Manila Bay *Battle of Manila Bay External link Category:Bays of the Philippines ja:???? de:Manilabucht tl:Look ng Maynila
	Manipur Manipur is a state in northeastern India making its capital in the city of Imphal. Manipur is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland in the north, Mizoram in the south and Assam in the west; it also borders the country of Myanmar to the east. The Meiteis, who live primarily in the state's valley region, is one of the primary ethnic groups.
	Manitoba Manitoba is one of Canada's Provinces of Canada. It was officially recognized by the Federal Government in 1870 as separate from the Northwest Territories, and became the first province created from the Territories. It is the easternmost of the three Canadian Prairies.
	Mannequin Mannequin. The word comes from the Dutch language word manneken, literally meaning 'little man'. Mannequin is the French form. * A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery. Also called lay figure. * A life-size, articulated doll mainly used to display clothing.
	Manner Manner is a line of confectionery from the Austrian conglomerate, Josef Manner & Comp AG. The corporation, founded in 1890, produces a wide assortment of confectionery products. These include wafers, long-life confectionery, chocolate-based confectionery, sweets, cocoa and a variety of seasonal products.
	Mannerism Mannerism is the usual term for an approach to all the arts, particularly painting but not exclusive to it, a reaction to the High Renaissance. Mannerism emerged after the Sack of Rome in 1527 shook Renaissance confidence, humanism and rationality to their foundations, and even Religion had split apart.
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	Mannitol Mannitol or hexan-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol6) is an osmosis diuretic agent and a weak kidney vasodilator. It is a sorbitol isomer.
	Manor house A manor house or fortified manor-house is a country house, which has historically formed the centre of a manor. The term is primarily applied to relatively small country houses which belonged to gentry families, rather than to grand stately homes, particularly as a technical term for minor late medieval castles more intended for show than for defence.
	Manroot The Manroots or Wild cucumbers are flowering plants in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae native to western North America. They are also commonly called Old man in the ground. These are perennial plants, growing from a large tuberous root. Most have stout, scabrous or hairy stems, with coiling tendrils that enable them to climb up other plants; they can also grow rapidly across level ground.
	Mansard Mansard in architecture refers to a style of hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its four sides with the lower slope being much steeper, almost a vertical wall, while the upper slope, usually not visible from the ground, is pitched at the minimum needed to shed water. This form makes maximum use of the interior space of the attic and is considered a practical form for adding a story to an existing building.
	Mansard roof A mansard roof is a roof with two slopes on all four sides, with the lower slope nearly vertical and the upper nearly horizontal. The mansard roof was named after François Mansart. His treatment of high roof stories gave rise to the term "Mansard roof" (toiture â la Mansarde).
	Mansfield Mansfield is a town in Nottinghamshire. It lies on the River Maun, from which the name of the town is derived. It is the main town in the Mansfield local government district. The town itself has a population of around 70,000, with about 100,000 living in the district.
	Mansion A mansion is a large and stately dwelling house for the wealthy. The word itself derives from the Latin word mansus the perfect passive participle of manere "to remain" or "to stay". In the Roman Empire, a mansio was an official stopping place on a Roman road, or via, where cities sprang up, and where the villas of provincial officials came to be placed.
	Manta Category:Coastal cities in Ecuador Category:Coastal cities Category:Port cities de:Manta es:Manta fr:Manta Ecuador no:Manta nn:Manta pl:Manta pt:Manta
	Manta ray The manta ray, or giant manta , is the largest of the batoidea, with the largest known specimen having been nearly 7.6 meters across its pectoral fins and weighed in at 3,000 Kilogram . It ranges throughout the tropical seas of the world, typically around coral reefs.
	Manticore The manticore is a legendary creature, a kind of Chimera with the head of a man — often with horns, gray eyes, three rows of iron teeth, and a loud, trumpet/pipe-like roar — the body of a lion, and the tail of a European dragon or scorpion, which may shoot out venom spines or hairs to incapacitate prey.
	Mantidae Mantidae is the largest family of the Mantodea order of Insect, commonly known as praying mantis. They are so named for their "prayer-like" stance. There are approximately 2,340 species world-wide; most are tropical or subtropical. Many species are found in North America, three of them are most common: the European mantis, the Chinese mantis, and the Carolina mantis.
