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Kalan (other)
Kalan may refer to: * The sea otter, also called kalan, a large otter native to the North Pacific * Kalan Müzik, Kalan Music, Istanbul, Turkish independent record label of ethnic and folk music People * Elliott Kalan (born 1981), U.S. comedy writer and comedian * Kalan Haywood (born 1999), American politician * Kalan Porter (born 1985), or just "Kalan", singer, a winner of TV show ''Canadian Idol'' Places * Kalan (Turkey), name until 1936 of the Dersim Province capital, now Tunceli * Kalan (France), original Breton name of the Bretagne town of Calan, Morbihan * ''Kalán'', Hungarian name for the town of Călan, Hunedoara County, Romania * Kalan, Ardabil, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran * Kalan, Kaleybar, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Kalan, Varzaqan, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Kalan, Ilam, a village in Ilam Province, Iran * Kalan, Lorestan, a village in Lorestan Province, Iran * Kalan, Qazvin, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran * Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Otter
The sea otter (''Enhydra lutris'') is a marine mammal native to the coasts of the northern and eastern Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Ocean. Adult sea otters typically weigh between , making them the heaviest members of the Mustelidae, weasel family, but among the smallest marine mammals. Unlike most marine mammals, the sea otter's primary form of insulation is an exceptionally thick coat of fur, the densest in the animal kingdom. Although it can walk on land, the sea otter is capable of living exclusively in the ocean. The sea otter inhabits nearshore environments, where it dives to the sea floor to Foraging, forage. It preys mostly on marine Invertebrate, invertebrates such as sea urchins, various mollusks and crustaceans, and some species of fish. Its foraging and eating habits are noteworthy in several respects. Its Tool use by sea otters, use of rocks to dislodge prey and to open shells makes it one of the few mammal species to use tools. In most of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalan, Tehran
Kalan (, also Romanized as Kalān) is a village in Lavasan-e Bozorg Rural District, Lavasanat District, Shemiranat County, Tehran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort .... At the 2006 census, its population was 546, in 142 families. References Populated places in Shemiranat County {{Shemiranat-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calan Mai
( ' first day of May') or ( 'first day of Summer'), also historically called , is the Welsh celebration of May Day (1 May). It marks the beginning of summer and traditionally it involved festivities around bonfires, maypoles, and carol singing. Some of its traditions parallel the Gaelic May Day festival Beltane, and other May Day and Walpurgis Night traditions in Europe. Customs Traditionally, bonfires () were lit at in parts of Wales. They were lit in Glamorgan until the 1830s. Nine men would gather branches of nine different trees, remove all metal, then light the fire by friction between wood. A fire kindled in such a way is known as a need-fire. Sometimes two fires were built side-by-side. Round cakes of oatmeal and brown-meal were sliced and placed in a bag, and participants each chose one; those who chose a brown-meal slice had to leap three times over flames, or run thrice between the bonfires. This was believed to ensure a good harvest. bonfires were also recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Kallan
Gerald Kallan (born April 29, 1979) is an Austrian luger who has competed since the late 1990s. A natural track luger, he won the two men's singles medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with a gold in 2000 and a bronze in 2003. Kallan earned a pair of bronze medals in the men's singles event at the FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships (1999, 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...). ReferencesFIL-Luge profile External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaalan
Kaalan ( ) is a Keralite dish from South India, made of yoghurt, coconut The coconut tree (''Cocos nucifera'') is a member of the palm tree family (biology), family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus ''Cocos''. The term "coconut" (or the archaic "cocoanut") can refer to the whole coconut palm, ... and a raw fruit nendra kaaya or a tuber like the chena (yam). It is very thick, which distinguishes it from a similar curry known as ''pulisseri'', and more sour than avial. For the same reason, kaalan can last longer when stored. In many preparations, more pepper and/or chillies are added to make the kaalan spicy, in addition to its signature sour taste. Kaalan is typically served as part of the Sadya. See also * Cuisine of Kerala References External links Kerala cuisine {{india-cuisine-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khurd (other) , the opposite place name suffix, meaning big
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Khurd may refer to : * Khurd an administrative placename description meaning small used in North India and Pakistan * Khurd, Sultanpur Lodhi, village in Punjab, India * Berote Khurd, a subdivision of Berote Kalan Union Council * Hurd, a Mongolian heavy metal band See also *Kalan (other) Kalan may refer to: * The sea otter, also called kalan, a large otter native to the North Pacific * Kalan Müzik, Kalan Music, Istanbul, Turkish independent record label of ethnic and folk music People * Elliott Kalan (born 1981), U.S. comedy w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalan Wali
