The Wa people (Wa: Vāx; Burmese: ဝလူမျိုး, [wa̰ lùmjóʊ]; Chinese: 佤族; pinyin: Wǎzú; Thai: ว้า) are a Southeast Asian ethnic group that lives mainly in...
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languages spoken by the Wa people Walloon language (ISO 639 language code wa) Wa (Japan) (和), an old Chinese name for Japan Wa Land, the natural and historical...
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separated from the tribal military control of the Dai people. British rule in Burma did not administer the Wa States and the border with China was left undefined...
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Wa is the oldest attested name of Japan and ethnonym of the Japanese people. From c. the 2nd century AD Chinese and Korean scribes used the Chinese character...
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The Yamato people (大和民族, Yamato minzoku, lit. 'Yamato ethnicity') or the Wajin (和人 / 倭人, lit. 'Wa people') is a term to describe the ethnic group that...
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Wa (Va) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Wa people of Myanmar and China. There are three distinct varieties, sometimes considered separate languages;...
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The Wa States was the name formerly given to the Wa Land, the natural and historical region inhabited mainly by the Wa people, an ethnic group speaking...
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Wajinden (redirect from Treatise on the people of Wa)
on the Wa People") are passages in the 30th fascicle of the Chinese history chronicle Records of the Three Kingdoms that talk about the Wa people, who would...
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Wa-Tu-Wa-Zui (Beautiful People) is an album by organist Charles Kynard which was recorded in 1970 and released on the Prestige label. Richie Unterberger...
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The United Wa State Army (Parauk: Kru' Naing' Rob Rom' Hak Tiex Praog, simplified Chinese: 佤邦联合军; traditional Chinese: 佤邦聯合軍; pinyin: Wǎbāng Liánhéjūn;...
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Wa country may refer to: Wa States, the country of the Wa people Wa (Japan), the oldest recorded name of Japan This disambiguation page lists articles...
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Wa ʿalaykumu s-salam (وَعَلَيْكُم ٱلسَّلَامُ) is an Arabic greeting often used by Muslims around the world translating to "and upon you be peace". It is...
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self-administered by the Wa people, but is de facto administered by the self-proclaimed Wa State, under the official name Wa Special Region 2. Hopang...
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Bao Youxiang (category Wa people)
current president of Wa State people's government, general secretary of the United Wa State Party, and commander-in-chief of the United Wa State Army. Bao...
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are composed of people from the Wa ethnic group and they work together with Chinese organized criminals in the drug trade. The Red Wa control the methamphetamine...
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Wajin (倭人, Wajin, literally "Wa people") is in the narrow sense, the old name of the ethnic group of the Yayoi people who lived in the Japanese archipelago...
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Wa is a town and the capital of the Wa Municipal District and the Upper West Region of Ghana. It has a population of 200,672 people according to the 2021...
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releasing music under the Watashi Wa moniker with an album called People Like People which was written in 2020. People Like People is produced by Seth Roberts...
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The Washoe or Wašišiw ("people from here", or transliterated in older literature as Wa She Shu) are a Great Basin tribe of Native Americans, living near...
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As-salamu alaykum (redirect from Wa 'alaikumus salam)
ʿalaykum wa-raḥmatu -llāhi wa-barakātuhū (ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللَّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ, [as.sa.laː.mu ʕa.laj.kum wa.raħ.ma.tu‿ɫ.ɫaː.hi wa.ba.ra...
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were large-sized wild hunters descended from Lua-nuʻu, the mu people, and the wa people. Some early scholars hypothesized that there was a first settlement...
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Wahiawa, Hawaii (section Notable people)
volcanic mountains that bookend the island. In Hawaiian, wahi a wā means "place of the wa people". The population was 18,658 at the 2020 census. Lakes and reservoirs...
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Diambi Kabatusuila (category Year of birth missing (living people))
Mukalenga Mukaji wa Nkashama wa Bakwa Luntu wa Baluba wa Kasaï wa Congo that means "Woman King of the Order of the Leopard of the Bakwa Luntu People who are from...
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following year. The border ran through the Wa region, although it had little practical effect on the Wa people.: 13 Since finalizing the border, relations...
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doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo. Hikari no Wa's stated goal is not to influence a particular faith, but instead to help people find a new way to think about religion...
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Yayoi period (category Ancient peoples of Japan)
is also under debate. Ancient Japan portal Ainu people Emishi people Japanese era name Yayoi people Wa (Japan) Zenpokoenfun Shōda, Shinya (2007). "A Comment...
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Wa-o-wa-wa-na-onk or Peter Wilson (died 1871, alternate spellings are Waowawanaonk, Wau-wah-wa-na-onk, and De jih'-non-da-weh-hoh) was a Cayuga physician...
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The Wa people, a mountain ethnic minority in Southwest China, eastern Myanmar (Shan State) and northern Thailand, were once known as the "Wild Wa" by...
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Sunni Islam (redirect from Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jama'ah)
with Murdshia, insisted that this were "righteous people and people of the Sunnah" (ahl al-ʿadl wa-ahl as-sunna). According to Josef van Ess this term...
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