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Corsican may refer to: *Someone or something from Corsica * Corsicans, inhabitants of Corsica *Corsican language Corsican (''corsu'' , ; full name: ''lingua corsa'' , ) is a Romance language constituted by the continuum of the Italo-Romance dialects spoken on the Mediterranean island of Corsica (France) and on the northern end of the island of Sardinia (Ita ..., a Romance language spoken on Corsica and northern Sardinia * Corsican Republic, a former country in Europe *"The Corsicans", the original name of the Hearts of Oak militia in Colonial New York See also * List of all pages beginning with "Corsican" * List of Corsicans * Corsicana, Texas * Corsica (other) * Corse (other) {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the French mainland, west of the Italian Peninsula and immediately north of the Italian island of Sardinia, which is the land mass nearest to it. A single chain of mountains makes up two-thirds of the island. , it had a population of 349,465. The island is a territorial collectivity of France. The regional capital is Ajaccio. Although the region is divided into two administrative departments, Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud, their respective regional and departmental territorial collectivities were merged on 1 January 2018 to form the single territorial collectivity of Corsica. As such, Corsica enjoys a greater degree of autonomy than other French regional collectivities; for example, the Corsican Assembly is permitted to exercise limit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsicans
The Corsicans ( Corsican, Italian and Ligurian: ''Corsi''; French: ''Corses'') are a Romance ethnic group. They are native to Corsica, a Mediterranean island and a territorial collectivity of France. Origin The island was populated since the Mesolithic (''Dame de Bonifacio'') and the Neolithic by people who came from the Italian peninsula, especially the modern regions of Tuscany and Liguria. An important megalithic tradition developed locally since the 4th millennium BC. Reached, like Sardinia, by Polada culture influences in the Early Bronze Age, in the 2nd millennium BC Corsica, the southern part in particular, saw the rise of the Torrean civilization, strongly linked to the Nuragic civilization. The modern Corsicans are named after an ancient people known by the Romans as '' Corsi''. The ''Corsi'', who gave their name to the island, actually originated from the Northeastern part of Nuragic Sardinia (Gallura). According to Ptolemy, the Corsi were formed by a composi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsican Language
Corsican (''corsu'' , ; full name: ''lingua corsa'' , ) is a Romance language constituted by the continuum of the Italo-Romance dialects spoken on the Mediterranean island of Corsica (France) and on the northern end of the island of Sardinia (Italy). Corsican is related to the Tuscan varieties from the Italian peninsula, and therefore also to the Florentine-based standard Italian. Under the long-standing sway of Tuscany's Pisa and Republic of Genoa over Corsica, Corsican used to play the role of a vernacular in combination with Italian functioning as the island's official language. In 1859, Italian was replaced by French, owing to the French acquisition from the Republic of Genoa in 1768. Over the next two centuries, the use of French in the place of Italian grew to the extent that, by the Liberation in 1945, all the islanders had a working knowledge of French. The 20th century saw a language shift, with the islanders changing their language practices to the extent that there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsican Republic
In November 1755, Pasquale Paoli proclaimed Corsica a sovereign nation, the Corsican Republic ( it, Repubblica Corsa), independent from the Republic of Genoa. He created the Corsican Constitution, which was the first constitution written in Italian under Enlightenment principles, including the first implementation of female suffrage, later revoked by the French when they took over the island in 1769. The republic created an administration and justice system, and founded an army. Foundation After a series of successful actions, Paoli drove the Genoese from the whole island except for a few coastal towns. He then set to work re-organizing the government, introducing many reforms. He founded a university at Corte and created a short-lived "Order of Saint-Devote" in 1757 in honour of the patron saint of the island, Saint Devota. The Corsican Diet was composed of delegates elected from each district for three-year terms. Suffrage was extended to all men over the age of 25. Traditi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hearts Of Oak (New York Militia)
