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Nicolae Covaci
Covaci is the Romanian language, Romanian form of the name Kovač (surname), Kovač (Ковач), meaning "forger" or "blacksmith" in Slavic languages. Cognates * Kovač (surname), Kovač in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Slovenia * Kovac (surname), Kovac in the United States and parts of South America was often shortened from a longer last name given out to people who couldn't spell their last name. Example: Dukovac was shortened to Kovac. * Koval (surname), Koval in Ukraine (also Kovalchuk, Kovalenko, Kovalev) * Kowal (town), Kowal in Poland (also Kowalczyk, Kowalski) * Kovach (surname), Kovach, the Carpathian Ruthenia, Carpatho-Ruthenian form * Kovács, Kováts or Kovách in Hungary * Kováč in Slovakia * Kovář (also Kováč) in Czechs, Czech Republic. Notable people * Ion Covaci, also known as Ianos Kovacs or János Kovács, Romanian boxer * Iosif Covaci, Romanian alpine skier * Meletie Covaci, Romanian Catholic bishop * Nicolae K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanian Language
Romanian (obsolete spellings: Rumanian or Roumanian; autonym: ''limba română'' , or ''românește'', ) is the official and main language of Romania and the Moldova, Republic of Moldova. As a minority language it is spoken by stable communities in the countries surrounding Romania (Romanians in Bulgaria, Bulgaria, Romanians in Hungary, Hungary, Romanians of Serbia, Serbia, and Romanians in Ukraine, Ukraine), and by the large Romanian diaspora. In total, it is spoken by 28–29 million people as an First language, L1+Second language, L2, of whom 23–24 millions are native speakers. In Europe, Romanian is rated as a medium level language, occupying the tenth position among thirty-seven Official language, official languages. Romanian is part of the Eastern Romance languages, Eastern Romance sub-branch of Romance languages, a linguistic group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin which separated from the Italo-Western languages, Western Romance languages in the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kowalczyk
Kowalczyk is the fifth most common surname in Poland (98,739 people in 2009).Ministry of Interior (Poland). Statystyka najpopularniejszych nazwisk występujących w Polsce in 2009'' (The most popular surnames in Poland in 2009). The name comes from the word "blacksmith". Notable people The surname may refer to: * Adam Kowalczyk (born 1975), American musician, brother of Ed Kowalczyk * August Kowalczyk (1921–2012), Polish actor * Bartosz Kowalczyk, Polish handball player * Bogdan Kowalczyk (born 1946), Polish handball player * Ed Kowalczyk (born 1971), American rock singer, brother of Adam Kowalczyk * Henryk Kowalczyk (born 1956), Polish politician * Ignace Kowalczyk (born 1913), German-French footballer * Jacek Kowalczyk (born 1981), Polish footballer * Jan Kowalczyk (1941–2020), Polish show jumping champion * Jarosław Kowalczyk (born 1989), Polish cyclist * Józef Kowalczyk (born 1938), Polish clergyman, archbishop of Gniezno * Justyna Kowalczyk (born 1983), Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicu Covaci
Nicolae (Nicu) Covaci (born 19 April 1947 in Timișoara, Romania) is a Romanian guitarist, painter, and music composer. He is best known as the leader and founding member of Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania ** Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditiona ... rock and cult band Phoenix, for which he is vocalist and guitar player, with more than 50 years of activity. Biography Nicolae Covaci was born in Timișoara, on 19 April 1947. He took up playing guitar at the age of 15 and in 1962 he, together with Florin "Moni" Bordeianu, founded a band called Sfinții (The Saints). 1960s * 1962: Nicolae Covaci founds the student band "Sfinții" (The Saints) in Timișoara. The band wins the second prize at the Bucharest Student Festival. From the very beginning the band is criticized for having a western European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolae Kovács
Nicolae Kovács ( hu, Kovács Miklós, sometimes rendered as ''Nicolae Covaci'', 29 December 1911 – 7 July 1977) was a Romanian-Hungarian football player and coach. He was a dual international football player and played both for Romania and Hungary. For the Romania national football team, he won 37 caps and participated in the 1930, 1934 and 1938 World Cups, being one of five players to have appeared in all three of the pre-war World Cups. The other players were Edmond Delfour, Étienne Mattler, Bernard Voorhoof and Rudolf Bürger, according to official FIFA match reports. Later, he also represented the Hungary national football team once. He was the older brother of Ștefan Kovács, the famous coach who led AFC Ajax to two European Cups in 1972 and 1973. International goals Romania's goal tally first Honours Player ;Ripensia Timișoara *Liga I (1): 1935–36 *Cupa României (1): 1935–36 Coach ;CA Oradea *Liga I (1): 1948–49 ;Politehnica Timișoara *Liga II (1): 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meletie Covaci
Meletie Covaci (1707 – 11 April 1775) was an ethnic Romanian Catholic bishop in the Habsburg monarchy. Biography Born in Naousa, Macedonia, of a family of Aromanian origin, Covaci fled to the north of the Danube and was ordained priest on 29 June 1734 by Isaija Antonović, Serbian Orthodox bishop of Arad, and in 1736 converted to the Greek-Catholic Church in a religious ceremony in Oradea, first as a wig of Diosig and then as a fortress of castle. Covaci became a Catholic priest and then a protopope in Diosig and after in Oradea, where he was proposed by the priests to the episcopate. On 16 September 1748 Pope Benedict XIV named him auxiliary bishop of the Latin Rite Oradea Diocese, in charge of its Romanian Greek-Catholic parishes and was consecrated titular bishop of Tegea in the Byzantine Rite by Manuil Olshavskyi, Vicar Apostolic of Mukacheve. This arrangement did not satisfy the diocese's Romanians, who wanted an independent diocese, a separate cathedral, Romanian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iosif Covaci
