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Selam may refer to: * Selam, Champhai, a village in Mizoram, India * Selam (''Australopithecus''), a hominin fossil * Selam, the moon of asteroid 152830 Dinkinesh * An alternative spelling of "salaam", a short form of the greeting As-salamu alaykum * ''Selam'' (film), a 2013 Turkish drama film * Selam Musai (1857–1920), Albanian military leader *Selam Tesfaye (born 1992), Ethiopian film actress See also * Hagere Selam (Degua Tembien), a town in Ethiopia * Selam, a municipality in Ethiopia * Salaam (other) * Salem (other) Salem may refer to: Places Canada * Salem, Ontario, various places Germany * Salem, Baden-Württemberg, a municipality in the Bodensee district ** Salem Abbey (Reichskloster Salem), a monastery * Salem, Schleswig-Holstein Israel * Salem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selam, Champhai
Selam is a Zomi village in the Saitual district of Mizoram, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since .... Demographics According to the 2011 census of India, Selam has 209 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 98.86%. The population was recorded to be an increase with 1, 370 people recorded. References {{Champhai district Villages in Ngopa block ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selam (Australopithecus)
Selam (DIK-1/1) is the fossilized skull and other skeletal remains of a three-year-old ''Australopithecus afarensis'' female hominin, whose bones were first found in Dikika, in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia in 2000 and recovered over the following years. Although she has often been nicknamed Lucy's baby, the specimen has been dated at 3.3 million years ago, approximately 100,000 years older than "Lucy (Australopithecus), Lucy" (dated to about 3.2 million years ago). Selam is also known as the Dikika Child. The word "Selam" means "peace" in Amharic. Discovery The fossils were discovered by Zeresenay Alemseged, and are remarkable for their age and condition. On 20 September 2006, the journal ''Nature'' presented the findings of a dig in Dikika, Ethiopia, a few miles south of Hadar, Ethiopia, Hadar, the well-known site where the fossil hominin known as Lucy was found. The recovered skeleton comprises almost the entire skull and torso and many parts of the limbs. The feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selam (moon)
Selam, formal designation Dinkinesh I, is a contact binary and natural satellite of the main belt asteroid 152830 Dinkinesh. It was discovered on November 1st, 2023 during Lucy's flyby of Dinkinesh. Lucy took pictures of the asteroid, and sent data back to NASA leading to the discovery of the moon. Naming Selam was named after the fossilized remains of an Australopithecus, named Selam (ሰላም) also known as "Lucy's daughter" although being some 100,000 years older than the fossilized remains of another Australopithecus known as Lucy, but Dink'inesh in Amharic . Selam (which also means "peace" in the Amharic language) was chosen for the moon, as the name of the asteroid it orbits around is " Dink'inesh". The name Selam was proposed by astronomer Raphael Marschall. The spaceship ''Lucy'' which discovered Selam was also named after the Australopithecus Lucy. Theorized origin Selam is theorized to have been formed out of the same material and same surface texture as oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
152830 Dinkinesh
152830 Dinkinesh (provisional designation ) is a binary main-belt asteroid about in diameter. It was discovered by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) survey at Socorro, New Mexico on 4 November 1999. Dinkinesh, the name borrowed from an Ethiopian word for the Lucy fossil, was the first flyby target of NASA's ''Lucy'' mission, which approached from the asteroid on 1 November 2023. During the flyby, the ''Lucy'' spacecraft discovered that Dinkinesh has a contact-binary natural satellite, named Selam, which is in diameter. Dinkinesh is the smallest main-belt asteroid explored by spacecraft yet, though some smaller near-Earth asteroids have also been explored. Discovery and observational history Dinkinesh was discovered on 4 November 1999 by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) sky survey at Socorro, New Mexico. The discovery observations were published by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) on 23 November 1999 and the asteroid was given the minor pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As-salamu Alaykum
''As-salamu alaykum'' (, ), also written ''salamun alaykum'' and typically rendered in English as ''salam alaykum'', is a greeting in Arabic that means 'Peace be upon you'. The (, meaning 'peace') has become a religious salutation for Muslims worldwide when greeting each other, though its use as a greeting predates Islam, and is also common among Arabic speakers of other religions (such as Arab Christians and Mizrahi Jews). In colloquial speech, often only , 'peace', is used to greet a person. This shorter greeting, (), has come to be used as the general salutation in other languages as well. The typical response to the greeting is ( , 'and peace be upon you'). In the Quranic period one repeated ''as-salamu alaykum'', but the inverted response is attested in Arabic not long after its appearance in Hebrew. The phrase may also be expanded to ( , 'Peace be upon you, as well as the mercy of God and His blessings'). The use of ''salām'' as an Arabic greeting dates at least ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selam (film)
''Selam'' is a Turkish drama film. It was released on March 29, 2013, and it runs for 104 minutes. The film follows the lives of 3 teachers as they leave their loved ones behind to help educate children in rural areas. This epic story directed by Levent Demirkale is based on true events that are taking place in Senegal, Afghanistan, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Plot ;Setting: Lake Retba, Senegal The film opens with a Senegalese boy named Khadim being told that his little sister Aya has fallen off the rocks. The parents of the two kids are debating whether to take Aya to the hospital since the hospital is only for the whites, while Khadim and Aya's family is black. The parents quickly decide to go to the "whites" hospital but the hospital is too far away so they were hoping to find a car to give them a lift. A car off a white couple, who are touring the Lake Retba area, does actually pass by but the husband tells his wife to listen to the tour guide, who told them never to stop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selam Musai
Selam Musa Salaria or Selam Musai (1857–1920) was one of the Albanian military leaders of the Vlora War. He died fighting at the advanced age of 63. Posthumously he was awarded the People's Hero of Albania medal. Life He was born in 1857 in Salari, Tepelenë District, Gjirokaster County, Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ... from a patriotic Albanian family. In 1912, during the Occupation of Albania (1912–1913), he fought against the Greek forces. He was wounded during the battles. In 1920 he became a member of the National Defense Committee. He actively participated in the Battle of Vlora when he was 63 years old, and at Qafë-Koçi was killed on 12 June (at 22:00) 1920, putting himself in front of an artillery piece to defend his younger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selam Tesfaye
Selam Tesfaye (; born 17 October 1992) is an Ethiopian film actress. Her roles often placed her as a leading actress in various films. As recipient of multiple awards, notably Gumma Film Awards, she is one of the most popular icon in the Ethiopian film industry. She had the lead role in the film '' Crumbs'', directed by Miguel Llansó, and promoted as the first Ethiopian-made science-fiction film. Early life Selam Tesfaye was born in a military camp called "Tolay", in Harar, eastern Ethiopia. She moved to Humera and learnt from grade fourth to tenth there. During her relocation to Addis Ababa, she initially couldn't speak Amharic. Irrespective, she couraged to speak fluently in order to act in films. She frequently stated that she "prefers to role in films" rather than to perform other artistic professions. Career Selam entered mainstream prominence in the 2013 film ''Sost Maezen'' (English: Triangle), an international awarded action drama film. Furtherly, she took roles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hagere Selam (Degua Tembien)
Hagere Selam (Tigrinya language, Tigrinya: ሃገረ ሰላም) is a town in northern Ethiopia. Located on the Mekelle-Abiy Addi regional road, it is located at an elevation of 2650 metres above sea level. The town is the administrative center of the Degua Tembien, Dogu'a Tembien woreda. The weekly market is on Saturdays. Hagere Selam is located on the saddle point between two of the higher points in Tigray (Imba Zuw'ala and Tsatsen). The regional road from Mekelle to Abiy Addi climbs towards Hagere Selam, before going down to the Abergele (woreda), Abergele lowlands. The area is categorized as highland or ''dega''. The local economy is dependent on trading, agriculture, with barley being the main crop grown in the area, and on milk production and apiculture. Demographics Based on figures from the census in 2007, Hagere Selam had a total population of 8,130 of whom 3,702 were men and 4,428 were women. The 1994 census reported a total population of 3,932. The functional agglome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selam (Dogu'a Tembien)
Selam is a ''tabia'' or municipality in the Degua Tembien, Dogu'a Tembien district of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The ''tabia'' centre is in Addi Werho village, located approximately 3 km to the northeast of the ''woreda'' town Hagere Selam (Degua Tembien), Hagere Selam. Geography The ''tabia'' stretches down north of the ridge occupied by the main road towards the Tinsehe gorge. The highest peak is Imba Khoboro (2,730 m a.s.l.) and the lowest place at the foot of the waterfall in Tinsehe (2,000 m a.s.l.). Geology From the higher to the lower locations, the following geological formations are present: * Phonolite series in North Ethiopia, Phonolite plugs * Alaji Basalts, Upper basalt * Intra-volcanic sedimentary rock in North Ethiopia, Interbedded lacustrine deposits * Ashangi Basalts, Lower basalt * Amba Aradam Formation * Antalo Limestone * Quaternary alluvium and freshwater tufa Geomorphology and soils The main geomorphic units, with correspon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salaam (other)
Salaam is a short form of ''As-salamu alaykum'', an Arabic greeting meaning "Peace be upon you". This phrase and the Arabic word 'peace' derive from the Semitic root Š-L-M. Salaam or Salam may also refer to: Businesses and organizations * Al-Salam SC, several sports teams * '' Salaam TV'', independent satellite television channel * Salaam Bank, commercial bank headquartered in Bosaso, Somalia * Salaam Somali Bank, commercial bank headquartered in Mogadishu, Somalia * ''Salam'', defunct newspaper in Iran * Salam Zgharta FC, Lebanese association football club * Zee Salaam, Indian Hindi- and Urdu-language Islamic TV channel owned by Zee Network Music * ''Salam'', film score by Fariborz Lachini * ''Salam'', song by Alabina * "Salaam" (song), peace song by Mosh Ben Ari * ''Salaam'' (album), album by Sami Yusuf * ''Salam'' (album), album by Irfan Makki People Given name * Salaam bin Said Al Shaksy, chief executive * Salaam Remi, American hip hop record producer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
