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Babine

Babine names a lake, river, and mountain range in central British Columbia, from the French "babine" (lip) applied by fur-trade voyageurs to Carrier people wearing labrets. Babine Lake is Canada's largest sockeye nursery, producing up to 90% of Skeena sockeye.

Babinet's principle

Babinet's principle, also called Babinet's paradox, is a statement in wave diffraction that complementary screens, with opaque and transparent regions interchanged, produce identical diffraction patterns away from the forward direction.

Babington Plot

The Babington Plot (1586) was a Catholic conspiracy to assassinate Elizabeth I and crown Mary, Queen of Scots. Walsingham's codebreaker Thomas Phelippes deciphered and forged their ciphered letters, leading to Babington's execution and Mary's beheading.

Babirusa

Babirusa (Babyrousa), the "pig deer" of Sulawesi, Togian, Sula, and Buru islands in Indonesia; wild pigs whose males' upper canines grow through the snout like antlers; threatened by hunting, deforestation, and African swine fever.

Bábism

Bábism, or the Babi faith, was a messianic religious movement in 19th-century Iran founded by the Báb, who was executed in 1850; most followers later became Baháʼís.

Babita

Babita (Babita Shivdasani Kapoor, born 1947) is a retired Hindi film actress active 1966-1973, known for Farz and Raaz, wife of Randhir Kapoor and mother of Karisma and Kareena Kapoor; distinct from the Bangladeshi actress Babita.

Babita Kumari

Babita Kumari Phogat (born 1989, Balali, Haryana) is an Indian freestyle wrestler, sister of Geeta Phogat: 2010 CWG silver, 2014 CWG gold, 2018 CWG silver, 2012 world bronze, 2016 Olympian, Arjuna Award 2015.

Babita Singh Reporting

Babita Singh Reporting (बबीता सिंह रिपोर्टिंग), also ASI Babita Singh Reporting, is a 2026 Hindi Prime Video crime drama directed by Ambiecka Pandit, starring Nimisha Sajayan as a suspended cop investigating her friend's murder in Rewa.

Babka

Babka, also called krantz cake (עוגת קראנץ), is a sweet Eastern European Jewish yeast bread twisted with chocolate, cinnamon, or poppy seed filling; Polish in origin, chocolate-filled since New York, revived by 2010s bakeries.

Babli Bouncer

Babli Bouncer (बबली बाउंसर), 2022 Hindi comedy-drama directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, starring Tamannaah Bhatia as a female bouncer from Asola-Fatehpur Beri; Disney+ Hotstar release 23 September 2022, IMDb 6.5/10.

Babloo Prithiveeraj

Babloo Prithiveeraj (பப்லு பிரித்விராஜ்), born 1965, is an Indian actor working in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam films and television. A former child artist billed as Master Babloo, he won a 1997 Nandi Award for Best Villain and appeared in Animal (2023).

Babo (rapper)

Babo is a Mexican rapper and songwriter who founded Cartel de Santa in the 1990s. His 2016 album Viejo Marihuano reached number 2 on the Billboard Latin Albums chart.

Bābol

Bābol (بابل), formerly Bārforūš, is a city in Māzandarān, northern Iran, on the Bābol river; a 19th-century Caspian trade hub renamed in 1927, with 219,467 people in 2011.

Baboo Nimal

Baboo Nimal (Baburao Narasappa Nimal, 1908–1998), Indian field hockey player from Khadki, Maharashtra, affiliated with Bombay; won gold in men's hockey for British India at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Baboon

Baboon, genus Papio, six species of large terrestrial Old World monkeys of sub-Saharan Africa and southwest Arabia; known for flexible diets, multilevel societies, dominance hierarchies, and use as models in cognition and human-evolution research.

Babrak Karmal (ببرک کارمل)

Babrak Karmal (ببرک کارمل), 1929–1996, Afghan communist politician, Parcham faction leader, and Soviet-installed president of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan 1979–1986, who reversed Khalq-era land reforms and was replaced by Najibullah.

Babrala urea plant

The Babrala urea plant is an integrated ammonia and urea fertilizer complex in Sambhal district, Uttar Pradesh, India, commissioned by Tata Chemicals in 1994 and sold to Yara in 2018.

Babri Masjid (بابری مسجد)

Babri Masjid (بابری مسجد), also known as the Babri Mosque or Masjid-i-Janmasthan, was a 16th-century mosque in Ayodhya, India, demolished by a Hindu mob in 1992.

Babruvahana (बभ्रुवाहन)

Babruvahana (बभ्रुवाहन), also Babhruvahana, is the Mahabharata son of Arjuna and the Manipur princess Chitrangada; in the Ashvamedha Parva he fights and defeats his father when the sacrificial horse reaches Manipur.

Babs Costello

Barbara "Babs" Costello, known as Brunch with Babs (@brunchwithbabs), is an American TikTok and Instagram creator, cookbook author, and retired Connecticut preschool teacher who began posting recipes in April 2020; distinct from singer Bridey Costello and Elvis Costello.

Babson College

Babson College, also known as Babson Institute, is a private business college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, founded by Roger Babson in 1919 and ranked No. 1 for undergraduate entrepreneurship.

Babu Antony (ബാബു ആന്റണി)

Babu Antony (ബാബു ആന്റണി), born 1966 in Ponkunnam, Kerala, is an Indian-American Malayalam film actor and martial artist, also called Bob Antony in Hindi films, a Fifth Dan black belt who debuted as a villain in Chilambu and later starred in RDX and Leo.

Babu Bangaram (బాబు బంగారం)

Babu Bangaram (బాబు బంగారం), also known as Revolver Raja, is a 2016 Telugu action romantic comedy directed by Maruthi, starring Venkatesh as ACP Krishna and Nayanthara as Sailaja; released 12 August 2016 by Sithara Entertainments with Ghibran's music.

Babu Mohan (బాబూ మోహన్)

Babu Mohan (బాబూ మోహన్), also Kasturi Babu Mohan Rao, born 1952 in Khammam, is a Telugu comedy actor and politician; Nandi Award winner for Mamagaru, former Andole MLA and minister under N. Chandrababu Naidu, later TRS, BJP, and TDP.

Babu Singh Kushwaha

Babu Singh Kushwaha is an Indian politician and Samajwadi Party member of the Lok Sabha for Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, first elected in 2024; he earlier served as a minister in the Mayawati government.

Bābu-aḫa-iddina

Bābu-aḫa-iddina, also written Babu-aha-iddina, was a high Middle Assyrian official at Aššur in the 14th and 13th centuries BC, an eponym under Adad-nīrārī I, known from an archive of over 100 texts and Assur Tomb 45.

Babubhai Desai

Babubhai Desai (born 1957) is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician, a member of the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat from 2023 to 2029 who earlier represented Kankrej in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly.

Babul Supriyo (বাবুল সুপ্রিয়ো)

Babul Supriyo (বাবুল সুপ্রিয়ো), born 1970, is a Bengali playback singer and politician; BJP MP from Asansol 2014–2021, Union Minister of State, then joined TMC in 2021, won Ballygunge, and holds West Bengal IT ministry office.

Babulal Kharadi

Babulal Kharadi is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who serves as a Rajasthan minister holding the Tribal Area Development and Home Guards portfolios. He represents the Jhadol constituency in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.

Babulal Marandi

Babulal Marandi is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who serves as Leader of the Opposition in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly and was the state's first Chief Minister.