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Kiri Te Kanawa 2013 (cropped)
Kiri may refer to: People * Kiri (given name), a given name (and list of people with the name) * Kiri Te Kanawa (born 1944), New Zealand soprano * Riku Kiri (born 1963), Finnish weight lifter * Solomon Kiri ( fl. 1990s), New Zealand rugby player Places * Kiri, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a community in Bandundu Province * Kiri Territory, Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo Other uses * , several ships * ''Kiri'' (TV series), British television drama series * Kiri Airport * Breuvages Kiri, an independent bottler of soft drinks * ''Paulownia tomentosa'', a tree * Kiri (cheese brand), a brand of cheese by Bel Group * "Kiri", a song by Monoral See also * * ''Kiri Noh'', a category of ''Noh'' * Government Seal of Japan The Government Seal of Japan, one of the country's national seals, is the emblem ''(mon)'' of paulownia used by the Prime Minister, the Cabinet and the Government of Japan on official documents. It is generally known as the , which has be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiri (given Name)
Kiri is a given name appearing in various cultures. In Cambodian or Khmer, "Kiri" (or alternatively spelt "Kiry") means mountain summit. In Māori, "kiri" means "skin", "bark", or "rind". In Finland, Kiri (male) name is listed iFinnish orthodox calendar.The name is a short version of Kyriakos (Saint Cyriacus the Anchorite. * Kiri Te Kanawa (born 1944), New Zealand opera singer * Kim Kiri (born 1985), South Korean comedian * Kiri Baga (born 1995), American figure skater * Kiri Davis (fl. 2000s), African-American filmmaker * Kiri Hart, vice president of development at Lucasfilm who oversees the Star Wars franchise * Kiri Pritchard-McLean Kiri Louise Pritchard-McLean (born 1986) is a Welsh comedian and writer. She has performed for several consecutive years at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and won five Chortle Awards. Career Pritchard-McLean is the director and writer for sketc ... (born 1986), British comedian Fictional characters * Kiri Komori, character in ''Sayonar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiri Te Kanawa
Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa , (; born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron, 6 March 1944) is a retired New Zealand opera singer. She had a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced". Te Kanawa had three top 40 albums in Australia in the mid-1980s. Te Kanawa has received accolades in many countries, singing a wide array of works in many languages dating from the 17th to the 20th centuries. She is particularly associated with the works of Mozart, Strauss, Verdi, Handel and Puccini, and found considerable success in portraying princesses, nobility, and other similar characters on stage. Though she rarely sang opera later in her career, Te Kanawa frequently performed in concert and recital, gave masterclasses, and supported young opera singers in launching their careers. Her final performance was in Ballarat, Australia, in October 2016, but she did not reveal her retirement until September 2017. Personal life Te Kanawa was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riku Kiri
Riku Kiri (born April 5, 1963 in Kotka, Finland) is a Finnish former strongman and powerlifter, best known for competing in the World's Strongest Man competition, narrowly missing out on capturing the title on more than one occasion. He has been referred to as: ''"the strongest man never to win World's Strongest Man."'' Life and career The 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in), 145 kg (320 lb) Kiri is particularly noted for his static strength including a 300 kg (661.4 lb) single-arm deadlift and a 302.5 kg (666.9 lbs) raw bench press. He squatted 440 kg in the Dutch Open strongman contest of 1995 in a Smith machine apparatus. He also bench pressed 290.0 kg (639.3 lb) raw in an official WPC meet along with many other records. At 19 years old in 1983, Riku held a World Record in powerlifting in the squat lift in IPF competition, 350 kg (125 kg weight category). In one of his first ever strongest man contests, he defeated reigning World's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solomon Kiri
Solomon Kiri (born 26 October 1972) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s for the Adelaide Rams and the Western Reds. New Zealand Kiri played for the Counties Manukau Heroes in the 1994 Lion Red Cup before joining the Auckland Warriors and playing for the Warriors Colts in the 1995 Lion Red Cup grand final. Kiri also represented the New Zealand Māori rugby league team Australia In 1996 Kiri played for the Western Reds, playing two first grade games for the club. Kiri joined the new Adelaide Rams franchise in the 1997 Super League (Australia) competition and played ten times for the Rams. Later years Kiri then returned to New Zealand and played for the Otahuhu Leopards. He represented Auckland and the New Zealand Residents in 2000. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floruit
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicating the time when someone flourished. Etymology and use la, flōruit is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of the Latin verb ', ' "to bloom, flower, or flourish", from the noun ', ', "flower". Broadly, the term is employed in reference to the peak of activity for a person or movement. More specifically, it often is used in genealogy and historical writing when a person's birth or death dates are unknown, but some other evidence exists that indicates when they were alive. For example, if there are wills attested by John Jones in 1204, and 1229, and a record of his marriage in 1197, a record concerning him might be written as "John Jones (fl. 1197–1229)". The term is often used in art history when dating the career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiri, Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Kiri is a town in Mai-Ndombe Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the headquarters of Kiri Territory. As of 2012 the estimated population was 14,612. The town is served by a small airport, Basango Mboliasa Airport Basango Mboliasa Airport serves the town of Kiri in Mai-Ndombe Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. See also * * *Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo *List of airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo This is a lis ..., at an elevation of . References Populated places in Mai-Ndombe Province {{DRCongo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiri Territory
