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Donaven McCulley
Donaven McCulley, born 2003, Indianapolis; Indiana quarterback turned wide receiver (2023: 48 catches, 644 yards, 6 TDs), 2025 Michigan graduate transfer, undrafted 2026, Miami Dolphins UDFA.
Donax trunculus
Donax trunculus, the wedge clam or truncated wedgeshell (coquina, telline), is a small donacid bivalve of eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Black Sea sandy beaches, harvested commercially and used as a bioindicator of metal, PAH, and microplastic pollution.
Donbas
Donbas (Donets Basin), coal-mining and industrial region of eastern Ukraine and adjacent Russia; site of the 2014 DPR and LPR separatist republics and the ensuing war.
Donbass Arena
Donbass Arena (Донбас Арена), Shakhtar Donetsk's 52,898-seat Elite category stadium in Donetsk, Ukraine, opened 29 August 2009, cost $400 million, hosted Euro 2012 matches, and has been closed and damaged since 2014.
Donburi (丼)
Donburi (丼) is the Japanese rice-bowl dish: steamed rice in a deep bowl topped with beef, chicken and egg, tempura, pork cutlet, eel, or seafood. Varieties include gyudon, oyakodon, tendon, katsudon, and kaisendon.
Doncaster
Doncaster, South Yorkshire city granted city status in the 2022 Platinum Jubilee honors (effective 1 November 2022); Roman fort Danum, GNR railway works that built Flying Scotsman and Mallard, home of the St Leger Stakes, population about 308,100 (2021).
Doncaster Rovers F.C.
Doncaster Rovers F.C., South Yorkshire club founded 1879, plays at the Eco-Power Stadium (15,231). Relegated from the Football League in 1998, revived under John Ryan, Championship 2008-2015, League Two champions 2024/25.
Doncaster Sheffield Airport
Doncaster Sheffield Airport, also known as Robin Hood Airport, is an airport near Finningley in South Yorkshire, England. It operated from 2005 until closing in November 2022.
Doncaster Works
Doncaster Works, also known as Doncaster Railway Works and locally as "The Plant", is a railway engineering works in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, founded by the Great Northern Railway in 1853.
Donda
Donda is Kanye West's tenth studio album, released August 29, 2021, named for his late mother Dr. Donda C. West; 27 tracks, record-setting listening events and streams, mixed reviews (Metacritic 53).
Donda 2
Donda 2 is Ye's (Kanye West's) eleventh studio album, released February 25, 2022 exclusively on the $200 Stem Player as the V2.22.22 Miami version, executive produced by Future, and released to streaming April 29, 2025.
Donda West
Donda West (1949-2007), American educator, Chicago State University English department chair, mother of Kanye West; died November 10, 2007, a day after cosmetic surgery by Dr. Jan Adams; honored with Donda West Way street naming.
Dondang Sayang
Dondang Sayang is a traditional Malay performing art from Melaka, Malaysia, in which two singers of opposite sex exchange improvised love pantun quatrains in song, recognized by UNESCO in 2018.
Donduk Dashi
Donduk Dashi (died 1761) was the ruler of the Kalmyk Khanate on the lower Volga from 1741 to 1761, grandson of Khan Ayuka and issuer of the Toktols law code.
Donduk-Ombo
Donduk-Ombo (died 1741) was a Kalmyk ruler, grandson of Khan Ayuka, who became viceroy in 1735 and khan in 1737 after rebelling and exiling himself to the Kuban.
Dondurma
Dondurma (Maraş dondurması) is Turkish stretchy ice cream made with goat milk, sugar, salep from wild orchid tubers, and mastic; Kahramanmaraş style dates to 1920 and holds TÜRKPATENT geographical indication no. 344.
Done Events
Done Events is a Dubai-based concert promoter and events company founded in 2005 under Arab Media Group, known for RedFestDXB and acquiring the Dubai Jazz Festival in 2018.
Done with Mirrors
Done with Mirrors (1985) is Aerosmith's eighth studio album and first for Geffen Records, reuniting Joe Perry and Brad Whitford. It stalled commercially but preceded the Run-DMC "Walk This Way" comeback.
Donegal tweed
Donegal tweed is a woollen cloth from County Donegal, Ireland, known for colourful flecks (neps), herringbone and pepper-and-salt weaves, and a hand-weaving tradition; unlike Harris tweed it lacks statutory protection, and a PGI bid is underway.
Doneiko Slaughter
Doneiko Slaughter (Neiko), born 2001 in Atlanta, is an NFL defensive back for the Pittsburgh Steelers; Tennessee and Arkansas college player, undrafted 2025 with Jacksonville, signed to Pittsburgh's 53-man roster in October 2026.
Donelaitis (Mercurian crater)
Donelaitis is an impact crater on Mercury about 85 kilometers in diameter, approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2013 and named for Kristijonas Donelaitis, the Lithuanian poet of 1714 to 1780, in the Debussy quadrangle.
Donell Jones
Donell Jones (born 1973, Chicago) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer; his 1999 Platinum album Where I Wanna Be and hit "U Know What's Up" define his LaFace-era career.
Doneness
Doneness is the degree to which food, especially meat, is cooked to a desired sensory state (rare through well done), distinct from safety temperatures. USDA minimums: 145°F steaks and fish, 160°F ground meats, 165°F poultry, verified only by thermometer.
Donepezil
Donepezil, sold as Aricept, is a reversible acetylcholinesterase inhibitor used to treat dementia in mild, moderate, and severe Alzheimer's disease. Developed by Eisai and approved in 1996, it eases symptoms but does not slow the disease.
Doner kebab
Doner kebab (döner kebap) is seasoned meat roasted on a vertical rotating spit and carved in thin slices; the sandwich form was popularized in Berlin from 1972 by Kadir Nurman and became a German fast-food staple.
Donets
Donets (Siverskyi Donets, Seversky Donets): 1,053 km river rising in the Central Russian Upland, largest tributary of the Don, flowing through Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Luhansk oblasts; main water source of eastern Ukraine and namesake of the Donbas.
Donetsk (Донецьк)
Donetsk (Донецьк), formerly Yuzivka/Yuzovka and Stalino, is a major industrial city on the Kalmius River in eastern Ukraine, capital of the self-proclaimed DPR since 2014, home of exiled FC Shakhtar.
Donetsk Clan
Donetsk Clan: Donbas regional network of political, business, and criminal elites, also called the Party of Regions machine. Formed late 1980s-1990s, led by Rinat Akhmetov and Viktor Yanukovych, dominated Ukrainian politics 2010-2014, split after 2014.
Donetsk fortress belt
Donetsk fortress belt: fortified line of Kostyantynivka, Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk, and Slovyansk along the H-20 highway, Ukraine's main Donetsk defense since 2014, over 380,000 pre-war residents, target of Russia's 2026 offensive.
Donetsk Oblast (Донецька область)
Donetsk Oblast (Донецька область), southeastern Ukrainian oblast on the Sea of Azov, area 26,517 km², capital in Kramatorsk since 2014. Industrial Donbas heartland; since 2022 under shelling, mass evacuation, and humanitarian crisis.