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Grau (other)
Grau is a German word meaning " gray" and a Catalan and Asturian word meaning " grade". It may refer to: Places * Le Grau-du-Roi, a commune in the Gard department in southern France * Grado, Italy, Grau in the Friulian language * Grado, Spain, Grau in the Asturian language Other uses * Grau (surname), a list of people with the name * BAP ''Almirante Grau'' (CLM-81), a De Zeven Provinciën class cruiser in service with the Peruvian Navy * Grau Käse, Tyrolean grey cheese * Grau Records, a German record label specialising in Metal music * GRAU, the Main Agency of Missiles and Artillery of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation The Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (), commonly referred to by its transliterated Russian acronym GRAU (), is a department of the Russian Ministry of Defense. It is subordinate to the ... See also * Grao (other) * Graw (other) {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italy, Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots language, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic languages, North Germanic group, such as Danish lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gray
Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed of black and white. It is the color of a cloud-covered sky, of ash and of lead. The first recorded use of ''grey'' as a color name in the English language was in 700 CE.Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196 ''Grey'' is the dominant spelling in European and Commonwealth English, while ''gray'' has been the preferred spelling in American English; both spellings are valid in both varieties of English. In Europe and North America, surveys show that grey is the color most commonly associated with neutrality, conformity, boredom, uncertainty, old age, indifference, and modesty. Only one percent of respondents chose it as their favorite color. Etymology ''Grey'' comes from the Middle English or , ... [...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 that (Latin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asturian Language
Asturian (; ,Art. 1 de lLey 1/1998, de 23 de marzo, de uso y promoción del bable/asturiano [Law 1/93, of March 23, on the Use and Promotion of the Asturian Language/nowiki>] formerly also known as ) is a West Iberian languages, West Iberian Romance languages, Romance language spoken in the Principality of Asturias, Spain. Asturian is part of a wider linguistic group, the Asturleonese languages. The number of speakers is estimated at 100,000 (native) and 450,000 (second language). The dialects of the Astur-Leonese language family are traditionally classified in three groups: Western, Central, and Eastern. For historical and demographic reasons, the standard is based on Central Asturian. Asturian has a distinct grammar, dictionary, and orthography. It is regulated by the Academy of the Asturian Language. Although it is not an official language of Spain it is protected under the Statute of Autonomy of Asturias and is an elective language in schools. For much of its history, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grade (other)
Grade most commonly refers to: * Grade (education), a measurement of a student's performance * Grade, the number of the year a student has reached in a given educational stage * Grade (slope), the steepness of a slope Grade or grading may also refer to: Music * Grade (music), a formally assessed level of profiency in a musical instrument * Grade (band), punk rock band * Grades (producer), British electronic dance music producer and DJ Science and technology Biology and medicine * Grading (tumors), a measure of the aggressiveness of a tumor in medicine * The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach * Evolutionary grade, a paraphyletic group of organisms Geology * Graded bedding, a description of the variation in grain size through a bed in a sedimentary rock * Metamorphic grade, an indicatation of the degree of metamorphism of rocks * Ore grade, a measure that describes the concentration of a valuable natural material in the surroundin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Grau-du-Roi
Le Grau-du-Roi (; oc, Lo Grau dau Rei) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It is the only commune in Gard to have a frontage on the Mediterranean. To the west is the Herault department and La Grande-Motte village, and to the east is the Bouches-du-Rhone department. Using the sea as a vantage point, the commune has four distinct sections: the right beach (Plage de Rive Droite), the Village, the left beach (Plage de Rive Gauche), Port-Camargue and L'Espiguette. Immediately landwards are the large shallow ''étangs'', saline marshes, which separate it from Aigues Mortes, a neighboring mediaeval walled city that used to be a port. The ''étangs'' are home to numerous flamingoes. Etymology Le Grau-du-Roi comes from the Occitan word ''grau'' ( Latin ''gradus''), which refers to the opening of an étang (shallow saline lake), or the watercourse from an etang into the sea. It is roughly equivalent to the usage of the English term bayou. ''Roi'' is the French w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grado, Italy
