Wadi Dawan
Wadi Dawan ( ar, وَادِي دَوْعَن, Wādī Daw‘an) is a town and desert valley in central Yemen. Located in Hadhramaut Governorate, it is noted for its mud brick buildings.
Modern history
On January 18, 2008, an ambush attack on Be ...
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Hadhramaut
Hadhramaut ( ar, حَضْرَمَوْتُ \ حَضْرَمُوتُ, Ḥaḍramawt / Ḥaḍramūt; Hadramautic: 𐩢𐩳𐩧𐩣𐩩, ''Ḥḍrmt'') is a region in South Arabia, comprising eastern Yemen, parts of western Oman and southern S ...
, Yemen
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Daw'an District
Daw'an District ( ar, مديرية دوعن) is a Districts of Yemen, district of the Hadhramaut Governorate, Yemen. In 2003, the district had a population of 43,836.
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Districts of Hadhramaut Governorate
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Hadhramaut Governorate
Hadhramaut or Hadramawt or Hadramout ( ar, حضرموت ''Ḥaḍramawt'') is a governorate of Yemen. Lying within the large historical region of Hadhramaut, it is the country's largest governorate.
The capital of Hadhramut is the city of Mu ...
, Yemen
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Atoni
The Atoni (also known as the Atoin Meto, Atoin Pah Meto or Dawan) people are an ethnic group on Timor, in Indonesian West Timor and the East Timorese enclave of Oecussi-Ambeno. They number around 844,030. Their language is Uab Meto.
The Atoni ...
, also known as Dawan, an ethnic group on Timor
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Dayuan
Dayuan (or Tayuan; ; Middle Chinese ''dâiC-jwɐn'' <
Dawan language
Uab Meto or Dawan is an Austronesian language spoken by Atoni people of West Timor. The language has a variant spoken in the East Timorese exclave of Oecussi-Ambeno, called Baikenu. Baikenu uses words derived from Portuguese, for example, ' ...
, an Austronesian language spoken by Atoni people of West Timor
* a character in the short story ''
Sing to the Dawn
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'' by the Chinese-American writer Minfong Ho
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