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Îles du Vent
Îles du Vent (Windward Islands) is the eastern group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia: Tahiti, Moorea, Maiao, Mehetia, and Tetiaroa. Its State administrative subdivision, chef-lieu Papeete, has 13 communes and 209,980 inhabitants (2022), about 75% of French Polynesia's population. The name also denotes the Caribbean Windward Islands.
Iles et Mer d'Iroise Biosphere Reserve
The Iles et Mer d'Iroise Biosphere Reserve (Réserve de biosphère des îles et de la mer d'Iroise) is a UNESCO biosphere reserve off Brittany, France, designated in 1988.
Iles Tristao
Iles Tristao (Îles Tristao), Ramsar site 572, is an 85,000-hectare Kogon River delta mangrove and estuarine wetland in northern Guinea near Guinea-Bissau, designated 18 November 1992, a 2013 managed nature reserve with fishing villages, sea turtles, and manatees.
Ilesa
Ilesa (Ilesha, Iléṣà), city in Osun State, Nigeria, capital of the Ijesa kingdom, founded c.1500, ruled by the Owa Obokun; agricultural and commercial hub with gold deposits, about 325,000 people.
Ilesanmi Adesida
Ilesanmi Adesida, born in Nigeria in 1949, is an electrical engineer known for nanometer-scale semiconductor fabrication who served as Dean of Engineering and Provost at the University of Illinois.
Ileum
The ileum is the final and longest segment of the small intestine, about 3 meters long, ending at the ileocecal valve and absorbing vitamin B12 and bile salts.
Ileus
Paralytic ileus, also called adynamic or functional ileus, is temporary non-mechanical paralysis of intestinal peristalsis, most often after abdominal surgery; other causes include opioids, hypokalemia, and peritonitis. Treated supportively with bowel rest, IV fluids, and nasogastric suction.
Ilex
Ilex, the hollies, is the sole genus of the flowering plant family Aquifoliaceae, with about 730 dioecious, mostly evergreen tree and shrub species, including yerba mate.
Ilex aquifolium
Ilex aquifolium, common or English holly (欧洲冬青), an evergreen dioecious Aquifoliaceae tree native to Europe, NW Africa and W Asia; spiny leaves, red drupes, IUCN Least Concern, invasive in Pacific Northwest, New Zealand, SE Australia.
Ilf and Petrov
Ilf and Petrov (Ильф и Петров), Soviet satirical duo Ilya Ilf (Fainzilberg, 1897–1937) and Evgeny Petrov (Kataev, 1903–1942), authors of The Twelve Chairs and The Golden Calf featuring Ostap Bender.
ILF3
ILF3 (interleukin enhancer binding factor 3), also called NF90/NF110, NFAR, DRBP76, is a human chromosome 19p13.2 gene encoding dsRNA-binding proteins that regulate splicing, translation, miRNA and circular RNA biogenesis, and antiviral interferon responses.
Ilford
Ilford is a town in east London and the main urban center of the London Borough of Redbridge, on the River Roding about 9 miles from central London.
Ilfov County
Ilfov County (Județul Ilfov) is Romania's smallest county, 1,593 km², encircling Bucharest, its seat. 8 towns, 32 communes; abolished 1981, restored 1996-1997; highest Romanian human development index.
ILGA-Europe
ILGA-Europe: Brussels-based LGBTI umbrella NGO of 700+ organisations in 54 countries, region of ILGA since 1996; publishes the annual Rainbow Map ranking 49 countries on LGBTI laws and policies.
Ilgar Mamedov
Ilgar Mamedov (Ильгар Яшар-оглы Мамедов, İlqar Yaşar oğlu Məmmədov), born 1965 in Baku, is a Russian foil fencer, two-time Olympic team gold medalist (Seoul 1988, Atlanta 1996), 1989 world champion, and later head coach of Russia's national fencing team and president of the Russian Fencing Federation.
Ilghazi
Najm al-Din Ilghazi (إلغازي) was a Turkoman Artuqid ruler who governed Mardin and Aleppo and annihilated Antioch's army at the Field of Blood in 1119.
Ilgynly-Depe
Ilgynly-Depe is a Chalcolithic settlement mound in the Kopet Dagh piedmont of southern Turkmenistan, occupied from around 4800 BCE, known for painted sanctuaries, over 500 figurines, and copper metallurgy.
Ilha Caviana de Fora
Ilha Caviana de Fora (Ilha Caviana, Caviana Meridional), a low alluvial island in Pará, Brazil, in the Marajó archipelago at the Amazon mouth; former Aruã stronghold, split by a pororoca canal, now an APA with ribeirinho communities.
Ilha da Queimada Grande
Ilha da Queimada Grande (Snake Island, Ilha das Cobras), Brazilian Atlantic island off São Paulo, 35 km from Itanhaém coast, protected ARIE since 1985, home to 15,000+ endemic golden lanceheads (Bothrops insularis), uninhabited since 1918.
Ilha de Jacó
Ilha de Jacó (Jaco Island) is Timor-Leste's sacred, uninhabited easternmost island, 11-12 km², within Nino Konis Santana National Park and the Coral Triangle, reached by boat from Valu beach.
Ilha de Santiago
Ilha de Santiago (Santiago Island), largest island of Cape Verde at 991 km², home to Praia, the capital, and over half the national population; first settled in 1462, with UNESCO-listed Cidade Velha.
Ilha de São Tomé Biosphere Reserve
Ilha de São Tomé Biosphere Reserve, UNESCO MAB site designated September 2025 covering São Tomé Island, Gulf of Guinea; with Príncipe it made São Tomé and Príncipe the first whole-country biosphere reserve, 161,373 ha, Obô Natural Park core.
Ilha do Mel
Ilha do Mel (Honey Island) is a car-free, protected island in Baía de Paranaguá, Paraná, Brazil, with 2,710 hectares, the 1767 Fortaleza, 1872 Farol das Conchas, villages Encantadas and Nova Brasília, and a 5,000-visitor daily cap.
Ilha Grande de Gurupá
Ilha Grande de Gurupá (Curupa Island, Gurupa Island) is a 4,000 km² river island in the Amazon delta, Pará, Brazil, west of Marajó near the Amazon-Xingu confluence; second largest delta island, site of the 1623 Forte de Santo Antônio de Gurupá.
Ilha Grande National Park
Ilha Grande National Park (Parque Nacional de Ilha Grande), a Brazilian federal park created 30 September 1997 on the Paraná River between Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul, covering 78,875 ha and more than 180 river islands; Ramsar site no. 2316.
Ilha Janaucu
Ilha Janaucu (Janaucú, Ilha; also São Sebastião de Viçosa) is a 1-m-high island in Pará, Brazil, in the Amazon mouth. The Barra Norte entrance to the Port of Santana lies between it and Ilha de Curuá.
Ilha Mexiana
Ilha Mexiana (Mexiana Island), a 1,534 km² coastal island in Pará, Brazil, in the Marajó archipelago at the Amazon's mouth; the Equator crosses it; known for the 1901 Goeldi expedition and caiman hunting.
Ilha Solteira hydroelectric plant
Ilha Solteira hydroelectric plant (Usina Hidrelétrica Ilha Solteira) is a Brazilian plant on the Paraná River with 3,444 MW from 20 Francis turbines, operating since 1973.
Ilham Aliyev
Ilham Aliyev, president of Azerbaijan since 2003, succeeded his father Heydar Aliyev in a dynastic succession; re-elected in disputed votes, he rules an authoritarian petrostate and signed a 2025 US-brokered peace deal with Armenia.
İlhan Berk
İlhan Berk (1918–2008), born Emrullah İlhan Birsen in Manisa, was a leading Turkish poet of the İkinci Yeni (Second New) movement, known for experimental, prose, and object-centered poetry.