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Durant Sihlali
Durant Sihlali (1935–2004) was a South African painter, sculptor, and teacher best known for watercolors documenting black urban life under apartheid, from forced removals to the 1976 Soweto uprising.
Duranta
Duranta (golden dewdrop, skyflower) is a Verbenaceae genus of Neotropical shrubs and small trees, type species Duranta erecta, recognized by axillary spines and yellow four-pyrene drupes; about 29-35 species, ornamental, invasive, and toxic.
Duranta erecta
Duranta erecta (golden dewdrop, pigeon berry, skyflower; synonym Duranta repens) is a thorny Verbenaceae shrub native from Mexico to South America and Florida, grown ornamentally, toxic to people via saponin-rich berries, and invasive in Florida, Australia, China, Taiwan, and Fiji.
Duraplasty
Duraplasty is a neurosurgical procedure in which the dura mater is opened and expanded with a graft, chiefly to treat Chiari I malformation and syringomyelia.
Durarara!! (デュラララ!!)
Durarara!! (デュラララ!!) is Ryohgo Narita's Ikebukuro-set light novel series with Suzuhito Yasuda illustrations, published by Dengeki Bunko since 2004 in 13 volumes plus SH, with manga and 2010 and 2015-16 anime adaptations.
Duration (finance)
Duration, also known as bond duration, is a measure of a bond's interest-rate risk, introduced by Frederick Macaulay in 1938 as the weighted average time to a bond's cash flows.
Duravant
Duravant is a privately held American automation company headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, serving food processing, packaging, and material handling customers in over 190 countries.
Duravastha
Duravastha ("Misery") is a Malayalam khanda kavya by N. Kumaranasan, published in September 1922, set during the 1921 Malabar Rebellion, whose union of a Brahmin woman and a Pulaya man attacks the caste system.
Durayd ibn al-Simma
Durayd ibn al-Simma (دريد بن الصمة) was a pre-Islamic Arab poet and warrior, chief and commander of Banu Jusham of the Hawazin, who fought in about one hundred raids and died at Hunayn in AH 8.
Durban
Durban (eThekwini), South Africa's third-largest city in KwaZulu-Natal, founded 1824 as Port Natal, renamed 1835 after Sir Benjamin D'Urban; busiest South African port, major Indian community, apartheid segregation legacy, 2022 floods.
Durban July Handicap
Durban July Handicap, the July: South Africa's premier Grade 1 handicap, 2200 m at Greyville, Durban, first Saturday of July; first run 1897, R10 million purse from 2026, Hollywoodbets title sponsor.
Durban Platform
The Durban Platform for Enhanced Action is a UNFCCC decision adopted at COP 17 in Durban, South Africa, in December 2011, launching negotiations that produced the Paris Agreement.
Durbar of Year 12
The Durbar of Year 12, or Year 12 durbar of Akhenaten, was a ceremonial reception of foreign tribute held at Akhenaten's capital Akhetaten around 1340 BC.
Durbin–Watson statistic
The Durbin–Watson statistic, also called the DW statistic, is a test statistic measuring first-order autocorrelation in the residuals of a linear regression, ranging from 0 to 4.
Durdle Door
Durdle Door is a natural limestone sea arch on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth, Dorset, cut through near-vertical Portland Stone; privately owned by the Welds' Lulworth Estate and named from Old English 'thirl', to pierce.
Durek Verrett
Durek Verrett, also known as Shaman Durek, is an American self-described sixth-generation shaman and author of Spirit Hacking, known for marrying Princess Märtha Louise of Norway in 2024.
Düren (city)
Düren is a Kreisstadt in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne on the Rur; about 94,500 residents, first recorded 747, paper industry since 1576, center destroyed in the 1944 air raid and rebuilt.
Durendal
Durendal (Durandal, Durlindana), the legendary sword of Count Roland in the Song of Roland, first attested ca. 1100; famed as unbreakable, given Muslim-owner pre-histories in Aspremont and Mainet, with debated etymology.
Dürer (Mercurian crater)
Dürer is a roughly 180–190 km peak-ring impact crater on Mercury at 21.9°N, 119°E, named for Albrecht Dürer, first seen in Mariner 10 photos and imaged by MESSENGER.
Duress in English law
Duress in English law is a common law excuse excusing crimes committed under threats of death or serious injury. Also called duress by threats and duress of circumstances; unavailable for murder, attempted murder and treason; refined by R v Hasan [2005].
Durg (city)
Durg (दुर्ग) is a city on the east bank of the Shivnath River in Chhattisgarh, India, headquarters of Durg District and, with Bhilai, the state's second largest urban area.
Durg (district)
Durg district (दुर्ग जिला), Chhattisgarh, India; formed 1906, area 2,238.36 sq km, Census 2011 population 1,721,948. Industrial hub with Bhilai Steel Plant on the Shivnath river, known as the state's Steel City.
Durga
Durga (दुर्गा), also called Devi Durga, is a major Hindu warrior goddess, slayer of the buffalo demon Mahishasura and central deity of the festivals Durga Puja and Navaratri.
Durga – Atoot Prem Kahani
Durga – Atoot Prem Kahani, Hindi Colors TV romantic drama premiered 16 September 2024 at 7:40 pm, starring Pranali Rathod and Aashay Mishra; Rajasthan-set royal-tribal love story, 112 episodes, produced by Leena Gangopadhyay and Saibal Banerjee.
Durga Aur Charu
Durga Aur Charu is an Indian Hindi-language soap opera on Colors TV that ran from December 2022 to April 2023, following two separated sisters who aspire to become barristers.
Durga Bhagwat
Durga Bhagwat (दुर्गा भागवत) was an Indian Marathi writer and folklorist who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Pais and refused state honors during the 1975 Emergency.
Durga Corona
Durga Corona is a 227-km-diameter corona on Venus at 31.1°S, 286.2°E, IAU-approved in 2006 and named for the Hindu goddess of Earth, nature, and evil.
Durga Das Uikey
Durga Das Uikey is an Indian BJP politician who is a Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs and represents Betul, Madhya Pradesh, in the Lok Sabha.
Durga Khote (दुर्गा खोटे)
Durga Khote (दुर्गा खोटे), born Vitha Lad, 1905–1991, was a pioneering Marathi and Hindi film actress, first respectable-family woman to act in films, with 200+ films, Jodha Bai in Mughal-E-Azam, the 1983 Dadasaheb Phalke Award, and her own production house.
Durga of Prambanan
Durga of Prambanan is an eight-armed 9th-century stone statue of the goddess Durga slaying the buffalo demon, set in the Shiva temple at Prambanan, Central Java.