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Olokun Vallis
Olokun Vallis is a 150 km sinuous channel (vallis) on Venus at 81.5°N, 269.0°E, named by the IAU in 1997 for the Bini sea and river deity Olokun; one of 72 named Venusian valles.
Olombendo Oil and Gas Field
The Olombendo oil and gas field is the East Hub development of Angola's Block 15/06, producing oil through the FPSO Armada Olombendo since February 2017.
Olomorasib
Olomorasib (LY3537982), Eli Lilly/Loxo's second-generation covalent KRAS G12C inhibitor, differs from approved sotorasib and adagrasib by nanomolar potency, >90% target occupancy, activity against second-site resistance mutations, and phase 3 SUNRAY trials.
Olomouc
Olomouc, sixth-largest Czech city on the River Morava, former capital of Moravia, seat of Palacký University (1573) and the UNESCO-listed Holy Trinity Column (2000), with the country's second-largest urban conservation area.
Olomouc Region
Olomouc Region (Olomoucký kraj, NUTS 3 CZ071) is a Czech region in central and northern Moravia with capital Olomouc, five districts, 631,500 residents, 5,271.58 km², a 104 km Polish border, and an industry-weighted economy.
Olongapo
Olongapo: highly urbanized city in Zambales, Philippines, beside Subic Bay; long administered by the U.S. Navy, made a city in 1966, population 264,903 (2024), economy tied to the Subic Bay Freeport.
Olopatadine
Olopatadine (KW-4679, AL-4943A), a doxepin analog, is a topical H1 antihistamine and mast cell stabilizer used as eye drops and nasal spray for allergic conjunctivitis and rhinitis; first FDA-approved 1996.
Olophyxos
Olophyxos (Ὀλόφυξος), also Olophyxus, an ancient polis on the Acte/Mount Athos peninsula of Chalcidice, Macedonia. Mixed bilingual population, Delian League tribute payer, sided with Brasidas 424-423 BCE, minted bronze coins; site tentatively near modern Akte.
Olorigliflozin
Olorigliflozin (奥洛格列净), brand Dongze'an, is Sunshine Lake Pharma's Class 1 SGLT2 inhibitor capsule (20/50 mg) approved by China's NMPA in January 2026 for type 2 diabetes, alone or with metformin.
Olorofim
Olorofim (F901318), first-in-class orotomide antifungal from F2G, inhibits fungal DHODH in pyrimidine synthesis; active against azole-resistant Aspergillus, Lomentospora, Scedosporium, Coccidioides, inactive against yeasts and Mucorales; oral, phase 2b/3 studied.
Olosa Colles
Olosa Colles is a 200 km group of small hills (colles) on Venus at 18.00°N, 353.30°E, named in 1997 for Olosa, a Yoruba lagoon goddess of Nigeria.
Olowe of Ise
Olowe of Ise was a Yoruba woodcarver of Ekiti, Nigeria, who carved doors and veranda posts for kings and chiefs in the early twentieth century.
Olowe of Ise's veranda posts
Olowe of Ise's veranda posts are carved wooden supports, made around 1910 for Yoruba royal palaces in southwestern Nigeria, most famously by the sculptor Olowe of Ise.
Olsalazine
Olsalazine (Dipentum) is an azo-bonded 5-ASA dimer prodrug, US-approved 1987, for maintaining ulcerative colitis remission in sulfasalazine-intolerant adults; 500 mg twice daily, with secretory diarrhea as its distinguishing adverse effect.
Olsam
Olsam is a London e-commerce aggregator founded in 2020 by brothers Ollie and Sam Hörbye to buy Amazon FBA brands, restructured in 2024 under lender NorthWall Capital.
Olsen Gang
Olsen Gang (Danish Olsen-banden, Norwegian Olsenbanden): Danish comedy film series by Erik Balling and Henning Bahs for Nordisk Film about Egon Olsen, Benny, and Kjeld; 14 films 1968–1981 plus 1998, with Norwegian and Swedish (Jönssonligan) remakes.
Olsen Gang in a Fix
Olsen Gang in a Fix (Olsen-banden på spanden, 1969) is the second Erik Balling Olsen Gang comedy: Egon tries to go straight, the gang is wrongly suspected of a National Bank crown-jewel theft, and Preben Kaas debuts as Dynamit-Harry.
Olsen Gang on the Track
Olsen Gang on the Track (Olsen-banden på sporet) is a 1975 Danish comedy by Erik Balling, seventh Olsen-banden film, in which Egon's gang loses its money to Bøffen in Spain and plots to steal a railroad car of gold bars.
Olsztyn, Warmia-Masuria
Olsztyn (Allenstein), capital of Poland's Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship; founded 1353, 165,393 residents (2025), lake city with tire industry, 2.7% unemployment, 6th in 2026 Polish quality-of-life ranking.
Olt
Olt (Județul Olt) is a county of southern Romania, on the Danube border with Bulgaria, named after the Olt river and home to the ALRO aluminum plant in Slatina.
Oltcit Club
The Oltcit Club, sold in Western Europe as the Citroën Axel, was a small front-wheel-drive hatchback produced at Craiova, Romania, from 1981, with about 200,000 built by 1993.
Olteni
Olteni (Covasna County, Romania) is a village in Bodoc commune, the site of a Roman auxiliary fort under Mikó Castle on the Olt, guarding the Tușnad pass within Roman Dacia's northeastern limes.
Oltenia
Oltenia (Lesser Wallachia), historical region of southwestern Romania between the Carpathians, Danube, and Olt river; five counties, capital Craiova, Habsburg-ruled 1718-1739.
Oltipraz
Oltipraz (RP 35972), a synthetic dithiolethione once marketed by Rhone-Poulenc for schistosomiasis, is an Nrf2-activating Phase II enzyme inducer studied as a cancer chemopreventive and NAFLD drug.
Oltis Valles
Oltis Valles is an IAU-approved valley system (vallis) on Mars, approved 1976, centered at 23.65S, 338.30E, about 170 km across, named for the ancient name of France's Lot river.
Olu Dara
Olu Dara, born Charles Jones III in 1941 in Louisville, Mississippi, is a jazz and blues trumpeter, cornetist, guitarist, and vocalist, father of rapper Nas, known for 1970s New York loft jazz and the albums In the World and Neighborhoods.
Olu Jacobs
Olu Jacobs (Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, MFR, 1942–2026), Nigerian actor trained at RADA; British TV and films like The Dogs of War; Nollywood patriarch known as the "Igwe of Nollywood"; co-founded Lufodo with Joke Silva.
Olu Maintain
Olu Maintain is the stage name of Nigerian singer Olumide Edwards Adegbolu, a former member of the Lagos group Maintain, who rose to fame with the 2007 hit single "Yahooze".
Olu Oguibe
Olu Oguibe (born 1964, Aba, Nigeria) is a Nigerian-American artist, poet, and curator whose work centers on exile and displacement, best known for his 2017 Kassel obelisk honoring refugees.
Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo
Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo is a Nigerian politician of the All Progressives Congress who has served as Minister of Interior since 2023, appointed by President Bola Tinubu.