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Nada (given Name)
Nada is a feminine given name found with the etymology of 'hope' in South Slavic-speaking countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia, and the etymology of 'dew' in Arabic-speaking countries. In Croatia, the name Nada was the second most common feminine given name between 1950 and 1959. Notable people with the name include: * Nada Abbas (born 2000), Egyptian squash player * Nada Birko (1931–2020), Yugoslav cross-country skier * Nada Boustani Khoury (born 1983), Lebanese politician * Nada Cristofoli (born 1971), Italian cyclist * Nada Ćurčija Prodanović (1923–1992), Serbian translator, children's author and piano teacher * Nada Dimić (1923–1942), Yugoslav war hero * Nada Gačešić-Livaković (born 1951), Croatian actress * Nada Golmie, American computer scientist and engineer * Nada Hafez (born 1997), Egyptian sabre fencer * Nada Kawar (born 1975), Jordanian athlete * Nada Klaić (1920–1988), Croatian historian * Nada Kotlušek (born 1934), Sloveni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosnia And Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and Herzegovina borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north and southwest. In the south it has a narrow coast on the Adriatic Sea within the Mediterranean, which is about long and surrounds the town of Neum. Bosnia, which is the inland region of the country, has a moderate continental climate with hot summers and cold, snowy winters. In the central and eastern regions of the country, the geography is mountainous, in the northwest it is moderately hilly, and in the northeast it is predominantly flat. Herzegovina, which is the smaller, southern region of the country, has a Mediterranean climate and is mostly mountainous. Sarajevo is the capital and the largest city of the country followed by Banja Luka, Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nada Mamula
Nada Mamula (9 January 1927 – 11 October 2001) was a Serbian singer. She started her career on Radio Beograd, where she passed an audition in 1946 (as Nada Vukićević). In 1946 she delivered her first ever professional performances as Nada Vukićević along with Danica Obrenić and accordionist Voja Trifunović. Soon after marrying Nikola Mamula, she moved to Sarajevo and started to work on Radio Sarajevo. Her first famous sevdalinka was "Ah meraka u večeri rane". She was one of the most popular singers of Yugoslavia in the second half of the twentieth century. Her discography includes two LPs records released by Jugoton, four LPs released in the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, and Bulgaria and a few dozen singles. She died and was buried in Belgrade in 2001. She left over 150 recordings of Bosnian sevdalinka interpretations as well as traditional Serbian songs in the archives of Radio Beograd, Radio Novi Sad and Radio Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарај ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadia
Nadia is a female name. Variations include Nadja, Nadya, Nadine, Nadiya, and Nadiia. Most variations of the name are derived from Arabic, Slavic languages, or both. In Slavic, names similar to ''Nadia'' mean "hope" in many Slavic languages: Ukrainian ''Nadiya'' (Надія, accent on the ''i''), Belarusian ''Nadzieja'' (Надзея, accent on the ''e''), and Old Polish ''Nadzieja'', all of which are derived from Proto-Slavic ''*naděja'', the first three from Old East Slavic. In Bulgarian and Russian, on the other hand, Nadia or Nadya (Надя, accent on first syllable) is the diminutive form of the full name Nadyezhda (Надежда), meaning "hope" and derived from Old Church Slavonic, which it entered as a translation of the Greek word ''ἐλπίς'' ( Elpis), with the same meaning. In Arabic, the name is ''Nadiyyah'', meaning "tender" and "delicate." In the Dan language, the word ''Nãdienã'' simply means "girl". Notable people with the name Nadia include: People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hope (given Name)
Hope is a given name derived from the Middle English ''hope'', ultimately from the Old English word ''hopian'' referring to a positive expectation or to the theological virtue of hope. It was used as a virtue name by the Puritans. Puritans also used Hope as an element in phrase names, such as Hope-for, Hopeful, and Hope-still. The name is also the usual English translation of the Greek name of Saint Hope, an early Christian child martyr who was tortured to death along with her sisters Faith and Charity. She is known as Elpis in Greek and Spes in Church Latin and her name is translated differently in other languages. Faith, Hope and Charity, the three theological virtues, are names traditionally given to triplet girls, just as Faith and Hope remain common names for twin girls. There were 40 sets of twins named Faith and Hope born in the United States in 2009, the second most common name combination for twin girls. One example were the American triplets Faith, Hope and Charity Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nada Zeidan
Nada Zeidan ( ar, ندى زيدان; born October 11, 1976) is a Palestinian spokesmodel who happens to be a road racer. Personal life Zeidan was born in Beirut, Lebanon to Palestinian father and Turkish mother. She is the eldest of seven children. She moved to Qatar when she was four, because of the Lebanese Civil War. She has a bachelor's degree in nursing. Zeidan began practicing archery in 2001. She started rallying in 2004. Zeidan has cited the previous First Lady of Qatar, Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned, as inspirational to her career. In September 2014, she married George Wassouf, a Syrian singer. In October 2015, a photo was posted on one of the Lebanese-born Zeidan's social media accounts, along with the caption, "God has given us a babygirl and we've named her Oyoon George Wassouf. Thank you to everyone who congratulated us on the birth," reported Sada El Balad. Career Archery Zeidan participated in the 2002 Busan and 2006 Doha Asian Games in archery. 2006 was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nada Tončić
