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1 day ago · Name "Manchu" was adopted as the official name of the people by Emperor Hong Taiji in 1635, replacing the earlier name "Jurchen". It appears that manju was an old term for the Jianzhou Jurchens, although the etymology is not well understood. : 63 The Jiu Manzhou Dang, archives of early 17th century documents, contains the earliest use of Manchu. However, the actual etymology of the ethnic name ...
1 day ago · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol ( IATA: AMS, ICAO: EHAM ), known informally as Schiphol Airport ( Dutch: Luchthaven Schiphol, pronounced [ˌlʏxtɦaːvə (n) ˈsxɪp (ɦ)ɔl; sxɪpˈɦɔl] ), [g] is the main international airport of the Netherlands, and is one of the major hubs for the SkyTeam airline alliance. [8]
1 day ago · Iloilo City, officially the City of Iloilo ( Hiligaynon: Dakbanwa sang Iloilo; Filipino: Lungsod ng Iloilo ), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines, located on the southeastern coast of the island of Panay. According to the 2020 census, Iloilo City has a population of 457,626 people, making it the ...
1 day ago · Amsterdam (/ ˈ æ m s t ər d æ m / AM-stər-dam, UK also / ˌ æ m s t ər ˈ d æ m / AM-stər-DAM, Dutch: [ˌɑmstərˈdɑm] ⓘ; literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands.
