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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Times_SquareTimes Square - Wikipedia

    12 hours ago · Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. It is formed by the junction of Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and 42nd Street. Together with adjacent Duffy Square, Times Square is a bowtie -shaped plaza five blocks long between 42nd and ...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › IstanbulIstanbul - Wikipedia

    12 hours ago · Istanbul. /  41.01361°N 28.95500°E  / 41.01361; 28.95500. Istanbul [a] is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia. It is considered the country's economic, cultural and historic capital. The city has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › SufismSufism - Wikipedia

    12 hours ago · Six Sufi masters, c. 1760 Practitioners of Sufism are referred to as "Sufis" (from صُوفِيّ, ṣūfīy), and historically typically belonged to "orders" known as tariqa (pl. ṭuruq) – congregations formed around a grand wali who would be the last in a chain of successive teachers linking back to Muhammad, with the goal of undergoing tazkiya (self-purification) and the hope of reaching ...

  4. 12 hours ago · The Romani, also spelled Romany or Rromani ( / ˈroʊməni / ROH-mə-nee or / ˈrɒməni / ROM-ə-nee) and colloquially known as the Roma ( sg.: Rom ), are an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin [71] [72] [73] who traditionally lived a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle. Linguistic and genetic evidence suggests that the Romani originated in the Indian ...

  5. 12 hours ago · Website. www .millaj .com. Milica Bogdanovna Jovovich [a] [b] ( / ˈjoʊvəvɪtʃ / YOH-və-vitch; born December 17, 1975), known professionally as Milla Jovovich ( MEE-lə ), is an American actress and former fashion model. [2] Her starring roles in numerous science-fiction and action films led the music channel VH1 to deem her the "reigning ...

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › AshurbanipalAshurbanipal - Wikipedia

    12 hours ago · Ashurbanipal [a] ( Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒀸𒋩𒆕𒀀, romanized: Aššur-bāni-apli, [10] [b] meaning " Ashur is the creator of the heir") [3] [12] was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 669 BC to his death in 631. He is generally remembered as the last great king of Assyria. [8] [13] Ashurbanipal inherited the throne as the favored ...

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › YogaYoga - Wikipedia

    12 hours ago · Etymology A statue of Patanjali, author of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, meditating in the lotus position The Sanskrit noun योग yoga is derived from the root yuj (युज्) "to attach, join, harness, yoke". Yoga is a cognate of the English word "yoke". According to Mikel Burley, the first use of the root of the word "yoga" is in hymn 5.81.1 of the Rigveda, a dedication to the rising ...

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