Nada Tončić (July 30, 1909 – March 29, 1998) was a Croatian soprano opera singer. Tončić was born in Syrmian city of Zemun (then in Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary, now in Belgrade Region, Serbia). She studied singing at the Zagreb Academy of Music. Her career began in 1933 in the opera company of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, where she remained until 1963. Her lyric soprano became famous in her roles in ''La traviata'', ''Ero s onoga svijeta'', ''Madame Butterfly'', '' Porin'', ''Eugene Onegin ''Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Евгений Оне́гин, ромáн в стихáх, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈnʲeɡʲɪn, r=Yevgeniy Onegin, roman v stikhakh) is a novel in verse written by Ale ...'' and others. She died in Varaždin, Croatia, in 1998, at the age of 89. External links VijenacMarija Barbieri: Opus kakva više nema, July 22, 2005 Donacija Josip Crnobori Josip Crnobo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nada Šargin
Nada Šargin ( sr-cyr, Нада Шаргин: born 19 January 1977) is a Serbian actress.Vukica Strugar (10 May 2015 Novosti.rs. Retrieved on 2019-04-04. She appeared in more than twenty films since 2003. Selected filmography References External links * 1977 births Living people People from Zrenjanin Serbian film actresses Zoran Radmilović Award winners {{Serbia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nada Spasić
Nada Spasić (born 1934) is a Yugoslav gymnast. She competed in seven events at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin .... References 1934 births Living people Yugoslav female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Yugoslavia Gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Yugoslavia-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nada Shabout
Nada M. Shabout (born 8 January 1962, Glasgow, Scotland) is an American art historian specializing in modern Iraqi art. She has been a professor of art history at the University of North Texas since 2002. She is the president and co-founding board member of the Association for Modern and Contemporary Art (AMCA) of the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey. Biography Early life and education Nada Shabout was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the oldest of three children born to a Palestinian mother and Iraqi father. The family returned to Iraq when she was 6 years old and she graduated from Baghdad High School for Girls. Shabout was trained in architecture at the New York Institute of Technology, the University of Texas at Arlington and the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, England. She has also earned BFA fine arts, MA and PhD in the Humanities with a concentration in art history and criticism from the University of Texas at Arlington, 1999. She wrote her dissertation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nada Rocco
Nada Rocco (born 15 September 1947) is a Croatian actress. Filmography Television roles Movie roles References External links * 1947 births Living people Croatian actresses Croatian stage actresses Croatian television actresses Croatian film actresses Actresses from Zagreb {{Croatia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nada Obrić
Nada Obrić (born 6 June 1948 in Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian Serb folk singer. Early life and career Born in Zvornik, she was an excellent gymnast and in competitions won as the best gymnast in the state of Bosnia in Yugoslavia. Afterwards, she went to university in Sarajevo, and finished a degree in law. As she was studying, she was offered a label by Jugoton Jugoton was the largest record label and chain record store in the former Yugoslavia based in Zagreb, SR Croatia. History Jugoton was formed in 1947. It is notable for releasing some of the most important former Yugoslav pop and rock records ... and began to produce singles with the record company. She then worked in the council within Sarajevo, whilst maintaining a part-time singing career. After 17 years of working in the council, she quit her job and became a singer full-time. Over her singing career, he released many Yugoslav hits including 'Dugo te dugo očekujem', '700 dana bol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nada Naumović
Nada Naumović ( sr-Cyrl, Нада Наумовић; 22 April 1922 – 21 October 1941) was a Serbian student activist who was killed in World War II and was posthumously named a People's Hero of Yugoslavia. Born in Kragujevac, Nada Naumović was a student in Belgrade. She was an active participant in the work of the Progressive high school pupils and university youth. She became a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia at the Belgrade Medical School in 1940. After the occupation of Yugoslavia she came back to Kragujevac, where she, as an illegal party worker, participated in working with youth, collecting of sanitary materials, clothes and food for Partisan battle groups. She was executed in the massive execution of the citizens of Kragujevac in October 1941. Naumović was the recipient of the Order of the People's Hero of Yugoslavia The Order of the People's Hero or the Order of the National Hero ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Orden narodnog heroja, Oрден ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
