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Pascal (artist)
Pascal, Pascal's or PASCAL may refer to: People and fictional characters * Pascal (given name), including a list of people with the name * Pascal (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, writer and theologian Places * Pascal (crater), a lunar crater * Pascal Island (Antarctica) * Pascal Island (Western Australia) Science and technology * Pascal (unit), the SI unit of pressure * Pascal (programming language), a programming language developed by Niklaus Wirth **Microsoft Pascal **Turbo Pascal * PASCAL (database), a bibliographic database maintained by the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information * Pascal (microarchitecture), codename for a microarchitecture developed by Nvidia Other uses * (1895–1911) * (1931–1942) * Pascal and Maximus, fictional characters in ''Tangled'' * Pascal blanc, a French white wine grape * Pascal College, secondary education school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pascal (given Name)
Pascal is a masculine and feminine given name. It is a Francophone name, cognate of Italian name Pasquale (other), Pasquale, Spanish name Pascual (other), Pascual, Catalan name Pasqual (other), Pasqual and Portuguese name Pascoal. ''Pascal'' is common in French-speaking countries, Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands. Derived feminine forms include ''Pascale'', ''Pascalle'' or ''Pascalina''. Pascal is also common as a surname in France, and in Italy (in Piedmont, Aosta Valley and, as ''De Pascal'', in Friuli-Venezia Giulia). Pascal derives from the Latin language, Latin ''paschalis'' or ''pashalis'', which means "relating to Easter", from the Latin term for "Easter", ''pascha'', Greek language, Greek Πάσχα, from the Aramaic language, Aramaic ''pasḥā'' (Hebrew language, Hebrew ''pesach'') "Passover" (since the Jewish holiday Passover coincides closely with the later Christian holiday of Easter, the Latin word came to be used for both occasions). T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |