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Maida Vale Singers
Maida may refer to: People * Maida Abdallah (born 1970), Tanzanian politician * Maida Arslanagić (born 1984), Croatian handball player * Maida Bryant (1926–2016), New Zealand nurse, politician and community leader * Maida Coleman (born 1954), American politician * Maida Heatter, American chef and cookbook writer * Maida Markgraf (born 1991), Montenegrin footballer * Maida Townsend, American 21st century politician * Maida (surname), surname Places *Maida, Calabria, a ''comune'' in the province of Catanzaro, Italy *Maida, North Dakota, an unincorporated community in the United States * Maida Avenue, street in London, England Other uses * ''Maida'' (flour), a white flour used in South Asia *Battle of Maida, a Napoleonic battle in Calabria during the War of the Third Coalition * French ship ''Jupiter'', captured by the Royal Navy and renamed HMS ''Maida'' *Maida (dog), belonging to Sir Walter Scott *The Maida series of children's books, written by Inez Haynes Irwin See al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maida Abdallah
Maida Hamad Abdallah (born December 1, 1970) is a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and .... She has been the District Secretary of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party since 2005. She is also the District Secretary of the Tanzania Parents Association. References 1970 births Living people Chama Cha Mapinduzi politicians Tanzanian MPs 2005–2010 21st-century Tanzanian women politicians {{Tanzania-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maida Avenue
Maida Avenue is a road in the Little Venice area of Maida Vale in London. Located in the City of Westminster, it follows the southern bank of the Regent's Canal close to its junction with the Grand Union Canal. It runs between Warwick Avenue, London, Warwick Avenue and Edgware Road. Directly across the canal Blomfield Road runs parallel to Maida Avenue. The area was developed in the early nineteenth century and in its early years it was known as Maida Hill West. In 1891 the architect John Loughborough Pearson designed the Catholic Apostolic Church in the street, which is now Grade I listed. A blue plaque in the street commemorates the former residence of the poet John Masefield. The actor Arthur Lowe, known for his role as Captain Mainwaring in the BBC television series ''Dad's Army'', lived in Maida Avenue from 1969 to 1982.Adams p.158 References Bibliography * Adams, Mark. ''Location London: London's Film Locations Uncovered''. Interlink Publishing Group Incorporated, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maidu
The Maidu are a Native American people of northern California. They reside in the central Sierra Nevada, in the watershed area of the Feather and American rivers. They also reside in Humbug Valley. In Maiduan languages, ''Maidu'' means "man." Local division The Maidu people are geographically dispersed into many subgroups or bands who live among and identify with separate valleys, foothills, and mountains in Northeastern Central California. There are three subcategories of Maidu: * The Nisenan or Southern Maidu occupied the whole of the American, Bear, and Yuba River drainages. They live in lands that were previously home to the Martis. * The Northeastern or Mountain Maidu, also known as Yamani Maidu, lived on the upper North and Middle forks of the Feather River. * The Konkow (Koyom'kawi/Concow) occupied a valley between present-day Cherokee, and Pulga, along the north fork of the Feather River and its tributaries. The Mechupda live in the area of Chico, California. Populati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inez Haynes Irwin
Inez Haynes Irwin (March 2, 1873 – September 25, 1970) was an American feminist author, journalist, member of the National Women's Party, and president of the Authors Guild. Many of her works were published under her former name Inez Haynes Gillmore. She wrote over 40 books and was active in the suffragist movement in the early 1900s. Irwin was a "rebellious and daring woman", but referred to herself as "the most timid of created beings". She died at the age of 97. Irwin was a close friend of the American feminist writer Mary MacLane, who included a colorful personality portrait of Irwin in her newspaper articles in Butte, Montana, in 1910. Early years and education Inez Haynes was born on March 2, 1873, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Gideon Haynes and Emma Jane Hopkins Haynes. Her parents were from Boston in the United States, but were staying in Brazil because of her father's business problems. Her mother, her father's second wife, was 24 years younger than him, and had to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maida (dog)
Maida (1813–1824) sometimes called a Deerhound, was a crossbreed from a ''Pyrenean Wolfdog'' and a ''Highland Deerhound'', belonging to Sir Walter Scott, and reported to be his favourite dog. Named after the Battle of Maida, which took place in 1806, he was a gift from Alexander Macdonell of Glengarry (Alexander Ranaldson Macdonell), a friend of Scott, and whose brother led the 78th Highlanders in the battle, a victory for the British against the French in the Napoleonic Wars. Scott wrote to his son Charles that "Old Maida died suddenly in his straw last week, after a good supper, which, considering his weak state, was rather a deliverance; he is buried below his monument, on which the following epitaph is engraved in Latin '' aidae marmorea dormis sub imagine Maida / Ante fores domini sit tibi terra levis', thus Englished by an eminent hand : - :'Beneath the sculptured form which late you bore, :Sleep soundly Maida at your master's door.'" The monument mentioned is a statue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Jupiter (1803)
''Constitution'' was a 74-gun of the French Navy launched as ''Viala'' (or ''Vialla'') in 1795. The Royal Navy captured her in 1806 and sold her in 1814. French service Between 1794 and 1795, the French successively named her ''Viala'' (in honour of Joseph Agricol Viala), ''Voltaire'' (in honour of François-Marie Arouet), and ''Constitution'' (after the Constitution of the National Convention). In the winter of 1796-1797, she took part in the Expédition d'Irlande. She managed to reach Bantry Bay, where on 22 December 1797 she was damaged in a collision with ''Révolution''. Between 29 September 1800 and 18 June 1802, she underwent fitting at Toulon. In 1802, she was recommissioned in Toulon, under Captain Faure. On 5 February 1803, she was renamed again to ''Jupiter''. On 13 December 1805 she joined Vice-Admiral Corentin Urbain Leissègues's squadron bound for Santo Domingo, under Captain Laignel. On 27 December she separated from the squadron in a gale. She rejoined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Maida
The Battle of Maida, fought on 4 July 1806 was a battle between the British expeditionary force and a French force outside the town of Maida in Calabria, Italy during the Napoleonic Wars. John Stuart led 5,236 Anglo-Sicilian troops to victory over about 5,400 Franco-Italian-Polish troops under the command of French general Jean Reynier, inflicting significant losses while incurring relatively few casualties. Maida is located in the toe of Italy, about west of Catanzaro. In early 1806, the French invaded and overran the Kingdom of Naples, forcing King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and his government to flee to Sicily. The Calabrians revolted against their new conquerors and Stuart's expeditionary force tried to exploit the unrest by raiding the coast. While ashore, the British encountered Reynier's division and the two sides engaged in battle. The 19th-century historians presented the action as a typical fight between French columns and British lines. This view of the battle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maida (flour)
is a white flour from the Indian subcontinent, made from wheat. Finely milled without any bran, refined, and bleached, it closely resembles cake flour. is used extensively for making fast foods, baked goods such as pastries, bread, several varieties of sweets, and traditional flatbreads. Owing to this wide variety of uses, it is sometimes labeled and marketed as "all-purpose flour", though it is different from all-purpose flour. Production is made from the endosperm: the starchy white part of the grain. The bran is separated from the germ and endosperm which is then refined by passing through a sieve of 80 mesh per inch (31 mesh per centimeter). Although naturally yellowish due to pigments present in wheat, is typically bleached, either naturally due to atmospheric oxygen, or with any of a number of flour bleaching agents. While it is milled from winter wheat that has a high gluten content, heat generated during the milling process results in denaturing of the protein, limit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maida, North Dakota
Maida (also Seven Lakes) is an unincorporated community in northern Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States. It lies along North Dakota Highway 1, north of the city of Langdon, the county seat of Cavalier County. Its elevation is 1,562 feet (476 m). Maida serves as a port of entry between Canada and the United States. Various possibilities have been suggested for the etymology of the name "Maida": *A book read by Charles Howatt, the first postmaster *Suggested by two Canadian bankers from a dog in a novel by Sir Walter Scott *A clipping of "maiden" name for a haymeadow Maida's post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional ser ... was established in September 1884 and became a Rural Branch of Langdon in April 1967; the community still has its own ZIP cod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maida Arslanagić
Maida Arslanagić (born 20 April 1984) is a retired Bosnian- Croatian handball player. She is daughter of the famous former handball goalkeeper Abaz Arslanagić. She played more than 100 games for the Croatia women's national handball team between 1999 and 2012, including the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship The 2008 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in the Republic of Macedonia from 2–14 December, it was won by Norway after beating Spain 34–21 in the final match. Venues Two Macedonian cities have been selected as hosts for th ..., where Croatia finished 6th. References External links * 1984 births Living people Croatian female handball players Olympic handball players for Croatia Handball players from Zagreb Mediterranean Games medalists in handball Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Croatia Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Bosniaks of Croatia {{croatia-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maida, Calabria
Maida ( Calabrian: ; ( sq, Vina) is an Arbëreshë is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. The British routed the French in the Battle of Maida in 1806, as part of the War of the Third Coalition. Maida is south of Lamezia Terme and west of the provincial capital Catanzaro. History On 4 July 1806 the British under General John Stuart defeated the French under Jean Reynier outside the town at the Battle of Maida. A London pub on the Edgware Road was named ''The Hero of Maida'', which in turn gave its name to adjoining districts of London, Maida Hill and later, Maida Vale. King Ferdinand IV of Naples and Sicily awarded Stuart the title of Count of Maida. The Norman castle of Maida was built in the 11th century under the direction of Duke Robert Guiscard. Famous citizens * Mgr Giovanni Cervadoro, the Carbonaro and teacher, was born in Maida in 1783 and died in 1836, wote School Stabilimenti for his students in 1829. * Balda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maida (surname)
Maida is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Adam Maida (born 1930), American Catholic archbishop and cardinal * Kevin Maida (born 1992), American lead guitarist for pop punk band Knuckle Puck * Luisa Maida (born 1979), Salvadoran sport shooter * Raine Maida (born 1970), Canadian lead singer and primary songwriter of the alternative rock band Our Lady Peace * John Stuart, Count of Maida Sir John Stuart, Count of Maida GCB (1759–1815), was a British Lieutenant-General during the Napoleonic Wars. Biography Stuart was born in Georgia, the son of Colonel John Stuart, superintendent of Indian affairs in the southern district, an ... (1759–1815), British lieutenant general during the Napoleonic Wars See also * Maida (other) {{surname surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
