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Hamoud bin Mohammed
Hamoud bin Mohammed (حمود بن محمد) was Sultan of Zanzibar, installed by the British after the 1896 Anglo-Zanzibar War, and issued the 1897 Abolition Decree ending slavery.
Hamoukar
Hamoukar, also called Tell Hamoukar, is a large ancient settlement mound in northeastern Syria near the Iraqi border, known for early urban development and evidence of organized warfare around 3500 BC.
Hamoun (هامون)
Hamoun (هامون, Hāmūn) is a 1990 Persian-language Iranian drama by Dariush Mehrjui about intellectual Hamid Hamoun, whose wife Mahshid demands divorce; loosely based on Bellow's Herzog, it won six Crystal Simorghs at the 8th Fajr Film Festival and was voted best Iranian film ever in 1997.
Hamoun Biosphere Reserve
Hamoun Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO biosphere reserve in Sistan and Baluchestan province, southeast Iran, designated in 2016 to protect the transboundary Hamoun wetlands shared with Afghanistan.
HAMP domain
HAMP domain: ~50-residue prokaryotic signal relay module (histidine kinases, adenylyl cyclases, methyl-accepting proteins, phosphatases), a parallel four-helix coiled coil with AS1/AS2 helices; signaling via gearbox rotation or dynamic bundle models, distinct from other helical linker domains.
Hampden County
Hampden County, Massachusetts: western Massachusetts county formed from Hampshire County in 1812, seat Springfield; 23 cities and towns, 465,825 residents (2020), county government abolished 1997-2000, sheriff and registry of deeds remain.
Hampden Park
Hampden Park, Scotland's national football stadium in Mount Florida, Glasgow; opened 1903, capacity 51,866, owned by the Scottish FA since 2020; world's largest stadium until 1950.
Hampden–Sydney College
Hampden–Sydney College is a private men-only liberal arts college in Hampden-Sydney, Virginia, founded 1775, tenth oldest US college, with the South's oldest 1783 private charter and a Rhetoric Program core requirement.
Hampi (ಹಂಪೆ)
Hampi (ಹಂಪೆ) is a village and archaeological site in central Karnataka, India, containing the ruins of Vijayanagara, the Vijayanagara Empire's capital, looted and abandoned after 1565.
Hampshire
Hampshire, a county in South East England, runs two-tier local government under Hampshire County Council plus 11 districts, with Southampton and Portsmouth as unitaries; a 2026 five-unitary reorganisation was withdrawn for review in September 2026.
Hampshire College
Hampshire College, a private experimental liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, founded in 1965 and a Five College Consortium member, closed after the fall 2026 semester following enrollment decline and debt.
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club, founded 1863, is a first-class English county club based at the Utilita Bowl, Southampton. Two-time County Champions (1961, 1973), 2022 Blast winners, and since 2024 being acquired by GMR, part-owner of Delhi Capitals.
Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Hampshire County, Massachusetts: western Massachusetts county incorporated May 7, 1662, county government abolished January 1, 1999; 162,308 residents (2020), home to Amherst and the Five Colleges in the Pioneer Valley.
Hampsicora
Hampsicora, also printed Ampsicora, was a Sardo-Punic landowner of Cornus in Sardinia who led the island's revolt against Roman rule in 215 BC during the Second Punic War.
Hampstead
Hampstead is a historic village district in Camden, North London, on the highest ground in the city beside Hampstead Heath. Known for its 986 charter, Georgian streets, conservation area, and £1.7m median house prices.
Hampstead (film)
Hampstead is a 2017 romantic comedy-drama starring Diane Keaton and Brendan Gleeson, inspired by the true story of a man who won ownership of his Hampstead Heath shack.
Hampstead Heath
Hampstead Heath is a historic north London open space of heathland, woodland and 26 ponds, managed by the City of London Corporation as a charity, saved for the public by the 1871 Hampstead Heath Act, with Kenwood House and three bathing ponds.
Hampstead hoax
The Hampstead hoax, also called the Hampstead satanic ritual abuse case, was a 2014 fabricated allegation that about 175 Hampstead people ran a satanic paedophile ring; children recanted, a 2015 High Court judgment found the claims fabricated, and the conspiracy spread online.
Hampster Dance
Hampster Dance (Hampsterdance.com): 1998 GeoCities page by Canadian art student Deidre LaCarte with 392 dancing hamster GIFs and a sped-up 'Whistle Stop' loop; one of the earliest viral websites and internet memes.
Hampton Carson
Hampton Lawrence Carson (1914–2004) was an American population geneticist who led the Hawaiian Drosophila project, showing that about 1,000 fly species evolved on the islands through founder events.
Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in southwest London, begun in 1514 for Cardinal Wolsey and rebuilt for Henry VIII and later William III.
Hampton Fancher
Hampton Fancher, American screenwriter, actor, and director, principal writer of Blade Runner (1982) with David Peoples and co-writer of Blade Runner 2049 with Michael Green; also wrote and directed The Minus Man.
Hampton Fluker
Hampton Fluker is an American actor known for Marcus Tufo on NBC's Shades of Blue and George Deever in the 2019 Broadway revival of All My Sons.
Hampton Oil Field
The Hampton Oil Field is an operating onshore oil and gas field in St. Philip, southern Barbados, one of the producing areas of the Woodbourne Development Area worked by the Barbados National Oil Company.
Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads, Virginia: roadstead where the James, Nansemond, and Elizabeth rivers meet Chesapeake Bay; major port, US Navy hub, site of the first ironclad battle, and a region highly exposed to sea level rise.
Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel
The Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel (HRBT), also called the Hampton Roads Tunnel, is a 3.5-mile bridge-tunnel crossing Hampton Roads harbor in Virginia on Interstate 64, opened in 1957.
Hampton Roads Sanitation District
The Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) is a regional wastewater utility of Virginia, created by referendum in 1940 and serving 1.9 million people across 20 cities and counties.
Hampton University
Hampton University, formerly Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute and Hampton Institute, is a private HBCU in Hampton, Virginia, founded in 1868 by Samuel Armstrong; it ran a Native American education program from 1878 to 1923 and is now a Carnegie R2 research university.
Hampton, London
Hampton, London: a suburban district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames on the Thames, recorded in Domesday Book 1086, adjoining Hampton Court Palace and Bushy Park, home to Garrick's Villa.
Hampton, Virginia
Hampton, Virginia: independent city founded 1610 on Kecoughtan, oldest English-speaking settlement in America; site of 1619 African arrival, Fort Monroe's Contraband Decision, and NASA Langley; 137,148 residents.