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Mungaru Male 2 (ಮುಂಗಾರು ಮಳೆ 2)

Mungaru Male 2 (ಮುಂಗಾರು ಮಳೆ 2) is a 2016 Kannada romantic film directed by Shashank, starring Ganesh as Preetham with Neha Shetty, music by Arjun Janya, released 10 September 2016 by EK Pictures.

Munger

Munger (मुंगेर), historically Monghyr, is a city on the Ganges in Bihar, India, known for its hilltop fort, gun making, and the Bihar School of Yoga.

Mungiki

Mungiki is a secretive, outlawed Kikuyu movement in Kenya, founded in the late 1980s as a religious revivalist group and later known for extortion and violence.

Mungo Jerry

Mungo Jerry, British pub-rock/skiffle band formed 1969 by Ray Dorset, famous for the 1970 seven-week UK No. 1 "In the Summertime" and "Baby Jump"; also a noted songwriter with three Ivor Novello Awards.

Mungo Martin

Mungo Martin, also known as Nakap'ankam, was a Kwakwaka'wakw carver and hereditary chief who worked as head carver at the Royal BC Museum's Thunderbird Park from 1952.

Mungo National Park

Mungo National Park, in the Willandra Lakes region of south-western NSW, is a 90,256-hectare World Heritage park, home of Mungo Lady and Mungo Man, jointly managed with three Aboriginal tribal groups.

Mungo Park (explorer)

Mungo Park (1771–1805/6), Scottish surgeon and African Association explorer, reached the Niger in 1796; his 1799 Travels became a bestseller; he drowned at Bussa on the 1805 government expedition.

Mungos

Mungos is a genus of two social African mongooses in Herpestidae: the banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) of sub-Saharan savannas and the Gambian mongoose (Mungos gambianus) of West Africa; both live cooperatively in packs and den in termite mounds.

Mungyeong crucifixion case

The Mungyeong crucifixion case (문경 십자가 사건): on May 1, 2011, 58-year-old former taxi driver Kim Jun-bong was found nailed to a cross with a crown of thorns in an abandoned quarry; South Korean authorities ruled it a self-planned suicide with no outside help.

Munha Seong

Munha Seong (문하성, 門下省), the Chancellery, reviewed royal edicts and deliberated policy in the Three Departments and Six Ministries system, adopted by Goryeo in 982.

Munhak Sasang

Munhak Sasang (문학사상, Literature and Thought) is a monthly Korean literary magazine founded in Seoul in 1972 by critic Lee O-young, best known for creating the Yi Sang Literary Award.

Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (문화방송)

Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC, 문화방송), South Korean public broadcaster founded 1961, controlled 70% by the Foundation for Broadcast Culture, advertising-funded, operating terrestrial TV, radio, and 16 regional stations nationwide.

Muni (film)

Muni (முனி) is a 2007 Tamil horror-comedy film written and directed by Raghava Lawrence, also starring Vedhika and Rajkiran; released 9 March 2007, it launched the Kanchana sequel franchise.

Muni He (何沐妮)

Muni He (何沐妮), nicknamed Lily, Chinese LPGA golfer born 1999 in Chengdu, raised in Vancouver and San Diego; turned pro 2017, 2018 Prasco Charity Championship winner, Q-Series medalist, engaged to F1 driver Alex Albon.

Muni Long

Muni Long, born Priscilla Renea Hamilton, is an American R&B singer-songwriter from Florida, formerly Priscilla Renea; her viral hit "Hrs and Hrs" won the 2023 Grammy for Best R&B Performance.

Munib R. Masri

Munib R. Masri, also known as Munib Al-Masri, is a Jordanian-Palestinian businessman born in Nablus in 1934 who founded and chairs the Edgo energy group in Amman.

Muniba Mazari

Muniba Mazari, the "Iron Lady of Pakistan," is a Pakistani artist, TV anchor, and motivational speaker paralyzed in a 2008 car crash; UN Women Pakistan's first Goodwill Ambassador and a UN SDG Advocate since 2025.

Munich

Munich (München), capital of Bavaria and Germany's third largest city, first recorded in 1158; 1,612,429 residents in 2025, 25 districts, Germany's most expensive city, lowest big-city unemployment, and 6.5 million Oktoberfest guests.

Munich – The Edge of War

Munich – The Edge of War is a 2021 Netflix historical drama directed by Christian Schwochow, adapted by Ben Power from Robert Harris's 2017 novel Munich. It follows two fictional Oxford friends, British and German diplomats, at the September 1938 Munich Conference, starring George MacKay, Jeremy Irons, and Jannis Niewöhner.

Munich (2005 film)

Munich (2005), Steven Spielberg historical thriller, also known as München, dramatizes the Mossad retaliation squad hunting those behind the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre; based on George Jonas's Vengeance, five Oscar nominations, $47.4M US gross.

Munich Agreement

Munich Agreement (Münchener Abkommen), Munich Pact: settlement signed 29 September 1938 by Germany, Britain, France, and Italy ceding Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland to Germany; broken by Hitler's occupation of Czechoslovakia on 15 March 1939.

Munich air disaster

The Munich air disaster was the February 1958 crash of a Manchester United charter flight on take-off at Munich-Riem Airport in West Germany, killing 23 people, including eight players.

Munich Airport

Munich Airport, formally Franz Josef Strauss Airport (Flughafen München-Franz-Josef-Strauß), is the international airport of Munich, Bavaria, opened in 1992 northeast of the city and now Germany's second-largest airport and a Lufthansa hub.

Munich Chronotype Questionnaire

The Munich Chronotype Questionnaire (MCTQ) is a self-report questionnaire measuring chronotype from sleep timing on workdays and free days, introduced by Till Roenneberg and colleagues in 2003.

Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence

The Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) is a robotics and AI research center of the Technical University of Munich, founded in 2017 and led by Sami Haddadin.

Munich massacre

Munich massacre: Black September attack on the Israeli Olympic team at the 1972 Munich Games, September 5-6, 1972; eleven Israelis, one policeman, and five attackers died after a failed rescue at Fürstenfeldbruck.

Munich Re

Munich Re (Münchener Rück) is a German reinsurance group founded in Munich in 1880, one of the world's largest reinsurers, which also writes primary insurance through its ERGO subsidiary.

Munich Security Conference

Munich Security Conference (MSC, Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz), annual international security policy forum in Munich since 1963, founded by Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist; no communiqué, Munich Rule, 62nd edition 2026 themed Under Destruction.

Municipal bond

A municipal bond, or muni, is a debt security issued by US state and local governments to finance public projects, with interest generally exempt from federal tax.

Municipal corporation

Municipal corporation: either the incorporated governing body of a city (India, historic England) or a municipally owned company (MOC) delivering public services with legal autonomy and hybrid public-commercial governance.