in Europe and colonial North America: courting couples shared a bed fully clothed, often separated by a board or bolster, to test compatibility before marriage; survives among Amish.
Bundt cake
Bundt cake: cake baked in a fluted tube pan trademarked by Nordic Ware, invented 1950 by H. David Dalquist in Minneapolis from a German kugelhopf mold; famous after the 1966 Pillsbury Bake-Off Tunnel of Fudge cake.
Bundu
Bundu, also spelled Boundou or Bondu, was a precolonial Islamic state in eastern Senegal founded by the cleric Malik Sy, ruled by one dynasty from 1698 to 1905.
Bundu dia Kongo
Bundu dia Kongo is a politico-religious movement founded by Ne Muanda Nsemi and based in Kongo Central, DR Congo, that seeks to restore the pre-colonial Kingdom of Kongo.
Bunduq Oil Field
Bunduq Oil Field (Arabic البندق) is an offshore oil field on the Qatar–Abu Dhabi maritime boundary, discovered in 1965, producing since 1975, and equally shared between the two governments.
Bundwali Doongri Mound
Bundwali Doongri Mound is an ancient archaeological mound on the left bank of the river Dhi in Tonk district, Rajasthan, yielding early historical red wares and stone artifacts.
Bundy standoff
Bundy standoff: April 2014 armed confrontation at Cliven Bundy's Bunkerville, Nevada ranch, where Bundy and militia supporters forced the BLM to abandon a court-ordered cattle impoundment over $1 million in unpaid federal grazing fees; prosecutions later collapsed over Brady violations.
Büne Huber
Büne Huber (Bernhard Huber), born 1962 in Bern, is a Swiss singer, lyricist, and painter who founded and fronts the Bernese dialect rock band Patent Ochsner.
Bunefer
Bunefer was an ancient Egyptian royal woman of the late Fourth or early Fifth Dynasty, buried in tomb G 8408 at Giza and recorded as a daughter or wife of King Shepseskaf.
Bunga bunga
Bunga bunga: Italian mock-African phrase dating from the 1910 Dreadnought hoax, made world-famous by Silvio Berlusconi's Arcore villa sex parties and defined by Treccani and Garzanti as an erotic party or orgy.
Bunga Citra Lestari
Bunga Citra Lestari (BCL), born 1983 in Jakarta, is an Indonesian singer and actress, distinct from unrelated Indonesian companies named Citra Lestari. Known for Cinta Pertama (2006), Habibie & Ainun (2012), and six Anugerah Musik Indonesia wins.
Bunga Lavatera Oil and Gas Field
Bunga Lavatera is a conventional gas field offshore Malaysia in the PM3 Commercial Arrangement Area, discovered in 2023 and operated by Hibiscus Oil & Gas Malaysia, producing about 50 million cubic feet of gas per day.
Bunga mas
Bunga mas, or bunga mas dan perak, was a miniature gold and silver tree sent every 3 years by Malay sultans to the King of Siam until 1909.
Bunga Raya F.C.
Bunga Raya FC (Kelab Bola Sepak Bunga Raya) is a Malaysian football club from Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, playing in the AFL's Liga A1 Semi-Pro; 12th with 6 points from 6 matches in 2026/27.
Bungaku
Bungaku (文学) was a Japanese literary journal published by Iwanami Shoten in Tokyo from 1931 to 2016, long considered among the most prestigious periodicals in Japanese literary studies.
Bungalow
A bungalow (બંગલો) is a one-storey house with a broad overhanging roof and surrounding verandas, originating in Bengal; the word comes from Hindi and Gujarati bangla, meaning "of Bengal".
Bungalow (restaurant)
Bungalow is an Indian restaurant in Manhattan's East Village opened in 2024 by chef Vikas Khanna and restaurateur Jimmy Rizvi, serving regional dishes from all 28 Indian states.
Bungarus
Bungarus (kraits) is a genus of nocturnal Asian elapid snakes, about 15 species including B. caeruleus and B. fasciatus, whose neurotoxic venom causes delayed paralysis and whose regional venom variation limits polyvalent antivenom.