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Heeramandi

Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar is Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Netflix period drama (May 1, 2024, eight episodes) about tawaifs in pre-independence Lahore, starring Manisha Koirala and Sonakshi Sinha; a record-breaking Indian series renewed for Season 2.

Heeresfeldbahn

A Heeresfeldbahn (German for "army field railway") was a lightly built, usually 600 mm gauge military railway operated by the German army to move supplies and troops.

Heerlen

Heerlen, Limburg municipality in the Netherlands, central city of Parkstad Limburg near Aachen; Roman Coriovallum with the country's largest excavated Roman bathhouse, former coal-mining city, 87,764 inhabitants (2026).

Heeseung (이희승)

Heeseung (이희승), born 2001, debuted with ENHYPEN in 2020 via I-LAND, left the group March 10, 2026, and re-debuted as soloist EVAN under BELIFT LAB with the single "Ride or Die" in June 2026.

HEFA (biofuel)

HEFA (hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids), also called HEFA-SPK or HRJ, is a biofuel pathway that converts vegetable oils, animal fats, and used cooking oils into jet fuel and diesel.

Hefang Tongyi

Hefang Tongyi (河防通议) is a Yuan-dynasty treatise on Yellow River defense and hydraulic works, compiled in 1321 by the scholar-official Shansi from Song and Jin sources.

Hefang yilan

Hefang yilan (河防一览) is a 14-juan Ming treatise on Yellow River conservancy by Pan Jixun, written around 1590; it is the classic statement of "binding the water to attack the silt."

Hefei (合肥)

Hefei (合肥), also historically Luzhou or Luyang, is the capital of Anhui Province, China. A Yangtze River Delta city of over 10 million people known for the state-capital-driven "Hefei model," USTC, and electric vehicle, semiconductor, and quantum industries.

Hefei Lujiang power station

Hefei Lujiang power station (神皖合肥庐江发电厂) is a coal-fired power station in Lujiang County, Hefei, Anhui, China, whose two 660 MW ultra-supercritical units entered service in 2018.

Hefei power station

Hefei power station (皖能合肥发电厂) is a 1,260 MW coal-fired power station in Luyang District, Hefei, Anhui, China, whose current two 630 MW units began operation in 2009 and 2013.

HeForShe

HeForShe is UN Women's solidarity movement for gender equality, launched 20 September 2014 by Ban Ki-moon and Emma Watson, engaging men and boys through pledges, the IMPACT 10x10x10 program, and the HeForShe Alliance.

Heftrich

Heftrich is a village in the eastern Hintertaunus in Germany, first recorded in 1234 and granted town rights by Emperor Charles IV in 1367; its population was 1,578 in 2021.

Heftroman

Heftroman, also called Groschenroman or Groschenheft, is a German-language cheap serial fiction form published in 64-page booklets sold at kiosks since 1905, the German counterpart of the dime novel.

Hefu Investment

Hefu Investment (赫富投资) is a Shanghai-based quantitative private fund manager founded in 2016, which crossed 10 billion yuan in assets in 2021 and manages about 15 billion yuan.

Hefu Noodles (和府捞面)

Hefu Noodles (和府捞面) is a Chinese premium noodle-restaurant chain founded by Li Xuelin in Jiangsu in 2012, serving noodles in mall stores styled as study rooms.

HEG (Indian company)

HEG Limited is an Indian graphite electrode manufacturer founded in 1972, part of the LNJ Bhilwara Group, exporting over 70% of production to more than 30 countries.

Hegang

Hegang (鹤岗市) is a prefecture-level coal city in northeastern Heilongjiang, China, near the Russian border. A shrinking, resource-exhausted city with 2.6 billion tons of proven coal, 935,000 registered residents in 2023, and China's cheapest housing.

Hegang power station

Hegang power station, also known as Huaneng Hegang power station, is a 1,200 MW coal-fired power station in Hegang, Heilongjiang, China, owned by Huaneng Power International.

Hege Riise

Hege Riise, Norwegian football midfielder and coach (born 1969, Lørenskog); 188 caps and 58 goals for Norway, 1995 World Cup Golden Ball winner, EURO 1993 and Olympic 2000 champion, later coached England, Great Britain, and Norway.

Hegemon system (ba)

The hegemon system (霸主制度) was the Spring and Autumn period interstate order in which a hegemon state convened Zhou rulers, arbitrated disputes, and led allied armies.

Hegemone Dorsum

Hegemone Dorsum is a ridge (dorsum) on Mars at 54.72 S, 315.10 E, about 143.63 km across, IAU-approved in 1991 and named for Hegemone, one of the Greek Graces.

Hegemonic masculinity

Hegemonic masculinity, coined by Carrigan, Connell and Lee in 1985 and reformulated by Connell and Messerschmidt in 2005, is the culturally idealized masculinity legitimizing men's dominance over women and some men over others, part of a hierarchy including complicit, subordinated, and marginalized masculinities.

Hegemonic stability theory

Hegemonic stability theory (HST), also called the theory of hegemonic stability, an international political economy theory holding that open trade and monetary stability require a dominant hegemon supplying public goods; founded on Kindleberger's Great Depression analysis, named by Keohane, and heavily criticized by Snidal and others.

Hegemony

Hegemony (from Greek hēgemonía, leadership) is the predominance of one state over others through coercion and consent, not direct control, as with Britain and the United States.

Hegemony system (ba)

The hegemony system (ba) (霸政) was the Spring and Autumn period order in which a leading state, the hegemon, presided over the feudal lords in the Zhou king's name.

Hegra

Hegra, also known as Mada'in Salih or al-Hijr, is a Nabataean archaeological site in northwest Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia's first World Heritage site in 2008.

Hehe people

The Hehe, also called Wahehe, are a Bantu-speaking people of Tanzania's Southern Highlands, known for resisting German colonial rule under Chief Mkwawa from 1891 to 1898.

Hehe Resistance

The Hehe Resistance was the war fought from 1891 to 1898 between the Hehe people of Uhehe, in present-day Tanzania, and German colonial forces under Chief Mkwawa.

Hei Sook Sul

Hei Sook Sul is a metabolic physiologist, professor and chair of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology at UC Berkeley, known for discovering Pref-1 and AdPLA's roles in fat-cell biology.

Hei-tiki

Hei-tiki is a small Māori neck pendant in the stylized form of a human figure, usually carved from pounamu, and handed down through generations as taonga.