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Phu Bia
Phu Bia (Phou Bia, ພູເບັ້ຍ) is the highest mountain in Laos and the Annamite Range, about 2,817–2,830 m, in Xaisomboun Province; an ultra-prominent peak with restricted access, temporarily closed to tourists in August 2026.
Phủ biên tạp lục
Phủ biên tạp lục (撫邊雜錄) is an encyclopedic miscellany on southern Vietnam's Thuận Hóa and Quảng Nam regions, compiled by Lê Quý Đôn in 1776.
Phủ chúa
Phủ chúa was the seat of government of the hereditary Trịnh lords, who ruled Vietnam above the nominal Lê emperors from 1599 until the late eighteenth century.
Phu Phrabat, a testimony to the Sīma stone tradition of the Dvaravati period
Phu Phrabat (Phu Phrabat Historical Park, Udon Thani, Thailand), UNESCO World Heritage Site 2024; Dvaravati-period Sīma stone boundary markers, largest in situ corpus, 47 painted rock shelters, criteria (iii) and (v).
Phú Quốc
Phú Quốc (Phu Quoc, Đảo Ngọc), Vietnam's largest island in the Gulf of Thailand, now the special zone Phú Quốc in An Giang province: 567 km² main island, 150 km coast, fish sauce and pepper, UNESCO biosphere, APEC 2027 host.
Phúc Yên
Phúc Yên, a province-governed city in Vĩnh Phúc, Vietnam (not Phú Yên province), second city after Vĩnh Yên; established 2018, over 120 km², over 155,000 people, 30 km from Hanoi, 8 km from Nội Bài airport, industrial hub with Toyota and Honda.
Phugoid
The phugoid, or phugoid cycle, is a slow, weakly damped oscillation in an aircraft's altitude and airspeed, with the angle of attack staying nearly constant.
Phuket
Phuket (ภูเก็ต), Thailand's largest island province in the Andaman Sea, 570 km² with 32 satellite islands; historic tin port once called Jungceylon and Thalang, now a major tourist destination with over 14.5 million visitors in 2024.
Phuket Aquarium
Phuket Aquarium (สถานแสดงพันธุ์สัตว์น้ำ ภูเก็ต), Thailand's first aquarium, opened 1983 at Cape Panwa, Phuket. Government-run under the Phuket Marine Biological Center; research, turtle rescue, tunnel tank; distinct from Aquaria Phuket mall aquarium.
Phuket FantaSea
Phuket FantaSea (ภูเก็ตแฟนตาซี), also called Phuket Fantasea, is a Thai cultural theme park on Kamala Beach, Phuket, opened 6 February 1999, home of the 3,000-seat Palace of the Elephants theater and the elephant spectacle show Fantasy of a Kingdom.
Phuket International Airport
Phuket International Airport, also called Phuket Airport, serves Phuket island in southern Thailand, about 32 km northwest of Phuket Town. It is Thailand's third busiest airport.
Phuket province
Phuket province (จังหวัดภูเก็ต), also historically Takola, Junk Ceylon, and Bukit, is Thailand's largest island province in the Andaman Sea, transformed from tin mining to a tourism-dominated economy with over 14 million annual visitors.
Phuket Surfing
Phuket surfing, seasonal wave riding on Phuket's west-coast beaches (Kata, Kalim, Nai Harn) during the May–October southwest monsoon; beginner-friendly sandy breaks, Kalim reef for advanced surfers, 28–30°C water.
Phul
Phul (ਫੂਲ) was a seventeenth-century Sikh chieftain, born in 1603 and based at Mehraj, who founded the village of Phul in 1627; his descendants, the Phulkian house, established the princely states of Patiala, Nabha, and Jind.
Phulbari Coal Mine
The Phulbari Coal Mine is a proposed open-pit coal and power project at Phulbari in north-west Bangladesh, developed by GCM Resources and halted since 2006 by mass protest.
Phule (film)
Phule is a 2025 Hindi biographical drama directed by Ananth Mahadevan, starring Pratik Gandhi and Patralekhaa as reformers Jyotirao and Savitribai Phule; released 25 April 2025 after a CBFC censorship dispute, it earned about ₹5-7 crore and mixed reviews.
Phuleswari Kunwari
Phuleswari Kunwari (ফুলেশ্বরী কুঁওরী) was the chief queen of Ahom king Siva Singha and the first woman to rule Assam, as Bar Raja from 1722 to 1731.
Phulkari (ਫੁਲਕਾਰੀ)
Phulkari (ਫੁਲਕਾਰੀ), "flower work," is Punjab's folk embroidery: silk floss (pat) darned from the reverse of handwoven cotton (khaddar) into shawls and baghs, a dowry tradition revived after the 1947 Partition and GI-tagged in 2011.
Phulkian misl
The Phulkian misl (ਫ਼ੂਲਕੀਆਂ ਮਿਸਲ) was an eighteenth-century Sikh ruling clan, named after Chaudhury Phul, that governed the princely states of Patiala, Nabha, and Jind south of the Sutlej.
Phullwanti
Phullwanti (फुलवंती) is a 2024 Marathi period drama, Snehal Pravin Tarde's directorial debut, adapted from Babasaheb Purandare's novel, starring Prajakta Mali and Gashmeer Mahajani; released 11 October 2024, it won seven Filmfare Awards Marathi 2025 trophies.
Phulmoni o Karunar Bibaran
Phulmoni o Karunar Bibaran (ফুলমণি ও করুণার বিবরণ) is an 1852 Bengali prose narrative by British missionary Hannah Catherine Mullens, widely regarded as the first original Bengali novel.
Phulo Devi Netam
Phulo Devi Netam is an Indian National Congress politician and tribal leader from the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, a Rajya Sabha member since 2020 whose current term runs to 2032.
Phulor Saki
Phulor Saki, also recorded as Phulor Sorai, is an Assamese poem composed in 1929 by the poet Dharmeswari Devi Baruani (1892–1960) under the influence of Romanticism.
Phum Viphurit
Phum Viphurit (ภูมิ) is the stage name of Viphurit Siritip, a Thai singer-songwriter of mellow indie pop, best known for the 2018 single 'Lover Boy'.
Phumtham Wechayachai (ภูมิธรรม เวชยชัย)
Phumtham Wechayachai (ภูมิธรรม เวชยชัย, nickname Uan), born 1953, is a Pheu Thai politician, former Thai Rak Thai executive banned in 2007, who served as commerce, defence, and interior minister and twice as Thailand's acting prime minister in 2024–2025.
Phung Hung
Phung Hung (Phùng Hưng) was a Vietnamese rebel leader from Duong Lam who captured the Tang headquarters at Tong Binh in 791 and ruled briefly before his death.
Phung Khac Khoan
Phung Khac Khoan (Phùng Khắc Khoan, 1528–1613) was a Vietnamese scholar-official, diplomat, and poet who led the Le dynasty's embassy to Ming China in 1597.
Phuntsog Namgyal
Phuntsog Namgyal (ཕུན་ཚོགས་རྣམ་རྒྱལ) was the first Chogyal, or king, of Sikkim, consecrated at Yuksom in 1642; his Namgyal dynasty ruled for over 300 years until 1975.
Phuong Chung
Phuong Chung is a research scientist in Drosophila neurogenetics at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus since 2006, in Julie Simpson's lab, known for co-developing Drosophila Brainbow and BrainAligner and circuit studies of fly behaviors.
Phương Thanh
Phương Thanh, also known as Phuong Thanh, is a Vietnamese singer born in 1973 who became one of V-pop's leading female voices in the late 1990s and early 2000s.