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Preto (other)
Preto means "black" in Portuguese. Preto may also refer to: Places * Preto River (other) * Rio Preto (other) * Ouro Preto, a city in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil * Pinheiro Preto, a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil * Ribeirão Preto, a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil People *Francisco Rolão Preto (1893–1977), a Portuguese politician, journalist, and leader of the Movimento Nacional-Sindicalista *José Ramos Preto (1871–1949), a Portuguese jurist and politician *Preto (footballer, born 1978), Brazilian football defender born ''Marcos Antônio Costa'' *Preto (footballer, born 1981), Brazilian football forward born ''João Luiz Ferreira da Silva'' *Preto (footballer, born January 1986), Brazilian football goalkeeper born ''Celismar dos Santos Marins'' *Preto (footballer, born July 1986), Brazilian football forward born ''Jonathan Antenor de Moura Almeida'' See also * Alfrocheiro Preto, a red Portuguese wine grape v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black
Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white have often been used to describe opposites such as good and evil, the Dark Ages versus Age of Enlightenment, and night versus day. Since the Middle Ages, black has been the symbolic color of solemnity and authority, and for this reason it is still commonly worn by judges and magistrates. Black was one of the first colors used by artists in Neolithic cave paintings. It was used in ancient Egypt and Greece as the color of the underworld. In the Roman Empire, it became the color of mourning, and over the centuries it was frequently associated with death, evil, witches, and magic. In the 14th century, it was worn by royalty, clergy, judges, and government officials in much of Europe. It became the color worn by English romantic poets, businessmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preto River (other)
Preto River or Prêto River may refer to these rivers in Brazil: Amapá * Preto River (Amapá) Amazonas * Preto da Eva River * Preto River (Padauari River tributary) * Preto River (Unini River tributary) Bahia * Preto River (Bahia, Atlantic Ocean) * Preto River (Bahia, Grande River tributary) * Preto River (Bahia, Jequié River tributary) Espírito Santo * Preto River (Cricaré River tributary) * Preto River (Espírito Santo), Itabapoana River tributary * Preto River (Itabapoana River tributary), west of the above * Preto River (Itaúnas River tributary) * Preto River (Mariricu River tributary) Goiás * Preto River (Paracatu River tributary) * Preto River (Paranaíba River tributary) * Preto River (Tocantins River tributary) Maranhão * Preto River (Maranhão) Minas Gerais * Preto River (Araçuaí River tributary) * Preto River (Paraibuna River tributary) Paraíba * Preto River (Paraíba) Paraná * Preto River (Paraná) Pernambuco * Preto River (Pernambuco) Rio de J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Preto (other)
Rio Preto may refer to: Inhabited places in Brazil *Dores do Rio Preto, Espírito Santo *Rio Preto, Minas Gerais *Rio Preto da Eva, Amazonas *Rio Preto National Forest, Espírito Santo *Rio Preto State Park, Minas Gerais *São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo *São José do Vale do Rio Preto, Rio de Janeiro Sports *Rio Preto Esporte Clube, a Brazilian football (soccer) club See also *Preto River (other) *Rio Pretão, a football (soccer) stadium *Río Prieto (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouro Preto
Ouro Preto (, ''Black Gold''), formerly Vila Rica (, ''Rich Village''), is a city in and former capital of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a former colonial mining town located in the Serra do Espinhaço mountains and designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO because of its outstanding Baroque architecture, Baroque Portuguese colonial architecture. Ouro Preto is located in one of the main areas of the Brazilian Gold Rush. Officially, 800 tons of gold were sent to Portugal in the eighteenth century, not to mention what was circulated in an illegal manner, nor what remained in the colony, such as gold used in the ornamentation of the churches. The municipality became the most populous city of Latin America, counting on about 40,000 people in 1730 and, decades after, 80,000. At that time, the population of New York was less than half of that number of inhabitants and the population of São Paulo did not surpass 8,000. Ouro Preto was the capital of Minas Gerais from 1720 until 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinheiro Preto
Pinheiro Preto is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Santa Catarina This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Santa Catarina (SC), located in the South Region of Brazil. Santa Catarina is divided into 295 municipalities, which are grouped into 20 microregions, which are grouped into 6 mesoregions. ... References Municipalities in Santa Catarina (state) {{SantaCatarina-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ribeirão Preto
Ribeirão Preto (Portuguese pronunciation: ibejˈɾɐ̃w ˈpɾetu is a municipality and a metropolitan area located in the northeastern region of São Paulo state, Brazil. Ribeirão Preto is the eighth-largest municipality in the State with . It has an estimated population of 720,216 in 2021 and a metropolitan area of 1,178,910. It is located from the city of São Paulo and from Brasília, the federal capital. Its mean altitude is high. The city's average temperature throughout the year is , and the original predominant vegetation is the Atlantic forest. The city originated around 1856 as an agricultural region. Coffee was a primary income source until 1929 when it lost value compared with the industrial sector. In the second half of the 20th century, investment in health, biotechnology, bioenergy, and information technology led to the city being declared a Technological Center in 2010. These activities have caused the city to have the 30th biggest gross national (GNP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Rolão Preto
