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Wuhuan of the Three Commanderies
Wuhuan of the Three Commanderies (三郡烏桓) was a Wuhuan tribal confederation in You Province during the late Eastern Han, destroyed by Cao Cao in 207.
Wuji
Wuji (勿吉) was a tribal people of northeastern Manchuria during the Northern and Southern dynasties, north of Goguryeo, known for birch-arrow tribute to the Northern Wei.
Wuji Colonel
The Wuji Colonel (戊己校尉) was a Han dynasty military colonel who commanded the garrison and farming colonies Han maintained in the Jushi region of the Turfan depression.
Wujia
Wujia River (乌加河), also Wujiahe, is an abandoned former channel of the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia's Hetao Plain that silted around 1850 and now serves as the main drainage channel of the Hetao Irrigation District, feeding Wuliangsuhai Lake.
Wujiangdu hydroelectric plant
Wujiangdu hydroelectric plant (乌江渡水电站) is a large hydropower station on the main stream of the Wu River in Guizhou Province, China, the first built on the river and completed in 1982.
Wujiaqu power station
Wujiaqu power station is an operating coal-fired power station in Wutong Town, Wujiaqu, Xinjiang, China, with a capacity of at least 3,640 megawatts across six units built in two phases.
Wujiazi City Site
The Wujiazi City Site (五家子城址) is an unexcavated rammed-earth walled-city site of the Liao and Jin periods in Gongzhuling, Jilin province, China, named a Major Historical and Cultural Site in 2013.
Wujing cogen power station
Wujing cogen power station (吴泾) is a coal-fired combined heat and power complex in Minhang District, Shanghai, China; its main plant, Wujing-2, completed two 600 MW units in 2002.
Wujing yiyi
Wujing yiyi (五经异义) is a lost Eastern Han work by Xu Shen comparing New Text and Old Text readings of the Five Classics, surviving only in fragments.
Wujing Zhengyi
Wujing Zhengyi (五经正义) is the official Tang dynasty subcommentary on the Five Confucian Classics, compiled by scholars led by Kong Yingda on Emperor Taizong's order.
Wujing Zongyao
The Wujing Zongyao (武经总要, "Essentials of the Military Arts") is a Song dynasty military encyclopedia in forty juan, recorded under Zeng Gongliang and completed in the 1040s.
Wujing-2 power station
Wujing-2 power station (申能吴泾第二发电厂), also known as 吴泾发电厂8期, is a 1,200 MW coal-fired power station in Minhang, Shanghai, owned by Shenergy and Shanghai Electric Power and completed in 2002.
WUK
WUK, short for Werkstätten- und Kulturhaus, is a self-managed cultural center and concert venue in Vienna, housed in a former locomotive factory occupied by activists and opened in 1981.
Wukari Federation
The Wukari Federation is a Nigerian traditional state based in Wukari, Taraba State, regarded as the successor of the Kwararafa confederacy and ruled by the Aku Uka.
Wuki
Wuki, the stage name of Kris Barman, is an American DJ and producer blending booty breaks, electro, and house, with a Grammy-nominated Miley Cyrus remix.
WUKONG
WUKONG is the stage persona of Singaporean DJ and producer Alfy Ngor, who performs a self-coined "oriental rave" style built on Chinese instruments and mythology.
Wukong Bicycle
Wukong Bicycle was a dockless bike-sharing startup in Chongqing, China, founded by Lei Houyi, and the first of China's bike-sharing apps to shut down, in 2017.
Wulajie Yanjiang Gucheng Zhi
乌拉街沿江古城址 (Wulajie riverside ancient city sites): three Liao-Jin walled-city sites at Wulajie Manchu town, Longtan District, Jilin City, on the Songhua River; reused in Ming-Qing, made a seventh-batch national key cultural relics protection unit in May 2013.
Wular Lake
Wular Lake, a large freshwater lake in Kashmir, India, fed by the Jhelum River; a Ramsar site since 1990, major fishery and flood buffer, now heavily shrunk and under restoration by WUCMA.
Wular Lake Mound
Wular Lake Mound is the Archaeological Survey of India designation for fifteenth-century mosque and tomb ruins on an artificial island in Wular Lake, Jammu and Kashmir.
Wulfhelm
Wulfhelm was Archbishop of Canterbury from about 926 until his death on 12 February 941, having earlier served as Bishop of Wells and advising King Æthelstan.
Wulfram Gerstner
Wulfram Gerstner is a computational neuroscientist at EPFL in Switzerland, known for spike-timing-dependent plasticity, the learning rule making spike order central to how brain models learn.
Wulfred
Wulfred (died 832) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 805 to 832, known for his long conflict with King Coenwulf of Mercia over Kentish monasteries and for placing his portrait on his coins.
Wulfstan of York
Wulfstan of York, sometimes Wulfstan II or Lupus, was an English churchman and writer who served as Archbishop of York from 1002 until his death in 1023.
Wuliancheng Site
五连城城址 (Wuliancheng site), a Lower Xiajiadian culture stone-walled settlement in Jianping County, Chaoyang, Liaoning, dating Xia to Shang; five linked hilltop towns, largest 18,000 m², seventh-batch national heritage site.
Wulianghetai
Wulianghetai (兀良合台), c. 1200 to 1271, was a Mongol general, son of Su Butai, who directed the conquest of Dali and the invasions of Jiaozhi and Song territory.
Wuliangye Yibin
Wuliangye Yibin Co., Ltd. (五粮液) is a Chinese distiller in Yibin, Sichuan, whose flagship 52-degree Wuliangye is the benchmark strong-aroma baijiu, ranking second in China behind Kweichow Moutai.
Wuligongming (artisans inscribing names)
Wuligongming (物勒工名制度) was a Warring States quality-control policy under which artisans, workmasters, and officials inscribed their names on goods so faulty work could be traced and punished.
Wulin Jiushi
Wulin Jiushi (武林旧事, Old Affairs of Wulin) is a ten-juan collection of notes by Song loyalist Zhou Mi, written about 1290 on life in the Southern Song capital Lin'an (Hangzhou).
Wuling (五菱)
Wuling (五菱) is a Chinese automotive brand produced by SAIC-GM-Wuling in Liuzhou, Guangxi; its Hongguang Mini EV overtook the Tesla Model 3 as China's best-selling electric car in 2020.