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Mater Amatisima
Mater is a formal Latin term for mother and may refer to: Places *Mater, Belgium, a village near Oudenaarde Health care Australia *Mater Health Services, Brisbane, Australia * Mater Health Services North Queensland, which incorporates: ** Mater Hospital Pimlico, Townsville, Queensland, ** Mater Women's and Children's Hospital *Calvary Mater Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales UK and Ireland *Mater Infirmorum Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland *Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland (the best-known hospital in Ireland that is referred to as the Mater) *Mater Private Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Other uses * Mater (Cars), Mater (''Cars''), a character in the Disney animated film ''Cars'' * ''Mater'', an album by the Slovak composer Vladimír Godár featuring singer Iva Bittová * Mater, a major part of an astrolabe * M.A.T.E.R., a football (soccer) club in Rome See also * Juris Māters (1845–1885), Latvian writer and journalist * Dura mater, the outermo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mater, Belgium
Oudenaarde (; french: Audenarde ; in English sometimes ''Oudenarde'') is a Belgian municipality in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Oudenaarde proper and the towns of Bevere, Edelare, Eine, Ename, Heurne, Leupegem, Mater, Melden, Mullem, Nederename, Volkegem, Welden and a part of Ooike. From the 15th to the 18th century, but especially in the 16th century, Oudenaarde was a world-known centre of tapestry production. The town's name, meaning “old field”, still lingers on in “outnal”, an obsolete English term for a kind of brown linen thread. History The glory of Ename The history of the current municipality of Oudenaarde starts in 974, when Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor and king of Germany, built one of its three fortifications on the Scheldt at Ename to protect his kingdom against possible attacks from Francia (next to the other frontier post at Valenciennes, later on also the Antwerp). Ename grew very fast. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
