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Palaic language
Palaic is an extinct Indo-European language of the Anatolian branch, spoken in the land of Palā in north central Anatolia and attested only in cuneiform ritual fragments from Hattusa.
Palaic peoples
The Palaic peoples were the inhabitants of Palā, a Bronze Age land in north-central Anatolia northwest of the Hittite heartland, known almost entirely through their language.
Palaikastro
Palaikastro, a major Minoan Bronze Age town at Roussolakkos in eastern Crete, excavated by the British School at Athens since 1902; no palace, LM IB destruction, Palaikastro Kouros, later sanctuary of Diktaean Zeus.
Palaiologan manuscript illumination
Palaiologan manuscript illumination is the illustrated book production of the last Byzantine period, from 1261 to 1453, marked by a new naturalism unknown in earlier Byzantine art.
Palaiologos
Palaiologos (Παλαιολόγος) was the last Byzantine imperial dynasty, ruling 1261–1453 from Michael VIII's recapture of Constantinople to Constantine XI and the Ottoman conquest, marked by civil wars, church-union diplomacy, and a final cultural flowering.
Palais Bourbon
The Palais Bourbon is a Paris palace on the Left Bank of the Seine, built between 1722 and 1728 and housing the French National Assembly's 577 deputies since 1798.
Palais de Justice de Bruxelles
The Palais de Justice de Bruxelles (Dutch: Justitiepaleis van Brussel) is Brussels' main courthouse, designed by Joseph Poelaert and built between 1866 and 1883 on Gallows Hill overlooking the Marolles.
Palais de Justice de Paris
The Palais de Justice de Paris is the historic law courts complex on the Île de la Cité, built on the site of the medieval royal palace.
Palais des Papes
The Palais des Papes, or Palace of the Popes, is a 14th-century Gothic palace-fortress in Avignon, France, built as the residence of the popes from 1335 to 1352.
Palais des Sports (Paris)
The Palais des Sports (Palais des Sports de Paris), today the Dôme de Paris, is an indoor arena at the Porte de Versailles in Paris, opened in 1960.
Palais Garnier
Palais Garnier (Opéra Garnier), the 1875 Beaux-Arts opera house of Paris by Charles Garnier at the head of the Avenue de l'Opéra; Second Empire monument historique with Chagall's 1964 auditorium ceiling; since 1989 chiefly home of the Paris Opera Ballet.
Palais Theatre
Palais Theatre (also Palais Pictures), St Kilda, Melbourne: 1927 Henry E. White art deco picture palace on leased Crown land, Victorian Heritage Register H0947, about 2,888 seats, Live Nation-operated since 2017 after a $26.9 million restoration.
Palais-Royal
Palais-Royal, Paris palace and garden built from 1624 as the Palais-Cardinal for Richelieu by Lemercier; royal residence, Orléans commercial galleries, Desmoulins's 1789 rally, and since 1875 seat of the Conseil d'État.
Palaivana Solai (பாலைவனச்சோலை)
Palaivana Solai (பாலைவனச் சோலை), 1981 Tamil buddy drama, directorial debut of Robert–Rajasekar; stars Chandrasekhar, Janagaraj, Rajeev, Suhasini; Vairamuthu songs, 200-day run; distinct from the 2009 remake.
Palak Muchhal
Palak Muchhal (पलक मुच्छल), born 1992 in Indore, is an Indian playback singer of Hindi hits like "Kaun Tujhe" and "Chahun Main Ya Naa" whose Save Little Hearts concerts fund children's heart surgery.
Palakion/Placia
Palakion/Placia, an unlocated ancient settlement of Taurike Chersonesos in southwestern Crimea named by Pliny (Placia) and probably Strabo; Tatyana Vysotskaya identified it with the Ust-Alma Late Scythian hillfort, an identification the Barrington Atlas rejected.
Palakkad (പാലക്കാട്)
Palakkad (പാലക്കാട്), a Kerala district with no coastline, opens the state to Tamil Nadu through the 32–40 km Palakkad Gap. Known as Kerala's granary, it had 2,809,934 people (2011) over 4,482 sq km.
Palakkad district (പാലക്കാട് ജില്ല)
Palakkad district (പാലക്കാട് ജില്ല), a landlocked Kerala district formed 1 January 1957, is Kerala's largest by area and its granary, gateway to Tamil Nadu through the 32-40 km Palakkad Gap.
Palakollu (పాలకొల్లు)
Palakollu (పాలకొల్లు), also Palakol or Palacole, is a town and mandal headquarters in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, home of the Ksheera Ramalingeswara Swamy Temple, the fifth Pancharama Kshetra, with a 120-foot gopuram.
Palalce
Palalce, ancient road station on the Tabula Peutingeriana in Asia Minor (Pontus), identified with Baraklı, XV miles from Amasia and XII from Coloe; Barrington Atlas 87 B4, Pleiades 857262.
Palana
Palana (पाळणा), also written palna, is the Marathi word for a cradle and for the improvised lullabies women sing in Maharashtra, at naming ceremonies and Krishna Janmashtami.
Palanca Oil Field
The Palanca Oil Field is an offshore oil field about 37 km off Angola, discovered in 1981 with first oil in 1985 and developed by Elf Aquitaine.
Palanca, Ștefan Vodă
Palanca (Palanca, Ștefan Vodă) is a village and commune in Ștefan Vodă District, Moldova, on the right bank of the Dniester; first recorded 1447, it is Moldova's easternmost point and hosts the Palanca–Mayaki–Udobnoe border crossing with Ukraine.
Palangana
Palangana: Spanish word for a basin or washbasin; nickname for Sevilla FC; name of the La Palangana archaeological complex at Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala, a Texas salt dome, and various places.
Palani
Palani (பழனி), Tamil Nadu temple town in Dindigul district at the Palani Hills foothills, home of the Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple, third of Murugan's six abodes, famed for navapashanam idol, rope car, and GI Palani Panchamirtham.
Palanivel Thiagarajan (பழனிவேல் தியாகராஜன்)
Palanivel Thiagarajan (PTR), DMK politician and former investment banker, MLA for Madurai Central 2016–2026, Tamil Nadu Finance Minister 2021–2023, later IT and Digital Services Minister.
Palantír
Palantír (plural palantíri), Tolkien's seeing-stones: seven dark crystal globes made by Fëanor, brought by Elendil from Númenor, used for far-seeing and thought-communication in The Lord of the Rings and named after by Palantir Technologies.
Palantir Foundry
Palantir Foundry, Palantir's data operations platform launched commercially in 2016, integrates enterprise data, logic, and actions through the Palantir Ontology, within the AIP-Foundry-Apollo architecture, serving commercial and government customers.
Palantir Technologies
Palantir Technologies is an American software company founded in 2003 by Peter Thiel and Alex Karp that builds data analytics platforms for governments and large enterprises.
Palapa Oath
The Palapa Oath (Sumpah Palapa) was the oath sworn by Gajah Mada, chief minister of Majapahit, at his inauguration around 1336, vowing to unite the archipelago under Majapahit rule.