Francisco de Barcelos Rolão Preto, GCIH (12 February 1893, Gavião – 18 December 1977, Hospital do Desterro, Lisbon) was a Portuguese politician, journalist, and leader of the Portuguese National Syndicalists Movement (MNS), a fascist organization. When in 1934 Salazar decided to ban the National Syndicalist Movement, Preto was briefly detained and later exiled. While in exiled and in Madrid, he was a guest in the house of José Antonio Primo de Rivera, with whom he collaborated in formulating a program for the Falange. In the eve of the Second World War he published a new editions of his work on Italian Fascism with high hopes on the Berlin-Rome axis. After World War II, Rolão Preto abandoned fascism and joined the left-wing forum Movement of Democratic Unity In 1949 he participated in General Norton de Matos’s 1949 presidential election campaign. He also backed more liberal candidates for the Presidency, such as Quintão Meireles, Francisco Higino Craveiro Lopes, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Ramos Preto
José Ramos Preto (23 October 1870 – 7 January 1949) was a Portuguese jurist and politician during the Portuguese First Republic. Among other posts, he served as civil governor, senator, minister and president of the Ministry (Prime Minister). He was the main landowner of his native town and the most influential politician of the region of Castelo Branco, the district where he also served as civil governor and director of its secondary schools. He was also elected senator for the electoral circle of Castelo Branco. In the sequence of the sudden death of President of the Ministry António Maria Baptista on 3 June 1920, he was chosen to be his substitute. However, on 18 June, Ramos Preto government was forced to resign by the parliament, after being criticized by increasing the salaries of the members of his ministerial cabinets. Several personalities were then successively invited to constitute a government, but they all declined, making the government of Ramos Preto survive in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preto (footballer, Born 1978)
Marcos Antônio Costa (born 18 December 1978), simply known as Preto, is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a defender. Honours Santos *Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2002, 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ... References External linksPretoat playmakerstats.com (English version of ogol.com.br) {{DEFAULTSORT:Preto 1978 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Santos FC players Footballers from São Luís, Maranhão ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preto (footballer, Born 1981)
João Luiz Ferreira da Silva (born 12 June 1981), known as Preto, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He appeared in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A for Portuguesa, Guarani and Goianiense. Career Preto had worked with manager Vágner Benazzi at Portuguesa in 2009 before re-uniting with him at Bragantino Red Bull Bragantino, commonly known as Bragantino, is a Brazilian football club based in Bragança Paulista, São Paulo. It competes in the Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista S ... in 2012. References External links João da Silva at Kickersarchiv.de {{DEFAULTSORT:Preto 1981 1981 births Living people People from Novo Hamburgo Footballers from Rio Grande do Sul Men's association football forwards Brazilian men's footballers Stuttgarter Kickers players Stuttgarter Kickers II players São José Esporte Clube players Zagłębie Lubin players Esporte Clube Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preto (footballer, Born January 1986)
Celismar dos Santos Marins (born 1 January 1986), commonly known as Preto, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Vitória das Tabocas. Club career Born in Salvador, Bahia, Preto started his career with Catuense in 2006. After leaving the club in the following year, he stepped down from football until 2009, returning to action with Rio Bananal. Preto rarely settled into a club in the following seasons, representing Centro Limoeirense, Viana, URSO, Fast Clube and Mineiros before joining Vitória das Tabocas in August 2012. After impressing with the latter, he returned to Fast after a short stint with Alecrim on 15 February 2013. On 8 August 2014, Preto was loaned to Bonsucesso. Initially a backup option, he became a regular starter during the 2015 Campeonato Carioca and impressed during a match against Vasco da Gama. After the tournament's end, he signed for Santos and was immediately assigned to the newly formed B-team. After featuring regularly with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preto (footballer, Born July 1986)
Jonathan Antenor de Moura Almeida, better known as Preto is a Brazilian footballer, who plays as a striker for Cuiabá Cuiabá () is the capital city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is located near the geographical centre of South America. Also, it forms the metropolitan area of Mato Grosso, along with the neighbouring town of Várzea Grande. The city' .... References 1986 births Brazilian men's footballers Living people Ceará Sporting Club players Ipatinga Futebol Clube players Mirassol Futebol Clube players Clube de Regatas Brasil players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Volta Redonda {{Brazil-footy-forward-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
