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Yorkshire
Yorkshire is the largest Historic counties of England of England and Great Britain, covering just under 6,000 Square mile with a population of five million. The highest point in Yorkshire is Mickle Fell at 788 metre . It is bordered by County Durham , Lincolnshire , Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire , Westmorland and the North Sea and is traditionally divided into West Riding of Yorkshire, North Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire
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Yorkshire Fog
Yorkshire Fog is a Poaceae. It is a common weed in crops and is a hardy pasture grass. It is native to Europe.
Yorkshire fog has velvety grey-green leaves which gives its common name. The shoots are round. The base of the shoots are white with pink stripes or veins. The inflorescence is robust and often tinged purple.
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Yorkshire pudding
Yorkshire pudding is an England savoury dish similar to the American popover, and made from batter . It is most often served with roast beef, or any meal in which there is gravy, or on its own. Gravy is considered an essential accompaniment by many. It may have originated in Yorkshire, but is popular across the whole country.
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Yorkshire Terrier
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Yoruba
The Yoruba are a large ethno-linguistic group or ethnic nation in West Africa. The Yoruba constitute approximately 7 percent of Nigeria's total population, and around 4 million individuals throughout the region of West Africa. They share borders with the Borgu in the northwest, the Nupe and Ebira in the north, the ?san and ?do to the southeast, the Igala and other related groups to the northeast, and the Egun, Fon, and other Gbe-speaking peoples in the southwest.
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Yosemite Falls
Yosemite Falls is the highest measured waterfall in North America. Located in Yosemite National Park in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, it is a major attraction in the park, especially in late spring when the water flow is at its peak.
The total 2425-foot distance from the top of the upper falls to the base of the lower falls qualifies Yosemite Falls as the 6th highest waterfall in the world.
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Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park is a U.S. national park largely in Mariposa County, California, and Tuolumne County, California, California, United States. The park covers an area of 1,189 mi and reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain.
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Younkers
Younkers is a department store chain in the Midwest United States. The chain concentrates on the middle and upper-class segments of the market.
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Youth culture
Youth culture generally refers to the ways adolescence differentiate themselves from the parent culture of their community.
Youth culture is a reaction to the economics, politics, and education changes after World War II in Western civilisation.
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Ypres
Ypres or Ieper is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish region province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Ypres and the towns of Boezinge, Brielen, Dikkebus, Elverdinge, Hollebeke, Sint-Jan, Vlamertinge, Voormezele, Zillebeke and Zuidschote.
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Ys
Ys is a mythical city built in the Douarnenez bay in Brittany by Gradlon, King of Cornouaille, for his daughter Dahut.
According to the legend, Ys was built below sea level, protected from inundation by a dam. The only keys of the gate in the dam were held by Gradlon, but Satan made Dahut steal them and give them to him.
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Yuan Dynasty
The Yuan Dynasty lasting officially from 1271 to 1368, followed the Song Dynasty and preceded the Ming Dynasty in the historiography of China. While it had nominal control over the entire Mongol Empire , China, the Mongol rulers in Asia were only interested in China.
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Yucatán
Yucatn is the name of one of the 31 states of Mexico, located on the north of the Yucatn Peninsula. The term The Yucatn refers to the three states on the peninsula: Yucatn, Campeche, and Quintana Roo; all three modern states were formerly part of the larger historic state of Yucatn in the 19th century.
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Yucatán Peninsula
The Yucat?n Peninsula, in Southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. The peninsula lies east of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, a northwestern geography partition separating the region of Central America from the rest of North America.
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Yucca
The yuccas comprise the genus Yucca of 40-50 species of perennial plants, shrubs, and trees in the agave family Agavaceae, notable for their rosettes of evergreen, tough, sword-shaped Leaf and large terminal clusters of white or whitish flowers.
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Yucca filamentosa
Yucca filamentosa, commonly known as Adam's needle, is a yucca plant in the family Agavaceae.
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Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia is a term used for the three separate political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. The name means Land of the South Slavs .
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia, also known as the First Yugoslavia, was a Monarchy formed in December 1, 1918, which was originally formed as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
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Yugoslavs
Yugoslav was an ethnic designation used by some people in former Yugoslavia, which continues to be used in some of its successor countries.
After the break up of Yugoslavia, most Yugoslavs switched back to traditional nationalities such as Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks, Slovenes, Macedonians, Montenegrins etc, but the designation continues to be used by some.
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Yukon
The Yukon Territory is one of Canada northern Territories of Canada, in the country's extreme northwest. It has a population of about 31,000, and its capital is Whitehorse, Yukon, with a population of 23,272. People from Yukon are known as Yukoners.
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Yukon River
The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. Over half of the river lies in the U.S. state of Alaska, with the other portion lying in and giving its name to Canada Yukon Territory. The river is 3,185 km long and empties into the Bering Sea at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
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Yule
Yule was the December solstice celebration of the Germanic paganism. In Germanic Neopaganism it is one of the eight solar holidays, or Sabbat s, where Yule is celebrated on the December solstice: in the northern hemisphere, circa December 21, and in the southern hemisphere, circa June 21.
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Yule log
A Yule log is a large log which is burned in the hearth as a part of traditional Yule or Christmas celebrations in some cultures.
In Northern Europe, winter festivities were once considered to be a Feast of the Dead, complete with ceremonies full of spirits, devils, and the haunting presence of the Norse god, Odin, and his night riders.
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Yunnan
Yunnan is a political divisions of China of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwestern corner of the country.
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Yuri Gagarin
Colonel Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin , was a Soviet Union cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first human in space and the first human to orbit the Earth.
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Yurt
A Yurt is a portable felt dwelling structure used by nomads in the steppes of Central Asia.
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Yves Tanguy
Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy was a surrealist painter. He was born in Paris, France, the son of a retired navy captain. His parents were both of Brittany origin. After his father's death in 1908, his mother moved back to her native Locronan, Finistre, and he ended up spending much of his youth living with various relatives.
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