Kiri Territory is an administrative region of Mai-Ndombe Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The headquarters is the town of Kiri. Location Kiri territory has sandy clay soils, supporting food crops that include cassava, maize, banana, peanut, yams, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, rice, beans, vegetables, robusta coffee, cocoa and palm. Most of the land is covered with rain forest. The southern boundary is defined by the Lokoro River, which flows from the southeast, entering Lake Mai-Ndombe at the westernmost point of the territory. Kiri Territory is divided into the Beronge, Lutoy and Pendjwa sectors. Economy The Kiri General Hospital was rehabilitated in 1983, and a farmers cooperative was established in 1995. As of 1997 Kiri Territory had a population of 121,604 within an area of , or about 11 people per square kilometer. Trade was mostly with Kinshasa via the neighboring territory of Inongo to the west, handled by a cartel of traders who controlled prices. Local produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiri (TV Series)
''Kiri'' is a four-part British television crime drama miniseries starring Sarah Lancashire. It aired on Channel 4 from 10 to 31 January 2018. Plot The series is set in Bristol. It centres on the abduction of Kiri Akindele (Felicia Mukasa), a nine-year-old black girl. Kiri lives with her foster parents Jim and Alice Warner (Steven Mackintosh and Lia Williams) and their teenage son Simon (Finn Bennett). The Warners are a middle-class white couple who fostered her at age four and are about to adopt her. Miriam Grayson (Sarah Lancashire) is a disorganised middle-aged social worker. Kiri is in her care. Her boss is Julie Burnett (Claire Rushbrook). Kiri has been taken to the house of her paternal grandfather Tobi Akindele (Lucian Msamati) and his second wife for supervised visits once a month by Miriam, who has been investigated in relation to previous cases in which her decisions have resulted in negative outcomes. Kiri's father is 28-year-old Nathanial ( Paapa Essiedu). He is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiri Airport
Basango Mboliasa Airport serves the town of Kiri in Mai-Ndombe Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. See also * * *Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo *List of airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo This is a list of airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sorted by location. Airports Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines. See also * Transport in the Democratic Republic ... References External links FallingRain - Basango Mboliasa AirportOpenStreetMaps - Kiri* Airports in Mai-Ndombe Province {{DRCongo-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breuvages Kiri
Breuvages Kiri, L.P., (also known as Technobev S.E.C.) was a Canadian independent manufacturer of soft drinks, bottled water and other non-alcoholic beverages. The head office and its principal production facilities were located in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Quebec, in the region of Lanaudière. Kiri enjoyed a modest share of the regional beverage market for more than 30 years before shutting down. TechnoBev soft drinks were marketed in Ontario under the brand name Snow White, with no mention of Kiri on the product packaging. The company's brands included Kiri cola and Snow White black cherry, root beer, strawberry, champagne cider, spruce beer and other flavours. The company was originally called Liqueurs Bergeron. Kiri was featured in Season 5, episode 11 of the TV series ''How It's Made''. The company successfully filed for bankruptcy protection in February 2011 and ceased production shortly after. References *Kiri was featured in Season 5, episode 11 of the TV series ''Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulownia Tomentosa
''Paulownia tomentosa'', common names princess tree, empress tree, or foxglove-tree, is a deciduous hardwood tree in the family Paulowniaceae, native to central and western China. It is an extremely fast-growing tree with seeds that disperse readily, and is a persistent exotic invasive species in North America, where it has undergone naturalisation in large areas of the Eastern US. ''P. tomentosa'' has also been introduced to Western and Central Europe, and is establishing itself as a naturalised species there as well. Etymology The generic name ''Paulownia'' honours Anna Pavlovna of Russia, who was Queen Consort of the Netherlands from 1840 to 1849. The specific epithet ''tomentosa'' is a Latin word meaning ‘covered in hairs’. Description This tree grows tall, with large heart-shaped to five-lobed leaves across, arranged in opposite pairs on the stem. On young growth, the leaves may be in whorls of three and be much bigger than the leaves on more mature growth. The le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiri (cheese Brand)
Kiri may refer to: People * Kiri (given name), a given name (and list of people with the name) * Kiri Te Kanawa (born 1944), New Zealand soprano * Riku Kiri (born 1963), Finnish weight lifter * Solomon Kiri ( fl. 1990s), New Zealand rugby player Places * Kiri, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a community in Bandundu Province * Kiri Territory, Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo Other uses * , several ships * ''Kiri'' (TV series), British television drama series * Kiri Airport * Breuvages Kiri, an independent bottler of soft drinks * ''Paulownia tomentosa'', a tree * Kiri (cheese brand), a brand of cheese by Bel Group * "Kiri", a song by Monoral See also * * ''Kiri Noh'', a category of ''Noh'' * Government Seal of Japan The Government Seal of Japan, one of the country's national seals, is the emblem ''(mon)'' of paulownia used by the Prime Minister, the Cabinet and the Government of Japan on official documents. It is generally known as the , which has be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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