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Yaaradi Nee Mohini (யாராதி நீ மோகினி) (TV series)
Yaaradi Nee Mohini (யாரடி நீ மோகினி), a Tamil supernatural thriller serial on Zee Tamil (2017–2021), about widower Muthurasan, scheming stepmother Nilambari, and the protective ghost Chitra; remade in five languages, distinct from the 2008 Dhanush film of the same name.
Yaarana (याराना) (1981 film)
Yaarana (याराना), 1981 Hindi musical drama directed by Rakesh Kumar, starring Amitabh Bachchan as singer Kishan and Amjad Khan as Bishan; Rajesh Roshan music, hit song Saara Zamana, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor for Khan.
Yaare Neenu Cheluve (ಯಾರೇ ನೀನು ಚೆಲುವೇ)
Yaare Neenu Cheluve (ಯಾರೇ ನೀನು ಚೆಲುವೇ) is a 1998 Kannada romantic drama directed by D. Rajendra Babu, a remake of Tamil hit Kadhal Kottai, starring V. Ravichandran and Sangita as letter-writing lovers, with a hit Hamsalekha score that won a Filmfare Award.
Yaariyan (2014 film)
Yaariyan is a 2014 Hindi-language college drama directed by Divya Khosla Kumar in her directorial debut, starring Himansh Kohli and Rakul Preet Singh, whose hit soundtrack helped it succeed commercially.
Yaariyan 2 (यारियां 2)
Yaariyan 2 (यारियां 2) is a 2023 Hindi coming-of-age drama, a sequel to Yaariyan (2014) and remake of Bangalore Days, directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru, starring Divya Khosla Kumar, released 20 October 2023, and a box office failure (₹2.75 crore India net).
Yaba (Assyrian queen)
Yaba, also written Iaba, was a queen of Assyria and wife of Tiglath-pileser III (reigned 744–727 BC), known from inscriptions and her tomb at Nimrud.
Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs!
Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs! is a 2020 Warner Bros. Animation Flintstones spin-off following Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm, and Dino, developed by Marly Halpern-Graser and Mark Marek, with 26 Boomerang episodes and a 2021 HBO Max US release.
Yabby You
Yabby You, born Vivian Jackson, was a Jamaican roots reggae singer and producer known as the "Jesus Dread"; his 1972 single "Conquering Lion" made him a cult figure in Europe.
Yabing Qi
Yabing Qi (戚亚冰) is a Chinese surface and interface scientist known for perovskite solar cell research, a professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University after 13 years at OIST in Japan.
Yabitiri
Yabitiri was a Canaanite ruler of the Amarna letters, the fourteenth-century BC archive in Egypt; his letter EA 296 describes him guarding the gates of Gaza and Joppa.
Yablochkov (lunar crater)
Yablochkov is a 99 km far-side lunar crater at 60.9N, 128.3E named for Russian electrical engineer Pavel Yablochkov (1847-1894); Yablochkov U is its 30.73 km IAU-approved satellite crater at 61.88N, 120.28E.
Yabloko
Yabloko (Яблоко), formally the Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko, is a Russian social-liberal party founded in 1993, the only registered opposition party campaigning against the war in Ukraine.
Yablonoi Mountains
Yablonoi Mountains (Russian: Яблоновый хребет, Yablonovy khrebet), also Yablonovy Range, a 650–700 km mountain range in Zabaykalsky Krai, Siberia, forming the Arctic–Pacific watershed; highest point Kontalaksky Golets, 1,706 m.
Yablunivske Gas Field
Yablunivske Gas Field (Яблунівське родовище) is a gas-condensate field in the Poltava region of Ukraine, discovered in 1977, producing since 1983, and supplying about 5% of national gas output.
Yabninu
Yabninu was a rich high-ranking "man of the king" in the Syrian city-state of Ugarit in the late 13th century BC, known from cuneiform tablets.
Yabotí Biosphere Reserve
Yabotí Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de Biósfera Yabotí), a UNESCO MAB site in Misiones, Argentina, designated 1995, protecting Paraná Forest, Moconá Falls, Esmeralda core area, Mbya Guaraní communities, and jaguar habitat.
Yabujin
Yabujin (Rokas Tarulis per unconfirmed reports; also DJ GYROTTA ZAO) is an anonymous Lithuanian rapper and producer of cloud rap, hexD, bitcrushed ambient and jumpstyle, active since 2016, inspiration for the yabujincore TikTok trend.
Yabuki Nako
Yabuki Nako (矢吹 奈子, Korean 나코) is a Japanese singer and actress born in 2001, a member of HKT48 and, from 2018 to 2021, the girl group IZ*ONE.
Yabusame (流鏑馬)
Yabusame (流鏑馬) is Japanese mounted archery performed as a Shinto ritual: a galloping archer shoots kaburaya arrows at three left-side targets. Distinct from kasagake and inu-ou-mono; revived under Tokugawa Yoshimune.
Yacc
Yacc (Yet Another Compiler Compiler) is a parser generator written by Stephen C. Johnson at Bell Labs in 1975 that converts a grammar into a C LALR(1) parser.
Yachama Nayaka
Yachama Nayaka (याचम नायक), also called Yaca Sura, was a Vijayanagara chief who governed Perimidi from Madhurantakam, rescued the heir Rama Deva from Vellore, and defeated Gobburi Jagga Raya.
Yachama Nayudu
Yachama Nayudu (యాచమ నాయుడు), also written Yacha Sura, was an early 17th-century Vijayanagara commander who defeated Jagga Rai with Tanjore's help and placed Rama Deva Raya on the throne.
Yachiyo, Chiba
Yachiyo (八千代市) is a commuter city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, near Tokyo; site of Yachiyodai, Japan's first large-scale housing estate (1957), population about 209,000.
Yacht
A yacht is a sail- or power-driven vessel used for pleasure, cruising, or racing, with no fixed size definition, though superyachts measure 24 meters or more.
Yacht club
Yacht club: member-governed sailing organizations, from the 1720 Water Club of Cork and Royal Yacht Squadron to the New York Yacht Club; defined by racing, burgees, commodores, dues tiers, and facilities distinct from marinas.
Yacht rock
Yacht rock: retrospective name for smooth, jazz- and R&B-inflected late-1970s/early-1980s Southern California soft rock (Steely Dan, Toto, Michael McDonald, Christopher Cross). Term coined in 2005 by the Channel 101 comedy web series; not about boats; peaked 1981-82, faded by 1985.
Yacht Rock (2005 TV series)
Yacht Rock is a 2005-2010 American comedy web series by J.D. Ryznar, Hunter Stair, and Steve Huey on Channel 101 that coined the term "yacht rock" through mockumentary parodies of Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, and Steely Dan.
Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary
Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary (Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary) is Garret Price's 2024 HBO Music Box documentary on the late-1970s West Coast soft rock dubbed yacht rock in 2005, featuring McDonald, Cross, Loggins, Toto, and Questlove; it premiered November 29, 2024.
Yachting
Yachting: racing in sailing yachts for trophies and pleasure cruising. Key facts: Royal Yacht Squadron 1815, New York Yacht Club 1844, America's Cup first contested 1851, 132-year American defense streak ended by Australia II in 1983, Olympic sport since 1900.
Yacine Brahimi (ياسين نصر الدين براهيمي)
Yacine Brahimi (ياسين إبراهيمي), born 1990 in Paris, Algerian left winger; 72 caps/15 goals, 2014 World Cup, AFCON 2019, Arab Cup 2021; starred for Granada, Porto, and Al-Gharafa.