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Valdas Papievis
Valdas is a Lithuanian masculine given name. It is the shortened form of Valdemaras and other Lithuanian names containing the Germanic or Baltic element "wald" ("rule"). Individuals with the name Valdas include: * Valdas Adamkus (born 1926), Lithuanian politician, former President of Lithuania * Valdas Dabkus (born 1984), Lithuanian basketball player *Valdas Dambrauskas (born 1977), Lithuanian football manager *Valdas Dopolskas (born 1992) Lithuanian marathon runner *Valdas Ivanauskas (born 1966), Lithuanian footballer *Valdas Kasparavičius (born 1958), Lithuanian footballer *Valdas Kazlauskas (born 1958), Lithuanian racewalker * Valdas Trakys (born 1979), Lithuanian footballer *Valdas Urbonas (born 1967), Lithuanian footballer *Valdas Vasylius Valdas Vasylius (born 3 September 1983) is a Lithuanian basketball player. He played collegiately at Old Dominion University. He also represented the Lithuanian national basketball team at the 2007 Summer Universiade. Growing up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania shares land borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russia to the southwest. It has a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west on the Baltic Sea. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.8 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian, one of only a few living Baltic languages. For millennia the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, Monarchy of Lithuania, becoming king and founding the Kingdom of Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Language
Lithuanian ( ) is an Eastern Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is the official language of Lithuania and one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.8 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 200,000 speakers elsewhere. Lithuanian is closely related to the neighbouring Latvian language. It is written in a Latin script. It is said to be the most conservative of the existing Indo-European languages, retaining features of the Proto-Indo-European language that had disappeared through development from other descendant languages. History Among Indo-European languages, Lithuanian is conservative in some aspects of its grammar and phonology, retaining archaic features otherwise found only in ancient languages such as Sanskrit (particularly its early form, Vedic Sanskrit) or Ancient Greek. For this reason, it is an important source for the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdemaras
Valdemaras is a Lithuanian masculine given name, from Old High German name Waldemar. Its shortened form is Valdas. The equivalent forms in other languages are: * Scandinavian, Finnish : Valdemar * Estonian : Voldemar * German : Waldemar, Woldemar * Hungarian : * Italian : * Latvian : Voldemārs Individuals with the name Valdemaras include: *Valdemaras Chomičius (born 1959), Soviet and Lithuanian basketball player *Valdemaras Katkus (born 1958), Lithuanian politician *Valdemaras Martinkėnas Valdemaras Martinkėnas (10 March 1965 – 20 July 2004) was a Soviet and Lithuanian professional footballer and coach. Career Born in Alytus, Martinkėnas was the goalkeeper for the Lithuanian national team in the years after independence fro ... (1965–2004), Soviet and Lithuanian footballer * Valdemaras Venckaitis (born 1983), Lithuanian Greco-Roman wrestler {{given name Lithuanian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Name
A Lithuanian personal name, as in most European cultures, consists of two main elements: the given name () followed by the family name (). The usage of personal names in Lithuania is generally governed (in addition to personal taste and family custom) by three major factors: civil law, canon law, and tradition. Lithuanian names always follow the rules of the Lithuanian language. Lithuanian male names have preserved the Indo-European masculine endings (; ; ). These gendered endings are preserved even for foreign names. ''Vardas'' (given name) A child in Lithuania is usually given one or two given names. Nowadays the second given name is rarely used in everyday situations. As well as modern names, parents can choose a name or names for their child from a long list of traditional names; these include: * Lithuanian names of pre-Christian origin. These are the most ancient layer of Lithuanian personal names; a majority of them are dual- stemmed personal names, of Indo-European ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germanic Name
Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', for "noble", and ', for "counsel". However, there are also names dating from an early time which seem to be monothematic, consisting only of a single element. These are sometimes explained as hypocorisms, short forms of originally dithematic names, but in many cases the etymology of the supposed original name cannot be recovered. The oldest known Germanic names date to the Roman Empire period, such as those of '' Arminius'' and his wife ''Thusnelda'' in the 1st century, and in greater frequency, especially Gothic names, in the late Roman Empire, in the 4th to 5th centuries (the Germanic Heroic Age). A great variety of names are attested from the medieval period, falling into the rough categories of Scandinavian (Old Norse), Anglo-Saxon (Old English), continental (Frankish, Old High German and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balts
The Balts or Baltic peoples ( lt, baltai, lv, balti) are an ethno-linguistic group of peoples who speak the Baltic languages of the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. One of the features of Baltic languages is the number of conservative or archaic features retained. Among the Baltic peoples are modern-day Lithuanians and Latvians (including Latgalians) — all Eastern Balts — as well as the Old Prussians, Yotvingians and Galindians — the Western Balts — whose languages and cultures are now extinct. Etymology Medieval German chronicler Adam of Bremen in the latter part of the 11th century AD was the first writer to use the term "Baltic" in reference to the sea of that name.Bojtár page 9. Before him various ancient places names, such as Balcia, were used in reference to a supposed island in the Baltic Sea. Adam, a speaker of German, connected ''Balt-'' with ''belt'', a word with which he was familiar. In Germanic languages there was some form of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdas Adamkus
