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Turi Scalia
Turi or TURI may refer to: Places ;Ecuador *Turi, Ecuador, a town and parish ;Estonia * Türi, a town * Türi Parish, a rural municipality in Järva County ;Indonesia * Turi, Lamongan, a district in Lamongan Regency, East Java * Turi, Magetan, a village in Panekan, Magetan Regency, East Java * Turi, Yogyakarta, a district in Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta ;Italy * Turi, Apulia, a ''comune'' in the province of Bari ;Kenya * Turi, Kenya, a settlement west of Nakuru Persons with the name ''"Turi" is also nickname for the given name Salvatore'' * Turi (Māori ancestor), an historical Maori leader * Indrek Turi (born 1981), Estonian decathlete * Johan Turi (1854–1936), Norwegian-Sami wolf-hunter and writer * Pasquale Turi (born 1993), Italian footballer * Géza Turi (born 1974), Hungarian footballer Other uses * Turi (Caste), a social group of East India * Turi (Pashtun tribe), a Pashtun tribe in Pakistan and Afghanistan * Aheria, an ethnic group of India also known as Turi * Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turi, Ecuador
Turi is a town and parish in Cuenca Canton, Azuay Province, Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' .... The parish covers an area of 26.2 km² and according to the 2001 Ecuadorian census it had a population total of 6,692. It is perched on a hill with a public park that features an overlook of the city of Cuenca; perhaps and the only site where the entire city can be observed while still on the ground. There are artisan shops outside of the church that sell boots and hats, while a number of souvenir stalls dot the roadway. The Turi Church and observation point is a stop on the Cuenca bus tour. References {{Authority control Populated places in Azuay Province Parishes of Ecuador ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvatore (other)
Salvatore may refer to: * Salvatore (name), a given name and surname, including a list of people with the name * Salvatore (song), "Salvatore" (song), by Lana Del Rey, 2015 * Salvatore (band), a Norwegian instrumental rock band * ''Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams'', a 2020 film by Luca Guadagnino See also * San Salvatore (other) * Salvatori * Salvator (other), a Latin word meaning ''savior'' * Salvador (other), a Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese word meaning ''savior'' * Salvo (other), a common diminutive of ''Salvatore'' {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Victoria's Pets
Queen Victoria and her close family kept numerous pet animals, including: * Fatima – a Pug * Alma – a Shetland pony given by King Victor Emmanuel * Dandie – a Skye terrier * Dash – a Cavalier King Charles spaniel * Eos – a greyhound which Prince Albert brought from Germany * Flora – a Shetland pony given by King Victor Emmanuel * Goats – Mohammad Shah Qajar, the Shah of Persia, presented Queen Victoria with a pair of Tibetan goats upon her accession to the throne. From these, a royal goat herd was established at Windsor. Goats from this herd were then used as regimental mascots by regiments such as the Royal Welch Fusiliers. * Nero – a greyhound * Islay – a Skye terrier. Victoria owned Islay for five years and he died after losing a fight with a cat. * Jacquot – a donkey * Unknown name – a lory * Looty – one of the first Pekingese in Britain, stolen from the Xianfeng Emperor of China, from his Chinese Summer Palace, during the Second Opium War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turi Language
Turi is an endangered Munda language of India that is closely related to Mundari. It is spoken by only half a percent of ethnic Turi, the rest having shifted to Sadri in Jharkhand, Mundari in West Bengal, and Odia in Odisha. The Turi are classified as a Scheduled Caste in Jharkhand. Distribution Osada (1991) lists the following locations where Turi is spoken. *Jharkhand (pop. 133,137 as of 1981; then part of Bihar) **Giridih district **Ranchi district **Hazaribagh district * Chhattisgarh **Raigarh district *West Bengal (pop. 26,443 as of 1981) *Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ... (pop. 7,374 as of 1981) References *Konow, Sten. 1906. Tūrī. In Grierson, George A. (ed.), Muṇḍā and Dravidian Languages, 128-134. Calcutta: Office of the Superintende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turi (Pashtun Tribe)
The Turi or Torai are a tribe of the Pashtun people, inhabiting the Kurram Valley, in Kurram Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan, with a smaller number living across the Durand line in the Paktia province of Afghanistan. They speak Pashto and are adherents of the Twelver Shia sect of Islam.U.S. plan to win Afghanistan tribe by tribe is risky by Thomas L. Day, McClatchy Newspapers Thomas L. Day, Mcclatchy Newspapers. February 4, 2010. Unlike the majority of Pashtun tribes, The Turis predominantly follow the Shia sect of Islam, because of this and other reasons and land history they are usually tensions between them and the Sunni Pashtun tribes; |
Turi (Caste)
