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Marisa (given Name)
Marisa is a feminine given name. Like the given name Marissa, the name is derived from the Latin ''maris,'' meaning "of the sea". Retrieved 2013-07-05. The name is also a Spanish, Portuguese or Italian contracted familiar nickname for Maria Isabel (Mary Elizabeth) or Maria Luisa (Mary Louise, 'Mary-Lou'). People with this name * Marisa Abela (born 1996), English actress * (born 1936), Italian actress * |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marisa Monte
Marisa de Azevedo Monte (Brazilian Portuguese: /maˈɾizɐ dʒi azeˈvedu ˈmõtʃi/) (born 1 July 1967) is a Brazilian singer, composer, instrumentalist, and producer of Brazilian popular music and samba. As of 2011, she had sold 10 million albums worldwide and has won numerous national and international awards, including four Latin Grammys, seven Brazilian MTV Video Music Awards, nine Multishow de Música Brasileira awards, 5 APCAs, and six Prêmio TIM de Música. Marisa is considered by ''Rolling Stone Brasil'' to be the second greatest singer, behind only Elis Regina. She also has two albums (''MM'' and ''Verde, Anil, Amarelo, Cor-de-Rosa e Carvão'') on the list of the 100 best albums of Brazilian music. Biography Monte was born in Rio de Janeiro, daughter of the engineer Carlos Saboia Monte and Sylvia Marques de Azevedo Monte. On her father's side, she is descended from the Saboias, one of the oldest Italian families in Brazil. She studied singing, piano, and drums a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honorverse
The Honorverse is a military science fiction book series, its two subseries, two prequel series, and anthologies created by David Weber and published by Baen Books. They are centered on the space navy career of the principal protagonist Honor Harrington. The books have made ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. Plot The series follows Honor Harrington, military heroine and later, influential politician, during a time of extreme interstellar change and tension. Most of the more than 20 novels and anthology collections cover events between 4000 and 4022 AD with "PD" (Post-Diaspora) dating beginning with a dispersal to the stars from our sun ("Sol") in 2103 AD. The main series novels are set primarily in a timeline beginning 40 years after Harrington's birth on October 1, 3962 AD (1859 PD), and some short stories flesh out her earlier career. Additional novels and shorter fiction take place up to 350 years earlier, and still-earlier canon history is filled in between narrative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Touhou Project Characters
This is a list of the characters that belong to the '' Touhou Project'', a series of ''danmaku'' and fighting video games by ZUN from Team Shanghai Alice. Most ''Touhou'' characters reside in a fictional realm called Gensokyo (, 'Land of Illusions'), where humans and ''yōkai'' coexist. Gensokyo's culture are like those of feudal Japan, but the ''Touhou'' games take place in the present day. Many yōkai prey on and eat humans, and humans subsequently try to exorcise them, but no racial resentment exists between the two. The characters in the ''Touhou'' ''Project'' have unique abilities, and many of them are based on Japanese folklore and religion. All characters, except for the two main protagonists Reimu and Marisa, are listed by the first game of their appearance. Reimu first appeared in the first game, ''Highly Responsive to Prayers'', and Marisa in the second, ''Story in Eastern Wonderland. Protagonists Reimu Hakurei *Species: Human *Ability: Flight, using yin-yang orbs, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sacred Stones
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marisa Coulter
Marisa Coulter (née Delamare) is a fictional character in Philip Pullman's ''His Dark Materials'' trilogy and one of the main antagonists of '' Northern Lights''. She is the former lover of Lord Asriel and is usually called "Mrs Coulter". Description Mrs Coulter is 35 years old in the third novel, ''The Amber Spyglass''. She is described as being "beautiful and young" with "sleek black hair" that "framed her cheeks" and slim, though later accounts of her describe her as having blonde or "golden" hair. Such details of a character's physical appearances are uncommon in ''His Dark Materials''. There is a reference in ''Lyra's Oxford'' to Mrs Coulter having written an academic work called 'The Bronze Clocks of Benin'. In the books, she is portrayed as an elegant and cool-minded sophisticate with social ''savoir faire'', but she is also calculating, power-hungry and ruthless. She has political connections, and is highly placed and trusted in the Church's hierarchy, who give her a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marisa Warrington
Marisa Michelle Warrington is an English-Australian actress who played Sindi Watts on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''. Warrington as Sindi made her debut on ''Neighbours'' on a recurring basis in 2002. Sindi became a regular character in 2004, living with Susan Kennedy and dating Toadfish Rebecchi and then Stuart Parker (Neighbours), Stuart Parker. She was involved in a range of storylines, including Striptease, stripping and later on, prostitution, when she needed to pay for an operation to restore her boyfriend Stuart Parker (Neighbours), Stuart Parker's sight. In 2005 she left the show when her character was committed to a psychiatric hospital because of violent tendencies. Her final scenes were screened in Australia in August of that year. In February 2017, Warrington reprised her role for one episode. She made another appearance in February 2018 and from 26 June 2018. Warrington formed the band Lucy De Ville with fellow ''Neighbours'' actress Marcella Russo and co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marisa Tomei
