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Mazur can refer to: * Masurians or Mazurs, an ethnic group with historic origins in the Polish region of Masovia * Mazur (surname), including a list of people so named * Mazur (dance), a traditional Polish folk dance * Mazur, Iran, a village in Markazi Province * ORP ''Mazur'', a Polish pre-war torpedo boat, the first warship lost in World War II See also * * Masur (other) * Mazor (other) * Mazurek (other) * Mazurski * Mazyr, a city in Gomel Region of Belarus * Mazyr District Mazyr Raion, Mazyrski Raion ( be, Мазырскі раён) is an administrative subdivision, a raion of Gomel Region, in Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Bela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masurians
The Masurians or Mazurs ( pl, Mazurzy; german: Masuren; Masurian: ''Mazurÿ''), historically also known as Prussian Masurians ( Polish: ''Mazurzy pruscy''), is an ethnographic group of Polish people, that originate from the region of Masuria, within the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland. They number around 5,000–15,000 people. In the 2011 Polish census, 1,376 individuals declared themselves to be Masurian as either a first or a secondary identification. Before World War II and its post-war expulsions, Masurians used to be a more numerous ethnic group found in the southern parts of East Prussia for centuries following the 16th century Protestant Reformation. Today, most Masurians live in what is now Germany and elsewhere. They are descended from Masovians ( pl, Mazowszanie; german: Masowier), who were Polish settlers from Mazovia. These settlers moved to the Duchy of Prussia during and after the Protestant Reformation. They spoke the Masurian dialect. Since the middl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazur (surname)
Mazur (archaic feminine: Mazurowa, plural Mazurowie) is the 14th most common surname in Poland (68,090 people in 2009). It signifies someone from northern Mazovia and has been known since the 15th century. Over 70% of people with this surname live in the south of Poland (mainly between Katowice and Lublin). Prevalence of the surname in Polish voivodships * 1st in Subcarpathia (9,530) * 3rd in Lublin Land (8,019) * 3rd in Opole Silesia (2,512) * 3rd in Swietokrzyskie (2,512) People with this surname * Aleksandr Mazur (1913–2005), Ukrainian wrestler * Alexander J. Mazur (1969–2016), American scholar * Alexandra Mazur (born 1986), Russian beauty pageant contestant * Alla Mazur (born 1965), Ukrainian journalist * Amy Mazur (born 1962), American political scientist * Barry Mazur (born 1937), American mathematician * D. Bennett Mazur (1924–1994), American politician * Daniel Mazur (born 1960), American mountain climber * Eddie Mazur (1929–1995), Canadian ice hocke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazur (dance)
Mazur is a traditional Polish national dance, one of the five Polish national dances]Don Michael Randel. ''The Harvard Dictionary of Music''. Harvard University Press Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. After the retir .... 2003. p. 495. in vivid tempo and triple metres of 3/4 or 3/8. Characterised by its tendency to accent the second or third beat and a rhythmic figure of a 4-syllable group, consisting of two quavers (eighth notes) and two crotchets (quarter notes). It is a joyful, dynamic dance, oftentimes danced at the nobles' szlachta's courts. The man leading the mazur is a wodzirej. Mazur's popularity among European ballrooms' dances rose in the 18th/19th century. See also * Mazurka References Polish dances {{Poland-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazur, Iran
Mozvar ( fa, مزور, also Romanized as Mozaver, Mazūr, and Mazvar; also known as Majwār) is a village in Baqerabad Rural District, in the Central District of Mahallat County, Markazi Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... At the 2006 census, its population was 73, in 26 families. References Populated places in Mahallat County {{Mahallat-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ORP Mazur
ORP ''Mazur'' was a torpedo boat, then gunnery training ship of the Polish Navy. She was the former German torpedo boat ''V-105''.Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–192Google Books page/ref> She took part in the Polish Defensive War and was sunk by German bombers on September 1, 1939, as the first combat ship lost in the war. History She was built in 1914 by Stettiner Maschinenbau A.G. Vulcan in Stettin, Germany (now in Poland). She was begun for a Dutch Navy order, as ''Z-1'' (along with three sister ships ''Z-2'' – ''Z-4''), but after the outbreak of World War I she was confiscated by Germany and commissioned as torpedo boat ''V-105''. During a division of the German ships after the war in December 1919, Poland was assigned only six torpedo boats, due to a reluctance of the British to strengthen newborn navies.Michał Kochan (in Polish): ''Przyznanie i remont torpedowców w Wielkiej Brytanii oraz ich rejs do Polski'' ssignment and refit of torpedo boats in Grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masur (other)
Masur can mean: *Masurians or Masurs, a small European ethnic group * Masur (surname) *Masur, India, a town in Maharashtra state * Masur, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province *Masur, Yemen Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء '), also spelled San'a or Sana, is a Governorates of Yemen, governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Sanaa, which is also the national capital. However, the city of Sanaa is not part of the governorate but instead forms t ... * Masur (lentil) * Masur-e Abi also known as Māsūr See also * * Mazur (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Masur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazor (other)
Mazor is a settlement in central Israel. Mazor may also refer to: * Mazor Robotics, an Israeli medical device company * Gaby Mazor (born 1944), Israeli archaeologist * Mazor Bahaina (born 1973), Israeli rabi and politician * Moran Mazor (born 1991), Israeli singer * Stanley Mazor, American engineer See also * Mazur (other) * Mazer (other) * Mazar (other) Mazar of Al-Mazar may refer to: *Mazar (mausoleum); often but not always Muslim mausoleum or shrine. Places * Mazar (toponymy), a component of Arabic toponyms literally meaning shrine, grave, tomb, etc. * Mazar, Afghanistan, a village in Balkh P ... * Qizil-Mazor district, a former district in Tajikistan {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazurek (other)
Mazurek may refer to: * Mazurek (surname) (includes a list of people with the name) * Mazurek (cake), a traditional Polish Easter cake * ''Mazurek'' was the sloop used by Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz (15 July 1936 – 13 June 2021) was a Polish naval engineer and sailor as well as the first woman to have sailed single-handed (i.e. solo) around the world, repeating the accomplishment of Joshua Slocum. She sail ... for her circumnavigation * Polish name for the Mazurka, a dance and type of music ** " Dąbrowski's Mazurka" (''Mazurek Dąbrowskiego''), the Polish national anthem, written by Józef Wybicki in 1797 See also * * Mazur (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazyr
Mazyr ( be, Мазыр, ; russian: Мозырь ''Mozyr'' , pl, Mozyrz , Yiddish: מאזיר) is a city in the Gomel Region of Belarus on the Pripyat River about east of Pinsk and northwest of Chernobyl. It is located at approximately . The population is 111,770 (2004 estimate). The total urban area, including the town of Kalinkavichy across the river, has a population of 150,000. Mazyr is known as a center of oil refining, salt extraction, machine building, and food processing in Belarus. It is home to one of the largest oil refineries in Belarus, pumping out 18 million metric tons per year, and is served by a tram line. The Druzhba pipeline carries crude oil from Russia, splitting in two at Mazyr. One pipeline branch is directed into Poland and the other one to Ukraine. Jewish community Jews were first mentioned in chronicles in the second half of the 17th century. It is known that there were three synagogues in the city as of 1856. R. Kugel, a prominent Jewish community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