Grado ( vec, Gravo; fur, Grau; sl, Gradež; la, Gradus) is a town and ''comune'' of 8,064 residents in the north-eastern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located on an island and adjacent peninsula of the Adriatic Sea between Venice and Trieste. The territory of the municipality of Grado extends between the mouth of the Isonzo and the Adriatic Sea and the lagoon of the same name which covers an area of about 90 square kilometers and goes from Porto Buso to Fossalon. Characteristic of the lagoon is the presence of the '' casoni'', which are simple houses with thatched roof used in the past by the fishermen of Grado, who remained in the lagoon for a long time, returning to the island of Grado only during the colder period of the year. Once mainly a fishing centre, today it is a popular tourist destination, known commonly as ''L'Isola del Sole'' ("The Sunny Island"). It is also famous because it is a spa town; from 1873 a maritime hospice for children called Ospizio Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grado, Spain
Grado (, Asturian: ''Grau'') is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias in Spain. It is bordered on the north by Candamo and Las Regueras, on the east by Proaza, Santo Adriano and Oviedo, on the south by Teverga and Yernes y Tameza, and on the west by Belmonte de Miranda and Salas. Parishes * Ambás * Báscones * Bayo * Berció *Cabruñana * Castañéu * Coalla * El Fresno * Grado * Gurullés * La Mata * Las Villas * Peñaflor *Pereda * Rañeces * Restiello * Rodiles * Rubiano *Sama de Grado * Santa María de Grado * Santa María de Villandás * Santianes de Molenes * Santo Adriano del Monte *Sorribas * Tolinas * Vigaña * Villamarín * Villapañada Gallery File:Casastipicas.jpg, A street in Grado File:Festivalescanda.jpg, La Escanda Natural wonders * Caldoveiro Peak See also *Capilla de los Dolores (Grado) Capilla de los Dolores (Grado) is a church in Grado, Asturias, in northern Spain. The chapel is listed as a histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grau (surname)
Grau (; ) is a common surname used in Catalan and German, meaning respectively " grade", coming from the Latin word ''gradus'', or " gray". People * Agustí Grau (1893–1964), Spanish (Catalan) composer * Albin Grau (1884–1971), German artist, architect and occultist * Alexander Grau (born 1973), German racing driver * Benjamin Grau (born 1945), Spanish (Catalan) former motorcycle racer * Dieter Grau (1913–2014), German rocket scientist * Doris Grau (1924–1995), American actress, script supervisor and voice actress * Emili Prats Grau (born 1946) Andorran politician * Emilio Grau Sala (1911–1975), Spanish (Catalan) artist * Enrique Grau (1920–2004), Colombian artist * Eulàlia Grau (born 1946), Spanish (Catalan) artist * Francisco Grau (1947–2019), Spanish musician * Fritz Grau (1894–?), German athlete * Hugo Grau (1899–1984), German biologist * Jacinto Grau (1877–1958), Spanish playwright * Jeff Grau (born 1979), American former football player * Joan C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BAP Almirante Grau (CLM-81)
BAP ''Almirante Grau'' (CLM-81) is a cruiser that served in the Dutch and Peruvian navies. Completed for the Dutch in 1953 as HNLMS ''De Ruyter'' (C801), she was acquired by Peru in 1973 and served as fleet flagship. ''Almirante Grau'' underwent a major modernization program between 1985 and 1988 during which she was fitted with new weapons and electronics. She was the last gun cruiser in service in any navy before being decommissioned on 26 September 2017. In 2019, it was to be said that she would be preserved as a museum ship. However, it was later announced on 14 February 2022 that the ship would put up for sale with an asking price of 4,180,000 soles (1,112,520 USD). Construction ''De Ruyter'' was laid down by the Royal Netherlands Navy on 5 September 1939 as the cruiser HNLMS ''De Zeven Provinciën'' at the Wilton-Fijenoord shipyard at Schiedam. She and her sister-ship, later ', were intended to replace the two s in the Dutch East Indies. At the German invasion of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grau Käse
Tyrolean grey cheese (''Tiroler Graukäse'') is a strongly flavoured, rennet-free cows-milk acid-curd cheese made in the Tyrolean Alp valleys, Austria. It owes its name to the grey mold that usually grows on its rind. It is extremely low in fat (around 0.5%) and it has a powerful penetrating smell. The cheese produced in Austria is registered as protected designation of origin (PDO), Austria generally indicated in German as g.U. (geschützte Ursprungsbezeichnung) under the official name Tiroler Graukäse The registration of the PDO states that its production has been a significant element of Tyrolean peasant gastronomy for centuries. Graukäse produced in Italy is protected by a prodotto agroalimentare tradizionale ''Prodotto agroalimentare tradizionale'' (PAT) is an official approval for traditional Italian regional food products similar to the Protected Geographical Status of the European Union. A list of approved products is published by the Ministry of ... (PAT) designati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grau Records
''Grau Records'' is a record label based in Germany. The label specializes in underground metal music. Bands Source: Current bands * Fall of Empyrean * Longing for Dawn *Mael Mórdha * Mandrake *Mourning Beloveth Former bands *Agalloch Agalloch () was an American extreme metal band from Portland, Oregon. Formed in 1995 by frontman John Haughm, they released five full-length albums, four EPs, two singles, one split single, two demos, four compilation albums and one live video ... * The Blue Season * Gardens of Gehenna * Keen of the Crow * Saturnus * Von Branden References {{Authority control Music publishing companies of Germany Death metal record labels Doom metal record labels Heavy metal record labels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
