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Colla Bassa
Colla may refer to: People * Colla people, indigenous people of Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile Given name * Colla mac Báirid (died 932), King of Limerick * Colla MacDonnell (died 1558), Scottish noble * Colla mac Fergusso (died 786), possible King of Connacht * Colla Swart (born 1930), South African photographer * The Three Collas, legendary fourth-century High Kings of Ireland Surname * Ángel Colla (born 1973), Argentine racing cyclist * Claudia Colla (died 1611), alleged Italian witch and royal mistress * Connie Colla, American news anchor * Daniel Colla (born 1964), Argentine volleyball player * Domenico Colla (fl. 1760s), Italian musician, toured Europe with his brother * Elliott Colla, American academic * Enrique Colla, Argentine footballer * John von Collas (1678–1753), Baroque architect * Johnny Colla (born 1952), American musician * Luigi Aloysius Colla (1766–1848), Italian botanist * Nicholas Colla (born 1986), Australian actor * Richard A. Colla (born 1936), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colla People
The Qulla (Quechuan for ''south'', Hispanicized and mixed spellings: ''Colla, Kolla'') are an indigenous people of western Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina living in west of Jujuy and west of Salta Province. The 2004 Complementary Indigenous Survey reported 53,019 Qulla households living in Argentina. They moved freely between the borders of Argentina and Bolivia. Their lands are part of the yungas or high altitude forests at the edge of the Amazon rainforest. History The Qulla have lived in their region for centuries. Sillustani is a prehistoric Qulla cemetery in Peru, with elaborate stone ''chullpas''. Several groups made up the Qulla people, including the Zenta, and Gispira. The Qulla came into contact with Spaniards in 1540. They resisted Spanish invasion for many years but ultimately lost the Santiago Estate to the Spanish. One particularly famous rebel leader was Ñusta Willaq, a female warrior who fought the Spanish in 1780. With Argentinian independence in 1810, the situatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Colla
John Victor Colla (born July 2, 1952) is an American musician (playing the guitar and saxophone), singer and songwriter. He is a founding member of the American rock band Huey Lewis and the News. He has been heavily involved in the San Francisco Bay Area music scene for decades, having been in several other bands, including Rubicon, Sly and the Family Stone, Van Morrison, Sound Hole, and Johnny Colla & The Lucky Devils. Colla has two children, Allison Colla and Ryan Colla. Career The first bands that Colla was involved with from Fairfield, California,were The Furlanders, The Yewess Army and Cottonmouth. In the early 1970s, he moved to Marin County, California and joined Sound Hole as a singer and saxophonist. Sound Hole was successful at a local level and became Van Morrison's backing band for a time. Other members of Sound Hole were drummer Bill Gibson and bassist Mario Cipollina, who also eventually joined with Huey and The News. Sound Hole was the major local competition to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colla (moth)
''Colla'' is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae The Bombycidae are a family of moths. The best-known species is ''Bombyx mori'' (Linnaeus) or silkworm, native to northern China and domesticated for millennia. Another well-known species is ''Bombyx mandarina'', also native to Asia. Taxonomy Th .... The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1865. Selected species *'' Colla aerila'' Schaus, 1929 *'' Colla amoena'' Dognin, 1923 *'' Colla aminula'' Druce, 1890 *'' Colla coelestis'' Schaus, 1910 *'' Colla gaudialis'' Schaus, 1905 *'' Colla glaucescens'' Walker, 1865 *'' Colla jehlei'' Schade, 1939 *'' Colla klagesi'' Warren, 1901 *'' Colla lilacina'' Dognin, 1916 *'' Colla micacea'' (Walker, 1865) *'' Colla netrix'' (Stoll, 1789) *'' Colla opalifera'' Dognin, 1911 *'' Colla rhodope'' (Drury, 1782) *'' Colla similis'' Felder, 1868 *'' Colla umbrata'' Schaus, 1905 References Bombycidae {{Bombycidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valcolla
Valcolla is a quarter of the city of Lugano and former municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 14 April 2013 the former municipalities of Bogno, Cadro, Carona, Certara, Cimadera, Sonvico and Valcolla merged into the municipality of Lugano. Geography Valcolla is in the upper section of the Val Colla, the mountain valley in which the Cassarate River rises. Before the merger, Valcolla had a total area of . Of this area, or 4.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 51.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and or 10.6% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.5%. Out of the forested land, 45.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 2.6% is used for growing crops and 2.2% is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val Colla
The Val Colla is a valley and a quarter of the city of Lugano in the Swiss canton of Ticino, to the north-east of the city of Lugano. It includes the localities of Bogno, Valcolla, Certara, Cimadera, Sonvico, which are all part of the city of Lugano, and the municipality of Capriasca. The valley contains the Cassarate River and its headwaters. To the north the valley is flanked by Monte Bar and Monte Gazzirola. To the east is the San Lucio Pass, which connects the Val Colla with the Val Cavargna in Italy. To the south the valley is flanked by the Cima di Fiorina The Cima di Fojorina (also spelled ''Cima di Fiorina'') is a mountain of the Lugano Prealps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It lies on the range separating the Val Colla from Lake Lugano __NOTOC__ Lake Lugano ( it, Lago ... and the Denti della Vecchia. References Colla {{Ticino-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Collá
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson * ''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 * The La's, an English rock band * L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer * Yung L.A., a rapper * Lady A, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 * "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings * La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) * ''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper * La7, an Italian television channel * LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal Business, organizations, and government agencies * L.A. Screenings, a tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colla Kingdom
The Colla, Qolla or Qulla Kingdom was established in the northwestern basin of the Titicaca, one of the Aymara kingdoms that occupied part of the Collao plateau after the fall of Tiwanaku. In the mid-15th century the Collas possessed a vast territory, one of the largest of the Aymara kingdoms, which at the time the 9th Sapan Inka Pachakutiq Yupanqui Qhapaq the Intipchurin ("son of the sun"), conquered along with other political entities in the region. The Inca empire named the Qullasuyo or Colla Region towards a larger region than the original Colla Kingdom, as the Aymara kingdoms with strong cultural ties between them were called by the Incas with the collective term of "Colla" as it was for them the most significant of them all. Organization The Qulla were organized into two regions (Quechua and Aymara: '' Suyu''): Urcosuyu (''Urco'': male, fire) and Umasuyu (''Uma'': female, water). Their capital was Hatunqulla, i.e. "Colla, the Great" located 34 km north of Puno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colla, Bordj Bou Arreridj
Colla is a town and commune in Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig .... According to the 1998 census it has a population of 7,963. In 2008, the population was about 6,123. In the commune, as of 2008, there are about 3,250 males, and 2,783 females. References Communes of Bordj Bou Arréridj Province {{BordjBouArréridj-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
