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Toos (given Name)
Toos is a Dutch feminine given name (pronounced ). It is a hypocorism of either Catharina (via ''Cato'') or Antonia. Tooske is a diminutive. In the United States it is among several variants of Antonia, including Toni, Tona, Tonia, Tonie, Tony and Tonya, that peaked in poppularity in the 1970s. People called Toos *Toos Beumer (Catharina Johanna Beumer, born 1947), Dutch swimmer * Toos Faber-de Heer (1929–2020), a Dutch journalist * (1915–2004), Dutch originator of the Pieterpad walking route * Toos Roodzant, (Catharina Roodzant, 1896–1999), Dutch chess master * Toos van der Ende (Catharina van der Endeborn, born 1945), Dutch rower * Toos van der Klaauw (Catharina Maria van der Klaauw, 1915–2011), Dutch fencer * Toos van der Valk (born 1931), Dutch kidnapping victim People called Tooske *Tooske Ragas (Antonia Grietje Ragas-Breugem ''née'' Breugem, born 1974), Dutch actress and television host See also *Too (other) *Toon (name) *Toos (other) *Toosa *T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toos Roodzant
Catharina (Toos) Roodzant (née Glimmerveen) (21 October 1896, Rotterdam – 24 February 1999) was a Dutch female chess master. She won thrice the female Dutch Chess Championship (1935, 1936 and 1938). Roodzant lost a match for the title to Fenny Heemskerk 0.5 : 4.5 in 1937, and lost two matches to Sonja Graf, 0.5 : 3.5 in 1937 and 1 : 3 in 1939, both in Rotterdam. She tied for 10-16th in the 6th Women's World Chess Championship at Stockholm 1937, and tied for 7-8th in the 7th WWCC which took place during the 8th Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939 (Vera Menchik Vera Francevna Mencikova (russian: Вера Францевна Менчик, ''Vera Frantsevna Menchik''; cz, Věra Menčíková; 16 February 1906 – 26 June 1944), was a Russian-born Czechoslovak chess player who primarily resided in En ... won both events). References External linksCatharina Roodzant at 365Chess.com 1896 births 1999 deaths Dutch female chess players Dutch centenarians Sportspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toots (other)
Toots may refer to: People * Toots (nickname) * Adalbert Toots (1910–1948), Estonian wrestler * Aleksander Toots (born 1969), deputy director of the Estonian Internal Security Service * Arved Toots (1930–1992), Estonian agronomist and breeder of Tori horses * Villu Toots (1916–1993), Estonian calligrapher, book designer, educator, palaeograph and author Arts and entertainment Fictional characters *Toots, a character in '' Bunty'', a British comic anthology *Toots, one of ''The Bash Street Kids'', a comic strip in the British comic book ''The Beano'' *Toots, a title character of ''Toots and Casper'', an American comic strip *Joosep Toots, one of the main characters in Oskar Luts's novels ''Kevade'', ''Suvi''s, and ''Sügis'' Other uses in arts and entertainment * ''Toots'' (film), a 2006 documentary about restaurateur Toots Shor *Toots and the Maytals, a Jamaican band Other uses * 13079 Toots, an asteroid named after musician Toots Thielemans * Folkerts SK-2, a racin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toot (other)
Toot may refer to: Places * Toot or Tut, Markazi, a village in Iran * Mount Victoria Tunnel, a road tunnel in Wellington, New Zealand, colloquially known as "Toot Tunnel" * Toot Oilfield, an oil field in northern Pakistan * Toot Sahib, a temple in Amritsar, Punjab, India People with the name * Don Cahoon (born 1949), American retired college ice hockey coach, nicknamed "Toot" * Madelyn Dunham (1922–2008), grandmother of U.S. president Barack Obama, nicknamed "Toot" Fictional characters * Toot, the title character of ''Toot the Tiny Tugboat'', a British children's animated television series * Toot, in Holly Hobbie's Toot & Puddle children's book series * Toot Braunstein, in the animated series ''Drawn Together'' Other uses * Toot, to "pass gas"; flatulence * Toot, to play a horn (instrument) * Toot, the historical term for messages posted on Mastodon (social network) * Toot, to sound an automobile or vehicle horn See also * Toon (other) * Toos (other) * To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toosa
Toosa is a village in Punjab, India. It is located in the Ludhiana district, on the Ludhiana Jodhan Raikot road about 23 km south of Ludhiana Ludhiana ( ) is the most populous and the largest city in the Indian state of Punjab. The city has an estimated population of 1,618,879 2011 census and distributed over , making Ludhiana the most densely populated urban centre in the state. I ..., near Sudhar. Village structure The village is divided into 3 parts which developed based on its growth: *Older Village inside redline (inside the Darwazas) *Andarli Firni (1st Firni, inner ring) *Bahrli Firni (2nd Firni, outer ring) *Halwara Road Extension *Rattowal Road Extension *Leel Road Extension Before 1950, all villagers lived within the redline area between two Darwazas (known as Vadda Darwaza and Shera Vala Darwaza). The houses are small traditional Punjabi houses. After 1950, people started moving toward outside the redline. The 1st Firni was drawn in a ring shape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toos (other)
