WWAKATIPU
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WELLINGTON 
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(CoM), title For Wellington
(pop. 325,682), the capital and one of the
largest cities of New Zealand, one of the country's chief seaports
and manufacturing centers. It lies along the harbor of Port Nicholson,
on the southern coast of the North Island. Wellington and the
surrounding area make up one of New Zealand's most highly populated
regions. Named after the first Duke of Wellington, Arthur
Wellesley, British soldier and statesman who was known as The
Iron Duke. He became famous as the general who overcame the armies
of the French Emperor Napoleon I in Spain and Portugal and helped
defeat Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Later, Wellington
became a leader of the Tory Party and served as prime minister
from 1828 to 1830.
Wellington was the center place
of the LOTR production. > source: IBM World Book Multimedial Enyclopedia > www.wellingtonnz.com | goaustralia.about.com
WESTERLY photo
(Signlanguage)
means: from, in, towards the
west
> The Penguin English Student's Dictionary
Westerly wind blows over the North and South middle latitudes from west to east. In the Southern Hemisphere, prevailing westerlies over the ocean blow with such force that sailors call this region the "roaring forties." > IBM World Book Multimedial Enyclopedia
WHAKATO RAKAU KIA PUTA TE ORA Text on the inner cover of Signlanguage
in Maori it means Plant trees
for life. A motto of TreesPlease, a company in New
Zealand, that offers trees as gifts. > www.nztreesplease.com
WILLOUGHBY (painting, Recent Forgeries, exhibition only)
several places in England
Suburb of Sydney and cape on Kangaroo Island in Australia
City in Ohio, USA
a glacial lake in Vermont, USA
a name of two british aristocratic families
A dog belonging to Margo Annet, english actress and voice expert, author of the book "An Actors Guide to Auditions and Interviews".
From Wikipedia:
"Many well known actors have crossed paths with the mutt, and he has therefore developed something of an iconic status in the theatrical community."
The dog is named after John Willoughby, a character from Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility"
Willoughby the Dog, a minor animated cartoon character from "Looney Tunes", a hound dog with below-average intelligence
a fictional town from a Twilight Zone episode "A stop at Willoughby" > IMDB
WOLVENBOSCH photo
(Signlanguage)
Literally: forest of wolves in Dutch
Het Wolfenbosch is a restaurant
in Wolfheze (Gelderland, Netherlands) > www.hetwolvenbosch.nl
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YORK photo
(For Wellington)
City and district in North Yorkshire,
N England, at the confluence of the Ouse and Foss rivers, one
of England's largest provincial cities from the Middle Ages until
the Industrial Revolution of the 1700's and early 1800's. Romans
founded York and called it Eboracum. In the 7th cent., St. Paulinus,
the first archbishop of York, was consecrated. In the 8th cent.,
York was one of the most famous educational centers in Europe.
Many notable medieval structures remain in York. The city is
famous for its museums, like the National Railway Museum and
the Viking Museum. York Minster Cathedral is one of the finest
English churches. > IBM World Book Multimedial Enyclopedia > www.thisisyork.co.uk
A branch of the English royal
family of Plantagenet. The House of York won the English throne
from the House of Lancaster during the Wars of the Roses (1455-1485).
Members belonging to the House of York ruled England for most
of the period from 1461 to 1485. > www.encyclopedia.com
City in Alabama, USA yorkal.usl.myareaguide.com
Town and county in Maine, USA
www.yorkmaine.org www.communitynetwork.com
City and county in Nebraska,
USA www.yorkchamber.org
www.ci.york.ne.us www.york-county.org
City and county in Pennsylvania,
USA www.yorkcity.org http://www.york-county.org/
