Orbis
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Orbis may refer to:
- Orbis (audio drama), a Doctor Who audio play, starring Paul McGann and Sheridan Smith
- Orbis (foreign policy)Orbis (foreign policy)Orbis is a quarterly American journal on international relations and U.S. foreign policy. It is the flagship publication of the Philadelphia-based Foreign Policy Research Institute , an international affairs think tank established in 1955....
, a quarterly journal of international affairs published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute - Orbis (hospitality), a hotel chain based in Poland
- Orbis Technology, a bookmaker software company now called OpenBet
- Orbis InternationalORBIS InternationalOrbis International is an international non-profit non-governmental organization dedicated to saving sight worldwide. Orbis programs focus on the prevention of blindness and the treatment of blinding eye diseases in developing countries...
, the "Flying Eye Hospital," a charitable organization devoted to treating and preventing blindness - Orbis, Rhineland-PalatinateOrbis, Rhineland-PalatinateOrbis is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....
, a municipality of the Kirchheimbolanden district (Verbandsgemeinde) in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate - A fictional location in the MMORPG MapleStoryMapleStoryMapleStory is a free-to-play, 2D, side-scrolling massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by the South Korean company Wizet. Several versions of the game are available for specific countries or regions, and each is published by various companies such as Nexon...
- Orbis BooksOrbis BooksOrbis Books, is an American imprint of the Maryknoll order, that has been a small but influential publisher of liberation theology works, founded by Nicaraguan Maryknoll priest Miguel D'Escoto with Philip J. Scharper in 1970. It was the first to publish Gustavo Gutiérrez's seminal work A Theology...
, a publishing imprint of the Maryknoll order
- Orbis, an alternative history novel by Scott MackayScott MackayScott Mackay is a Canadian science fiction author from Toronto, where he still lives with his wife and two children. He is the award-winning author of eleven novels and over forty short stories. His short story, Last Inning, won the 1999 Arthur Ellis Award for best short mystery fiction...
- Vanderbilt OrbisVanderbilt Orbisis a student-produced publication at Vanderbilt University, which provides an outlet for a broad array of progressive, left-wing and minority voices on campus...
, a progressive student newspaper at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee - Orbis PictusOrbis PictusOrbis Pictus, or Orbis Sensualium Pictus is a textbook for children written by Czech educator Comenius and published in 1658...
, a 1658 children's book by Czech educator Jan Ámos Komenský- The Orbis Pictus AwardOrbis Pictus AwardThe Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children recognizes books which demonstrate excellence in the “writing of nonfiction for children.” It is awarded annually by the National Council of Teachers of English to one American book published the previous year...
for outstanding children's nonfiction literature, awarded by the National Council of Teachers of English
- The Orbis Pictus Award
- Orbis PublishingOrbis PublishingOrbis Publishing Ltd. was a United Kingdom-based publisher of books and partworks. The company was founded in 1970 and changed its name to De Agostini UK Ltd...
Ltd., a British publisher of partworks and books - "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis TertiusTlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" is a short story by the 20th century Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. The story was first published in the Argentine journal Sur, May 1940. The "postscript" dated 1947 is intended to be anachronistic, set seven years in the future...
", a short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges published in 1940 - The "Orbis Terrarum", a map of the world created by Marcus Vipsanius AgrippaMarcus Vipsanius AgrippaMarcus Vipsanius Agrippa was a Roman statesman and general. He was a close friend, son-in-law, lieutenant and defense minister to Octavian, the future Emperor Caesar Augustus...
in 20 A.D. - Orbis Catholicus, a Latin phrase meaning Catholic World, per the expression Urbi et OrbiUrbi et OrbiUrbi et Orbi denotes a papal address and Apostolic Blessing that is given to the City of Rome and to the entire world, on certain occasions. It was a standard opening of Ancient Roman proclamations....