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Hechavarría
Hechavarría is a Basque surname. It is an alternative Castilianized spelling of modern Basque Etxeberria. Notable people with this name include: *Adeiny Hechavarria Adeiny Hechavarría Barrera (born April 15, 1989) is a Cubans, Cuban professional baseball shortstop for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Miam ... (born 1989), Cuban baseball player * Bárbara Hechavarría (born 1966), Cuban discus thrower * Cariola Hechavarría (born 1976), Cuban basketball player {{DEFAULTSORT:Hechavarria Basque-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adeiny Hechavarria
Adeiny Hechavarría Barrera (born April 15, 1989) is a Cubans, Cuban professional baseball shortstop for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Miami Marlins, Tampa Bay Rays, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, New York Mets and Atlanta Braves. He made his MLB debut in 2012. Early life Hechavarria was born in Santiago de Cuba in Cuba to Diosmede and Mirta Hechavarria. He has an older brother, Alien. Hechavarria participated in a Pan American tournament in Mexico in 2006, and played shortstop for the Cuban Junior National team in 2008. In 2009, he defected to Mexico on a boat with 11 others. Agents and other representatives of the Toronto Blue Jays watched him play in workouts in the Dominican Republic, and signed him after his visa paperwork went through in 2010. Professional career Toronto Blue Jays On April 13, 2010, Hechavarria signed a four-year, $10 million contract with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etxeberria
Etxeberria (, modern Basque spelling) is a Basque language placename and surname from the Basque Country in Spain and France, meaning 'the new house'. It shows one meaningful variant, Etxeberri (no Basque article ''–a'', 'the'), and a number of later spelling variants produced in Spanish and other languages. Etxebarri(a) is a western Basque dialectal variant, with the same etymology. Etxarri (Echarri) is attested as stemming from ''Etxaberri''.Michelena, L. (1973) ''Apellidos vascos'' (5th edition), Txertoa: 1997. p. 13 The original surname is often associated with the construction of new farms (''baserri'') after the introduction of New World crops like maize and potatoes. In many Basque areas, the surname ''Etxeberri(a)'' was formerly associated to the naturalized Roma people, while in the French Basque Country it was sometimes translated to Gascon ''Casenave''/''Cazenave''. Spellings and dialectal distribution ''Etxebarri(a)'' variants hail from Biscay, most of northern Á ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bárbara Hechavarría .
Bárbara Hechavarría (born 6 August 1966) is a retired female discus thrower from Cuba. Her personal best throw is 68.18 metres, achieved in February 1989 in Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. Achievements References *1966 births Living people Cuban female discus throwers [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cariola Hechavarría
Cariola Hechavarría (born 7 May 1976) is a former Cuban basketball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... References 1976 births Living people Cuban women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Cuba Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics {{Cuba-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hispanicization
Hispanicization ( es, hispanización) refers to the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by Hispanic culture or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-Hispanic becomes Hispanic. Hispanicization is illustrated by spoken Spanish, production and consumption of Hispanic food, Spanish language music, and participation in Hispanic festivals and holidays. In the former Spanish colonies, the term is also used in the narrow linguistic sense of the Spanish language replacing indigenous languages. Spain Within Spain, the term "Hispanization" can refer to the cultural and linguistic absorption of the ethnically Berber Guanches, the indigenous people of the Canary Islands in the century following their subjugation in the 15th century. It is relatively rarely used as a synonym for Castilianization (castellanización) i.e. the historical process whereby speakers of minority Spanish languages such as Catalan, Basque, Galician, Astur-Leonese or Ara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
