|
Arjona (Bolívar) (born 1979), Brazilian volleyball player
{{disambiguation, geo, surname ...
Arjona may refer to: * Arjona, Bolívar, Colombia * Arjona, Spain * Taifa of Arjona, a medieval taifa kingdom in Spain * ''Arjona'' (plant), genus of plants in the family Schoepfiaceae People with the surname * Adria Arjona (born 1992), Puerto Rican actress * Adrià Arjona (born 1996), Spanish footballer * Belén Arjona (born 1985), Spanish singer * Jaime Homero Arjona (1906–1967), American linguist and educator * Manuel María de Arjona (1771–1820), Spanish poet * Ricardo Arjona (born 1964), Guatemalan singer-songwriter popular in Latin America * William Arjona William Arjona (born 31 July 1979) is a Brazilian volleyball player, a member of Brazil men's national volleyball team and Brazilian club Sada Cruzeiro. He is a 2016 Olympic Champion. Arjona was called up for the adult national team for the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjona, Bolívar
Arjona is a town and municipality located in the Bolívar Department, northern Colombia, about 30 km southeast of Cartagena de Indias. It is a sister city of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Notable people *Ernesto Frieri, professional baseball player * Ronaldo Hernández, professional baseball player *José Quintana José Guillermo Quintana (born January 24, 1989) is a Colombian professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Angels, San ..., professional baseball player References {{Coord, 10, 15, 31, N, 75, 20, 46, W, region:CO_type:adm2nd_source:GNS-enwiki, display=title Municipalities of Bolívar Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjona, Spain
Arjona is a municipality in the province of Jaén, Andalusia, Spain. It is located from the provincial capital, Jaén, and from the city of Córdoba. It has an area of , and as of 2017 it had a population of 5,662. It belongs to the ''comarca'' of Campiña. Its land area is primarily agricultural, with an emphasis on olive trees. Its economy relies primarily on agriculture and olive oil production, but it is also known for its furniture and baking industries. Arjona is known as the birthplace in 1194 of Muhammad I, founder of the Emirate of Granada. History Excavations in Arjona's central square revealed a Bronze Age settlement from around 3000 BC. Phoenicians and Greeks also left their mark on the municipal territory, with the name ''URGABON'' appearing on Greek coins. During the Roman Era, Arjona was known as ''Urgavo'' or ''Urgao Alba''. After Julius Caesar's victory at the Battle of Munda in 45 BC, Urgavo received a privileged juridical statue for its support of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taifa Of Arjona
The Taifa of Arjona () was a medieval Islamic taifa Moorish kingdom of Al-Andalus that ruled from 1232 to 1244. It followed Almohad Caliphate control of the area, and was superseded by the Christian Kingdom of Castile rule. The Taifa was ruled by the Arab tribe of Banu Khazraj which had its origin in the Hejaz region of Arabia. Its capital was in Arjona, which is in the present day Province of Jaén, in Andalusia, southern Spain. List of Emirs Nasrid dynasty * Muhammad I ibn al-Ahmar (in Granada 1238–1273): 1232–1244 (d. 1273) 1232 establishments in Europe 1244 disestablishments in Europe 13th century in Al-Andalus History of Andalusia Province of Jaén (Spain) States and territories disestablished in 1244 States and territories established in 1232 Arjona Arjona may refer to: * Arjona, Bolívar, Colombia * Arjona, Spain * Taifa of Arjona, a medieval taifa kingdom in Spain * ''Arjona'' (plant), genus of plants in the family Schoepfiaceae People with the surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjona (plant)
''Arjona'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Schoepfiaceae. They are hemiparasites. Taxonomy , the following six species were recognized by the '' Plants of the World Online'' database: *'' Arjona longifolia'' Phil. – northwest and south Argentina *'' Arjona megapotamica'' Malme – Brazil ( Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul) *'' Arjona patagonica'' Hombr. & Jacquinot ex Decne. – Argentina, central and south Chile *'' Arjona pusilla'' Hook.f. – Peru, Bolivia, south Chile, northwest and south Argentina *'' Arjona schumanniana'' Pilg. – south Brazil, Uruguay *'' Arjona tuberosa'' Cav. – Argentina, Uruguay, south and central Chile The ''Flora del Conosur'' does not accept ''A. schumanniana'', which was Synonym (taxonomy), synonymised with ''A. megapotamica'' by the Brazilian botanist João Rodrigues de Mattos in the Santalales volume of the ''Flora Ilustrada Catarinense'' of 1967. A 2019 study of the genetics of the mainly Andean species of this genus w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adria Arjona
Adria Arjona Torres (born April 25, 1992) is an actress based in the United States. She played Dorothy Gale in the Oz book adaptation ''Emerald City'' (2017), Anathema Device in the TV adaptation of ''Good Omens'' (2019), and Bix Caleen in '' Andor'' (2022). She has had supporting roles in the films '' Pacific Rim: Uprising'' (2018), '' Life of the Party'' (2018), ''Triple Frontier'' (2019), ''6 Underground'' (2019) and '' Morbius'' (2022). Early life Arjona was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and lived in Mexico City until she was twelve. Her mother, Leslie Torres, is Puerto Rican, and her father, Ricardo Arjona, is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter. When she was a child, her father took her along on his tours, and she traveled often. At age 12, she moved to Miami and lived there until she was 18, when she moved to New York City on her own. There she worked as a waitress and hostess while studying acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. Career Arjona's ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrià Arjona
Adrià Arjona Marín (born 28 February 1996) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Recreativo de Huelva as a winger. Club career Born in Vila-seca, Tarragona, Catalonia, Arjona joined FC Barcelona's La Masia in 2006, from CF Vilaseca. Released in 2009, he spent three seasons at Gimnàstic de Tarragona before returning to ''Barça'' in 2012. On 23 August 2015, after finishing his formation, Arjona joined CF Reus Deportiu and was assigned to the farm team CD Morell in Tercera División. On 17 August of the following year, he was loaned to fellow league team UE Sant Andreu for a year. Upon returning, Arjona was assigned to the B-team, now also in the fourth division. He made his first-team debut on 12 September, starting in a 2–1 away win against CA Osasuna, for the season's Copa del Rey. On 18 July 2019, Arjona signed for AE Prat in Segunda División B, after Reus fell into severe economic problems. In the summer of 2020, he joined CD Llosetense in Tercera División, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belén Arjona
Bel Arjona, born on 10 May 1981 in Madrid, is a Spanish singer and Songwriter. Best known is Spain as Belén Arjona, the singer was nominated in 2006 the Latin Grammy Awards for Best Rock Solo Vocal Album. Biography Bel Arjona (known in Spain as Belen Arjona) is a Spanish singer and songwriter, Latin Grammy Awards nominee for Best Rock Solo Vocal Album in 2006. The singer had a prominent career in the Spanish market until 2008, followed by a purposeful industry hiatus where side projects kept developed nevertheless. The singer's most prominent collaborations include bands such as Maná and Efecto Mariposa Efecto Mariposa is a Spanish pop rock group from Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most po .... Discography Álbumes * 2003: '' O te mueves o caducas'' * 2004: ''O te mueves o caducas (Edición especial)'' * 2005: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaime Homero Arjona
Jaime Homero Arjona (1906–1967) was Professor of Romance and Classical Languages at the University of Connecticut (1932–1967), serving as chair of the Department of Foreign Languages for eighteen years (1946–1964). Constructed in 1959 and dedicated in 1968, the Jaime Homero Arjona Building in Storrs was named in his honor. The Arjona Building houses faculty offices and classrooms in the humanities and prior to 1968 was known as the Humanities Building. Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1906, Arjona received his bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota and his master's and doctoral degrees from Brown University. He taught at Brown University before joining UConn in 1932. He also taught Spanish at Hartford College for Women, and his photograph appears with other faculty in the college's 1944 yearbook. During his long tenure as the University of Connecticut's Foreign Languages Department chair, Arjona was instrumental in growing the department from six full-time instr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel María De Arjona
Manuel María de Arjona (1771–1820) was a Spanish poet and writer. Bibliography * * * * * * * * * * * * * * External links * Spanish male writers 1771 births 1820 deaths {{Spain-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Arjona
Edgar Ricardo Arjona Algadeoro (born 19 January 1964), known as Ricardo Arjona (), is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter. Arjona is one of the most successful and best-selling Latin American artists of all time, with more than 80 million records sold. He is often called ''El Animal Nocturno'' (The Nocturnal Animal),Moscatel, Susana (23 March 2012)"Ahmadineyad vs. Arjona"(in Spanish). Milenio. Archived frothe original Retrieved 30 March 2012. thanks to his breakthrough success with his fourth studio album, which bears the same name. His music ranges from ballads to Latin pop, rock, pop rock, Cuban music, and more recently a cappella performances and a mixture of Tejano music and Norteño music, and other Afro-American and Latin sounds. Arjona is noted for his lyrical style, and often addresses topics such as love, sexuality, violence, racism and immigration. As of 2016, Arjona had released sixteen studio albums, one live album, nine compilation albums and forty-three singles. Four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.svg "Click for more on -> Arjona, Bolívar")
