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Tijani Babangida
Tijani Babangida, born in 1973 in Kaduna, Nigeria, is a retired Nigerian winger known for his speed who won gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and starred for Ajax.
Tijaniyya devotional poetry
Tijaniyya devotional poetry is religious verse by the Tijaniyya Sufi order in Arabic and African languages, including qasidas by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse, chanted at gatherings.
Tijaniyyah
The Tijaniyyah is a Sufi order established by Ahmad al-Tijani in the 1780s and later based in Fez, Morocco, today one of the largest Sufi orders in the world.
Tijjani Reijnders
Tijjani Reijnders, Dutch central midfielder (born 1998, Zwolle): PEC Zwolle, AZ Alkmaar, AC Milan (Serie A Best Midfielder 2024/25), Manchester City 2025/26, then Al-Qadsiah; Netherlands Euro 2024 semi-finalist.
Tijmen Reijenga
Tijmen Reijenga (Reyenga), born 1999 in 's-Hertogenbosch, Dutch field hockey defender for Oranje-Rood and the Netherlands; Olympic gold at Paris 2024 as a reserve, 91 caps, first World Cup goal versus Argentina in 2026.
Tijuana
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, founded 1889 across from San Diego; major border manufacturing and medical-tourism city of about 968,740 (2020 census) facing a cross-border sewage crisis.
Tijuana bible
A Tijuana bible, also known as an eight-pager or bluesie, was a small, clandestinely published pornographic comic booklet made in the United States from the 1920s to the mid-1960s.
Tijuana Cartel
Tijuana Cartel, or Arellano-Félix Organization (AFO), a Mexican drug trafficking organization based in Tijuana, Baja California; founded from Félix Gallardo's network in 1989, it dominated Baja smuggling before losing the city to the Sinaloa Cartel around 2009-2013 and allying with CJNG.
Tijuana International Airport
Tijuana International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Tijuana), formally General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport, serves Tijuana, Mexico, and is linked to San Diego by the Cross Border Xpress bridge.
Tijuana River sewage spills
The Tijuana River sewage spills are recurring cross-border wastewater discharges from Tijuana, Mexico, that flow into the Pacific Ocean at Imperial Beach, California, closing beaches for years.
Tik Tik Tik (2018 film)
Tik Tik Tik (டிக் டிக் டிக்), 2018 Tamil sci-fi thriller by Shakti Soundar Rajan starring Jayam Ravi and Nivetha Pethuraj; promoted as India's first space film, released 22 June 2018 with D. Imman's music.
Tik Tok (song)
TiK ToK is Kesha's 2009 debut solo single from Animal, written with Dr. Luke and Benny Blanco; it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for nine weeks from January 2, 2010 and was Billboard's top song of 2010.
Tik Tok (டிக் டாக்) (2023 film)
Tik Tok (டிக் டாக்) is a 2023 Tamil comedy-horror film directed by Mathanakumar, starring Priyanka Arul Mohan, Rajaji, and Sushma Raj; three friends are haunted by a ghost seeking his killer. Released 29 December 2023, digital 17 February 2025.
Tik-Tok (Oz)
Tik-Tok, the Machine Man, is a fictional copper clockwork man created by L. Frank Baum in Ozma of Oz (1907), often called one of the first robots in literature.
Tika Ram Jully
Tika Ram Jully is an Indian National Congress politician, a three-time MLA from Alwar Rural and former minister, who became Leader of the Opposition in Rajasthan in 2024.
Tika Sumpter
Tika Sumpter (Euphemia LatiQue Sumpter, born 1980) is an American actress and producer known for One Life to Live, playing Michelle Obama in Southside with You, and Maddie Wachowski in the Sonic the Hedgehog films.
Tika Tonu
Tika Tonu is a well-known haka of Ngāti Kahungunu, from Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, composed around 1914 by chief Waimarama Puhara as a father's message of perseverance to his son.
Tikahtnu Inlet
Tikahtnu (Tikahtnu Inlet) is the Dena'ina Athabascan name for Cook Inlet, Alaska, a 290 km tidal estuary near Anchorage with tides up to 12.2 m, about 30% of U.S. tidal energy, and Alaska's oldest oil and gas basin.
Tikait Rai
Tikait Rai (ٹکائٹ رائے, 1760–1808) was a Kayastha revenue administrator who served as Diwan, or finance minister, of Awadh from 1792 to 1796 under Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula.
Tikal
Tikal: major ancient Maya city in Petén, Guatemala, now Tikal National Park (57,600 ha, World Heritage 1979). Inhabited 6th century BC to 10th century AD; 33 recorded rulers, 40,000–80,000 people at peak, famed for reservoirs and rivalry with Calakmul.
Tikal dynasty
The Tikal dynasty (dinastía de Tikal) was the royal house, known in inscriptions as Yax Mutal, that ruled the Maya city of Tikal in Guatemala from the 1st century CE.
Tikal National Park
Tikal National Park (Parque Nacional Tikal), Peten, Guatemala: 57,600-hectare UNESCO World Heritage site (1979, cultural and natural criteria) protecting the major Maya city of Tikal and its rainforest, excavated by the University of Pennsylvania from 1956.
Tikal Stela 31
Tikal Stela 31 is a carved limestone Maya monument dedicated in AD 445 by the Tikal king Siyaj Chan K'awiil II, bearing Tikal's most important historical text.
Tikal–Calakmul wars
The Tikal–Calakmul wars were a protracted rivalry between the Maya superpowers Tikal, in northern Guatemala, and Calakmul, in Mexico, fought through their client kingdoms; Calakmul crushed Tikal in 562, and Tikal defeated Calakmul in 695.
Tikal–Uaxactun war
The Tikal–Uaxactun war was a Maya conflict in 378 CE in which Tikal, led by the warlord Siyaj Kʼakʼ, defeated and took control of Uaxactun.
Tikal's defeat of Calakmul
Tikal's defeat of Calakmul (victoria de Tikal sobre Calakmul) was a battle in August 695 CE in which Tikal under Jasaw Chan K'awiil I decisively beat Calakmul.
Tikanna
Tikanna (Pali Tikaṇṇa) was a brahmin of the Buddha's time who praised the three-Veda masters, then declared lifelong refuge after the Buddha redefined threefold knowledge.
Tikbalang
Tikbalang: trickster spirit of Philippine folklore, also spelled Tigbalang, depicted as a tall bony humanoid with a horse's head and hooves that leads travelers astray; first recorded as Tigbalaang in 1589.
Tikendrajit Singh
Tikendrajit Singh (তিকেন্দ্রজিৎ সিংহ) was the Senapati, or army commander, of Manipur who led the resistance against the British in the 1891 Anglo-Manipur War and was publicly hanged.
Tikhomirov (lunar crater)
Tikhomirov is an 86.43 km diameter impact crater on the lunar far side at 24.20°N, 161.33°E, named by the IAU in 1970 for Soviet chemical engineer Nikolaj Ivanovich Tikhomirov (1860–1930), distinct from crater Tikhov.