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TVK-led Alliance

TVK-led alliance, the Secular Social Justice Victory Alliance (மதச்சார்பற்ற சமூகநீதி வெற்றிக் கூட்டணி): Tamil Nadu coalition led by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay's TVK, formed after TVK won 108 of 234 seats in 2026 with Congress, VCK, IUML, and Left support; named 9 September 2026.

TVM Capital Healthcare

TVM Capital Healthcare is a healthcare private equity firm headquartered in Dubai and Singapore, founded in 2009 by Helmut Schuehsler and Hoda Abou-Jamra to invest in emerging-market healthcare companies.

Tvm Life Science Innovation

TVM Life Science Innovation II SCSp is a Luxembourg life science venture capital fund that closed at US$478 million in 2020, the largest fund of TVM Capital Life Science.

TVN (Polish TV channel)

Polish commercial free-to-air TV channel launched 3 October 1997 under ITI; since 2022 owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (TVN Warner Bros. Discovery); 24-channel group with TVN24, TVN7, TTV and Player; advertising-funded; WBD chose in April 2025 not to sell.

TvOS

tvOS, also known as Apple TV OS, is Apple's operating system for the Apple TV set-top box. Derived from iOS, it was announced in 2015 with an App Store and Siri Remote.

TVR

TVR is a British sports car manufacturer founded in Blackpool in the late 1940s by engineer Trevor Wilkinson, known for lightweight two-seaters, before collapsing into administration in 2006.

TVRS-44

The TVRS-44 Ladoga (ТВРС-44 «Ладога») is a Russian 44-seat twin-engine turboprop regional airliner developed by UZGA in Yekaterinburg to replace the Soviet-era An-24 and Yak-40; its civil version was suspended in May 2026.

Tvrtko I of Bosnia

Tvrtko I Kotromanić, the most prominent ruler of the Kotromanić dynasty, ruled Bosnia as ban from 1353 and was its first king from 1377 until his death in 1391.

Tvrtko II of Bosnia

Tvrtko II of Bosnia (Tvrtko II Kotromanić) was king of Bosnia in 1404–09 and 1421–43, an illegitimate son of Tvrtko I installed by the magnates.

TVS Apache

TVS Apache is a family of sport motorcycles produced by India's TVS Motor Company since 2005, spanning 160cc commuters, 310cc performance bikes, and, from 2025, an adventure tourer.

TVS Group

The TVS Group, also known as T.V. Sundaram Iyengar and Sons, is an Indian automotive conglomerate founded in Madurai in 1911 by T. V. Sundram Iyengar.

TVS Motor Company

TVS Motor Company, known as TVS Suzuki until 2001, is an Indian two- and three-wheeler manufacturer based in Chennai, maker of the Apache, Jupiter, and iQube electric scooter.

TVXQ (동방신기)

TVXQ (동방신기, Tohoshinki, DBSK) is an SM Entertainment Korean male duo of U-Know Yunho and Max Changmin; debuted 2003 as a quintet with "Hug", hugely successful in Japan, reduced to a duo after the 2009 contract lawsuit.

TW Hya Association

The TW Hya Association (TWA) is a nearby group of young low-mass stars about 50 parsecs from the Sun, the nearest known region of recent star formation.

TW Hydrae

TW Hydrae (TW Hya) is a young T Tauri star about 60 parsecs from Earth, whose nearly face-on protoplanetary disk is the closest known and a key benchmark for planet formation.

Twa

Twa, also known as Batwa, is a collective term for several Central African forest peoples, historically hunter-gatherers of short stature in the DRC, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi.

TWA 7

TWA 7 is a young (6.4 Myr) M-type star 34 parsecs away in the TW Hydrae association, hosting TWA 7 b, a Saturn-mass (0.34 Jupiter mass) planet at 52 au directly imaged by JWST/MIRI in 2025, the lightest exoplanet imaged and the first discovered by JWST.

TWA Flight 3

TWA Flight 3 was a Transcontinental and Western Air DC-3 that crashed into Potosi Mountain near Las Vegas in January 1942, killing all 22 aboard, including Carole Lombard.

TWA Flight 800

TWA Flight 800 was a scheduled international passenger flight that broke up over the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, on July 17, 1996. The accident killed all 230 people on board.

TWA Flight Center

The TWA Flight Center, also known as the TWA Terminal, is an airline terminal at New York's JFK Airport designed by Eero Saarinen, opened in 1962 and reopened as the TWA Hotel in 2019.

Twan Lammers

Twan Lammers is a scientist in pharmaceutics and nanomedicine who heads the Department of Nanomedicine and Theranostics at RWTH Aachen University Clinic, known for smart cancer nanomedicine.

Twan Mrat Naing (ထွန်းမြတ်နိုင်)

Twan Mrat Naing (ထွန်းမြတ်နိုင်), also spelled Tun Myat Naing, co-founded the Arakan Army in April 2009 in Kachin State and leads it as Commander-in-Chief and ULA chairman, seeking confederation status for Arakan.

Twanisha Terry

Twanisha "TeeTee" Terry (born 1999, Miami) is an American sprinter, USC alum, Olympic 4x100m relay gold medalist at Paris 2024, and multi-time World Championships relay champion with 100m bests of 10.74/10.82.

Twat

Twat is a taboo English slang noun, especially British, meaning the female genitalia and, as an insult, an unpleasant or stupid person. First attested in the 1650s of unknown origin; famous for Browning's innocent misuse in Pippa Passes.

Tweaker (song)

Tweaker is the January 3, 2025 debut single by GELO (LiAngelo Ball), a viral early-2000s-nostalgia rap hit that reached #1 on Spotify Viral and led to a reported $13 million Def Jam deal.

Tweaker Poem

Tweaker Poem is a 2026 six-track EP by electronic duo Frost Children (Angel and Lulu Prost), released July 10 via RCA Records; made in a 24-hour Tokyo session after a stalking ordeal, about parasocial obsession.

Twee Tommen

Twee Tommen ("Two Mounds") are two Gallo-Roman burial tumuli near Klein-Vorsen, Montenaken, Gingelom, Limburg, Belgium, protected since 1979, excavated in 1863, and among Flanders' best-preserved tumuli.

Tweed

Tweed: textured woollen fabric, twill or herringbone weave; name from an 1830s misreading of "twill". Harris Tweed, its protected variant, is legally required to be handwoven in Scotland's Outer Hebrides under the 1993 Act and Orb mark.

Tweed Heads

Tweed Heads is a NSW city at the Tweed River mouth, twinned across the state border with Coolangatta, Queensland. Key facts: 2021 census population 63,721, median age 48; Major Regional Centre of Tweed Shire; tourism worth about $1 billion a year.

Tweed New Haven Airport

Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN), also called Tweed-New Haven Airport, is Southern Connecticut's airport in New Haven, opened 1931, renamed 1961 for manager Jack Tweed, served by Avelo and Breeze with 34 nonstop destinations and an approved runway and terminal expansion.