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Viti Levu Gallinule
Viti or Víti may refer to: Places * Viti, Estonia, a village in Estonia * Viti, Kosovo, a town and municipality in Kosovo * Víti (meaning "hell" in Icelandic), the name of several locations in Iceland: ** Víti (Askja), a warm crater lake near Askja caldera in central Iceland ** Víti (Krafla), a crater lake in Krafla caldera in northern Iceland * Viti is the Fijian-language name of Fiji, an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean: :*Bei Kai Viti, a political party in Fiji in the years 1999-2005 :*Premier of the Kingdom of Viti, head of the first unified Fijian state 1871-1874 :* Tui Viti, a title which denotes Fijian royalty and translates as King of Fiji :*Viti Levu, the largest island in Fiji :*Viti Levu giant pigeon, ''Natunaornis gigoura'', a prehistoric flightless pigeon from Fiji :*Viti Levu Group, a group of islands in Fiji :*Viti Levu rail, ''Vitirallus watlingi'', a prehistoric bird from Fiji :*Viti Levu scrubfowl, ''Megapodius amissus'', a prehistoric bird from Fiji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viti, Estonia
Viti (german: Wittenpöwel) is a village in Harku Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a .... (retrieved 27 July 2021) It has a population of 331 (as of 1 June 2010). References Villages in Harju County Kreis Harrien {{Harju-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viti Levu Group
The Viti Levu Group is an archipelago in Fiji consisting Viti Levu island and its outliers. Geography The group had an aggregate area of , and a population of 574,801 at the 1996 census. The outlying islands include: * Bau * Beqa * Nukulau * Vatulele Several island groups close to Viti Levu, such as the Lomaiviti archipelago and Yasawa Yasawa, also called Assawa and Ysava, is the northernmost large island of the Yasawa Group, an archipelago An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometime ... islands, could be considered outliers, but are usually classified as separate island chains in their own right. See also . Archipelagoes of Fiji Archipelagoes of the Pacific Ocean {{Fiji-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilli-danda
Gilli Danda (also spelled Gulli-Danda) also known as Viti Dandu, Kitti-Pul and by other variations, is a sport Traditional games of India, originating from the Indian subcontinent, played in the rural areas and small towns all over South Asia as well as Cambodia, Iran, Turkey, South Africa, Italy, Poland, and in some Caribbean islands like CubThe game is played with two sticks: a large one called a ''danda (Dandi in Nepali, Dandu/दांडू/ದಾಂಡು in Marathi, Kittipul/கிட்டிப்புள் in Tamil and Kannada, കോൽ in Malayalam)'', which is used to hit a smaller one, the ''gilli (Biyo in Nepali, Viti/विटी in Marathi, kittikol/ கிட்டிக்கோல் in Tamil and Chinni/ಚಿನ್ನಿ in Kannada, കുറ്റി in Malayalam)''. Other than using a smaller target stick, rather than a ball, it bears many similarities to bat and ball games such as cricket and baseball. Gullidanda is an ancient sport, possibly with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viti Language
Viti (Biti) or Vötö (Bötö), also known as Nde-Gbite, is a Narrow Grassfields language of Nigeria, spoken in the village of Antere in Taraba State ) , image_map = Nigeria - Taraba.svg , map_alt = , map_caption = Location of Taraba State in Nigeria , coordinates = , coor_pinpoint = , coordinates_footnotes = , ..., half a kilometre from the Cameroonian border. It is not clear how close or distinct it is from other Grassfields varieties. References Grassfields Bantu languages Languages of Nigeria {{gras-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timoteo Viti
Timoteo Viti (Urbino, 1469 – 1523, Urbino), sometimes called Timoteo della Viti or Timoteo da Urbino, was an Italian people, Italian Renaissance Painting, painter, who was closely associated with Raphael, who was fourteen years his junior. Career Born in Urbino, Viti was the grandson of the painter Antonio Alberti; his father was also a painter. According to Vasari and Count Carlo Cesare Malvasia, Malvasia, Viti was apprenticed to Francesco Francia in Bologna between 1490 and 1495; aspects of Viti's style would seem to confirm an apprenticeship in Bologna. In 1495 he returned to Urbino and replaced Giovanni Santi, the recently deceased father of Raphael, as painter to the small but brilliant court there. He completed paintings of the ''Muses'' in the Ducal Palace, Urbino, Ducal Palace that Santi had left unfinished. The precocious Raphael, who was eleven at his father's death, continued to run his father's workshop with help from his family. It has often been speculated that V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serena Viti
Serena Viti is a professor at Leiden University and previously was a professor and the head of Astrophysics at University College London. In March 2019 she received an ERC Advanced Grant for her MOPPEX proposal (MOlecules as Probes of the Physics of EXternal galaxies). Education Viti was an undergraduate at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, where she gained a BSc in Astrophysics in 1994. She was awarded a PhD from University College London (UCL) for her work on the infrared spectra of cool stars and sunspots in 1997. After her PhD, Viti became a post-doctoral fellow at UCL in the field of star formation and astrochemistry, followed by a fixed-term lectureship at the CNR in Rome as a Herschel Scientist. She returned to UCL in October 2003 for an STFC Advanced Fellowship and became a lecturer of Astrophysics in 2004. She was promoted to Reader in 2007 and to Professor of Astrophysics in 2012. Viti became head of the Astrophysics department at UCL in 2016. In July 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabrizio Viti
