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Amparo Morillo
Amparo, a Portuguese and Spanish word meaning ''refuge'', ''shelter'', or ''protection'', may refer to: People *Amparo (name) *Amparo people, Afro-Cuban descendants of Angola Places Brazil *Amparo, São Paulo *Amparo, Paraíba *Amparo do Serra, Minas Gerais *Amparo de São Francisco, Sergipe *Santo Antônio do Amparo, Minas Gerais Other places *Amparo Museum, Puebla, Mexico *Amparo High School, Caloocan, Philippines Other uses *Amparo (film), a 2022 Colombian drama film *Massacre of El Amparo, the killing of 14 fishermen in El Amparo, Venezuela in 1988 *'' Megachile amparo'', a bee of family Megachilidae *''Recurso de amparo'' or writ of amparo, a form of constitutional relief found in the legal systems of some countries *Roman Catholic Diocese of Amparo The Roman Catholic Diocese of Amparo ( la, Dioecesis Amparensis) is a diocese located in the city of Amparo in the Ecclesiastical province of Campinas in Brazil. History * December 23, 1997: Established as Diocese of Amp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe, while having co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as " Lusophone" (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Celtic phonology in its lexicon. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 24 million L2 (second language) speakers, Portuguese has approximately 274 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the sixth-most spoken language, the third-most sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amparo (name)
Amparo is a Portuguese language, Portuguese and Spanish language, Spanish word that means refuge or shelter (and in a broader sense, protection). Several places in the Iberian Peninsula and in Latin America are named Amparo, some associated with Our Lady of the Refuge (Portiiirdr dr.: '':pt:Nossa Senhora do Amparo (título de Maria), Nossa Senhora do Amparo'', Esp: '':es:Nuestra Señora del Amparo, Nuestra Señora del Amparo''). Sometimes spelled Ámparo (in Spanish). Origin On 24 February 1409, the Venerable Joan Gilabert Jofré of the Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy was en route to Valencia's Cathedral to deliver a Lenten sermon when he witnessed a mentally ill man being lynched. In response, his Order founded a hospice in 1410 with help from Roman Catholic confreres for the mentally ill under the invocation of ''Sancta dels Folls Doña Nostra i Desamparats Innocents'' (''Our Lady of the insane and the innocent''; sometimes translated as ''Our Lady of the forsaken''), whose goa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amparo People
Afro-Cubans or Black Cubans are Cubans of West African ancestry. The term ''Afro-Cuban'' can also refer to historical or cultural elements in Cuba thought to emanate from this community and the combining of native African and other cultural elements found in Cuban society such as race, religion, music, language, the arts and class culture. Demographics According to a 2012 national census which surveyed 11.2 million Cubans, 1 million Cubans described themselves as Afro-Cuban or Black, while 3 million considered themselves to be "mulatto" or "mestizo". Thus a significant proportion of those living on the island affirm some African ancestry. Although, there has been much discussion over the actual demographic composition of the island. While the 2012 national census showed that only 11% of Cubans reported themselves to be Afro-Cuban or Black, most international sources and independent studies have shown the proportion of Cubans who are black, or possess significant African genetic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
