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Van De Wiele
Van de Wiele is a Dutch-language toponymic surname in Belgium meaning "from the ''wiel''". A ''wiel'' is a pool or small lake formed by a dyke breach.Wiel, van de / der at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Some of the variants (with # of people in 2007 in the Netherlands and in 2008 in Belgium) are '' Van de Wiel'' (3615, 195), '''' (2082, 42), ''Van de Wiele'' (40, 1522), ''Vandewiele'' (0, 1132), ''Van der Wiele'' (211, 7), and ''Van der Wielen'' (2323, 159). [...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] |
Toponymic Surname
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name."Toponymic Surnames as Evidence of the Origin: Some Medieval Views" , by Benjamin Z. Kedar. This can include specific locations, such as the individual's place of origin, residence, or of lands that they held, or can be more generic, derived from topographic features.Iris Shagir, "The Medieval Evolution of By-naming: Notions from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem", ''In Laudem Hierosolymitani'' (Shagir, Ellenblum & Riley-Smith, eds.), Ashgate Publishing, 2007, pp. 49-59. Toponymic surnames originated as non-hereditary personal s, and only subsequently came to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of and has a population of more than 11.5 million, making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe, with a density of . Belgium is part of an area known as the Low Countries, historically a somewhat larger region than the Benelux group of states, as it also included parts of northern France. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Belgium is a sovereign state and a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van De Wiel
Van de Wiel or Van der Wiel is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the ''wiel''". A ''wiel'' is a pool or small lake formed by a dyke breach.Wiel, van de / der at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Some of the variants (with # of people in 2007 in the Netherlands and in 2008 in Belgium) are ''Van de Wiel'' (3615, 195), ''Van der Wiel'' (2082, 42), '''' (40, 1522), ''Vandewiele'' (0, 1132), ''Van der Wiele'' (211, 7), and ''Van der Wielen'' (2323, 159). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Der Wiel
Van de Wiel or Van der Wiel is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the ''wiel''". A ''wiel'' is a pool or small lake formed by a dyke breach.Wiel, van de / der at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Some of the variants (with # of people in 2007 in the Netherlands and in 2008 in Belgium) are ''Van de Wiel'' (3615, 195), ''Van der Wiel'' (2082, 42), '' Van de Wiele'' (40, 1522), ''Vandewiele'' (0, 1132), ''Van der Wiele'' (211, 7), and ''Van der Wielen'' (2323, 159). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aimee Van De Wiele
Aimee van de Wiele (8 March 1907 - 2 November 1991) was a Belgian keyboardist and composer, born in Brussels. She began her music studies at the Brussels Conservatory, where she studied with E. Bosquet and won the Laure van Cutsem prize for piano, as well as prizes for harmony, counterpoint, composition, and music theory. Wiele then moved to France to study harpsichord at the Paris Conservatory with Wanda Landowska and musicology with Andre Pirro. After Landowska's death in 1959, Wiele began teaching at the Paris Conservatory, where she had several notable students, including Elisabeth Chojnacka Elisabeth Chojnacka (born Elżbieta Ukraińczyk; 10 September 1939 – 28 May 2017) was a Polish harpsichordist living in France. She was one of the world's foremost harpsichordists specializing in the performance of contemporary harpsichord mus ... and Marketta Valve. Wiele's compositions include "Poem," a piece for orchestra, as well as inventions for harpsichord, piano pieces, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
