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Faux (surname)
Faux or Faulx is a surname, ultimately from Latin ''fagus'' ("beech"). The English surname is of Flemish origin. The Belgian "Faux" and its variants could derive from the adjective ''faux'' (Middle French: ''faulx''), "false", but they are most likely toponymic surnames. "Faux" is a variant of "Faulx", and "Faut" is another variant from either one of them. Cognates and variants include "Defau", "Defaut", "Defauw", "Defauwe" and "De Fauwe". The Belgian surnames could refer to Faux in Court-Saint-Étienne, Wallonia, or Faulx-les-Tombes, also in Wallonia. The etymology is ultimately from Latin ''fagus'', via Old French ''fou'', ''fau'' ( Walloon: ''faw''), "beech". The etymology could also be from Germanic ''*falisa'', "cliff". In France the surname is present in the North East, but it is also popular in the South West. Surnames from the latter place likely derive from another place called "Faux" (probably Faux in Dordogne). The etymology is always from Latin ''fagus''. People wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of and has a population of more than 11.5 million, making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe, with a density of . Belgium is part of an area known as the Low Countries, historically a somewhat larger region than the Benelux group of states, as it also included parts of northern France. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Belgium is a sovereign state and a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old French
Old French (, , ; Modern French: ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France from approximately the 8th to the 14th centuries. Rather than a unified language, Old French was a linkage of Romance dialects, mutually intelligible yet diverse, spoken in the northern half of France. These dialects came to be collectively known as the , contrasting with the in the south of France. The mid-14th century witnessed the emergence of Middle French, the language of the French Renaissance in the Île de France region; this dialect was a predecessor to Modern French. Other dialects of Old French evolved themselves into modern forms ( Poitevin-Saintongeais, Gallo, Norman, Picard, Walloon, etc.), each with its own linguistic features and history. The region where Old French was spoken natively roughly extended to the northern half of the Kingdom of France and its vassals (including parts of the Angevin Empire, which during the 12th century remained under Anglo-N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surnames Of Belgian Origin
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 ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Faut
Ernest Faut (27 January 1879 – 17 October 1961) was a Flemish - Belgian painter. He was a draftsman, painter and lithographer of decorative works, landscapes, interiors, psychological portraits, religious scenes, churches and beguinages. Life and work Ernest Faut started his education at the Academy of Brussels with Constant Montald and also studied at the Academy of Leuven with Constantin Meunier. He was a professor for forty years (until 1944) at the Academy of Leuven, of which he later became director. Faut delivered technically very strong paintings, with a delicate and sensitive range of colors. Faut also used the chiaroscuro Chiaroscuro ( , ; ), in art, is the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition. It is also a technical term used by artists and art historians for the use of contrasts of light to achi ... technique. In the 1930s, his work mainly featured symbolic scenes with a late after-effect of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinne Faut
Corinne Faut (born 10 May 1960) is a Belgian general. From 2009 to 2014, she was Director General of the Royal Higher Institute for Defence (), the highest military academy of the Belgian Army. She was promoted to Brigadier general in 2014. She was also appointed Director General of the Defense Communications Directorate. She graduated in 1982 with a master's degree in aeronautical and military sciences from the Royal Military Academy. She worked in the staff of the Air Force on Human resources and on the long-term vision for the armed forces. She was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the Air Force in December 2000. During her career, Faut worked at the Military Household of the King King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ... () under Albert II from 2002 to 2008. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Faux
