Palma
Palma or Palma de Mallorca , city (1990 pop. 325,120), capital of Majorca island and of Baleares prov., Spain, on the Bay of Palma. It is the chief port and commercial center of the Balearic Islands . Picturesquely situated along the bay and into the surrounding hills, it is one of Europe's most renowned resorts. The international airport is one of the three busiest in Spain. Craft industries and the manufacture of furniture and textiles supplement the tourism. Stone Age remains have been found. The imposing Gothic cathedral, founded after James I of Aragón wrested (1229) Palma from the Moors, was finished only in the 17th cent. Nearby are the Castillo della Almudaina (once a Moorish palace), and the 15th-century Lonja [exchange]. There are several ancient churches, notably that of San Francisco (13th cent.), and fine private homes. The former royal palace of Bellver, c.2 mi (3.2 km) W of Palma, is a good example of 14th-century military architecture. The city has several fine modern and contemporary art museums, including the Miró Foundation. Palma was an important naval and air base of the Nationalists during the Spanish civil war (1936-39).
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The Malay Peninsula. Crossroads of the Maritime Silk Road (100 BC-1300 AD)/The Art and Architecture of Thailand. From Prehistoric Times Through the Thirteenth Century
Magazine article from: Internationales Asien Forum. International Quarterly for Asian Studies; 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...MICHEL JACQ-HERGOUALC'H, The Malay Peninsula. Crossroads of the Maritime Silk...re-examines the position of the Malay Peninsula, and more particularly...communities participating. On the Malay Peninsula, this resulted in the...
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Asian Crude Oil Spot Market Across Malay Peninsula Proposed.
Newspaper article from: APS Review Downstream Trends; 10/18/1999; 700+ words
; ...and pipeline facilities across the Malay Peninsula: The need for an adequate trading...spot market for crude oil across the Malay Peninsula. This is because we have a project - called Trans-Malay Peninsula Crude Oil Transaction...
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Btsisi', Blandas, and Malays: ethnicity and identity in the Malay Peninsula based on Btsisi' folklore and ethnohistory.( )
Magazine article from: Asian Folklore Studies; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...theme that Btsisi' reject the Malay's Islamic ideal of fulfilment...reject their assimilation into Malay culture and identity. In addition...original inhabitants of the Peninsula, and Btsisi' and Blandas...land is cracked, the land is Malay] After this the Arab man said...in great numbers. They ...
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New explanation for a puzzling biological divide along the Malay Peninsula.
Newspaper article from: NewsRx Health & Science; 4/5/2009; 638 words
; ...kinds in of mammals found along the Malay Peninsula in southeast Asia u from mainland...was once thought have split the peninsula in two, allowing separated populations...ocean hasn't cut through the peninsula in the past 40 million years...
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Colonial Image of Malay Adat Laws: A Critical Appraisal of Studies on Adat Laws in the Malay Peninsula during the Colonial Era and Some Continuities.(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2006; 542 words
; 9789004150560 Colonial image of Malay Adat laws; a critical appraisal of studies on Adat laws in the Malay Peninsula during the colonial era and some...sciences in Asia; v.6 KPG449 The Malay Adat laws refer to those customs...
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In Place of the Forest: Environmental and Socio-Economic Transformation in Borneo and the Eastern Malay Peninsula.
Magazine article from: The Contemporary Pacific; 3/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Economic Transformation in Borneo and the Eastern Malay Peninsula, by Harold Brookfield, Lesley Potter, and Yvonne...is not altogether clear why Borneo and the eastern Malay peninsula were combined as a focus. The book is, in any case...
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Wandering on the waves: Sebastian Hope travels to the waters off the Malay Peninsula in an effort to document the rapidly disappearing lifestyle of Indonesia's semi-nomadic sea gypsies.
Magazine article from: Geographical; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...that curve in a double arc away from the Malay Peninsula seem to confirm this View. The high degree...other. The sea holds a central position in Malay history and imagination. It enabled the Malay peoples to spread out from the Asian mainland...
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Saudi-Japanese Refining JV Could Be Moved To The Malay Peninsula
Newspaper article from: APS Review Downstream Trends; 11/8/1993; 700+ words
; A very interesting part of the Malay Peninsula, through the territories of Malaysia and Thailand...this being part of a programme known as "Trans- Malay Peninsula Crude Oil Transaction". Among other things, promoters...
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In the Place of the Forest: Environmental and Socio-economic Transformation in Borneo and the Eastern Malay Peninsula.
Magazine article from: The Geographical Journal; 7/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...selection of Borneo and the eastern Malay Peninsula cuts across national divisions...is because the people here are Malay rather than Dayak, and the latter...forest people of Borneo and the Peninsula are a small minority whose demand...
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Malay Peninsula's tastes marry well in Milpitas: RED KWALI OFFERS PAN-FRIED FARE AT FAIR PRICE.
Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA); 5/10/2007; 700+ words
; Byline: Sylvia Ulloa May 10--Think of Red Kwali with Martin Yan as pan-Asian meets Pasta Pomodoro -- dishes from Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand that are true to their origins and good values, too. While the dishes on the wide-ranging menu are accessible to the American palate, they aren't watered
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Malay Peninsula
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...capital at Palembang. The peninsula was overrun in the 11th cent...some southern areas of the Malay Peninsula fell to a Javan invasion and...the way for the primacy of a Malay state, Malacca (see Melaka ). In the 15th cent., the Malays, beginning with the Malaccans...
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Malays
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Malays PRONUNCIATION: MAY-layz...POPULATION: 11 million LANGUAGE: Malay; Chinese; Tamil and other...x2022; INTRODUCTION Many Malays believe that their ancestors...Vietnam. They moved to the Malay Peninsula and the island of Sumatra...
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Malay
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...contact with Dutch, while Malay exhibits English influences. Malay is written in a Latin...more than eight million Malays in Malaysia, about...peninsular Malaysia. On the peninsula, Malays tend to live...and eastward from the peninsula to the Pacific islands...still predominate. ...
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Malaysia
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures
...Malaysian society there is a Malay culture, a Chinese culture...indigenous groups of the peninsula and north Borneo. A...national culture is between Malay and non-Malay, represented...aboriginal groups in the peninsula, especially in Sarawak...television news broadcasts in Malay, ...
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Semang
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...in the forests of the Malay Peninsula. Occasionally those...as a single category. Malays usually call Semang and...Most Semang also speak Malay, and many Malay loanwords...culminating in extensive Malay slave raiding of Semang...Asli. Relations with Malays tend to be strained ...
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