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Silvia Paddock
Silvia () is a female given name of Latin origin, with a male equivalent Silvio and English-language cognate Sylvia. The name originates from the Latin word for forest, ''Silva'', and its meaning is "spirit of the wood"; the mythological god of the forest was associated with the figure of Silvanus. Silvia is also a surname. In Roman mythology, Silvia is the goddess of the forest while Rhea Silvia was the mother of Romulus and Remus. Silvia is also the name of one of the female innamorati of the commedia dell'arte and is a character of the '' Aminta'' written by Torquato Tasso. People with the given name * Queen Silvia of Sweden (born 1943), spouse of King Carl XVI Gustaf *Saint Silvia, Italian saint of the 6th century *Silvia Airik-Priuhka, Estonian writer and poetry translator *Silvia Bächli (born 1956), Swiss visual artist *Silvia Barbescu, Romanian painter *Silvia Bellot, Spanish motor racing official * Silvia Braslavsky, Argentinian chemist *Silvia Cambir, Romanian pain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the Roman Republic it became the dominant language in the Italian region and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. Even after the fall of Western Rome, Latin remained the common language of international communication, science, scholarship and academia in Europe until well into the 18th century, when other regional vernaculars (including its own descendants, the Romance languages) supplanted it in common academic and political usage, and it eventually became a dead language in the modern linguistic definition. Latin is a highly inflected language, with three distinct genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter), six or seven noun cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, ablative, and vocative), five declensions, four verb conjuga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Braslavsky
Silvia Elsa Braslavsky (born April 5, 1942 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine chemist. She is the daughter of educationist and biochemist Lázaro Braslavsky, and the sister of Cecilia Braslavsky, educationist and erstwhile director of the International Bureau of Education of UNESCO. She has two daughters, sociologist Paula-Irene Villa Braslavsky and Carolina Klockow. Braslavsky has worked extensively in the domain of photobiology and she is a specialist in experimental photooptoacoustics. She was senior research scientist and Professor at the Max Planck Institute for Radiation Chemistry (now renamed ''Bioinorganic Chemistry'') until her retirement in 2007. Scientific career Braslavsky read chemistry at the University of Buenos Aires but left Argentina after the "night of the long batons". While being a research assistant in Santiago de Chile she defended her PhD at the University of Buenos Aires. Following temporary positions at Penn State University (1969-1972), the Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Navarro
Silvia Angélica Navarro Barva (born September 14, 1978) is a Mexican actress. She debuted as actress in 1997, in the lead role in the telenovela '' Perla''. Since then, she continued to work for Mexican TV network TV Azteca, and later for Televisa and Telemundo. Biography Navarro was born on September 14, 1978 in Irapuato, Guanajuato. She attended and graduated from "Centro de Estudios y Formación" (CEFAC), TV Azteca's acting school in Mexico City. She studied with accomplished instructors such as Raul Quintanilla and Héctor Mendoza. In 2012, Navarro confirmed she's in a relationship with Gerardo Casanova. On February 17, 2015 Silvia confirmed her pregnancy and later revealed that the baby was a boy. On September 7, 2015 she announced that she gave birth to her first son, León. In an Instagram live in 2020, she revealed she is no longer in a romantic relationship with her son’s father. Career Navarro's career began when she was still a baby, appearing in ads for diffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Sorina Munteanu
Silvia-Sorina Munteanu (born in Ghioroc, Arad County) is a Romanian opera singer. Munteanu made her debut in 1996 in Georges Bizet's ''Carmen''. She has been a soloist at the Romanian National Opera, Timișoara, at the Romanian National Opera, Cluj-Napoca, and since 2003 at the Romanian National Opera, Bucharest. Aside from her native country, she has performed in Frankfurt, Essen, Sofia, Varna, Prague, Bratislava, and Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ..., as well as at festivals in other European countries, Thailand, and the United States. Adela Cândea"Silvia Sorina Munteanu cântă la finalul Festivalului Internaţional al Artei Lirice" ''Adevărul'', 13 October 2011; accessed February 23, 2012 Notes External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Munteanu, Silvia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Marcovici
Silvia Marcovici (born 30 January 1952) is a Romanian classical violinist. Born in Bacău, Romania, to a Jewish family, she studied at the Conservatory in Bucharest. Her international debut was at the age of sixteen when she performed in The Hague under Bruno Maderna. In 1969, she won the second grand prize in the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition in Paris (nobody won the first one) as well as the special prize of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. In 1970, she was the winner of the first prize in the George Enescu Competition in Bucharest. In 1972, she was invited by Leopold Stokowski to play the Glazunov Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, recorded by Decca. Her discography includes Debussy, Franck, Fauré sonatas for Aurophon-Classics, the Sibelius Violin Concerto with Neeme Järvi and the Gothenburg Symphony for BIS. Also, the Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Beethoven, Saint-Saëns and Bruch 1st violin concertos and the Lalo Symphon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Madetzky
