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Hymn
Hymn: a religious song of praise to God, from Greek hymnos; central to Christian worship since antiquity, studied as hymnology, and linked to national anthems and traditions like Sacred Harp shape-note singing.
Hymn for the Weekend
Hymn for the Weekend is a 2015 Coldplay song featuring Beyoncé from A Head Full of Dreams, released as a single in January 2016 with a Mumbai-set Ben Mor video that sparked a major cultural appropriation debate.
Hymn of the Pearl
The Hymn of the Pearl, also called the Hymn of the Soul, is a 105-verse Gnostic poem about the soul's origin and salvation, embedded in the Acts of Thomas.
Hymn to Enlil
The Hymn to Enlil, also known as Enlil A or Hymn to the E-kur, is a Sumerian hymn praising the god Enlil and his temple, the E-kur at Nippur in Iraq.
Hymn to Gula (Bullussa-rabi)
Bullussa-rabi's Hymn to Gula is a 200-verse Akkadian hymn praising the healing goddess Gula, attributed to the Babylonian exorcist Bullussa-rabi and probably composed in the Middle Babylonian period.
Hymn to Liberty (μνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν)
Hymn to Liberty (Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν), also Hymn to Freedom, is Dionysios Solomos's 158-stanza 1823 poem; its first two stanzas, set by Nikolaos Mantzaros, are Greece's and Cyprus's national anthem.
Hymn to the Nile
The Hymn to the Nile, also called the Hymn to Hapy, is an ancient Egyptian hymn to the annual Nile flood, personified as the god Hapy.
Hymn to Zeus
Hymn to Zeus is the title shared by two Hellenistic Greek poems: a 39-line hymn by the Stoic Cleanthes of Assos and a longer courtly hymn by Callimachus.
Hymns (Bloc Party album)
Hymns is the fifth studio album by English indie rock band Bloc Party, released in January 2016 and recorded by Kele Okereke, Russell Lissack, and session drummer Alex Thomas.
Hymns in Dissonance
Hymns in Dissonance is the ninth studio album by Knoxville deathcore band Whitechapel, released March 7, 2025 on Metal Blade Records. A concept album about a cult and the seven deadly sins, it is a thematic successor to This Is Exile.
Hymns of Callimachus
The Hymns of Callimachus are a group of six surviving Greek hymns by the poet Callimachus of Cyrene, working in Alexandria in the third century BC.
Hymns to the Night
Hymns to the Night (Hymnen an die Nacht) is a cycle of six hymns by the German poet Novalis, first published in 1800 and written after the death of his fiancée.
Hynčice (Vražné)
Hynčice (Heinzendorf), a village part of Vražné in Nový Jičín District, Czech Republic, is the birthplace of Gregor Mendel, born 20 July 1822; his birth house at Hynčice 69 is now a museum.
Hynden Walch
Hynden Walch (born 1971, Davenport, Iowa) is an American voice actress and former Broadway performer known as Starfire in Teen Titans, Princess Bubblegum in Adventure Time, and Harley Quinn, plus roles in ChalkZone, Gurren Lagann, and games.
Hyndla Regio
Hyndla Regio is a 2,300-km-wide regio on Venus centered at 22.5N, 294.5E, named for a Norse wood giantess and adopted by the IAU in 1991; it is cataloged in the USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
Hynek I Suchý Čert of Kunštát and Jevišovice
Hynek I Suchý Čert (Dry Devil) of Kunštát and Jevišovice, Moravian noble (1360s–1408), robber knight and captain of Znojmo, famed for defending the city against Sigismund in 1404; later a Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 character.
Hynek Wichterle
Hynek Wichterle is a molecular biologist and stem-cell neuroscientist at Columbia University known for directing embryonic stem cells to become motor neurons and modeling ALS.
HyNet (North West England)
HyNet North West is an industrial decarbonisation project in North West England and North Wales that captures and stores industrial CO2 and produces low carbon hydrogen, selected in 2021 as a UK CCUS cluster.
Hynobius
Hynobius, Asian salamanders, is a genus of 72 small salamander species in the family Hynobiidae, native to Japan, Korea, China, and Tajikistan, with external fertilization and paired egg sacs.
Hyo Jae Yoon
Hyo Jae Yoon (윤효재) is a South Korean chemist and professor at Korea University in Seoul, known for a 2010 Science paper on supramolecular catalysts and for molecular thermoelectricity.
Hyo‐Soo Kim
Hyo-Soo Kim (김효수) is a South Korean cardiologist, professor of internal medicine at Seoul National University, known for large randomised trials of antiplatelet therapy after coronary stenting and cardiovascular stem cell research.
Hyodol
Hyodol (효돌) is a doll-shaped socially assistive robot for older adults made by South Korean company Hyodol Co., Ltd., providing companionship, reminders, and caregiver alerts.
Hyōgo opening issue
The Hyōgo opening issue (兵庫開港問題) was the prolonged dispute over opening the port of Hyōgo to foreign trade under the 1858 Ansei treaties; it finally opened January 1, 1868.
Hyogo prefectural flower center
Hyogo Prefectural Flower Center (兵庫県立フラワーセンター) is a 46-hectare prefectural botanical garden in Kasai, Hyogo, Japan, opened 1976, with about 4,500 flower kinds and leading carnivorous plant and Streptocarpus National Collections.
Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県)
Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県), capital Kobe, is a Japanese prefecture near Honshu's center facing the Sea of Japan and Seto Inland Sea. Five former provinces, 8,400.95 km², 12th largest; site of the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.
Hyoid bone
Hyoid bone: free-floating U-shaped neck bone of body, greater horns, and lesser horns, anchoring tongue and swallowing muscles; fractures of the greater horns indicate neck violence, and shape varies widely between individuals.
Hyojong of Joseon
Hyojong of Joseon (효종, 1619–1659) was the 17th king of Joseon, reigning from 1649 to 1659, known for planning a northern expedition against the Qing.
Hyojong's Northern Expedition Plan
Hyojong's Northern Expedition Plan (북벌론, Bukbeollon) was a Joseon policy under King Hyojong, proclaimed in 1649, advocating an attack on Qing China; it was never executed.
Hyōjōsho
The Hyōjōsho (評定所) was the Edo shogunate's deliberative judicial council, established in 1635, whose core members were the three bugyō commissioners and which compiled the Kujikata Osadamegaki of 1742.
Hyōjōshū
The Hyōjōshū (評定衆) was the highest deliberative and judicial council of the Kamakura shogunate, established in 1225 by shikken Hōjō Yasutoki, which deliberated the Goseibai Shikimoku of 1232.