Tori
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Tori may refer to:
  • Taiwan Ocean Research Institute, the ocean research institute of Taiwan
  • Tori (horse)
    Tori (horse)
    -Characteristics:The Tori comes mainly in the colors black, bay, palomino, chestnut and liver chestnut. Today's Tori is a harness horse that has a clean and solid build...

    , horse originating in continental Estonia
  • Tori (martial arts)
    Tori (martial arts)
    is a term used in Japanese martial arts to refer to the executor of a technique in partnered practice. The term "tori" comes from the verb , meaning "to take", "to pick up", or "to choose"....

    , the executor of a technique in partnered martial arts practice
  • Tori Style, the artistic style of the Japanese Asuka period
  • Torus
    Torus
    In geometry, a torus is a surface of revolution generated by revolving a circle in three dimensional space about an axis coplanar with the circle...

    , plural tori, a solid of revolution in geometry
  • Luffa
    Luffa
    The luffa, loofah, or lufah are tropical and subtropical vines comprising the genus Luffa, the only genus of the subtribe Luffinae of the plant family Cucurbitaceae...

     (or Ridge gourd), the vegetable

Places

  • Tori (Georgia)
    Tori (Georgia)
    Tori is a historic region in central Georgia, now part of the Samtskhe-Javakheti region, together with Javakheti and Meskheti. It borders on Trialeti to the east, Imereti to the northwest and Shida Kartli to the northeast. The province chiefly lay in what is now known as the Borjomi Gorge. In...

    , historic province of the nation of Georgia
  • Tori Parish
    Tori Parish
    Tori is a municipality located in Pärnu County, one of the 15 counties of Estonia.-Settlements:Small borough:ToriVillages:Aesoo - Elbi - Jõesuu - Kildemaa - Kõrsa - Kuiaru - Levi - Mannare - Muraka - Muti - Oore - Piistaoja - Randivälja - Rätsepa - Riisa - Selja - Taali - Tohera - Urumarja - Võlli...

    , municipality in Pärnu County, Estonia
  • Tori, Estonia
    Tori, Estonia
    Tori is a small borough in Pärnu County, Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Tori Parish.-External links:*...

    , small borough in Tori Parish, Pärnu County, Estonia
  • Tori, Järva County
    Tori, Järva County
    Tori küla is a village in Türi Parish, Järva County in central Estonia....

    , village in Türi Parish, Järva County, Estonia
  • Tori, Mali
    Tori, Mali
    Tori is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Bankass in the Mopti Region of Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 10,438....

  • Torishima, name of several islands in Japan
    • Torishima (Izu Islands)
      Torishima (Izu Islands)
      , literally meaning "Bird Island", is an uninhabited volcanic island at the south end of the Izu Islands in the Pacific Ocean, administered by Japan.-Geography:...

      , island at the south end of the Izu Islands

Given name

  • Terri Poch
    Terri Poch
    Terri Poch is an American bodybuilder and former professional wrestler, best known for her appearances with the World Wrestling Federation as Tori...

     (born 1967; Terri Poch), American bodybuilder and professional wrestler
  • Tori Alamaze
    Tori Alamaze
    Tori Alamaze is an American singer best known as a backing vocalist for the hip hop duo OutKast.Hailing from Detroit, Alamaze worked as a make-up artist for about 10 years, including work for musicians Faith Evans, Erykah Badu, TLC, Xscape, Monica, Outkast, and Busta Rhymes...

     (born 1977), American singer
  • Tori Amos
    Tori Amos
    Tori Amos is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument...

     (born 1963), American pianist and singer-songwriter
  • Tori Anthony
    Tori Anthony
    Tori Anthony is an American pole vaulter from Palo Alto, California and the holder of the national indoor and outdoor records for high school women at 14' 2-1/2" and 14' 1" respectively. She was originally a gymnast, but burned out on the sport and switched to track and water polo...

    , American pole vaulter
  • Tori Black
    Tori Black
    Tori Black is an American pornographic actress. She entered the adult film industry in 2007, and has since appeared in over 200 movies.She was the Penthouse Pet of the Month for December 2008....

     (born 1988), American pornographic actress
  • Tori Busshi
    Tori Busshi
    Tori Busshi was a Japanese sculptor active in the late 6th and early 7th century. He was from the Kuratsukuri clan, and his full title was Shiba no Kuratsukuri-be no Obito Tori Busshi ; Busshi is a title meaning "the maker of Buddhist images"...

    , Japanese sculptor of Chinese ancestry active around 600 AD
  • Tori Carrington
    Tori Carrington
    Tori Carrington is the pen name by the husband-wife writing team formed by Tony Karayianni and Lori Schlachter Karayianni , they are a popular United States writer of over 28 romance novels since 1998.-Biography:Tony Karayianni was born in Smila, Greece and he grew up in Athens. He immigrated to...

    , Greek-American writer
  • Tori Fixx
    Tori Fixx
    Tori Fixx is one of the first openly gay hip hop artists, and also produces music for other noted queer performers. He is based in Minneapolis.-Career:In the mid-90s, he DJed at parties for Prince at Paisley Park Studios in Minnesota....

    , American hip-hop performer and producer
  • Tori Hall
    Tori Hall
    -External links:*...

    , American beauty queen
  • Tori Haring-Smith
    Tori Haring-Smith
    -Education:Dr. Haring-Smith received a bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College and doctoral and master's degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As an undergraduate, she received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to study abroad.-Academic career:...

    , American academic administrator, president of Washington & Jefferson College
  • Tori Kudo
    Tori Kudo
    Tori Kudo is a Japanese musician, composer and potter, active since the late seventies, and best known for his strikingly naive work in the group Maher Shalal Hash Baz.-External links:* * *...

    , Japanese musician, composer and potter
  • Tori Lacey, American weather forecaster
  • Tori Murden
    Tori Murden
    Victoria Murden McClure is an explorer who was the first woman to make a solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by rowboat. She was also the first woman and first American to ski to the geographic South Pole...

    , American rower, explorer and adventurer
  • Tori Praver
    Tori Praver
    Tori Praver is an American model perhaps best known for her appearances in the 2007-2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.- Biography :...

     (born 1986), American model
  • Tori Sparks
    Tori Sparks
    Tori Sparks is an American singer-songwriter known for her unconventional lyrics and her blending of folk, rock, and blues influences. She based in Barcelona, Spain, having recently relocated from Nashville, TN. Sparks has released four recordings: Tidewaters, Rivers + Roads, Under This Yellow...

     (born 1983), American singer-songwriter
  • Tori Spelling
    Tori Spelling
    Victoria Davey "Tori" Spelling is an American actress. Spelling became known in the early 1990s for her role as Donna Martin on Beverly Hills, 90210. Spelling then had roles in a string of made-for-television films, such as A Friend to Die For and Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?...

     (born 1973), American actress
  • Tori Thompson
    Tori Thompson
    The Thompson Sisters are a duo American act made up of sisters Tori Dawn Thompson and Taylor Marie Thompson both from Santa Maria, California...

     (born 1993), American singer and actress
  • Tori Welles
    Tori Welles
    Tori Welles is an American former pornographic actress.She performed in adult films between around 1988 and 1999, and also directed several movies in the early 1990s. She was married to porn director Paul Norman, with whom she had two sons...

    , American pornographic actress
  • Tori Wong, Hong Kong television journalist

Fictional

  • Tori Hanson, character from the Power Rangers Ninja Storm, played by Sally Martin
  • Tori Scott, character from American tv series Saved by the Bell, played by Leanna Creel
  • Tori Vega, character from Victorious
    Victorious
    Victorious is an American sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. The series revolves around aspiring singer Tori Vega , a teenager who attends a performing arts high school called Hollywood Arts High School, after taking her older sister Trina's place in a showcase while getting into...

    , played by Victoria Justice

Surname

  • Elizabeth Tori
    Elizabeth Tori
    Elizabeth Tori is an American politician from the Republican Party. Tori represented the 10th state Senate district of Kentucky from 1995 until 2011....

     (born 1936), American politician
  • Miki Tori
    Miki Tori
    , also known as Micky Bird or Mickey Bird, is a Japanese manga artist, character designer, essayist, and screenplay writer. Tori has won multiple awards for his work, including two Seiun Awards and one Bungeishunjū Manga Award...

     (born 1958), Japanese manga artist, character designer, essayist, and screenplay writer

See also

  • Mandibular tori, bony growths in the mandible
  • Palatal tori, a bony growths in the palate
  • Torii
    Torii
    A is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the profane to the sacred...

    , a traditional Japanese gate
  • Tory (disambiguation)
    Tory (disambiguation)
    The term Tory may refer to:* Tory originally the opponents to the Whigs, furthermore various political parties* Conservative Party * Tory , the ancestor of the modern UK Conservative Party* Scottish Unionist Party...

  • Torii (disambiguation)
    Torii (disambiguation)
    The Japanese word can refer to several things:*Torii, a traditional Shinto shrine gate*Torii family, a samurai clan*Torii school, a school of ukiyo-e artists*Torii Hunter, a baseball player-See also:...

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