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Hamatsa mask
A Hamatsa mask is a carved red cedar ceremonial mask of the Kwakwaka'wakw people of British Columbia, worn by dancers in the Hamatsa winter dance and often depicting man-eating monster birds with hinged beaks.
Hamazasp Babadzhanian
Hamazasp Babadzhanian (1906–1977) was a Soviet military commander of Armenian origin who became Chief Marshal of the Armored Troops in 1975 and led the Soviet Army's tank forces from 1969 until his death.
Hambach surface mine
The Hambach surface mine (Tagebau Hambach) is an opencast lignite mine in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, operated by RWE since 1978 and the largest lignite mine in Europe.
Hambirrao Mohite
Hambirrao Mohite (Hansaji Mohite, 1630–1687), Maratha senapati under Shivaji and Sambhaji; brother of Soyarabai, father of Tarabai; appointed 1674 after Prataprao Gujar, killed at Wai.
Hamblain-les-Prés
Hamblain-les-Prés, a commune in Pas-de-Calais (Hauts-de-France), France, INSEE 62405, canton Brebières, population about 454. Known for its Gallo-Roman villa at Les Bonnettes, excavated 1981, occupied from La Tène I to the 4th century AD.
Hambleden
Hambleden (Yewden villa), Buckinghamshire: large Romano-British villa complex excavated 1912 by A. H. Cocks; 14 corn-drying ovens, 70 styli, 97 infant burials, nearby Mill End villa and possible temple; abandoned late 4th century AD.
Hambledon Hill
Hambledon Hill is a chalk hill in north-east Dorset, England, carrying one of the largest early Neolithic monument complexes in the British Isles and an Iron Age hillfort.
Hambletonian 10
Hambletonian 10 (Rysdyk's Hambletonian), 1849–1876, American trotting stallion and foundation sire of the Standardbred breed; sired over 1,300 foals, ancestor of nearly all modern Standardbreds.
Hambletonian Stakes
Hambletonian Stakes: premier American harness race for three-year-old trotters, also called the Hambletonian; first run 1926 at Syracuse, won by Guy McKinney; $1 million Grade 1 event at the Meadowlands since 1981, moving to Harrah's Hoosier Park in 2027.
Hambol
Hambol, a region of central-north Côte d'Ivoire in the Vallée du Bandama district, capital Katiola; created 2011, three departments, 19,122 km², 612,029 inhabitants (RGPH 2021), cashew, cotton, and gold mining economy.
Hamburg
Hamburg (Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg), Germany's second-largest city and a city-state of 1.87 million on the lower Elbe; Hanseatic trading port, seven districts, 5.45-million metropolitan region, major port economy.
Hamburg Airport
Hamburg Airport (Flughafen Hamburg, Hamburg Airport Helmut Schmidt), founded 10 January 1911 at Fuhlsbüttel, is Germany's oldest international airport at its original site, the country's fifth largest, with 14.8 million passengers in 2024 and a Net Zero 2035 climate strategy.
Hamburg America Line
The Hamburg America Line (HAPAG), formally the Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft, was a Hamburg shipping company founded in 1847, the world's largest steamship line before World War I.
Hamburg Bay
Hamburg Bay (German: Hamburghafen) is a bay on the northwest coast of Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, just south of Bonnier Point at about 64°30'S, 63°57'W. Discovered and named in 1874 by Dallmann's German expedition for the port of Hamburg.
Hamburg cell
The Hamburg cell: Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, and Ziad Jarrah, radicalized students in 1990s Hamburg who provided three of the four 9/11 hijacker pilots.
Hamburg Days
Hamburg Days is a six-part German-British TV drama about the Beatles' formative 1960-1962 Hamburg club residencies, based on Klaus Voormann's autobiography, produced by W&B Television and Turbine Studios for ZDF, BBC, and AGC, airing 2027.
Hamburg Dramaturgy
The Hamburg Dramaturgy (Hamburgische Dramaturgie) is a collection of 104 essays by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, written 1767 to 1769 as critic at the Hamburg National Theatre, where he served as the world's first appointed dramaturg.
Hamburg Notation System
HamNoSys (Hamburg Sign Language Notation System, Hamburger Notationssystem für Gebärdensprachen) is a phonetic transcription system for sign language sign forms, developed at the University of Hamburg, Stokoe-based, language-independent, with about 200 Unicode symbols and SiGML avatar use.
Hamburg Rules
The Hamburg Rules are the United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, adopted at Hamburg in 1978, establishing a uniform legal regime for shippers and carriers.
Hamburg steak
Hamburg steak, also called hambāgu (ハンバーグ) in Japan, is a seasoned ground-beef patty served on a plate, not a bun. Named for Hamburg, Germany, it reached New York in the 1870s, became the hamburger sandwich in the 1890s, and evolved in Japan into a soft beef-pork yoshoku staple with demi-glace and wafu sauces.
Hamburg Süd
Hamburg Süd, formally the Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft, was a German shipping company founded in Hamburg in 1871 to run liner services between Europe and South America.
Hamburg wheel tracking test
The Hamburg wheel tracking test is a laboratory test that rolls a loaded steel wheel over submerged hot asphalt specimens to measure resistance to rutting and moisture damage.
Hamburger
Hamburger: a ground-beef patty sandwich on a bun, named for Hamburg steak from Hamburg, Germany. Sandwich invented in 1890s America (disputed); White Castle 1921 and McDonald's made it fast food; cook to 160°F.
Hamburger America
Hamburger America is the name shared by three projects of filmmaker George Motz: a 2004 documentary on family burger stands, a 2008 guidebook, and a SoHo restaurant opened in 2023.
Hamburger button
The hamburger button, also called the hamburger icon or menu button, is a user-interface icon of three stacked lines that hides navigation behind one tap or click.
Hamburger Helper
Hamburger Helper (now Helper) is an American boxed meal kit of pasta, rice, or potatoes plus sauce mix, launched nationally in 1971 by General Mills under Betty Crocker and sold to Eagle Foods in 2022 for about $610 million.
Hamburger Hill
Hamburger Hill (1987), John Irvin war drama written by Jim Carabatsos with Philip Glass score, dramatizes the May 1969 101st Airborne assaults on Hill 937, Dong Ap Bia, during Operation Apache Snow; released 28 August 1987, 110 minutes, rated R.
Hamburger Hochbahn
Hamburger Hochbahn AG, also known as HOCHBAHN, is Hamburg's principal public transport operator, founded in 1911 to run the city's first elevated and underground railway.
Hamburger Schule
The Hamburger Schule (Hamburg School) is a Hamburg-based movement of intellectual, German-language indie rock active from 1989 to 2000, whose core bands were Blumfeld, Tocotronic, and Die Sterne.
Hamburger SV
Hamburger SV (HSV), German football club from Hamburg founded 1887 (SC Germania), formed 1919. Six German titles, 1983 European Cup; Bundesliga founding member 1963, relegated 2018 after 55 years, promoted again 2025.