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Uzbeks
Uzbeks (Oʻzbeklar) are a Turkic-speaking ethnic group native to Central Asia who form the majority of Uzbekistan and also live in large communities in Tajikistan and Afghanistan.
Uzboi Vallis
Uzboi Vallis, a ~400-km-long valley on Mars (28°S, 323°E), upper segment of the Uzboi-Ladon-Morava outflow system from Argyre; dammed by Holden crater, it held a >4000 km³ short-lived paleolake that breached Holden's rim.
Uzen oil field
The Uzen oil field (Kazakh: Өзен кенорны) is a large, mature oil field in western Kazakhstan discovered in 1961, which in the 1970s supplied half of Kazakh oil.
Uzen-Atyrau-Samara (UAS) Pipeline
The Uzen-Atyrau-Samara (UAS) pipeline is a heated trunk crude oil pipeline from Kazakhstan's Uzen field through Atyrau to Samara, Russia, completed in 1971 as the Soviet Union's first hot-oil line.
Uzerliktapa
Uzerliktapa (Üzərliktəpə) is a Middle Bronze Age settlement mound near Aghdam, Azerbaijan, one of the largest in the South Caucasus, occupied in the 18th–17th centuries BCE.
Uzès
Uzès (Usès) is a Gard commune in Occitanie, southern France: Roman Ucetia, source of the 50 km aqueduct ending at the Pont du Gard, seat of the first duchy of France (1565), City of Art and History since 2008, 8,519 inhabitants in 2023.
Uzeyir Hajibeyov
Uzeyir Hajibeyov, also written Uzeyir Hajibeyli (1885–1948), was an Azerbaijani composer regarded as the founder of Azerbaijani composed music; his opera Leyli and Majnun premiered in Baku in 1908.
Uzhaippali (உழைப்பாளி)
Uzhaippali (உழைப்பாளி), also spelled Uzhaippaali, is a 1993 Tamil action drama directed by P. Vasu starring Rajinikanth as a coolie posing as an heir, with Roja and Radha Ravi; released 24 June 1993, music by Ilaiyaraaja, a hit despite a distributors' Red Card.
Uzhgorod–Velke Kapusany Gas Pipeline
The Uzhgorod–Velke Kapusany Gas Pipeline is the natural gas interconnection between Uzhhorod, Ukraine, and Veľké Kapušany, Slovakia, part of the Brotherhood pipeline system operating since 1967.
Uzhhorod (Ужгород)
Uzhhorod (Ужгород, Hungarian Ungvár) is the capital of Ukraine's Zakarpattia oblast on the Uzh River, the westernmost and only EU-bordering regional center, with about 115,000 official residents, Uzhhorod National University, and a history under Hungarian, Drugeth, Czechoslovak, and Soviet rule.
Uzhhorod Raion
Uzhhorod Raion (Ужгородський район), a district of Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Uzhhorod; created in the 2020 reform, area 2,362.4 km², population 255,915, 14 hromadas, bordering Slovakia and Hungary.
Uzhhorod-Berehove Gas Pipeline
The Uzhhorod-Berehove Gas Pipeline is a 53 km natural gas pipeline in Ukraine's Zakarpattia region, with a design capacity of 13 billion cubic meters per year.
Uzi
The Uzi is an Israeli 9mm submachine gun designed by Uziel Gal, adopted by the Israel Defense Forces in the 1950s and sold to over 90 countries.
Uzi Landman
Uzi Landman, born 1944 in Tel Aviv, is an Israeli and American computational physicist at Georgia Tech known for nanotribology, nanowire transport, and the 2000 Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology.
Uziel Gal
Uziel Gal, born Gotthard Glass in Weimar, Germany, in 1923, was an Israeli army officer and firearms designer who created the Uzi submachine gun, one of the most widely produced weapons of its type.
Uzielito Mix
Uzielito Mix (Uziel Silva, born 1998 in Mexico City) is a Mexican DJ and producer of perreo mexa, hard reggaetón with electronic sounds, who has played EDC México and Vive Latino.
Uzita (Tunisia)
Uzita (Uzitta, Henchir el Makrceba) is an ancient urban settlement in the Tunisian Sahel, province of Byzacena, near Manzil Harb. Excavated 1970-1972 by Salomonson; Roman domus with mosaics over a Punic phase of the 5th-4th centuries BCE.
Uzo Aduba
Uzo Aduba (Uzoamaka Nwanneka Aduba, born 1981, Boston) is an American, Igbo-descended actress; Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren in Orange Is the New Black won her two Emmys, a third came for Mrs. America.
Uztransgaz
Uztransgaz (O‘ztransgaz, Узтрансгаз) is Uzbekistan's state-owned gas transmission company, created in 1992. It operates the main gas pipelines, underground storage, and transit as the country's single transmission operator.
Uzumaki
Uzumaki (うずまき) is Junji Ito's 1998–1999 horror manga about Kurouzu-cho, a town cursed by spirals, published in English by VIZ and adapted into a 2000 live-action film and a 2024 Adult Swim anime.
Uzumaki (うずまき) (film)
Uzumaki (うずまき), also released as Spiral, is a 2000 Japanese horror film directed by Higuchinsky, adapting Junji Ito's manga about a town cursed by spirals; released February 11, 2000 by Toei, starring Eriko Hatsune.
Uzume Fluctus
Uzume Fluctus is a large lava flow field on Venus at 28.6N, 220.3E, about 700 km across, IAU-named in 1997 for the Japanese goddess of cheerfulness, a post-regional-plains volcanic unit.
Uzun Hasan's alliance with Venice
Uzun Hasan's alliance with Venice (اتحاد اوزون حسن با ونیز) was the Aq Qoyunlu ruler's cooperation with Venice against the Ottomans, ending in defeat in 1473.
Uzvyshsha
Uzvyshsha (Belarusian: Узвышша, "Height") was a Belarusian literary association of writers, founded in 1926 by authors who left the proletarian group Maladniak to pursue artistic quality.
Uzziah (עֻזִּיָּהוּ)
Uzziah, also known as Azariah, was a king of Judah, son of Amaziah, who reigned in Jerusalem for fifty-two years and was struck with a skin disease after offering incense in the Temple.
Uzziah earthquake
The Uzziah earthquake, also called the earthquake of Amos, was a large earthquake that struck Israel and Judah around 760 BC, recorded in Amos 1:1 and Zechariah 14:5.