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''Maior'' (also spelled ''major'') (Latin, 'greater') gives its name to several occupations such as maior domus, major, and mayor, and thus many surnames, especially German surnames like Maier, Meier, Meyer, Meir, Mayer, Meyr, and the Dutch surname Meijer. Notable people with the name Maior include: People * Maior of Arabia, (3rd-century) Roman sophist and rhetorician * Álvaro Luiz Maior de Aquino, (born 1977), Brazilian footballer * Augustin Maior (1882-1963), Romanian physicist * George Maior (born 1967), Romanian politician and espionage chief * Grigore Maior (1715-1785), Romanian bishop * Petru Maior (1756-1821), Romanian writer and priest See also * * * Major (other) Major is a military rank. Major, majors or The Major may also refer to: * Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits * Major and minor in music, an interval, chord, scale, or key Arts and entertain ... {{surname Romanian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meijer (surname)
Meijer is a Dutch surname. It refers to a profession similar to a bailiff or steward. It originates from the Latin word ''maior'' and is often rendered ''Meyer'' abroad.Meijer (y) Nederlandse Familienamen Databank. Retrieved on 2009-05-06. As of 2007, there were 39,801 people with the surname Meijer in the . People named Meijer *Annita Meijer (born 1954), professionally known as , Dutch singer * |
Petru Maior
Petru Maior (; 1761 in Marosvásárhely ''(now Târgu Mureș, Romania)'' – 14 February 1821 in Budapest) was a Romanian writer who is considered one of the most influential personalities of the Age of Enlightenment in Transylvania (the ''Transylvanian School''). Maior was a member of the Greek-Catholic clergy, a historian, philosopher, and linguist. Works Petru Maior took a stand and responded, in 1812, by writing the "''History of the Beginnings of the Romanians in Dacia''" against all those who questioned the origin, character, and the becoming of his people. Among his works are * "''Didahii''" (1809), * "''Propovedanii''" (1809), * "''Prediche''" (Sermons) (1810–1811) * "''Istoria pentru începutul românilor în Dachia''" (History of the beginnings of the Romanians in Dacia) (1812) * "''Istoria Besearicei românilor''" (History of Romanian Church) (1813). He was a prolific writer, who published everything he wrote during his lifetime except for two theological w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grigore Maior
Grigore Gavrila Maior, O.S.B.M., (1715 – 7 February 1785) was Bishop of Făgăraş and Primate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1773 to his resignation in 1782. Life Gavrilă Maior was born in 1715, in Sărăuad, Szatmár County (Transylvania). He studied at Cluj and later from 1740 in the College of the Propaganda, Rome, where he on 28 January 1747 got a doctorate in theology and philosophy. He entered the Basilian monastery of the Holy Trinity in Blaj taking the name of Grigore, and on 25 December 1745 he was ordained a priest. He taught languages (Latin and Hungarian) in Blaj. On 30 June 1764, following the death of the Primate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church, the bishop of Făgăraş Petru Pavel Aron, the electoral synod convened and Maior was chosen. Nevertheless the Habsburg monarch, Empress Maria Theresa, designated Atanasie Rednic as new bishop. Maior, unhappy he was not appointed bishop, murmured against the appointment of Rednic. For this reaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Maior
George-Cristian Maior (16 November 1967, Cluj-Napoca) is a Romanian politician and diplomat. He was a member of the Romanian Parliament, elected as a senator from the Social Democratic Party (Romania), Social Democrat Party. He was the head of the Romanian Intelligence Service between October 2006 – January 2015 and ambassador to the United States since September 17, 2015. His father, Liviu Maior, is the former Ministry of Education and Scientific Research (Romania), Minister of Education (1992–1996) and ambassador to Canada. Biography George Cristian Maior was born on November 16, 1967. He is the son of the Romanian historian Liviu Maior. He graduated from the Law Faculty of Babeş-Bolyai University, Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca (1988–1991) and in 1992 he obtained a Master of Arts in International and Comparative Law from the Faculty of Comparative Law of George Washington University in Washington, D.C. In 1998, he obtained the doctoral title in International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustin Maior
