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Francisco Viñas
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name '' Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of the community) when he founded the Franciscan order, and "Paco" is a short form of ''Pater Comunitatis''. In areas of Spain where Basque is spoken, " Patxi" is the most common nickname; in the Catalan areas, "Cesc" (short for Francesc) is often used. In Spanish Latin America and in the Philippines, people with the name Francisco are frequently called " Pancho". " Kiko" is also used as a nickname, and " Chicho" is another possibility. In Portuguese, people named Francisco are commonly nicknamed "Chico" (''shíco''). This is also a less-common nickname for Francisco in Spanish. People with the given name * Pope Francis is rendered in the Spanish and Portuguese languages as Papa Francisco * Francisco Acebal (1866–1933), Spanish write ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisca (given Name)
Francisca is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Francisca Ballesteros (born 1969), Spanish serial killer * Maria Francisca Bia (1809-1889), Dutch actor * Ana Francisca de Borja y Doria (1640-1706), first female governor of the Viceroyalty of Peru * Francisca Duarte (1595–1640), Portuguese singer * Francisca Campos (born 1985), Chilean mountain biker * Francisca del Espiritu Santo Fuentes (1647-1711), Filipina religious leader * Francisca Martínez (born 1966), Mexican race walker * Francisca Nuñez de Carabajal (circa 1540-1596), victim of the Inquisition * Francisca Pleguezuelos (born 1950), Spanish politician * Francisca Queiroz (born 1979), Brazilian actress * Francisca Rojas (born 1865), Argentine murderer * Francisca Senhorinha da Motta Diniz , Brazilian teacher and feminist * Francisca Stading (1763-1836), Swedish opera singer * Francisca Subirana (1900–1981), Spanish tennis player * Francisca Wieser (1869–1949), American scientific illu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin (given Name)
Franklin is a masculine English given name. It is of English coming from the medieval English ''Frankeleyn'', coming from the Anglo-Norman ''fraunclein''. Its meaning is ''landowner of free but not noble origin''. People with the given name * Franklin Bache (1792-1864), American physician, chemist, professor and writer * Franklin Archibald Dick (1823-1885), American lawyer * Franklin Chang-Díaz (born 1950), mechanical engineer and physicist, former NASA astronaut * Franklin Hughes Delano (1813–1893), American merchant, diplomat and society man. * Franklin Drilon (born 1945), Filipino politician * Franklin Engelmann (1908-1972), British radio personality * Franklin Delano Floyd * Franklin Graham (born 1952), son of Billy Graham * Franklin J. Knoll (born 1940), American politician, lawyer, and judje * Franklin P. Peterson (1930–2000), American mathematician specializing in algebraic topology * Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), 14th President of the United States of America * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Alves Mendes Filho Cena
Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, better known as Chico Mendes (; 15 December 1944 – 22 December 1988), was a Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader and environmentalist. He fought to preserve the Amazon rainforest, and advocated for the human rights of Brazilian peasants and Indigenous peoples. He was assassinated by a rancher on 22 December 1988. The Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation ( or ICMBio), a body under the jurisdiction of the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment, is named in his honor. Early life Francisco "Loco" Alves Mendes Filho was born on 15 December 1944, in a rubber reserve called Seringal Bom Futuro, outside of Xapuri, a small town in the state of Acre. He was the son of a second-generation rubber tapper, Francisco Mendes, and his wife, Iracê. Chico was one of 17 siblings—only six of whom survived childhood. At age 9, Chico began work as a rubber tapper alongside his father. At the time, the rubber industry across the nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Acebal
Francisco López Acebal (5 April 1866, in Gijón – 5 September 1933) was a Spanish novelist, playwright and journalist. Education He began his studies at the Institute Jovellanos of his native town and continued with Escolapios Madrid. He graduated in Law from the Universidad Central. Although he had begun his literary career at thirteen in the Gijón daily ''El Comercio'', his first literary success was reached in 1900, when he won with his novella ''Aires de mar'' the first prize in a competition of the magazine ''Blanco y Negro'', on whose judging panel were José Echegaray, Benito Pérez Galdós and José Ortega Munilla. Since then he collaborated on the top newspapers and magazines in Spain (''Blanco y Negro'', ''Helios'', ''Hojas Selectas'', '' ABC'', '' La Ilustración Española y Americana'', etc.) and Latin America (''Journal of the Marina of Havana'', and '' La Nación'', in Buenos Aires). Career A Krausism sympathizer, in 1901 he founded and afterwards led ''La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope Francis
Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. Francis is the first pope to be a member of the Society of Jesus, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since Pope Gregory III, Gregory III, a Syrian who reigned in the 8th century. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bergoglio worked for a time as a Bouncer (doorman), bouncer and a janitor as a young man before training to be a chemist and working as a technician in a food science laboratory. After recovering from a severe illness, he was inspired to join the Jesuits, Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1958. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969, and from 1973 to 1979 was the Jesuit provincial superior in Argentina. He became the archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chico (other)
Chico () means ''small'', ''boy'' or ''child'' in the Spanish language. It is also the nickname for Francisco in the Portuguese language (). Chico may refer to: Places * Chico, California, a city * Chico, Montana, an unincorporated community * Chico, Texas, a city * Chico, Washington, a census designated place *Chico River (other) *Río Chico (other) *Chico Creek, Colorado * Chico Formation, a Mesozoic geologic formation in the US *Chico, or Ch'iqu, a volcano in Bolivia People Nickname * Alfred "Chico" Alvarez (1920–1992), Canadian trumpeter * Chico Anysio (1931–2012), Brazilian actor, comedian, writer and composer * Francisco Aramburu (1922–1997), Brazilian footballer * Chico Bouchikhi (born 1954), musician and a co-founder of the Gipsy Kings, later leader of Chico & the Gypsies * Chico Buarque (born 1944), Brazilian singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet * Chico (footballer, born 1981), Portuguese footballer Francisco José Castro Fer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicho
Chicho is a Spanish male nickname. It can be a pet name for many different Spanish names, including Francisco and Narciso. Notable people known by this nickname include: * Cándido Sibilio * Chicho Frumboli, also known as Mariano Frúmboli, Argentinian tango dancer * Chicho Jesurun, Antillian baseball player * Chicho Ibáñez, Cuban trovador * Chicho Sánchez Ferlosio, Spanish singer-songwriter * Chicho Serna, Colombian football player {{nickname Spanish-language hypocorisms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiko (given Name)
Kiko is a given name. It is also used as a nickname for Francisco, for Enrique and for Federico. Notable people with the name include: * Princess Akishino or Kiko (born 1966), a member of the Japanese imperial family * Kiko (footballer, born 1972), full name Francisco Miguel Narváez Machón, Spanish retired footballer * Kiko (footballer, born 1978) Josualdo Alves da Silva Oliveira (born 24 August 1978), commonly known as Kiko, is a former Brazilian professional footballer as a centre-back. Career Prior to a 2007 arrival in Portugal, Kiko played majorly for modest clubs in native country ..., full name Josualdo Alves da Silva Oliveira, Brazilian footballer * Kiko (footballer, born 1988), full name Francisco José Olivas, Spanish footballer * Kiko (footballer, born 1993), full name Francisco Manuel Geraldo Rosa, Portuguese footballer * Kiko (footballer, born 1998), full name Francisco Pomares Ortega, Andorran footballer * Kiko Argüello (born 1939), one of the initiators of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republika sang Filipinas * ibg, Republika nat Filipinas * ilo, Republika ti Filipinas * ivv, Republika nu Filipinas * pam, Republika ning Filipinas * krj, Republika kang Pilipinas * mdh, Republika nu Pilipinas * mrw, Republika a Pilipinas * pag, Republika na Filipinas * xsb, Republika nin Pilipinas * sgd, Republika nan Pilipinas * tgl, Republika ng Pilipinas * tsg, Republika sin Pilipinas * war, Republika han Pilipinas * yka, Republika si Pilipinas In the recognized optional languages of the Philippines: * es, República de las Filipinas * ar, جمهورية الفلبين, Jumhūriyyat al-Filibbīn is an archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean and consists of aro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin America
Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived from Latin — are predominantly spoken. The term was coined in the nineteenth century, to refer to regions in the Americas that were ruled by the Spanish, Portuguese and French empires. The term does not have a precise definition, but it is "commonly used to describe South America, Central America, Mexico, and the islands of the Caribbean." In a narrow sense, it refers to Spanish America plus Brazil ( Portuguese America). The term "Latin America" is broader than categories such as '' Hispanic America'', which specifically refers to Spanish-speaking countries; and '' Ibero-America'', which specifically refers to both Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries while leaving French and British excolonies aside. The term ''Latin America' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalan Language
Catalan (; autonym: , ), known in the Valencian Community and Carche as '' Valencian'' ( autonym: ), is a Western Romance language. It is the official language of Andorra, and an official language of three autonomous communities in eastern Spain: Catalonia, the Valencian Community, and the Balearic Islands. It also has semi-official status in the Italian comune of Alghero. It is also spoken in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France and in two further areas in eastern Spain: the eastern strip of Aragon and the Carche area in the Region of Murcia. The Catalan-speaking territories are often called the or "Catalan Countries". The language evolved from Vulgar Latin in the Middle Ages around the eastern Pyrenees. Nineteenth-century Spain saw a Catalan literary revival, culminating in the early 1900s. Etymology and pronunciation The word ''Catalan'' is derived from the territorial name of Catalonia, itself of disputed etymology. The main theory suggests ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
