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Upper Silesian plebiscite
The Upper Silesian plebiscite was a referendum held on 20 March 1921 under the Treaty of Versailles on whether Upper Silesia should belong to Germany or Poland.
Upper Snake
Upper Snake: the Snake River above Shoshone Falls, Idaho, and its drainage (FEOW ecoregion 122), spanning Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, and Utah; defined by the falls as a fish barrier, endemic sculpins, Reclamation reservoirs, and 487 kaf salmon flow augmentation.
Upper Solway Flats & Marshes
Upper Solway Flats & Marshes, also the Upper Solway Flats and Marshes SPA/Ramsar site (UK11079), is a cross-border intertidal wetland at the head of the Solway Firth, famed for Svalbard barnacle geese, over 130,000 wintering waterfowl, and unclaimed saltmarsh transitions.
Upper Svaneti
Upper Svaneti, a mountain region of northwest Georgia along the upper Inguri River, UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996 (criteria iv, v) for medieval villages and defensive tower houses, notably Chazhashi with over 200 towers.
Upper Tigris & Euphrates
Upper Tigris & Euphrates (FEOW ecoregion 442), a Palearctic temperate floodplain freshwater ecoregion in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Iran covering the upper Tigris and Euphrates rivers, their tributaries, and Iranian drainages, with high fish endemism and severe upstream-dam water stress.
Upper tract urothelial carcinoma
Upper tract urothelial carcinoma, sometimes called transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract, is a cancer of the urinary tract lining in the renal pelvis or ureter.
Upper Tribunal
The Upper Tribunal is a court in England and Wales, created by the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 to hear appeals from the First-tier Tribunal.
Upper Uruguay
Upper Uruguay, FEOW freshwater ecoregion 333 (Alto Uruguay), the Río Uruguay basin above Yucumã Falls in Brazil and Argentina; basalt upland rivers with 27 endemic fish species and heavy dam impoundment.
Upper Usumacinta
Upper Usumacinta, FEOW freshwater ecoregion 174, tropical and subtropical upland rivers in eastern Chiapas, southeastern Tabasco, and northwestern Guatemala; upper Usumacinta basin above the San Pedro confluence, home of the endemic Chiapas catfish.
Upper West Region
The Upper West Region is one of Ghana's sixteen regions, in the country's northwestern corner with its capital at Wa. It was created from the Upper Region in April 1983.
Upper West Side
The Upper West Side is a residential neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, between Central Park and the Hudson River, known for prewar apartment buildings and cultural institutions.
Upper Yukon
Upper Yukon (FEOW ecoregion 102) is a Nearctic Polar freshwaters ecoregion covering the upper Yukon River watershed in Yukon, British Columbia, and Alaska, draining to the Bering Sea, with a depauperate fish fauna and no endemic species.
Upper Zakum oil field
Upper Zakum is a giant offshore oil field 84 km northwest of Abu Dhabi, discovered in 1963 and the world's second largest offshore oil field.
Upper Zakum-Das Island Oil Pipeline
The Upper Zakum-Das Island Oil Pipeline is a 30-inch crude oil pipeline carrying 310,000 barrels per day from Abu Dhabi's Zakum field to Das Island, commissioned in 2001.
Upper Zambezi Floodplains
Upper Zambezi Floodplains, or Barotse Floodplain (Bulozi Plain), a Ramsar floodplain-wetland ecoregion on the upper Zambezi in Zambia and Angola, annually flooded, flow-regulating, home of the Lozi people.
Upper-atmospheric lightning
Upper-atmospheric lightning, also called transient luminous events or high altitude lightning, is short-lived glowing discharge above large thunderstorms, seen in forms like sprites, blue jets, and elves.
Uppi 2 (ಉಪ್ಪಿ ೨)
Uppi 2 (ಉಪ್ಪಿ ೨), also known as Upendra 2, is a 2015 Kannada psychological thriller written, directed by, and starring Upendra, sequel to his 1999 film Upendra, released 14 August 2015 with a same-day Telugu dub.
Uppingham School
Uppingham School, Rutland: independent co-educational boarding and day school founded in 1584 by Robert Johnson, transformed by headmaster Edward Thring, with 16 houses, 838 pupils, and overseas schools in Egypt and Vietnam.
UPPS-P impulsivity scale
The UPPS-P impulsivity scale is a 59-item self-report questionnaire that measures impulsivity as five traits: negative urgency, positive urgency, lack of premeditation, lack of perseverance, and sensation seeking.
Uppsala
Uppsala, historically known as Östra Aros, is Sweden's fourth-largest city, about 64 km northwest of Stockholm, and the seat of the archbishop and the Nordic countries' oldest university.
Uppsala Cathedral
Uppsala Cathedral, also known as Uppsala domkyrka, is the Gothic brick cathedral of the Church of Sweden's archbishop, begun around 1270 and consecrated in 1435.
Uppsala County
Uppsala County (Uppsala län) is a Swedish county on the Baltic coast north of Stockholm, created in 1634; its seat is Uppsala, and it gained Heby Municipality in 2007.
Uppsala Kommun
Uppsala Kommun (Uppsala Municipality), Sweden's fourth-largest municipality by population with 249,726 residents in 2025, governs the city of Uppsala in Uppsala County, providing schools, elder care, water, and planning services.
Uppsala University
Uppsala University (Uppsala universitet), founded 1477 by papal bull, is Sweden's and the Nordic countries' oldest university in Uppsala, Sweden; about 50,000 students, nine faculties, ranked top 100 worldwide.
Uppsala University Botanical Garden
The Uppsala University Botanical Garden is Sweden's oldest botanical garden, founded in 1655, directed by Carl Linnaeus from 1741, and moved to its present 13-hectare site below Uppsala Castle in 1807.
Uppsala University Hospital
Uppsala University Hospital (Akademiska sjukhuset), Sweden's oldest university hospital, founded 1708 as Nosocomium Academicum by Lars Roberg; regional hospital since 1961, part of Region Uppsala, about 1,000 beds, 8,000 staff, 700,000 patients yearly.
Uppu Kappurambu (ఉప్పు కప్పురంబు)
Uppu Kappurambu (ఉప్పు కప్పురంబు, "Salt and Camphor") is a 2025 Telugu satirical comedy-drama directed by Ani I.V. Sasi, starring Keerthy Suresh and Suhas, released July 4, 2025 on Prime Video, set in fictional 1990s village Chitti Jayapuram facing a graveyard space crisis.
Uppu Puli Kaaram (உப்பு புளி காரம்)
Uppu Puli Kaaram (உப்பு புளி காரம்) is a 2024 Tamil comedy-drama web series, a remake of the Korean My Father Is Strange, directed by M. Ramesh Baarathi for Vikatan Televistas, streaming 128 episodes on Disney+ Hotstar from May 2024 to January 2025.
Uppum Mulakum (ഉപ്പും മുളകും)
Uppum Mulakum (ഉപ്പും മുളകും), Malayalam family sitcom on Flowers TV since 14 December 2015, set in Balachandran Thampi's Kulathara Shoolankudi household; Biju Sopanam and Nisha Sarang star; three seasons, 1,200-plus episodes.
Upright Citizens Brigade
Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) is an American improv and sketch comedy institution founded by Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, and Matt Walsh, behind the Comedy Central series (1998-2000), the UCB method of "game of the scene," and theatres and training centers in New York and Los Angeles.