The Hearts of Oak (originally "The Corsicans") were a volunteer militia based in the British colonial Province of New York and formed circa 1775 in New York City. The original name was evidently adopted in emulation of the enlightened Corsican Republic, headed by Pasquale Paoli, which had been suppressed six years before, and which got considerable sympathy in Britain and its colonies. Militia members were primarily students at King's College (now Columbia University) such as Nicholas Fish, Robert Troup and, most famously, Alexander Hamilton.Chernow, Ron. ''Alexander Hamilton''. Penguin Press, (2004) (). The company drilled in the graveyard of nearby St. Paul's Chapel before classes in uniforms they designed themselves, consisting of short green tight-fitting jackets, a round leather hat with a cockade and the phrase "Liberty or Death" on the band, and a badge of red tin hearts on their jackets with the words "God and Our Right" (the motto ''Dieu et mon droit'', translated int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Corsicans
{{unsourced, date=December 2020 This is an incomplete list of notable people from Corsica or of Corsican descent. Musicians * Alizée (born 1984), singer * Patrick Fiori (born 1969), singer * Michel Giacometti (1929-1990), ethnomusicologist who worked primarily in Portugal * Jenifer (born 1982), French singer of Corsican ancestry * Henry Padovani (born 1952), guitarist and singer, founder member of The Police *Eddie Palmieri (born 1936), Puerto Rican pianist and composer of Corsican ancestry * Antonio Paoli (1871-1946), Puerto Rican opera singer of Corsican ancestry * Tino Rossi (1907-1983), singer and actor * César Vezzani (1888-1951), opera singer Politicians and leaders * Sambucuccio d'Alando (14th century), revolutionary * Diego Arria Saliceti (born 1938), Venezuelan economist, diplomat and polítician of Corsican ancestry * John Bernard (1893-1983), American politician of Corsican ancestry * Hammuda Bey (died 1666), Bey of Tunis (Corsican parents, Murad I Bey and Yasmine) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsicana, Texas
Corsicana is a city in Navarro County, Texas, United States. It is located on Interstate 45, 56 miles northeast of Waco, Texas. The population was 23,770 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Navarro County, and an important Agri-business center. History Founded in 1848, Corsicana was named by José Antonio Navarro after the Mediterranean island of Corsica, the birthplace of his father. He had died when Navarro and his many siblings were young. The first school opened shortly afterwards in 1849. Women's groups have had a strong role throughout the history of the city. They established the Corsicana Female Literary Institute, a school that operated from 1857 through 1870. The first public library in Corsicana opened in 1901 by effort of the women's clubs of the city. A 1905 library matching gift by Andrew Carnegie gave the library a permanent home and its first full-time, professionally trained librarian. The library today is housed in a dedicated building downtown and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsica (other)
Corsica is a large French island in the Mediterranean Sea. It may also refer to: * Corsica, Pennsylvania, a town in the United States * Corsica, South Dakota, a town in the United States * Chevrolet Corsica, an automobile model * "Corsica and The Satyr", a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi * Corsica, a frog in the webcomic Sluggy Freelance * Corsica (album), a folk music album by Petru Guelfucci See also * Corsican (other) * Corse (other) Corse is the French name for Corsica, a large island in the Mediterranean Sea. It may also refer to: Places * , a former department of France (1790–1793, 1811–1976) * Cap Corse, a peninsula in northern Corsica * Corse, Gloucestershire, Eng ... * Corsa (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corse (other)
Corse is the French name for Corsica, a large island in the Mediterranean Sea. It may also refer to: Places * , a former department of France (1790–1793, 1811–1976) * Cap Corse, a peninsula in northern Corsica * Corse, Gloucestershire, England, a village Vessels * , a French Navy troopship sunk in World War I * MS ''Corse'' (1966), the former name of the ''MS Express Samina'' passenger ferry * , a French cruise ferry operated by SNCM * ''Corse'' (ship), a French Navy ship commissioned in 1850 People * Corse (surname), a European surname of multiple origins (and a list of people with that name) Other uses * Corse Castle in Scotland * Opération Corse, the start of an abbreviated civil war that precipitated the fall of the Fourth French Republic in 1958 See also * Corse-du-Sud, a French department * Haute-Corse Haute-Corse (; co, Corsica suprana , or ; en, Upper Corsica) is (as of 2022) an administrative department of France, consisting of the northern part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
