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Doklam (洞朗)
Doklam (Donglang, 洞朗) is a disputed Himalayan plateau at the India-Bhutan-China trijunction, claimed by Bhutan and China, site of the 73-day 2017 India-China military standoff over a Chinese road.
Dokmai Sot
Dokmai Sot (ดอกไม้สด) was the pen name of Mom Luang Buppha Kunchon, a Thai novelist of the 1920s to 1940s counted among the pioneers of the modern Thai novel.
Doko Demo Issyo (どこでもいっしょ)
Doko Demo Issyo (どこでもいっしょ, "Together Everywhere") is Sony's Japanese virtual pet/chat game series begun on PlayStation in July 1999, starring Toro Inoue the white cat, a Sony mascot; sold over 1.5 million copies, never released in the West.
Doko Yori mo Tooi Basho ni Iru Kimi e
Doko Yori mo Tooi Basho ni Iru Kimi e (To You in the Beyond) is a 2017 Japanese romance novel by Akiko Abe (Shueisha Orange Bunko) about Kazuki, who finds a mysterious girl, Nao, on Saiki Island; adapted as manga and a 2026 anime film.
Dokonchaniye (inter-princely treaties of the Moscow dynasty)
Dokonchaniye (Докончания московских князей) were written treaty charters concluded between Russian princes, chiefly within the Moscow dynasty, defining their mutual rights, possessions, and obligations; the 1375 treaty made Tver recognize vassalage to Dmitri of Moscow.
Dokseo sampum-gwa
The Dokseo sampum-gwa (독서삼품과), also called Dokseo chulsin-gwa, was Unified Silla's three-grade reading examination, established by King Wonseong in 788 and regarded as Korea's earliest civil examination.
Dokuchaevsk City Council
Dokuchaevsk City Council (Докучаевский городской совет) is the 15-deputy representative body of the Dokuchaevsk city okrug in the Donetsk People's Republic, elected for five years by party lists; it adopts the okrug charter, budget, and local taxes and elects the Head from DNR-proposed candidates.
DokuWiki
DokuWiki is an open-source wiki engine written in PHP, created by Andreas Gohr in 2004, that stores pages as plain text files and needs no database.
Dōkyō
Dōkyō (道鏡, died 772) was a Buddhist monk of the Hossō school who became the most powerful figure at the Nara court under Empress Shōtoku, holding the title of Dharma King from 766.
Dōkyō Incident
The Dōkyō Incident (道鏡事件), also called the Usa Hachimangū Oracle Incident, was a 769 succession crisis at the Nara court over making the priest Dōkyō emperor.
Dōkyūsei (同級生) (video game)
Dōkyūsei (同級生, Classmates) is Elf's 1992 PC-98 dating sim that started the Japanese dating sim genre and route architecture, with a 20-minute internal clock; remade in 2021 and released globally as Dōkyūsei: Bangin' Summer in 2022.
Dola Sen
Dola Sen is an Indian politician from West Bengal and a Trinamool Congress member who has served in the Rajya Sabha since 2023 for a term running to 2029.
Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy
Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy is an Indian Telugu Desam Party politician and doctor who serves as a minister in Andhra Pradesh, holding social welfare and village volunteer portfolios.
Dolan Champa
Dolanchampa (দোলনচাঁপা), also written Dolon Chapa, is a 1923 collection of poems and songs by Kazi Nazrul Islam, his fourth book and first anthology of love and nature poetry, largely composed in Presidency Jail, Calcutta.
Dolasetron
Dolasetron (Anzemet), a pseudopelletierine-derived 5-HT3 antagonist antiemetic converted to hydrodolasetron, approved 1997; oral form remains for CINV prevention, IV withdrawn over QTc prolongation.
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos is Dolby Laboratories' object-based immersive audio format, introduced in cinemas in 2012 with Brave. Sounds carry 3D positional metadata (up to 128 objects), rendered to 7-34 home speakers, delivered via TrueHD on Blu-ray and Dolby Digital Plus JOC for streaming.
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital, technically named AC-3, is a Dolby Laboratories audio coding system for 5.1-channel surround sound, introduced in 1991 and standard on DVDs and US HD broadcasts.
Dolby Digital Plus
Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3, DDPlus) is a lossy audio coding system developed by Dolby Laboratories as the successor to Dolby Digital, and it carries Dolby Atmos on most streaming services.
Dolby noise reduction
Dolby noise reduction is a family of audio systems invented by Ray Dolby that reduce the hiss of analog tape recording; the consumer B-type arrived in 1968.
Dolby Theatre
The Dolby Theatre, formerly the Kodak Theatre, is a Hollywood Boulevard auditorium in Los Angeles that opened in 2001 as the permanent home of the Academy Awards.
Dolby Vision
Dolby Vision is a proprietary HDR video format from Dolby Laboratories, introduced in 2014, that sends dynamic metadata so TVs can adapt picture scene by scene.
Dolce & Gabbana
Dolce & Gabbana is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in Milan in 1985 by designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, still owned by its founders.
Dolce Amore
Dolce Amore (Sweet Love), 2016 ABS-CBN Philippine romantic drama teleserye starring LizQuen love team Enrique Gil (Tenten) and Liza Soberano (Serena); aired Feb 15 to Aug 26, 2016, filmed partly in Italy, finale rated 37.7%.
Dolce Stil Novo
Dolce Stil Novo, also Stil novo, was a school of Italian love poetry arising in Bologna and Tuscany in the late 13th century, whose members included Dante and Guido Cavalcanti.
Dolcenera
Dolcenera, stage name of Emanuela Trane, is an Italian singer-songwriter born in 1977 in Galatina, Salento, who broke through by winning the newcomers' competition at the Sanremo Festival.
Dole
Dole, anciently Dola, is a town in the Jura department of eastern France on the Doubs, capital of Franche-Comté until 1674 and the birthplace of Louis Pasteur.
Dole plc
Dole plc, also known as Dole Food Company, is an Irish-incorporated fresh produce company created in 2021 by merging Total Produce and Dole Food Company, traded on the NYSE as DOLE.
Dole Whip
Dole Whip is a dairy-free pineapple soft serve created by Kathy Westphal at Dole for Disney World kiosks, debuting at Magic Kingdom's Aloha Isle in 1984 as DOLE Pineapple Whip, later sold in grocery freezer cups and as Dole Soft Serve mix.
Dolemite
Dolemite (1975) is a blaxploitation action-comedy directed by D'Urville Martin, starring Rudy Ray Moore as a pimp taking revenge on Willie Green; self-financed for $100,000, it grossed over $3 million and inspired Dolemite Is My Name.
Dolemite Is My Name
Dolemite Is My Name (2019) is a Netflix biographical comedy directed by Craig Brewer, starring Eddie Murphy as Rudy Ray Moore, the comedian behind the Blaxploitation film Dolemite (1975); 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.