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Catalina (name)
Catalina is a feminine given name. It is a Spanish form of a variation of the name Katherine. Catalina is an equivalent to Katherine or Catherine in English, Αικατερίνη (Ekaterini) and Κατερίνα (Katerina) in Greek, Cătălina or Caterina in Romanian, Екатерина (Yekaterina) in Russian, Caterina in Italian, Catalan and Ukrainian, Catherine in French, Katarzyna in Polish, and Catarina in Portuguese and Galician. Notable people with the name include: * Catalina, Duchess of Villena (1403–1439), Infanta of Aragon * Catalina Artusi (born 1990), Argentine actress * Catalina Berroa (1849–1911), Cuban musician * Catalina Botero Marino (born 1965), Colombian attorney * Catalina Castaño (born 1979), Colombian tennis player * Cătălina Cristea (born 1975), Romanian tennis player * Catalina Denis, Colombian actress * Catalina de Erauso (1592–1650), Spanish explorer * Cătălina Gheorghițoaia (born 1975), Romanian fencer * Catalina Guirado (born 1974), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Language
Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy (Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalina Castaño
Catalina Castaño Álvarez (; born 7 July 1979) is a retired Colombian professional tennis player. Her highest singles ranking of 35 she achieved in 2006. In her career, she won ten titles on the ITF Circuit, six in singles, as well as one doubles title on tournaments of the WTA Tour and the WTA 125K series, respectively. Castaño defeated top-20 players such as Nicole Vaidišová, Anna-Lena Grönefeld, Patty Schnyder, Paola Suárez, Li Na and Lucie Šafářová. She was coached by Peruvian-born British citizen Pablo Giacopelli since 2004. Career summary 1999–2004 In 1999 she won her first ITF title in Santiago. The following year she won two ITF titles in Midlothian and Cali. In 2001, she reached the quarterfinals in her home tournament of Bogotá, Colombia (Tier III). In 2002, Castaño advanced the semifinals in Bogotá. She reached four ITF finals, winning two of them - in Gorizia and Campobasso. She won 39 matches in the year and lost 18. In 2004, she reached the qua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalina Sandino Moreno
Catalina Sandino Moreno (born 19 April 1981) is a Colombian actress. She shared the Silver Bear with Charlize Theron and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her leading role in ''Maria Full of Grace'' (2004). She currently stars as Tabitha Matthews in the Epix television series ''From''. Early life Sandino Moreno was born in Bogotá, Colombia. She grew up in a middle-class family, her father is a vet and her mother a pathologist. She attended Saint George's School in Bogotá, Colombia. Before becoming an actress, she studied advertising at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. Career 2004–2010 In 2003, casting calls for ''Maria Full of Grace'' were conducted in both New York and Colombia where she was initially noticed for her talent at the acting school in Bogotá. She was then referred to a casting audition where she beat over 900 girls for the lead role. She left the college to begin her first movie project. Starring Sandino Moreno as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalina Saavedra
Catalina Saavedra Pérez (born 8 January 1968) is a Chilean film, stage and television actress. She is known to international audiences for playing the title character in the 2009 film '' The Maid'', for which she received several awards and nominations. Career Saavedra's father is the writer Omar Saavedra Santis. She started acting lessons at the age of ten, prompted by her mother's hiring of a private theater arts teacher in Valparaíso. Years later, her love for acting led her to deepen her studies at the "Escuela de Teatro Imagen" in Santiago and later in Barcelona, when she began to study experimental theatre. Saavedra's first professional theatre performances were in roles in plays such as ''El Despertar'' (1991–1997), ''Pervertimientos y Otros Gestos Para Nada'' (1993) and ''La noche de la Iguana'' (''The Night of the Iguana'') (1994), and in a café-chantant called ''TV cable 90'' (1992). On film, Saavedra's first appearances were in short films, such as ''El Bidón' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalina Rosales
Catalina Rosales Montiel is a paralympic athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category F58 throwing events. Catalina's Paralympic games career has spanned four games and 16 years. Her first games came in 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona where she competed in the discus, shot and javelin. She was to repeat these events again in 1996 Summer Paralympics this time winning silver in shot put and bronze in discus. These would prove to be her only Paralympic medals as despite competing in all three throws in 2004 and the discus and shot in 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ..., she failed to add to her medal tally. Notes References External links * Paralympic athletes for Mexico Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalina De Los Ríos Y Lisperguer
Catalina de los Ríos y Lísperguer (c. 1604 – January 16, 1665), nicknamed La Quintrala because of her flaming red hair, was an aristocratic 17th-century Chilean landowner and murderer of the Colonial Era. She is famous for her beauty and, according to legend, her cruel treatment of her servants. Her persona is strongly mythified, and survives in Chilean culture as the epitome of the wicked and abusive woman. Life Gonzalo de los Ríos y Encío and his wife, Lisperguer y Flores, both members of the Chilean nobility. Paternal descent Her father was the Gonzalo de los Ríos y Ávila, a Spanish soldier who fought in the Conquest of Chile, and María Encío, the sister of Juan Encío, who was one of the financiers of the expedition of Pedro de Valdivia. Gonzalo de los Ríos y Encío was an exalted landowner of Santiago's colonial society. He held the rank of general in the Royal Army and was a maestre de campo who served as mayor of Santiago in 1611, 1614 and 1619. He was also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cătălina Ponor
