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Majda Å irca Ravnikar
Majda …اجدةis a female given name, most popular in Slovenia, but also in some other areas of former Yugoslavia and Arabic-speaking countries (Egypt, Lebanon, etc.). It means, in Arabic, "the woman with glory". It ranks among the 30 most popular female names in Slovenia. It was most popular with women born between 1941 and 1970. Since the 1990s, only a handful of Slovenian girls have been named Majda. It is a version of the name Madeleine. It may refer to: * Majda Koren (born 1960), Slovenian children writer * Majda Mehmedović (born 1990), Montenegro Bosniak handball player * Majda Potokar (1930–2001), Slovenian actress * Princess Majda Ra'ad (born 1942), Jordanian princess * Majda Sepe (1937–2006), Slovenian singer * Majda Å irca Ravnikar (born 1953), Slovenian politician, journalist and art historian * Majda Vrhovnik (1922–1945), Slovenian partisan *Magda Sabbahi (ماجدة born 6 May 1941 Cairo), or Magda, is an Egyptian film actress notable for her rôles from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Majda Potokar
Majda Potokar (1 March 1930 – 25 April 2001) was a Slovenian film and theatre actress. Daughter of actor Lojze Potokar, she graduated in 1952 from the Ljubljana Theatre, Radio, Film and Television Academy. Before graduation she appeared in her first role in the 1948 film ''On Our Own Land'', the first ever Slovenian feature film directed by France Å tiglic. Potokar was member of the Ljubljana National Drama Theatre ensemble during her entire career from late 1952 to 1990. Selected filmography *''On Our Own Land'' (''Na svoji zemlji''; 1948, dir. by France Å tiglic) *''Wild Growth'' (''Samorastniki''; 1963, dir. by Igor Pretnar) *'' Don't Cry, Peter'' (''Ne joÄi, Peter'', 1964 dir. by France Å tiglic) *'' Red Wheat'' (''RdeÄe klasje'', 1970 dir. by Živojin Pavlović) *''A Summer in a Sea Shell ''A Summer in a Sea Shell'' ( sl, Poletje v Å¡koljki) is a 1985 Slovenian teen film directed by Tugo Å tiglic. It was followed by ''A Summer in a Sea Shell 2'' ( sl, Poletje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavic Given Names
Slavic, Slav or Slavonic may refer to: Peoples * Slavic peoples, an ethno-linguistic group living in Europe and Asia ** East Slavic peoples, eastern group of Slavic peoples ** South Slavic peoples, southern group of Slavic peoples ** West Slavic peoples, western group of Slavic peoples ** Slavic Americans, Americans of Slavic descent * Anti-Slavic sentiment, negative attitude towards Slavic peoples * Pan-Slavic movement, movement in favor of Slavic cooperation and unity * Slavic studies, a multidisciplinary field of studies focused on history and culture of Slavic peoples Languages, alphabets, and names * Slavic languages, a group of closely related Indo-European languages ** Proto-Slavic language, reconstructed proto-language of all Slavic languages ** Old Church Slavonic, 9th century Slavic literary language, used for the purpose of evangelizing the Slavic peoples ** Church Slavonic, a written and spoken variant of Old Church Slavonic, standardized and widely adopted by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Names
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) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names and religiou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majida El Roumi Baradhy
Majida is a village and Gram Panchayat in Purbasthali II CD block in Kalna subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in West Bengal, India. Majida village is located approximately 14.2km from the sub-district headquarters of Purbasthali. Barddhaman is the district headquarter of Majida village. Geography The nearest railway station located near the village is Belerhat railway station which is at distance of 82 kilometres from Bandel Junction.′′Burdwan District and Road Map′′Jui Juli Publication, Leningoarh, B- Block, Chandanpur, Kolkata (ed. 2012) p.1 The nearest river located near the village is Bhagirathi which nearly forms the eastern boundary of the Purbasthali II community development block. The nearest town located near the village is Patuli. Similarly, the town of Nabadwip is the closest location to Majida for significant economic activities, at a distance of around 22km. Demographics As per the 2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magda Sabbahi
Magda is a feminine given name, sometimes a short form ( hypocorism) of names such as Magdalena, which may refer to: * Magda Apanowicz (born 1985), Canadian actress * Magda B. Arnold (1903–2002), Czechoslovakian-born American psychologist * Magda Danysz (born 1974), French art curator and art dealer * Magda Davitt, name in 2017 of Sinéad O'Connor (born 1966), Irish singer-songwriter * Magda Femme, Polish pop singer and songwriter born Magdalena Pokora in 1971 * Magdolna Magda Gabor (1915–1997), Hungarian-American actress and socialite * Magda Gerber (1910–2007), Hungarian-born early childhood educator in the United States * Magda Giannikou (born 1981), Greek-born composer, film scorer, singer, pianist and accordionist * Johanna Maria Magdalena Magda Goebbels (1901–1945), wife of Nazi Germany's Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels * MarÃa Magdalena Magda Guzmán (1931–2015), Mexican film and television actress * Magda Ianculescu (1929–1995), Romanian operatic so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majda Vrhovnik
