A white elephant is a possession that its owner cannot dispose of without extreme difficulty, and whose cost, particularly that of maintenance, is out...
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Biały Słoń (English: White Elephant; Ukrainian: Білий слон, Bily slon) is a Polish name for an abandoned campus of the former Polish Astronomical and Meteorological...
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the elephant's slow and painful death. The story is regarded as a metaphor for colonialism as a whole, and for Orwell's view that "when the white man...
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said to ride on a flying white elephant named Airavata, who was made the King of all elephants by Lord Indra. A white elephant is rare and given special...
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one for his new building along with five floors of offices. The building was constructed on the former site of the White Elephant building, a two-story adobe...
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the site, which is now known as the White Horse. The building is first described as a public house called the Elephant and Castle with a licensee called...
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The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences (1923) and Ashley Montagu's The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity (1971). It was shot in black-and-white and...
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The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the African savanna elephant, is one of two extant African elephant species and one of three...
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Elephant is a 2003 American psychological drama film written, directed and edited by Gus Van Sant. It takes place in Watt High School, in the suburbs of...
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Look up Elephant, elephant, éléphant, or êléphant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The elephant is a large, grey mammal native to Africa and southern...
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Babar the Elephant (UK: /ˈbæbɑːr/, US: /bəˈbɑːr/; French pronunciation: [babaʁ]) is an elephant character who first appeared in 1931 in the French children's...
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Elephant Butte Reservoir is a reservoir on the southern part of the Rio Grande in the U.S. state of New Mexico, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Truth or Consequences...
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the pet white elephant given by King Manuel I of Portugal to Pope Leo X (born Giovanni de' Medici) at his coronation. Hanno, an Asian elephant, came to...
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The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is one of the two living species of African elephant. It is native to humid tropical forests in West Africa...
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Pip Ivan peak (currently in Ukraine) as a part of the White Elephant building. The White Elephant was built by the Airborne and Antigas Defence League...
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White Elephant Building Registered Heritage Structure Makkovik NL 55°05′28″N 59°10′29″W / 55.0911°N 59.1746°W / 55.0911; -59.1746 (White Elephant...
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An Elephant Sitting Still (Chinese: 大象席地而坐; pinyin: Dà Xiàng Xídì Érzuò) is a 2018 Chinese drama film written, directed and edited by Hu Bo. The first...
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Ziggurat: How a white elephant became a county landmark". August 9, 2015. Retrieved August 23, 2019. "Chet Holifield Federal Building Determination of...
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Utah's Hogle Zoo (category Buildings and structures in Salt Lake City)
to house the zoo's elephants, African elephants named Hy-Dari and Twiggy, Indian elephants Kali, Toni, and Toka, and the zoo's white rhinos, Princess and...
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The Green Elephant (Russian: Зелёный слоник, romanized: Zelyonyy slonik, also known as Green Elephant Calf) is a 1999 Russian exploitation arthouse horror...
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Wat Phra That Doi Suthep (category Religious buildings and structures completed in 1383)
piece was placed by the king on the back of a white elephant which was released into the jungle. The elephant is said to have climbed up Doi Suthep, at that...
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Strata SE1 (redirect from Strata (Building))
Strata SE1 is a 147-metre (482 ft), 43-storey, multi-award-winning, building at Elephant & Castle in the London Borough of Southwark with more than 1,000...
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The Elephant Fountain (Italian: Fontana dell'Elefante) is a monument located in the center of Piazza del Duomo in the Sicilian city of Catania, designed...
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Howdah (redirect from Castle on elephant)
with battlements inspired "elephant and castle" imagery The American author Herman Melville in Chapter 42 ("The Whiteness of the Whale") of Moby Dick...
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Whipsnade Zoo (redirect from Whipsnade White Lion)
explosions. In 1996, a new elephant house and paddock was opened to replace the architecturally outstanding but cramped original elephant house designed by Lubetkin...
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Dumbo (redirect from Dumbo the Elephant)
off-season in its winter grounds, a flock of white storks delivers many babies to the animals. One elephant, Mrs. Jumbo, does not receive her baby, and...
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Elephant Kraal of Ayutthaya, or Elephant Corral of Ayutthaya is a historic place in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand. It is considered part of the Ayutthaya...
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Amy Carter (section Life in the White House)
accepted an elephant from Sri Lanka; the animal was given to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Carter roller-skated through the White House's East...
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Morrison's £2bn Elephant & Castle shopping centre plan approved". Building Design. Retrieved 19 October 2022. "Millharbour West Building D". SkyscraperNews...
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Mysore Zoo (category Buildings and structures in Mysore)
Buck, Fallow Deer, Goral Large Mammals: Asiatic Elephants, African Elephants, Indian Rhino, Southern White Rhino, Hippopotamus, Gaur Aquatic Birds: Eurasian...
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