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YST may refer to: Yolk sac tumor, a cancer; Yukon Standard Time, a defunct timezone of Alaska, US; St. Theresa Point Airport, Manitoba, Canada; Yamaha Sound Technologies Inc., part of Yamaha Corporation; Ronin Warriors (Japanese: Yoroiden Samurai Torūpā, lit. 'Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers'), an anime series and manga
Also eon. age Age of Discovery Also called the Age of Exploration. The time period between approximately the late 15th century and the 17th century during which seafarers from various European polities traveled to, explored, and charted regions across the globe which had previously been unknown or unfamiliar to Europeans and, more broadly, during which previously isolated human populations ...
Its peak lies at an elevation of 7,165 metres (23,507 feet) above sea level. Located 8 kilometres (5 miles) west of Mount Everest, it is sometimes known as "Everest's daughter"; the name Pumori, meaning 'the mountain daughter' in the Sherpa language, was coined by the mountaineer George Mallory.
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See also Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Diff The difference between two versions of page, as displayed using the Page history feature, or from Recent Changes. The versions to compare are encoded in the URL, so you can make a link by copying and pasting it, for instance when discussing a change on an article's talk page.
A historical dictionary or dictionary on historical principles is a dictionary which deals not only with the latterday meanings of words but also the historical development of their forms and meanings. It may also describe the vocabulary of an earlier stage of a language's development without covering present-day usage at all.
According to the rules on the English Wikipedia community, each entry in Wikipedia must be about a topic that is encyclopedic and is not a dictionary entry or dictionary-style. [ W 31 ] A topic should also meet Wikipedia's standards of "notability" , which generally means that the topic must have been covered in mainstream media or major ...
On 24 November 2006, the English Wikipedia passed the 1,500,000-article mark, with Kanab ambersnail being announced on the Main Page as the milestone article. [204] On 4 April 2007, the first Wikipedia CD selection in English was published as a free download. [207] On 22 April 2007, the English Wikipedia passed the 1,750,000-article mark.