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Moshoeshoe II

Moshoeshoe II, born Constantine Bereng Seeiso, was King of Lesotho from independence in 1966 until his death in 1996, with his reign interrupted from 1970 and again from 1990 to 1995.

Sep 24, 2026

Moshoeshoe's letters and appeals for British protection

Moshoeshoe's letters and appeals for British protection were written requests by Moshoeshoe, king of the Basotho, asking Cape governors and Queen Victoria to shield his kingdom from Boer encroachment.

Moshood Abiola

Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola (1937-1998), Nigerian Yoruba businessman, publisher, and politician of the Egba clan; presumed winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, imprisoned 1994-1998, died in detention, later honored with GCFR and Democracy Day.

MoSi2N4

MoSi2N4 is a two-dimensional layered semiconductor first synthesized in 2020 via silicon passivation during CVD growth, launching the MA2Z4 family of over a hundred predicted materials.

Mosin–Nagant (Винтовка Мосина)

The Mosin–Nagant (Винтовка Мосина) is a five-shot, bolt-action military rifle adopted by Imperial Russia in 1891, serving as the standard Russian and Soviet rifle through World War II.

Mosjoen LNG Terminal

Mosjoen LNG Terminal is a small onshore LNG import terminal at Mosjøen in northern Norway, operating since 2007, owned by Gasnor and supplying the adjacent Alcoa aluminum works.

Oct 21, 2026

Moska

Moska, Finnish hidden-information shedding card game related to Durak, played with a 52-card deck by 4-6 players; last player holding cards loses. Variants include Turamoska; MCTS AI agents exist.

Moskau (song)

Moskau: 1979 German-language Eurodisco hit by Dschinghis Khan, written by Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger; German #3, weeks at #1 in Australia as 1980 Moscow Olympics TV theme; English version "Moscow".

Moskovsky Telegraf

Moskovsky Telegraf (Московский телеграф, "The Moscow Telegraph") was a Russian literary and scientific journal published twice a month in Moscow by Nikolai Polevoy from 1825 to 1834.

Moskovsky Vestnik

Moskovsky Vestnik (Московский вестник, "Moscow Herald") was a Russian literary and philosophical journal published in Moscow from 1827 to 1830, publishing many works by Alexander Pushkin.

Moskovtsev Oil Field

The Moskovtsev Oil Field is an onshore oil field in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of western Siberia, Russia, near Pyt-Yakh, discovered in 2009 and in commercial development since 2016.

Moskstraumen

Moskstraumen, also called Moskenesstraumen, is a strong tidal current and maelstrom in the Lofoten archipelago of Nordland, Norway, running between Lofotodden and the island Mosken; it inspired Poe's "A Descent into the Maelström".

Moskvitch (car)

Moskvitch (Москвич) is a Soviet and Russian car marque built in Moscow from 1946 to 2001, best known for the Moskvich-400 and rally-exported 412, and revived in 2022.

Moskvityanin

Moskvityanin (Москвитянин, "The Muscovite") was a Russian scholarly-literary journal published in Moscow by the historian Mikhail Pogodin from 1841 to 1856, known for defending Russian originality against the Westernizing press.

Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd

Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd ([2008] EWHC 1777 (QB)) is Max Mosley's 2008 privacy victory over the News of the World over its 'Nazi orgy' story, plus the 2011 ECtHR ruling Mosley v UK rejecting a pre-notification duty.

Oct 21, 2026

Mosphiloudia

Mosphiloudia (Μοσφιλοϋδια), ancient Cypriot place at Barrington Atlas 72 D3, southwest of Xylofagou, Larnaca district; Hellenistic-Roman site known for its ancient quarry with unfinished abandoned statues (Karageorghis 1969).

Mosque

A mosque, from the Arabic masjid meaning "place of prostration", is a Muslim place of worship; the first was the Prophet Muhammad's house in Medina.

Sep 23, 2026

Mosque of Ibn Tulun

The Mosque of Ibn Tulun (جامع ابن طولون) is a mosque in Cairo built by Ahmad ibn Tulun between 876 and 879, known for its spiral minaret.

Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba

The Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba (Mezquita-Catedral), begun in 786 as the Umayyad Great Mosque and converted to a cathedral in 1236, is a UNESCO World Heritage hypostyle monument with double horseshoe arches and a Byzantine-mosaic mihrab.

Mosquito

A mosquito is a small fly of the family Culicidae whose females take blood meals and transmit diseases that kill about 700,000 people a year.

Mosquito Aviation XE

The Mosquito Aviation XE, commonly known as the Mosquito XE, is a single-seat amateur-built ultralight helicopter produced by Composite-FX in Trenton, Florida, with piston or turbine engines.

Mosquito Coast

Mosquito Coast (Mosquitia, Miskito Coast): Caribbean coast region of eastern Nicaragua and northeast Honduras, homeland of the Miskito Kingdom under British protection, governed by the 1860 Treaty of Managua, absorbed by Nicaragua in 1894, and divided by the ICJ in 1960.

Mosquito coil

Mosquito coil, a spiral mosquito-repellent incense invented in Japan in 1895 by Eiichiro and Yuki Ueyama; burns pyrethrin smoke for hours, emits PM2.5 equal to 75-137 cigarettes, and lacks proven malaria protection.

Mosquito control

Mosquito control reduces mosquito populations and biting to limit malaria, dengue, Zika, and West Nile transmission. Also called integrated vector management (IVM), it combines source reduction, larvicides, IRS, Wolbachia releases, and resistance monitoring.

Mosquito Fire

The Mosquito Fire was a 2022 wildfire in Placer and El Dorado counties, California, that burned 76,788 acres and became the state's largest wildfire of 2022.