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Verschuren is a Dutch toponymic surname. The name is a contraction of ''van der schuren'', meaning "from the barn(s)". at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Some variant forms are '' Verschueren'', ''Verschure'', '' Verschuur'' and ''Verschuuren''. Notable people with the surname include: *, Canadian businesswoman * Jan Verschuren (born 1962), Dutch o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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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]   |
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Verschueren
Verschueren is a Dutch language, Dutch-language toponymic surname common in Belgium. The name is a contraction of ''van der schueren'', meaning "from the barn(s)". at familienaam.be Forms more common in the Netherlands are ''Verschuren'' and ''Verschuur''. Notable people with the surname include: *Adolph Verschueren (1922–2004), Belgian racing cyclist *Arno Verschueren (born 1997), Belgian football defender *Denis Verschueren (1897–1954), Belgian racing cyclist * (1928–1995), Belgian jazz musician and composer *Femke Verschueren (born 2000), Belgian singer *Frans Verschueren (born 1962), Belgian racing cyclist *Jolien Verschueren (1990–2021), Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist *Lisa Verschueren (born 1995), Belgian artistic gymnast *Marcel Verschueren (1928–2008), Belgian racing cyclist *Michel Verschueren (1931–2022), Belgian football manager *Pat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Verschuur
Verschuur is a Dutch toponymic surname. The name is a contraction of ''van der schuur'', meaning "from the barn". at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Some variant forms are '''', '' Verschuren'' and ''Verschuuren''. Notable people with the surname include: * (born 1937), American astronomer * [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Annette Verschuren
Annette Verschuren, is a Canadian business woman. She is currently the chair & CEO of NRStor Inc., an energy storage development company. Formerly, she was the President of The Home Depot Canada and the Home Depot Asia, overseeing the growth of the company's Canadian operations from 19 to 179 stores between 1996 and 2011. She also led The Home Depot's entry into China. Career Verschuren began her career as a development officer with the Cape Breton Development Corporation, a coal mining operation, in Sydney, Nova Scotia. She then worked with Canada Development Investment Corporation as executive vice-president, privatizing crown corporations, before joining Imasco Ltd., one of Canada's largest holding companies in financial services, retail and food services, as vice-president, corporate development. Immediately prior to joining The Home Depot, Ms. Verschuren was president and co-owner of Michaels of Canada, a chain of arts and crafts stores, where she opened 17 stores in 24 m ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jan Verschuren
Jan Verschuren (born 1962 in Asten, Netherlands) is a Dutch organist. Biography Verschuren studied to become an engineer at the Eindhoven University of Technology and at the same time he practiced the organ with Hub. Houët in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. He continued practicing the organ under the instruction of Reitze Smits at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven, Belgium and completed it with a Premier Prix/first prize. Further more Verschuren continued under the instruction of Reitze Smits for the degree of Master of Music at the Utrechts Conservatorium, the Netherlands. Additionally he took advanced interpretation courses with Jan-Willem Jansen at the Conservatoire of Toulouse and with Michel Bouvard at the Conservatoire of Paris. Verschuren was appointed organist in Mill and Boxmeer, the Netherlands. In 1998 he has been appointed as university organist of the University Leiden, the Netherlands. In 2001, Verschuren succeeded Folkert Grondsma as titular-organist of the Hartebrug ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kamiel Verschuren
Kamiel Verschuren (born 27 September 1968 in Dordrecht) is a Dutch conceptual interdisciplinary visual artist, living and working in Rotterdam.Kamiel Verschuren; male / Dutch; conceptual artist, installation artist, draftsman, designer, author, photographer at rkd.nl. Last modification on: 2017-03-30. Biography Verschuren was born in Dordrecht as son of Kees Verschuren, an artist from The Hague and art teacher at a local school. The next year the family moved back to The Haque where he grew up and attended the Haags Montessori Lyceum. From 1987 to 1992 Verschuren attended the[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kees Verschuren
Henricus Petrus Cornelis (Kees) Verschuren (born Breda, 29 August 1941Kees Verschuren; beeldhouwer, collagist, tekenaar, docent aan academie at rkd.nl, 2015.) is a Dutch sculptor, painter and former lecturer at the in Rotterdam, known for his monumentalist sculptures in public places in the Netherlands. Biography Born in Princenhage, a neighbourhood in the southwest of the city , Verschuren graduated from the ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Peter Verschuren
Peter Verschuren is a retired Dutch mixed martial artist. He competed in the Heavyweight division. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 2-6 , Joop Kasteel , DQ , It's Showtime: Amsterdam Arena , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 5:00 , Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands , , - , Loss , align=center, 2-5 , Michael Knaap , Submission (leglock) , 2H2H 6: Simply the Best 6 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:26 , Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands , , - , Loss , align=center, 2-4 , Antoni Hardonk , TKO (doctor stoppage) , Rings Holland: Heroes Live Forever , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:05 , Utrecht, Netherlands , , - , Loss , align=center, 2-3 , Alistair Overeem , Submission (americana) , It's Showtime: Christmas Edition , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:06 , Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands , , - , Loss , align=center, 2-2 , Rob van Esdonk , Submission (scarf-hold armlock) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sebastiaan Verschuren
Sebastiaan Verschuren (born 7 October 1988) is a Dutch former competitive swimmer who specialized in short- and middle-distance freestyle events. At the 2016 European Aquatics Championships he won the gold medal in the 200 meter freestyle. He participated in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, finishing 5th in the 100 meter freestyle in 2012. Swimming career After competing in the European Junior Swimming Championships in 2005 and 2006 Verschuren made his international senior debut at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary with a 19th position in the 1500 m freestyle. Two years later he participated in the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven in his home country, where he reached 13th place in the 200 m freestyle. In the 4 × 200 m freestyle, he finished 9th in the heats, just missing out on the final and qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Olympics in London, Verschuren finished 5th in the final of the 100 m freestyle. He also co ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gerard Verschuuren
Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are ''gari'' > ''ger-'' (meaning 'spear') and -''hard'' (meaning 'hard/strong/brave'). Common forms of the name are Gerard (English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Polish and Catalan); Gerrard (English, Scottish, Irish); Gerardo (Italian, and Spanish); Geraldo (Portuguese); Gherardo (Italian); Gherardi (Northern Italian, now only a surname); Gérard (variant forms ''Girard'' and ''Guérard'', now only surnames, French); Gearóid (Irish); Gerhardt and Gerhart/Gerhard/Gerhardus (German, Dutch, and Afrikaans); Gellért ( Hungarian); Gerardas ( Lithuanian) and Gerards/Ģirts ( Latvian); Γεράρδης (Greece). A few abbreviated forms are Gerry and Jerry (English); Gerd (German) and Gert (Afrikaans and Dutch); Gerrit ( ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Verschuren's Swamp Rat
Verschuren's swamp rat (''Congomys verschureni'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... References * * Congomys Rodents of Africa Mammals described in 1977 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{Praomys-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |