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Hoo (other)
Hoo or HOO may refer to: People * Hoo (surname), including a list of people with the name * Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings (c. 1396 – 1455) Places * Hoo, Suffolk, a village near Kettleburgh, England * Hoo Peninsula, in Kent, England ** Hoo St Werburgh, or simply Hoo ** Hoo Fort ** Hoo Junction railway station ** St Mary Hoo, a village on the Hoo Peninsula * Hoo Stack, an island off Nesting, Shetland, Scotland * The Hoo, Hampstead, a house in the London Borough of Camden * The Hoo, a small hill outside Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire * The Hoo, Great Gaddesden, a country house in Hertfordshire * The Hoo, Willingdon and Jevington, a country house in East Sussex by Edwin Lutyens * Mount Hōō, in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan * Hooton railway station, Cheshire, England, station code HOO * Sutton Hoo, a medieval burial site in Suffolk, England Other uses * ''Hoo'' (film), a 2010 Indian film * Hōō, Japanese name for the fenghuang * ISO 639:hoo, the Holoholo langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
H00 (other)
H0 (H followed by zero) or H00 may refer to: * H0 scale, used in rail transport modelling * Higgs boson, in physics, symbol H0 * Hammett acidity function, in chemistry, H0 * Hubble constant, in cosmology, H0 * Null hypothesis, in statistics, often denoted H0 * , a British and later Canadian warship * Stye, a bacterial infection of the eyelid, ICD-10 code H00 See also *0H (other) *Ho (other) {{Letter-Number Combination Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hoo, Willingdon And Jevington
The Hoo is a Neoclassical country house in Willingdon, in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. It was designed by Edwin Lutyens in 1902 for Alexander Wedderburn, a wealthy lawyer. Considered one of Lutyens' best houses, it is a Grade I listed building. The gardens, which had input from Gertrude Jekyll, are designated at Grade II* on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. History and description Alexander Wedderburn commissioned Edwin Lutyens to undertake a re-modelling of his existing house at Willingdon on the South Downs in 1901. The result was among Lutyens' favourite works, and is considered among his best country houses. After post-war service as a girls' school, the house was converted to apartments in 1955. The building remains privately owned and was the subject of a sympathetic restoration in 2022. The core of the current house remains Wedderburn's original cottage. To this, Lutyens added a gable roof with dorm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooe (other)
Hooe may refer to: People * Bernard Hooe Jr., American lawyer, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and mayor of Alexandria * Rice Hooe, the name of three Virginia colonists, including Rhys Hooe (c. 1599 – after 1655) * Robert T. Hooe, District of Columbia Justice of the Peace * Virgil Hooe, American volleyball coach Places * Hooe, East Sussex, England * Hooe, Plymouth, England See also * *'' United States v. Hooe'', a 1803 United States Supreme Court case * Lloyd House (Alexandria, Virginia), also known as the Wise-Hooe-Loyd house {{disambiguation, surname, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoohoo (other)
Hoohoo, Hoo Hoo or Hoo-Hoo may refer to: * Alexandria Hoo Hoos, a baseball team in Alexandria, Louisiana * Orange Hoo–Hoos, a baseball team in Orange, Texas * Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, a fraternal and service organization ** Hoo Hoo Monument, in Gurdon, Arkansas * Hoohoo, West Virginia, an unincorporated community {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wahoo
The wahoo (''Acanthocybium solandri'') is a scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. In Hawaii, the wahoo is known as ono. The species is sometimes called hoo in the United States. It is best known to sports fishermen, as its speed and high quality makes it a prized and valued game fish. Description Its body is elongated and the back is an iridescent blue, while the sides are silvery with a pattern of irregular vertical blue bars. These colors fade rapidly at death. The mouth is large, and the teeth of the wahoo are razor sharp. Both the upper and lower jaws have a somewhat sharper appearance than those of king or Spanish mackerel. Specimens have been recorded at up to in length, and weighing up to . The growth of the fish can be quite quick. Distribution Wahoo have a circumtropical distribution and are found in Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Population genomic research using RAD sequencing indicates that two weakly differentiated fish stocks a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Olympic Committee
The Croatian Olympic Committee (, HOO) is the non-profit organization representing Croatian athletes in the International Olympic Committee. The COC organizes Croatia's representatives at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. It also organizes the Croatian contingent at smaller events such as the Mediterranean Games. 44 sports federations are members of the committee which elect the Executive Council composed of the president and 15 members. In 2006, the COC organized the first Croatian World Games in Zadar. These games gather various groups of diaspora Croats against contingents from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. History The Croatian Olympic Committee was founded on 10 September 1991 in Zagreb. IOC temporally recognised the Committee on 17 January 1992, which led the way to Croatian athletes to participate in the Olympics. They participated for the first time in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Full recognition by the IOC wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hōō
