Search results for "University of Hawaii System" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • and Hawaiian English) is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most ... Since approximately 75 percent of the resident population of the state ...
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  • city area in the United States state of Hawaii. Although Honolulu refers ... century C.E., annexation as a protectorate of the United States in 1900, ...
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  • Hawaii is the 50th state of the United States, achieving statehood ... schools were established. The University of Hawaii System, which runs several ...
    23 KB (3,378 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2022
  • Shinbutsu shūgō (Japanese for the "fusion of kami and Buddhas ... to harmonize the rituals and practices of two different world religions ...
    15 KB (2,180 words) - 20:48, 31 December 2023
  • Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors. It has ... The festival of Obon lasts for three days; however, its starting date ...
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  • especially well-known for his study of Maori culture. He was a pioneer ... Firth connected to the heart of the people whose culture he studied ...
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  • Hibiscus is the common name and genus name for a group of about 250 ... cultivars, and hybrids, coming in a variety of colors (red, white, pink, orange ...
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  • 1945) was a prominent Japanese philosopher of the Meiji era. Nishida Kitaro ... Nishida Kitaro was born on June 17, 1870, in the Mori section of Unoke ...
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  • Oceania is a geographical (and geopolitical) region consisting of ... Most of Oceania consists of small island nations. Australia is the ...
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  • with a viscosity about 100,000 times that of water, but it can flow great ... Active lava flows result in enormous loss of property, but they are ...
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  • the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. Since the ... The region encompasses some of the Louisiana Purchase, most of the ...
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  • Volcanic activity involving the extrusion of rock tends to form mountains ... like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, has examples of volcanoes caused by "divergent ...
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  • including those belonging to public and university library systems. Carnegie ... The first of Carnegie's public libraries opened in his hometown ...
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  • Some leading Korea scholars omit mention of the Three Gojoseon kingdoms ... The myth of Dangun with legend following presents Gojoseon (고조선 ...
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  • Box jellyfish is the common name for any of the radially symmetrical ... base. Box jellies are important components of marine ecosystems, capturing ...
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  • independently in both the official Records of the Grand Historian and unofficial ... China's long history that the concept of ruler's social obligations ...
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  • Samoa, is part of an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean formerly ... Samoa is located east of the International Date Line and south of ...
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  • The Federated States of Micronesia is an island nation located in ... The Federated States of Micronesia is located in the region known ...
    23 KB (3,329 words) - 01:56, 26 March 2024
  • was a Korean independence activist and one of the early leaders of the Korean ... Many consider Ahn Chang-ho to be one of the key moral and philosophical ...
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  • explorer Ferdinand Magellan) is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions ... economic growth and emergence as centers of technological innovation, and ...
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