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Wansley Combined Cycle power station

Wansley Combined Cycle is a natural gas-fired combined-cycle power station in Heard County, Georgia, near Carrollton, owned by Southern Power and operating since June 2002.

Wansley power station

Wansley power station is a retired coal-fired generating station near Carrollton, Georgia, operated by Georgia Power; its two coal units ran from 1976 until retirement in 2022.

Wanstead

Wanstead is an area in the London Borough of Redbridge in east London, best known for Wanstead Park, the grounds of the demolished Wanstead House.

Want Want Group

Want Want Group is a Taiwan-founded food and beverage maker led by Tsai Eng-meng, known for rice crackers and Wangzai Milk, with over 90% of revenue from mainland China.

Wanted (2008 film)

Wanted is a 2008 American action thriller directed by Timur Bekmambetov, loosely based on the Mark Millar comic miniseries, starring James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, and Morgan Freeman.

Wanted (2009 film)

Wanted (वांटेड) is a 2009 Hindi action film directed by Prabhu Deva, a remake of the Telugu hit Pokiri, starring Salman Khan as gangster Radhe and Ayesha Takia; it became 2009's second-highest grossing Hindi film and revived Khan's career.

Wanted (2016 Australian TV series)

Wanted is a 2016-2018 Australian action-crime drama on Seven Network, created by Rebecca Gibney and Richard Bell. Three seasons of six episodes follow Lola and Chelsea, falsely accused women on the run with a car full of money; Screen Queensland invested $527,768.

Wanted (comics)

Wanted (comics) covers Mark Millar and J.G. Jones's 2003-2005 Top Cow/Image miniseries about supervillains ruling a post-superhero world, its 2008 film adaptation, and the unrelated 1947-1953 Golden Age series Wanted Comics.

Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi song)

Wanted Dead or Alive: 1986 Bon Jovi power ballad written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, third single from Slippery When Wet, a cowboy-themed road song that peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and inspired MTV Unplugged via the 1989 VMAs acoustic set.

Wanted on Voyage

Wanted on Voyage is the 2014 debut album by English singer-songwriter George Ezra, released by Columbia. Recorded in London with Cam Blackwood and Joel Pott, it peaked at No. 1 in the UK behind the hit single "Budapest".

Wanted: The Legend of the Sisters Clarke

Wanted: The Legend of the Sisters Clarke, formerly Gun & Powder, is an American musical about Black twin sisters who passed as white as outlaws in 1893 Texas.

Wanvun

Wanvun is a traditional Kashmiri folk chorus sung by women in two rows, without instruments, at weddings and other auspicious ceremonies across the Kashmir Valley.

Wanxian

Wanxian (万县), today's Wanzhou District (万州区) of Chongqing, was a major upper Yangtze river port renamed Wanzhou District in 1998, and bore the largest Three Gorges resettlement.

Wanxiang Group

Wanxiang Group (万向集团), often shortened to Wanxiang, is a Hangzhou-based Chinese automotive components and clean-energy conglomerate founded in 1969 by Lu Guanqiu, and led since 2017 by his son Lu Weiding.

Wanxin Integrated (Wanxin Jicheng)

Wanxin Integrated (皖芯集成), also known as Wanxin Jicheng, is a Hefei semiconductor company founded in 2022 by Nexchip to build and operate its 12-inch wafer fab.

Wanxin Integrated Circuit (皖芯集成)

Wanxin Integrated Circuit (皖芯集成) is a Hefei-based semiconductor wafer-fab company set up by Nexchip in December 2022 to build and operate its Phase III 12-inch wafer line.

Wanxin Jicheng

皖芯集成 (Hefei Wanxin Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese 12-inch specialty-process wafer manufacturer in Hefei, Anhui, founded in 2022 as a subsidiary of foundry Nexchip.

Wanya Morris

Wanya Jermaine Morris (born 1973, Philadelphia) is the lead tenor of R&B group Boyz II Men, distinct from the comedian of the same name; joined Unique Attraction in 1987, four Grammys, solo mixtape Unreleased.

Wanyan clan

The Wanyan clan (完颜氏) was the Jurchen lineage that led the Jin dynasty, consolidating the Jurchen tribes and later bestowing its surname on meritorious officers as an honor.

Wanyan Liang's invasion of the Southern Song

Wanyan Liang's invasion of the Southern Song (完颜亮南侵) was the Jin ruler Wanyan Liang's campaign to conquer the Southern Song, ending when his generals killed him.

Wanyan Liang's Usurpation and Transfer of the Capital to Yanjing

Wanyan Liang's usurpation and transfer of the capital to Yanjing was the 1149 palace coup that made Wanyan Liang emperor of Jin and moved the capital to Yanjing.

Wanyan Zongwang

Wanyan Zongwang, also known as Wolubu, was a Jin dynasty prince and army commander, a son of Jin Taizu who besieged the Song capital in 1126.

Wanyue school

The Wanyue school of ci (婉约派), "the restrained and graceful school," is one of two major schools of Chinese ci poetry, treating love and parting with delicate restraint.

Wanze

Wanze (完泽) was a leading Yuan dynasty statesman who served as Right Chancellor of the Zhongshu Sheng under emperors Shizu and Chengzong, remitting decades of tax arrears.

Wanzhi (万知)

Wanzhi (万知) is an AI productivity assistant built by Kai-Fu Lee's Chinese company 01.AI, launched in May 2024 for reading documents, drafting reports, and making presentations.

Wanzhou

Wanzhou (万州区) is a district of Chongqing at the heart of the Three Gorges reservoir area on the Yangtze, covering 3,456.41 km² with 1.56 million residents, 263,000 Three Gorges resettlers, and a major upper-Yangtze port.

WAP (song)

WAP (song): 2020 explicit hip-hop single by Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion, Atlantic/KSR, produced by Ayo & Keyz; debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a then-record 93 million first-week US streams, topped the UK chart, and was RIAA-certified Diamond in August 2026.

Wapiti Formation

Wapiti Formation: Upper Cretaceous non-marine rock unit in west-central and northwestern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia, Canada, ~79.5-67 Ma, equivalent to the Belly River to Battle succession; distinct Eocene volcanic Wapiti Formation in Wyoming's Absaroka Supergroup.

Wapiti gas plant

The Wapiti gas plant is a sour gas processing and condensate stabilization facility in the Montney south of Grande Prairie, Alberta, owned and operated by Keyera Corporation.

Wapiti Oil and Gas Field

The Wapiti Oil and Gas Field is a gas and condensate field in the Deep Basin of west-central Alberta, discovered in 1976 southwest of Grande Prairie.