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Riachuelo LOC Det
Riachuelo is a word in the Spanish language, meaning a small river with little current or a brook or an arroyo. Riachuelo may also refer to: Places Argentina * Riachuelo River or Matanza River, a stream in the Buenos Aires Province * Villa Riachuelo, a barrio of Buenos Aires Brazil * Riachuelo, Rio de Janeiro, a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * Riachuelo, Sergipe, a municipality in the Brazilian state of Sergipe * Riachuelo, Rio Grande do Norte, a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte Chile * Riachuelo, Chile, a village in Osorno Province, south-central Chile Uruguay * Riachuelo, Uruguay a Populated Centre in Colonia Department Battle * Battle of the Riachuelo, a naval battle in the Paraguayan War named for Riachuelo stream, Corrientes Province, Argentina Ships * Brazilian battleship ''Riachuelo'', an 1883 Brazilian ironclad battleship * Brazilian battleship ''Riachuelo'' (1914), a Brazilian battleship cancelled due to World War I * Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Populated Places In Uruguay
This is a list of any populated place in Uruguay by department, sortable by population (according to the 2011 census) or alphabetically. The population number may be followed by a letter indicating the official status of the place as follows: Artigas Department Populated places in the Artigas Department (census 2011): Canelones Department Populated places in the Canelones Department (census 2011): * Parts of Ciudad de la Costa and the municipality of the same name. ** Localities connected to Ciudad de la Costa, according to the INE, but which do not belong to its municipality. Their population has not been summed to that of the city in Wikipedia. Cerro Largo Department Populated places in the Cerro Largo Department (census 2011): Colonia Department Populated places in Colonia Department (census 2011): Durazno Department Populated places in the Durazno Department (census 2011): Flores Department Populated places in the Flores Department (census 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Moglia Barth
Luis Moglia Barth (12 April 1903 - 18 June 1984) was an Argentina, Argentine film director and screenwriter, and one of the influential directors in the Cinema of Argentina of the classic era. He directed some 30 films between 1927 and 1959, often screenwriting for his pictures. He died in Buenos Aires, aged 81. Filmography Director: * ''Puños, chárleston y besos'' (1927) * ''El 90'' (1928) * ''Consejo de tango'' (1932) * ''¡Tango!'' (1933) * ''Dancing (1933 film), Dancing'' (1933) * ''Riachuelo (film), Riachuelo'' (1934) * ''Picaflor'' (1935) * ''Amalia (1936 film), Amalia'' (1936) * ''Santos Vega (1936 film), Santos Vega'' (1936) * ''¡Goal!'' (1936) * ''Melgarejo'' (1937) * ''La casa de Quirós'' (1937) * ''Melodías porteñas'' (1937) * ''El último encuentro'' (1938) * ''Paths of Faith'' (1938) * ''Doce mujeres'' (1939) * ''Una mujer de la calle'' (1939) * ''Huella (1940 film), Huella'' (1940) * ''Con el dedo en el gatillo'' (1940) * ''Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riachuelo (film)
''Riachuelo'' (English: ''Brook''; a popular name for the Matanza River) is a 1934 Argentine comedy film directed by Luis Moglia Barth and starring Luis Sandrini as his popular character Berretín.Di Núbila, 1998. p. 86 The cast also included Maruja Pibernat, María Esther Gamas, Alfredo Camiña, Margarita Solá, Héctor Calcaño, Froilán Varela and Juan Sarcione. It was the third film produced by Argentina Sono Film, one of the first major film studios in the country, which had inaugurated the sound period and the Golden Age of Argentine cinema the previous year with the release of ''¡Tango!'' The film premiered on 4 July 1934 at the Renacimiento theater in Buenos Aires.Di Núbila, 1998. p. 400 The commercial success of the film allowed the economic viability of Argentina Sono Film, which had failed with its second production ''Dancing'' in 1933.Di Núbila, 1998. p. 88 See also * List of Argentine films of 1934 References Bibliography * External links ''Riachuelo''at C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lojas Riachuelo
Lojas Riachuelo (English language, English: ''Riachuelo Stores'') is a Brazilian department store company founded in 1947 in the city of Natal, Brazil. Currently, the company operates 302 stores. The company its headquartered in Natal, Brazil, Natal, and have a central office in São Paulo and has 3 distribution centers, in Natal and Guarulhos (São Paulo). In 1979, the company was purchased by the Grupo Guararapes, the largest textile group in Latin America which also controls the Natal shopping center Midway Mall (Brazil), Midway Mall and the financial company Midway Financeira. The Riachuelo's major competitors are Marisa S.A., Marisa, Lojas Renner, Cia. Hering and C&A The company owns and operates an Embraer Legacy 600, Embraer Legacy 650 aircraft (as of August 2016). References External links * Department stores of Brazil {{Brazil-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Submarine Riachuelo (S40)