Cătălina Ponor (; born 20 August 1987) is a Romanian former artistic gymnast who competed at three Olympiads: 2004, 2012, and 2016. She won three gold medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens on balance beam, floor and as part of the Romanian team. She also earned a silver medal on floor and bronze medal as part of the Romanian team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, as well as multiple World Championship and European Championship medals. She announced her plans to retire from gymnastics after the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, in Montreal. During her career, she won 23 Olympic, World and European medals. More than half of them (12) were gold medals. She was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2022. Early life Ponor was born in Constanța and started gymnastics when she was four years old. In 2002, she was discovered training in Constanța by the Romanian national team coaches, Octavian Bellu and Mariana Bitang, who invited he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalina Pelaez
Catalina may refer to: Arts and media * ''The Catalina'', a 2012 American reality television show * ''Catalina'' (novel), a 1948 novel by W. Somerset Maugham * Catalina (''My Name Is Earl''), character from the NBC sitcom ''My Name Is Earl'' * Catalina, Space Cases character played by Jewel Staite * Catalina, a character in the video games ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' and ''Grand Theft Auto III'' * "Catalina", a song from the album '' Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II'' by Raekwon * "Catalina", lead single from the 2017 album '' Los ángeles'' by Rosalía * "Catalina", a song from the 2012 album ''Allah-Las'' by Allah-Las Organizations * Catalina Sky Survey, a NASA project aiming to identify potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) * Catalina Swimwear, a former swimwear line for the Pacific Mills clothing company * Catalina Yachts, a boat manufacturer * Santa Catalina Monastery, a cloistered convent located in Arequipa, Peru People * Catalina (name), including a list o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalina Parot
Catalina Parot Donoso (born 9 March 1956) is a Chilean lawyer, entrepreneur and politician currently serving as president of the National Television Council. She served as Minister of National Assets during the first presidency of Sebastián Piñera Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique OMCh (; born 1 December 1949) is a Chilean billionaire businessman and politician who served as president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and again from 2018 to 2022. The son of a Christian Democratic polit ..., at the Global Leadership Project. between March 2010 and November 2012. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Parot, Catalina Living people[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalina Larranaga
Catalina Larranaga (born November 27, 1969) is an American nutritionist A nutritionist is a person who advises others on matters of food and nutrition and their impacts on health. Some people specialize in particular areas, such as sports nutrition, public health, or animal nutrition, among other disciplines. In many c ..., author, and former actress. Bibliography * ''Gut Health Diet for Beginners: A 7-Day Plan to Heal Your Gut and Boost Digestive Health'' (as Kitty Martone), 2018, * ''The 4-Week Gut Health Plan: 75 Recipes to Help Restore Your Gut'' (as Kitty Martone), 2019, * ''Anti-Inflammatory Diet Instant Pot Cookbook: Easy Recipes to Reduce Inflammation'' (as Kitty Martone) with Charles Martone, 2021, Selected filmography References External links Healthy Gut Girl- official website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Larranaga, Catalina Actresses from El Paso, Texas American film actresses Living people 21st-century American women 1969 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalina Guirado
Catalina Jane Guirado is a British-New Zealander actress, reality TV star, model and designer who is best known for starring as Chris Evans' sidekick "Gorgeous Girl" on ''TFI Friday'' from 1996 to 1997. Early life Guirado began performing the violin at age 7 and by age 12 she had made performances at both the Royal Albert Hall and the Royal Festival Hall. She went on to receive a scholarship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Career Modelling Guirado was scouted by ''Vogue'' at the age of 15. Since then, she has appeared in multiple other magazines including ''Elle'', ''Cosmopolitan'', ''FHM'', ''Maxim'', '' Loaded'' and ''SKY Magazine'', as well as being named in ''FHMs 100 Sexiest Women as well as various other magazines. During her modelling career, Guirado has walked the runway for prolific designers such as Vivienne Westwood, Michiko Koshino, Scott Henshall and Rifat Ozbek. She was also the face of international advertising campaigns for such companies as Dove, We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cătălina Gheorghițoaia
Cătălina Gheorghițoaia (born 19 June 1975) is a Romanian sabre fencer, team silver medallist in the 2001 World Fencing Championships. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, placing fourth after being defeated by Mariel Zagunis, then Sada Jacobson Sada Molly Jacobson (born February 14, 1983) is an American Olympic fencer. She is the 2008 Olympic Individual Sabre silver medalist in women's sabre (one of three Olympic medals), the 2004 Olympic Individual Sabre bronze medalist in women's .... References External links * 1975 births Living people Romanian female sabre fencers Olympic fencers for Romania Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Fencers from Bucharest {{Romania-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
