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Italian Uruguayan
Italian Uruguayans (Spanish: ''ítalo-uruguayos''; Italian: ''italo-uruguaiani'') are Uruguayan-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent or Italian-born people in Uruguay. It is estimated that more than one third of Uruguayans are of Italian descent. Along with its neighboring country, Argentina, Italian immigration to Uruguay is one of the largest, if not the largest, ethnic groups towards Uruguay's modern culture and society, along with Spanish Uruguayans, exhibiting significant connections to Italian culture in terms of language, customs and traditions. Outside of Italy, Uruguay has one of the highest percentages of Italians in the world. Characteristics The recorded presence of Italians in Uruguay started with the founding of Montevideo. Nevertheless, Italians began arriving in Uruguay in large numbers in the 1870s, mainly due to economic disturbances. The climax of this wave of Italian immigrants would have occurred from the late XIX century up until the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi ( , ;In his native Ligurian language, he is known as ''Gioxeppe Gaibado''. In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as ''Jousé'' or ''Josep''. 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, patriot, revolutionary and republican. He contributed to Italian unification and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy. He is considered one of the greatest generals of modern times and one of Italy's " fathers of the fatherland", along with Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy and Giuseppe Mazzini. Garibaldi is also known as the "''Hero of the Two Worlds''" because of his military enterprises in South America and Europe. Garibaldi was a follower of the Italian nationalist Mazzini and embraced the republican nationalism of the Young Italy movement. He became a supporter of Italian unification under a democratic republican government. However, breaking with Mazzini, he pragmatically allied himself with the monarchist Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Uruguayans
Swiss Uruguayans are Uruguayan citizens of full or partial Swiss ancestry, who remain culturally connected to Switzerland, or Swiss-born people permanently residing in Uruguay. They are estimated to be around 60,000. History In 1860, the Basel bank of Siegrist und Fender purchased farm land in Uruguay. It was not long before the first Swiss citizens moved to Uruguay with the goal of working the land as farmers, where they founded the colony of Nueva Helvecia around 1862. As of 2008, there were 956 people with Swiss passports residing in Uruguay. Notable Swiss Uruguayans ;Past *José Belloni (1882–1965), sculptor * Roque Gastón Máspoli (1917–2004), football player and coach *Juan José Morosoli (1899-1959), writer *Bernardo Poncini (1814-1874), architect ;Present *Julián Schweizer (born 1998), surfer *Matías Vitkieviez (born 1985), footballer * Walter Zimmer (born 1945), physician and politician See also *Nueva Helvecia * Switzerland–Uruguay relations Bibliography * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italo-Venezuelans
Italian Venezuelans are Venezuelan citizens of Italian descent. The word may refer to someone born in Venezuela of Italian descent or to someone who has emigrated to Venezuela from Italy. Italians were among the largest groups of European immigrants to settle in the country. Approximately 5 million Venezuelans have some degree of Italian ancestry. Italians began arriving in Venezuela in massive numbers in the last half of the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth centuries. Yet Italians began to transmit a sound cultural heritage, giving and receiving demonstrations of social empathy, which contributed to their integration and to the huge flows into Venezuela in 1947 and in 1948. The massive presence of travelers, explorers, missionaries, and other peninsular and insular Italian immigrants over the course of almost 500 years made Venezuela acquire a Latin vocation instead of a Hispanic one. Italians also influenced Venezuelan accent, given its slight sing-songy intonation. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian South African
Italian South Africans ( it, Italo-sudafricani) are South Africans who have full or partial Italian ancestry. They are primarily descended from Italians who emigrated to South Africa during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Language and religion Most Italian South Africans, like other South Africans, are Christians. The majority of them are Roman Catholics although there is a Protestant minority. All the remaining first-generation Italian South Africans speak Italian and also English or other South African languages as second language. The Italian South Africans of the new generations are assimilated into South African society, and most of them speak mainly English as first language with a handful that speak Afrikaans and Zulu but still secondarily Italian (and sometimes French). Notable Italian South Africans Sport * Oscar Pistorius, South African sprint runner and convicted murderer * Carlo Del Fava, South African-born Italian former rugby union player * Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Mexicans
An Italian-Mexican or Italo-Mexican ( es, italo-mexicano, it, italo-messicano), is a Mexicans, Mexican citizen of Italians, Italian descent or origin. The ancestors of most Mexicans of Italian descent arrived in the country during the late 19th century. Their descendants have generally assimilated into mainstream Mexican society. History During the New Spain, colonial era there was a small number of non-Spanish European entrants, in particular Catholic missionaries. There are records of a few Italian soldiers and mariners in early New Spain. Prominent among the Italians was Juan Pablos (born Giovanni Paoli in Brescia), who founded the House of the First Print Shop in the Americas, first printing shop in the Americas. The most important missionary was Eusebio Kino who led the evangelization of Pimería Alta. Italian-Mexican identity rests on the common experience of migration from Italy in the late 19th century, a period characterized by a general Italian diaspora to the Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Chileans
