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Punk Tactics

Punk Tactics is the debut studio album by the American rap duo Joey Valence & Brae. It was self-released on JVB Records on September 8, 2023.

Punk'd

Punk'd is MTV's celebrity hidden-camera prank show created by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, premiering 2003, with revivals on BET (2015, DeStorm Power) and Quibi (2020, Chance the Rapper).

Punkie Johnson

Punkie Johnson (Jessica Williams, born 1985, New Orleans) is an American stand-up comedian and actress, SNL cast member seasons 46-49 (2020-24) and the show's first out Black lesbian cast member, known for Love Life, Bottoms, and Space Force.

Punks Triangle

PUNKS△TRIANGLE (パンクストライアングル), BL manga by Yuho Okita; fashion student Chiaki torn between model Ai and classmate Enaga, the same person. Over 300,000 copies sold; Seven Seas English edition 2025; live-action drama October 2025.

Pünktchen und Anton

Pünktchen und Anton is Erich Kästner's 1931 Berlin children's novel about a rich girl and a poor boy; adapted as films in 1953 (Thomas Engel) and 1999 (Caroline Link, Munich setting, Niki Reiser score).

Punky Brewster

Punky Brewster is an American family sitcom (NBC 1984–1986, syndication 1988–1989) starring Soleil Moon Frye as an abandoned girl taken in by Henry Warnimont; it spawned an animated spin-off and a 2021 Peacock revival canceled after one season.

Punky Brewster (2021 TV series)

Punky Brewster (2021) is a Peacock sequel series to the 1980s sitcom, starring Soleil Moon Frye as adult Punky, a divorced mom of three who meets foster child Izzy; 10 episodes, canceled August 2021.

Puṇṇa (setthi)

Puṇṇa (पुण्ण) is a wealthy lay follower of the Buddha at Rājagaha who, according to Pali commentaries, rose from poverty to the rank of Bahudhanasetthi and became a stream-enterer with his wife and daughter Uttarā.

Puṇṇa Koliyaputta

Puṇṇa Koliyaputta (पुण्ण कोलियपुत्त) is an ox-duty ascetic of the Koliyan clan who questioned the Buddha at Haliddavasana and became a lay follower in the Kukkuravatika Sutta.

Puṇṇa Mantāṇiputta

Puṇṇa Mantāṇiputta (पुण्ण मन्ताणिपुत्त) is an arahant of the early Buddhist canon, declared by the Buddha foremost among his monk disciples in preaching the Dhamma.

Punnett square

Punnett square: grid diagram devised by Reginald Punnett around 1905 for enumerating offspring genotypes in Mendelian crosses; monohybrid 2x2 grids give 3:1 ratios, dihybrid 4x4 grids give 9:3:3:1.

Puṇṇiya

Puṇṇiya (पुण्णिय) was a monk of the Buddha's time, the inquirer of the paired Puṇṇiya Suttas (AN 8.82 and AN 10.83), asking when the Realized One feels inspired to teach.

Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat (Пунсалмаагийн Очирбат)

Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat (Пунсалмаагийн Очирбат), Mongolian mining engineer and statesman, first president of Mongolia 1990-1997, first popularly elected head of state in 1993, oversaw the 1992 Constitution and nuclear-weapon-free declaration.

Punt (ancient polity)

Punt, known to Egyptians as Ta-Netjer, was a land on the southern Red Sea coast that traded myrrh, ebony, and baboons with Egypt from about 2500 BC.

Punt (crater on Ganymede)

Punt is a 135-km-diameter impact crater on Jupiter's moon Ganymede at 24.89°S, 239.85°W, IAU-approved in 1997 and renamed from Punt Facula; named for the mythical land east of Egypt where the god Bes originated.

Punt (gridiron football)

A punt in gridiron football, also called a football punt, is a kick on usually fourth down that gives up possession for better field position.

Punt expedition of Mentuhotep III

A trading expedition sent by Egyptian king Mentuhotep III around 2003 BC, led by the steward Henu to bring fresh incense from the land of Punt.

Punt expedition of Ramesses III

The Punt expedition of Ramesses III was a 12th-century BC Egyptian Red Sea trading voyage to Punt, known almost entirely from the Great Harris Papyrus I as the last historical record of the trade.

Punt expedition of Sahure

The Punt expedition of Sahure, or Expedition of Sahure to Punt, was a trading voyage sent around 2450 BC by the Egyptian king Sahure to the land of Punt.

Punt gun

A punt gun is an extremely large shotgun, about 10 feet long and 100 pounds, mounted on the bow of a boat to kill dozens of waterfowl per shot.

Punt reliefs of Deir el-Bahari

The Punt reliefs of Deir el-Bahari, also called Hatshepsut's Punt reliefs, are carved reliefs in Hatshepsut's temple at Thebes depicting her expedition to Punt in regnal year 9.

Punt trade mission of Pepi II

The Punt trade mission of Pepi II was Old Kingdom Egypt's trade with Punt under Pepi II (ca. 2278–2184 BCE), known only from two inscriptions.

Punta Arenas

Punta Arenas, Chile: capital of the Magallanes region on the Strait of Magellan, founded 1848 after Fuerte Bulnes; ~126,000 people, 17,846 km² commune, west winds over 120 km/h, duty-free zone, green hydrogen.

Punta Cana

Punta Cana, originally Punta Borrachón, is the Dominican Republic's leading beach resort region on the country's eastern tip, developed from 1969 by Frank Rainieri and Theodore Kheel, home to Punta Cana International Airport and over 50 km of beaches.

Punta Cana International Airport

Punta Cana International Airport, also known as Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Cana, is a privately owned airport on the Dominican Republic's eastern coast, opened in 1983 as the world's first private commercial international airport.

Punta de Manabique

Punta de Manabique (Refugio de Vida Silvestre Punta de Manabique, RVSPM) is a peninsula and wildlife refuge in Izabal, Guatemala, the country's first marine protected area, a Ramsar site (no. 1016, 2000) on the Gulf of Honduras.

Punta del Este

Punta del Este is a resort city in Maldonado, Uruguay, where the Río de la Plata meets the Atlantic and one of South America's best-known beach resorts.

Punta della Vipera Etruscan temple

Punta della Vipera Etruscan temple: extra-urban sanctuary of Menrva near Santa Marinella, Civitavecchia, in Caere's territory, founded c. 540-520 BC, with votive deposits, a long lead inscription, and an Archaic ship-landing site.

Punta Europa LNG Terminal

Punta Europa LNG Terminal is an LNG export terminal on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, operated as EG LNG, which shipped its first cargo in 2007.

Punta Gorda, Florida

Punta Gorda, Florida: Charlotte County city on Charlotte Harbor, founded as Trabue in 1884, incorporated 1887; railroad and fishing port, landfall site of Hurricane Charley (2004), population about 20,000.