Kalanwali is a town with a municipal committee in Sirsa district in the Indian state of Haryana. Being very near the Punjab border, most of the people in this area have Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi as their mother tongue. Demographics India census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ..., Kalanwali had a population of 25,155. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kalanwali has an average literacy rate of 64% higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 58%. In Kalanwali, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. References {{Sirsa district topics Cities and towns in Sirsa district ca:Kalanwali (Haryana) es:Kalanwali (Haryana) vi:Kalanwali zh:卡拉瑙尔 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uppal Kalan
Uppal is a neighbourhood in Eastern Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is the mandal headquarters of Uppal mandal in Keesara revenue division in Medchal-Malkajgiri district. It forms Circle No.2 in the L. B. Nagar Zone of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. There are four wards i.e., Chilukanagar (7), Habsiguda (8), Ramanthapur (9) and Uppal (10) in this circle. Demographics India census, Uppal Kalan had a population of 118,259. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Uppal Kalan has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 66%. In Uppal Kalan, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. In 1991, it had a population of 78,644. The recorded growth rate of this area in 10 years (1991–2001) was about 56 percent. Etymology and history It was a municipality prior to its merger into the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. The words khurd and kalan were administrative ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dholla Kalan
Dholla Kalan is a village in Tehsil Phalia, Mandi Bahauddin District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located about 11 kilometres from Phalia, the headquarters of Tehsil Phalia, with a road running between the two. Dholla Kalan is one of two areas within the village of Dholla, the other being Dhola Khurd. The words Khurd and Kalan are administrative terms which date back to Mughal times. They are used to differentiate between two areas with the same name. The words are taken from Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ... and translate to "big" and "small" respectively. Nearby villages include Saida Sharif, Dhall Tararan, Kala Shadian, Dogul, and Seeray. Population Dholla Kalan has a population of over 7,000 people. Most of the population work in agriculture, cultivating w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birote Kalan
Birote Kalan is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Etymology The name of the union council Birote means "the land of wrestlers". The words ''khurd'' and ''kalan'' ("little" and "big") are administrative terms taken from Persian language dating back to times, to differentiate two areas with the same name, hence ''Birote Khurd'' means "little Birote"..Location [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khurd And Kalan
Khurd and Kalan (Urdu: خرد اور کلاں, Hindi: ख़ुर्द और कलाँ, Punjabi: Gurmukhi: ਖ਼ੁਰਦ ਅਤੇ ਕਲਾਂ, shahmukhi: خرد تے کلاں) are administrative designations used in India and Pakistan to indicate the mainland (Khurd) and extension (Kalan) of a town, village or settlement. They are usually added after place names. For instance, Berote Khurd and Berote Kalan in Abbottabad District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, Dangoh Khurd in Una District of Himachal Pradesh and the many villages in delhi such as Holambi Khurd and Holambi Kalan, Pooth Khurd and Pooth Kalan and Mangolpur Khurd and Mangolpur Kalan in North west and north districts of Delhi and the famous Dariba Kalan jewellery market in Delhi, there was also a smaller street nearby, known as Dariba Khurd or Chhota Dariba, both mean small, now known as Kinari Bazaar. In some parts of the former Maratha territory, Budruk is used instead of "Kalan." It is a corru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahjahanpur District
Shahjahanpur is a district of Uttar Pradesh India. It is a part of Bareilly division. It was established in 1813 by the British Government. Previously it was a part of district Bareilly. Geographically the main town is Shahjahanpur, which is its headquarters. Its five tehsils are: Powayan, Kalan, Shahjahanpur, Kalan, Tilhar, Jalalabad, Shahjahanpur, Jalalabad and Shahjahanpur, Sadar. History Very little is known about the early history of this region. There are prominent ruins at Mati, Nigohi, Shahjahanpur, Nigohi, and Gola Raipur. The area covered by Shahjahanpur district was likely part of the ancient kingdom of Ahichhatra, which is supported by numerous Ahichhatra coins found at Mati, which appears to have been an important city in ancient times. For a long time, tradition holds that this area was ruled by indigenous groups like the Gurjar, Gujars, the Ahirs, the Pasi (caste), Pasis, the Arakhs, the Bhihars, and the Bhils. Their rule appears to have been supplanted by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
