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Nikica Polić
Nikica is a masculine given name. Nikica is a hypocoristic of the name Nikola. It may refer to: * Nikica Cukrov (born 1954), a former Croatian football player *Nikica Gabrić (born 1961), physician and politician * Nikica Jelavić (born 1985), a Herzegovinian-born Croatian footballer *Nikica Klinčarski (born 1957), a former Macedonian football player * Nikica Kolumbić (1930–2009), historian and lexicographer *Nikica Ljubek (born 1980), a Croatian sprint canoeist who competed in the early 2000s * Nikica Maglica (born 1965), a Croatian former football player *Nikica Milenković (born 1959), footballer *Nikica Valentić Nikica Valentić (; born 24 November 1950) is a Croatian entrepreneur, lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 1993 to 1995. He is to date the youngest person to have served in that capacity, being 42 years old when taki ... (born 1950), a Croatian politician See also * Nikita (given name) {{given name Croatian masculine given names< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' for Robert, or it may be unrelated. In linguistics, the term can be used more specifically to refer to the morphological process by which the standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection, or to words resulting from this process. In English, a word is often Clipping (morphology), clipped down to a closed monosyllable and then suffixed with ''-y/-ie'' (phonologically /i/). Sometimes the suffix ''-o'' is included as well as other forms or templates. Hypocoristics are often affective in meaning and are particularly common in Australian English, but can be used for various purposes in different semantic fields, including personal names, place names and nouns. Hypocorisms are usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola
Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος). It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia), while in West Slavic countries (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia) it is primarily found as a feminine given name. There is a wide variety of male diminutives of the name, examples including: Niko, Nikolica, Nidžo, Nikolče, Nikša, Nikica, Nikulitsa, Nino, Kole, Kolyo, Kolyu. The spelling with K, Nikola, reflects romanization of the Cyrillic spelling, while Nicola reflects Italian usage. Statistics *Serbia: male name. 5th most popular in 2011, 1st in 2001, 1st in 1991, 5th in 1981, 9th pre-1940. *Croatia: male name. 32,304 (2011). *Bosnia and Herzegovina: male name. *Bulgaria: male name. * North Macedonia: male name. *Czech Republic: 22,567 females and 740 males (2002). *Poland: female name. *Slovakia: female name. People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikica Cukrov
Nikica Cukrov (born 6 March 1954) is a Croatian professional football manager and retired player. International career He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a November 1977 Balkan Cup friendly match against Greece, coming on as a 69th-minute substitute for Momčilo Vukotić, and earned a total of 14 caps scoring no goals. His final international was an October 1983 friendly match away against Switzerland. Personal life Cukrov was diagnosed with cancer in 2014, which forced him to retire from managing Šibenik Šibenik () is a historic city in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is a political, educational, transport, industrial and tourist center of Šibenik-Knin County, and is also the .... Fortunately he recovered and worked as a scout for football in his county. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikica Gabrić
Nikica Gabrić (born 1961) is a Croatian physician and politician. He was born in Metković. He graduated at the School of Medicine in Zagreb as an ophthalmologist. He founded the Special Hospital for Ophthalmology ''Svjetlost'' in Zagreb, in which he works and serves as the Director. He specializes in surgery of the anterior eye segment, with more than 30,000 operations done. His clinic is the third private health institution in Croatia in terms of total revenue, and boasts as the first one operating exclusively in the free market, without cooperation with the Croatian Institute for Health Insurance. He is professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka and a collaborative member of the Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences. In 1995 he founded the first Croatian eye bank LHOB. He is the acting President of the Croatian Society of Physicians in Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He authored more than 400 scientific papers and received numerous honors and awards, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikica Jelavić
Nikica Jelavić (; born 27 August 1985) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Jelavić began his career with Croatian side Hajduk Split of the Prva HNL in 2002, before moving to Belgian Pro League club Zulte Waregem in 2007. A year later, he moved to Austrian Bundesliga club Rapid Wien. In 2010, he was signed by Rangers, with whom he won the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish League Cup in his first season. He moved to England with Everton in January 2012, and Hull City two years later. Jelavić is a former Croatian international, debuting in 2009 and retiring in 2014. He represented the country at UEFA Euro 2012 and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Club career Early career Jelavić was born in Čapljina, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia and started his youth career at his local side GOŠK Gabela, which plays in the Bosnian league system. His career took a more serious turn when he moved to the nearby cross-border club in Croatia, NK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikica Klinčarski
Nikica Klinčarski ( Macedonian: Никица Клинчарски; born 5 January 1957) is a Macedonian retired footballer. Club career He played a total of 518 matches for FK Partizan being by this the second player with most games played in the club, behind Momčilo Vukotić with 752. He played in the Major Indoor Soccer League in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ... under the name of Nicky Klincarski. International career He played a total of eight matches for Yugoslavia national football team. His debut was crowned with a goal on 22 March 1980 in Sarajevo against Uruguay (2-1 win) and his last match was on 30 March 1983 in Timişoara against Romania (2–0 win). Notes References External links * MISL stats 1957 births Living p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikica Kolumbić
