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  2. Symbols of Manchester - Wikipedia

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    Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2018. The away kit is a nod to Manchester's symbol of industry and coat of arms – the Apis Millifera – more commonly known as 'the bee'. The shirt is black with yellow and gold inserts on the shoulders used to define and accentuate the upper torso.

  3. History of Manchester - Wikipedia

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    The history of Manchester encompasses its change from a minor Lancastrian township into the pre-eminent industrial metropolis of the United Kingdom and the world. [1] Manchester began expanding "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century as part of a process of unplanned urbanisation brought on by a boom in textile manufacture ...

  4. Architecture of Manchester - Wikipedia

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    The architecture of Manchester demonstrates a rich variety of architectural styles. The city is a product of the Industrial Revolution and is known as the first modern, industrial city. [1] Manchester is noted for its warehouses, railway viaducts, cotton mills and canals – remnants of its past when the city produced and traded goods.

  5. Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity - Wikipedia

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    Category:Odd Fellows buildings. v. t. e. The Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society Limited, also called the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows; trading as The Oddfellows, is a fraternal order founded in Manchester in 1810. [a] Some of its lodges claim histories dating back to the 18th century.

  6. List of hexagrams of the I Ching - Wikipedia

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    Other meanings of the symbol: gather, assemble, collect, dense, thick, and collection. It may mean that it's good to get help or advice; for progress it's necessary to persevere. The group needs to be sustained. Its inner (lower) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open = (澤) swamp.

  7. Manchester - Wikipedia

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    Manchester (/ ˈ m æ n tʃ ɪ s t ər,-tʃ ɛ s-/ listen ⓘ) is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west.

  8. Mandala - Wikipedia

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    Hinduism. In Hinduism, a basic mandala, also called a yantra, takes the form of a square with four gates containing a circle with a center point. Each gate is in the general shape of a T. [3] Mandalas often have radial balance. [4] A yantra is similar to a mandala, usually smaller and using a more limited colour palette.

  9. Heraldry - Wikipedia

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    Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. [1] [2] Armory, the best-known branch of heraldry, concerns the design and transmission of the heraldic achievement.