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EBK Jaaybo
EBK Jaaybo, Jaymani Gorman (born 2003), is a Stockton, California rapper of the EBK collective whose 2024 single "Boogieman" went viral; named a 2025 XXL Freshman, he pleaded guilty in June 2026 to federal gun and drug charges.
Ebla (إبلا)
Ebla (إبلا), also known as Tell Mardikh, was an ancient Syrian city, capital of a third-millennium BCE kingdom famous for its royal archives of about 17,000 tablets.
Ebla tablets
The Ebla tablets, also called the Ebla archives, are over 15,000 cuneiform tablets from Ebla, Syria, written in Eblaite in the twenty-fourth century BCE and excavated by an Italian expedition between 1974 and 1976.
Ebla–Abarsal treaty
The Ebla–Abarsal treaty, also known as the Treaty between Ebla and Abarsal, is a clay tablet from Ebla, Syria, recording the oldest known peace treaty between two states, around 2350 BC.
Eblaite language
Eblaite is an archaic East Semitic language of the third quarter of the 3rd millennium BC, recorded in over 15,000 cuneiform tablets from the archives of Ebla in Syria.
ebm-papst
ebm-papst is a German family-founded manufacturer of fans and electric motors headquartered in Mulfingen, founded in 1963, agreed in 2026 to a 5.1 billion euro sale to Madison Air.
EBN (Dutch gas company)
EBN, or Energie Beheer Nederland, is the Netherlands' 100 percent state-owned energy company, participating in oil and gas production, gas storage, CO₂ storage, and geothermal energy.
Ebo
Ebo, also Ebbo, was archbishop of Reims from 816 until his deposition in 835, presided over Louis the Pious's public penance at Soissons in 833, and died as bishop of Hildesheim in 851.
Ebo Taylor
Ebo Taylor (born Deroy Taylor, 1936–2026) was a Ghanaian guitarist, composer, arranger, and producer who fused highlife and afrobeat, becoming internationally known only after 2010, aged 74.
Ebola
Ebola disease, a severe often fatal hemorrhagic illness caused by orthoebolaviruses (Ebola, Sudan, Bundibugyo viruses), first identified 1976 near the Ebola River; ~50% case fatality, treatments and vaccines only for the Zaire species.
Ebola in Uganda
Ebola in Uganda refers to the recurring Ebola virus disease outbreaks Uganda has experienced since the first confirmed episode in Gulu District in 2000, caused successively by Sudan, Bundibugyo, and Zaire ebolaviruses.
Ebola Syndrome (伊波拉病毒)
Ebola Syndrome (伊波拉病毒, 1996) is a Hong Kong Category III cult horror film directed by Herman Yau, starring Anthony Wong as an Ebola-carrying killer, produced by Wong Jing, restored uncut in 4K.
Ebola vaccine
Ebola vaccine: vaccines against orthoebolaviruses, chiefly Ervebo (rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP, Merck), the only licensed, WHO-prequalified Ebola vaccine (EMA/FDA 2019), used in ring vaccination; no licensed vaccine for Bundibugyo or Sudan virus disease.
Ebola virus cases in the United States
Ebola virus cases in the United States: 11 patients treated in 2014–2016, including Thomas Eric Duncan and the first domestically acquired cases (nurses Nina Pham and Amber Vinson) in Dallas, plus aid worker Craig Spencer in New York.
Ebolavirus
Ebolavirus (Orthoebolavirus), filovirus genus causing Ebola disease; six species, three causing large outbreaks (Ebola, Sudan, Bundibugyo viruses). Discovered 1976 near the Ebola River, DRC; fatality 25–90%; vaccines only for Ebola virus disease.
Eboni K. Williams
Eboni K. Williams, born 1983, is an American attorney, Fox News alumna, first Black cast member of RHONY season 13, author of Pretty Powerful, and host of Equal Justice with Judge Eboni K. Williams.
Ebonics (word)
Ebonics: word coined by psychologist Robert L. Williams on January 26, 1973 in St. Louis, blending ebony and phonics, popularized by his 1975 book and the 1996 Oakland school board resolution.
Ebonite
Ebonite, also called hard rubber or vulcanite, is a hard black material made by vulcanizing natural rubber with 25 to 50 percent sulfur, used for battery cases, fountain pens, and saxophone mouthpieces.
Ebony
Ebony, also known as hebenus, is a dense, fine-grained black tropical wood produced mainly by Diospyros trees, traded since antiquity and prized for furniture and instrument fingerboards.
Ebony (magazine)
Ebony is an American monthly magazine founded in Chicago by John H. Johnson in November 1945, one of the most influential African-American publications of the twentieth century.
Ebony & Ivory (film)
Ebony & Ivory is a 2024 surreal comedy by Jim Hosking starring Sky Elobar and Gil Gex as McCartney- and Wonder-like legends meeting in Scotland; released 2025, RT 73%, Metacritic 49.
Ebony and Ivory
Ebony and Ivory: 1982 Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder duet about racial harmony, written by McCartney from Spike Milligan's piano-key idea; lead single from Tug of War, number one in the US and UK.
Ebony G. Patterson
Ebony G. Patterson (born 1981, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican visual artist known for large tapestries combining glitter, sequins, and beads with imagery of mourning and violence.
Ebony label of Den
The ebony label of Den is a small inscribed ebony plaque from King Den's First Dynasty tomb at Abydos, now held in the British Museum.
Ebony Maw
Ebony Maw, also called the Maw, is a Marvel Comics supervillain of Thanos' Black Order, created by Jonathan Hickman and Steve Epting, first appearing in New Avengers Vol. 3 #8 (2013); known for persuasion and telekinesis, and played by Tom Vaughan-Lawlor in the MCU's Infinity War and Endgame.
Ebonyi State
Ebonyi State is a state in south-eastern Nigeria, inhabited primarily by the Igbo people, with its capital and largest city at Abakaliki. It was created in 1996 from parts of Enugu and Abia States.
Ebook
Ebook: a book published in digital form, read on e-readers, tablets, or computers. Also called electronic book, e-book. Key facts: EPUB is the dominant open standard (W3C EPUB 3.3); purchases are licenses, not owned objects; meta-analyses show a small paper-reading comprehension advantage (g = -0.21).
ebookers
ebookers is a European online travel agency founded in 1999 as the internet arm of Flightbookers and now owned by Expedia Group, which is retiring the brand in 2026.
Eboracum
Eboracum (Eburacum), the Roman name of York, England: legionary fortress founded AD 71-74 by Legio IX Hispana, rebuilt in stone AD 107-8, a colonia by the early 3rd century, later seat of a bishop.
eBOSS
eBOSS, the Extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, mapped the large-scale structure of the Universe from 2014 to 2019 on the Sloan telescope, measuring cosmic expansion through baryon acoustic oscillations.