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Jaromir
Jaromír, Jaromir, Jaroměr is a Slavic male given name. Origin and meaning Jaromír is a West Slavic given name composed of two stems ''jaro'' and ''mír''. The meaning is not definite: *Polish ''jary'' (archaic) = „spry, young, strong“; ''mir'' = „prestige, good reputation“ *Upper Sorbian ''jara'' = „very“; ''měr'' = „peace“ *old- Ruthenian ''jaro'' = „sun“; ''mir'' = „peace, world“ False etymology In the Czech, the name is seemingly composed from two other words. Word ''Jaro'' means „spring“ and word ''mír'' means „peace“. Variations * Jaroměr (Upper Sorbian) * Jaromir (Polish) * Jaromír (Czech, Slovak) The female forms are Jaromira or Jaromíra. The short form is Jesko. People known as Jaromir Royalty * Jaromir, Duke of Bohemia * Jaromir (Bishop of Prague) Others * Jaromír Blažek, Czech football goalkeeper * Jaromír Dragan, Slovak ice hockey player * Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech writer * Jaromír Funke, Czech photographer * Jaro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaromír Jágr
Jaromír Jágr (; born 15 February 1972) is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger for and the owner of Rytíři Kladno of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Dallas Stars, Boston Bruins, New Jersey Devils, Florida Panthers and Calgary Flames, serving as captain of the Penguins and the Rangers, between 1990 and 2018. After leaving the Rangers in 2008, he played three seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) with Avangard Omsk. He returned to the NHL in 2011 with the Flyers and remained in the league for seven more years before being assigned by the Flames in 2018 to HC Kladno. Having played in 34 professional seasons (as of 2021) and over 2,000 professional games, Jágr has had one of the longest careers in professional ice hockey history. He is the most productive European player who has ever played in the NHL and is widely regard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaromir (Bishop Of Prague)
Jaromír, Jaromir, Jaroměr is a Slavic male given name. Origin and meaning Jaromír is a West Slavic given name composed of two stems ''jaro'' and ''mír''. The meaning is not definite: *Polish ''jary'' (archaic) = „spry, young, strong“; ''mir'' = „prestige, good reputation“ *Upper Sorbian ''jara'' = „very“; ''měr'' = „peace“ *old- Ruthenian ''jaro'' = „sun“; ''mir'' = „peace, world“ False etymology In the Czech, the name is seemingly composed from two other words. Word ''Jaro'' means „spring“ and word ''mír'' means „peace“. Variations * Jaroměr (Upper Sorbian) * Jaromir (Polish) * Jaromír (Czech, Slovak) The female forms are Jaromira or Jaromíra. The short form is Jesko. People known as Jaromir Royalty * Jaromir, Duke of Bohemia * Jaromir (Bishop of Prague) Others * Jaromír Blažek, Czech football goalkeeper * Jaromír Dragan, Slovak ice hockey player * Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech writer * Jaromír Funke, Czech photographer * Jaro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavic Names
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries. The main types of Slavic names: * Two-basic names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', '' Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ''Rogvolod''), *pъlkъ (''Svetopolk'', ''Yaropolk''), *slavъ (''Vladislav'', ''Dobroslav'', ''Vseslav'') and their derivatives (''Dobrynya, Tishila, Ratisha, Putyata'', etc.) * Names from flora and fauna (''Shchuka'' - pike, ''Yersh'' - ruffe, ''Zayac'' - hare, ''Wolk''/'' Vuk'' - wolf, ''Orel'' - eagle) * Names in order of birth (''Pervusha'' - born first, ''Vtorusha''/''Vtorak'' - born second, ''Tretiusha''/''Tretyak'' - born third) * Names according to human qualities (''Hrabr'' - brave, ''Milana/Milena'' - beautiful, ''Milosh'' - cute) * Names containing the root of the name of a pagan deities (''Troyan'', ''Perunek/Peruvit'', ''Yarovit'', ''Stribor'', ''Šventaragis'', ''Veleslava'') A number of names from Slavic roots appeared as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaromír Weinberger
Jaromír Weinberger (8 January 1896 – August 8, 1967) was a Bohemian born Jewish subject of the Austrian Empire, who became a naturalized American composer. Biography Weinberger was born in Prague, Austria-Hungary, into a family of Jewish origin. He heard Czech folksongs from time spent at his grandparents' farm as a youth. He started playing the piano aged 5, and composing and conducting aged 10. He began musical studies with Jaroslav Křička, and later teachers included Václav Talich and Rudolf Karel. He became a student at the Prague Conservatory at age 14, as a second-year student, where he studied composition with Vítězslav Novák and . Later, at Leipzig, he studied with Max Reger, who influenced Weinberger on the use of counterpoint. In September 1922, Weinberger moved to the United States where he took up a position as an instructor at Cornell University. Between 1922 and 1926 he was professor of composition at the Ithaca Conservatory (now the music school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Ebbertz
Martin Ebbertz (born 1962 in Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, West Germany) is a German writer of children's books. He grew up in Pruem (Eifel), and studied Germanistik, Philosophy, and History in Freiburg, Münster and Frankfurt. He lived and worked as a free-lance writer first in Frankfurt/Main, then five years in Thessaloniki, Greece. Since Spring 2000 Martin Ebbertz has lived with his wife and two children in Boppard on the Rhine River. In addition to being a writer, he is also a flea market dealer and a second-hand bookseller. His first children's book ''Josef, der zu den Indianern will'' appeared in 1992. His best known book is ''Der kleine Herr Jaromir'', which was also translated into Dutch and Chinese. Many of his children's stories were also published in the German literary radio program broadcast Ohrenbär. Bibliography Poetry & Prose * ''Der schönste Platz von Teneriffa''. Sports stories. Verlag Am Erker, 1988 * ''Vier Jahrzehnte Eremiten-Presse''. History of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaromír Vejvoda
Jaromír Vejvoda (28 March 1902 – 13 November 1988) was a Czech composer and the author of the "Beer Barrel Polka". Life and work Vejvoda was born and died in Zbraslav. He learned to play the fiddle and flugelhorn in a band led by his father. Later he played these instruments in a military band. He started to compose in the 1920s while he worked as a bartender in a pub owned by his father-in-law. In 1929 he wrote the ''Modřanská polka'' named after Modřany, a suburb of Prague where it was played the first time. This catchy tune became a hit and allowed Vejvoda to pursue music as a full-time professional. It was published in 1934 with lyrics ''Škoda lásky, kterou jsem tobě dala...'' Publishing house Shapiro Bernstein acquired the rights shortly before World War II and the polka, now the "Beer Barrel Polka" with the English lyrics "Roll out the barrel...", became the most popular song of the Allies in the West, although the original Czech lyrics have a very different meani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaromír Paciorek
Jaromír "Jarda" Paciorek (born 11 July 1979) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Paciorek was born in Kroměříž and began his career in a local club, Hanácká Slavia Kroměříž. Soon his talent – including an overview of the game or speed – was detected by coaches of FC Svit Zlín, where Paciorek was later transferred to. Paciorek played in the Czech under-16 team during 1995 European Under-16 Championship. The championship were successful for him and consequently some famous clubs (e.g. Bayern Munich and Feyenoord Rotterdam) wanted to transfer Paciorek. Eventually Paciorek went to Feyenoord and in his first season he played in the junior team. One year later he was promoted to the senior team, but he did not play any matches there. In 1997, he moved to Excelsior Rotterdam ( 2nd level). In 1998, he went to Fortuna Sittard, where he played irregularly (31 games over three years) so the club terminated the contract with Pacior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaromír Nohavica
Jaromír Nohavica or Jarek Nohavica (born 7 June 1953, in Ostrava) is a Czech recording artist, songwriter, lyricist and poet. Early life He was born in Ostrava and has played guitar since he was 13. He began studies at the Technical University of Ostrava but eventually left the school. He tried various jobs, including as a freelance lyricist. He gained fame with his first song for Marie Rottrová, ''Lásko, voníš deštěm'' (You Smell of Rain, My Love; actually a cover version of the song ''She's Gone'' by Black Sabbath). He lives in Ostrava with his wife and two children. Career In 1982, he started performing in public, and his songs gained popularity. His first album, ''Darmoděj'' (The Wastrel), released in 1988, sold out immediately. A mythical aura arose around Nohavica which survived even the crisis period of his treatment for alcoholism. He released the somewhat pessimistic ''Mikymauzoleum'' (Mickey Mausoleum), an album containing mainly melancholic songs. Meanw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaromír Blažek