''Fenghuang'' () are mythological birds featuring in traditions throughout the Sinosphere. ''Fenghuang'' are understood to reign over all other birds: males and females were originally termed ''feng'' and ''huang'' respectively, but a gender distinction is typically no longer made, and ''fenghuang'' are generally considered a feminine entity to be paired with the traditionally masculine Chinese dragon. Fenghuang are known under similar names in various other languages ( Japanese: ; or ; Korean: ). In the West, they are commonly called Chinese phoenixes, although mythological similarities with the Western/Persian phoenix are superficial. Appearance A common depiction of fenghuang was of it attacking snakes with its talons and its wings spread. According to the '' Erya'''s chapter 17 ''Shiniao'', fenghuang is made up of the beak of a rooster, the face of a swallow, the forehead of a fowl, the neck of a snake, the breast of a goose, the back of a tortoise, the hindquarters o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoo (film)
''Hoo'' ( ''Flower'') is a 2010 Indian Kannada-language film written and directed by V. Ravichandran. The film stars V. Ravichandran and Meera Jasmine in lead roles whereas Namitha plays important supporting role. The film which is produced by Dinesh Gandhi is a remake of Vikraman's 2003 Tamil/ Telugu bilingual '' Priyamana Thozhi/ Vasantham''. Cast * V. Ravichandran as Anand * Meera Jasmine as Jasmine * Namitha as Anju * Prakash Raj as Michael * Rangayana Raghu * Sharan * Lokanath * Pavithra Lokesh * Shankar Ashwath * Chithra Shenoy Soundtrack Reception Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana of ''Rediff'' scored the film at 2.5 out of 5 stars and says "Harikrishna's composition Sarigama.... will linger on for a while. Other songs picturised on Ravichandran and Namitha will appeal to the masses. There are also chances of a song that is picturised on Pavithra, Namita and the hero, leaving you with discomfort. Hoo is sure to appeal to Ravichandran's fans". A critic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sutton Hoo
Sutton Hoo is the site of two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries dating from the 6th to 7th centuries near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. Archaeology, Archaeologists have been excavating the area since 1938, when an undisturbed ship burial containing a wealth of Anglo-Saxon artifacts was discovered. The site is important in establishing the history of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of East Anglia as well as illuminating the Anglo-Saxons during a period which lacks historical documentation. The site was first excavated by Basil Brown, a self-taught archaeologist, under the auspices of the landowner Edith Pretty, but when its importance became apparent, national scholars took over. The artefacts the archaeologists found in the burial chamber include: a suite of metalwork dress fittings in gold and gems, a ceremonial helmet, a shield and sword, a Anglo-Saxon lyre, lyre, and silver plate from the Eastern Roman Empire. The ship burial has prompted comparisons with the world of ''Beowulf''. The Old Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooton Railway Station
Hooton railway station is situated in the south of the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England. It lies on the Wirral Line north of Chester and south west of Liverpool Lime Street railway station, Liverpool Lime Street on the Merseyrail network, and is the junction of the branch from the Chester railway station, Chester line to Ellesmere Port railway station, Ellesmere Port. It serves the villages of Hooton, Cheshire, Hooton and Willaston, Cheshire West, Willaston. The station is midway between Junction 5 of the M53 motorway and Willaston village. It provides a major park and ride facility for Birkenhead, Liverpool and Chester, being convenient of access from north east Wales by the A550. The station car park contains compliant blue badge parking spaces; a variable height counter and new cycle parking were provided in 2007. Network Rail has installed a DDA compliant structure to replace the original footbridge, with lifts to all platforms; it was completed at the end of January 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Hōō
is located in the western portion of Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Because the mountain has three peaks, it is also called Hōō Sanzan (鳳凰三山). It is in Minami Alps National Park and is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains. Outline Mount Hōō has three peaks: Mount Hōō is separated from most of the other mountains in the Akaishi Mountains, Akaishi range, giving a wider view of the surrounding mountains. Also, most mountains in the range have a reddish-brown color ("Akaishi" means "red stone" in Japanese language, Japanese), but Mount Hōō and Mount Kaikoma are the two exceptions, as they are granite mountains. History Metal ore was found in the mountain during the Sengoku period and, by the Edo period, the mountain was exploited for its metals and forest products. * In 1904, Walter Weston became the first to climb the obelisk on top of Jizōdake. * On June 1, 1964, this area was specified to the Minami Alps National Park. * In 1990, Sumie Tanaka (:ja:田中澄 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hoo, Great Gaddesden
The Hoo is a Grade II* listed country house in Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties. It borders Bedfordshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Greater London to the ..., England. It dates from around 1683. In 1944 it was in use as a maternity home. References Grade II* listed buildings in Hertfordshire Buildings and structures completed in 1683 Country houses in Hertfordshire Grade II* listed houses Dacorum Maternity homes {{UK-listed-building-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