''Riachuelo'' (S40) is a Brazilian ''Riachuelo''-class submarine built for the Brazilian Navy by DCNS in Cherbourg and ICN in Itaguaí, Brazil. The Brazilian boats are larger in length, tonnage and cargo capacity compared to the French ''Scorpène'' class they are derived from. The Brazilian version are and 1,900 tons, compared to the original ''Scorpène''s that are and 1,565 tons. Program history In 2008, Brazil purchased four enlarged ''Scorpène''s for USD 10 billion with a total technology transfer agreement and a second agreement to develop the first Brazilian nuclear-powered submarine, . The hull of ''Riachuelo'' was laid down at Cherbourg, France on 27 May 2010 and it was jumboized at the Brazilian Navy Shipyard in Itaguaí in late 2012. ''Riachuelo'' was launched on 14 December 2018, and began sea trials in September 2019, the ''Humaitá'' was launched on 11 December 2020. Development and design The first stage of construction of the submarine took plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Submarine Riachuelo (S22)
''Riachuelo'' (S22) was an in the Brazilian Navy. Design and construction ''Riachuelo'' was ordered in 1972, separately from her two sister boats. The submarine, built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering at their shipyard in Barrow, was laid down on 26 May 1973, and launched on 6 September 1975. She was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy in early 1977. Operational history Decommissioning and fate ''Riachuelo'' was decommissioned in 1997. She is now displayed at the Navy Cultural Centre in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b .... References External links The Submarine Heritage Centre - Brazilian "O" Class {{DEFAULTSORT:Riachuelo (S22) Oberon-class submarines of the Brazilian Navy Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness 1975 ships Museum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Battleship Riachuelo (1914)
''Riachuelo'' was a battleship project for the Brazilian Navy developed between 1913 and 1914. It was designed to be the most powerful warship of its time; it was a Brazilian response to the Chilean projects '' Almirante Latorre'' and '' Almirante Cochrane'' and to the Argentine projects '' Rivadavia'' and ''Moreno'', during the naval arms race in South America. The construction would be carried out by the British construction company Armstrong Whitworth and Vickers, under the codename Project 781, a project chosen among several other plans offered to the Brazilian authorities. The battleship would be 188.98 meters long and have at least eight 381-millimeter guns, displacing up to 30,500 nautical tons. Due to the outbreak of World War I, construction was delayed. Although the contract for construction was signed on 14 May 1914, by November of that year little work had been done at the shipyard. Construction was officially canceled on 13 May 1915. The Brazilian Naval League tried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Battleship Riachuelo
''Riachuelo'' () was a Brazilian ironclad warship, ironclad battleship completed in 1883. She was named in honour of the Battle of Riachuelo in 1865. Built in the United Kingdom, the ship entered service with the Brazilian Navy in 1883 and remained in service until 1910. Design ''Riachuelo'' was built after the Brazilian Minister of the Navy, Admiral José Rodrigues de Lima Duarte, presented a report to the national legislature on the importance of modernising the Brazilian Navy by acquiring new battleships, with the intention to order two from British shipyards. ''Riachuelo'' was constructed by Samuda Brothers in London, being Keel laying, laid down on 31 August 1881, Ship naming and launching, launched on 7 June 1883 and Ship commissioning, commissioned into the Brazilian Navy on 19 November 1883. The slightly smaller was launched in 1885. ''Riachuelo'' was constructed with a steel hull, and was the first battleship with a compound armour belt, following shortly after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of The Riachuelo
The Battle of Riachuelo was a large and decisive naval battle of the Paraguayan War between Paraguay and the Empire of Brazil. By late 1864, Paraguay had scored a series of victories in the war, but on 11 June 1865, its naval defeat by the Brazilians on the Paraná River began to turn the tide in favor of the allies. This was the largest naval battle fought between two South American countries. Plan Paraguay's fleet was a fraction of the size of Brazil's, even before the battle, and arrived at the Fortress of Humaitá on the morning of June 9. The Paraguayan president Francisco Solano López prepared to attack the ships supporting allied land troops at Riachuelo. Nine ships and seven cannon-carrying barges, totaling 44 guns, as well as 22 guns and two Congreve rocket batteries from river bank located troops, attacked the Brazilian squadron, nine ships with a total of 58 guns. The Paraguayans had planned a surprise attack before sunrise since they were fully aware that most Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arroyo (creek)
An arroyo (; from Spanish arroyo , "brook"), also called a wash, is a dry stream, creek, stream bed or gulch that temporarily or seasonally fills and flows after sufficient rain. Flash floods are common in arroyos following thunderstorms. ''Wadi'' (Arabic) is used in North Africa and Western Asia for similar landforms. The desert dry wash biome is restricted to the arroyos of the southwestern United States. Arroyos provide a water source to desert animals. Types and processes Arroyos can be natural fluvial landforms or constructed flood control channels. The term usually applies to a Grade (slope), sloped or mountainous terrain in xeric and desert climates. In addition: in many rural communities arroyos are also the principal transportation routes; and in many urban communities arroyos are also parks and recreational locations, often with linear multi-use bicycle, pedestrian, and equestrian trails. Flash flooding can cause the deep arroyos or deposition of sediment on flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
