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Mercedes (other)
Mercedes may refer to: People * Mercedes (name), a Spanish feminine name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or last name Automobile-related * Mercedes (marque), the pre-1926 brand name of German automobile models and engines built by Daimler Motors company * Mercedes-Benz, the post-1926 German brand of automobiles, engines, and trucks now owned by the Mercedes-Benz Group * Mercedes-AMG, a subsidiary of Daimler AG that builds customized and high performance Mercedes-branded automobiles * Mercedes-Benz in Formula One, the Mercedes Formula One racing team, currently known as Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport * Mercedes-Benz in motorsport, its activities in sportscar racing, rallying, Formula Three, DTM, V8 Supercars Australia and Formula One * American Mercedes (1904 automobile), a company licensed to build Mercedes automobiles in America Places * Mercedes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina ** Mercedes Partido, Argentina * Mercedes, Corrientes, Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes (name)
Mercedes is a Spanish language, Spanish feminine given name, derived from ''MarÃa de las Mercedes'' ("Our Lady of Mercy" or "Mary of Mercies"), which is Titles of Mary, one of the Roman Catholic titles of the Mary (mother of Jesus), Virgin Mary. The word "Mercedes" is of Latin origin meaning "mercies" (the plural of mercy) from the Latin word merced-, merces, meaning "wages, reward", which in Vulgar Latin acquired the meaning "favor, pity". Hypocoristic forms of the name are ''Merceditas'', ''Meche'' and ''Merche''. Given name *Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1880–1904), Spanish royal *Mercedes de Acosta (1893–1968), American poet and socialite *Mercedes Bass, American philanthropist *Mercedes Bresso (born 1944), Italian politician *Mercedes Calderón (born 1965), Cuban volleyball player *Mercedes Grabowski (1994–2017), actress *Mercedes Helnwein (born 1979), Austrian artist, writer and filmmaker *Mercedes Indacochea (1889–1959), Peruvian educator *Mercédès Jellinek (1889â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa Mercedes, San Luis
Villa Mercedes is a city in the province of San Luis, Argentina. It lies on the center-east of the province, on the left-hand banks of the Quinto River, 32 km from the border with Córdoba, on National Route 148, and near the intersection of National Routes 8 and 7. National Route 7 links the city to the provincial capital San Luis, 90 km to the north-west. It had 96,781 inhabitants during the . The city was founded by Governor Justo Daract on or around December 1, 1856, as ''FortÃn Constitucional'', a mixed civilian-military fort, to protect the territory against attacks by the Ranquel aboriginal tribes. The original name was changed in 1861 to Villa Mercedes by decision of the residents, who had adopted the Virgin of Mercy (''Virgen de las Mercedes'') as their patron. Villa Mercedes grew quickly after a railway line from Villa MarÃa on the Central Argentine line between Rosario and Córdoba, reached the town in 1875. Built by the State-owned company Ferr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Faiyaz
Christopher Brent Wood (born September 19, 1995), known professionally as Brent Faiyaz, is an American R&B singer. He rose to prominence after he was featured on the GoldLink single "Crew" alongside Shy Glizzy in 2016, which was certified 6× Platinum by the RIAA, and earned him a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. In 2021, his singles, " Wasting Time" featuring Drake and The Neptunes, "Gravity" with DJ Dahi featuring Tyler, the Creator, and "Mercedes", all earned him entries on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Faiyaz's second album ''Wasteland'' debuted at number two on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. Early life Faiyaz started making music at the age of 12. His parents were not always understanding of his dreams as a musician; which Faiyaz said was warranted because his love for music "always distracted" him. Career 2013–2016: Early career and ''A.M. Paradox'' Faiyaz began uploading his experimental music onto SoundCloud in 2014. During that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
While(1 Is Less Than 2)
''While(1<2)'' (stylized in ; pronounced "while one is less than two") is the seventh by Canadian electronic music producer , released on June 17, 2014 by , and Astralwerks, his only album to be released by the latter. The album is a notable departure f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big City Secrets
''Big City Secrets'' is the first studio album by American singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur, released by Real World Records on March 11, 1997. Track listing Personnel Musicians * Joseph Arthur – guitar (1–5, 7–9, 11, 12), vocals, harmonica (2), highly-strung bass (5), paintings, drawings * Roger Beaujolais – vibes (1), Venetian xylophone (2) * Martyn Barker – treated tubular kit (1), drums (2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11), caxixi (4), bondage snare (8), live drums (9), scaffolphoneum (9), berimbau (11), cow gong (11), percussion (12) * Simon Edwards – bass (1–5, 10, 11), piano (4), bass performance & arrangement (6), coal bass (7), additional guitar (7), string fossil bass (8), maze bass (9), sas (9), berimbau (11), mellotron (11), Persian fretless (11), filter bass (12), harmonic missiles (12) * Markus Dravs – keyboard (1), desert storm & gravel percussion (1), corn horn (2), drum programming (4, 7, 9), lesley accordion (7), low drum & sheet percussion (8), production, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calycopis
''Calycopis'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Massively split up by Kurt Johnson in 1991, most modern authors consider the changes proposed at that time to be unjustified. Most of the species of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm and others in the Nearctic realm. Species include: * ''Calycopis cecrops'' Fabricius, 1793 – red-banded hairstreak * ''Calycopis isobeon'' Butler & H. Druce, 1872 * ''Calycopis pisis ''Calycopis pisis'', the pisis groundstreak, is a butterfly found in several countries in Latin America. Taxonomic history and synonyms This species was described in 1887 by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in '' Biologia Centrali-Ameri ...'' (Godman & Salvin, 1887) * ''Calycopis trebula'' (Hewitson, 1868); Trebula groundstreak Several proposed species are of doubtful validity. External links "''Calycopis'' Scudder, 1876"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Eumaeini Lycaenidae of South Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masoud Kimiai
Masoud Kimiai (or Masoud Kimiaei, fa, مسعود کیمیایی, born 29 July 1941) is an Iranian director, screenwriter and producer. Biography Kimiai started his career as an assistant director and made his debut, ''Come Stranger'', in 1968. With his second film, '' Qeysar'' (1969), he and Dariush Mehrjui with The film The Cow, caused a historical change in Iranian film industry. But Dariush Mehrjui's film with more artistic values has sustained its level of greatness through history of Iranian cinema. Qeysar became a great success at the box office and opened the way for young, talented filmmakers who never had a chance in the industry before. His films deal with people at the margin of the society with his anti-hero characters that die at the end. Many directors of commercial films imitated his ''Kaiser/ Qeysar'' for about 6 years, but in the last decade he focuses on young antagonists. He usually writes his screenplays, using slang dialogues based on ordinary tradition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |