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Jizi's migration to Gojoseon
Jizi's migration to Gojoseon (기자의 조선 입국) is the traditional account that the Shang minister Jizi fled to Korea and civilized its people, now largely rejected by historians.
Jizya (جِزْيَة)
Jizya, also spelled Jiziah or Jaziya, is the poll tax that Islamic law levied on non-Muslim subjects under Muslim rule, in return for protection; it was abolished in the Ottoman Empire in the 1850s.
Jizya under the Delhi Sultanate
Jizya (جزیہ) was a poll tax on non-Muslim adult males under Islamic rule, levied intermittently in India; Firuz Shah Tughlaq extended it to Brahmans, whom earlier rulers had exempted.
Jizz
Jizz, also called GISS (General Impression of Size and Shape), is the birdwatching term for a bird's overall impression of size, shape, behavior, and habitat; coined by T. A. Coward in 1921, not derived from WWII aircraft recognition.
Jizz in My Pants
Jizz in My Pants: 2008 comedy song by The Lonely Island (Samberg, Taccone, Schaffer), premiered as an SNL Digital Short on December 6, 2008; first single from Incredibad, with Timberlake, Sims, and Sigler cameos.
Jizzakh Region
Jizzakh Region (Jizzax viloyati) is an administrative region of Uzbekistan, established 29 December 1973, capital Jizzakh city; area 21,200 km², population about 1.57 million, borders Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, industrial and tourism growth region.
Jizzakh Uprising of 1916
The Jizzakh Uprising of 1916 (Джизакское восстание 1916) was an armed revolt by the local Muslim population against Russian imperial labor conscription in Jizzakh uyezd, Turkestan, crushed within about two weeks.
Jizzax
Jizzax (Жиззах, Jizzakh) is a city in central Uzbekistan, capital of Jizzakh Region, on the Sangzar river between Tashkent and Samarkand; population about 188,000, ancient Ustrushana caravan city, regional industrial and transport hub.
Jizzle James
Jizzle James (Edgerrin James Jr.), son of NFL Hall of Famer Edgerrin James, is a college basketball guard from Orlando who played for Cincinnati, led the Bearcats in scoring in 2024-25, and later transferred to Charlotte.
JJ (singer)
JJ, stage name of Austrian-Filipino singer Johannes Pietsch (born 2001, Vienna; raised in Dubai), is a countertenor-sopranoist who won Eurovision 2025 for Austria with "Wasted Love" (436 points) and released the EP Into the Unknown in 2026.
JJ Buchanan
JJ Buchanan is an American college football wide receiver for the Michigan Wolverines, formerly a Utah Utes tight end (2025: 26 catches, 427 yards, 5 TDs). Coronado HS, Henderson, Nevada; four-star recruit who followed Kyle Whittingham to Michigan.
JJ Cale
JJ Cale, born John Weldon Cale (1938–2013), was an American singer-songwriter from Tulsa, Oklahoma, who created the Tulsa Sound and wrote hits for Eric Clapton.
JJ Chalmers
John-James 'JJ' Chalmers (born 1987) is a Scottish TV presenter and former Royal Marine wounded in a 2011 Afghanistan IED blast, an Invictus Games gold medallist, Help for Heroes patron, Strictly 2020 contestant, and first disabled presenter across both the Olympics and Paralympics.
JJ Crawford
JJ Crawford, born 2010 and also named Jayen Crawford, is a high school basketball guard at Rainier Beach in Seattle, ranked the No. 1 player in the 2029 class.
JJ Feild
JJ Feild (John Joseph Feild), British-American actor born 1978 in Boulder, Colorado, raised in London; known for Northanger Abbey, Captain America: The First Avenger, Austenland, Turn: Washington's Spies, and The Peripheral.
JJ Lin
JJ Lin (林俊傑, Wayne Lim, born 1981, Singapore) is a Mandopop singer-songwriter whose 2003 debut 樂行者 led to Golden Melody Best New Artist and Best Composer wins, 15 studio albums, hits like 江南 and 曹操, plus fashion, esports, racing and coffee ventures.
JJ Niemann
JJ Niemann is an American Broadway actor and TikTok creator, a Book of Mormon swing, original Back to the Future ensemble member and Marty McFly cover, Hamilton's Charles Lee, and the 'King of Theatre TikTok' with over 2.1 million followers.
JJ Redick
JJ Redick (born 1984) is the Los Angeles Lakers head coach, hired June 2024 with no prior coaching experience; former Duke scoring great and 15-year NBA sharpshooter.
Jjamppong (짬뽕)
Jjamppong (짬뽕, also jjambbong) is a spicy seafood noodle soup of Korean-Chinese cuisine, borrowed from Japanese champon and adapted from Chinese chaomamian, made with pork, seafood, vegetables, chili oil, and chicken or pork bone broth.
JJY
JJY is the call sign of Japan's standard time and frequency radio signal, operated by NICT since 1940 and best known for setting radio-controlled clocks and watches.
JK (Punjabi singer)
JK, born Jatinder Kumar Bhutta, is a British Bhangra and Punjabi-pop singer from Derby, England, active since 2008 and known for the number-one singles 'Challeh Mundhia' and 'Jija Saali'.
JK (Zambian singer)
JK is the stage name of Jordan Katembula, a Zambian singer and producer born in 1978 in Ndola, known as a pioneer of the Zed Beats pop sound.
JK business
JK business (JKビジネス), from joshi kosei (high school girls), is Japan's umbrella term for schoolgirl services like osanpo walks, JK cafes, and massages that often mask sexual exploitation of minors, regulated by prefectural ordinances.
JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai
JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai (ஜேகே எனும் நண்பனின் வாழ்க்கை), a 2015 Tamil romantic drama by Cheran starring Sharwanand and Nithya Menen, first film on his C2H direct-to-DVD platform, later on Prime Video in 2026.
JK-1
JK-1 (CVCL_2079, DSMZ ACC 347) is a human chronic myeloid leukemia cell line established in 1987 from a shoulder-tumor biopsy in erythroid blast crisis; BCR-ABL1 b2a2-positive, it spontaneously differentiates to hemoglobin-producing red cells.
JL Gaspar (제이엘)
JL Gaspar (제이엘), Jay Lawrence Gaspar, born 2004 in Muntinlupa, is a Filipino idol who debuted with P-pop group PLUUS in 2023, won SBS's Universe League with 3,168,841 votes, and debuted in K-pop group AHOF in 2025.
JL-1
JL-1, formally Jilin-1 (吉林一号), is a Chinese high-resolution optical Earth-observation satellite launched in 2015, the first of a commercial constellation operated by Chang Guang Satellite Technology.
JL-1 (惊雷-1) (air-launched ballistic missile)
The JL-1 (惊雷-1, JingLei-1), known to US intelligence as CH-AS-X-13, is China's nuclear-capable air-launched ballistic missile, carried by the Xian H-6N bomber and unveiled in September 2025.
JL-2
The JL-2 (Ju Lang-2, CSS-N-14) is a Chinese three-stage, solid-propellant submarine-launched ballistic missile carried on Jin-class nuclear submarines, developed alongside the DF-31 and likely entering service in 2015 with a range near 8,000 km.
JL50
JL50 (JL 50) is a 2020 Hindi sci-fi thriller miniseries on SonyLIV, created by Shailender Vyas, starring Abhay Deol, Pankaj Kapur, Ritika Anand, and Piyush Mishra, about a flight missing since 1984 that crashes in 2019.