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Donge Met Leij
Donge may refer to: *Donge local dialect (Language) Dholuo (tribe in Kenya commonly known as Luo) word for Right *Donge (river) The Donge is a small river in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It rises from springs east of Baarle-Nassau as a stream called Leij. Near Tilburg the name changes to ''Donge''. It passes the village of Dongen and flows north to the town of G ..., river in the Dutch province of North-Brabant * Donge County, in Shandong, China * Donge Constituency, a parliamentary constituency in Zanzibar North Region {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dholuo
The Dholuo dialect (pronounced ) or ''Nilotic Kavirondo'', is a dialect of the Luo group of Nilotic languages, spoken by about 4.2 million Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania, who occupy parts of the eastern shore of Lake Victoria and areas to the south. It is also spoken by millions in Uganda, South Sudan, and Ethiopia. It is used for broadcasts on KBC (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, formerly the ''Voice of Kenya''). Dholuo is mutually intelligible with Alur, Lango, Acholi and Adhola of Uganda. Dholuo and the aforementioned Uganda languages are all linguistically related to Jur chol of South Sudan and Anuak of Ethiopia due to common ethnic origins of the larger Luo peoples who speak Luo languages. It is estimated that Dholuo has 90% lexical similarity with Lep Alur (Alur), 83% with Lep Achol (Acholi), 81% with Lango, and 93% with Dhopadhola (Adhola). However, these are often counted as separate languages despite common ethnic origins due to linguistic shift occasioned by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donge (river)
The Donge is a small river in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It rises from springs east of Baarle-Nassau as a stream called Leij. Near Tilburg the name changes to ''Donge''. It passes the village of Dongen and flows north to the town of Geertruidenberg where it's continued by the Amer together with the Bergse Maas. Its length is 35 km. Use of the river Because the Donge gets wider around the city of Geertruidenberg, it was mainly used for industrial purposes in that area. Until 1952 the powerplant Dongecentrale, which provided all of North Brabant with electricity was located at the river. When it was discontinued, the Amercentrale (located at the river Amer) took over its tasks, some of the ships with coals still use the Donge. Until 2005, 4 ship manufacturers were also located at the river. The only big industry left at the banks of the river are in the north-east side, around Geertruidenberg. In previous centuries, more upstream, the Donge was heavily used in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donge County
Dong'e County () falls under the jurisdiction of Liaocheng Prefecture-level city, in the Shandong Province of China. It is located on the left (northern) bank of the Yellow River, some upstream from the provincial capital Jinan. The county is regionally and nationally renowned for the production of Ejiao, a donkey-hide gelatine used in traditional Chinese medicine. According to a ca. 1723 account by the French Jesuits Dominique Parrenin, there was a well in this county which was normally kept closed and sealed, and which was only opened when water was taken to be used in preparation of ''Ejiao'' for the emperor's court. Administrative divisions As 2012, this County is divided to 2 subdistricts, 7 towns and 2 townships. ;Subdistricts *Tongcheng Subdistrict () *Xincheng Subdistrict () ;Towns ;Townships *Yushan Township () *Chenji Township () Climate See also *Cheng Yu *Ejiao Famous people *Su Shulin Su Shulin (; born 14 March 1962) is a Chinese oil and gas executive and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
