|
Giacinta
The given name Jacinta is the feminine form of old European masculine name known across the West as * Jácint in Hungarian language * Jacenty in Polish * Jacinto in Spanish and Portuguese. Variants in English or other languages include Hyacinth, Hyacintha, Jacinda, Jacintha, Jacinthe, Jacynthe, Jesinta, Jaxine or Giacinta. As an English name, the name is mostly used in the New Zealand and Australia. People Jacinda *Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand *Jacinda Barrett, Australian actress Jacinta *Jacinta Allan, Australian politician * Jacinta Coleman (1974–2017), New Zealand road cyclist * Jacinta John, Australian actress, producer and director *Jacinta Monroe (born 1988), American professional women's basketball player * Jacinta Stapleton, Australian actress * Jacinta Brondgeest, Australian dance-pop singer *Jacinta Marto, one of three Portuguese shepherd children who claimed to witness the apparitions of Our Lady of Fátima * Jacinta Tynan (born 1969), Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giacinta
The given name Jacinta is the feminine form of old European masculine name known across the West as * Jácint in Hungarian language * Jacenty in Polish * Jacinto in Spanish and Portuguese. Variants in English or other languages include Hyacinth, Hyacintha, Jacinda, Jacintha, Jacinthe, Jacynthe, Jesinta, Jaxine or Giacinta. As an English name, the name is mostly used in the New Zealand and Australia. People Jacinda *Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand *Jacinda Barrett, Australian actress Jacinta *Jacinta Allan, Australian politician * Jacinta Coleman (1974–2017), New Zealand road cyclist * Jacinta John, Australian actress, producer and director *Jacinta Monroe (born 1988), American professional women's basketball player * Jacinta Stapleton, Australian actress * Jacinta Brondgeest, Australian dance-pop singer *Jacinta Marto, one of three Portuguese shepherd children who claimed to witness the apparitions of Our Lady of Fátima * Jacinta Tynan (born 1969), Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyacinth (plant)
''Hyacinthus'' is a small genus of bulbous, spring-blooming perennials. They are fragrant flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae and are commonly called hyacinths (). The genus is native to the area of the eastern Mediterranean from the south of Turkey to Palestine, although naturalized more widely. Several species of ''Brodiaea'', ''Scilla'', and other plants that were formerly classified in the Liliaceae family and have flower clusters borne along the stalk also have common names with the word "hyacinth" in them. Hyacinths should also not be confused with the genus '' Muscari'', which are commonly known as grape hyacinths. Description ''Hyacinthus'' grows from bulbs, each producing around four to six linear leaves and one to three spikes or racemes of flowers. In the wild species, the flowers are widely spaced, with as few as two per raceme in '' H. litwinovii'' and typically six to eight in '' H. orientalis'' which grows to a height ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacinta Ruru
Jacinta Arianna Ruru (born 1974) is a New Zealand academic and the first Māori professor of law. She was born in Australia and is of Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāti Maniapoto descent. Her mother and both maternal grand parents were English and Australian. Ruru is currently a professor at the University of Otago. Academic career Ruru completed a Master's at the University of Otago in 2001, with a thesis on the Treaty of Waitangi and national parks in New Zealand. After a 2012 Fulbright-funded PhD at the University of Victoria in Canada, Ruru returned to New Zealand and the University of Otago, rising to full professor in 2016. Ruru's research centres on indigenous peoples' (primarily Māori in New Zealand and First Nations in Canada) legal relations with land and water. She is the co-director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) the New Zealand's Māori Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE). Recognition In addition to winning the Prime Minister's supreme award for ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacinta Tynan
Jacinta Tynan (born 8 August 1969) is an Australian news presenter and journalist. Tynan has previously been a news presenter on Sky News Australia Career She started her career as a snow reporter for Thredbo before working as a reporter/weather presenter with Win TV, Canberra. Prior to joining Sky News Australia in 2005, she worked at ABC Television, where she reported and presented for ABC News and the '' 7:30 Report''. She was also the anchorwoman for the ABC's International satellite TV service, the Australia Network (formerly known as ABC Asia Pacific). Tynan was a reporter for ABC News in Darwin and was a relief presenter for Australia Television News. She reported for ''Today Tonight'' on the Seven Network, then worked as a producer for APTN and Access Hollywood in London. She has a Bachelor of Communications from Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, majoring in broadcast journalism. During her studies she was a broadcaster with on-campus community radio statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Lady Of Fátima
Our Lady of Fátima ( pt, Nossa Senhora de Fátima, ); formally known as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Fátima) is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus, based on the Marian apparitions reported in 1917 by three shepherd children at the Cova da Iria in Fátima, Portugal. The three children were Lúcia dos Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto. José Alves Correia da Silva, Bishop of Leiria, declared the events worthy of belief on 13 October 1930. Pope Pius XII granted a pontifical decree of canonical coronation via the papal bull towards the venerated image on 25 April 1946. The designated papal legate, Cardinal Benedetto Aloisi Masella, carried out the coronation on 13 May 1946, now permanently enshrined at the Chapel of the Apparitions of Fátima. The same Roman Pontiff also raised the Sanctuary of Fátima to the status of a minor basilica by the apostolic letter on 11 November 1954. The published memoirs of Sister Lúcia in the 1930s revealed two secre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacinta And Francisco Marto
Francisco de Jesus Marto (11 June 1908 – 4 April 1919) and Jacinta de Jesus Marto (11 March 1910 – 20 February 1920) were siblings from Aljustrel, a small hamlet near Fátima, Portugal, who with their cousin Lúcia dos Santos (1907–2005) reportedly witnessed three apparitions of the Angel of Peace in 1916 and several apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Cova da Iria in 1917. The title Our Lady of Fátima was given to the Virgin Mary as a result, and the Sanctuary of Fátima became a major centre of world Christian pilgrimage. The two Marto children were solemnly canonized by Pope Francis at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima, in Portugal on 13 May 2017, the centennial of the first Apparition of Our Lady of Fátima. They are the youngest Catholic saints, with Jacinta being the youngest saint who did not die a martyr. Life The youngest children of Manuel and Olimpia Marto, Francisco and Jacinta were typical of Portuguese village children of that time. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance-pop
Dance-pop is a popular music subgenre that originated in the late 1970s to early 1980s. It is generally uptempo music intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit radio. Developing from a combination of dance and pop with influences of disco, post-discoSmay, David & Cooper, Kim (2001). ''Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth: The Dark History of Prepubescent Pop, from the Banana Splits to Britney Spears'': "... think about Stock-Aitken-Waterman and Kylie Minogue. Dance pop, that's what they call it now — Post-Disco, post-new wave and incorporating elements of both." Feral House: Publisher, p. 327. . and synth-pop, it is generally characterised by strong beats with easy, uncomplicated song structures which are generally more similar to pop music than the more free-form dance genre, with an emphasis on melody as well as catchy tunes. The genre, on the whole, tends to be producer-driven, despite some notable exceptions. Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacinta Brondgeest
Jacinta Anne Brondgeest, Jacinta, is an Australian-American singer, songwriter, musician, music producer, and electronic dance music artist. Life and career Jacinta Brondgeest was born in Portland, Oregon but grew up in Sydney. She started her musical career working in local bands. Her debut solo album, ''Sandalwood: Under the Influence'', appeared in 2000. She wrote the track, "Wonderland", which was recorded for ''The Saddle Club'', an Australian-Canadian children's TV show. As a single it peaked at No. 7 on the Australian Singles Chart in September 2003. "Wonderland" spent 11 weeks on the AIR Independent Charts, peaking at #2, October 13, 2003. After moving to Austin, Texas, to try her luck in the States, in 2005 Jacinta issued her second album, ''Smokescreen'', whose first single, "Sunshine", had its own album of remixes that came out the same year. "Destination" followed in 2006, then top 10 ''Billboard'' Dance Hit "Can’t Keep It a Secret" in 2007, and "Electric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacinta Stapleton
Jacinta Patrice Stapleton (born 6 June 1979) is an Australian actress. Known for her role as Amy Greenwood in the Australian television soap opera ''Neighbours'' from 1997 to 2000 and again from 2020 to 2022. Her most notable role was playing an undercover detective in the primetime network television series '' Stingers''. Her performance garnered an Australian Film Institute nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Drama. She is the sister of '' Blindspot'' actor Sullivan Stapleton. Career Joining an acting agency at the age of six years old, along with her brother Sullivan Stapleton, she appeared in TV commercials, film and TV series. Jacinta studied drama, theatre and dance at Sandringham Secondary College before appearing in her first long running television series as Amy Greenwood in ''Neighbours'' from 1997 to 2000, making a cameo return in 2005 during the 20th anniversary of the series. In November 2020 it was announced that Stapleton would be reprising ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacinta Monroe
Jacinta Monroe (born September 4, 1988) is an American professional women's basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Career Monroe attended Stranahan High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where she was the 2006 Gatorade Florida Girls' Basketball Player of the Year. She attended Florida State University. In the WNBA, Monroe has played with the Washington Mystics and the Tulsa Shock. Florida State statistics Source USA Basketball Monroe was named a member of the team representing the US at the 2009 World University Games held in Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade ( , ;, ; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. Nearly 1,166,763 millio .... The team won all seven games to earn the gold medal. Monroe averaged 7.3 points per game References External links Player profileFlorida State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacinta John
Jacinta John is an Australian actress, producer and director. She is best known for her performance as Miss Casewell in the (2012–2013) 60th anniversary tour of Agatha Christie's ''The Mousetrap'', which played to an audience of over 150,000 people across Australasia. Life and career Born in Perth, Western Australia, she attended the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Perth, Presbyterian Ladies' College in Peppermint Grove, Western Australia, Peppermint Grove, Perth. She graduated from the University of Sydney (BA in Film studies, Film & Performance studies) where she was awarded the Walter Reid Memorial Prize. She travelled to London where she completed an Master's degree, MA in Classical acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. In 2010 she became an Australia Council for the Arts, Australia Council Artstart recipient, which allowed her to study Anne Bogart#Viewpoints and Suzuki, Viewpoints and Suzuki at the SITI Company, Saratoga International Theater Institute ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.JPG "Click for more on -> Hyacinth (plant)")
