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Weltschmerz
Weltschmerz, German for world-pain and also called world-weariness, is a mood of sadness about life arising from awareness of evil, suffering, and the gap between the world as it is and as it ought to be.
Welwitschia
Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis, tree tumbo, tweeblaarkanniedood) is the sole species of Welwitschiaceae, a Namib Desert gymnosperm with two lifelong leaves, ages over 1,500 years, XY sex chromosomes, and high northern-Namib extinction risk.
Welwyn
Welwyn, a Hertfordshire village in the Mimram valley, is known for its Roman remains: Lockleys villa, the Dicket Mead villa, and the Welwyn Roman Baths, a 3rd-century bath house preserved under the A1(M) motorway, discovered in 1960 by Tony Rook.
Welwyn Garden City
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, is the world's second Garden City, founded 1920 by Ebenezer Howard, masterplanned by Louis de Soissons, designated a New Town in 1948, known for its Parkway and neo-Georgian architecture.
Welzheim
Welzheim, a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, hosts a major Roman Limes site: the 4.3-hectare Westkastell (Ala I Scubulorum), the Ostkastell (Numerus Britonum), and Kleinkastell Rötelsee, founded around 160/165 AD, with a vicus lasting to about 254/260.
Welzow-Süd Coal Mine
Welzow-Süd (Tagebau Welzow-Süd) is an opencast lignite mine in Brandenburg, Germany, opened in 1966 and operated by LEAG. It produces about 20 million tonnes of lignite a year, with mining set to end in 2030.
Wemakeprice
Wemakeprice (위메프) was a Seoul-based South Korean social-commerce and open-market platform founded in 2010, one of Korea's big three alongside Coupang and Tmon, acquired by Qoo10 in 2023 and declared bankrupt in 2025.
Wembley
Wembley is a district in the London Borough of Brent, England, home of Wembley Stadium. Known for the 1923 White Horse Final, the British Empire Exhibition, Watkin's Folly, and the Quintain Wembley Park regeneration scheme targeting over 15,000 homes.
Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena, now the OVO Arena Wembley, is a Grade II listed 12,500-capacity indoor London concert venue beside Wembley Stadium. Opened 1934 as the Empire Pool for the British Empire Games, designed by Sir E Owen Williams.
Wembley Point Woman
Wembley Point Woman is an unidentified black woman, aged 20-40, who fell from the 21st floor of Wembley Point tower, London, on 29 October 2004, leaving a bus pass, £5.20 and an oil painting; still unidentified.
Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium is England's national stadium in Wembley, London, opened in 2007 with 90,000 seats, hosting England internationals, the FA Cup Final, and NFL games.
Wembley Stadium (1923)
Wembley Stadium (1923), or Empire Stadium, London stadium built 1922–23 for the British Empire Exhibition; hosted the 1923 White Horse FA Cup Final, 1948 Olympics, 1966 World Cup Final, and Live Aid; demolished 2002–3.
Wen Bin
Wen Bin (文宾) is a Chinese entrepreneur, born in 1987 in Changsha, who founded the nostalgic dining brand Wenheyou after starting as a street vendor.
Wen Chenghui
Wen Chenghui (温城辉, born 1993) is a Chinese entrepreneur from Guangdong who founded the gift e-commerce app Liwushuo, dubbed the "post-90s Jack Ma" by Chinese media.
Wen Ding kills Ji Li (文丁杀季历)
Wen Ding kills Ji Li (文丁杀季历) is the killing of the Zhou leader Ji Li by the Shang king Wen Ding, recorded in the Bamboo Annals.
Wen fu (Rhapsody on Literature)
Wen fu (文赋, Rhapsody on Literature) is a rhymed-prose treatise by Lu Ji, generally regarded as the first complete, systematic account of literary creation in Chinese criticism.
Wen Hsieh
Wen Hsieh is a venture capitalist and founding managing partner of Matter Venture Partners, a HardTech firm he started in 2023 after 17 years at Kleiner Perkins.
Wen Jiabao (温家宝)
Wen Jiabao (温家宝), born 1942 in Tianjin, was Premier of the State Council of China from March 2003 to March 2013 under Hu Jintao, known for Wenchuan earthquake response, rural healthcare and pension programs, and public calls for political reform.
Wen Kang
Wen Kang (文康) was a Qing dynasty Manchu bannerman novelist, author of Ernü Yingxiong zhuan (The Story of Heroic Sons and Daughters), first printed in 1878.
Wen Peng
Wen Peng (文彭, 1498–1573), a Ming dynasty seal carver, calligrapher, and painter and eldest son of Wen Zhengming, pioneered scholars carving their own seals in soft stone.
Wen Pin
Wen Pin (文聘), courtesy name Zhongye, was a military officer of the late Eastern Han and Cao Wei who served Liu Biao, then Cao Cao, and long governed Jiangxia.
Wen Rui'an
Wen Rui'an (温瑞安), born Wen Liangyu in 1954, is a Malaysian-born wuxia novelist and poet ranked with Jin Yong and Gu Long among the four grandmasters of new wuxia fiction.
Wen Shaoyuan
Wen Shaoyuan (温绍原, 1798–1858) was a Qing official and militia commander who defended Liuhe against the Taiping for six years and died when the city fell.
Wen Tianxiang
Wen Tianxiang (文天祥, 1236–1283) was a Southern Song official, general, and poet who resisted the Mongol conquest and was executed for refusing to serve the Yuan.
Wen Tianxiang's rallying of royal troops
Wen Tianxiang's rallying of royal troops (文天祥勤王) was the Song dynasty official Wen Tianxiang's 1275 raising of volunteer troops, funded by his entire family fortune.
Wen Tingyun
Wen Tingyun (温庭筠), originally named Qi and styled Feiqing, was a late Tang poet and ci lyricist from Taiyuan and a forerunner of the Huajian school.
Wen Tiren
Wen Tiren (温体仁) was a grand secretary of the Ming dynasty who dominated the court of the Chongzhen Emperor for roughly eight years, retiring in 1637 and dying in 1638.
Wen Tong
Wen Tong (文同), courtesy name Yuke, was a Song dynasty official, poet, calligrapher, and painter, 1018 to 1079, celebrated for ink bamboo and the idiom of the complete bamboo in the breast.
Wen Xie
Wen Xie is a physician-scientist in drug metabolism who chairs Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, known for his 2000 Nature paper on humanized xenobiotic receptor mice.
Wen Xuan (Selections of Refined Literature)
The Wen Xuan (文选), also called the Zhaoming Wenxuan, is China's earliest surviving anthology of refined literature, compiled under Crown Prince Xiao Tong of the Liang dynasty before 531.