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Bungaya Treaty
The Bungaya Treaty (Perjanjian Bungaya) was the peace agreement signed at Bungaya, Makassar, on 18 November 1667 between the Dutch East India Company and the Gowa Sultanate.
Bunge
Bunge is a Swiss-registered agribusiness company headquartered in St. Louis, founded in Amsterdam in 1818, that processes oilseeds and grains, and completed its combination with Viterra in 2025.
Bunge Global
Bunge Global SA is a Swiss-domiciled agribusiness company, founded in 1818 in Amsterdam and headquartered in St. Louis, that processes oilseeds and grains as one of the four ABCD merchants.
Bungee jumping
Bungee jumping, or bungy jumping, is an adventure sport where a jumper falls from a height attached to an elastic cord. First modern jump: Clifton Bridge, Bristol, 1979; commercialized by A.J. Hackett at Kawarau Bridge, New Zealand, 1988.
Bungei
Bungei (文藝) is a Japanese quarterly literary magazine published by Kawade Shobo Shinsha, one of Japan's five major literary magazines, and founded as a monthly by Kaizosha in 1933.
Bungei Kyōkai
Bungei Kyōkai (文芸協会, Literary Arts Society) was a Japanese cultural and theatrical organization founded in 1906 around Tsubouchi Shōyō, a starting point of the shingeki new-drama movement.
Bungei Shunjū
Bungei Shunjū (文芸春秋) is a Japanese monthly general-interest magazine founded by writer Kikuchi Kan in January 1923, now the flagship of the Tokyo publisher Bungeishunju Ltd.
Bungie
Bungie, Inc. (Bungie) is an American video game studio founded in 1991 in Chicago, creator of Marathon, Myth, Halo, and Destiny, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, and owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment since its $3.6 billion 2022 acquisition.
Bungo Stray Dogs (文豪ストレイドッグス)
Bungo Stray Dogs (文豪ストレイドッグス) is a Young Ace manga by Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa, serialized since 2013, set in Yokohama, where characters named after literary authors fight with abilities named after their works.
Bungoma
Bungoma is a county in western Kenya, one of the 47 created under the 2010 constitution, with its capital at Bungoma town and an economy built on sugarcane, maize, and dairy farming.
Bunheads
Bunheads (American comedy-drama TV series, ABC Family 2012–2013), also styled Bunheads (television); created by Amy Sherman-Palladino; Sutton Foster as Vegas showgirl-turned-ballet teacher Michelle Simms in Paradise, California; canceled after one 18-episode season, later a cult favorite.
Buni Yadi school massacre
The Buni Yadi school massacre was the killing of 59 male students by Boko Haram gunmen at a boarding school in Yobe State, Nigeria, in February 2014.
Bunia
Bunia is the capital of Ituri Province in northeastern DR Congo, on a 1,275 m plateau near Lake Albert. Population estimates range from about 328,000 to 944,000; it faces armed-group conflict, displacement, and a 2026 Ebola outbreak.
Bunia massacre
The Bunia massacre refers to mass killings of civilians in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, during the Ituri conflict, especially in January 2001 and May 2003.
Bunii
Bunii, the stage name of Niccolo Terre (born 2007), is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Los Angeles whose major-label debut album VIRGILIO appeared in 2026.
Bunim/Murray
Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP, also Bunim-Murray) is a Glendale, California unscripted TV company founded in 1987 by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray; creator of The Real World, Road Rules, Keeping Up with the Kardashians and The Challenge, now a Banijay Americas label run with 51 Minds under Julie Pizzi.
Bunion
Bunion (hallux valgus): bony bump at the big toe joint from progressive toe drift; affects about 19% of people, mostly women; treated first with footwear and splints, then osteotomy surgery with an 18.5% complication rate.
Bunionectomy
A bunionectomy is an operation that corrects hallux valgus by removing the bunion's bony bump and realigning the great-toe joint to relieve pain, with more than 150 described techniques.
Bunji Garlin
Bunji Garlin, the stage name of Ian Alvarez, is a Trinidadian soca and ragga soca artist from Arima whose 2013 hit "Differentology" brought the genre international crossover success.
Bunji imperial sanction
The Bunji imperial sanction (文治の勅許) was the 1185 authorization letting Minamoto no Yoritomo place shugo and jitō nationwide, often seen as the start of warrior government.
Bunjil
Bunjil, also recorded as Pundjel or Bundjil, is the creator ancestor of the Kulin nation of central Victoria, Australia, who takes the form of the wedge-tailed eagle.
Bunjin
Bunjin (文人), meaning literati, were Japanese amateurs of Chinese-style poetry, calligraphy, and painting who formed a distinctive subculture from the mid-Edo period into the twentieth century.
Bunk bed
A bunk bed is a piece of furniture stacking two or more beds in a single frame, usually reached by a ladder, to save floor space.
Bunk'd
Bunk'd (later Bunk'd: Learning the Ropes) is a Disney Channel comedy, spinoff of Jessie, that ran July 31, 2015 to August 2, 2024, seven seasons and 161 episodes, the network's longest-running live-action series.
Bunka fire
The Bunka fire (Bunka no Taika) was a great fire that destroyed much of Edo on 22 April 1806, one of the Three Great Fires of Edo.
Bunka Shūreishū
Bunka Shūreishū (文華秀麗集, Collection of Masterpieces of Literary Talent) is a Japanese anthology of Chinese-style poetry compiled in 818 by imperial command of Emperor Saga.
Bunka-era surveys of Ezo and Karafuto
The Bunka-era surveys of Ezo and Karafuto (文化露探) were Tokugawa shogunate missions of 1808 and 1809, led by Matsuda Denjirō and Mamiya Rinzō, that established Karafuto (Sakhalin) as an island.
Bunker
A bunker is a fortified, mostly underground structure of reinforced concrete that protects people, weapons, or equipment, ranging from small pillboxes to deep command posts.
Bunker (2026 film)
Bunker is a 2026 psychological thriller written and directed by Florian Zeller, starring Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz as a couple whose 17-year marriage frays when he accepts a tech billionaire's bunker commission; France-Spain, 126 min, Venice 2026.
Bunker buster
A bunker buster is a bomb designed to penetrate deep into the ground or hardened concrete before exploding, first used in 1944 by Britain's Royal Air Force.