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De Abrew
De Abrew is a Sinhalese surname derived from the Portuguese surname De Abreu. Notable people * Alexander Nicholas de Abrew Abeysinghe (1894-1963), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician * Owen de Abrew (born 1920), Sri Lankan ballroom dancer * Peter De Abrew Peter De Abrew, MBE (1862–1940) was a Ceylonese industrialist and philanthropist. Born to William de Abrew, a successful businessman of Portuguese descent, Peter De Abrew was educated at the Colombo Academy (now Royal College, Colombo). Going i ... (1862–1940), Ceylonese industrialist * Sarath de Abrew (c. 1953–2016), Sri Lankan judge * Sisira de Abrew, Sri Lankan judge See also * {{Surname Surnames of Sinhalese origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abreu (surname)
Abreu is a Galician-Portuguese surname. The source of the name is debated. The family name has a Portuguese form, and has been explained as being an ancient branch of the house of Normandy via the Countship of Évreux, France. It has also been linked to the name Abraham (Portuguese ''Abraão''), the Biblical figure. Some argue that it is an abbreviation of the Portuguese phrase “Abraham the Hebrew” (Portuguese ''Abraão O Hebreu''). Prominent people with the surname are: * Abner Abreu (born 1989), Dominican baseball player * Abraham Abreu (born 1939), Venezuelan harpsichordist * Albert Abreu (born 1995), Dominican Republic professional baseball player * Alcinda Abreu (born 1953), Mozambican politician * Aldo Abreu, Venezuelan recorder player * Aleixo de Abreu (1568–1630), Portuguese physician and tropical pathologist * Alex Abreu Vásquez (born 1991), Puerto Rican basketball player * Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Andrea Abreu (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinhalese People
Sinhalese people ( si, සිංහල ජනතාව, Sinhala Janathāva) are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group native to the island of Sri Lanka. They were historically known as Hela people ( si, හෙළ). They constitute about 75% of the Sri Lankan population and number more than 16.2 million. The Sinhalese identity is based on language, cultural heritage and nationality. The Sinhalese people speak Sinhala, an insular Indo-Aryan language, and are predominantly Theravada Buddhists, although a minority of Sinhalese follow branches of Christianity and other religions. Since 1815, they were broadly divided into two respective groups: The 'Up-country Sinhalese' in the central mountainous regions, and the 'Low-country Sinhalese' in the coastal regions; although both groups speak the same language, they are distinguished as they observe different cultural customs. According to the Mahavamsa and the Dipavamsa, a third–fifth century treatise written in Pali by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe, while having co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as " Lusophone" (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Celtic phonology in its lexicon. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 24 million L2 (second language) speakers, Portuguese has approximately 274 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the sixth-most spoken language, the third-most sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen De Abrew
Owen de Abrew (born 22 April 1920, date of death unknown) was one of Sri Lanka's leading ballroom dance personalities, he was known as the 'King of Ballroom dancing' in Colombo. Fifty Years in Ballroom Dancing in Sri Lanka De Abrew, who celebrated 50 years in Ballroom Dancing, was felicitated in Colombo by the Ballroom Dancers Federation of Sri Lanka in August 1994. He started his dance career under the guidance of Carl Cooke and won his first Ballroom Dance Championship in Colombo in 1952, at the National Ballroom Open Event. He started teaching dance as a career in 1954. De Abrew has taught the waltz or foxtrot and Latin dances such as cha cha and rumba, among other dance forms to thousands in Sri Lanka. Presenter of music programs on Radio Ceylon Own de Abrew was also a guest presenter of many radio programs in the late 1950s and 1960s, over the airwaves of Radio Ceylon. He presented a popular radio programme called ''The Ballroom of the Air.'' The station ruled the airwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter De Abrew
Peter De Abrew, MBE (1862–1940) was a Ceylonese industrialist and philanthropist. Born to William de Abrew, a successful businessman of Portuguese descent, Peter De Abrew was educated at the Colombo Academy (now Royal College, Colombo). Going into business as a produce merchant, De Abrew gained a strong reputation amongst the business community. In 1904 he was appointed as the Assistant Commissioner by the Government of Ceylon for the St. Louis Exposition in the USA. A devoted Buddhist, he was a member of the Colombo Committee that created the Buddhist flag. He was a notable member of the Theosophical Society and he was a founder and patron of the Musaeus College in Colombo. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1932 Birthday Honours The King's Birthday Honours 1932 were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sisira De Abrew
Kulahath Sisira Jayawilal de Abrew is a sitting Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka who was appointed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2014 to replace Justice Nimal Gamini Amaratunga. In May 2016 de Abrew was appointed to the Judicial Service Commission by President Maithripala Sirisena. de Abrew comes from a Buddhist family in Ratmalana, Western Province, Sri Lanka. He had his early education at Dharmasoka College and graduated to the Sri Lanka Law College in 1978. He was called to the Bar in 1981. de Abrew joined the Attorney General's Department in 1982 and was promoted as senior state counsel in 1996. In 1998 he was appointed a High Court Judge, where he served in Ampara, Kandy, Anuradhapura and Colombo. In 2005 he was appointed as a Judge of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka, and soon became the President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