	Mantilla A Mantilla is a triangular headscarf made of cloth or lace previously worn to cover the head of Catholic women while attending certain religious ceremonies in churches, most notably Mass. Etymology: Spanish, diminutive of manta, cape.
	Mantis Mantis is Greek for "prophet". Mantis is also the name of several insects in the Mantidae family, commonly known as praying mantis: *European mantis *Chinese mantis *Carolina mantis Mantis may also refer to: In biology: *Mantis shrimp, also known as stomatopods, predatory crustaceans
	Mantis shrimp Mantis shrimp are marine crustaceans belonging to the order Stomatopoda, one part of the class Malacostraca, the largest class of crustaceans. They are neither shrimps nor mantis, but receive their name purely from the physical resemblance to both the terrestrial praying mantis and the shrimp.
	Mantle A Mantle is a piece of clothing, similar to a robe but open on the front side and often sleeveless. It is worn over the outer garments. All other meanings of the word derive from this one.
	Mantlet A mantlet was a large shield or portable shelter used for stopping arrows or bullets, in medieval warfare. A mantlet could be mounted on a wheeled carriage and protected one or several soldiers. See also pavise. A gun mantlet on an armoured fighting vehicle is an vehicle armour plate or shield attached to the vehicle's main gun or machine gun, protecting the opening through which the weapon barrel projects from the hull or turret armour.
	Mantoux test The Mantoux test is a diagnostic tool for tuberculosis. The Mantoux test is used in the United States and is endorsed by the American Thoracic Society and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Multiple puncture tests such as the Tine test are not recommended. The Mantoux test is one of the two major tuberculin skin tests for tuberculosis used in the world.
	Mantra A mantra is a religion syllable or poem, typically from the Sanskrit language. Their use varies according to the school and philosophy associated with the mantra. They are primarily used as spiritual conduits, words or vibrations that instill one-pointed Attention in the devotee.
	Mantua Mantua is an important city in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the Province of Mantua of the same name. Mantua is surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes created in the 12th century. These receive the waters of the Mincio, descending from Lake Garda, and are named Lago Superiore, Lago di Mezzo, and Lago Inferiore .
	Manuel de Falla Manuel de Falla y Matheu was a Spain composer of European classical music. He was born in Cdiz. From the late 1890s he studied music in Madrid, piano with Jos Trag and composition with Felipe Pedrell. It was from Pedrell that de Falla became interested in native Spanish music, particularly Andalusian flamenco, the influence of which can be strongly felt in many of his works.
	Manure Manure is organic matter used as fertilizer in agriculture. Manures contribute to the fertility of the soil by adding organic matter and Nutrient#Nutrients and the environment, such as nitrogen that is trapped by bacterium in the soil. Higher organisms then feed on the fungus and bacteria in a chain of life that comprises the soil food web.
	Manx Shearwater The Manx Shearwater is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. Despite the scientific name, this species is completely unrelated to the Atlantic Puffins, which are auks, the only resemblance being that they are both burrow-nesting seabirds.
	Manzanita The Manzanitas are a subgenus of the genus Arctostaphylos. They are evergreen shrubs or small trees present in the chaparral biome of western North America, where they occur from southern British Columbia in Canada, Washington to California and New Mexico in the United States, and throughout much of northern and central Mexico.
	Mao Zedong Mao Zedong was a Chinese Marxism military and political leader, who led China's communist revolution after decades of foreign occupation and civil war in the 20th century. Following the Communist Party of Chinas military victory over the Kuomintang in the Chinese Civil War, Mao announced the establishment of the Peoples Republic of China on October 1, 1949 in Beijing.
	Maoism Maoism or Mao Zedong Thought , is a variant of Marxism-Leninism derived from the teachings of the People's Republic of China communist leader Mao Zedong . It should be noted that the term Mao Zedong Thought has always been the preferred term by the Communist Party of China and that the word Maoism has never been used in its English-language publications except pejoratively.
	Maori The word Maori refers to the indigenous people of New Zealand and to their Maori language.
	Map A map is a simplified depiction of a space, a navigational aid which highlights relations between objects within that space. Most usually a map is a 2D geometric model of a three-dimensional space. The science and art of map-making is cartography; see that page for further discussion of the History of cartography.
	Map projection A map projection is any method used in cartography to represent the two-dimensional curved surface of the earth or other body on a plane. The term "projection" here refers to any function defined on the earth's surface and with values on the plane, and not necessarily a geometry projection.
	Maple Maples are trees or shrubs of the genus Acer. They are variously classified in a family of their own, the Aceraceae, or included in the Sapindaceae. This is a debate of very long standing, and Angiosperm Phylogeny Group favours a wide circumscription, as a matter of style.
	Maple syrup Maple syrup is a sweetener made from the Sap of maple trees. It is most often eaten with pancakes or waffles, but is also put on everything from ice-cream to corn bread. It is also used as an ingredient in baking or in preparing desserts.
	Maputo Maputo is the capital of Mozambique. A port on the Indian Ocean, its economy is centered around the harbour. It has an official population of approximately 966,837 , but the actual population is estimated to be much higher due to slums and other unofficial settlements. Coal, cotton, sugar, chrome, sisal, copra, and hardwood are the chief exports.
	Marabou Stork The Marabou Stork, Leptoptilos crumeniferus, is a large wading Aves in the stork family Ciconiidae. It breeds in Africa south of the Sahara, occurring in both wet and arid habitats, often near human habitation, especially waste tips. It is a huge bird, 150cm in length, and its 3.2 m wingspan means that it shares the distinction of having the largest wingspan of any landbird with the Andean Condor.
	Marabout A marabout is a personal spiritual leader in the Islam faith as practiced in West Africa, and still to a limited extent in the Maghreb. The marabout is often a scholar of the Qur'an, and many make amulets for good luck, preside at various ceremonies, and in some cases actively guide the life of the follower.
	Maracaibo Maracaibo is the second largest city in Venezuela after the national capital Caracas and is the capital of the Zulia state. The 1990 census assigned a population of 2,650,670—a number that many considered to be understated. Maracaibo is located at 1039' North, 7135' West.
	Marantaceae Marantaceae is a botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been widely recognized by taxonomists: it is sometimes called the "prayer-plant family". The APG II system, of 2003, also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Zingiberales in the clade commelinids in the monocots.
	Maraschino cherry A maraschino cherry is a preserved, sweetened cherry, typically made from light-colored sweet cherries, such as the Royal Ann cherry, Rainier cherry, or Gold varieties. The cherries are first preserved in a brine solution or ethanol, then soaked in a Suspension of food colouring, sugar syrup, artificial and natural flavors, and other components.
	Marasmius There are about 300 species of Agaricales in the genus Marasmius, which contains a few edible species such as Marasmius oreades. However, most members of this genus are small, nondescript brown mushrooms. The small size and unimpressive appearance of most members of this genus mean they are often not readily distinguishable to non-specialists, and they are therefore seldom collected by mushroom hunters.
	Maratha "The Marathas"s a collective term referring to an Indo Aryans group of Hindu, Marathi-speaking castes of warriors and peasants hailing mostly from the present-day state of Maharashtra, who created a substantial empire, covering a major part of India, in the late 17th and 18th centuries AD.
	Marathon The marathon is a long-distance road running event of 42.195 km .
	Marble Marble is a metamorphic rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestone, composed mostly of calcite . It is extensively used for sculpture, as a architecture material, and in many other applications. The word 'marble' is colloquially used to refer to many other stones that are capable of taking a high polish.
	Marbles Marbles is a class of children's games played with glass, clay, or agate balls usually about ½ inch across. However, they may range from less than ¼ inch to over 3 inches, while some art glass marbles for display purposes are over 12 inches wide. Marbles are often Collecting, both for nostalgia and for their aesthetic appeal.
	Marburg virus The Marburg virus is the causative Biological agent of Marburg Viral hemorrhagic fever. Both the disease and virus are related to Ebola and originate in the same part of Africa . The zoonosis is of unknown origin, but some scientists believe it may be hosted by bats.
	Marc Chagall Marc Chagall was a Jewish painter who was born in Belarus, then part of the Russian Empire. Among the celebrated painters of the 20th century, he is associated with the modern movements after impressionism.
	Marcel Duchamp Marcel Duchamp was a French artist whose work and ideas had considerable influence on the development of post-World War II Western art, and his advice to modern art collectors helped shape the tastes of the Western art world. His influence continues into the 21st century. While he is most often associated with the Dada and Surrealism movements, his participation in Surrealism was largely behind the scenes, and after being involved in New York Dada, he barely participated in Paris Dada.
	Marcel Marceau Marcel Mangel, better known by his stage name Marcel Marceau, is a well-known mime artist, among the most popular representatives of this art form world-wide.