Majda Vrhovnik (nom de guerre LojzkaLeben, Andrej. 2003. ''V borbi smo bile enakopravne: uporniÅ¡ke ženske na KoroÅ¡kem v letih 1939–1955'' Klagenfurt: Drava, p. 55.) (14 April 1922 – 4 May 1945) was a Slovene communist and medical student. She was a member of the District Committee of the Communist Party of Slovenia for Klagenfurt and was named a people's hero of Yugoslavia after her death. Life Majda Vrhovnik was born 14 April 1922 in Ljubljana.JerÅ¡ek, Dare, Milica Kacin, & Alenka Nedog. 1963. ''Oris mladinskega gibanja na slovenskem vobdobju 1941-1945''. Ljubljana: Centralni komite Zveza mladine slovenije, p. 163.JakopiÄ, Albert, & Franc Benedik. 1978. ''Vodnik po partizanskih poteh''. Ljubljana: Borec, p. 20. Her older brother Vladimir Vrhovnik (17 August 1916 – 28 April 1945, a.k.a. Volodja or Mirko, also a member of the Communist Party) was born in Vienna, but the family moved to Ljubljana after the First World War. After graduating from an upper secondary scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majda Å irca Ravnikar
Majda …اجدةis a female given name, most popular in Slovenia, but also in some other areas of former Yugoslavia and Arabic-speaking countries (Egypt, Lebanon, etc.). It means, in Arabic, "the woman with glory". It ranks among the 30 most popular female names in Slovenia. It was most popular with women born between 1941 and 1970. Since the 1990s, only a handful of Slovenian girls have been named Majda. It is a version of the name Madeleine. It may refer to: * Majda Koren (born 1960), Slovenian children writer * Majda Mehmedović (born 1990), Montenegro Bosniak handball player * Majda Potokar (1930–2001), Slovenian actress * Princess Majda Ra'ad (born 1942), Jordanian princess * Majda Sepe (1937–2006), Slovenian singer * Majda Å irca Ravnikar (born 1953), Slovenian politician, journalist and art historian * Majda Vrhovnik (1922–1945), Slovenian partisan *Magda Sabbahi (ماجدة born 6 May 1941 Cairo), or Magda, is an Egyptian film actress notable for her rôles from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majda Sepe
Majda Sepe, born Majda Bernard, (2 July 1937 – 11 April 2006) was one of the most successful and well recognized Slovenian singers in the time of Yugoslavia and was one of the most renowned singers of the Golden Age of Slovenian folk music. Biography Early life Her mother fled the Primorska region because of Italian Fascism, her father was from Skofja Loka, a town near Ljubljana. They lived together in Ljubljana where he worked as an ambulance driver and she was a clerk. Their first child was a boy they named Marjan, who wanted a baby sister. 4 years later he also got one. Majda Bernard was born July 2, 1937 in Ljubljana. The family lived on the Ljubljana Castle. As a teenager Majda practiced ballet and expressive dance, having lessons with Meta Vidmar, because she wanted to be a singer and an actress among other things. She attended primary and secondary school for music. During her education in Jože PleÄnik high school she attended singing lessons with Franci Schiffrer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Majda Ra'ad
Majda Ra'ad (born Margaretha Inga Elisabeth Lind on 5 September 1942) is a Swedish-born Jordanian member of the Hashemite House who is the wife of Prince Ra'ad bin Zeid, the current pretender to the defunct Kingdom of Iraq and Syria and the Lord Chamberlain of Jordan. She is a Jordanian princess by marriage and a member of the House of Hashem. Early life and family Margaretha Inga Elisabeth Lind was born on 5 September 1942 in Arboga to Sven Gustaf Lind and Carin Inga Birgitta Gunlaug Grönwall. Through her mother she is an illegitimate descendant of the House of Vasa through Charles XI of Sweden. She was raised in Södertälje. She studied at Colin Leclaire High School. Marriage and issue Lind married Prince Ra'ad bin Zeid, son of Prince Zeid bin Hussein and Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid, in 1963. They were first married in a civil ceremony on 30 June in Södertälje and religiously at the Raghadan Palace in Amman on 5 August. They have five children: * Prince Zeid bin Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosniaks Of Montenegro
Bosniaks are an ethnic group in Montenegro, first introduced in the 2003 census. According to the last census from 2011, the total number of Bosniaks in Montenegro was 53,605 or 8.6% of the population. Bosniaks are the third largest ethnic group in the country, after Montenegrins and Serbs. Demographics Bosniaks primarily live in the Sandžak area of northern Montenegro, and form the majority of the population in four municipalities: Rožaje (83.91%), Petnjica (83.02%), Plav (56%) and Gusinje (42.64%). History Two thirds of Sandžak Bosniaks trace their ancestry to the regions of Montenegro proper, which they started departing first in 1687, after Ottoman Empire lost Boka Kotorska. The trend continued in Old Montenegro after 1711 with the extermination of converts to Islam ("istraga poturica", the latter word being a derogatory term). Another contributing factor that spurred migration to Sandžak from Old Montenegro was the fact that the old Orthodox population of Sandžak m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, covers , and has a population of 2.1 million (2,108,708 people). Slovenes constitute over 80% of the country's population. Slovene, a South Slavic language, is the official language. Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps. A sub-mediterranean climate reaches to the northern extensions of the Dinaric Alps that traverse the country in a northwest–southeast direction. The Julian Alps in the northwest have an alpine climate. Toward the northeastern Pannonian Basin, a continental climate is more pronounced. Ljubljana, the capital and largest city of Slovenia, is geogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
