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Devyani Rana
Devyani Rana (देवयानी राणा), Nepali-Indian socialite of the Rana-Scindia families, linked in 2001 to Nepal's Crown Prince Dipendra and the palace massacre; married Kunwar Aishwarya Singh in 2007. Same name as the BJP MLA from Nagrota, Jammu.
Devyn Simone Lock
Devyn Simone Lock (née Sims, born 1988), known professionally as Devyn Simone, is an American TV host, matchmaker, and reality personality from Kansas City; Real World: Brooklyn, The Challenge, Love at First Swipe, Tinder relationship expert.
Dew
Dew is water in the form of droplets that condenses from atmospheric water vapor onto surfaces cooled overnight below the air's dew point, most often on vegetation and soil.
Dew on the Shallot
Dew on the Shallot (薤露, Xielu) is one of the two earliest surviving Han dynasty yuefu elegies, a funeral song likening human life to quickly dried dew.
Dew point
The dew point is the temperature to which air must be cooled at constant pressure for water vapor to condense, and a direct measure of humidity.
Dewa
Dewa (出羽), also known as Ideha, was a Japanese province on the Japan Sea side of Honshu. Classified as an "upper province," it was split into Uzen and Ugo in 1868.
Dewa 19
Dewa 19, also known as Dewa, is an Indonesian rock band from Surabaya formed in 1986 around founder Ahmad Dhani, regarded as one of Indonesia's most influential bands.
Dewald Brevis
Dewald Brevis, "Baby AB", South African right-handed T20 batter from Johannesburg; record 506 runs at 2022 U19 World Cup, Mumbai Indians 2022–2024, Chennai Super Kings from 2025, highest South African T20I score 125.
DeWalt
DeWalt is an American power tool brand owned by Stanley Black & Decker, known for cordless power tools, hand tools, and outdoor equipment under the slogan "Guaranteed Tough".
Dewan Bahasa
Dewan Bahasa is a Malay-language monthly magazine published by Malaysia's national language institute, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, covering language issues and Malay's role in thought, society, and education.
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) is Malaysia's statutory body for developing the Malay language, literature, and publishing, established in 1956 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur.
Dewan Negara
Dewan Negara (Senate) is Malaysia's upper house of Parliament: 70 senators, 26 elected by state assemblies and 44 appointed by the Agong, three-year renewable terms, no veto over Money Bills.
Dewan of Mysore
Dewan (Diwan) of Mysore: chief minister heading the administration of the princely Mysore state under the Wodeyar Maharajas. Notable holders include Purnaiah, Rangacharlu, Seshadri Iyer, Visvesvaraya, and Sir Mirza Ismail.
Dewan Rakyat
Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives), lower house of Malaysia's Parliament, first sat 11 September 1959 with 104 members, grew to 159 in 1963 and 222 seats today; elects the government under the Westminster model.
Dewan Sastera
Dewan Sastera is a Malay-language monthly literary magazine published by Malaysia's language agency Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka since January 1971, with Keris Mas as its first chief editor.
DeWanda Wise
DeWanda Wise (born 1984, Jessup, Maryland) is an American actress known as Nola Darling in Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It and Kayla Watts in Jurassic World: Dominion, plus Three Women, Imaginary, and Love, Brooklyn.
DeWanna Bonner
DeWanna Bonner, born 1987, American WNBA forward-guard, Auburn star drafted fifth overall in 2009 by Phoenix Mercury; two-time champion, only three-time Sixth Player of the Year, third all-time WNBA scorer, all-time postseason rebounding leader.
Dewar benzene
Dewar benzene is a highly strained colorless valence isomer of benzene with two fused cyclobutene rings, proposed by James Dewar in 1869 and first synthesized in 1962.
Dewar's
Dewar's is a blended Scotch whisky brand founded by John Dewar in Perth, Scotland, in 1846, now owned by Bacardi. Known for Double Ageing since 1881, five distilleries including Aberfeldy, White Label, and over 1,500 awards.
Dewas (देवास)
Dewas (देवास) is a city and district in western Madhya Pradesh, India, on the Malwa plateau near Indore. Formerly twin princely states (Dewas Senior and Junior), it is an industrial town, soy-processing center, and Chamunda Mata temple site.
Dewayne Dedmon
Dewayne Dedmon (Dewayne Jamal Dedmon), born 1989, undrafted American NBA center from Lancaster, CA; late starter who became a 3-and-D big, peaking with Atlanta (10.8 ppg, 38.2% 3PT in 2018-19).
Dewberry
Dewberry, trailing brambles of genus Rubus (R. flagellaris, R. trivialis, R. caesius, blåhallon, salmbär), low vine-like canes rooting at tips, red-haired slender thorns, earlier-ripening blackberry-like fruit, distinct from upright blackberries.
Dewclaw
A dewclaw is a raised digit on a mammal's limb that does not touch the ground; in cattle, pigs, and sheep, it is a hoof-side accessory digit.
Dewey Bunnell
Dewey Bunnell (born 1952, Harrogate, England), American singer-songwriter and founding member of folk-rock band America; wrote "A Horse with No Name," "Ventura Highway," and "Tin Man"; leads the band's touring lineup since 2024.
Dewey Decimal Classification
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), or Dewey Decimal System, is Melvil Dewey's 1876 library classification with ten main classes 000-900, now owned by OCLC, used in over 200,000 libraries, and distinct from the Library of Congress Classification.
Dewey Defeats Truman
"Dewey Defeats Truman" is the erroneous November 3, 1948 Chicago Daily Tribune banner headline that prematurely declared Thomas E. Dewey the 1948 presidential winner over incumbent Harry S. Truman, who actually won 303 to 189 in the Electoral College.
Dewey Riley
Dwight "Dewey" Riley, David Arquette's Scream character: Woodsboro deputy, later sheriff, brother of Tatum, husband of Gale Weathers; survived four films, died in Scream (2022), returns in Scream 7.
Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary
Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary, now Isulijarniq MBS, is a 1957 Arctic bird sanctuary on Baffin Island, Nunavut, protecting the world's largest lesser snow goose colony and a Ramsar wetland.
Dewi Evans
Dewi Evans, or Dewi Richard Evans, is a retired British consultant pediatrician at Singleton Hospital, Swansea, and lead prosecution expert witness in the 2023 Lucy Letby trial.
Dewi Kam
Dewi Kam is an Indonesian energy investor whose roughly 10 percent stake in Bayan Resources, Indonesia's third-largest coal producer, made her Indonesia's richest woman in 2023 and 2024.