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Yellow Oval Room (White House)
The Yellow Oval Room is an oval room located on the south side of the second floor in the White House, the official residence of the president of the United States. First used as a drawing room in the John Adams administration, it has been used as a library, office, and family parlor. Today the Yellow Oval Room is used for small receptions and for greeting heads of state immediately before a State Dinner. The room is entered from the Second Floor Center Hall (White House), Center Hall on the north side of the room. Three large windows on the south side of the room face the South Lawn and The Ellipse. The southwest window has a swing-sash door leading to the Truman Balcony. Double doors on the west side of the room, with flags of the United States and of the presidency on either side, lead to the president and first lady's bedrooms, private sitting room and dressing room. History On January 1, 1801, and before it was even complete, John Adams held the first presidential receptio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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WH, W.H., or wh may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Mr. W.H., a mysterious dedication in Shakespeare's sonnets * Whitney Houston (1963-2012), American singer Language * wh (digraph), ''wh'' (digraph), in ''when'', etc. ** Voiceless labio-velar approximant, the sound used for the above when it is pronounced differently from ''w'' ** Pronunciation of English ⟨wh⟩ * wh-word, ''wh''-word, a name for an interrogative word such as ''where'' and ''when'' * Wh-movement, ''wh''-movement, a syntactic phenomenon involving such words * Wh-question, ''wh''-question, a question formed using such words Places * County Westmeath, Ireland, vehicle registration code * The White House, United States, official residence and workplace of the president of the United States, also a metonym for the president and/or his/her/their office Other uses * Watt-hour, a unit of energy * China Northwest Airlines, IATA airline code * Wardlaw-Hartridge School, W-H * Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, NYSE Stock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
