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Halas (other)
Halas may refer to: * Halas (surname) * Halas (food) *Halas lace * Halas and Batchelor, an animation company * Kiskunhalas Kiskunhalas (; german: Hallasch) is a city in the county of Bács-Kiskun, Hungary. Railroad The city is an important railway junction. It crosses the Budapest-Subotica-Belgrade railway line. The Kiskunfélegyháza railway ends in Kiskunhalas. ..., a town in Hungary, colloquially known as "Halas" See also * * Hala (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halas (surname)
Halas or Hałas is a surname. Notable people include: * Ádám Halás (born 1998), Slovak swimmer * Elżbieta Hałas (born 1954), Polish sociologist * František Halas (1901–1949), Czech poet * George Halas (1895–1983), American football player and executive * George Halas, Jr. (1925–1979), American football executive * John Halas (1912–1995), British animator * Naomi Halas, American engineer * Shane Halas (born 1961), Australian rules footballer * Teresa Hałas (born 1953), Polish politician * Virginia Halas McCaskey (born 1923), American football executive * Walter Halas (1892–1959), American baseball player and coach See also * {{surname Czech-language surnames Polish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halas (food)
Halas ( ar, حلص, Ḥlṣ) is a Yemeni food that is made of halaṣ leaf. The food is eaten during drought periods in Yemen. The halaṣ leaves have a very bitter taste but they are boiled in water until the taste is gone. It is then added to traditional buttermilk known as ḥaqin. Ḥalaṣ is often confused with halqa or ghulaf (''Cyphostemma digitatum'' ( Forssk.)), which, according to Lisan al-Arab ''Lisān al-ʿArab'' (لسان العرب, "Tongue of Arabs") is a dictionary of Arabic completed by Ibn Manzur in 1290. History Ibn Manzur's objective in this project was to reïndex and reproduce the contents of previous works to facilit ..., is a plant that grows in Yemen whose leaves are similar in shape to vine leaves. It is roasted and dried, then used over meat. Halqa is used in traditional Yemeni ethnomedicine. Etymology The name of Ḥalaṣ is mentioned in Yemeni poems and proverbs. Proverbs such as *"جاع القوم حتى اكلو الحلص" People have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halas Lace
Halas lace is a type of needle lace. It first appeared in 1902 in the town of Kiskunhalas, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ..., colloquially known as "Halas". The lace was typically soft orange, pale green and yellow in colouring. Arpad Dekani and Maria Markovits are credited with developing Halas lace. Initially, Dekani did all of the design work while Markovits executed the designs. References Needle lace {{textile-arts-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halas And Batchelor
Halas and Batchelor was a British animation company founded by husband and wife John Halas and Joy Batchelor. Halas was a Hungarian émigré to the United Kingdom. The company had studios in London and Cainscross, in the Stroud District of Gloucestershire. History From 1936, Halas ran a small animation unit that created commercials for theatrical distribution. After independent careers in animation, Halas and Joy Batchelor began working together in 1938. Batchelor responded to Halas's advertisement for an assistant, and they founded Halas and Batchelor in 1940 to create war information and propaganda films.Brian McFarlane ''The Encyclopedia of British Film'', London: Methuen/BFI, 2003, p.48 Approximately 70 films were created for the Minister of Information, Ministry of Information, the War Office, and the British Admiralty, Admiralty over the course of World War II; most of these were short film, shorts intended to improve morale or spur on increased contributions to the war effo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiskunhalas
Kiskunhalas (; german: Hallasch) is a city in the county of Bács-Kiskun, Hungary. Railroad The city is an important railway junction. It crosses the Budapest-Subotica-Belgrade railway line. The Kiskunfélegyháza railway ends in Kiskunhalas. Geography Kiskunhalas is located south of Budapest. On 20 July 2007, Kiskunhalas recorded a temperature of , which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Hungary. Name Kiskunhalas used to be surrounded by lakes that were rich in fish, ''Halas'' in Hungarian, and this gave rise to the town's name. The other part of the name comes from the Hungarian kiskun-, meaning Little Cumania (Hungarian: ''Kiskunság''); Kun was what the Hungarians called the Cuman people. Croats in Hungary call this town as ''Olaš''. The Croat name came as shortening of its Hungarian name, as it was easier for Croat speakers to pronounce it that way. History Its known history goes back to the 9th century. Kiskunhalas has many archaeolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
