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Graça (name)
Graça or Graca is a Portuguese surname and given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname *Ailton Graça (born 1964), Brazilian actor * Alberto Graça (1918–?), Portuguese sailor * Ary Graça, Brazilian volleyball player *Carlos Graça (1931–2013), São Toméan politician * Dias Graça (born 1964), Brazilian footballer * Emídio Graça (1931–1992), Portuguese footballer * Jaime Graça (1942–2012), Portuguese football player and coach * João Graça (born 1995), Portuguese footballer * Marco Da Graca (born 2002), Italian footballer * Marvin da Graça (born 1995), Luxembourg footballer * Ricardo Graça (born 1997), Brazilian footballer Given name *Graça Aranha (1868–1931), Brazilian writer and diplomat * Graça Fonseca (born 1971), Portuguese politician * Graça Freitas (born 1957), Portuguese physician *Graça Machel (born 1945), Mozambican politician and humanitarian See also * Graça, municipality in Ceará, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officiall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe, while having co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as " Lusophone" (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Celtic phonology in its lexicon. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 24 million L2 (second language) speakers, Portuguese has approximately 274 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the sixth-most spoken language, the third-most sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvin Da Graça
Marvin Martins Santos da Graça (born 17 February 1995) is a Luxembourg international footballer who currently plays as defender for Austria Wien. International career Da Graça was born in Luxembourg and is of Cape Verdean descent. Da Graça made his first international appearance in the away match against Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ... on 4 June 2014 (1–1), in which he substituted Stefano Bensi in the 79th minute. International goals :''Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.'' References 1995 births Living people Luxembourgian footballers Jeunesse Esch players FC Progrès Niederkorn players Men's association football defenders FC Karpaty Lviv players Casa Pia A.C. players FK Austria Wien players Ukrainian Premier Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceará
Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the main tourist destinations in Brazil. The state capital is the city of Fortaleza, the country's fourth most populous city. The state has 4.3% of the Brazilian population and produces 2.1% of the Brazilian GDP. Literally, the name ''Ceará'' means "sings the jandaia". According to José de Alencar, one of the most important writers of Brazil and an authority in Tupi Guaraní, ''Ceará'' means turquoise or green waters. The state is best known for its extensive coastline, with of sand. There are also mountains and valleys producing tropical fruits. To the south, on the border of Paraíba, Pernambuco and Piauí, is the National Forest of Araripe. Geography Ceará has an area of . It is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graça
Graça is a municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil. See also *Graça (name) *List of municipalities in Ceará This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Ceará (CE), located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Ceará is divided into 184 municipalities, which are grouped into 33 microregions, which are grouped into 7 mesoregions. See also ... References Municipalities in Ceará {{Ceará-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graça Machel
Graça Machel (; née Simbine; , born 17 October 1945) is a Mozambican politician and humanitarian. She is the widow of former President of Mozambique Samora Machel (1975–1986) and former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela (1998–2013). Machel is an international advocate for women's and children's rights and was made an honorary British Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997 for her humanitarian work. She is the only woman in modern history to have served as First Lady of two countries, South Africa and Mozambique. Graça Machel is a member of the Africa Progress Panel (APP), a group of ten distinguished individuals who advocate at the highest levels for equitable and sustainable development in Africa. As a panel member she facilitates coalition building to leverage and broker knowledge, and convenes decision-makers to influence policy for lasting change in Africa. She was chancellor of the University of Cape Town between 1999 and 2019. Early life and education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graça Freitas
Maria da Graça Gregório de Freitas (born 26 August 1957) is a Portuguese physician and public health specialist who was the Director-General of Health and inherently the chief medical officer and leading spokesperson on matters of public health in Portugal, between 2018 and 2023. She has work published in the fields of vaccination, prevention and control of communicable diseases, public health emergencies, and health communication. Before her appointment to the Directorate-General, she served as Deputy Director-General under her predecessor Francisco George, and coordinated several public health programmes, most notably, since 1996, the Portuguese National Vaccination Programme. She is also a member of the Management Board of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, of the World Health Organization Expanded Program on Immunization, among other international groups. Due to her prominent national role during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal, Graça F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graça Fonseca
Graça Maria da Fonseca Caetano Gonçalves (born 13 August 1971) is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Culture in the government of Prime Minister António Costa . Fonseca graduated with a law degree from the University of Lisbon, has a master's degree in economics from the University of Coimbra, and obtained a PhD in sociology from ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon. From 26 November 2015 to 15 October 2018, Fonseca served as Secretary of State Assistant and of Administrative Modernisation. When she came out publicly, in an interview to newspaper ''Diário de Notícias'' in 2017, she was the first gay member of a government cabinet ever to disclose their sexual orientation in Portugal. Since taking office as Minister of Culture in 2018, she is the first openly gay Portuguese government minister. In July 2020, when asked by a reporter about the pressure cultural workers were facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graça Aranha
José Pereira da Graça Aranha (June 21, 1868 – January 26, 1931) was a Brazilian writer and diplomat, considered to be a forerunner of the Modernism in Brazil. He was also one of the organizers of the Brazilian Modern Art Week of 1922. He founded and occupied the 38th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1897 until his death in 1931. However, he would break all his relations with the Academy in 1924, accusing it of being "old-fashioned". Life Graça Aranha was born in São Luís, to a rich and cultured family, son of journalist Temístocles da Silva Maciel Aranha and Maria da Glória da Graça. He was a prodigy, having completed his secondary studies when 13 years old, and went to study Law in Recife. He graduated with honours in 1886 and travelled to the South to work. He became a judge in ''Porto do Cachoeiro'', a village in the backlands of the state of Espírito Santo. This experience was used by him in one of his best known novels, ''Canaã'', a great editoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Graça
Ricardo Queiroz de Alencastro Graça (born 16 February 1997), known as Ricardo Graça, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Júbilo Iwata as a centre-back. Career statistics Honours Brazil Olympic * Summer Olympics: 2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ... Individual * J2 League Best XI: 2023 References External links * * 1997 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players CR Vasco da Gama players Júbilo Iwata players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Da Graca
Cosimo Marco Da Graca (born 1 May 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Juventus Next Gen. Club career Youth career Da Graca began his youth career at Sicilia aged 10, before moving to Palermo's youth sector aged 12. He stayed there until 2018, when he moved to Juventus on loan, before making the move permanent in 2019 for €600,000. Juventus On 28 October 2020, Da Graca made his Serie C debut for Juventus U23, the reserve team of Juventus, in a 2–1 defeat to Como. He scored his first goal for Juventus U23 on 7 March as a second-half substitute, scoring the game's sole goal in the 85th minute against Grosseto. He was first called up to the senior side on 2 December 2020, as an unused substitute in a UEFA Champions League group stage game against Dynamo Kyiv. Da Graca played his first game for Juventus on 27 January 2021, coming on as a substitute in a 4–0 win over SPAL in the Coppa Italia. On 15 April, Juventus renewed Da G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailton Graça
Aílton Graça (born September 9, 1964) is a Brazilian actor. Selected filmography * '' Carandiru'' (2003) * '''' (2004) * '' Meu Tio Matou um Cara'' (2004) * ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Graça
João Pedro Salazar da Graça (born 18 June 1995 in Porto) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Rio Ave as a midfielder. Club career On 10 November 2013, Graça made his professional debut with FC Porto B in a 2013–14 Segunda Liga match against União Madeira replacing Leandro Silva in the 65th minute. UD Oliveirense announced on 25 January 2019, that they had signed Graça on a contract until the end of the season. On 25 August 2021, he signed a one-year contract with Rio Ave Rio Ave Futebol Clube, commonly known as Rio Ave (), is a Football in Portugal, Portuguese professional Association football, football club based in Vila do Conde, that competes in the Primeira Liga. The club is named after the Ave River, which .... References External links *Stats and profile at LPFP * 1995 births Living people Footballers from Matosinhos Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga Portugal 2 players Primeira Liga players Padroense ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