Toos may refer to: * Toos (given name) including a list of people with the name * Tous, Iran, or Toos, an ancient city in Razavi Khorasan Province in Iran * Toos, later merged into Schönholzerswilen, a municipality in Münchwilen district, Thurgau, Switzerland See also *Toes (other) *Too (other) *Tool (other) *Toot (other) * Toon (other) *Toots (other) *Topos (other) Topos may refer to: * Topos (plural topoi) – a type of category in mathematics ** Classifying topos – a topos that categorifies the models of a structure in another topos ** Effective topos – a topos that captures the idea of effectivity in ... * TOS (other) {{Disambiguation, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toon (name)
Toon is a Dutch masculine given name that is a diminutive form of Antonie used in Belgium, Netherlands, South Africa, Namibia, Indonesia and Suriname. Notable people with the name include the following: Given name *Toon Aerts (born 1993), Belgian cyclist * Toon de Ruiter (1935 – 2001), Dutch rower * Toon Greebe (born 1988), Dutch darts player * Toon Hiranyasap (born 1954), Thai film actor * Toon Lenaerts (born 1990), Belgian footballer * Toon Meerman (born 1933), retired Dutch footballer * Toon van Driel (born 1945), Dutch cartoonist * Toon van Welsenes (1903 – 1974), Dutch athlete Nickname * Toon Becx, nickname of Antonius Wilhelmus Maria Becx (1920 − 2013), Dutch footballer * Toon Dupuis, nickname of Antonius Stanislaus Nicolaas Ludovicus Dupuis, (1877–1937), Dutch sculptor and medallist of Belgian origin * Toon Ebben, nickname of Antonius Ebben, who is known as Anton Ebben (22 December 1930 – 4 February 2011), Dutch equestrian * Toon Geurts, nickname of An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too (other)
Too or TOO may refer to: * Threshold of originality, a concept in copyright law * ''Too'' (Fantastic Plastic Machine album), the fourth studio album by Fantastic Plastic Machine * ''Too'' (FIDLAR album), the second studio album by American skate punk band Fidlar * ''Too'' (Kingdom Come album), the seventh album by the band Kingdom Come * ''Too'' (Madita album), the second solo album by Matida * ''Too'' (S.O.S. Band album), the second album by the band The S.O.S. Band * To1, a South Korean boy band, formerly known as TOO People with the surname Too * David Kimutai Too (1968–2008), a Kenyan politician and National Assembly member for the Orange Democratic Movement * Too Too (born 1990), a Burmese fighter See also * To (other) * Toon (other) * Toos (other) * Tootoo, an Inuit surname * TU (other) * Two (other) 2 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 2, two or II may also refer to: * AD 2, the second year of the AD era * 2 BC, the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tooske Ragas
Antonia Grietje "Tooske" Ragas-Breugem (; born 3 June 1974), is a Dutch actress and television host. She played a stewardess in ''06/05'', a movie by Theo van Gogh about the murder of Pim Fortuyn. She was video jockey (VJ) at TMF Netherlands and presented two seasons of the Dutch and German version of '' Idols''. Early life Breugem was born in Zwolle into a Dutch Reformed family, and has two elder brothers, Jaap and Jan-Pieter. Career Since her first appearance on television in 1995 on the ''Soundmixshow'', Tooske's career showed a lot of aspects of the Dutch entertainment industry. She was Miss Overijssel, the province she hailed from, in 1996, placed fourth in the Miss Netherlands competition, and was singer in the group Bogy Bogy for two years. Later, she became VJ at TMF Netherlands and MTV, which she was from 1998 until 2002. In 2002, she switched to the larger television channels and became co-host of '' Idols Netherlands'' together with Reinout Oerlemans for two season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toos Van Der Valk
Van der Valk is a Dutch international hospitality chain run by the Van der Valk family. It is the largest Dutch hospitality chain, with more than 65 locations in the Netherlands and more than 15 in other countries. Besides hotels, Van der Valk also operates the Avifauna Bird Park in Alphen aan den Rijn. Its logo is based on the toucan. The Van der Valk hotels are: * 68 in the Netherlands * 26 elsewhere in Europe ** 13 in Germany ** 9 in Belgium ** 3 in France ** 1 in Spain *2 in the Dutch Caribbean ** 1 in Bonaire ** 1 in Curaçao *1 in the United States *1 in Turkey History The chain was founded by Martien and Rie van der Valk in 1939 when they opened their first hotel (an expansion/upgrade of a former local restaurant in Voorschoten). After World War II the Van der Valks and their 11 children expanded the business with a number of hotel restaurants. This was continued by their grandchildren and great-grandchildren. In 1982 Toos van der Valk, the wife of company head Gerrit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toos Van Der Klaauw
Catharina "Toos" Maria van der Klaauw (4 December 1915 – 11 August 2011) was a Dutch fencer.In Ton Bijkerk's ''Olympisch Oranje'' Uitg. Spaar en Hout , published in December 2012, retrieved 11 April 2014, in which all Dutch Olympic competitors are described who have participated in the Olympic Games in the past. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp .... References External links * 1915 births 2011 deaths Dutch female foil fencers Olympic fencers for the Netherlands Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from The Hague {{Netherlands-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toos Van Der Ende
Catharina "Toos" van der Ende (later van Akkeren, born 1945/46) is a retired Dutch rower. Together with Truus Bauer she won two European silver medals in the double sculls. References 1940s births Living people Dutch female rowers Sportspeople from Delft European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