Augustin Maior (22 August 1882 – 3 October 1963) was a Romanian physicist, educator and inventor. Studies Maior was born in Reghin, Transylvania (then ''Szászrégen'', Kingdom of Hungary, part of Austria-Hungary) on 21 August 1882. His parents, Teresa (a well-educated woman) and George (teacher and then director of the Romanian Primary School in Reghin) had five children: Olivia, Augustin, Julius, George and Ana. Maior's early years of schooling in Reghin were in German: his kindergarten, primary and secondary schooling were at the German Evangelical School. Then he attended the Piarist High School in Marosvásárhely (today Târgu Mureș, Romania) and Catholic High School in Budapest. In addition to a facility for learning foreign languages, he showed promise in physics and mathematics. He passed the Baccalaureate exam in 1900 and then until 1904 he attended the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Polytechnic Institute in Budapest. In 1905 he attended several postgraduat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álvaro Luiz Maior De Aquino
Álvaro (, , ) is a Spanish language, Spanish, Galician language, Galician and Portuguese language, Portuguese male given name and surname (see Spanish naming customs) of Visigothic origin. Some claim it may be related to the Old Norse name Alfarr, formed of the elements ''alf'' "elf" and ''arr'' "warrior", but the absence of Visigothic names containing the particle "alf" or "elf" evident in Kremer's Onomastik suggests that it may come from other forms, like "all" and maybe "ward". Given name Artists *Alvaro (DJ), a DJ *Álvaro Díaz González (born 1972), Chilean screenwriter, producer and director *Álvaro Guerrero, Mexican film actor *Álvaro Guevara, Chilean painter *Álvaro López (musician), Álvaro López, British drummer *Álvaro Morte, Spanish film actor *Álvaro Mutis, Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist *Álvaro Pierri, Uruguayan classical guitarist *Álvaro Soler, Spanish singer and songwriter *Álvaro Torres, Salvadoran singer and songwriter Politicians and statesm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maior Of Arabia
Maior, better known as Maior of Arabia was an Arab sophist and rhetorician during the 3rd century AD. He was a contemporary of the sophists Apsines and Nicagoras, at the time of Roman emperor Philip the Arab (244–249). There is little biographical information available about him. Like Nicagoras, Maior might have held an official chair of rhetoric at Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates .... According to the ''Suda'', he wrote thirteen books ''On Issues''.''Suda Online''''Maior''/ref> References {{Reflist Arabs in the Roman Empire Roman-era Sophists 3rd-century Romans 3rd-century Arabs Roman-era Athenian rhetoricians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major
Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators, major is one rank above captain, and one rank below lieutenant colonel. It is considered the most junior of the field officer ranks. Background Majors are typically assigned as specialised executive or operations officers for battalion-sized units of 300 to 1,200 soldiers while in some nations, like Germany, majors are often in command of a company. When used in hyphenated or combined fashion, the term can also imply seniority at other levels of rank, including ''general-major'' or ''major general'', denoting a low-level general officer, and ''sergeant major'', denoting the most senior non-commissioned officer (NCO) of a military unit. The term ''major'' can also be used with a hyphen to denote the leader of a military band such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayer (other)
Mayer may refer to: *Mayer (name) Places * C. Mayer (crater), named after Christian Mayer * Mayer, Syria * Mayer, Arizona, United States * Mayer, Minnesota, United States * Mayersville, Mississippi, United States * Mayerthorpe, Alberta, Canada * T. Mayer (crater), named after Tobias Mayer Companies * Mayer Brown, an international law firm * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a motion picture production company * Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C., a U.S. CPA firm * Mayers Murray & Phillip, an architectural firm * Oscar Mayer, a meat company * Victor Mayer, a German jewelry manufacturer Other * Mayer Authority, European consortium (1955–1958) led by René Mayer * Mayer expansion * Mayer's Relation * Mayer f-function * Mayer-Norton theorem * Mayer-Vietoris sequence See also * Maya (other) * Mayor (other) * Meyer (other) * Meir (other) * Myer (other) Myer is a department store that operates Australia-wide. Myer may refer to: * Myer (name) * Myer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meir (other) '', a 2013 album by Norwegian rock band Kvelertak
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Meir is a Jewish given name and surname. Meir may also refer to: Places * Meir (Antwerp), Belgium, the city's pre-eminent shopping street * Meir Park, Tel Aviv, a public park * Meir, Egypt , a village in Upper Egypt * Meir, Staffordshire, England, suburb of Stoke-on-Trent * Meire Grove, Minnesota, USA * Shalom Meir tower, a building in Tel Aviv, Israel Arts and entertainment * ''Meir (album) ''Meir'' is the second studio album by Norwegian heavy metal band Kvelertak. It was released on 25 March 2013 (26 March in the US) via Sony Music Scandinavia in Scandinavia, Roadrunner Records in the rest of the world, and by Indie Recordings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
