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Balcha Camptogastra
Balcha ( Amharic: ባልቻ) is a male name of Ethiopian origin that may refer to: *Balcha Safo (1863–1936), Ethiopian general in the Italo-Ethiopian Wars * Kebede Balcha (born 1951), Ethiopian marathon runner *Kassa Balcha Kassa Balcha (born 5 December 1955) is a retired Ethiopian long-distance runner. At the 1985 World Cross Country Championships Balcha finished your in the long race. This was good enough to help Ethiopia win a gold medal A gold medal is a ... (born 1955), Ethiopia cross country runner See also ''Balcha'' (wasp) {{hndis Amharic-language names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amharic
Amharic ( or ; (Amharic: ), ', ) is an Ethiopian Semitic languages, Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic languages, Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara people, Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other populations residing in major cities and towns of Ethiopia. The language serves as the official working language of the Ethiopian federal government, and is also the official or working language of several of Regions of Ethiopia, Ethiopia's federal regions. It has over 31,800,000 mother-tongue speakers, with more than 25,100,000 second language speakers. Amharic is the most widely spoken language in Ethiopia, and the second most spoken Languages of Ethiopia, mother-tongue in Ethiopia (after Oromo language, Oromo). Amharic is also the second largest Semitic language in the world (after Arabic). Amharic is written left-to-right using a system that grew out of the Geʽez script. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balcha Safo
''Dejazmach'' Balcha Safo (; 1863 – 6 November 1936), popularly referred to by his horse-name Abba Nefso, was an Ethiopian military commander and lord protector of the crown, who served in both the First and Second Italo-Ethiopian Wars.Paul B. Henze, ''Layers of Time'' (New York: Palgrave, 2000), p. 190 n. 8 Originally of humble birth, Balcha Safo, along with Habte Giyorgis Dinagde, was one of many Agemja prisoners of war during Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II's expansions south between 1875 and 1889. He came to the notice of Emperor Menelik II, who brought him back to Addis Ababa where Balcha was educated. His ethnicity is disputed with some sources claiming that he was an ethnic Gurage and others claiming he was an ethnic Oromo.Anthony Mockler, ''Haile Selassie's War'' (New York: Olive Branch, 2003), pp. 7f; Bahru Zewde, ''A History of Modern Ethiopia'', second edition (London: James Currey, 2001), pp. 132f. He made his reputation, according to oral traditio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kebede Balcha
Kebede Balcha (7 September 1951 – 10 July 2018) was a marathon runner from Ethiopia. He won the silver medal at the 1983 World Championships. He is the current record holder for the Montreal International Marathon with 2 hours 10 minutes 3 seconds in 1983. In 1999, he sought asylum in Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most pop ..., where he lived until his death in 2018. International competitions Road races References External links * *Montreal International Marathon 1951 births 2018 deaths Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male marathon runners Olympic athletes of Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia World Athletics Championships medalists African Games br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kassa Balcha
Kassa Balcha (born 5 December 1955) is a retired Ethiopian long-distance runner. At the 1985 World Cross Country Championships Balcha finished your in the long race. This was good enough to help Ethiopia win a gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ... in the team competition. References 1955 births Ethiopian male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ethiopia Living people Ethiopian male cross country runners Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balcha (wasp)
''Balcha'' is a genus of chalcid wasps in the family Eupelmidae. There are about 16 described species in ''Balcha''. Species These 16 species belong to the genus ''Balcha'': * '' Balcha anemeta'' (Walker, 1846) * '' Balcha camptogastra'' Gibson, 2005 * '' Balcha cylindrica'' Walker, 1862 * '' Balcha dictyota'' Gibson, 2005 * '' Balcha elegans'' (Masi, 1927) * '' Balcha enoptra'' Gibson, 2005 * '' Balcha eximia'' (Masi, 1927) * '' Balcha eximiassita'' Gibson, 2005 * '' Balcha indica'' (Mani & Kaul, 1973) * '' Balcha laciniosa'' Gibson, 2005 * '' Balcha levicollis'' (Cameron, 1908) * '' Balcha punctiscutum'' Gibson, 2005 * '' Balcha reburra'' Gibson, 2005 * '' Balcha reticulata'' (Nikol'skaya, 1952) * '' Balcha reticulifrons'' Gibson, 2005 * '' Balcha splendida'' (Girault, 1927) c g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net References Eupelmidae {{chalcidoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