Italian Chileans (in Spanish: ''Italochilenos'', Italian: ''Italo-cileni'') are Chileans of full or partial Italian descent. It is estimated that 150,000 to 300,000 in year 2000Parvex R. (2014). Le Chili et les mouvements migratoires', Hommes & migrations, Nº 1305, 2014. doi10.4000/hommesmigrations.2720/small>. Chileans are of full or partial Italian ancestry. In Southern Chile, there were state-conducted Italian immigrant programs though they were not as massive as the German and Croatian immigrant programs. Families settled especially in Capitán Pastene, Angol, Lumaco, and Temuco but also in Valparaiso, Concepción, Chillán, Valdivia, and Osorno. One of the notable Italian influences in Chile is, for example, the sizable number of Italian surnames of a proportion of Chilean politicians, businessmen, and intellectuals, many of whom intermarried into the Castilian-Basque elites. Italian Chileans, along with French Chileans, contributed to the development, cultivation and own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Uruguayans
Greek Uruguayans (Greek: Έλληνες της Ουρουγουάης) are Uruguayan residents either fully or partially of Greek descent or Greece-born people who reside in Uruguay. Overview The Greek community in Uruguay numbers between 25,000 and 28,000 people (1% of total population); most of them live in the Montevideo area. Some of them also settled in the frontier city of Rivera. The 2011 Uruguayan census revealed 103 people who declared Greece as their country of birth. The Greek community center and the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Nikolaos are located on 19 de Abril Avenue in Prado. Another important Greek institution in Montevideo is the Maria Tsakos Foundation which offers free lessons of the Greek language, of Greek dances and cooking and organizes cultural activities. The Great Uruguayan footballer, Obdulio Varela was of part-Greek descent and is to date the only footballer with any Greek blood in them to win the FIFA World Cup. Included are Aromanians and Megleno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Uruguayans
Croatian Uruguayans comprise Croat migrants to Uruguay and their descendants. The first Croats reached the Río de la Plata region during the second half of the 18th century; the biggest inflow of immigrants was mostly during the first half of the 20th century. They established their own institutions, such as the Croatian Home. According to UN estimates there are some 3,300 people of Croat descent living in Uruguay. Other estimates place the figure at around 5,000. In 2006 Eduardo R. Antonich published the monograph "Croatia and Croats in Uruguay". Notable people ;Past * (1848-1928), sailor, writer ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Uruguayans
Austrian Uruguayans are people born in Austria who live in Uruguay or Uruguayan-born people of Austrian descent. Overview In the times of the Austro-Hungarian Empire diplomatic relations were established with Uruguay, with Baron Anton von Petz celebrating a Treaty of Friendship, Trade and Navigation between both countries, which enabled immigration During the two World Wars thousands of Austrians escaped Europe, most of them fleeing to South America, including a small but significant Austrian-Jewish community. The Central Austrian Committee for Latin America was established in Montevideo in 1943. The 2011 Uruguayan census revealed 141 people who declared Austria as their country of birth. There are some members of the Austrian nobility in Uruguay, such as the Habsburgs and the Auerspergs. There is an institution, the Alpine Club Montevideo (german: Alpenländer Verein Montevideo), which was established in 1934 by Austrians and Germans. Notable Austrian Uruguayans * Nelly Weis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Uruguayans
A Lithuanian Uruguayan is a Uruguayan citizen who is fully or partially of Lithuanian descent. Lithuanians migrated to Uruguay mostly during the 1920s and 1930s; they eventually reached the 10,000-people-mark. They established their own institutions, such as the Uruguay-Lithuania Cultural Association and several Lithuanian-language newspapers, notably Naujoji Banga. There is also a small Lithuanian Jewish community in Montevideo. The 2011 Uruguayan census revealed 104 people who declared Lithuania as their country of birth. Notable people *Zoma Baitler, artist * Ladislao Brazionis, footballer * Victorio Cieslinskas, Olympic basketball player (bronze in 1952) * Vladas Doukšas, footballer * Eduardo Gudynas, scientist * José Gurvich, painter * Leonel Pilipauskas, footballer * Lilián Abracinskas, female activist * Nicolás Vikonis, footballer *Sergio Gorzy, sports journalist an television presenter References External links * Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainian Uruguayans
Ukrainian Uruguayans ( uk, Українці Уругваю, ''Ukrajintsi Urugvaju'', es, Ucraniano-uruguayos, links=no) are an ethnic minority in Uruguay. Ukrainians arrived in Uruguay around the 1920s, coming from Western Ukraine, Bukovina and the Zakarpattia Oblast, as well as some immigrants from Argentina.Wasylyk, Mykola (1994). ''Ukrainians in Argentina'' (Chapter), in ''Ukraine and Ukrainians Throughout the World'', edited by Ann Lencyk Pawliczko, University of Toronto Press: Toronto, pp. 420-443 During the last years of the World War II, many displaced people came from Europe. According to Ukrainian sources, nowadays there are several thousands of people of Ukrainian descent living in Uruguay. Other local sources report about only several hundred people of Ukrainian descent living in Uruguay, mainly in Salto Department; further, the 2011 Uruguayan census revealed 70 people who declared Ukraine as their country of birth. A recent bilateral agreement aims at further resea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
