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Fresia Island
Fresia may refer to * Fresia, Chile * Fresia Island, a lake island in Los Lagos, Chile; see * Chilean submarine Fresia, Chilean submarine ''Fresia'' * Mama Fresia, a Mapuche character in the Chilean novel ''Daughter of Fortune'' * Fresia, a Mapuche supportive character in the Chilean-Brazilian animated movie ''Nahuel and the Magic Book'' * Fresia (surname), Italian surname See also * Freesia, a plant * Friesia (other) * Frisian (other) * Freyja (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fresia, Chile
Fresia () is a city and commune in Llanquihue Province, Los Lagos Region, Chile. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Fresia spans an area of and has 12,804 inhabitants (6,580 men and 6,224 women). Of these, 6,144 (48%) lived in urban areas and 6,660 (52%) in rural areas. The population fell by 1.6% (209 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. Administration As a commune, Fresia is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Bernardo Espinoza Villalobos ( PS). Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Fresia is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Fidel Espinoza (PS) and Carlos Recondo (UDI) as part of the 56th electoral district, together with Puyehue, Río Negro, Purranque, Puerto Octay, Frutillar, Llanquihue, Puerto Varas and Los Muermos. The commune is represented in the Senate A sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fresia Island
Fresia may refer to * Fresia, Chile * Fresia Island, a lake island in Los Lagos, Chile; see * Chilean submarine Fresia, Chilean submarine ''Fresia'' * Mama Fresia, a Mapuche character in the Chilean novel ''Daughter of Fortune'' * Fresia, a Mapuche supportive character in the Chilean-Brazilian animated movie ''Nahuel and the Magic Book'' * Fresia (surname), Italian surname See also * Freesia, a plant * Friesia (other) * Frisian (other) * Freyja (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilean Submarine Fresia
The Chilean submarine ''Fresia'' was an H-class submarine of the Chilean Navy. The vessel was originally ordered by the United Kingdom's Royal Navy as HMS ''H20'', but was handed over to Chile in 1917 as ''H6''. Description ''Fresia'' was a single-hulled submarine, with a pressure hull divided into five watertight compartments. The submarine had a length of overall, a beam of and a draught of . She displaced on the surface and submerged. The H-class submarines had a crew of 22 officers and enlisted men.Gardiner & Gray, pp. 92, 409 The submarine had two propellers, each of which was driven by a diesel engine as well as a electric motors. This arrangement gave ''Fresia'' a maximum speed of while surfaced and submerged. She had a range of at while on the surface and at while submerged. The boat had a capacity of of fuel oil. The H-class submarines were equipped with four torpedo tubes in the bow and carried eight torpedoes. Career ''H20'' was a H-class submarine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mama Fresia
''Daughter of Fortune'' ( es, Hija de la fortuna) is a novel by Isabel Allende, and was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection in February 2000. It was published first in Spanish by Plaza & Janés in 1998. Isabel Allende says "of her female protagonist in Daughter of Fortune, Eliza, that she might well represent who the author might have been in another life.""Daughter of Fortune: Introduction." Novels for Students. Ed. Marie Rose Napierkowski. Vol. 18. Detroit: Gale, 1998. eNotes.com. January 2006. 19 August 2009e-notes.com "Allende spent seven years of research on this, her fifth novel, which she says is a story of a young woman's search for self-knowledge." "Allende also believes that the novel reflects her own struggle to define the role of feminism in her life." Allende also wrote a sequel to ''Daughter of Fortune'' entitled ''Portrait in Sepia'' which follows Eliza Sommers' granddaughter. Plot summary In Chile during the 1840s, young Chilean Eliza Sommers is raised and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahuel And The Magic Book
''Nahuel and the Magic Book'' ( es, Nahuel y el Libro Mágico) is a 2020 Chilean-Brazilian animated fantasy-adventure coming-of-age film produced by Carburadores, co-produced by Chilean Punkrobot Studios and Brazilian Levante Films and directed by Germán Acuña Delgadillo. This is the first animated feature that was made in Chile in collaboration with Brazil and this is the first Chilean-Brazilian 2D animated film that entered the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in Annecy, France on June 15, 2020 and in Chile on January 20, 2022. Premise Nahuel lives with his father in a fishing town, yet he has a deep fear of the sea. One day, he finds a magical book that seems to be the solution to this problem, but a dark wizard is after it and captures Nahuel’s father. This is where his fantastic adventure begins: to rescue his father while overcoming his deepest fears. Cast * Consuelo Pizarro as Nahuel, a young, curious, shy and introvert 12-year-old titular protagonist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fresia (surname)
Fresia is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Attilio Fresia (1891–1923), Italian footballer * Vincenzo Fresia Vincenzo Fresia (; 2 October 1888 – 1946) was an Italian footballer and manager who played as a forward and made one appearance for the Italy national team. Career Fresia played the majority of his club career at Pro Vercelli, except for a br ... (1888–1946), Italian footballer and manager See also * Fresa * Fresia (other) {{surname, Fresia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freesia
''Freesia'' is a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1866 by Christian Friedrich Ecklon (1886) and named after the German botanist and medical practitioner, Friedrich Freese (1795-1876). It is native to the eastern side of southern Africa, from Kenya south to South Africa, most species being found in Cape Provinces. Species of the former genus ''Anomatheca'' are now included in ''Freesia''. The plants commonly known as "freesias", with fragrant funnel-shaped flowers, are cultivated hybrids of a number of ''Freesia'' species. Some other species are also grown as ornamental plants. Description They are herbaceous plants which grow from a conical corm diameter, which sends up a tuft of narrow leaves long, and a sparsely branched stem tall bearing a few leaves and a loose one-sided spike of flowers with six petals. Many species have fragrant narrowly funnel-shaped flowers, although those formerly placed in the genus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friesia (other)
Friesia may refer to: * ''Croton'' (plant), a genus of the flowering plant family Euphorbiaceae (synonym by authority: Spreng.) * ''Parodia'', a genus of the cactus family Cactaceae (synonym by authority: Fric (nom. inval.)) * ''Friesia'' (journal), a scientific journal concerned with mycology, see list of mycology journals * ''Friesia'' (moth), a synonym of the moth genus ''Prosoparia'' of the family Erebidae See also * Frisia Frisia is a cross-border cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Stretching along the Wadden Sea, it encompasses the north of the Netherlands and parts of northwestern Germany. The region is traditionally inhabited by the Frisians, a West Ger ..., a region along the Dutch-German-Danish coast * '' Freesia'', a genus of flowering plants * Fresia (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frisian (other)
Frisian most often refers to: *Frisia, a cross-border coastal region in Germany and the Netherlands **Frisians, the medieval and modern ethnic group inhabiting Frisia ***Frisii, the ancient inhabitants of Frisia prior to 600 AD **Frisian languages, a group of West Germanic languages, including: ***Old Frisian, spoken in Frisia from the 8th to 16th Century ***Middle Frisian Middle Frisian evolved from Old Frisian from the 16th century and was spoken until c. 1820, considered the beginning of the Modern period of the Frisian languages. Up until the 15th century Old Frisian was a language widely spoken and written in ..., spoken in Frisia from the 16th to 19th Century ***North Frisian language, spoken in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany ***Saterland Frisian language, spoken in Lower Saxony, Germany ***West Frisian language, spoken in Friesland, Netherlands **Frisian cuisine, the traditional recipes and cooking methods of Frisia Frisian or Friesian may also refer to: Animal breeds *Frie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |