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Sacha Gorissen
Sasha is a unisex name which originated in Eastern and Southern European countries as the shortened version of Alexander and Alexandra. It is also used as a surname, although very rarely. Alternative spellings include: ( – Russian, Ukrainian, Serbo-Croatian), ( – Bulgarian), ( – Macedonian), (Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Latvian, Lithuanian), (Polish), (Romanian), (French), (German), (Italian), (Danish and Swedish) and ( – Hebrew). Usage This name is especially common in Europe, where it is used by both females and males as a diminutive of Alexandra and Alexander, respectively. Despite its popularity in informal usage, the name is rarely recorded on birth certificates in countries such as the Czech Republic, Russia, Slovakia, and Ukraine, as it is considered a diminutive, not a formal name. Exceptions are Croatia, Germany, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Switzerland. In French-speaking regions (Belg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unisex
Unisex is an adjective indicating something is not sex-specific, i.e. is suitable for any type of sex. The term can also mean gender-blindness or gender neutrality. The term 'unisex' was coined as a neologism in the 1960s and was used fairly informally. The combining prefix ''uni-'' is from Latin ''unus'', meaning ''one'' or ''single''. However, 'unisex' seems to have been influenced by words such as ''united'' and ''universal'', in which ''uni-'' takes the related sense ''shared''. Unisex then means ''shared by sexes''. Examples Hair stylists and beauty salons that serve both men and women are often referred to as unisex. This is also typical of other services and products that had traditionally been separated by sexes, such as clothing shops or beauty products. Public toilets are commonly sex segregated but if that is not the case, they are referred to as unisex public toilets. Unisex clothing includes garments like T-shirts; versions of other garments may be tailored for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (born 13 October 1971) is an English actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his creation and portrayal of the fictional satirical characters Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev, Brüno Gehard, and Admiral General Aladeen. He adopts a variety of accents and guises for his characters and interacts with unsuspecting subjects who do not realise they have been set up. At the 2012 British Comedy Awards, he received the Outstanding Achievement Award and accepted the award in-character as Ali G. In 2013, he received the BAFTA Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy. In 2018, ''The Times'' named him among the 30 best living comedians. Baron Cohen has produced and/or performed in comedic films such as ''Ali G Indahouse'' (2002), ''Borat'' (2006) and its sequel '' Borat Subsequent Moviefilm'' (2020), '' Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby'' (2006), ''Brüno'' (2009), and '' The Dictator'' (2012). He has also appeared in drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasha De Sola
Sasha De Sola is an American ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer at the San Francisco Ballet. Early life De Sola was born in Winter Park, Florida. Both of her parents are musicians. She started dancing at age 3. She trained at Kirov Academy of Ballet on full scholarship. Career In 2011, De Sola joined the San Francisco Ballet as an apprentice at age 17, and became a member of the corps de ballet the following year. She was named soloist in 2012 and principal dancer in 2017. She has danced roles such as Princess Aurora in '' The Sleeping Beauty'', Titiana in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a comedy written by William Shakespeare 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict amon ...'', Princess/Henriette in ''The Little Mermaid'', and Kitri in '' Don Quixote''. She has also originated roles such as Stanton Welch's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saša Ćurčić
Saša Ćurčić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Ћурчић; born 14 February 1972) is a Serbian former professional Association football, footballer, coach and reality television personality. As a player, he was a midfielder who notably played in the Premier League for Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers, Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa and Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace. He also played in the Scottish Premiership for Motherwell F.C., Motherwell, in Major League Soccer for the MetroStars and in his native country for OFK Beograd and FK Partizan, Partizan. He was also capped 14 times for the Serbia and Montenegro national football team, national team of FR Yugoslavia. Since retirement, Ćurčić has appeared as a reality tv personality and has appeared on Serbian versions of ''Veliki Brat VIP, Celebrity Big Brother'' and ''The Farm (TV series), The Farm'' as well as ''Parovi''. Early life Growing up on the banks of Danube in the Belgrade suburb of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasha Cooke
Sasha Cooke is an American mezzo-soprano. Cooke was born in Riverside, California, and grew up in College Station, Texas, where her parents are professors of Russian at Texas A&M University. She earned a bachelor's degree from Rice University and trained at the Juilliard School in New York. Cooke attended the Music Academy of the West in 2002. Cooke won best opera recording for ''Doctor Atomic'' at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, 2011, and again for ''The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs'' at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, 2018. In 2022, she played Thirza in Houston Grand Opera's staging of ''The Wreckers'' by Ethel Smyth Dame Ethel Mary Smyth (; 22 April 18588 May 1944) was an English composer and a member of the women's suffrage movement. Her compositions include songs, works for piano, chamber music, orchestral works, choral works and operas. Smyth tended t .... References External linksSasha Cooke at Operabase {{DEFAULTSORT:Cooke, Sasha Living people American mezzo-sop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasha Cohen
