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Dulce de leche

Dulce de leche (doce de leite, cajeta, arequipe, manjar) is a Latin American milk caramel made by heating milk with sugar via Maillard reactions; regional names, regulations, origin dispute, and uses differ by country.

Dulce et Decorum est

Dulce et Decorum est is Wilfred Owen's 1917 antiwar poem, published posthumously in Poems (1920), quoting Horace's tag pro patria mori and refuting it as "the old Lie" through a gas-attack narrative.

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, from Horace's Odes 3.2.13 (23 BC), means 'it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country'; it appears on war memorials and was rejected as 'the old Lie' in Wilfred Owen's World War I poem.

Dulce María

Dulce María (Dulce María Espinoza Saviñón), Mexican singer and actress born 1985 in Mexico City; child star, member of Kids and Jeans, then Roberta in Rebelde and RBD (20 million records); solo albums Extranjera, Sin Fronteras, DM, Origen.

Dulces Nombres (Monterrey) power station

The Dulces Nombres (Monterrey) power station (Central de ciclo combinado Dulces Nombres) is a natural gas combined-cycle plant in Pesquería, Nuevo León, Mexico, opened in 2002 as Iberdrola's first Mexican power plant.

Dulé Hill

Dulé Hill (born 1975) is an American actor and tap dancer, Emmy-nominated as Charlie Young on The West Wing and known as Gus on Psych, The Wonder Years, and Lights Out: Nat 'King' Cole.

Duleep Singh (ਦਲੀਪ ਸਿੰਘ)

Duleep Singh (ਦਲੀਪ ਸਿੰਘ, 1838–1893), last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, deposed at ten on the 1849 annexation of Punjab, exiled to Britain, converted to Christianity in 1853, returned to Sikhism in 1886, and died in Paris.

Duleep Trophy

Duleep Trophy: India's BCCI-run first-class domestic cricket tournament, first held 1961-62, named after Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji. Zonal teams (North, South, East, West, Central, North East) with repeated format changes; season opener; ICC first-class status.

Dulha Mil Gaya

Dulha Mil Gaya (दूल्हा मिल गया) is a 2010 Hindi romantic comedy, Mudassar Aziz's directorial debut, starring Fardeen Khan, Sushmita Sen, Ishita Sharma, and a Shah Rukh Khan cameo; released 8 January 2010, shot partly in Trinidad and Tobago, and a box-office disaster.

Dulha Milal Dildar

Dulha Milal Dildar (दूल्हा मिलल दिलदार) is a 2005 Bhojpuri film directed by Sunil R. Prasad, starring Ravi Kishan and Nagma; a remake of Suryavamsam (1997), certified U by CBFC on 30 November 2005.

Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge (दुल्हन हम ले जायेंगे)

Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge (दुल्हन हम ले जायेंगे) is a 2000 Hindi-language romantic comedy directed by David Dhawan, starring Salman Khan and Karisma Kapoor as lovers opposed by her three uncles.

Dulhaniya Le Aaeegi

Dulhaniya Le Aaeegi (2026 Hindi comedy-drama, also spelled Dulhaniya Le Aayegi) directed by Akashaditya Lama, starring Khushalii Kumar and Mahesh Manjrekar; a bride must find a new groom after her wedding derails; released 24 July 2026, UA 13+.

Dulhe Raja

Dulhe Raja (दूल्हे राजा), 1998 Hindi comedy directed by Harmesh Malhotra, starring Govinda, Raveena Tandon, and Kader Khan; a Hit that netted ₹12.75 crore in India and famously outgrossed Kuch Kuch Hota Hai in Bihar.

Dulkadirids

The Dulkadirids (دولقادریان) were a Turcoman dynasty that ruled southeastern Anatolia from Elbistan and Marash from 1337 until 1522, first under Mamluk and later Ottoman suzerainty.

Dull Knife Fight

The Dull Knife Fight, also called the Red Fork Battle, was a surprise U.S. Army attack on a Northern Cheyenne village in Wyoming Territory on November 25, 1876.

Dulla Bhatti

Dulla Bhatti (دلہ بھٹی) was a 16th-century Bhatti Rajput chieftain of Pindi Bhattian who led a revolt against Akbar's revenue system and was executed at Lahore.

Dullah

Dullah (1919–1996) was an Indonesian realist painter from Surakarta, Central Java, known for documenting the National Revolution and serving as President Sukarno's official palace painter from 1950.

Dullahan

Dullahan (dúlachán, Gan Ceann): headless death-omen rider of Irish folklore who carries his own head and calls a name to doom its owner. First printed by Croker in 1825/1828; gold weakness and Crom Dubh link are modern additions.

Dulle Griet

Dulle Griet, also known as the Groot Kanon, is a large mid-15th-century wrought-iron bombard built for the Dukes of Burgundy and displayed in Ghent, Belgium.

Dulles International Airport

Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia, opened in 1962 as the first US airport designed for commercial jets, with a main terminal by Eero Saarinen.

Dulles International Airport Main Terminal

Dulles International Airport Main Terminal: Eero Saarinen's 1962 landmark terminal in Dulles, Virginia, with its suspended catenary concrete roof and mobile lounge system, operated by MWAA and now being expanded under the GlobalGateway program.

Dully Sykes

Dully Sykes, born Abdul Sykes, is a Tanzanian bongo flava singer, songwriter, and record producer from Dar es Salaam who has released music since around 2000.

Duloxetine

Duloxetine (Cymbalta), an Eli Lilly serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor approved by the FDA in 2004 for depression and later for anxiety, fibromyalgia, and diabetic nerve pain; modest short-term benefit, notable nausea and withdrawal effects.

Dulquer Salmaan (ദുൽഖർ സൽമാൻ)

Dulquer Salmaan is an Indian actor and producer who debuted in 2012. He won the Kerala State Film Award in 2016 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2023.

Dulu Mahato

Dulu Mahato is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who has represented Dhanbad, Jharkhand, in the Lok Sabha since 2024, after three terms from Baghmara.

Dülük

Dülük (ancient Doliche), near Gaziantep, Turkey: ancient city on Keber Tepe and sanctuary of Iuppiter Dolichenus on Dülük Baba Tepesi; Iron Age cult from 10th century BC, city from 3rd century BC, destroyed by Shapur I, excavated by Münster since 2001/2015.

Duluth Curling Club

The Duluth Curling Club, founded in 1891 in Duluth, Minnesota, is the second-largest curling club in the United States, based at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center since 1976.

Duluth lynchings

The Duluth lynchings: the June 15, 1920 killing of Black circus workers Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson, and Isaac McGhie by a mob of about 10,000 in Duluth, Minnesota, after a false rape accusation; led to Minnesota's 1921 anti-lynching law and Mason's 2020 pardon.

Duluth, Georgia

Duluth, Georgia, a Gwinnett County city of about 31,873 (2020) northeast of Atlanta, founded as Howell's Cross Roads in 1821 and renamed in 1873 after Duluth, Minnesota.

Duluth, Minnesota

Duluth, Minnesota: Great Lakes port city at the western tip of Lake Superior, founded 1854, fifth-largest Minnesota city (88,330 in 2025), known for iron ore shipping, the Aerial Lift Bridge, and the Twin Ports harbor with Superior, Wisconsin.