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Tōko Shiwasu
Toko is a small rural settlement near Stratford, New Zealand. Toko may also refer to: Locations * Toko, Cameroon, a commune in Cameroon * Toko, Queensland, a locality in the Shires of Boulia and Diamantina, Queensland, Australia * Tōkō, the former Japanese name for Donggang, Pingtung, Taiwan * Toko (architecture), a Japanese architectural feature * Toko-Stanovik, a mountain range in Russia * Bolshoye Toko (Big Toko), a lake in Russia * As an abbreviation of Tokomairiro or Tokomairaro, New Zealand: ** Toko Mouth, a settlement near Milton ** Tokomairiro High School, Milton ** Tokomairaro River People and fictional characters ;Given name *Toko Fukawa (腐川 冬子), fictional character in ''Danganronpa'' *, fictional character in ''Kara no Kyōkai'' *, Japanese screenwriter *, Japanese manga artist * Toko Ratana (1894–1944), New Zealand politician *, Japanese ink painting artist * Toko Yasuda, Japanese electronic musician ;Surname * Esther Toko (born 2000), Nigerian rower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toko
Toko is a small rural settlement 10 kilometres east of Stratford, New Zealand, at the intersection of East Road ( State Highway 43) and Toko Road. It is located on a railway, the Stratford–Okahukura Line, the western portion of which was operated as a branch line known as the Toko Branch prior to the line's completion. The Toko Stream flows through the area to join the Pātea River. Geography Toko is surrounded by extremely fertile land, being located on the periphery of the Taranaki ringplain and adjacent to the Pātea River. The area is drained by the Toko Stream, and its tributaries the Manawaiwiri and Waiwiri Streams. Once covered in wetlands, since settlement the area has been drained to take advantage of the fertile soils. Dairy farming predominates the surrounding land use, with some sheep and beef farming in the steeper hill country. History Toko was established in the 1890s, and served as an important centre for the developing hinterland. The settlement took on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esther Toko
Esther Tamaraebi Toko (born 28 March 2000) is a Nigerian Rowing (sport), rower. She won bronze and silver medals at the 2019 African Beach Games and she also qualified to row single sculls at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Career Toko competed in the 2015 World Rowing Championships and the 2019 Rowing at the 2019 African Games, African Games. At the latter event, she competed in four events. She then won a bronze and a silver medal at the 2019 African Beach Games, African Beach Games in Cape Verde in 2019. Toko was then selected to be the first home-based rower to represent Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She qualified to compete in the single sculls after coming third in the B-final at the 2019 FISA African Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tunisia. As of February 2020, she was one of thirteen Nigerian athletes who had qualified for the Olympics in Tokyo in eleven different sports. Toko trains at the National Institute for Sports in Lagos. References {{DEFAULTSORT: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonko
Tonko is a South Slavic masculine given name. In Croatian, it is a hypocorism of the name Antun and other cognates of Antonius. It is found in Slovene as a diminutive form of Anton, Antonij, and Antonijo in Slovenia. Given name *Tonko Lonza (1930 – 2018), Croatian actor *Tonko Soljan, Croatian American film and television producer Surname *Paul Tonko (born 1949), American politician See also *Tanko (name) *Tenko (other) * Tokko (other) * Toko (other) *Tondo (other) *Tongo (other) *Tonho (name) *Tonio (name) *Tonk (other) *Tonka (name) *Tono (name) *Tonto (other) Tonto is the fictional sidekick to the Lone Ranger, an American Western character. Tonto may also refer to: People * Tonto Apache, one of the groups of Western Apache people in the US * Tonto Dikeh (born 1985), Nigerian actress, singer, and phila ... Notes {{given name, type=both Croatian masculine given names Slovene masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toco, Cochabamba
Toco or Toko (from qu, T'uqu) is a locality in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. It is the seat of the Toco Municipality, the second municipal section of the Germán Jordán Province Germán Jordán is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Cliza. Many people from Germán Jordán province, along with people from neighboring Esteban Arze and Punata province have migrated to Argentina and to the Washi .... At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 827. References External links Populated places in Cochabamba Department {{CochabambaBO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Togo
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its capital, Lomé, is located. It covers about with a population of approximately 8 million, and has a width of less than between Ghana and its eastern neighbor Benin. From the 11th to the 16th century, tribes entered the region from various directions. From the 16th century to the 18th century, the coastal region was a trading center for Europeans to purchase slaves, earning Togo and the surrounding region the name "The Slave Coast". In 1884, Germany declared a region including a protectorate called Togoland. After World War I, rule over Togo was transferred to France. Togo gained its independence from France in 1960. In 1967, Gnassingbé Eyadéma led a successful military coup d'état, after which he became president of an anti-communist, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toko University