Silvia Madetzky (born 24 June 1962) is a German former discus thrower who competed for East Germany. Her personal best for the event is , which ranks her within the all-time top thirty for the event, as of 2016. Despite this, her highest ever seasonal world ranking was only seventh, achieved in 1987. Madetzky was a silver medallist in the discus at the 1979 European Athletics Junior Championships, forming an East German 1–2 with Irina Meszynski. Her first an only major senior selection was for the 1982 European Athletics Championships, where she finished in fifth place with a throw of . This throw would have brought her at least the silver medal at all other previous editions of the championships, reflecting this sudden rise in standards. A member of the Chemie Halle sports club during her career, she twice reached the national podium, coming third at the East German Athletics Championships in 1985 and 1988. The subsequent release of state documents showed Madetzky was given an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Puppo Gastélum
Silvia Puppo Gastélum (born 23 November 1956) is a Mexican politician from the Party of the Democratic Revolution. From 2010 to 2012 she served as Deputy of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Baja California Sur Baja California Sur (; 'South Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California Sur), is the least populated state and the 31st admitted state of the 32 federal ent .... References 1956 births Living people Politicians from Baja California Sur Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians 21st-century Mexican politicians 21st-century Mexican women politicians People from San José del Cabo Deputies of the LXI Legislature of Mexico Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Baja California Sur {{Mexico-politician-DemocraticRevolution-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sílvia Pérez Cruz
Sílvia Pérez Cruz (born 15 February 1983) is a Spanish singer. In 2012, she recorded her first solo album, ''11 de Novembre'', which was nominated for album of the year in both Spain and France. A song performed by her, "No Te Puedo Encontrar", received a Goya Award for best original song for 2012. In 2014, she released her album ''Granada''. Both releases have been in collaboration with Raül Fernández Miró. She received another Goya Award for best original song, for the song "Ai, ai, ai", composed and performed by her, from the film "Cerca de tu casa" (2016). Background Cruz's parents were both singers who sang together. Her mother Glòria Cruz i Torrellas taught her to play the saxophone and piano as well as how to dance and sculpt. Her father Càstor Pérez Diz was a self-taught guitarist. She has a daughter. She went to Catalonia College of Music in Barcelona, where she received classical training studying the piano and saxophone and receiving a degree in vocal jazz. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Laidla
Silvia Laidla (20 October 1927 – 3 May 2012) was an Estonian stage, television and film actress whose career spanned nearly six decades. Primarily a stage actress, she also appeared in several Estonian television series and motion pictures. Early life and education Born Silvia Lazarus in Valga in 1927 to Karl and Emilie Lazarus. She was youngest of two siblings, with an older brother. Her mother died when she was six. In 1935, the family changed their surname from Lazarus to Laidla. She attended schools in Valga and Türi, graduating from the Türi Secondary School in 1946. Following her graduation, she studied drama at the Estonian Studio of the Lutasharsky National Institute of Theatrical Arts (GITIS) in Moscow, graduating in 1953. Some of her graduating classmates included Estonian actors Ita Ever, Arvo Kruusement, Kaljo Kiisk and Jaanus Orgulas. Career Stage In 1953, Laidla returned to Estonia and began an engagement as an actress at the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Intxaurrondo
Silvia Intxaurrondo Alcaine (born 24 October 1979) is a Spanish journalist who works for the state broadcaster Televisión Española as a newscaster on the weekday ''La hora de La 1'' bulletins on La 1. She had previously worked for the television news channel CNN+ in 2005 and again in 2010, for Cuatro in 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2013, W Radio in Colombia between 2011 and 2012 as well as the regional broadcasters EITB from 2014 to 2015 and Telemadrid between 2017 and 2021. Biography On 24 October 1979, Intxaurrondo was born in Barakaldo, Spain. She had wanted to become a pediatrician but decided against it as she was wary of the negative implications if a child died. Intxaurrondo decided to aim for a career in journalism after watching war report bulletins when she was 14 years old. She graduated from the University of Navarra with a bachelor's degree in journalism and earned a master's degree in Contemporary Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Autonomous University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Heubach
Silvia Heubach is a German-American mathematician specializing in enumerative combinatorics, combinatorial game theory, and bioinformatics. She is a professor of mathematics at California State University, Los Angeles. Education and career Heubach earned bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics and economics from the University of Ulm in 1983 and 1986, respectively. Through a program at the University of Ulm, she came to the University of Southern California (USC) for a one-year exchange, but decided to stay on for a Ph.D. program. She completed a master's degree in mathematics in 1988 and a Ph.D. in applied mathematics at USC in 1992. Her dissertation, ''A Stochastic Model for the Movement of a White Blood Cell'', was supervised by Joseph C. Watkins.. After completing her doctorate, Heubach held visiting faculty positions at Colorado College and Humboldt State University before joining the faculty at California State University, Los Angeles in 1994. Contributions Heubach i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Fuselli
Silvia Fuselli (born in Cecina, July 1, 1981) is an Italian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Fimauto Valpolicella in Serie A. She has also played for Agliana, Torino, Torres, Verona and Brescia, and she has been a member of the Italian national team. She debuted with the Italian national team on March 29, 2006 in a qualifying match for the 2007 World Cup against Greece. She scored 3 goals at the 2007 Algarve Cup and contributed to Italy's qualification for the Euro 2009 with 2 goals throughout the qualification stage, subsequently playing 24 minutes in two matches in Finland. Honours ;Torres Calcio Femminile * Serie A 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 * Coppa Italia, 2007–08, 2010–11 * Supercoppa Italiana, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 * Italy Women's Cup, 2008 References Player profilefrom UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