Valdas Adamkus (; born Voldemaras Adamkavičius; 3 November 1926) is a Lithuanian-American politician, diplomat and civil engineer. He served as the 5th and 7th President of Lithuania from 1998 to 2003 and again from 2004 to 2009. Adamkus' first tenure as president lasted for five years, from 26 February 1998 to 28 February 2003, following his defeat by Rolandas Paksas in the 2003 presidential election. Paksas was later impeached and removed from office by a parliamentary vote on 6 April 2004. Soon afterwards, when a new election was announced, Adamkus again ran for president and was re-elected. His approval ratings increased during this period and become a highly regarded moral authority in the state. He was succeeded as president on 12 July 2009 by Dalia Grybauskaitė. He is considered by some as being one of the best Lithuanian leaders in modern history. He is married to Alma Adamkienė, who is involved in charitable activities in Lithuania. Following the end of his term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdas Dabkus
Valdas Dabkus (born March 26, 1984) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. Dabkus plays at the small forward and power forward positions. National team career Dabkus previously represented the Lithuanian youth squads, and won a silver medal with the Lithuanian Under-19 Team, at the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. He also won a bronze medal with the Lithuanian Under-20 Team, at the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the seventh edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Brno, in the Czech Republic, hosted the tournament. Slovenia won their second title. Teams * * * * * * * * * * * * Squads Q .... References Living people 1984 births KK Włocławek players Lithuanian men's basketball players Power forwards Small forwards Basketball players from Kaunas BK Liepājas Lauvas players {{Lithuania-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdas Dambrauskas
Valdas Dambrauskas (born 7 January 1977) is a Lithuanian professional football manager who is the current manager of Greek Super League club OFI. Managerial career Early career Valdas Dambrauskas studied Sport Science and Coaching in London Metropolitan University and worked as a coach in many famous youth academies, including Fulham, Manchester United and Brentford. His first senior managerial position was with Kingsbury London Tigers in Spartan South Midlands Football League Premier Division, where he managed team to the highest result in club history. For his work Dambrauskas was awarded in Active Westminster Awards. He also was head coach of Lithuania national under-17 football team between 2009 and 2010. Ekranas In December 2010, Dambrauskas joined Lithuanian champions Ekranas as an assistant coach to famous Lithuanian coach Valdas Urbonas. Together they won domestic double in 2011 season, received Supercup and won A Lyga champions title in 2012 campaign, while also rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdas Dopolskas
Valdas Dopolskas (born 30 April 1992) is a Lithuanian marathon runner. In 2015 he broke his personal record and was selected to represent Lithuania at the 2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro .... ltok.lt He speaks Lithuanian, English, Polish and Russian. In 2018, he competed in the men's half marathon at the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held in Valencia, Spain. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdas Ivanauskas
Valdas Ivanauskas (born 31 July 1966) is a Lithuanian football coach and a former striker. He is best known in Europe for his time at Austria Vienna as well as Hamburger SV where he acted between 1993 and 97. Beyond that he stood on the sideline for Hearts football club from 2005–07. Club career Born in Kaunas, Ivanauskas started his playing career and soon became a regular with FK Žalgiris, a club that was a respected member of the old Soviet Premier Division. Ivanauskas spent the 1985 season in the Second Division with CSKA Moscow, but then he returned to Žalgiris. However, in season 1990, he played in the Second Division for Lokomotiv Moscow after Žalgiris decided to transfer to the new Lithuanian League. In November 1990, he moved abroad to play for Austria Wien, where he was hugely successful with 52 goals in 122 games during which he was twice the leading scorer in the League. As a result, Ivanauskas helped Austria Wien to win three successive Championships an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdas Kasparavičius
Valdas Kasparavičius (born 17 January 1958 in Kapsukas) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Kasparavičius was elected Lithuanian Footballer of the Year Lithuanian Player of the Year is a football award. Winners * 1965: Petras Glodenis ( Žalgiris Vilnius) * 1966: Gintautas Kalėdinskas ( Žalgiris Vilnius) * 1967: Stanislovas Ramelis ( Žalgiris Vilnius) * 1968: Stanislovas Ramelis ( Žalgir ... in 1983. References External links * 1958 births Living people People from Marijampolė Lithuanian men's footballers Soviet men's footballers Soviet expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders FK Atlantas players FK Žalgiris players SKA Odesa players FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol players Jagiellonia Białystok players Soviet Top League players Soviet First League players Ekstraklasa players Oberliga (football) players Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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