Wise, as a word, refers to someone with
wisdom
Wisdom, sapience, or sagacity is the ability to contemplate and act using knowledge, experience, understanding, common sense and insight. Wisdom is associated with attributes such as unbiased judgment, compassion, experiential self-knowle ...
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Wise may also refer to:
People
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Wise (surname)
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Wise (composer)
Gabriel Antonio Cruz Padilla (born 1981 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Ass ...
, also known as Wise da' Gangsta, a reggaeton producer/songwriter
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Wise (rapper)
, better known by his stage name Wise, is a Japanese rapper who raps in both English and Japanese. His mother is American and his father is Japanese and during high school, he lived in the United States. He is affiliated with the creative group K ...
(born 1979), Japanese hip hop artist
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Wise (Stetsasonic)
Leonardo Roman (born August 20, 1965), better known by his stage name Wise, is a hip hop record producer and member of hip hop group Stetsasonic, commonly hailed as hip hop's first live band.
Early life
Born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Wise moved ...
, real name Leonardo Roman, a hip hop artist known as 'Wise' from the group 'Stetsasonic'
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Rhett Wiseman, nicknamed "Wise" (born 1994), American professional baseball player
Places
United States
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Wise, North Carolina
Wise is a small unincorporated community located on U.S. Route 1 in Warren County, North Carolina, United States. The nearest town is Norlina.
The Warren County Training School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The N ...
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Wise, Virginia
Wise is a town in Wise County, Virginia, United States. The population was 3,286 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Wise County. It was originally incorporated as the town of Gladeville in 1874. The town's name was changed to Wise in ...
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Wana, West Virginia, also known as Wise
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Wise County, Texas
Wise County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 68,632. Its county seat is Decatur. Wise County is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth– Arlington metropolitan statistical area. Its Wise Eyes crime- ...
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Wise County, Virginia
Wise County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. The county was formed in 1856 from Lee, Scott, and Russell Counties and named for Henry A. Wise, who was the Governor of Virginia at the time.
History
The Cherokee conquered the ...
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Wise River, Montana
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Wise Township, Michigan
Wise Township is a civil township of Isabella County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,355 at the 2020 census.
History
Wise Township was established on January 24, 1872. It was named after George Wise, who was one of the firs ...
Businesses
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Wise (company)
Wise (formerly TransferWise) is a London-based financial technology company founded by Estonian businessmen Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus in January 2011.
History
Wise was founded by Taavet Hinrikus (Skype's first employee) and fi ...
, a London-based financial services company
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Wise Foods, Inc., a snack food manufacturer
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Wise Solutions, an American software company that made the Wise software installation package
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Wise Stores
Wise Stores was a department store chain located in Eastern Canada. It was founded in 1930 in Montreal by Alex Wise and constituted on March 31, 1949, as Wise Stores inc.
By October 1988, the company had 28 stores and acquired 15 Continental ou ...
, a Canadian department store, mainly in Quebec
Other uses
* Wise, showing
wisdom
Wisdom, sapience, or sagacity is the ability to contemplate and act using knowledge, experience, understanding, common sense and insight. Wisdom is associated with attributes such as unbiased judgment, compassion, experiential self-knowle ...
: good judgement or the benefit of experience
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Wise Observatory
The Florence and George Wise Observatory (IAU code 097) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Tel Aviv University. It is located west of the town of Mitzpe Ramon in the Negev desert near the edge of the Ramon Crater, and it is ...
, an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Tel Aviv University
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WISE (disambiguation) WISE may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
*WISE (AM), a radio station licensed to Asheville, North Carolina
*WISE-FM, a radio station licensed to Wise, Virginia
*WISE-TV, a television station licensed to Fort Wayne, Indiana
Education
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List of people known as the Wise
"The Wise" is an epithet which may refer to:
People
* Ailerán (died 664 or 665), Irish saint and scholar
* Alfonso X of Castile (1221–1284), King of Castile, León and Galicia
* Ari Thorgilsson, (1067–1148), Icelandic medieval chronicler
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Weis (disambiguation) Weis may refer to:
* Weis (surname), including a list of people with the name
* Weis, an Australian frozen dessert brand
* Weis Markets, supermarket chain
* WEIS (AM), a radio station (990 AM) licensed to Centre, Alabama, USA
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Weiss (disambiguation)
Weiss or Weiß may refer to:
People
* Weiss (surname), including spelling Weiß
* Weiss Ferdl (1883-1949), German actor
Places
* Mount Weiss, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
* Weiss Lake, Alabama
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Weisz Weisz is a Hungarian surname of German and Jewish origin. Notable people with the surname include:
* Árpád Weisz (1896–1944), Hungarian Olympic football player and manager
* Berthold Weisz (born 1845), Hungarian deputy
* Erik Weisz (1874– ...
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Weiz
Weiz () is a town in the eastern part of the Austrian state of Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the sec ...
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Wiseman (disambiguation)
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Wyse (disambiguation)
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