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  2. Colony of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Colony of Virginia was a British colonial settlement in North America from 1606 to 1776. The first effort to create an English settlement in the area was chartered in 1584 and established in 1585; the resulting Roanoke Colony lasted for three attempts totaling six years. In 1590, the colony was abandoned.

  3. History of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624), by Capt. John Smith, one of the first histories of Virginia. The written history of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers to reach the area in the 16th century, when it was occupied chiefly by Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Siouan peoples.

  4. Usmania Colony - Wikipedia

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    Usmania Colony or Osmania Colony (Urdu: عثمانیہ کالونی) is a neighbourhood of Liaquatabad Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. [ 1 ] After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, Usmanai Colony was established by those who migrated from Moradabad .

  5. Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Urdu in its less formalised register is known as rekhta (ریختہ, rek̤h̤tah, 'rough mixture', Urdu pronunciation:); the more formal register is sometimes referred to as زبانِ اُردُوئے معلّٰى, zabān-i Urdū-yi muʿallá, 'language of the exalted camp' (Urdu pronunciation: [zəbaːn eː ʊrdu eː moəllaː]) or لشکری ...

  6. History of Jamestown, Virginia (1607–1699) - Wikipedia

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    The London Company sent an expedition to establish a settlement in the Virginia Colony in December 1606. The expedition consisted of three ships, Susan Constant (the largest ship, sometimes known as Sarah Constant, Christopher Newport captain and in command of the group), Godspeed (Bartholomew Gosnold captain), and Discovery (the smallest ship, John Ratcliffe captain).

  7. Etymology of localities of Hyderabad - Wikipedia

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    The names are mostly in Telugu and Urdu, the widely spoken languages of the city. [3] List of localities, neighborhoods and streets of Hyderabad and their etymology include: A. C. Guards - stands for African Cavalry Guards; named after the African personal bodyguards of the Nizam ; It is the area where they used to reside.

  8. Urdu Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    The Urdu Wikipedia (Urdu: اردو ویکیپیڈیا), started in January 2004, is the Standard Urdu-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia. [1] [2] As of 1 March 2025, it has 218,309 articles, 191,144 registered users and 7,561 files, and it is the 54th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, and ranks 20th in terms of depth among Wikipedias with over 150,000 ...

  9. Metroville - Wikipedia

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    Metroville (Urdu: میٹروویل) is a neighborhood in the Karachi West district of Karachi, Pakistan. It was previously administered as part of the SITE Town borough, [1] which was disbanded in 2011. Foundition by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (Late) founding chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party.