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Palau (other)
__NOTOC__ Palau is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean. Palau may also refer to: Places * Palau, Italy, a municipality in the Province of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy * Palaú, a town in Múzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico * Palau-de-Cerdagne * Palau-del-Vidre * Palau-solità i Plegamans People * Antonio Palau y Verdera, (1734–1793), Spanish naturalist * Francisco Palau, (1811–1872), beatified Discalced Carmelite Spanish priest * Josep Palau i Fabre, (1917–2008), Catalan poet * Luis Palau (1934–2021), Argentine-born Christian evangelist * Luis Argentino Palau, Argentine chess player * Laia Palau (1979–), Spanish basketball player * Pierre Palau (1883–1966), French actor Plants *''Palau'' or ''palaw'' (also ''palawan'', ''palauan'', or ''payaw''), the common name of the giant swamp taro in the Philippines Other * Palauan language, an Austronesian language, spoken in Palau and Guam * Orquesta Hermanos Palau, Cuban musical group * Kabuli Palaw (also known as ''Palau''), an A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palau
Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. The nation has approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the Caroline Islands with parts of the Federated States of Micronesia. It has a total area of . The most populous island is Koror, home to the country's most populous city of the same name. The capital Ngerulmud is located on the nearby island of Babeldaob, in Melekeok State. Palau shares maritime boundaries with international waters to the north, the Federated States of Micronesia to the east, Indonesia to the south, and the Philippines to the northwest. The country was originally settled approximately 3,000 years ago by migrants from Maritime Southeast Asia. Palau was first drawn on a European map by the Czech missionary Paul Klein based on a description given by a group of Palauans shipwrecked on the Philippine coast on Samar. Palau islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laia Palau
Laia Palau Altés (born 10 September 1979) is a Spanish professional basketball player, currently playing for Spanish team Spar CityLift Girona. At 314, she is the most capped player in the Spain women's national basketball team, after being in the senior team for two decades (2002-2021). With 12 medals in final tournaments, she is also the top medallist. Club career Palau began her professional career with Universitari de Barcelona in 1997, and continued to play with CBF Universitari de Barcelona through 2004, winning one league title. In 2004, she joined Bourges Basket, and played with them through 2006, winning 1 league and 2 French cups. Back in Spain, she played for Ros Casares Valencia between 2006 and 2012, winning 5 league titles, 4 cups and the 2011–12 EuroLeague Women. After the club's decision not to play in top tier any more, in PLKK season 2012/13, she joined CCC Polkowice and won Championship's title and Polish Cup as well. With CCC she participated in EuroL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bälau
Bälau is a municipality in the Breitenfelde collective municipality (''Amt'') located in the Lauenburg district (''Kreis'') in southeastern Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Bälau covers 6.50 square kilometers (1600 acres) which are mostly used for agriculture, with a relatively high proportion of forest. In addition to agricultural businesses, the village has a riding school and vacation apartments. It is a peaceful village, without a major road running through it, and a village green A village green is a commons, common open area within a village or other settlement. Historically, a village green was common pasture, grassland with a pond for watering cattle and other stock, often at the edge of a rural settlement, used for ... bordered by lime trees. Several well-preserved farmer's houses set the character for the village. References Herzogtum Lauenburg {{HerzogtumLauenburg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palau
Palau (; pau, Belau, ), officially the Republic of Palau ( pau, Beluu er a Belau) and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country in the western Pacific. The nation has approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the Caroline Islands with parts of the Federated States of Micronesia. It has a total area of 466 square kilometers (180 square miles). The most populous island is Koror, home to the country's most populous city of the same name. The capital Ngerulmud is located on the nearby island of Babeldaob, in Melekeok State. Palau shares maritime boundaries with international waters to the north, Micronesia to the east, Indonesia to the south, and the Philippines to the north west. The country was originally settled approximately 3,000 years ago by migrants from Maritime Southeast Asia. Palau was discovered by Europeans on 28 December 1696 when the first map of Palau was drawn by the Czech missionary Paul Klein based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabuli Pulao
Qabeli palaw ( prs, قابلی پلو, ) is a variety of pilaf made in Afghanistan. It consists of steamed rice mixed with raisins, carrots, and beef or lamb. There exists different variations depending on the region. Serving Qabeli palaw is considered a festive and important dish due to the price and quality of the ingredients as well as its tradition of being Afghanistan's national dish. The dish is traditionally placed in the center of the meal with other foods making up the rest of the perimeter. See also * Osh (food) * List of lamb dishes This is a list of lamb and mutton dishes and foods. Lamb and mutton are terms for the meat of domestic sheep (species ''Ovis aries'') at different ages. A sheep in its first year is called a lamb, and its meat is also called lamb. The meat of a j ... References External linksQabili Palao Rice dishes Afghan cuisine Lamb dishes National dishes {{Afghanistan-cuisine-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orquesta Hermanos Palau
The Orquesta Hermanos Palau (Palau Brothers Orchestra) was one of the most renowned dance bands in Cuba during the early 1930s and late 1940s, following the tradition of local jazz bands started by the Jazz Band Sagua in 1914. These orchestras emerged as an influential sign of the American music in Cuba, to achieving a bridge between popular music genres and the characteristic sound of American jazz big bands. The original orchestra, which was founded in 1920, was originally known as Los Califates, but at the end of the decade it changed its name to that of the Hermanos Palau. The decision was made because five of its musicians were all brothers. Manolo Palau was the pianist and leader, Felipe and Luis played trumpet, Rafael contrabass, and Raimundo served as saxophonist and co-leader. In 1931, the Palau Brothers orchestra appeared in the early sound film ''The Cuban Love Song'', which was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starred Lawrence Tibbett, Lupe Vélez, Ernest Torrence and Jim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palauan Language
Palauan () is a Malayo-Polynesian language native to the Republic of Palau, where it is one of the two official languages, alongside English. It is widely used in day-to-day life in the country. Palauan is not closely related to other Malayo-Polynesian languages and its exact classification within the branch is unclear. Classification It is a member of the Austronesian family of languages, and is one of only two indigenous languages in Micronesia that are not part of the Oceanic branch of that family, the other being Chamorro (see , , , and ). Roger Blench (2015) argues that based on evidence from fish names, Palauan had early contact with Oceanic languages either directly or indirectly via the Yapese language. These include fish names for the sea eel, yellowfin tuna (''Thunnus albacares''), left-eye flounder (''Bothus mancus''), triggerfish, sailfish, barracuda (''Sphyraena barracuda''), damsel fish (''Abudefduf'' sp.), squirrelfish (''Holocentrus'' spp.), unicorn fish ('' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giant Swamp Taro
''Cyrtosperma merkusii'' or giant swamp taro, is a crop grown throughout Oceania and into South and Southeast Asia. It is a riverine and "swamp crop" similar to taro, but "with bigger leaves and larger, coarser roots." There are no demonstrably wild populations today, but it is believed to be native to Indonesia. It is known as ''puraka'' in Cook Islands, ''lak'' in Yap ( Federated States of Micronesia), ''babai'' in Kiribati, ''iaraj'' in the Marshall Islands, ''brak'' in Palau, ''baba'' in the Marianas Islands, ''pula’a'' in Samoa, ''via kana'', Pulaka in Lau, Lovo in Fiji, ''pulaka'' in Tokelau and Tuvalu, ''mwahng'' in Pohnpei, ''pasruk'' in Kosrae, ''simiden'' in Chuuk, ''swam taro'' in Papua New Guinea, ''navia'' in Vanuatu and ''palawan'' in the Philippines. The same species is also known by the names ''Cyrtosperma lasioides'', ''Cyrtosperma chamissonis'' and ''Cyrtosperma edule''. In the harsh atoll environments of the Central Pacific, especially Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Palau
Pierre Palau (13 August 1883 – 3 December 1966), often known simply as Palau, was a French actor. Palau was born Pierre Palau del Vitri in Paris and died at age 83 in Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Partial filmography * '' When Do You Commit Suicide?'' (1931) * ''Luck'' (1931) * ''Monsieur Albert'' (1932) * '' La dame de chez Maxim's'' (1933) * '' Zouzou'' (1934) * ''The Typist Gets Married'' (1934) * ''The Midnight Prince'' (1934) * ''Fanfare of Love'' (1935) * '' Tovaritch'' (1935) * ''Girls of Paris'' (1936) * ''The Green Jacket'' (1937) * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * ''Rasputin'' (1938) * ''Crossroads'' (1938) * ''The Lafarge Case'' (1938) * ''The Phantom Carriage'' (1939) * '' Annette and the Blonde Woman'' (1942) * '' I Am with You'' (1943) * ''La Main du diable'' (1943) * '' Box of Dreams'' (1945) * ''Mademoiselle X'' (1945) * '' Boule de suif'' (1945) * ''Messieurs Ludovic'' (1946) * ''The Queen's Necklace'' (1946) * ''Jericho'' (1946) * '' The Uncatchable Mr. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Argentino Palau
Luis Argentino Palau (September 11, 1896 – February 8, 1971) was an Argentine chess master. He played for Argentina in three Chess Olympiads. * In 1924 at 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad in Paris (+5 –4 =4); * In 1927 at 1st Chess Olympiad in London (+7 –4 =4); * In 1928 at 2nd Chess Olympiad in The Hague (+9 –5 =2). In 1921/22, he tied for 10-12th in Montevideo (Roberto Grau won). In 1925, he won in Montevideo. In 1928, he took 2nd, behind Grau, in Mar del Plata (1st it). In 1934/35, he tied for 3rd-4th in Buenos Aires (Luis Piazzini won). Palau was awarded the International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ... (IM) title in 1965. References External links * 1896 births 1971 deaths Argentine chess players Chess International Masters Chess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palau, Italy
Palau ( sdn, Lu Palau) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, about north of Cagliari and about northwest of Olbia. It was a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Tempio Pausania until 1959. It is located on Punta Sardegna, and was founded in 1875 by local shepherds. The ''Capo D'Orso'' or "Cape of the Bear" formation is nearby, at the very northwest tip of Sardinia. The unique formation is a result of honeycomb weathering, a form of salt weathering. Geography Palau is located in the territorial region of Gallura in the northern cost of Sardinia, close to the Emerald Coast, and its harbour is the main channel of access to the La Maddalena archipelago. The coastline is jagged and rocky, a large pine forest is located on the old town beach, and another one of equal size lies in the hills above the village. Every beach has thick and rich Mediterranean scrub, which includes olive trees, maritime pine, sea fennel, blueberries, ros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Palau
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Origins The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also thLodewijs in the Dutch given names database Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form Lodewijk. and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the French name Louis, a deri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
