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Hana (given Name)
Hana as a given name may have any of several origins. It can be a variant transliteration of Hannah, which is the Jewish, French and Christian form, meaning "grace" in Hebrew associated with God. It is also a Kurdish name meaning hope (), a Persian name meaning flower (), and an Arabic name meaning bliss (). As a Japanese name, it is usually translated as ''flower'' (). In Korean, it means the number ''one'' (). In Hawaiian, "Hana" means "craft" or "work". In Maori, "Hana" means to shine, glow, give out love or radiance. In Albanian, "Hana" means the moon. People Czech and Slovak * Hana Dostalová (1890–1981), Czech painter * Hana Vítová (1914–1987), Czechoslovak film actress * Hana Zelinová (1914–2004), Slovak writer *Hana Maria Pravda (née Becková ; 1916–2008), Czechoslovakian-born British actress *Hana Ponická (1922–2007), Slovak writer and dissident * Hana Greenfield (née Lustigová; 1926–2014), Czechoslovak concentration camp survivor, later a writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Female
Female (Venus symbol, symbol: ♀) is the sex of an organism that produces the large non-motile ovum, ova (egg cells), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the Sperm, male gamete during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and males are results of the anisogamous reproduction system, wherein gametes are of different sizes, unlike isogamy where they are the same size. The exact mechanism of female gamete evolution remains unknown. In species that have males and females, Sex-determination system, sex-determination may be based on either sex chromosomes, or environmental conditions. Most female mammals, including female humans, have two X chromosomes. Female characteristics vary between different species with some species having pronounced Secondary sex characteristic, secondary female sex characteristics, such as the presence of pronounced mammary glands in mammals. In humans, the word ''female'' can also be used to refer to gender i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Mičechová
Hana Sitnianská-Mičechová (25 January 1946, Prague – 11 December 2020, Prague) was a Czech rhythmic gymnast. She was the 1965 World individual all-around Champion. Biography Mičechová was born in Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli .... At the 1965 World Championships, with 12 countries competing, she competed in front of a home crowd in Prague and won the All-around and Apparatus events, beating Soviets Ludmila Savinkova and Tatiana Kravtchenko. References External links *Hana Sitnianskaat the-sports.org 1946 births 2020 deaths Czech rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts from Prague Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships {{CzechRepublic-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Vymazalová
Hana Vymazalová (born 1978), is a Czech Egyptologist. She graduated in Egyptology and Logic at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. Her dissertation focused on accounting texts from the archives of pharaoh Raneferef. Her interests include the economy of Old Kingdom funerary complexes and the use of mathematics in administration. She has been a member of the Abusir Abusir ( ar, ابو صير ; Egyptian ''pr wsjr'' cop, ⲃⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲓ ' "the House or Temple of Osiris"; grc, Βούσιρις) is the name given to an Egyptian archaeological locality – specifically, an extensive necropolis o ... excavation team since 2006. Publications include but are not limited to: * Hana Vymazalová - Miroslav Bárta (eds.), Chronology and Archaeology in Ancient Egypt (The Third Millennium B.C.), Prague 2008. * J. Krejčí, V.G. Callender, M. Verner, (with contributions by Viktor Černý, Eugen Strouhal, Hana Vymazalová and Martina Žaloudková-Kujanová), Abus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Šromová
Hana Šromová (born 10 April 1978 in Kopřivnice) is a Czech former tennis player. Šromová won eight singles and 35 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmental ... in her career. On 19 June 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 87. On 24 July 2006, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings. Personal Šromová was coached by Lubomír Gerla for the last six years. Her father, Jiří Šrom, is a construction technician; her mother Hana is a kindergarten teacher; she has one brother, Jiří. Šromová started playing tennis at age seven, introduced to the sport by her parents, who both played tennis. Favorite surface is indoor hardcourts; biggest weapon is forehand. Most memorable experience was traveling to India f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Benešová
Hana Benešová (born 19 April 1975 in Čáslav) is a retired Czech sprinter who competed in the 200 and 400 metres. She represented her country at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as four consecutive World Championships, starting in 1993. In addition, she won three medals at the 1997 European U23 Championships. Competition record Personal bests Outdoor *100 metres – 11.45 (-0.4 m/s) (Jablonec nad Nisou 1993) *200 metres – 22.57 (+1.7 m/s) (Turku 1997) * 400 metres – 51.18 (Prague 1997) Indoor *60 metres – 7.38 (Paris 1994) *200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ... – 23.15 (Vienna 1997) * 400 metres – 52.12 (Prague 1997) References 1977 births Living people Czech female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Černá
Hana Černá (born May 17, 1974 in Brno, Jihomoravský) is a retired female freestyle and medley swimmer from the Czech Republic. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 for Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 .... References * 1974 births Living people Czech female swimmers Czech female freestyle swimmers Female medley swimmers Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Czechoslovakia Olympic swimmers of the Czech Republic Sportspeople from Brno European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Czechoslovak female swimmers Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for the Czech Republic Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Říčná
Hana Říčná (born 20 December 1968 in Brno) is a former artistic gymnast who represented Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing seventh in the team final and 29th in the all-around final. She won two medals at the World Championships, a silver on beam in 1983 and a bronze on the uneven bars in 1985. Hana competed in the Olomouc Friendship Games, held as an alternative to the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, which the Soviet Union and eight other socialist states boycotted, where she won a silver medal in the all around and on beam. She also won a silver medal on beam at the 1985 European Championships. Říčná is one of a few female gymnasts to have competed the Comaneci salto on uneven bars. Říčná moved to the United States in 1994 and is the head coach at Rise Gymnastics in Coventry, Rhode Island. Her son, David Jessen, is an elite gymnast who represented the Czech Republic at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Andronikova
Hana Andronikova (9 September 1967 – 20 December 2011) was a Czech writer. Andronikova was born in Zlín. After attending high school in Zlín, she studied English and Czech at the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University in Prague. Both her novels, '' Zvuk slunečních hodin'' and ''Nebe nemá dno'', were awarded the Magnesia Litera book award in 2002 and 2011 (different categories). She also wrote short stories and dramas. She died of cancer. See also * List of Czech writers Below is an alphabetical list of Czech writers. A * Daniel Adam z Veleslavína (1546–1599), lexicographer, publisher, translator, and writer * Michal Ajvaz (born 1949), novelist and poet, magic realist * Karel Slavoj Amerling, also known ... References External links Hana Andronikova's profile in the online ''Lexicon of Czech Literature after 1945''Author profile in English on czechlit.cz 1967 births 2011 deaths Czech women writers Writers from Zlín Deaths from cancer in the Czech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Jonášová
Hana Jonášová is a Czech opera singer active in concerts, recitals, and operas. A coloratura soprano, she is currently a principal artist at the Prague State Opera. She notably won second prize at the Golden Prague Festival, for her performance in Bohuslav Martinů's ''Les larmes du couteau'' (The Tears of a Knife). Biography Hana is the daughter of internationally renowned opera singer Jana Jonášová. She studied under her mother at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. While still a student she began performing in roles at the opera house in Ústí nad Labem. For the past decade she has been a regular performer at the National Theatre as a member of the Prague State Opera. In May 2003 she portrayed the title heroine in the Czech premiere of Scott Joplin's ragtime opera ''Treemonisha''. Her other roles with the company include both Despina and Fiordiligi in ''Così fan tutte'', Donna Elvira in ''Don Giovanni'', the First Lady in ''The Magic Flute'', Gilda in ''Rigolet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Vejvodová
Hana Vejvodová (11. July 1963, Prague–1. August 1994, Prague) was a Czech pianist and composer. She studied piano with Jaromir Kriz and composition with Ilja Hurnik, Svatopluk Havelka and Franco Donatoni Franco Donatoni (9 June 1927 – 17 August 2000) was an Italian composer. Biography Born in Verona, Donatoni started studying violin at the age of seven, and frequented the local music academy. Later, he studied at the Milan Conservatory .... Works Vejvodova composed 40 works for orchestra, voice and solo instruments. Selected works include: Orchestral compositions: *Serenade for Strings *Passacaglia for Symphony Orchestra (1986) *''Deliranda'' – symphonic movement (1988–89) *''Arkanum'' – symphonic movement (1991–92) *Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra (1992–93) Chamber compositions: *Suite for Three Clarinets in B-flat (1985) *Duets for flute and violin *Wind Quartet *''Elegy for violin and organ'' *Trio for Two flutes and Piano *Brass Quintet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Mandlíková
Hana Mandlíková (born 19 February 1962) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia who later obtained Australian citizenship. During her career she won four Grand Slam singles titles - the 1980 Australian Open, 1981 French Open, 1985 US Open and 1987 Australian Open. She was also runner-up in four Grand Slam singles events - twice at Wimbledon and twice at the US Open. The graceful right-hander secured one Grand Slam women's doubles title, at the 1989 US Open with Martina Navratilova. Inducted into thInternational Tennis Hall of Famein 1994, Mandlíková was one of the brightest stars of her generation and is considered one of the greatest female players of the Open Era. Mandlíková had a career-high singles ranking of No. 3, and was ranked in the top 50 for 12 consecutive seasons (1978–89), including seven in the top 10. She led Czechoslovakia to three consecutive Federation Cup victories from 1983–1985, and was only the third woman to win Grand Slam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Knapová
Hana Knapová (born 1956) is a Czechoslovak former competitive figure skater. She won gold at the 1971 Prague Skate ahead of Anett Pötzsch and silver at the same event in 1974. She finished in the top twelve at two European Championships – 1974 (Zagreb, Yugoslovia) and 1976 (Geneva, Switzerland). She also appeared at the World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, .... Competitive highlights References {{DEFAULTSORT:Knapova, Hana 1950s births Czechoslovak female single skaters Living people Figure skaters from Prague ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
