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Makka (other)
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Makka may refer to: * Mecca, city and administrative center of Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia * Fidelis Makka (born 1950), Nigerian military officer and politician * Ioulia Makka (born 1983), Greek chess player * Makka Kleist (born 1951), Greenlandic actress * Makka Sagaipova (born 1987), Chechen singer See also * Macca (other) * Makah (other) * Maka (other) Maka or MAKA may refer to: * Maká, a Native American people in Paraguay ** Maká language, spoken by the Maká * Maka (satrapy), a province of the Achaemenid Empire * Maka, Biffeche, capital of the kingdom of Biffeche in pre-colonial Senegal * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecca
Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow valley above sea level. Its last recorded population was 1,578,722 in 2015. Its estimated metro population in 2020 is 2.042million, making it the List of cities in Saudi Arabia by population, third-most populated city in Saudi Arabia after Riyadh and Jeddah. Pilgrims more than triple this number every year during the Pilgrimage#Islam, pilgrimage, observed in the twelfth Islamic calendar, Hijri month of . Mecca is generally considered "the fountainhead and cradle of Islam". Mecca is revered in Islam as the birthplace of the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad. The Hira cave atop the ("Mountain of Light"), just outside the city, is where Muslims believe the Quran was first revealed to Muhammad. Vis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidelis Makka
Lt. Colonel Fidelis Makka (born 20 December 1950) was Military Governor of Benue State, Nigeria from 21 July 1988 to 2 January 1992 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. Background Fidelis Makka was born on 20 December 1950 in Gawu, Suleja Local Government of Niger State. On 4 January 1971 he enlisted as a reader officer at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Jaji and on 23 June 1973 he was granted regular combatant commission. He served in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon from May to November, 1976. He attended the Senior Staff Course at the Nigerian Defense Academy from September, 1981 to June, 1982. Other posts were Commander 142 Infantry Battalion, Nigerian Army in 1978 and Staff Officer at the Military Secretary's Office, Army Headquarters. Makka was the Deputy Defence Adviser to the Nigerian Embassy in the Republic of Cameroon before being appointed Governor of Benue State. Governor of Benue State General Ibrahim Babangida appointed Lt. Colonel F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ioulia Makka
Ioulia Makka ( gr, Ιουλία Μάκκα; born 10 December 1983) is a Greek chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 2002). She is a Greek Women's Chess Championship winner (2018). Biography Ioulia Makka twice in row won the Greek Junior Chess Championship in the U20 Girls Age Group (2002, 2003). In 2003, in Nakhchivan she won silver medal in World Girls U-20 Championship. She won four bronze medals in Greek Women's Chess Championships (2001, 2004, 2005, 2017), but in 2018 she won Greek Women's Chess Championship. Makka played for Greece twice in the European Team Chess Championships (2007, 2017). In 2002, she awarded the FIDE Woman International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ... (WIM) title. In 2016, she became an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makka Kleist
Makka Kleist (born 1951) is a Greenlandic actress. After training to be a schoolteacher, she was inspired to become an actress and received training at the Tuukkaq Teater in western Jutland. As she was unable to find work in Denmark, she moved to Canada where she appeared in the TV series ''Daughter of the Country'' (1986). Back in Greenland, she met the theatre director Svenn Syrin who persuaded her to move to Tromsø in Norway where she appeared mainly at the youth theatre. In 2004, the couple moved to Greenland where Kleist became the leader of the amateur drama group Silamiut. From 2007 to 2016, she ran the newly established Greenlandic Drama School. In 2011, Kleist was awarded the Sermitsiaq Culture Prize. Early life and education Born in Qullissat on 25 December 1951, Makka Kleist is the youngest daughter of Nikolaj Kleist and his wife Bertiaraq. She was one of the family's five children. Adopted by her parents, her cousin Kuupik Kleist has served as prime minister of Greenlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makka Sagaipova
Makka Umarovna Sagaipova (russian: link=no, Макка Умаровна Сагаипова) (born February 14, 1987 in Grozny, Chechen-Ingush ASSR, Soviet Union) is a Chechen singer. Biography She is the daughter of accordion player Umar Sagaipov. Sagaipova has sung since she was six years of age, and when she was eight, she learned to dance in the Chechen youth ensemble Lovzar. Makka's career was largely sponsored by Chechen millionaire Malik Saidullaev. Discography *Со хьа йоI ю – Нохчийчоь ''So ẋa yoj yu – Noxçiyçö'' (I am your Daughter, Chechnya) *Даймохк ''Daymoxk'' (Fatherland) *Вола ''Wola'' (Waiting For You To Come) *Ловзар ''Lowzar'' (Play) *Безам ''Bezam'' (Love) *Мавлид ''Mawlid'' (Mawlid Mawlid, Mawlid an-Nabi ash-Sharif or Eid Milad un Nabi ( ar, المولد النبوي, translit=mawlid an-nabawī, lit=Birth of the Prophet, sometimes simply called in colloquial Arabic , , among other vernacular pronunci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macca (other)
Macca is a common nickname in some English speaking countries for somebody whose surname begins with the Gaelic prefix Mac or Mc (meaning "son"). "Macca" is also a variant spelling of the Islamic holy city in Saudi Arabia officially known as Mecca in English. People frequently referred to as Macca include: * Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer * Chris McCormack (triathlete), Australian professional triathlete, two time ironman world champion * Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and recording artist * Andrew McLeod, Australian rules footballer and two-time Norm Smith Medallist * Steve McManaman, English footballer sometimes also called 'El Macca' * Stephen McPhail, Irish footballer * Gary McAllister, Scottish footballer and manager * Gary McSheffrey, English footballer * Steve McMahon, former English footballer * Bruce McAvaney, Australian Sports Media Broadcaster * Neil McKenzie, South African Cricketer * Paul McNam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makah (other)
The Makah are a Native American people of the U.S. state of Washington. Makah may also refer to: *Makah language, the indigenous language of the Makah people *Makah Reservation, the Indian reservation of the Makah Indian Tribe *Makah Museum, a museum operated and founded by the Makah Indian Tribe *Makah Bay Makah Bay is a bay in Clallam County, Washington, United States, located near the community of Neah Bay. See also *Makah (other) The Makah are a Native American people of the U.S. state of Washington. Makah may also refer to: *Makah l ..., a bay in Clallam County, Washington * Makah Peaks, mountain summits in the state of Washington * Makah Air Force Station, a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station near Neah Bay, Washington, United States Other * Ashraf Makah or Sharif of Mecca, former title of the ruler of Mecca See also * Makaa (other) * Makka (other) * Mecca (other) *'' Ha-Makah Hashmonim V'Echad'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
