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Wollemi National Park

Wollemi National Park: 488,620-hectare NSW national park northwest of Sydney, second largest in the state, part of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area and sole home of the critically endangered Wollemi pine.

Wollemia

Wollemia, commonly the Wollemi pine, is a genus of conifer in the Araucariaceae family, unknown to science until 1994 and now critically endangered in the wild in New South Wales, Australia.

Wollongong

Wollongong, a coastal city in New South Wales about 80 km south of Sydney and capital of the Illawarra Shoalhaven region; Dharawal country, coal and port history, $17.6B GRP, population forecast near 300,000 by 2046.

Wolmi Theme Park

Wolmi Theme Park (월미테마파크), also My Land, is an amusement park on Wolmido Island, Incheon, South Korea; opened 1992, reopened 2009, with a 115 m Ferris wheel, 70 m drop tower, and two-story Viking.

Sep 24, 2026

Wolmyeongsa

Wolmyeongsa (월명사, 月明師) was a Silla monk and hyangga poet of the mid-to-late 8th century, a Hwarang member credited with 'Doseolga' and 'Jemangmaega', transmitted in the Samguk yusa.

Wolof folktales

Wolof folktales are the oral tradition of the Wolof people of Senegal and the Gambia, centered on tales of Leuk the hare outwitting Bouki the hyena.

Wolof griot epic

The Wolof griot epic is the oral heroic tradition performed by griots among the Wolof people of Senegal and Gambia, best known through the Epic of Kajoor.

Wolof language

Wolof is a North-Atlantic Niger-Congo language of Senegal, the Gambia, and Mauritania, Senegal's most spoken language (over 12 million speakers) and lingua franca, written in Latin, Wolofal (Ajami), and Garay scripts.

Wolof novel

The Wolof novel is extended narrative fiction written in Wolof, Senegal's most widely spoken language; the first published Wolof novel is Mame Younousse Dieng's Aawo bi of 1992.

Wolof people

Wolof people: largest ethnic group of Senegal (about 39-44% of the population), also in Gambia and Mauritania; heirs of the 14th-century Djolof empire; Wolof language is Senegal's lingua franca, spoken by over 80% as first or second language.

Wolof urban rap and slam poetry

Wolof urban rap and slam poetry are Senegal's two principal spoken-word forms: rap, known locally as rap galsen, grew from 1980s Dakar dance culture, while slam has associations in all 14 regions.

Wolofal

Wolofal is the writing of the Wolof language in a modified Arabic script, an Ajami tradition used in Senegal for religious poetry and everyday writing.

Wolong Biosphere Reserve

Wolong Biosphere Reserve (卧龙自然保护区), Sichuan, China: 200,000-hectare panda reserve established 1963, UNESCO biosphere since 1979, World Heritage core area 2006, with CCRCGP captive breeding and about 10% of wild pandas.

Wolongshan Shancheng Yizhi

Wolongshan Shancheng Yizhi (卧龙山山城遗址), formerly Niangniengcheng fortress, a late-Goguryeo Sui-Tang stone mountain fortress in Xiuyan, Liaoning; 2.8 km inner wall, five gates, 2019 national heritage site.

Wolpertinger

Wolpertinger: a chimera of Bavarian folklore, a hare with antlers, wings, and fangs, assembled as taxidermy hoaxes by 19th-century preparators; kin to the jackalope, Rasselbock, and skvader.

Wolseley, Saskatchewan

Wolseley, Saskatchewan, a town on Fairy Lake east of Regina, home to the 1894-95 Wolseley Court House, the only surviving Territorial-era courthouse in the province, plus the swinging bridge and Town Hall/Opera House.

Wolseong

Wolseong (月城, the Moon Castle) is the site of the royal palace of the Silla kingdom in Gyeongju, South Korea, in use from the 4th century until Silla's fall.

Oct 15, 2026

Wolsong Nuclear Power Plant

Wolsong Nuclear Power Plant (월성원자력) is a nuclear power station in Gyeongju, South Korea, with four Canadian CANDU reactors and two Korean Shin-Wolsong (신월성) reactors.

Wolt

Wolt, formally Wolt Enterprises Oy, is a Finnish delivery platform founded in Helsinki in 2014, connecting customers with restaurants and stores through couriers; DoorDash acquired it in 2022 for $8.0 billion.

Wolters Kluwer

Wolters Kluwer (EURONEXT: WKL) is a Dutch professional information, software, and services company formed in 1987 from Dutch publishers Wolters, Noordhoff, Samsom, and Kluwer. It runs five divisions including Health (UpToDate, Ovid, Lippincott) and Tax & Accounting (CCH), reporting €6.1 billion in 2025 revenues with 83% recurring.

Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton, a West Midlands city in England's Black Country (founded as Wulfrun's Heantun, 985 AD), grew through canals, railways, and industry into a manufacturing center with city status since 2000.

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. (Wolves, Old Gold), English football club founded 1877 as St Luke's FC, Football League founder member, Molineux home since 1889, three top-flight titles, Fosun-owned, relegated to the Championship in 2026.

Wolverine

Wolverine (Gulo gulo), also carcajou or skunk bear, the largest terrestrial mustelid, a solitary carnivore of boreal and alpine regions of North America and Eurasia, dependent on persistent spring snow for denning and listed threatened in the contiguous US.

Wolverine (character)

Wolverine (Logan, James Howlett) is a Marvel Comics mutant created by Len Wein and John Romita Sr., debuting in The Incredible Hulk #180 (1974), defined by a healing factor, adamantium claws and skeleton, X-Men membership, and Hugh Jackman's film portrayal.

Wolverine (comic book)

Wolverine comic book series starring Logan: the landmark 1982 Claremont-Miller limited series (Marvel's second limited series), the 189-issue 1988 ongoing, Weapon X, Old Man Logan, Death of Wolverine, and current volumes.

Wolverine and the X-Men (TV series)

Wolverine and the X-Men (also Wolverine & The X-Men) is a 26-episode Marvel animated series airing 2008–2009, in which Wolverine leads a reformed X-Men team against the MRD after Professor X warns of an apocalyptic future; cancelled after one season.

Sep 19, 2026

Wolverine Trading

Wolverine Trading is a Chicago-based proprietary trading and market-making firm founded in 1994 that provides continuous bid and offer quotations in exchange-listed options, equities, and futures.

Wolverine World Wide

Wolverine World Wide, Inc. is an American footwear and apparel company headquartered in Rockford, Michigan, founded in 1883, whose brands include Merrell, Saucony, and Hush Puppies.

Wolves

The wolf (Canis lupus) is a large wild canid, ancestor of domestic dogs, that lives in family packs led by a dominant breeding pair across the Northern Hemisphere.