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Myroslav Biletskyi
Myroslav Biletskyi (Ukrainian: Мирослав Білецький), born 1976, is a Ukrainian politician appointed by President Zelensky in November 2024 as head of the Zakarpattia Oblast State Administration.
Myrrh
Myrrh (mo yao 沒藥) is the aromatic gum-resin of Commiphora myrrha/molmol trees of Arabia and the Horn of Africa, traded since antiquity as perfume, incense, embalming agent, and medicine, now CITES-listed and EU-monographed.
MYRRHA
MYRRHA (Multi-purpose hYbrid Research Reactor for High-tech Applications) is a nuclear research facility under development by SCK CEN at Mol, Belgium, where a proton accelerator drives a subcritical, lead-bismuth-cooled reactor.
Myrsine
Myrsine (colicwood; Rapanea) is a pantropical genus of about 200-300 species of dioecious shrubs and trees in Primulaceae, formerly Myrsinaceae, with small punctate flowers, drupaceous fruits, and medicinal species such as M. africana.
Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae, the myrtle family (myrtle family, Myrtaceae Juss.), is a pantropical family of aromatic woody plants with about 140 genera and 5,500 species, including Eucalyptus, Syzygium, Eugenia, Psidium (guava) and Melaleuca, recognized by pellucid-dotted leaves and many stamens.
Myrtales
Myrtales (Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl, 1820), also called Epilobiales, is an order of eudicot flowering plants in the malvids with nine families, about 13,000 species, a Gondwanan origin, and major families Myrtaceae and Melastomataceae.
Myrtillocactus geometrizans
Myrtillocactus geometrizans, commonly called garambullo or blue myrtle cactus, is a candelabra-shaped cactus native to Mexico, grown for its edible dark-purple fruit and as a grafting stock.
Myrtis
Myrtis is a monotypic hummingbird genus (Reichenbach, 1854) in Trochilidae, containing the Purple-collared Woodstar Myrtis fanny of Ecuador and Peru's dry Andean scrub, 7.5–8 cm, IUCN Least Concern.
Myrtle Aydelotte
Myrtle Aydelotte, known as Myrtle K. Aydelotte, was an American nurse-researcher who was founding dean of the University of Iowa College of Nursing and led the American Nurses' Association.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: resort city in Horry County on the Grand Strand, incorporated 1938, city 1957, named for wax myrtle trees; 40,937 residents (2025 est.) and a $26 billion tourism economy.
Myrtle Cook
Myrtle Cook was a Canadian sprinter who won gold in the 4 × 100 meters relay at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics and later promoted women's sport as a journalist.
Myrtle Corbin
Myrtle Corbin (Josephine Myrtle Corbin, 1868–1928) was an American sideshow performer, the "Four-Legged Girl," born with dipygus giving her two pelves and four legs; she toured with Barnum & Bailey, married James Clinton Bicknell, and died in Cleburne, Texas.
Myrtle Solar
Myrtle Solar is a utility-scale solar power plant with co-located battery storage in Brazoria County, Texas, south of Houston, owned by TotalEnergies and operating since 2023.
Myrtles Plantation
Myrtles Plantation is a historic antebellum plantation house near St. Francisville, Louisiana, built in the 1790s and operated today as a bed and breakfast and ghost-tour destination.
Myrtonion
Myrtonion (Μυρτώνιον, also Myrtenum) was a fortress in ancient Thrace whose precise location is unknown; catalogued as unlocated in Pleiades (place 528109753), attested via Demosthenes 18.27 and the Suda, distinct from Myrtountion in Akarnania.
Myrtus
Myrtus is a small genus of aromatic Myrtaceae shrubs, type species Myrtus communis (common myrtle, arrayán, mirto), native Macaronesia to Pakistan; modern reviews recognize two species, M. communis and Saharan M. nivellei, used in medicine, food, and perfumery.
Myrtus communis
Myrtus communis (common myrtle), an evergreen Myrtaceae shrub native from Macaronesia to Pakistan, used in folk medicine and food; rich in essential oils and polyphenols, IUCN least concern, not yet a regulatory-approved drug.
Mysia Sulci
Mysia Sulci, a grooved-terrain system on Jupiter's moon Ganymede at 9.6S 28.6W, 4,221 km across, named in 1979 for the Greek land of Ganymede's abduction, studied for groove tectonics.
Mysians
The Mysians (Greek Μυσοί, Mysoi) were a people of northwest Anatolia dwelling in Mysia between the Propontis, the Aegean, and Lydia, attested from the Iliad to Roman times.
Mysophobia
Mysophobia (germaphobia), morbid fear of contamination, coined by Hammond in 1879; classified as a specific phobia, often co-occurring with contamination OCD, treated with exposure and response prevention.
Mysore (district)
Mysore district, officially Mysuru district (ಮೈಸೂರು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ), is a district in southern Karnataka, India, with Mysuru city as its headquarters and a 2011 population of 3,001,127.
Mysore (ಮೈಸೂರು)
Mysore (Mysuru, ಮೈಸೂರು), southern Karnataka city, former Wodeyar princely capital 139 km from Bengaluru. Known for Dasara, Amba Vilas Palace, ashtanga yoga, cleanliness rankings, and Rs 5,000 crore IT exports.
Mysore Army under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan
The Mysore Army under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan (میسور فوج) was the standing army of 18th-century Mysore, famed for iron-cased rockets, ending with Tipu's death in 1799.
Mysore Dasara
Mysore Dasara (Kannada: ಮೈಸೂರು ದಸರಾ), also called Naada Habba, is the ten-day state festival of Mysuru, Karnataka, begun by Raja Wodeyar in 1610, honoring the goddess Chamundeshwari.
Mysore invasions of Coorg
The Mysore invasions of Coorg (ಕೊಡಗು ಆಕ್ರಮಣ) were military campaigns by Mysore under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan against Coorg in Karnataka, beginning in 1765.
Mysore Mallige (film)
Mysore Mallige (ಮೈಸೂರ ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ, Mysoora Mallige) is a 1992 Kannada drama by T. S. Nagabharana, produced by Srihari Khoday, based on K. S. Narasimha Swamy's 1942 poem collection; it won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada.
Mysore painting
Mysore painting is a classical South Indian school of painting from Mysore in Karnataka, known for delicate figure drawing and gesso work covered with pure gold leaf.
Mysore Palace (ಮೈಸೂರು ಅರಮನೆ)
Mysore Palace, also known as the Amba Vilas Palace, is a royal residence in Mysuru, Karnataka, India, rebuilt in Indo-Saracenic style between 1897 and 1912.
Mysore Representative Assembly
The Mysore Representative Assembly (ಮೈಸೂರು ಪ್ರತಿನಿಧಿ ಸಭೆ) was a purely deliberative body of the princely state of Mysore, inaugurated in 1881 by Maharaja Chamarajendra Wadiyar.
Mysore rocket corps
The Mysore rocket corps (ಅಗ್ನಿ ಬಾಣ ಪಡೆ) was a rocket troop unit in the south Indian kingdom of Mysore, begun under Hyder Ali and expanded by Tipu Sultan.