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Wasa (other)
Wasa or WASA may refer to: Places * Wasa, Cameroon, a town in Extrême-Nord region * Wasa, British Columbia, Canada, a settlement * Wasa Lake, British Columbia, Canada * Vaasa, Finland, a town, formerly spelled Wasa * Wasa (Tanzanian ward), a ward in Iringa Rural district Ships and shipping * ''Vasa'' (ship), 17th-century Swedish warship, formerly spelled ''Wasa'' * SS ''Wasa'' (1907) a Swedish cargo ship sold to Norway in 1925 and renamed SS ''Henry'' * Wasa 30, a Swedish sailboat * Wasa Line, a former Finnish shipping company WASA * Dhaka WASA (Water Supply and Sewerage Authority), Bangladesh * District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, Washington DC * Water and Sewerage Authority, Trinidad and Tobago * Western Action Shooting Association * Western Australia Softball Association * WASA-LD, a low-power television station licensed to serve Port Jervis, New York, United States Other uses *Wasabröd, a Swedish company that produces crispbread *Wasa people, a people of Gh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasa, Cameroon
Wasa is a town and commune in Cameroon. See also *Communes of Cameroon The Arrondissements of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. The arrondissements are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each province (now Regions). As of 2005 (and since 1996) there are 2 urban commu ... References Site de la primature - Élections municipales 2002 Contrôle de gestion et performance des services publics communaux des villes camerounaises Thèse de Donation Avele, Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV * Charles Nanga, La réforme de l’administration territoriale au Cameroun à la lumière de la loi constitutionnelle n° 96/06 du 18 janvier 1996', Mémoire ENA. Populated places in Far North Region (Cameroon) Communes of Cameroon {{Cameroon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Australia Softball Association
History Softball in Western Australia first gathered interest in 1947 after an exhibition match with ex-US servicemen led to a competition being created, which expanded in 1948. WASA was formally established the following year in 1949 as WAWSA (Western Australian Women's Softball Association). At 17, Val Johnston was the first president of the Association. The six foundation clubs were the WA Women's Flying Club, American Club, Liberal League, Victoria Park, Wembley and the National Catholic Girls Movement. The Caris Brothers A Grade Perpetual Trophy was competed for in the first 2 initial seasons, however in 1949, the competition was expanded to A and B grade. By 1950, C grade was included and the following season saw A Reserve and D grade introduced as well. Western Australia sent their first team to compete in the Gilley's Shield in 1951. The first games were played at Wellington Square East Perth, moving to Langley park in the early 1950s. By the mid 70's, the competition h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Vasa
The House of Vasa or Wasa Georg Starbäck in ''Berättelser ur Sweriges Medeltid, Tredje Bandet'' pp 264, 275, 278, 291–296 & 321 ( sv, Vasaätten, pl, Wazowie, lt, Vazos) was an early modern royal house founded in 1523 in Sweden. Its members ruled the Kingdom of Sweden from 1523 to 1654 and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 to 1668. Its agnatic line became extinct with the death of King John II Casimir of Poland in 1672. The House of Vasa descended from a Swedish 14th-century noble family, tracing agnatic kinship to Nils Kettilsson (Vasa) (died 1378), ''fogde'' of ''Tre Kronor'' Castle in Stockholm. Several members held high offices during the 15th century. In 1523, after the abolition of the Kalmar Union, Gustav Eriksson (Vasa) became King Gustav I of Sweden and the royal house was founded. His reign is sometimes referred to as the beginning of the modern state of Sweden, which included the King's break with the Roman Catholic Church during the Protestant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Broughton Band
The Edgar Broughton Band, founded in Warwick in 1968, were an English rock band. Career The band started their career as a blues group under the name of The Edgar Broughton Blues Band, playing to a small following in the region around their hometown of Warwick. However, when the band began to lean towards the emerging psychedelic movement, dropping the 'Blues' from their name as well as their music, Victor Unitt left. In 1968, the Edgar Broughton Band moved to Notting Hill Gate, London, seeking a recording contract and a wider audience, and were picked up by Blackhill Enterprises. Blackhill landed them their first record deal, on EMI's progressive rock label Harvest Records, in December 1968. Their first single was "Evil"/"Death of an Electric Citizen", released in June 1969, which was also the first single released by Harvest. The first single was followed by the Edgar Broughton Band's first album, '' Wasa Wasa''. ''Wasa Wasa'' retained a heavily blues influenced sound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legion Wasa
Legion Wasa was a Swedish neo-Nazi paramilitary organisation founded in 1999. The members of Legion Wasa have reportedly been preparing for race war, and once made preparations for helping out Saddam Hussein in the Iraq War against the invading United States Army. The offer was however turned down by the Iraqi embassy in Sweden. Led by Curt Linusson, a former UN soldier and Home Guard officer, the group has conducted field practice in the forests of Västra Götaland County. The organisation is said to have between 25 and 30 members. In 2004 four members of the organisation were arrested, charged with plotting mass murders of political opponents, and of forming a terrorist cell inspired by the novel ''The Turner Diaries''. All four were acquitted for terrorism charges, although three of the charged were convicted for violence and drug charges, with sentences ranging from one to two years imprisonment. The organisation has been inactive since around 2010. See also *National So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IK Wasa
IK Wasa (Wasa Sports Club) is a Swedish sports club established in 1907. The name originates from the street where the majority of the club's first football players had their homes. IK Wasa has been successful in sports disciplines such as gymnastics, skating, bandy, floorball and football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c .... Jarl Finne has written the book "Wasa idrottssallskap 1907–1937 Wasa gymnastik- och faktklubb 1884–1908" where the different sections are described in detail. The book can be read at the Royal Library in Stockholm. References Football clubs in Stockholm {{Sweden-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasa Research Station
The Wasa Research Station is a Swedish research facility in Antarctica, established in 1988/1989. It is situated next to the Finnish Aboa Research Station on the ''Basen'' nunatak in the Kraul Mountains in Queen Maud Land. The two stations cooperate, and are jointly referred to as the Nordenskiöld Base Camp. Purpose and facilities The Wasa Station is operated by the during the summer season, and ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasa Language
Wasa, also known as Wassa and Wasaw, is the common language of the Wasa people and a dialect of the Akan dialect continuum. It is spoken by 273,000 in southwestern Ghana, mainly in the Wasa Amenfi West and Wasa Amenfi East districts. There are also some Wasa speakers in Ivory Coast. Wasa is mutually intelligible with Fante, Akuapem, Asante, and Abron, the three which are collectively known as Twi Twi () is a dialect of the Akan language spoken in southern and central Ghana by several million people, mainly of the Akan people, the largest of the seventeen major ethnic groups in Ghana. Twi has about 17-18 million speakers in total, includ .... Its dialects include Amenfi and Fianse. References {{kwa-lang-stub Languages of Ghana Kwa languages Niger–Congo languages Akan language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasa People
The Wasa are Akan people who live predominantly in Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Tog .... Territory Wasa territory covers , almost the same as Central Region (); Western Region as a whole now covers . The prominent towns in Wasa are: Samreaboi, Asankrangwa, Manso-Amenfi, Wasa Akropong, Bawdie, Bogoso, Prestea, Tarkwa, Daboase, Nsuta and Mpohor. Wasa is the largest tribe in Western Region in terms of land and population. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wassa Akan Ethnic groups in Ivory Coast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasabröd
Wasabröd is a Swedish producer of Scandinavian style crispbread ( sv, knäckebröd). The Wasabröd company has been in business since 1919, opening its first bakery in the city of Skellefteå. Since 1983 it has been under foreign ownership, first by the Swiss pharmaceutical corporation Sandoz (later merged with Ciba Geigy to become Novartis), and from 1999 by the Italian food producer Barilla Alimentare S.p.A. History The first bakery in Skellefteå, founded by Karl Edvard Lundström, was supplemented by another, completely mechanized, one in Filipstad in 1931, which has since become the main seat of the corporation. It later acquired several other Swedish bakeries. It started exporting bread in the 1940s, with the first foreign subsidiary founded in Denmark in 1965 and the first foreign bakery built in Celle in Germany in 1967. In the early 21st century Wasabröd sells about 80% of its production outside Sweden. K. E. Lundström, the founder of the company, had run his ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WASA-LD
WASA-LD, virtual channel 24 ( VHF digital channel 13), is a low-power Estrella TV- owned-and-operated television station licensed to Port Jervis, New York, United States and serving the New York City media market. The station is owned by Estrella Media, and its transmitter is located at 4 Times Square in Manhattan. WASA briefly used virtual channel 64 to match its former analog channel number, then later changed its virtual channel to 24. It does not use its actual digital TV channel assignment on the air, because WNYE-TV calls itself Channel 25, its long-time analog channel number. WNYE-TV's digital channel is actually 24. In April 2009, Venture Technologies, owner of WASA-LD, said it would sell the station to Burbank, California-based Liberman Broadcasting (which was renamed Estrella Media in February 2020, following a corporate reorganization of the company under private equity firm HPS Investment Partners, LLC) for $6 million, making New York the sixth market served by Libe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Action Shooting Association
Cowboy action shooting (CAS, also known as western action shooting, single action shooting, Cowboy 3 Gun, Western 3-gun) is a competitive shooting sport that originated in Southern California in the early 1980s, at the Coto de Caza Shooting Range in Orange County, California. Cowboy action shooting is now practiced in many places with several sanctioning organizations including the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS), Western Action Shootists Association (WASA), and National Congress of Old West Shooters (NCOWS), Single Action Shooting Australia (SASA), Western 3-Gun as well as others in the U.S. and other countries. CAS is a type of multigun match utilizing a combination of handgun(s), rifle(s), and/or shotgun(s) in a variety of "Old West-themed" courses of fire for time and accuracy. Participants must dress in appropriate theme or era "costume" as well as use gear and accessories as mandated by the respective sanctioning group rules. Firearms CAS requires competitors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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