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Tribe

Tribe: an anthropological category for kinship-based, non-state social groups, derived from the Roman tribus and standardized during colonial rule. Largely abandoned as an analytical term since Fried's and Southall's critiques; now survives in legal uses such as ILO Convention No. 169 and federally recognized Native American tribes.

Tribe of Benjamin

Tribe of Benjamin (בנימין), one of the twelve Israelite tribes, descended from Jacob's youngest son; small central-hill-country territory between Judah and Ephraim, home of King Saul, later aligned with Judah.

Tribe of Dan

Tribe of Dan (דָּן), one of the twelve tribes of Israel, son of Jacob and Bilhah; the name means "judge." Known for its coastal allotment, northward migration to Laish, the cult site of Tel Dan, and the Denyen Sea Peoples hypothesis.

Tribe of Ephraim

The Tribe of Ephraim, or Ephraimites, was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from Joseph, settled in the central hill country of Canaan, and dominant in the northern kingdom of Israel.

Tribe of Judah (שבט יהודה)

Tribe of Judah (שבט יהודה), one of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from Judah son of Jacob and Leah. Largest tribal allotment, Davidic royal line, survived as kingdom of Judah, source of the name 'Jew'.

Tribe of Levi

The Tribe of Levi is the Israelite tribe descended from Levi, third son of Jacob and Leah, set aside for Temple service instead of receiving land.

Tribeca

Tribeca (Triangle Below Canal) is a Lower Manhattan neighborhood, formerly Washington Market, an industrial loft district resettled by artists in the 1970s and protected by four NYC historic districts designated 1991-1992 plus a 2002 extension.

Tribenuron

Tribenuron (tribenuron-methyl, DPX L5300, Express) is a sulfonylurea, ALS-inhibiting post-emergence herbicide for broadleaved weeds in cereals; EU-approved to 2034, first approved 1987, DT50 about 9 days in soil.

Tribes and Empires: Storm of Prophecy (九州·海上牧云记)

Tribes and Empires: Storm of Prophecy (九州·海上牧云记) is a 2017 Chinese fantasy drama directed by Cao Dun, adapted from Jin Hezai's Novoland novel, with 75 episodes on iQiyi, Tencent, and Youku.

Tribes of Arabia

Tribes of Arabia (qabīla, قبيلة): Arabian tribal groups defined by descent from Adnan or Qahtan, their segmentary structure, classical genealogies, major confederations, and role in modern Gulf states.

Tribes of Europa

Tribes of Europa is a 2021 German Netflix post-apocalyptic sci-fi series by Philip Koch, six episodes set in 2074 after the 2029 Black December, following Origine siblings Kiano, Liv, and Elja; cancelled after one season.

Tribes of Yemen

Tribes of Yemen: kinship-based social and political units organized in confederations, chiefly Hashid, Bakil, Madhaj, Himyar, and Kinda. Governed by sheikhs and customary law (urf), strongest in the northern highlands, and central to Yemeni state-building, mediation, and the current war.

Tribhanga (film)

Tribhanga: Tedhi Medhi Crazy is a 2021 Hindi-language Netflix drama directed by Renuka Shahane, starring Kajol, Tanvi Azmi, and Mithila Palkar as three generations of women forced to reconcile when the matriarch Nayan falls into a coma.

Tribhuvan International Airport

Tribhuvan International Airport (त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल), also known as Kathmandu Airport, is Nepal's primary international airport in the Kathmandu Valley; it was the country's only international airport from 1949 until 2022.

Tribhuvan Mishra CA Topper

Tribhuvan Mishra CA Topper is a 2024 Hindi Netflix dark comedy series, 9 episodes, created by Mirzapur co-creator Puneet Krishna, starring Manav Kaul as a chartered accountant who turns to sex work after a banking crisis; ICAI's stay plea was refused.

Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital

Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH, त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय शिक्षण अस्पताल) is Nepal's first medical college hospital, in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, under the Institute of Medicine; built with Japanese aid, inaugurated 1986, a top national referral center.

Tribhuvanakirti rasa

Tribhuvanakirti rasa (त्रिभुवनकीर्ति रस), also Tribhuvan Kirti Ras, is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral Kharaliya Rasayana for fever, made from cinnabar, borax, aconite, and trikatu processed with herbal juices; dose 125-250 mg.

Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi

Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi, born Dyah Gitarja, was the third ruler of Majapahit in eastern Java and its first female monarch, reigning from about 1328 to 1350.

Tribhuwanaraja Mauliwarmadewa

Tribhuwanaraja Mauliwarmadewa, also written Tribhuvanarājamaulivarmadeva, was the ruler of Malayu at Dharmasraya in Sumatra in the late 13th century, known from the Padang Roco inscription of 1286.

Tribo de Jah

Tribo de Jah is a Brazilian reggae band formed in 1986 in São Luís, Maranhão, fronted by founder Fauzi Beydoun and credited as a pioneer of reggae in Brazil.

Tribo do Mar

Tribo do Mar names several ventures: a surf and SUP school at Praia da Consolação, Peniche, Portugal (since 2005, RNAAT 186/2011), a Faro children's aquatic-safety camp, a former Aracaju surf club, a Ubatuba boat-tour operator, and a beginner surf break.

Triboelectric effect

The triboelectric effect, also called contact electrification or triboelectrification, is charge transfer between touching materials that separate, known for over 2,600 years from rubbed amber.

Tribology

Tribology is the science and technology of interacting surfaces in relative motion, covering friction, wear, lubrication, and adhesion; the term was coined in the 1960s.

Triboluminescence

Triboluminescence, also called fractoluminescence, is the emission of light from certain solids under mechanical stress, first recorded by Francis Bacon in 1605 with crushed sugar crystals.

Tribonacci numbers

The Tribonacci numbers are an integer sequence in which each term is the sum of the three preceding terms, generalizing the Fibonacci numbers; they begin 0, 1, 1, 2, 4, 7.

Triborough Bridge

The Triborough Bridge, officially the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, is a complex of bridges and viaducts linking Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx in New York City.

Triboulet

Triboulet (Nicolas Ferrial, Le Févrial; 1479–1536) was court jester to Louis XII and François I of France. He inspired Victor Hugo's Le Roi s'amuse (1832) and Verdi's Rigoletto (1851), was drawn by Jean Clouet, and gave his name to a Paris weekly.

Tribromsalan

Tribromsalan (TBS, 3,4',5-tribromosalicylanilide, CAS 87-10-5) is a brominated salicylanilide formerly used as an antimicrobial in medicated soaps, banned by the FDA in 1975 and prohibited in EU cosmetics for causing photosensitization.

Tribufos

Tribufos (S,S,S-tributyl phosphorotrithioate, CAS 78-48-8), also sold as DEF or Folex, is an organophosphate cotton defoliant applied before harvest; persistent in soil, cholinesterase-inhibiting, EPA negative drinking water determination 2026.

Tribugá-Cupica-Baudó Biosphere Reserve

Tribugá-Cupica-Baudó Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de Biosfera Tribugá-Cupica-Baudó), a UNESCO MAB site in Chocó, Colombia, designated June 2023; first on Colombia's Pacific coast, sixth nationally, about 546,605 ha with Emberá and Afro-Colombian communities.