Iosif Covaci (born 2 December 1912, date of death unknown) was a Romanian alpine skier. He competed in the men's combined event at the 1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 .... References 1912 births Year of death missing Romanian male alpine skiers Romanian male cross-country skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Romania Olympic cross-country skiers of Romania Alpine skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Brașov {{Romania-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ion Covaci
Ion Covaci (19 April 1945 – 14 November 1973), also known as Ianos Kovacs or János Kovács, was a Romanian boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Covaci also won four national senior titles. Death After he ended his boxing career, Covaci became a militia officer in his native city, Brăila. On 14 November 1973 while patrolling in the city, he saw a 23-year-old man named Mihai Ion who he fought seemed suspicious. Covaci asked him to present his ID but Ion refused. Covaci decided to take him to the Miliția station. While walking near a crowded bus station, Ion pulled out a dagger from his jacket and stabbed Covaci's neck with it, killing him. Ion ran away, but was caught two days later in Galați Galați (, , ; also known by other alternative names) is the capital city of Galați County in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in eastern Romania. Galați is a port town on the Danube River. It has been the only port for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czechs
The Czechs ( cs, Češi, ; singular Czech, masculine: ''Čech'' , singular feminine: ''Češka'' ), or the Czech people (), are a West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic in Central Europe, who share a common ancestry, culture, history, and the Czech language. Ethnic Czechs were called Bohemians in English until the early 20th century, referring to the former name of their country, Bohemia, which in turn was adapted from the late Iron Age tribe of Celtic Boii. During the Migration Period, West Slavic tribes settled in the area, "assimilated the remaining Celtic and Germanic populations", and formed a principality in the 9th century, which was initially part of Great Moravia, in form of Duchy of Bohemia and later Kingdom of Bohemia, the predecessors of the modern republic. The Czech diaspora is found in notable numbers in the United States, Canada, Israel, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Ukraine, Switzerland, Italy, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Russ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kovář
Kovář (; meaning "smith"; feminine Kovářová ) is a Czech surname. Kovář or Kovar may refer to: * Daniela Kovářová (born 1964), Czech politician * Dennis G. Kovar, American physicist * František Kovář (1888–1969), Czech Hussite bishop * Jakub Kovář (born 1988), Czech ice hockey player * Jan Kovář (born 1990), Czech ice hockey player * Jaroslav Kovář (1934–2015), Czech athlete * Jiří Kovář (born 1989), Italian volleyball player of Czech origin * Karel Kovář (rower) (born 1942), Czech rower * Karel Kovář, Slovak figure skater * Lukáš Kovář (born 1992), Czech ice hockey player * Marie Kovářová (born 1927), Czech gymnast * Mary Grace Kovar (1929–2015), American biostatistician * Matěj Kovář (born 2000), Czech footballer * Michal Kovář (born 1973), Czech footballer * Přemysl Kovář (born 1985), Czech footballer * Robin Kovář (born 1984), Czech ice hockey player * Sára Kovářová Sára Kovářová (born 9 February 1999) is a Cz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kováč
Kováč, feminine: Kováčová, is a surname in Slovakia. It may refer to: ; Kováč * Alan Kováč (born 1993), Slovak footballer * Dušan Kováč (born 1942), Slovak historian * Ervín Kováč (1911–1972), Slovak footballer * Henrich Kováč (born 1994), Slovak footballer * Igor Kováč (born 1969), Slovak athlete * Lukáš Kováč (born 1987), Slovak footballer * Maroš Kováč (born 1977), Slovak cyclist * Matej Kováč (born 1985), Slovak footballer * Michal Kováč (1930–2016), President of Slovakia * Pavel Kováč (born 1974), Slovak footballer * Radoslav Kováč (born 1979), Czech footballer * Tibor Kováč (1905–1952), Slovak Jewish activist * Vladimír Kováč (born 1991), Slovak footballer ; Kováčová * Alena Kováčová (born 1978), Slovak basketball player * Emília Kováčová (born 1931), First Lady of Slovakia First Lady of Slovakia or First Gentleman of Slovakia (''Prvá Dáma'' in Slovak language, Slovak) is the title attributed to the wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west. Hungary has a population of nearly 9 million, mostly ethnic Hungarians and a significant Romani minority. Hungarian, the official language, is the world's most widely spoken Uralic language and among the few non-Indo-European languages widely spoken in Europe. Budapest is the country's capital and largest city; other major urban areas include Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs, and Győr. The territory of present-day Hungary has for centuries been a crossroads for various peoples, including Celts, Romans, Germanic tribes, Huns, West Slavs and the Avars. The foundation of the Hungarian state was established in the late 9th century AD with the conquest of the Carpathian Basin by Hungar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kovács
Kovács or Kovacs, meaning blacksmith, is one of the most common Hungarian family names. History The name is found in Hungary and Hungarian expatriate communities. There are similar names with the Kováts or Kovách spellings. The name means "blacksmith" in Hungarian, and it is a loanword from Slavic languages. There are 221,688 people in Hungary who are named ''Kovács'', making the name the second most common family name among Hungarians. Cognates * Covaci in Romania * Koufax in Yiddish * Kovač in many South Slavic and West Slavic communities * Kováč in Slovakia * Kovach, the Carpatho-Ruthenian form * Kovachev in Bulgaria * Kovaçi in Albania * Kaval in Belarus (also Kavalchuk, Kavalenka, Kavaliou, Kavalski, Kavalchyk, Kavalevich) * Koval in Ukraine (also Kovalchuk, Kovalenko, Kovalev) * Kovář (also Kováč) in Czech Republic. * Kowal in Poland (also Kowalczyk, Kowalski) Notable people * Ágnes Kovács (born 1981), Hungarian swimmer * Angela Kovács (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