Jaromír Blažek (; born 29 December 1972) is a Czech former professional football goalkeeper. Club career Born in Brno, Blažek started his career in Slavia Prague, where he got to play his first league games. After two years during which he was mainly used as a substitute, he moved to Dynamo České Budějovice to become the number one goalkeeper there. That 1992–93 season was to be the last of the Czechoslovak First League, and he decided to spend his first season in the new Gambrinus liga with Viktoria Žižkov, which turned out to be a good choice since he won his first title, the national cup. He left after only one year though, moving across Prague to FC Bohemians. They were relegated that year and Blažek, who did not want to spend a year in the Second League, was loaned for one year to his first club Slavia Prague, where again he was a substitute. Since Bohemians regained promotion the same year, he returned there and stayed for three and a half years. However, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaromír Krejcar
(25 July 1895, Hundsheim, Austria – 5 October 1950, London) was a Czechs, Czech Functionalism (architecture), functionalistic architect, student of Jan Kotěra and member of Devětsil.
He collaborated with Czech structural engineer, Dr. Jaroslav Josef Polivka on the internationally acclaimed Czech Pavilion at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937), Paris Exposition of 1937.
Krejcar was husband of journalist Milena Jesenská and father of Jana Krejcarová. After the Communist-organized 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état he went to exile to the United Kingdom.
1895 births
1950 deaths
People from Bruck an der Leitha District
Czech architects
Czechoslovak emigrants to the United Kingdom
Czechoslovak exiles
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Jaromír Zápal
Jaromír Zápal (March 18, 1923 in Brandýs nad Orlicí – December 5, 1984 in Prague) was a Czechoslovak illustrator, painter and writer. He is mainly known as an illustrator of children books. Zápal studied at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design (''Vysoká škola uměleckoprůmyslová'') in Prague. Later he worked as a graphics art editor for publishing houses ''Státní nakladatelství dětské knihy'' (SNDK), which in 1969 became ''Albatros, publishers for children and youth'', i. e. specializing on children and youth literature. Among his most known works are the rendition of Winnie the Pooh Winnie-the-Pooh, also called Pooh Bear and Pooh, is a fictional Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne and English illustrator E. H. Shepard. The first collection of stories about the character w ... (first published in 1958) and illustrations for the Neznaika trilogy by Nikolai Nosov (first published in 1957, 1961 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaromír Štětina
Jaromír Štětina (born 6 April 1943) is a Czech journalist, writer and politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2019 for the Czech Republic, representing TOP 09. He is also known as a war correspondent from the conflict areas of the former Soviet Union countries. Biography Štětina was born in Prague in 1943. From 1961-1967, he studied at the Prague University of Economics and Business. From 1965 until 1968, Štětina was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. In 1968, he started working as a journalist for the newspaper '' Mladá Fronta'', and his time there coincided with the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia, during which the Soviet army seized control of the newspaper's offices. Štětina was subsequently fired due to his disagreement with the Warsaw Pact occupation. He subsequently worked as a geodesist, and while working, studied geology long-distance at Charles University in Prague, during which he organised 25 geologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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