Marisa Tomei ( , ; born December 4, 1964) is an American actress. She came to prominence as a cast member on ''The Cosby Show'' spin-off ''A Different World'' in 1987. After having minor roles in a few films, she came to international attention in 1992 with the comedy ''My Cousin Vinny'', for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received two additional Academy Award nominations for ''In the Bedroom'' (2001) and ''The Wrestler'' (2008). Tomei has appeared in a number of successful films, including ''What Women Want'' (2000), ''Anger Management'' (2003), ''Wild Hogs'' (2007), ''The Ides of March'' (2011), and '' Parental Guidance'' (2012). She also portrayed May Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, having appeared in '' Captain America: Civil War'' (2016), '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017), '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019), '' Spider-Man: Far From Home'' (2019), and '' Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021). Tomei was formerly involved with the Naked Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marisa Siketa
Marisa Julia Siketa (born 7 November 1990) is an Australian actress, disc jockey, animal ambassador, and traffic manager. She is best known for her roles as the first actress to play Melanie Atwood on ''The Saddle Club'' and as Summer Hoyland on ''Neighbours''. Acting career Marisa Siketa was born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. She joined Screen Actors Australia in 1998 and commenced training in the Geelong studio on weekends. She started off working as an extra on ''SeaChange'' and the children's TV series ''Horace and Tina''. She was cast as Summer Hoyland on ''Neighbours'' from 2002 to 2005 before reducing her role to a recurring one to concentrate on her school work and eventually leaving the series in 2007. In October 2009 it was announced the character of Summer Hoyland was being written back into ''Neighbours'', though the role had been recast for unknown reasons. Siketa left ''The Saddle Club'' after Season 1 due to landing her role on ''Neighbours''. Marisa was replac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marisa Robles
Marisa Robles (born May 4, 1937) is a Spanish harpist and composer. She was born in Spain, where she studied the harp with Luisa Menarguez, and studied music at the Madrid Conservatory, graduating at the age of sixteen in 1953. She made her concert debut at seventeen, performing with flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal. The Concerto for Flute and Harp by Mozart which they performed together was to become the piece for which she is best known. She has recorded and performed it with James Galway and with her husband Christopher Hyde-Smith, among others. In 1963 she premiered ''Sones en la Giralda'' on the BBC, a wedding present written for her by Joaquín Rodrigo. In 1981, she wrote the music for a set of audiobooks of the Chronicles of Narnia, narrated by Sir Michael Hordern. This was released as her ''Narnia Suite'' in 1981, with Robles playing harp and her husband the flute. In 1958 she married, and in 1960 she came to live permanently in the UK. In 1971 she became a professor of har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariza
Marisa dos Reis Nunes ComIH (born 16 December 1973), known professionally as Mariza (), is a Portuguese fado singer. Mariza was born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, to a Portuguese father, José Brandão Nunes, and a Mozambican mother, Isabel Nunes. When she was three years old, her family moved to Metropolitan Portugal, and she was raised in Lisbon's historic quarters of Mouraria and Alfama. While very young she began singing in a wide variety of musical styles, including gospel, soul and jazz. Her father strongly encouraged her to adopt fado; he felt that participating in the traditional music would grant her greater acceptance in the Portuguese community. Mariza has sold over 1 million records worldwide. Music career In 1999, fado's most famous and beloved interpreter, Amália Rodrigues died. In the public remembrance and mourning that followed, fado regained much of its previous popularity, and Mariza was asked to perform a broadcast tribute to Rodrigues' me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marisa Ramirez
Marisa Maguire Ramirez (born September 15, 1977) is an American actress, known for her work on television soap operas and for her role on the American police procedural television drama series '' Blue Bloods'' as Detective Maria Baez. Early life Ramirez graduated from All Saints Catholic School and then attended an all-girls school in Alhambra, California at Ramona Convent Secondary School. Her career began at age 13 when she was brought to the attention of a major L.A. modeling agency, which led to an international modeling career. After modeling she transitioned into hosting and acting. Career Ramirez is known to TV audiences from starring roles on four prime time and two notable daytime series. Currently, she plays NYPD Detective Maria Baez in '' Blue Bloods'' and recurred as Officer Riley Dunn in ''Body of Proof''. In 2011, she was a series regular on Lifetime's '' Against the Wall'', playing Detective Lina Flores. Despite respectable ratings, the series was not renewe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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