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OVRAInstitutionThe OVRA was the secret political police of Fascist Italy, organised from 1927 under the Ministry of the Interior while Arturo Bocchini was chief of police.- Owa ObokunTermOwa Obokun is the title of the king of Ijesha, a Yoruba kingdom in south-western Nigeria whose capital is Ilesa.
- Owain CyfeiliogPersonOwain Cyfeiliog was a Welsh prince who took the southern part of Powys after the death of his uncle Madog ap Maredudd in 1160.
Owain GlyndŵrPersonOwain Glyndŵr was a Welsh landowner descended from the princes of Powys who was proclaimed Prince of Wales in 1400 and led the last great revolt against English rule.
Owain GwyneddPersonOwain Gwynedd, son of Gruffudd ap Cynan, ruled Gwynedd from 1137 and made it the leading Welsh power.
Owain the BaldPersonOwain the Bald, in Welsh Owain Foel, was the last known king of Strathclyde, the Brittonic kingdom of the Clyde valley.
Owari ProvincePlaceOwari Province was an old province of central Japan, corresponding to the western part of modern Aichi Prefecture around Nagoya.
Owen Roe O'NeillPersonOwen Roe O'Neill was an Irish soldier of the O'Neill dynasty of Ulster who served for decades in the Spanish army in Flanders.- Owina n'idoPeople / groupThe owina n'ido were the hereditary guild of weavers in the Benin Empire.
- OwodoPersonOwodo was, in Edo oral tradition, the last ruler of the Ogiso dynasty of Igodomigodo, the early kingdom from which the Kingdom of Benin grew.
- Owu KingdomStateOwu was a Yoruba kingdom in south-western Nigeria, one of the old states of Yorubaland.
OxfordPlaceOxford is a city in England, home to one of the oldest universities in Europe.
OxfordshirePlaceOxfordshire is a county in south-central England, with its county town at Oxford.- Oxib KehPersonOxib Keh was the ajpop, or principal king, of the K'iche' kingdom in the Guatemalan highlands when the Spanish arrived.
OxusPlaceThe Oxus, now called the Amu Darya, is a major river of Central Asia flowing from the Pamirs towards the Aral Sea.
OxyrhynchusPlaceOxyrhynchus, modern el-Bahnasa, was a city of Middle Egypt west of the Nile and the capital of a nome in Ptolemaic and Roman times.- Oyake AkahachiPersonOyake Akahachi was a chieftain on Ishigaki Island in the Yaeyama Islands who led resistance to the Ryukyu Kingdom at the end of the fifteenth century.
- Oyama GobōPlaceThe Oyama Gobō was a fortified temple of the Jōdo Shinshū Honganji sect, founded in 1546 on the site of modern Kanazawa in Kaga province, Japan.
Oyapock RiverPlaceThe Oyapock is a river of northern South America that forms most of the border between French Guiana and the Brazilian state of Amapá, flowing about 400 km to the…
Oyo EmpireStateThe Oyo Empire was a Yoruba state in the savannah of present-day western Nigeria, founded according to tradition by Oranmiyan.
Oyo MesiInstitutionThe Oyo Mesi was the council of seven hereditary chiefs, headed by the Basorun, that constrained the power of the Alaafin, the king of Oyo.
Oyo-IlePlaceOyo-Ile, also called Old Oyo or Katunga, was the capital of the Oyo Empire, located on open savannah in present-day north-western Nigeria.- Oyoko clanPeople / groupThe Oyoko clan is an Akan matrilineal clan whose leaders ruled the small state of Kumasi in the late seventeenth century.
Oyu TolgoiPlaceOyu Tolgoi is a copper and gold mine in the South Gobi desert of Mongolia, one of the largest such deposits in the world.
Özdemir PashaPersonÖzdemir Pasha was an Ottoman commander of Circassian Mamluk origin.
OzoluaPersonOzolua, known as Ozolua the Conqueror, was an Oba of Benin who reigned c. 1480–1504.
OzurgetiPlaceOzurgeti is a town in western Georgia, the administrative centre of the Guria region, a short distance inland from the Black Sea coast.
OʻahuPlaceOʻahu is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and the most populous, home to the state capital Honolulu, Waikīkī and Pearl Harbor.