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Bayport Terminal

Bayport Terminal is a container shipping facility on the Bayport Ship Channel in Pasadena, Texas, opened in 2007 as the second of Port Houston's two container terminals.

Bayraktar Akıncı

The Bayraktar Akıncı, Turkish for "raider", is a twin-engine unmanned combat aerial vehicle developed by Turkish company Baykar, first flown in 2019 and entering Turkish service in 2021.

Bayraktar-class tank landing ship

The Bayraktar class is a class of two tank landing ships of the Turkish Navy, TCG Bayraktar and TCG Sancaktar, built in Istanbul and commissioned in 2017 and 2018.

Bayram Sit

Bayram Şit (1930-2019), Turkish freestyle wrestler; Olympic featherweight gold at Helsinki 1952, silver at 1954 Tokyo Worlds, fourth at Melbourne 1956; later coached France and Turkey.

Bayramzâde Zekeriyyâ Efendi

Bayramzâde Zekeriyyâ Efendi was an Ottoman scholar who served as şeyhülislâm, the state's chief mufti, under Sultan Murad III from 1592 until his death in 1593.

Bayreuth

Bayreuth, a Bavarian city of about 72,500 residents, is known for the Baroque Margravial Opera House (UNESCO World Heritage, 2012), the Bayreuth Festival founded by Richard Wagner in 1876, and the University of Bayreuth.

Bayreuth Festival

The Bayreuth Festival (Bayreuther Festspiele), founded by Richard Wagner, opened 13 August 1876 with the complete Ring premiere in the Festspielhaus he built with King Ludwig II's loan. Annual Wagner-only summer festival, family-run, canon of ten operas, hidden orchestra, 150th anniversary 2026.

Bayreuth Festspielhaus

Bayreuth Festspielhaus (Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus): opera house on Bayreuth's Gruener Huegel, built 1872-1876 by Otto Brueckwald to Richard Wagner's specifications, opened 13 August 1876 with Rheingold; home of the annual Wagner-only Bayreuth Festival.

Bayrou government

The Bayrou government was the French cabinet under Prime Minister François Bayrou, 14 December 2024 to 9 September 2025, a minority coalition that survived eight censure motions before becoming the first Fifth Republic government to lose a 49.1 confidence vote.

Bays of Macquarie Island

The bays of Macquarie Island, a sub-Antarctic Australian reserve, include Buckles Bay and Hasselborough Bay at the north end, historic landing points for sealing and penguin-oil industries.

Baysari

Baysari (بيساري), fully Badr al-Din Baysari, was a Kipchak mamluk amir of the Mamluk sultanate of Egypt and a close companion of Sultan Baybars, fighting at Ayn Jalut in 1260.

Bayshore Global Management

Bayshore Global Management is the single-family office of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2005 to manage his wealth and philanthropy.

Bayside (band)

Bayside, American emo/pop-punk band from Queens, New York, formed in 2000 by Anthony Raneri; known for Sirens and Condolences, the 2005 self-titled album, The Walking Wounded, and Cult's Billboard 200 number 24 peak.

Bayside Gannon power station

Bayside Gannon power station is the name for Tampa Electric's retired Gannon coal plant in Tampa, Florida, and its natural gas successor, the H.L. Culbreath Bayside Power Station.

Bayside Shakedown 2 (踊る大捜査線 THE MOVIE 2 レインボーブリッジを封鎖せよ!)

Bayside Shakedown 2: Rainbow Bridge Shut Down! (踊る大捜査線 THE MOVIE 2 レインボーブリッジを封鎖せよ!) is Fuji TV's 2003 police film sequel directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro, starring Yuji Oda, which earned 17.35 billion yen and long held Japan's live-action box office record.

Baysunghur

Baysunghur (بایسنقر میرزا) was a Timurid prince of Herat (1397–1433), son and de facto heir of Shahrukh, who made Herat a leading center of manuscript painting and calligraphy.

Baysunghur Album

The Baysunghur Album is an album of collected calligraphic samples compiled for the Timurid prince Baysunghur (1397–1433), and is among the earliest extant Persian albums, or muraqqa.

Baysurf Lietzow

Baysurf Lietzow is a surf school in Lietzow on Rügen, Germany, on the Großer Jasmunder Bodden, founded by Joschi. It offers SUP, wingsurfing, wingfoiling, e-foiling, rentals, and team events.

Bayswater power station

Bayswater power station is a 2,715 MW black-coal-fired power station in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, owned by AGL and scheduled to close in 2033.

Bayt al-Mal

Bayt al-Mal (بيت المال), meaning "House of Money," was the public treasury of the Islamic state that collected revenues such as zakat, kharaj, and booty and funded salaries, military expenses, and public works.

Bayta Fretum

Bayta Fretum: a 165 km strait of liquid hydrocarbons in Kraken Mare on Titan, south of Mayda Insula; IAU-approved 2015, named for Asimov's Bayta Darell; Cassini observed waves there.

Baytex Energy

Baytex Energy is a Calgary, Alberta-based oil and natural gas company founded in 1993, producing light and heavy oil in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.

Baytown Refinery

The Baytown Refinery is an ExxonMobil petroleum refinery on the Houston Ship Channel in Baytown, Texas. Founded by Humble Oil, it began processing oil in 1920.

Bayu Undan Oil and Gas Field

Bayu-Undan is a gas-condensate field in the Timor Sea discovered in 1995 that produced condensate, LPG, and LNG from 2004 until it ceased production in June 2025, as Timor-Leste's largest source of petroleum revenue.

BayWa

BayWa is a Munich-based trading and services group founded in 1923 by Bavarian agricultural cooperatives, with about 22,700 employees in 56 countries and revenues of €21.1 billion in 2024.

Baywatch

Baywatch is an American lifeguard drama starring David Hasselhoff as Mitch Buchannon, canceled by NBC in 1989, revived in syndication in 1991, and by 1996 the world's most-watched TV series, seen in 148 countries until 2001.

Baywatch (film)

Baywatch (2017) is Seth Gordon's R-rated action comedy based on the TV series, starring Dwayne Johnson as Mitch Buchannon and Zac Efron; it grossed $177.9 million worldwide on a $69 million budget and was panned by critics.

Baywatch Nights

Baywatch Nights: 1995-1997 syndicated spin-off of Baywatch starring David Hasselhoff as lifeguard-turned-private-investigator Mitch Buchannon; 44 episodes over two seasons, pivoting from detective stories to X-Files-style supernatural cases in season 2.

Baz Bahadur

Baz Bahadur (باز بهادر), born Miyan Bayezid, was the last independent sultan of Malwa in central India, defeated by Akbar's forces in 1561 and remembered for his love of Rupmati.

Baz Luhrmann

Baz Luhrmann, born Mark Anthony Luhrmann in 1962 in Sydney, is an Australian director, writer, and producer known for Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, and Elvis.