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Dushanbe (Душанбе)
Dushanbe (Душанбе, دوشنبه, "Monday"), formerly Dyushambe and Stalinabad (1929–1961), is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan, in the Hisor valley at ~823 m altitude, a Soviet-created capital since 1924 with about 851,000 residents in 2019.
Dushman (दुश्मन) (1998 film)
Dushman (दुश्मन) is a 1998 Hindi psychological thriller, Tanuja Chandra's directorial debut, starring Kajol as twins Sonia and Naina, Sanjay Dutt, and Ashutosh Rana as killer Gokul Pandit; released 29 May 1998, music by Uttam Singh.
DuShon Monique Brown
DuShon Monique Brown (1968-2018) was an American actress and school counselor from Chicago, known as Connie on NBC's Chicago Fire and Nurse Katie Welch on Prison Break; she died of sepsis at 49.
Dushyant Chautala (दुष्यंत सिंह चौताला)
Dushyant Chautala (दुष्यंत सिंह चौताला), Haryana politician, JJP founder and Deputy Chief Minister 2019–2024 in BJP coalition; youngest 16th Lok Sabha MP (Hisar, 2014); JJP fell from 10 seats in 2019 to zero in 2024.
Dushyant Singh (दुष्यंत सिंह)
Dushyant Singh (दुष्यंत सिंह), BJP Lok Sabha MP from Jhalawar-Baran, Rajasthan, since 2004; son of Vasundhara Raje Scindia. Won a fifth term in 2024 with 865,376 votes (60.88%), margin 370,989; MBA from Johnson and Wales University.
Dushyanta
Dushyanta (Duṣmanta, दुष्मन्त), Puru-dynasty king of the Mahabharata, husband of Shakuntala (शकुन्तला), father of Bharata; epic gandharva marriage retold with curse and ring in Kalidasa's play.
Dusicyon
Dusicyon, genus of extinct South American canids (warrah, Dusicyon australis, Falkland Islands wolf; and D. avus), defined by insular-endemic Falkland wolf, 16 ka lineage split, extinction by 1876.
Dusigu
Dusigu was a royal woman of Ebla in northern Syria, last wife of king Irkab-damu and mother of Ishar-damu, who dominated the court as regent for nearly twenty years.
Dusk
Dusk is the darker part of evening twilight, after sunset. In technical use it has three stages, civil, nautical, and astronomical dusk, defined by the Sun's depth below the horizon.
Dusk Beyond the End of the World (永久のユウグレ)
Dusk Beyond the End of the World (永久のユウグレ, Towa no Yugure) is a 2025 original sci-fi romance TV anime by P.A.WORKS, directed by Naokatsu Tsuda, about Akira Himegami waking from 200-year cold sleep to an android resembling his lost love.
Dusk Maiden of Amnesia (黄昏乙女×アムネジア)
Dusk Maiden of Amnesia, also known as Tasogare Otome × Amnesia, is a Japanese supernatural mystery manga by the duo Maybe, published by Square Enix.
Dusk of Dawn
Dusk of Dawn is a 1940 autobiography by W. E. B. Du Bois that traces the history of the race concept through his own life.
Dusk Till Dawn (Zayn song)
Dusk Till Dawn is a pop song by Zayn featuring Sia, released in 2017. It reached number 5 on the UK Singles Chart and its music video has over 2.4 billion views.
Duskee
Duskee, legal name Oliver Clark, is an English drum and bass MC and vocalist from Surrey, based in London, who broke through with his vocal on the 2020 track "Hack It" with K Motionz.
Dusko Pijetlovic
Duško Pijetlović (Душко Пијетловић), Serbian water polo center born 1985 in Novi Sad; four Olympic medals (gold 2016, 2020), 2015 World Championship MVP, retired 2024 then returned with Radnički Kragujevac.
Duško Popov (Душко Попов)
Duško Popov (Душко Попов, 1912–1981), Serbian double agent codenamed Tricycle, ran a deception network for MI5 against the Abwehr, warned the FBI before Pearl Harbor, and is widely cited as Ian Fleming's inspiration for James Bond.
Duško Tošić (Душко Тошић)
Duško Tošić (Душко Тошић), born 1985, Serbian defender (left back, centre back); 26 caps for Serbia, 2018 World Cup; French, German, Serbian cups and two Turkish titles with Beşiktaş.
Dusky
Dusky are an English electronic music production duo from London, formed in 2011 by Nick Harriman and Alfie Granger-Howell, known for the 2013 Beatport No. 1 "Careless".
Dusky moorhen
The dusky moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) is a dark waterbird of the rail family, found across eastern and south-western Australia, Indonesia, and New Guinea, and known for its communal breeding.
DUSP1
DUSP1 (MKP-1, CL100) is a nuclear dual-specificity phosphatase on 5q35.1 that dephosphorylates ERK, JNK, and p38 MAPKs, mediating glucocorticoid anti-inflammatory effects and acting context-dependently in cancer.
DUSP6
DUSP6 (MKP-3, Pyst1) is a cytoplasmic, ERK1/2-specific dual-specificity phosphatase at 12q21.33 that dephosphorylates ERK's T-X-Y motif as an FGF/ERK negative feedback regulator, with developmental and cancer roles.
Dusquetide
Dusquetide (SGX942, IMX942) is a synthetic 5-amino-acid innate defense regulator peptide derived from indolicidin, developed by Soligenix for severe oral mucositis in head and neck cancer; it binds p62, and its Phase 3 missed the primary endpoint.
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf (Dusseldorp), city on the Rhine and state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia since 1946; chartered 1288, sixth largest German city, 659,312 residents in 2025, major trade-fair, fashion, and Japanese business hub.
Düsseldorf Airport
Düsseldorf Airport (Flughafen Düsseldorf), in the Lohausen district about 7 kilometers north of the city, is the largest airport in North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth largest in Germany.
Düsseldorf District
Düsseldorf District (Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf) is one of the five administrative districts of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, covering the state's densely settled northwest from its seat in Düsseldorf.
Düsseldorf school of painting
The Düsseldorf school of painting (Düsseldorfer Malerschule) comprises over a thousand painters trained at the Düsseldorf academy from 1819 to 1918, most influential between 1830 and 1870.
Düsseldorf School of Photography
The Düsseldorf School of Photography, also called the Becher School or Düsseldorfer Fotoschule, is a group of photographers taught by Bernd and Hilla Becher at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1976.
Düsseldorf Stadtbahn
The Düsseldorf Stadtbahn is Düsseldorf's light rail system, eleven Rheinbahn-operated lines on about 6.9 km of tunnel through the center, some reaching Neuss, Krefeld, and Duisburg.
Dussmann Stiftung & Co. KGaA
Dussmann Stiftung & Co. KGaA is a Berlin-based services group founded by Peter Dussmann, providing facility management, food services, care, and the KulturKaufhaus media store.
Dust
Dust, also known as beggar's velvet, is mineral particulate matter lifted from dry land surfaces by wind and carried in the air, reducing visibility and degrading air quality.