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Dutch–Siamese relations
Dutch–Siamese relations are the political, commercial, and diplomatic contacts between the Netherlands and Siam, beginning around 1600 when Dutch East India Company traders established a trading post at Ayutthaya.
Dutch–Siamese War (1663–1664)
The Dutch–Siamese War (1663–1664) was a trade conflict between Siam under King Narai and the Dutch East India Company, ending in a Dutch naval blockade and the 1664 treaty.
Dutchavelli
Dutchavelli (Stephan Fabulous Allen) is a British UK drill rapper, brother of Stefflon Don, raised in Rotterdam, who broke through in 2020 with "I Dunno" and the mixtape Dutch From The 5th.
Dutchess County, New York
Dutchess County, New York: Hudson Valley county founded 1683, named for Mary of Modena, Duchess of York. Seat Poughkeepsie; population about 300,708 (2025 estimate); home of FDR's Hyde Park and IBM sites.
Dutee Chand (ଦୁତୀ ଚାନ୍ଦ)
Dutee Chand (ଦୁତୀ ଚାନ୍ଦ), born 1996, Indian sprinter from Odisha; 100m national record holder (11.17), 2018 Asian Games double silver, 2019 Universiade gold, and the athlete whose 2015 CAS case suspended the IAAF hyperandrogenism rules.
Duterte family
Duterte family: Philippine political dynasty from Davao City; Rodrigo Duterte president 2016-2022, now detained at the ICC; daughter Sara Duterte is vice president facing a Senate impeachment trial.
Dutertism
Dutertism (Dutertismo) is a governance style adopted by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during his 2016–2022 term, combining anti-elite rhetoric, a punitive emphasis on discipline, and power concentration.
Duties of the Heart
Duties of the Heart (Ḥovot ha-Levavot) is a work of Jewish ethics by Bahya ibn Paquda, a Jewish judge in Zaragoza, written in Arabic around 1080.
Dutogliptin
Dutogliptin (PHX1149), a Phenomix DPP-4 inhibitor for type 2 diabetes; oral phase 3 program terminated, now a Recardio subcutaneous formulation for post-myocardial-infarction therapy.
Dutrieu Patera
Dutrieu Patera is an 80-km-wide patera (volcano-tectonic depression) on Venus at 33.80°N, 198.50°E, IAU-approved in 2006 and named for the Belgian/French pioneer aviatrix Hélène Dutrieu (1877–1961).
Dutta Samant
Dutta Samant (दत्ता सामंत), also spelled Datta Samant, "Doctorsaheb", was an Indian doctor-turned-trade-union leader who led the 1982-83 Bombay textile strike of about 250,000 mill workers, won seats as MLA and MP, and was assassinated in Mumbai in 1997.
Duttaphrynus
Duttaphrynus, also called Dutta's toads (头棱蟾属), is a genus of 24 Asian true toads (Bufonidae) split from Bufo in 2006, ranging from Pakistan and India to Indonesia, including the invasive Asian common toad D. melanostictus.
Dutton Ranch
Dutton Ranch is a 2026 Paramount+ neo-Western drama, a Yellowstone sequel spinoff starring Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser as Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler rebuilding in Rio Paloma, Texas; nine episodes, biggest Paramount+ original launch, renewed for season 2.
Dutty Boukman
Dutty Boukman, an enslaved Vodou priest in Saint-Domingue, pronounced the oath at the Bois-Caïman ceremony and led the opening of the 1791 slave uprising that began the Haitian Revolution.
Dutty wine
Dutty wine is a Jamaican dancehall dance, usually performed by women, in which the dancer moves the legs like a butterfly while rapidly rotating the neck in a full circle.
Dutugamunu the Great
Dutugamunu the Great (Dutthagamani Abhaya, Gamini Abhaya), Anuradhapura king of Sri Lanka, reigned 161–137 BCE, defeated Elara, unified the island, and built Mirisawetiya, Ruwanwelisaya, and Lovamahapaya.
Duty After School (방과 후 전쟁)
Duty After School (방과 후 전쟁활동, After School War Activities) is a 2023 TVING South Korean sci-fi web drama, 10 episodes, adapted from Ha Il-kwon's Naver webtoon, in which high school seniors are conscripted to fight alien spheres 50 days before the CSAT.
Duty cycle
Duty cycle, also called duty ratio or duty factor, is the fraction of a repetitive pulse waveform's period during which the signal is active, usually as a percentage.
Duty of care
Duty of care: the legal obligation to act with reasonable caution to avoid foreseeable harm, the threshold element of negligence. Known for Donoghue v Stevenson, the Caparo test, and the omissions doctrine.
Duty of support between spouses
The duty of support between spouses is the reciprocal legal obligation, arising from marriage itself, that each spouse provide for the other's necessities and refrain from harm.
Duty to rescue
The duty to rescue is a legal obligation to aid a person in danger; Anglo-American common law imposes it only for special relationships, created perils, or undertaken rescues.
Duty to Warn
Duty to warn, also called Tarasoff duty, is clinicians' legal obligation to warn identifiable third parties of serious threats from patients, originating in Tarasoff v. Regents (1976) and varying by state.
Duty-free shop
A duty-free shop is a customs-bonded retail outlet selling goods to travelers without customs duty, excise duty, or VAT; the first opened at Shannon Airport, Ireland.
Duur
Duur (دور) is a 2000 album by Pakistani pop duo Strings, Bilal Maqsood and Faisal Kapadia, which ended an eight-year hiatus, crossed over to India, and is called the band's most popular album.
Duurlig Nars
Duurlig Nars (Дуурлиг нарс) is a Xiongnu (Hunnu) elite cemetery in Bayan-Adarga, Khentii, Mongolia, with about 300 noble tombs, Tomb 1 and the 80 m Tomb 160, excavated since 2006 by the Mongolia-Korea Mon-Sol project and inscribed by UNESCO in 2026.
Duva Oil and Gas Field
Duva is an oil and gas field in the northern Norwegian North Sea, discovered in 2016, producing since 2021 via a subsea tie-back to the Gjøa platform.
Duval County, Florida
Duval County, Florida, is a county in northeastern Florida established in 1822 and named for territorial governor William Pope Duval, whose government merged with Jacksonville in 1968.
Duvalia
Duvalia (belemnite genus, Bayle 1878, family Duvaliidae) is an extinct Early Cretaceous cephalopod with compressed, grooved rostra, Tithonian to Aptian, mainly Tethyan; not the homonymous African succulent plant genus Duvalia Haw.
Duvalier family
The Duvalier family ruled Haiti as a hereditary personalist dictatorship from 1957 to 1986: François "Papa Doc" Duvalier (1907-1971) and his son Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" (1951-2014), backed by the Tontons Macoutes militia, US Cold War support, and terror that killed at least 30,000 people.
Duvall Hecht
Duvall Hecht (1930-2022), American rower; 1956 Melbourne Olympic gold medalist in coxless pairs with Jim Fifer; founder of Books on Tape audiobook company and UC Irvine rowing program.