Nikica Kolumbić (6 October 1930 - 1 March 2009) was Croatian historian and lexicographer. He was born in Zagreb. He graduated Croatian studies at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb in 1955, receiving a PhD in 1964 with a thesis ''On the origin and development of Croatian medieval passion poetry and drama'' (''Postanak i razvoj hrvatske srednjovjekovne pasionske poezije i drame'') at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zadar. There he continued to work as a professor of older Croatian literature. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the first volume of the Croatian Biographical Lexicon (1983). Since 2002 he was a regular member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. His work on early Croatian literature is collected in books ''Hrvatska književnost od humanizma do manirizma'' (1980), ''Po običaju začinjavac'' (1994) and ''Poticaji i nadahnuća'' (2005). He edited and wrote commentaries on texts by Marko Marulić (1994), and provided a modern poetic rendition of Marulić's ''Judita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikica Ljubek
Nikica Ljubek (born 19 October 1980) is a Croatian sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who competed in the early 2000s. He was born in Osijek. He was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-1 1000 m and the C-2 500 m events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He was second on Canoe marathon championship 2008 in Czech republic in c-1 26 km. In 2010 he was on 4th place on World canoe championship in Banyoles-Spain in c-1 26 km Nikica Ljubek is the son of Matija Ljubek Matija Ljubek (; 22 November 1953 – 11 October 2000) was a Croatian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1970s and 1980s and later became a sports official. Born in Belišće, Osijek-Baranja, Ljubek competed in four Summer Olympics where he w ..., Olympic and World champion canoer. References External links Sports-Reference.com profile 1980 births Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Croatian male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Croatia Sportspeople from Osijek { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikica Maglica
Nikica Maglica (born 26 January 1965) is a Croatian former football player who was assistant manager of Dynamo Dresden from 2009 to 2011. Club career Born in Brčko, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina (back then part of Yugoslavia), he started playing at FK Bečej, before moving to FK Proleter Zrenjanin where he will play in the Yugoslav Second League until achieving promotion to the Yugoslav First League in 1990. He played with Proleter two more seasons in Yugoslav top tier before moving to Croatia in summer 1992 and played with NK Zagreb in the 1992–93 Croatian First League. In 1993, he moved to Germany and since then he has played with Dynamo Dresden, Dresdner SC and OFC Neugersdorf. Personal life While living in Zrenjanin Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; hu, Nagybecskerek; ro, Becicherecu Mare; sk, Zreňanin; german: Großbetschkerek) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous pro ... he marr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikica Milenković
Nikica “Dido” Milenković (born 30 September 1959) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player. Playing career Milenković last played for Sabadell in Spain’s Segunda División. He had spent much of his career playing for Rijeka in the Yugoslav First League, where he amassed 154 league appearances. After a season with Čelik Zenica, he moved to Spain where he played until he retired in 1991. Managerial career Initially, after retiring, Milenković settled in Barcelona where he worked in the youth ranks of FC Barcelona and as a FIFA agent from 1991 until 1996. He then moved to Rijeka where he worked as director of football. In June 2021, Milenković became the new manager of newly promoted Bosnian Premier League The m:tel Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, m:tel Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine / м:тел Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), also known as Liga 12, is the top tier football league in Bosnia and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikica Valentić
Nikica Valentić (; born 24 November 1950) is a Croatian entrepreneur, lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 1993 to 1995. He is to date the youngest person to have served in that capacity, being 42 years old when taking office, and is also the first Croatian prime minister born after World War II. A native of Gospić, Valentić graduated from the Zagreb Faculty of Law.Nikica Valentić , Deputies of the 5th Assembly of the Before being involved in politics, he was a high-ranking official of INA, the Croatian oil company. On 4 April 1993, as a member of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikita (given Name)
Nikita may refer to: * Nikita (given name) * Nikita, Crimea, a town in Crimea * Nikita the Tanner, a character in East Slavic folklore Film and television *''Little Nikita'', a 1988 film * ''La Femme Nikita'' (film), also known as ''Nikita'', a 1990 French-language film starring Anne Parillaud and directed by Luc Besson ** ''Point of No Return'' (film), a 1993 American adaptation of the 1990 film ''Nikita'' starring Bridget Fonda and directed by John Badham ** ''La Femme Nikita'' (TV series), a 1997–2001 Canadian television series based on 1990 film by Luc Besson, broadcast as ''Nikita'' in Canada, starring Peta Wilson ** ''Nikita'' (TV series), a 2010–2013 American television series on The CW starring Maggie Q Music * NikitA Nikita may refer to: * Nikita (given name) * Nikita, Crimea, a town in Crimea * Nikita the Tanner, a character in East Slavic folklore Film and television *''Little Nikita'', a 1988 film * ''La Femme Nikita'' (film), also known as ''Nikita'', a 19 ..., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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