Alexandra Pauline "Sasha" Cohen (born October 26, 1984) is a retired American figure skater. She is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World Championship medalist, the 2003 Grand Prix Final Champion, and the 2006 U.S. Champion. She is known for her artistry, flexibility and body lines, and musical interpretation. , Cohen is the most recent American woman to medal individually in figure skating at the Olympics. Early life Cohen was born in Westwood, California, a neighborhood in Los Angeles. Her nickname "Sasha" is a Russian diminutive of "Alexandra". Her mother, Galina Cohen (née Feldman), is a Jewish immigrant from Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union and a former ballet dancer. Her father, Roger Cohen, is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law and formerly a law partner at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison. Cohen has a younger sister, Natalia (nicknamed "Natasha"), who began college at Barnard College in August 2006. She unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saša Ćirić
Saša Ćirić or Saša Ḱiriḱ ( mk, Сашa Ќириќ; born 11 January 1968) is a retired Macedonian football player. Club career Ćirić started his career at Sloga Umin Dol. Via Metalurg Skopje he moved to Pelister. From the Bulgarian side CSKA Sofia (for which he played in 1994) he signed for FK Vardar again and went to FC Aarau. German Bundesliga side 1. FC Nürnberg bought him in 1997 for a fee of one million Swiss francs. In 1999, Tennis Borussia Berlin signed him for four million Marks. Although Ćirić wanted to stay Nürnberg had to sell him after being relegated for financial reasons. In 2000, he signed at Eintracht Frankfurt. In 2003, Ćirić joined ''The Club'' once again and retired in 2006 at Offenbacher Kickers. International career He made his senior debut for Macedonia in an April 1995 friendly match against Bulgaria and has earned a total of 26 caps, scoring 8 goals. His final international was an April 2004 friendly match against Croatia. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saša Cilinšek
Saša Cilinšek ( Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Цилиншек; born 28 January 1982) is a Serbian football player. Personal life Born in VrdnikAlmanah 2002-2003 (pag. 43) at FK Vojvodina official website ( SR Serbia, ), he is the older brother Zoran Cilinšek
Zoran Cilinšek (; born 20 March 1976) is a Serbian retired footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The ...
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Sasha Chorny
Alexander Mikhailovich Glikberg ( rus, Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Гли́кберг, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ ˈɡlʲikbʲɪrk, a=Alyexandr Mikhaylovich Glickbyerg.ru.vorb.oga), better known as Sasha Chorny ( rus, Са́ша Чёрный, p=ˈsaʂə ˈtɕɵrnɨj, a=Sasha Chyornyy.ru.vorb.oga; – 5 July 1932), was a Russian poet, satirist and children's writer. Early years Alexander Glikberg was born into a Jewish family of pharmacists in Odessa, Russian Empire (currently in Ukraine) on October 13 N.S. 1880. The Glikberg family was not a happy one: his mother suffered from hysteria and children were bad for her nerves; his father often became violent and severely punished his children. It so happened that among the five Glikberg children there were two Alexanders (or Sashas for short), the blond Sasha was usually called ''White Sasha'' (''Белый Саша'' in Russian) and the brunet ''Black Sasha'' (''Чёрный Саша'' in Russian). T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saša Bogunović
Saša Bogunović (; born 16 December 1982) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the younger brother of fellow footballer Dejan Bogunović. Career Bogunović started out at his hometown club Novi Sad. He scored 11 goals in the 2001–02 Second League of FR Yugoslavia Second League of FR Yugoslavia 2001–02 (Serbian: Druga savezna liga) consist of three groups of 18 teams (Serbia) and 1 group of 12 teams (Montenegro). Due to a reduction in the number of teams in Serbian groups (North, East and West), there were ..., as the team placed third in Group North. In early 2003, Bogunović moved on loan to Bulgarian club Litex Lovech until the end of the season. He came on as a substitute in the 2003 Bulgarian Cup Final, as the team lost 2–1 to Levski Sofia. In early 2006, Bogunović moved abroad for the second time and joined Hungarian club Zalaegerszeg. He spent the next two seasons with Polish side Widzew Łódź, before returning to his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saša Bjelanović
Saša Bjelanović (; born 11 June 1979) is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a striker. He has held an Italian passport since 2007, as his grandmother was from Trieste, Venezia Giulia; this made him eligible to acquire Italian nationality at birth. Club career Saša Bjelanović started his career at Zadar. At the age of 20, he had already made 76 appearances for his native club. In summer 1999, he was signed by Croatian giant Dinamo Zagreb. However, he made only one appearance before being transferred to NK Istra from Pula and then NK Varteks. On 31 May 2002, Como, at that time in Serie A, brought Bjelanović to Italy. He played 15 Serie A games for Como, and left on loan to Chievo. As Como was relegated in summer 2003, on 16 July 2003, Bjelanović was loaned to Perugia. But on 30 August 2003, he was sold to Genoa C.F.C. of Serie B on a co-ownership deal for €1 million. Genoa was owned by former Como owner Enrico Preziosi. Bjelanović played 41 out of possible 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacha Dean Biyan
Sasha is a unisex name which originated in Eastern and Southern European countries as the shortened version of Alexander and Alexandra. It is also used as a surname, although very rarely. Alternative spellings include: ( – Russian, Ukrainian, Serbo-Croatian), ( – Bulgarian), ( – Macedonian), (Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Latvian, Lithuanian), (Polish), (Romanian), (French), (German), (Italian), (Danish and Swedish) and ( – Hebrew). Usage This name is especially common in Europe, where it is used by both females and males as a diminutive of Alexandra and Alexander, respectively. Despite its popularity in informal usage, the name is rarely recorded on birth certificates in countries such as the Czech Republic, Russia, Slovakia, and Ukraine, as it is considered a diminutive, not a formal name. Exceptions are Croatia, Germany, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Switzerland. In French-speaking regions (Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
