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Devin Dixon
Devin may refer to: Places * Devin, Bulgaria, a town *Devin, Minab, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran *Devin, North Khorasan, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran *Devin, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran *Devin, the Slovene name of Duino in Italy * Devín, a borough of Bratislava, Slovakia ** Devín Castle *Děvín, a mountain in the Czech Republic * Devín Gate, a natural gate in the Danube valley at the border of Slovakia and Austria *Camp Devin, Montana, a temporary United States Army camp established in 1878 People *Devin (name), a list of people with the given name or surname * Devin the Dude (born 1970), American hip hop artist Devin Copeland Other uses *Devin Enterprises, an American manufacturer of cars and kit-cars See also *Devins (other) *Devon (other) Devon is a county in England. Devon also may refer to: Places Australia * Devon Meadows, Victoria, a town * Devon railway station, a former railway station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devin, Bulgaria
Devin ( bg, Девин ) is a spa town in Smolyan Province in the far south of Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Devin Municipality. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 7,054 inhabitants.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - towns in 2009 Location and geography Devin is located in the valley of the Vacha River, 45 km from the city of . Devin is also at a distance of 220 km from and ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devin, Minab
Devin ( fa, دوين, also Romanized as Devīn; also known as Deven, Doon, and Dūn) is a village in Dar Pahn Rural District, Senderk District, Minab County, Hormozgan 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 357, in 93 families. References Populated places in Minab County {{Minab-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devin, North Khorasan
Dvin ( fa, دوين, also Romanized as Dvīn) is a village in Howmeh Rural District, in the Central District of Shirvan County, North Khorasan 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 1,310, in 412 families. References Populated places in Shirvan County {{Shirvan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devin, Razavi Khorasan
Devin ( fa, دوين, also Romanized as Devīn) is a village in Miyan Velayat Rural District, in the Central District of Mashhad County, Razavi Khorasan 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 359, in 90 families. References Populated places in Mashhad County {{Mashhad-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duino
Duino ( sl, Devin, german: Tybein) is today a seaside resort on the northern Adriatic coast. It is a ''hamlet'' of Duino-Aurisina, a municipality (''comune'') of the Friuli–Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy. The settlement, picturesquely situated on the steep Karst cliffs of the Gulf of Trieste, is known for Duino Castle, perpetuated by the poet Rainer Maria Rilke in his ''Duino Elegies''. Name Duino was attested in historical sources as ''Duino'' in 1139, ''Dewin'' in the 13th century, and ''Tybein'' 1370, among various other forms of the name. Although equivalents of the Slovene name appear in various Slavic languages (cf. Slovak ''Devín'', Polish '' Dziewin'', etc., all ultimately derived from Slavic ''*děva'' 'girl'), the name of this settlement is not originally Slavic. Instead, it derives from Romance ''tubīnum'' < Latin ''tubus'' '(water) pipe'. History [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devín
Devín (, hu, Dévény, german: Theben) is a borough of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, located in the Bratislava IV district. Originally a separate village at the confluence of the Danube and Morava rivers, Devín maintained its rural character and today, it is one of the smallest boroughs of Bratislava by population. It is an important archaeological site, featuring the ruins of Devín Castle. Geographically, Devín lies on the foothills of Devínska Kobyla next to the Devín Gate, a narrow stretch on the river Danube, which was viewed as the western gateway to the Kingdom of Hungary. It lies near the border between Slovakia and Austria which runs down the middle of the Morava and Danube rivers, and which previously formed part of the Iron Curtain between the Eastern and the Western Bloc. The word Devín stems from the Slovak word ''deva'', which signifies "a lass". Location Devín is bordered by Austria from the south and from the west, the borough of Devínska No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devín Castle
Devín Castle ( sk, hrad Devín, links=no or , hu, Dévényi vár, german: Burg Theben) is a castle in Devín, which is a borough of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. Description The site has been settled since the Neolithic Age and fortified since the Bronze and Iron Age and later by Celts and Romans. The cliff (elevation 212 meters) is an ideal place for a fort due to its position at the confluence of the Danube and Morava rivers. The fort watches over an important trade route along the Danube as well as one branch of the Amber Road. The castle stands just inside Slovak territory on the frontier between Slovakia and Austria. The border runs from west to east along the Morava River and subsequently the Danube. Prior to 1989, the Iron Curtain between the Eastern Bloc and the West ran just in front of the castle. Although the castle was open to the public, the area surrounding it constituted a restricted military zone and was heavily fortified with watchtowers and barbed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Děvín
