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Hailu Regassa
Hailu (Amharic: ኃይሉ) is a male name of Ethiopian origin that may refer to: * Hailu Shawul (born 1936), Ethiopian engineer and the chairman of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy * Hailu Tekle Haymanot (1868–1950), Ethiopian army commander and nobleman * Hailu Mekonnen (born 1980), Ethiopian long-distance runner and two-time World Cross Country medallist * Aynalem Hailu (born 1986), Ethiopian footballer * Hailu Negussie (born 1978), Ethiopian marathon runner and 2005 Boston Marathon winner * Hailu Yimenu (died 1991), Ethiopian Prime Minister * Meseret Hailu (born 1990), Ethiopian female long-distance runner and world half marathon champion *Kassa Hailu (1818–1868), birth name of Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros II See also *Haifeng dialect of Hakka, also known as Hailu or Haiufeng * Haile (other) * Hailuoto *Were Ilu Were Ilu ( am, ወረ ኢሉ, om, Warra Illu) is a town in north-central Ethiopia. Located in the Debub Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region, this tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amharic
Amharic ( or ; (Amharic: ), ', ) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other populations residing in major cities and towns of Ethiopia. The language serves as the official working language of the Ethiopian federal government, and is also the official or working language of several of Ethiopia's federal regions. It has over 31,800,000 mother-tongue speakers, with more than 25,100,000 second language speakers. Amharic is the most widely spoken language in Ethiopia, and the second most spoken mother-tongue in Ethiopia (after Oromo). Amharic is also the second largest Semitic language in the world (after Arabic). Amharic is written left-to-right using a system that grew out of the Geʽez script. The segmental writing system in which consonant-vowel sequences are written as units is called an ''abugida'' (). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hailu Shawul
Hailu Shawul (also spelled Shawel or Shawil; gez, ሃይሉ ሻዉል; 1936 – 6 October 2016) was an Ethiopian politician and civil engineer who was the leader of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) during the 2005 Ethiopian general election. He was also the leader of All Ethiopian Unity Party from 1996 to 2013. He died on 6 October 2016, while receiving treatment at a hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. Early life Hailu was born in northern Shewa, Ethiopia. He attended elementary and high school in Addis Ababa at Minilik II School. At the age of 18 he moved to the United States to pursue higher education and enrolled at Wayne State University. He did both his bachelor's and master's degree in Civil Engineering and returned to Ethiopia in 1960 soon after his graduation. He was married to Almaz Zewde whom he met at his friend's wedding. They had six children together. Professional career After returning to Ethiopia, Hailu started his career as a research engineer at Abay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hailu Tekle Haymanot
Hailu Tekle Haymanot (1868 – 1950), also named Hailu II of Gojjam, was an army commander and a member of the nobility of the Ethiopian Empire. He represented a provincial ruling elite who were often at odds with the Ethiopian central government. Hailu Tekle Haymanot was an independent-minded potentate who, throughout his life, was mistrustful of and mistrusted by the Emperor. Biography ''Leul'' Hailu Tekle Haymanot was the son of ''Negus'' Tekle Haymanot Tessemma of Gojjam Province. Gojjam had long been a vassal kingdom within the Ethiopian Empire. The title "King of Gojjam" was an honorific title. The last time a King of Gojjam was elevated to Emperor was during the " Era of the Princes" (''Zemene Mesafint''). Hailu Tekle Haymanot was never elevated to ''Negus'' and never became King of Gojjam himself. ''Shum'' of Gojjam On 10 January 1901, at the death of ''Negus'' Tekle Haymanot Tessemma, three of his sons fought over who would succeed him as ruler of his province. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hailu Mekonnen