Toko University (TOKO; ) was a private university located in Puzi City, Chiayi County, Taiwan. History The university was founded in 2001. In 2019, the university had only 37.23% of enrollment rate. In May 2020, the university announced its planning of closure due to low enrollment. In July 2020, the Ministry of Education rejected the university's plan to close down. In May 2021, the university filled an application again for closing down to the ministry and on 23 June 2021, the ministry announced that the university would close down on 31 July 2021. Faculties * College of Technology and Design * College of Economy and Management * College of Human Ecology * Center for General Education Alumni * Yu Cheng-ta, Speaker of Chiayi County Council See also * List of universities in Taiwan The following is a list of universities, colleges, junior colleges, and institutes of technology in the Republic of China (ROC), which consists of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and the Matsu Islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swix
Swix is a Norwegian manufacturing company of winter sports equipment, headquartered in Lillehammer. Range of products by Swix include ski wax, ski poles and sportswear. The company is owned by the investment company Ferd AS. The company was founded in Sweden in 1946 by Börje Gabrielsson, based on experience with ski wax by Swedish skier Martin Matsbo. Swix was the first producer of modern ski wax, and had a scientific approach to the challenge. The wax was colour-coded according to type, a practice that has since been adopted by the entire ski wax industry. Production was in Skåne in Sweden and in Fjellhamar near Oslo, Norway. By 1964 all production had been moved to Norway. In 1974, Swix bought Liljedahls Skistavfabrikk in Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the mun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toko (shop)
A ''toko'' (Indonesian for shop) is a kind of retail shop in Indonesia and the Netherlands. The term is of Indonesian origin and probably from the Chinese Hokkien loanword to refer a shop. In Indonesia, the term ''toko'' is used a generic name for any kind of established shop or store. For example, in Indonesia, ''toko roti'' means a bakery while a ''toko kelontong'' sells daily necessities. In the Netherlands, the meaning has shifted more specifically to refer to Asian shops and takeaway restaurants, which sells mainly Asian food products of which the owners are generally Indo-European, Native Indonesian, Surinamese, Chinese or Vietnamese. History ''Tokos'' as a place of commerce emerged in present-day Indonesia during the Dutch East Indies era, where many shophouse (''rumah toko'' in Indonesian) ran by local Chinese seller in major cities such as Batavia. Tokos have become a common type of shop in Dutch cities since the repatriation of Dutch colonial expats and Indo-Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tōko (game)
TouHu is a traditional Chinese game that requires players to throw arrows or sticks from a set distance into a large, sometimes ornate, canister. It was a popular game among the Han Chinese from the Spring and Autumn Period to the end of the Qing dynasty, and was also played in Korea, Japan and Vietnam. In the early days, it was an afterthought in the banquets of the upper classes, but later it was played in all walks of life. Rules In the Book of Rites, it is written that "a pitcher is a ritual for the host to discuss his talents with his guests over a swallowed drink. The book also records the rules and methods of throwing bottles in the pre-Qin period. The rules and rituals of the game were elaborate, with the hosts and guests having to give way three times before the game could be played. The guests, including the attendants, are bound by the rules of etiquette. Utensils * A wide belly, long neck, and narrow, slightly open mouth, with two small ears on the outside of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salwa Toko
Salwa Toko (born October 1975) is a diversity and digital literacy activist. She is President of the Conseil National du Numérique (CNNum). Early life and education Toko was born in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. Her mother is of Moroccan and Syrian heritage and her father is from Nigeria and Benin. Her grandmother fought for women's rights in Arab countries. Toko grew up in Mali and attended high school in France. Whilst she had initially intended on studying medicine at college, she switched to law and specialised in international law. Toko completed her specialist science training at Sciences Po. Career Toko was appointed Director of a television channel in Benin in 2000. Toko founded the Senegal the Africatic school which helped young people integrate internet in their work. Toko returned to France in 2009, where she joined the Fondation Agir Contre l'Exclusion (FACE). FACE looks to connect the business world with education. In 2014 Toko established WiFilles, a group w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nzuzi Toko
Nzuzi Bundebele Toko (born 20 November 1990) is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented the DR Congo national team. Toko holds both Swiss and DR Congo nationality; he played youth international football for the former and senior international football for the latter. He is best known for his time playing for Grasshopper Club Zürich, with whom he won the 2012–13 Swiss Cup. Early and personal life Born in Kinshasa, Zaire, Toko moved to Switzerland at the age of four. Club career Toko spent his early career in Switzerland for Grasshoppers II and Grasshoppers. On 20 May 2014, Toko signed a three-year contract with English club Brighton & Hove Albion following the conclusion of his contract at Grasshoppers. His agent revealed that Toko had turned down a move to Russia. On 20 January 2015, Toko agreed to mutually terminate his contract with Brighton after only eight months at the club. He signed for Turkish club Eskişehirspor th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
