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Orania (other)
Orania is a town in South Africa. Orania may also refer to: * ''Orania'' (plant), a genus of palm trees * ''Orania'' (gastropod), a genus of molluscs * Orania Papazoglou, American mystery writer See also * Oranje (other) Oranje may refer to: *A nickname for a national sports teams of the Netherlands, especially the national football team * Oranje, Netherlands, a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe * The Orange River in South Africa in Dutch and Afrikaans *' ..., a homophone of ''Orania'' * Urania (other) {{disambig, genus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orania
Orania () is an Afrikaner separatist town founded by Afrikaners in South Africa. It is located along the Orange River in the Karoo region of the Northern Cape province. The town is split in two halves by the R369 road, and is from Cape Town and from Pretoria. Its climate is semi-arid. The town and its mono-ethnic and monoculturalist ideals have been the subject of much press coverage, most of it negative. The town was founded with the goal of creating a stronghold for the Afrikaner minority group, the Afrikaans language and the Afrikaner culture through the creation of a white Afrikaner ethnostate known as a Volkstaat. The town is generally described as "whites-only". By 2022, the population was 2,500. The town was experiencing rapid growth and the population had climbed by 55% from 2018. Living in the town requires application, and is based around being Afrikaner and fluent in Afrikaans. The town's economy is focused around self-sufficiency and based on agriculture, no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orania (plant)
''Orania'' is a genus of the palm tree family Arecaceae, and includes flowering plants native to Southeast Asia, Madagascar, and New Guinea.Keim, A.P. & Dransfield, J. (2012). A monograph of the genus ''Orania'' (Arecaceae: Oranieae). Kew Bulletin 67: 127-190. Species Accepted species: * '' Orania archboldiana'' Burret - New Guinea * '' Orania bakeri'' A.P.Keim & J.Dransf. - New Guinea * '' Orania dafonsoroensis'' A.P.Keim & J.Dransf. - New Guinea * '' Orania decipiens'' Becc. Odoardo Beccari (16 November 1843 – 25 October 1920) was an Italian botanist famous for his discoveries in Indonesia, particularly New Guinea, and Australia. He has been called the greatest botanist to ever study Malesia. His author abbrevi ... - Philippines * '' Orania deflexa'' A.P.Keim & J.Dransf. - Papua New Guinea * '' Orania disticha'' Burret - Papua New Guinea * '' Orania ferruginea'' A.P.Keim & J.Dransf. - New Guinea * '' Orania gagavu'' Essig - New Guinea * '' Orania glauca'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orania (gastropod)
''Orania'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ergalataxinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Species Species within the genus ''Orania'' include: * ''Orania adiastolos'' Houart, 1995 * '' Orania archaea'' Houart, 1995 * ''Orania atea'' Houart & Tröndlé, 2008 * ''Orania badia'' (Reeve, 1845) * ''Orania bimucronata'' (Reeve, 1846) * ''Orania birileffi'' (Lischke, 1871) * ''Orania carnicolor'' (Bozzetti, 2009) * ''Orania castanea'' (Küster, 1859) * † ''Orania cheilotoma'' (Hoernes & Auinger, 1890) * ''Orania corallina'' (Melvill & Standen, 1903) * '' Orania dharmai'' Houart, 1995 * ''Orania ficula'' (Reeve 1848) * ''Orania fischeriana'' (Tapparone-Canefri, 1882) * ''Orania fusulus'' (Brocchi, 1814) * ''Orania gaskelli'' (Melvill, 1891) * ''Orania livida'' (Reeve, 1846) * ''Orania maestratii'' Houart & Tröndlé, 2008 * ''Orania mixta'' (Houart, 1995) * ''Orania nodosa'' (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) * ''Orania nodulo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orania Papazoglou
Orania Papazoglou (July 13, 1951 - July 17, 2019), better known by her pen name Jane Haddam, was an American mystery writer. Biography Haddam was born in Bethel, Connecticut and lived in Watertown. She was married to mystery writer William L. DeAndrea until his death in 1996. One of their two sons, Matt DeAndrea, is also a writer; the second is named Gregory DeAndrea. Writing Papazoglou worked as a teacher at the college level and as a magazine editor. She began her fiction writing career after attending the 1981 Romantic Times Booklovers' Convention, which she was covering as a journalist. After her article about the conference was rejected, Papazoglou sat down and began to write the first Patience McKenna novel, ''Sweet, Savage Death.'' She would eventually write five McKenna novels, under her real name, between 1984 and 1990. Between 1983 and 1988, Papazoglou wrote six romance novels. Four were published under the name Nicola Andrews for Jove's Second Chance at Love lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oranje (other)
Oranje may refer to: *A nickname for a national sports teams of the Netherlands, especially the national football team * Oranje, Netherlands, a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe * The Orange River in South Africa in Dutch and Afrikaans *'' M.S. Oranje'', a Dutch passenger ship later renamed ''M.S. Angelina Lauro'' * Oranje Zwart, a Dutch hockey club * In Oranje, a Dutch drama film * Oranje, the name of one of the bastions of the Castle of Good Hope * De Oranjes (plural of ''oranje'', lit. "the oranges") is a shorthand term used to refer to the Dutch royal family. * Sometimes used to refer to the Orange Free State * ''Oranje, Blanje, Blou'', the nickname of the Flag of South Africa (1928–1994) See also *Orange (other) Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower * Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