Hailu Mekonnen (born April 4, 1980 in Arsi) is an Ethiopian runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres and cross-country running. His first medals came in 1998, when he took bronze and team gold at the junior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and won a silver in the 5000 m at the 1998 African Championships in Athletics. With Haile Gebrselassie as his training partner, he continued to improve, winning the junior race and taking bronze in the senior short course for a medalling double at the 1999 World Cross Country Championships. He also won the 1500 metres gold medal at the All-Africa Games that year. Mekkonen attended the 1999 and 2001 World Championships in Athletics and represented Ethiopia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but he failed to make the podium at any of the events. His form improved in 2002 and he won the short race bronze and team silver at the World Cross Country Championships. He focused on the track in 5000 m the next year a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aynalem Hailu
Aynalem Hailu ( am, ዓይናለም ሃይሉ, born 12 October 1986) is an Ethiopian footballer. He currently plays for Dashen Beer. Career Aynalem is central back defender. His abilities are pace, positional sense and an unswerving ability to stay calm under pressure. International career Aynalem is part of the Ethiopia national football team since 2011. He is on the list for 2013 African Nations Cup. References External links * * 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Tigray Region Ethiopia international footballers 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players Ethiopian footballers 2014 African Nations Championship players Ethiopia A' international footballers Association football central defenders Dashen Beer F.C. players Defence Force F.C. players {{Ethiopia-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hailu Negussie
Hailu Negussie (born April 16, 1978) is a marathon runner who was the winner of the 109th Boston Marathon in 2005. He finished with a time of 2:11:45 and became the first Ethiopian to win the Boston Marathon since Abebe Mekonnen won the race in 1989. His personal best for the marathon is 2:08:16. Negussie tried to defend his Boston title in 2006. However, he dropped out of the race just past the halfway point. Kenyan Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot broke the course record that year. Negussie has also won the Hofu Marathon in 2002 (with a personal best time of 2:08:16) and the Xiamen Marathon (with a time of 2:09:03) in 2003. He also finished 5th in the 2003 Fukuoka Marathon and 2nd in the 2002 Hamburg Marathon. Achievements See also *List of winners of the Boston Marathon The Boston Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, is a race which has been held in the Greater Boston area in Massachusetts since 1897. Until 2020, it was the oldest annual marathon in the world, a disti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hailu Yimenu
Hailu Yimenu (died May 26, 1991) was an Ethiopian politician who was the acting prime minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from November 8, 1989 until May 1991. In May 1991, after hearing of Mengistu Haile Mariam's fall from power, he fled to the Italian embassy in Addis Ababa, along with Lieutenant General Tesfaye Gebre Kidan, Foreign Minister Berhanu Bayeh, and Chief of General Staff Addis Tedla. He was succeeded by Tesfaye Dinka Tesfaye Dinka Yadessa (3 November 1939 – 6 December 2016) was an Ethiopian politician who was Minister of Finance (1983–1986), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1991), and Prime Minister (26 April–6 June 1991) of Ethiopia. He was the hea .... While the other three remained at the embassy for years, Hailu committed suicide in 1991. Following the death of General Tesfaye thirteen years later on 2 June 2004, rumors began to circulate caused by the embassy's lack of detail on the death of both General Tesfaye and Hailu's ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meseret Hailu
Meseret Hailu Debele (born 12 September 1990) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in half marathons and marathons. She was the gold medallist at the 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and won the Amsterdam Marathon that same year. Her personal bests are 2:21:09 hours for the marathon and 66:56 minutes for the half marathon. Meseret began competing in international road races as a teenager, beginning in 2009 with a win at the Dez Milhas Garoto and a runner-up finish at the Río de Janeiro Half Marathon in Brazil. She began to focus on the marathon thereafter, running three races over the distance in 2010. She ran 2:45:10 on her debut in Pyongyang, came fourth at the Kuala Lumpur Marathon, then made a big improvement at the La Rochelle Marathon by finishing second with a time of 2:30:42 hours. She came ninth at the 2011 Mumbai Marathon, was runner-up by seven second at the Belgrade Marathon, and came fifth at the Reims Marathon. She was also third at that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tewodros II