Děvín (german: Mayden Berg) is a double peak mountain in the Pavlov municipality in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. With an elevation of , it is the highest mountain of the Pavlov Hills within the Mikulov Highlands, and of the Pálava Protected Landscape Area. It is located right on trace where runs line of drainage divide of Upper Thaya drainage and Thaya/Morava mesodrainage. History The summit of Děvín has the remains of a huge Iron Age hill fort, while the ancient Amber Route runs neighbors of the mountains base, and all archaic roads in landscape, originally created by animals and later overtaken by humans. The area around base of the mountain is permanently settled longer than last 30,000 years. Since Cromagnos hunters, ower Celtic tribes settlement, Roman fortress, Great Moravia hillforts ( Strachotín and Děvín). Geology The entire Děvín massif consists mainly by Jurassic limestone, i.e. series of rocks generated during sedimentation. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devín Gate
Devín Gate, Hainburger Gate or Hungarian Gates ( sk, Devínska brána, ; german: Hainburger Pforte) is a natural gate in the Danube valley at the border of Slovakia and Austria. It is one out of four geomorphological areas of the Devín Carpathians, part of the Little Carpathians mountain range. Passau, Devín Gate, and the Iron Gates divide the Danube river into four distinct sections. Devín Gate has been inhabited since prehistoric times, with continuous settlement since 5000 BC. It was a strategic part of the ancient Amber Road connecting Northern Europe with the Mediterranean and during the Middle Ages, five castles have been built here, Heimenburg Castle, Rothelstein Castle, Pottenburg Castle, Devín Castle, and Bratislava Castle. It was continually guarded since Roman times and it has served as a border of the Roman Empire, Austrian Empire, the Iron Curtain during the Cold War and finally a border between Austria and Czechoslovakia, today Slovakia. On 1 May 2004 Slovakia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Devin
Camp Devin was a temporary United States Army camp established on June 30, 1878 during the building of the Fort Keogh-Deadwood Telegraph Line. It was named for Brevet Major General Thomas C. Devin, and abandoned in late 1878. History On June 1, 1878 Lieutenant Colonel Luther P. Bradley and 520 men of the 9th United States Infantry left Fort Laramie following the Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage route to the Black Hills. Their mission was to construct a telegraph line between Deadwood and Fort Keogh, thus tying together Montana, Wyoming, and Dakota Territories. At the conclusion of a 30-day march they established a summer bivouac on June 30, 1878, and named it Camp Devin for Colonel and Brevet Major General Thomas C. Devin, the late commander of the 3rd U.S. Cavalry, who had died on April 4, 1878. The camp had a life of only two months. Although the existence of the camp was short, its occupants fulfilled their mission. The completed telegraph line resulted in improved communications betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devin (name)
Devin is a unisex English-language given name, of many origins. One origin for Devin is from the surname ''Devin'', which is an anglicization of the Irish patronymic ''Ó Damháin''. The Irish patronymic is in reference to the given name 'damán allaid' meaning "fawn", or "poet." A separate and unrelated root for Devin is from a nickname, based on Old French ''devin'', "divine" (Latin '' dīvīnus''). As a masculine given name, ''Devin'' became somewhat popular in the United States during the 1980s to 2000s, peaking at rank 59 in 1997. During this time, ''Devin'' also began to see some use as a feminine given name. Feminine usage peaked in 1991, at rank 238, or 28% of masculine usage.1991: masculine rank 83 (0.207%), feminine usage rank 238 (0.057%)behindthename.com/ref> People called Devin Men A-C * Devin Allen (fl. 2010s–2020s), American photographer, photojournalist, and activist * Devin Aromashodu (born 1984), American football player * Devin Asiasi (born 1997), Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devin The Dude
Devin Copeland (born June 4, 1970), better known by his stage name Devin the Dude, is an American rapper from Houston, Texas. He is known for his unique rapping style and his 2002 songs "Lacville '79" and "Doobie Ashtray". Early life Devin Copeland was born in Pontiac, Michigan on June 4, 1970. He spent most of his early childhood in St. Petersburg, Florida and moved to Houston, Texas while in the fourth grade. He spent the rest of his youth moving back and forth between New Boston and Houston, finally settling in Houston after graduating from high school. He smoked marijuana for the first time at a skating rink in seventh grade; marijuana would later become a major influence on his music. As a teenager, Copeland became interested in breakdancing, joining several dance crews until he began rapping, which soon became his main interest. After graduating from high school, he met Rob Quest, a rapper and record producer Jugg Mugg. The trio formed the group the Odd Squad. Musica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
