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    Hvar (pronounced [xvâːr]; Chakavian: Hvor or For, Greek: Φάρος, romanized: Pharos, Latin: Pharia, Italian: Lesina) is a Croatian island in the Adriatic...
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    The High Velocity Aircraft Rocket, or HVAR, also known by the nickname Holy Moses, was an American unguided rocket developed during World War II to attack...
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    Hvar (Chakavian: For, Greek: Φάρος, romanized: Pharos, Latin: Pharus and Pharina, Italian: Lesina) is a town and port on the island of the same name, part...
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  • Hvar is an island in Croatia. Hvar or HVAR may also refer to: Hvar (town), on the island Hvar culture, a Neolithic culture in the eastern Adriatic coast...
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    Hvar culture, also known as Hvar-Lisičići culture, was a Neolithic and Chalcolithic culture on the eastern Adriatic coast, named after the Adriatic island...
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    Cittavecchia di Lesina) is a town on the northern side of the island of Hvar in Dalmatia, Croatia. One of the oldest towns in Europe, its position at...
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    The Hvar Arsenal is a historic building in the town of Hvar, Croatia. It was first constructed in the 14th century as a maintenance shipyard for the galley...
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  • Policie Hvar is a Czech-Slovak crime comedy television series. The series was initially produced under title Dobro došli. It was produced by TV Nova in...
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    The Hvar rebellion (Croatian: Hvarska buna) (1510–1514) was a popular uprising of the people and citizens of the Dalmatian island of Hvar on the Adriatic...
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    of St. Stephen in Hvar (Croatian: Katedrala Svetog Stjepana) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Hvar, on the island of Hvar in Split-Dalmatia...
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    Hvare-khshaeta (redirect from Hvar Kshaeta)
    Avestan Hvarə-xšaēta is a compound in which hvar "sun" has xšaēta "radiant" as a stock epithet. Avestan hvar derives from Proto-Indo-Iranian *súHar "sun"...
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  • The Hvar Observatory, part of the Geodetic school of the University of Zagreb, is an astronomical research observatory located above the city of Hvar (the...
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    The Hvar Channel (Croatian: Hvarski kanal) is a channel in the Adriatic Sea between the islands of Brač and Hvar. Josip Dorigatti, Tina Perić Gorana Jelić...
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    island of Hvar, separated by the Hvar Channel with a maximal depth of 91m. The closest distance is between Murvica and the northern beaches of Hvar with less...
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  • Gregada is a Croatian dish from the island Hvar. The dish most likely has its origins in Illyrian culinary traditions and is one of the oldest ways to...
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    75750°E / 43.14250; 16.75750 Humac is an uninhabited hamlet on the island of Hvar, Croatia. It is connected by the D116 highway. Located 350 m (1,150 ft) above...
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    Liburnians, while the first Greek colonies were established on the islands of Hvar, Korčula, and Vis. In 9 AD, the territory of today's Croatia became part...
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  • of 8.36 km2, 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) off the south coast of the island of Hvar, Croatia, opposite the settlement of Zavala. The name comes from štedri,...
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  • early 1463), better known as Thomas of Hvar (Serbo-Croatian: Toma Hvarski/Тома Хварски), was Bishop of Lesina (Hvar) from 23 December 1429 until his death...
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    Nedija), is a small village on the Croatian island of Hvar. It is located near the town of Hvar and it has 131 residents (2011). Sveta Nedjelja lies on...
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  • Association of Hvar (Societa Igienica) was founded in 1868 (156 years ago) (1868) on the island of Hvar by Juraj II. Duboković, Bishop of Hvar. It was an...
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  • Hvar 8 dag was a Swedish illustrated weekly periodical with a mix of news, biographies, photographs, and other features. It was begun in 1899 and came...
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    centres of lacemaking tradition, most notably the Adriatic towns of Pag and Hvar, the northern town of Lepoglava, and the Sveta Marija village in the Međimurje...
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    April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017. Valgerður G. Johnsen (20 March 2002). "Hvar og hvenær var fyrsta kartaflan ræktuð á Íslandi?". Vísindavefurinn (in Icelandic)...
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  • Church who served as the bishop of Duvno from 1392 to 1412, the bishop of Hvar from 1412 to 1420 and from 1420 to 1428 and the bishop of Skradin from 1420...
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    and took place in Split, Croatia, with an additional Ultra Beach party in Hvar Island, Croatia on 14 July 2013. In 2015, the festival became a part of Destination...
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    are located off the southwest coast of the island of Hvar, Croatia, opposite the entrance to the Hvar (city) harbour. Usual local name is Škoji, which means...
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    run parallel to the coast, the largest (in Dalmatia) being Brač, Pag, and Hvar. The largest city is Split, followed by Zadar, Šibenik, and Dubrovnik. The...
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    Slovenia and in several places in Croatia, namely Lika, and the islands of Hvar and Brač. Dormouse fat was believed by the Elizabethans to induce sleep since...
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  • for national access to bibliographic databases and electronic journals, hvar.is, jointly financed by the Icelandic state and a consortium of Icelandic...
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