The Turi is a caste found in the state of Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal in India. The traditionally involved in the manufacture of household items of bamboo. Etymology The word ''Turi'' is derived from ''Tokri'' a basket made from bamboo. Origin The Turi were traditionally involved in making household items from bamboo such as Tokri (basket), Sup (winnowing sieve), fan etc. According to Herbert Hope Risley, they are offshoot of Munda tribe as they still speak a dialect of Munda language. According to Robert Vane Russell, In Lohardaga (Present Lohardaga, Ranchi, Gumla, Simdega, Khunti district), the caste is divided into four subgroup: Turi or Kishan, Turi, Dom and Domra. Turi kishan are cultivater and make the sup, a winnowing sieve, the tokri, a basket of bamboo and the sair and nadua for catching fish. The Ors are said to derive their name from the oriya basket used by the sower, and made of split bamboo. They also make umbrellas, and the chhota dali, a flat basket. Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géza Turi
Géza Turi (born 11 March 1974, in Budapest) is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for KÍ Klaksvík. Whilst at Hungarian side ZTE he played against Manchester United at Old Trafford in a UEFA Champions League qualifier. He came on as a substitute after Saša Ilić was sent off for a foul on Ruud van Nistelrooy. He came to the Faroe Islands to be a goalkeeper for GÍ Gøta, which merged with LÍF Leirvík in 2009 into the new club Víkingur. Géza Turi has been the goal keeper for Víkingur Gøta and the former GÍ Gøta since 2006. He has earlier been a goalkeeper for various football clubs in Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the .... References External links * Hivatasos Labdarugok Szervezete [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasquale Turi
Pasquale Turi (born 18 May 1993) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender. Career Born in Bari, Apulia, Turi started his professional career at Taranto after leaving the reserve of A.S. Bari during 2010–11 season. Turi was a midfielder or forward for Bari youth teams. He was the member of the reserve of Taranto from circa January 2011 until January 2012. Primary a midfielder, he also played for the reserve as forward, scoring a hat-trick against the reserve of Campobasso. In January 2012, 6 months before the bankruptcy of Taranto, he was loaned to Giacomense. In the same month his also received call-up to represent the Lega Pro 1st Div. Group A in the quadrangular tournament, but as a defender. Eventually Turi was the champion. In April 2012 he received call-up from Lega Pro under-20 representative team to Dubai for a youth tournament against youth team of other football clubs, which Italy Lega Pro was the champion. In June 2012, Turi was among the team that winnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Turi
Johan Turi, born Johannes Olsen Thuri also spelt Johan Tuuri or Johan Thuri or Johan Thuuri (March 12, 1854 – November 30, 1936) was the first Sami author to publish a secular work in a Sami language. His first book was called ''Muitalus sámiid birra'' ("An Account of the Sami") and tells about the life of people herding reindeer in the Jukkasjärvi region of northern Sweden at the beginning of the 20th century. An eclectic and nuanced text, ''Muitalus'' includes details on Sami traditions of child rearing, hunting, healing, yoik, and folklore. At its heart the text aims to draw outsiders' attention to the intrinsic value of Sami culture. Turi was born in Kautokeino, Norway, but moved with his family to the Talma Sámi community near Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, in the 1880s. In 1904, he met the art student Emilie Demant Hatt on a train in northern Scandinavia. Through an interpreter, he told her he wanted to write a book about Lapps, while she told him she wanted to be a nomad. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indrek Turi
Indrek Turi (born 30 July 1981 in Tallinn) is a retired Estonian decathlete. His coach is Andrei Nazarov. Turi lives near Räpina Räpina ( vro, Räpinä, german: Rappin) is a town in Põlva County, Estonia. Räpina was administrative centre of Räpina raion from 1950 until 1961, currently it is the administrative centre of Räpina Parish. The oldest commercial enterpri ... in Võõpsu village, Mikitamäe Parish. Achievements Personal bests (outdoor) References External links * 1981 births Living people Estonian decathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Estonia Athletes from Tallinn Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for Estonia Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade {{Estonia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turi (Māori Ancestor)
Turi, according to Māori tradition, was the captain of the '' Aotea'' canoe and an important ancestor for many Māori iwi, particularly in the Taranaki region. Arrival in New Zealand Turi was a vassal to chief Uenuku of Hawaiki. One year, after Turi's tribute to Uenuku was insufficient as the annual harvest was not as plentiful as usual, Uenuku killed Turi's son Potikiroroa for food supply. Turi's father Rongotea retaliated by killing Awepotiki, the son of Uenuku, and hiding his heart inside a kūmara (sweet potato) tribute to Uenuku. The conflict led Turi and his people to departed for New Zealand with many others in the ''Aotea''. This canoe had been given to Turi by Toto, father of Turi's wife Rongorongo. In some traditions, Turi and his party stopped at Rangitāhua, believed by some to be Raoul of the Kermadec Islands, where they encountered some of the crew from the ''Kurahaupō'' canoe. Continuing, Turi and his followers eventually arrived and settled at Aotea Harbour on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