	Marcel Proust Marcel-Valentin-Louis-Eugne-Georges Proust was a France intellectual, novel, essayist and critic, best known as the author of In Search of Lost Time , a monumental work of twentieth-century fiction consisting of seven volumes published over 14 years .
	Marcello Malpighi Marcello Malpighi was an Italy doctor, who gave his name to several physiological features. He was a pioneer in using a microscope and he has also been described as a founder of comparative physiology and microscopic anatomy. Malpighi was born in Crevalcore , Italy, raised on the farm his parents owned and entered the University of Bologna at the age of 17.
	March March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. See:-Month#Months in various calendars March begins with the sun in the sign of Pisces and ends in the sign of Aries .
	Marchantia Marchantia is a genus in Family Marchantiaceae of Order Marchantiales, a group of liverworts. These are simple plants without roots or Vascular plants . They were once considered related to moss and part of Division Bryophyta, but more recently have been assigned their own plant division, Marchantiophyta.
	Marchantiaceae Marchantiaceae is a Family of liverworts in Order Marchantiales.
	Marchantiales Marchantiales is an Order of thallose liverworts that includes species like Lunularia cruciata, a common and often troubleseome weed in moist, temperate gardens and greenhouses. As in other lower plants, the gametophyte generation is dominant, with the sporophyte existing as a short-lived part of the life cycle, dependent upon the gametophyte.
	Marche The Marche are a region of central Italy, bordering Emilia-Romagna north, Tuscany to the north-west, Umbria to west, Abruzzo and Latium to the south and the Adriatic Sea to the east. The regional capital is Ancona. The region is divided into five provinces: Province of Ancona, Province of Ascoli Piceno, Province of Fermo, Province of Macerata, and Province of Pesaro e Urbino which is composed of the traditionally separate provinces of
	Marco Polo Marco Polo was a Republic of Venice trader and exploration who, together with his father Niccol and his uncle Maffeo, was one of the first Westerners to travel the Silk Road to China and visited the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, Kublai Khan .
	Marcus Aurelius Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death. He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors" who governed the Roman Empire from 96 to 180, and is also considered one of the most important stoicism philosophy.
	Marcus Junius Brutus Marcus Junius Brutus Caepio , or simply Brutus, was a Roman Senate of the late Roman Republic. He was one of Julius Caesar's assassins.
	Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was a Roman statesman and general. He was a close friend, son-in-law and minister to Octavian, the future emperor Caesar Augustus. He was responsible for most of Octavians military triumphs, most notably winning the naval Battle of Actium against the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII of Egypt.
	Marcus Whitman Marcus Whitman was an United States physician and Oregon missionaries in the Oregon Country. He is famous for leading the first large party of wagon trains along the Oregon Trail, establishing it as a viable for the thousands of emigrants who used the trail in the following decade.
	Mardi Gras Mardi Gras is the day before Ash Wednesday, and is also called "Shrove Tuesday" or "National Pancake Day". It is the final day of Carnival . It is a celebration that is held just before the beginning of the Christianity Liturgy season of Lent.
	Marduk Marduk was the Babylonian language name of a late generation god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon, who, when Babylon permanently became the political center of the Euphrates valley in the time of Hammurabi, started to slowly rise to the position of the head of the Babylonian pantheon, a position he fully acquired by the second half of the second millennium BC.
	Margaret Mead Margaret Mead was an United States cultural anthropology. Biography Margaret Mead was born on December 16, 1901 in Philadelphia, PA and raised in near Doylestown, Pennsylvania by her university professor father and social-activist mother.
	Margaret Mitchell *For the Canadian politician see Margaret Mitchell Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was the U.S. author who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her immensely successful novel, Gone with the Wind, that was published in 1936. The novel is one of the most popular books of all time, selling more copies than any other hard-cover book, apart from the Bible, and is reputed to be still selling at 200,000 copies a year.
	Margaret Sanger Margaret Higgins Sanger was an United States birth control activist, an advocate of certain aspects of eugenics, and the founder of the American Birth Control League . Initially meeting with fierce opposition to her ideas, Sanger gradually won the support of the public and the courts for a woman's right to decide how and when she will bear children.
	Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, Order of the Garter, Order of Merit, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Royal Society was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. Thatcher was the longest-serving British Prime Minister since William Ewart Gladstone, and had the longest continuous period in office since Lord Liverpool in the early nineteenth century.