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Vuka (plant)
Vuka may refer to: * Vuka, Osijek-Baranja County, town and municipality in eastern Croatia * Vuka, one of the counties of the Independent State of Croatia * Vuka (river), a river in Croatia * Vuka, Free State, a township in Dihlabeng Local Municipality, South Africa * Vuka (plant), an African '' Helichrysum'' species * Vuka, a surname: ** Vuka Šeherović (1903–1976), Bosnian folk singer ** Marijan Vuka Marijan Vuka (born 10 January 1980) is a Croatian former footballer who played as a forward, primarily within the Croatian football leagues with stints abroad in the Russian Premier League, and Canadian Soccer League. A product of NK Osijek you ... (born 1980), Croatian footballer See also * Vukas, a surname * Vuca (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vuka, Osijek-Baranja County
Vuka is a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. In the 2011 Croatian census there were 1,200 inhabitants, 97.17% of which were Croats. Famous people *Katarina Matanović-Kulenović - first female Croatian pilot and parachutist *Milko Cepelić Milko may refer to: *Milkó, a commune in Vrancea County, Romania *Milko (name) *Milko (Swedish cooperative), Sweden's largest native producer of dairy products * Somebody who operated a milk run See also *Milka (given name), the female form of Mi ... - Croatian priest, historian and ethnographer References External linksVuka municipality Municipalities of Croatia Populated places in Osijek-Baranja County {{OsijekBaranja-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counties Of The Independent State Of Croatia
The great counties or grand governorates ( hr, velika župa, pl. velike župe, german: Großgespanschaft) were the primary territorial subdivisions of the Independent State of Croatia. In 1941–1943, there were twenty-two of them, with the capital city of Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slop ... serving as the twenty-third. References Sources * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Counties Of The Independent State Of Croatia Independent State of Croatia Former subdivisions of Croatia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vuka (river)
Vuka is a river in eastern Croatia, a right tributary of the Danube river. At , it is the 13th-longest river flowing through Croatia and it has a drainage area of . The river is located in Vukovar-Srijem County, in the Slavonia region. It empties into the Danube at the town of Vukovar, which got its name from the river. The ancient name of Pannonian Illyrians for Vuka was Volcos. Settlements along the river basin * Borovik * Podgorje Bračevačko * Razbojište * Budimci (2 km away) * Krndija (1 km away) *Jurjevac Punitovački * Beketinci * Hrastovac * Vuka * Dopsin (1 km away) * Hrastin * Hudeston (Named after Huđï) * Petrova Slatina (0,5 km away) * Paulin Dvor (0,8 km away) *Ernestinovo (1,5 km away) *Ada *Laslovo *Podrinje * Palača (1 km away) *Markušica *Gaboš * Antin (2 km away) * Mlaka Antinska * Ostrovo (2 km away) *Tordinci *Pačetin (2 km awayMarković, M. (2003). Istočna Slavonija: Stanovništvo i naselja. Naklada Jesenski i Turk. Zagreb.) *Nuštar (2 km away) * Mari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dihlabeng Local Municipality
Dihlabeng Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District of the Free State in South Africa. It was established in terms of Section 12 of the Local Government Structures Act, 117 of 1998, after the first general local government elections of 5 December 2000 which heralded the final phase of local government reform as envisaged in 1994 at the onset of the process of democratisation. The Municipality is a category B as defined in the Local Government Structures Act and shares executive and legislative authority with the category C municipality within whose area it falls i.e. Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality. The type is that of a Collective Executive System combined with a Ward Participatory System. Geography The Dihlabeng Local Municipality is situated within the boundaries of the Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality in the Eastern Free State. The geographical area is 7550.4910 km2. The Municipality consists of the towns Bethlehe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vuka (plant)