Jeff Faux (born Geoffrey Faux in New York City) is the principal founder of the Economic Policy Institute and was its first president, from 1986 to 2002. He is now the Institute's Distinguished Fellow and also serves on its board of directors. Faux was educated at Queens College, George Washington University, and Harvard University. He is the author of ''The Servant Economy'' (Wiley, 2012), ''The Global Class War'' (Wiley, 2006), ''The Party’s Not Over'' (Basic Books, 1996) and co-author of ''Reclaiming America'' (M.E. Sharpe, 1996), ''Rebuilding America'' (Pantheon, 1984) and ''The Star-Spangled Hustle'' (Doubleday, 1972). ''The Global Class War'' was translated into Spanish and Arabic. In 2009, New York Times reporter John Harwood wrote: “’The distribution of income and opportunity is likely to dominate the next stage of American politics,’ Jeff Faux predicted in ‘The Global Class War’ in 2006. ...Then last fall, the financial crisis shoved other concerns aside and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MRAX
The MRAX (acronym of ''Mouvement contre le Racisme, l’Antisémitisme et la Xénophobie'', "Movement Against Racism, Antisemitism, and Xenophobia") is a Belgian organization. It succeeded the Movement for the Fight against Racism, Anti-Semitism and for Peace (MRAP, ''Mouvement de lutte contre le Racisme, l'Antisémitisme et pour la Paix'') in 1966, becoming a non-profit organization on October 7, 1975. Crisis The changes of MRAX during the 2000s, the personality of its president, Radouane Bouhlal, and the orientation that the latter gave to the organization generated deep discomfort within the institution, from which departures, social movements and dismissals started and increased. Strong criticism also comes from outside, both from political circles and from associations. Radouane Bouhlal is accused of authoritarianism and opaque management. Missions “The association aims to fight racism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia. It calls for union and action all those who intend to oppos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Society Of Jesus
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Jean-Marie Faux
Jean-Marie Faux SJ (9 November 1923 – 2 May 2022) was Belgian Jesuit author, translator, professor, and theologian. Biography and work Faux was born in 1923. He lived for thirty years in the small commune of Schaerbeek. During this time he became director of the Centre AVEC, a social and analysis center founded by the Jesuits in Brussels. He then moved to Woluwe The Woluwe (; ) is a stream that goes through several municipalities in the southeast and east of Brussels and is a right tributary of the Senne/Zenne (in Vilvoorde). The Kleine Maalbeek is a tributary of the Woluwe (in Kraainem). Many ponds fo ... in 2006. When the community there ended, he moved to La Colombière. Faux was a professor at the ''Institut d’études théologiques'' (I.E.T.) in Brussels. In 1977 he published the study ''La foi du Nouveau Testament''. In 2010 he published ''De la société multiculturelle au dialogue interculturel: étapes de la réflexion politique en Belgique'' for the Centre Avec. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Faux
Catherine Faux is a British professional triathlete. 2013 Ironman World Championship Faux finished 10th overall (including professionals) at the 2013 Ironman World Championship and was the top female age grouper. This performance set the course record for a female amateur at 9:15:16. Sabbatical and return as a professional Faux broke from triathlon in 2014 to complete two years working as a junior doctor. She then returned as a professional and made her Ironman debut as a pro in August 2016 at Ironman Vichy where she came first. Personal life Faux attended the University of Sheffield , mottoeng = To discover the causes of things , established = – University of SheffieldPredecessor institutions: – Sheffield Medical School – Firth College – Sheffield Technical School – University College of Sheffield , type = Pu ... where she studied medicine, graduating in 2014. References Living people British female triathletes People educated at Stamford High Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faux, Dordogne
Faux is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Dordogne department The following is a list of the 503 communes of the Dordogne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Dordogne {{Dordogne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walloon Language
Walloon (; natively ; french: wallon) is a Romance language that is spoken in much of Wallonia and (to a very small extent) in Brussels, Belgium; some villages near Givet, northern France; and a clutch of communities in northeastern Wisconsin, U.S.Université du Wisconsin : collection de documents sur l'immigration wallonne au Wisconsin, enregistrements de témoignages oraux en anglais et wallon, 1976University of Wisconsin Digital Collection : Belgian-American Research Collection /ref> It belongs to the '' langues d'oïl'' language family, the most prominent member of which is French. The historical background of its formation was the territorial extension since 980 of the Principality of Liège to the south and west. Walloon is classified as "definitely endangered" by the UNESCO ''Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger''. Despite its rich literature, beginning anonymously in the 16th century and with well-known authors since 1756, the use of Walloon has decreased markedly s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