, spoken = ; ''djānhoi'', lit. ''"O steemedroyal"'' , alternative = ; ''getochu'', lit. ''"Our master"'' (pl.) Tewodros II ( gez, ዳግማዊ ቴዎድሮስ, baptized as Gebre Kidan; 1818 – 13 April 1868) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 until his death in 1868. His rule is often placed as the beginning of modern Ethiopia and brought an end to the decentralized Zemene Mesafint (Era of the Princes). Tewodros II's origins were in the Era of the Princes, but his ambitions were not those of the regional nobility. He sought to re-establish a cohesive Ethiopian state and to reform its administration and church. He sought to restore Solomonic hegemony, and he considered himself the Elect of God. Tewodros II's first task after having reunited the other provinces was to bring Shewa under his control. During the Era of the Princes, Shewa was, even more than most provinces, an independent entity, its ruler even styling himself Negus (Neguece), the title for King. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haifeng Dialect
Hailufeng ( ''Hai Lok Hong''), or in the language itself ''Haklau'', is a variety of Chinese mostly spoken in the Hailufeng region of Guangdong. The region includes Shanwei (Swabue), Haifeng County (Hai Hong), and Lufeng (Lok Hong) and the name 'Hailufeng' is a portmanteau of those places. It is a Southern Min (Min Nan) language, though it has close geographical and cultural ties with Teochew dialect and similarities to Hokkien. Ethnically, the ''Haklau'' see themselves as Hokkiens and separate from the Teochews The Teochew people or Chaoshan people (rendered Têo-Swa in romanized Teoswa and Chaoshan in Standard Chinese also known as Teo-Swa in mainland China due to a change in place names) is anyone native to the historical Chaoshan region in south .... Differences from Teochew include the preservation of the final codas -t and -n, which are completely lost in Teochew, as well as the absence of the -oi finals. References {{Guangdong topics Hokkien-language dial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haile (other)
Haile ( Ge'ez "the power of") may refer to: ;People with the given name Haile * Haile Selassie of Ethiopia (1892–1975), Emperor of Ethiopia * Haile Gerima (born 1946), Ethiopian filmmaker * Haile Gebrselassie (born 1973), Ethiopian distance runner * Haile Yosadiq, warlord of the Zemene Mesafint * Haile Maryam, another warlord of the Zemene Mesafint, and father of Wube Haile Maryam * Haile, the lead singer of British R&B trio WSTRN * Haile Kifer, victim in the Byron David Smith killings ;Other *Haile (surname) *Haile (robot), a robotic musician ;Places *Haile, Cumbria, a place in Cumbria, England *Haile Homestead, a historic site in Alachua County, FL. *Haile Plantation, Florida, an unincorporated community in Alachua County, FL -- located near Gainesville, FL. * Haile, FL, another unincorporated community near Newberry, FL. See also *Hale (other) *Hailu *Yemane Haileselassie (born 1998), Eritrean steeplechase runner *Yohannes Haile-Selassie Yohannes Haile-Selassie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hailuoto
Hailuoto (; sv, Karlö) is a Finnish island in the northern Baltic Sea and a municipality in Northern Ostrobothnia region. The population of Hailuoto is (), which make it the smallest municipality in Northern Ostrobothnia and the former Oulu Province in terms of population. The municipality covers an area of (excluding sea areas) of which is inland water (). The population density is . Of all the Finnish sea islands, Hailuoto is the third largest after Fasta Åland and Kimitoön. Hailuoto lies opposite the city of Oulu in the Gulf of Bothnia. The distance between Oulu and Hailuoto is , and the sea area between them is called ''Luodonselkä'' (literally "open water of the islet"). Land in the region is constantly rising due to post-glacial rebound. It is estimated that the first parts of Hailuoto appeared from the Baltic Sea about 1700 years ago. The current island of Hailuoto was formed from many smaller islands. Two large sections, Santonen and Hanhinen merged into the main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