Vuka may refer to: * Vuka, Osijek-Baranja County, town and municipality in eastern Croatia * Vuka, one of the counties of the Independent State of Croatia * Vuka (river), a river in Croatia * Vuka, Free State, a township in Dihlabeng Local Municipality, South Africa * Vuka (plant), an African '' Helichrysum'' species * Vuka, a surname: ** Vuka Šeherović (1903–1976), Bosnian folk singer ** Marijan Vuka Marijan Vuka (born 10 January 1980) is a Croatian former footballer who played as a forward, primarily within the Croatian football leagues with stints abroad in the Russian Premier League, and Canadian Soccer League. A product of NK Osijek you ... (born 1980), Croatian footballer See also * Vukas, a surname * Vuca (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helichrysum
The genus ''Helichrysum'' consists of an estimated 600 species of flowering plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). The type species is ''Helichrysum orientale''. They often go by the names everlasting, immortelle, and strawflower. The name is derived from the Anicent Greek words (helios, sun) and (, gold). It occurs in Africa (with 244 species in South Africa), Madagascar, Australasia and Eurasia. The plants may be annuals, herbaceous perennials or shrubs, growing to a height of . The genus was a wastebasket taxon, and many of its members have been reclassified in smaller genera, most notably the Everlastings, now in the genus ''Xerochrysum''. Their leaves are oblong to lanceolate. They are flat and pubescent on both sides. The bristles of the pappus are scabrous, barbellate, or plumose. The receptacle (''base of the flower head'') is often smooth, with a fringed margin, or honey-combed, and resemble daisies. They may be in almost all colors, except blue. There are man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vuka Šeherović
Vuka Šeherović (; ''née'' Šekerović, ; 1903–1976) was a Bosnian folk singer and sevdalinka interpreter. She was called the "woman with the silver voice." Biography Šeherović was born with the surname Šekerović in the village Kovačići near Zenica in 1903. Her father Risto Šekerović was a prison guard at the Zenica prison. A young Vuka sang in her schools choir starting at age seven. Her career began in 1919, aged 16, when she won a talent contest in Brčko. Šeherović later sang in Belgrade's bohemian quarter Skadarlija and in her husband's kafana while simultaneously making appearances on radio shows including ''Bosansko veče'' (''Bosnian Nights'') and recording for major record labels like Odeon Records, Polydor Records and Jugoton. Later in her career, she performed with younger generations of singers such as Zehra Deović Zehra Deović (9 December 1938 – 30 October 2015) was a Bosnian sevdalinka- folk singer and was one of the leading female singers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marijan Vuka
Marijan Vuka (born 10 January 1980) is a Croatian former footballer who played as a forward, primarily within the Croatian football leagues with stints abroad in the Russian Premier League, and Canadian Soccer League. A product of NK Osijek youth system, Vuka had spells at a number of Croatian sides in the Croatian First Football League, including NK Vukovar '91, NK Osijek, Marsonia, HNK Cibalia, NK Međimurje. Throughout his time in the Prva Liga he featured in the 2000–01 UEFA Cup, and 2001–02 UEFA Cup for NK Osijek, and played against Brøndby IF, Rapid Vienna, and AEK Athens. In 2004, he went abroad to play in the Russian Premier League with Kuban Krasnodar. After several years in Russia he returned to Croatia to play with NK Međimurje, and later played in the Croatian Second Football League with NK Grafičar Vodovod, and NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac. He would finish his football career in Croatia in the Croatian Third Football League with NK Konavljanin, and NK Višnjevac. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vukas
Vukas is a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Bernard Vukas (1927–1983), Yugoslav footballer *Hari Vukas (born 1972), Croatian football manager and footballer *Ivan Vukas (born 1979), Croatian handball player * Saša Vukas (born 1976), Croatian basketball player * Budislav Vukas (born 1938), Croatian jurist See also * Vuka (other) *Vukašin Vukašin (Cyrillic script: Вукашин) is an old Slavic name of Serbian origin. It is composed from two words: Vuk (wolf) and sin (son), so it means sin vuka (son of wolf). In some places in Croatia and Bosnia it can be found as a surname. ... {{Surname Croatian surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
