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Danguolė Urbikienė
Danguolė is a Lithuanian feminine given name. People bearing the name Danguolė include: *Danguolė Brogienė Danguolė Brogienė (born 1959) is a Lithuanian textile designer, and Associate Professor of the Costume Design Department of Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania. In 1982, she graduated from the Lithuanian Institute of Art (since 1990 Vilnius Aca ... (born 1959), Lithuanian textile designer * Danguolė Rasalaitė (1983–2000), Lithuanian girl who made headlines after being sold into sexual slavery * Danguolė Raudonikienė (born 1937), Lithuanian painter References {{given name Lithuanian feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania shares land borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russia to the southwest. It has a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west on the Baltic Sea. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.8 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian, one of only a few living Baltic languages. For millennia the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, Monarchy of Lithuania, becoming king and founding the Kingdom of Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Language
Lithuanian ( ) is an Eastern Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is the official language of Lithuania and one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.8 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 200,000 speakers elsewhere. Lithuanian is closely related to the neighbouring Latvian language. It is written in a Latin script. It is said to be the most conservative of the existing Indo-European languages, retaining features of the Proto-Indo-European language that had disappeared through development from other descendant languages. History Among Indo-European languages, Lithuanian is conservative in some aspects of its grammar and phonology, retaining archaic features otherwise found only in ancient languages such as Sanskrit (particularly its early form, Vedic Sanskrit) or Ancient Greek. For this reason, it is an important source for the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danguolė Brogienė
Danguolė Brogienė (born 1959) is a Lithuanian textile designer, and Associate Professor of the Costume Design Department of Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania. In 1982, she graduated from the Lithuanian Institute of Art (since 1990 Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts). She is on the jury of Habitus Baltija. She is the creator resolution texture tapestries, textile works of hybrid technology in space, Earth's theme ("Land application" I-III in 1982, "Nepalikim land" in 1987, "Moon strain, 7, cafe" weather vane "in Vilnius, 1989 ). Since 1995, she joins the copyrighted silk, viscose thread technique ("Hope" Ministry of Internal Affairs, 1995, "Letters of Light," "Ornament", both Lithuanian international carriers association Linava, 1996, "Poems: Air, Water, Earth, Fire "2001-2002). A typical fragmentary rhythm pattern, rich colors, optically variable image. Creator textile miniatures, jewelry. Since 1982, she participated in exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad, individual exhibitions: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danguolė Rasalaitė
Danguolė Rasalaitė (19 May 1983 – 10 January 2000) was a Lithuanian girl who was sold as a sex-slave in Sweden in late 1999. Her mother had abandoned her when she was 14 years old and left for the USA. When she was 15-16 years old, she was sent from Lithuania by an older man who pretended to be her boyfriend. He promised her a job as a berry picker in Sweden and gave her a fake passport. When she arrived in Sweden, a man welcomed her and locked her in an apartment in Malmö. He said she had to pay him 20,000 kronor for her passport and the transportation from Lithuania to Sweden. She soon understood she would be working as a prostitute. Rasalaitė was forced to work as a prostitute for two weeks before she escaped the apartment she was imprisoned in. On 7 January 2000, she jumped off a bridge in Malmö after escaping from the apartment and getting raped by a group of men who pretended they would help her. She died three days later at a hospital. Her case stirred much deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danguolė Raudonikienė
Danguolė Raudonikienė (born 1937) is a Lithuanian painter and Naïve art representative. She was born in Rokiškis region. At the age of 11 she and her family were exiled to East Siberia. In 1960 Raudonikienė graduated from the Irkutsk Foreign Language Institute, and she then returned to Lithuania. She was an English and German teacher and worked as an interpreter and translator. Danguolė Raudonikienė is the author of 21 solo art exhibitions and the participant of more than 60 group exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad. In the Folk Art Exhibition in Moscow in 1987 her drawing "Horse Races" won the Bronze medal. In 2005 she was awarded the Adomas Varnas National Artist of the Year Prize. The same year she was granted the status as the Art Creator of Lithuania. Danguolė Raudonikienė's paintings can be found in the Lithuanian Art Museum, the M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum, the Helsinki Art Museum Helsinki Art Museum ( fi, Helsingin taidemuseo, sv, Helsingfors konstmus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Feminine Given Names
Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jews, sometimes used to mean Mitnagdim See also * List of Lithuanians This is a list of Lithuanians, both people of Lithuanian descent and people with the birthplace or citizenship of Lithuania. In a case when a person was born in the territory of former Grand Duchy of Lithuania and not in the territory of modern ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