Fabrizio Viti is an Italian fashion shoes designer. Born in Carrara on 22 February 1967, he has been the head shoes style director of the French fashion house Louis Vuitton since October 2004. Early life and career Subsequently his studies at the Istituto Marangoni, Fabrizio Viti started his collaboration with a Milan’s style studio and with Patrick Cox. After his first experience, Fabrizio Viti was hired by Gucci, where he started to team up with Tom Ford on both man and women shoe collections. From 1999, Fabrizio Viti worked for about 5 years for the Italian Fashion House Prada. In October 2004, Viti was appointed Louis Vuitton’s head shoes style director where he directly collaborated with Marc Jacobs on the realization of man and woman collections and fashion shows. Fabrizio Viti, besides his passion for shoes, is known for his fashion dolls collection, source of inspiration since his early age. Presently he owns more than 600 dolls and “ LOVE magazine” decided to u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viti Levu Snipe
The Viti Levu snipe (''Coenocorypha miratropica'') is an extinct species of austral snipe endemic to Fiji. A species of the mostly New Zealand genus ''Coenocorypha The austral snipes, also known as the New Zealand snipes or tutukiwi, are a genus, ''Coenocorypha'', of tiny birds in the sandpiper family, which are now only found on New Zealand's outlying islands. There are currently three living species an ...'', it became extinct after the arrival of humans in Fiji. References Coenocorypha Holocene extinctions Birds described in 2003 Extinct birds of Oceania Taxa named by Trevor H. Worthy {{charadriiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viti Levu Scrubfowl
The Viti Levu scrubfowl (''Megapodius amissus''), also known as the Fiji scrubfowl or lost megapode, is an extinct megapode that was endemic to Fiji. The epithet ''amissus'', from Latin "lost", refers to its extinction. Subfossil remains were collected from the Udit cave at Wainibuku on the island of Viti Levu in October 1998 by Trevor Worthy, G. Udy and S. Mataraba, and described by Worthy in 2000. The holotype is held by the Museum of New Zealand The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum and is located in Wellington. ''Te Papa Tongarewa'' translates literally to "container of treasures" or in full "container of treasured things and people that spring fr ... (reg. no: S.037468). Description The megapode was similar in size to, or slightly larger than, the living orange-footed scrubfowl, though it had reduced wings and more robust legs, suggesting that it was flightless or almost flightless. It is likely that it became extinct throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viti Levu Rail
''Vitirallus watlingi'', the Fiji rail or Viti Levu rail, was a prehistoric flightless bird from Fiji, and is the only species in the genus ''Vitirallus''. ''Vitirallus watlingi'' is thought to have been about the same size as the bar-winged rail (''Nesoclopeus poecilopterus'') but with a very elongated and slender bill. The genus name refers to Viti Levu, the island of origin in Fiji; ''rallus'' is Latin for rail. The species name ''watlingi'' is after the ornithologist Dr Dick Watling. Remains of this species were discovered in September 1998 at Viti Levu, the largest island in the Republic of Fiji. It was first described by Trevor H. Worthy in 2004. The holotype is in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. See also * Late Quaternary prehistoric birds Late Quaternary prehistoric birds are avian taxa that became extinct during the Late Quaternary – the Holocene or Late Pleistocene – and before recorded history, or more precisely, be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viti Levu Giant Pigeon
The Viti Levu giant pigeon or Fiji giant ground pigeon (''Natunaornis gigoura'') is an extinct flightless pigeon of Viti Levu, the largest island in Fiji. It was only slightly smaller than the dodo (''Raphus cucullatus'') and Rodrigues solitaire (''Pezophaps solitaria'') and is the first giant, flightless pigeon to be discovered on a Pacific island. Remains of this species were discovered in Quaternary (probably Holocene) Cave deposits in October 1998 and November 1999. Its first description was published in 2001. The holotype is in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. It is known from the holotype tarsometatarsus and paratypes including various parts of the wings and legs. No parts of the skull are known apart from a possible referred premaxilla (MNZ S37306). The generic name "''Natunaornis''" is named after Natuna, the oldest chief of the Volivoli people in the Sigatoka Valley, wherein the fossil bones of the type species were first found. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viti, Kosovo
Viti ( sq-definite, Vitia) or Vitina ( sr-Cyrl, Витина), is a town and municipality located in the District of Gjilan in Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Viti has 4,924 inhabitants, while the municipality has 46,987 inhabitants. Municipality * Ballancë/Balance * Beguncë/Begunce * Binça/Binač * Budrikë e Epërme/Gornja Budrika * Buzovik * Çifllak/Čiflak * Dëbëlldeh/ Debelde * Devajë/Devaja * Drobesh/Drobeš * Gërmovë/Grmovo * Gjylekar/ Đelekare * Goden i Madh/Veliki Goden * Gushicë/Gušica * Kabash/Kabaš * Letnicë/Letnica * Lubishtë/ Ljubište * Mjak/Mijak * Novosellë/Novo Selo * Podgorc/Podgorce * Pozharan/Požaranje * Radivojc/Radivojce * Ramjan/Donje Ramnjane * Ramnishtë/Ravnište * Remnik/Ribnik * Sadovinë e Çerkezëve/Čerkez Sadovina * Sadovinë e Jerlive/Jerli Sadovina * Shasharë/Šašare * Sllatinë e Epërme/Gornja Slatina * Sllatinë e Poshtme/Donja Slatina * Smirë/ Smira * Stubëll e Epërme/Gornja Stubla * Stubëll e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
