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Valeria (given Name)
Valeria or Valéria is a female given name dating back to the Latin verb ''valere'', meaning strong, brave and healthy "to be strong". List of people with the given name Valeria Religion *Valeria of Milan, or Saint Valeria, Christian martyr (1st or 2nd century) *Valeria, a Christian saint martyred with Anesius Roman history *Valeria (wife of Sulla), the fourth wife of Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla *Valeria Maximilla, Roman empress as the wife of Emperor Maxentius *Valeria Messalina, Roman empress as the third wife of Emperor Claudius Arts and entertainment *Valeriya, Russian pop star *Valeria Bertuccelli, Argentine film and television actress *Valeria Cavalli, Italian actress * Valeria Ciangottini, Italian actress *Valeria Diaz, Argentine actress and singer *Valeria Gastaldi, Argentine singer *Valeria Golino, Italian-Greek film and television actress * Valeria Kozlova, Russian musician also known as Lera Kozlova *Valeria Marini, Italian model, actress, showgirl and fashio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Naming Conventions
Over the course of some fourteen centuries, the Romans and other peoples of Italy employed a system of nomenclature that differed from that used by other cultures of Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, consisting of a combination of personal and family names. Although conventionally referred to as the ''tria nomina'', the combination of praenomen, nomen, and cognomen that have come to be regarded as the basic elements of the Roman name in fact represent a continuous process of development, from at least the seventh century BC to the end of the seventh century AD. The names that developed as part of this system became a defining characteristic of Roman civilization, and although the system itself vanished during the Early Middle Ages, the names themselves exerted a profound influence on the development of European naming practices, and many continue to survive in modern languages. Overview The distinguishing feature of Roman nomenclature was the use of both personal names and regular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeria Golino
Valeria Golino (born 22 October 1965) is an Italian actress and film director. She is best known to English-language audiences for her roles in ''Rain Man'', ''Big Top Pee-wee'' and the two ''Hot Shots!'' films, particularly the olive-in-the-belly-button scene. In addition to David di Donatello, Silver Ribbon, Golden Ciak and Italian Golden Globe awards, she is one of four actresses to have twice won the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival. Early life Golino was born in Naples, Italy, the daughter of an Italian father who was a Germanist scholar, and a Greek mother, Lalla, who was a painter. One of her grandmothers was Egyptian-French. She grew up in an "artistic household", and after her parents split up, was raised alternating between Athens and Sorrento (near Naples). Golino is the niece of the journalist Enzo Golino at ''L'Espresso'', and her brother is a musician. When she was a girl, her mother frequently took her to the cinema, and she quickly became interested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeria Kleiner
Valeria Katharina Kleiner (born 27 March 1991) is a German football player who plays as defender for Bayer Leverkusen in the Women Bundesliga and for the Germany Women's National U-20. Career Club career Valeria Kleiner began playing football at TSV Oberreitnau in 1998. Later on she played for FC Wangen and VfB Friedrichshafen. In 2007, she joined SC Freiburg and she made her first appearance in the match against FC Saarbrücken becoming the youngest player to play for SC Freiburg in Bundesliga. She joined 1. FFC Frankfurt in 2010/11 and 2011/12 football season. On 9 August 2013, she signed a contract with Bayern Munich. International career In October 2008, Kleiner won her first call up to the Germany Women's National Under-17. In May 2008 she began the captain of the team and Germany won the Uefa Women's Under-17 Championship in Nyon. In the same tournament she was named in the UEFA top 11 team. In November 2008, she was part of the Germany Women's National Under-19 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeriya Gansvind
Valeriya I. Gansvind (also spelled Valeria, born 22 November 1965 in Moscow Oblast) is an Estonian chess player who holds the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM). Biography Gansvind learned to play chess at age eleven. In 1983 she graduated from Moscow boarding sports school. In chess competitions she played for Estonia because her mother is from Tartu. In the Estonian Women's Chess Championship, Gansvind has won 2 gold (2006, 2009) and 2 silver medals (2005, 2008). She played for Estonia in Chess Olympiads: * In 2006, at third board in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (+3 −3 =5); * In 2008, at second board in the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden (+6 −1 =4); * In 2010, at second board in the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk (+3 −4 =4). Gansvind worked as a chess coach. She lives in Moscow and Canada, taking part in there a chess tournaments. Her husbund is chess grandmaster Sergey Kalinitschew. Valeriya's son Andrey Kalinichev is FIDE Master FIDE titles are awarded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeria Valente
Valeria Valente (born 16 September 1976) is an Italian politician and lawyer. Valente is a member of the Democratic Party. She was born in Naples, Italy in 1976. When she was very young she was active in the politics of the student movement. At 18 she became the coordinator for the city of Naples and a year later joined the National Union of Students, so she moved to Rome to continue her political career. In 2016 she announced her candidacy for the Democratic Party (DP) Primaries for the office of Mayor of Naples. In 2011 she became the coordinator of the democratic women of Campania. In December 2012 she took part in the Democratic Party primaries, and in February 2013, she was elected deputy in the Campania I constituency. She studied in the University of Naples Federico II The University of Naples Federico II ( it, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) is a public university in Naples, Italy. Founded in 1224, it is the oldest public non-sectarian university in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeriya Gnarovskaya
Valeriya Osipovna Gnarovskaya (; 18 October 1923 – 23 September 1943) was a medic in the 907th Rifle Regiment who fought on the Stalingrad Front in World War II. On 23 September 1943, when a German tank broke through the Soviet line of defence where she was treating wounded soldiers, she threw herself under the tank with a bag of grenades, killing herself but repulsing the German counterattack. She was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 3 June 1944. Civilian life Valeriya was born on 18 October 1923 to a Russian family in the village of Modolitsy in the Petrograd Governorate. Her father was a postmaster and her mother worked as a housekeeper. In 1924 the family moved to Bardovskoye, Podporozhsky, in the Leningrad region, where she attended primary school. After graduating from secondary school she joined the Komsomol and intended to join a mining institute. After the start of the Second World War her father was drafted into the military in July 1941 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeria Alessandrini
Valeria Alessandrini (born 26 August 1975) is an Italian politician. Political career Alessandrini was elected in 2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ... in a by-election to succeed Donatella Tesei. References Living people 1975 births Senators of Legislature XVIII of Italy Lega Nord politicians People from Terni 21st-century Italian politicians 21st-century Italian women politicians 20th-century Italian women Women members of the Senate of the Republic (Italy) {{Italy-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeria Lipczynski
Valeria Lipczynski (1846–1930) was an American businesswoman. Biography Lipczynski was a Polish immigrant to the United States, who immigrated in 1869. She worked as a correspondent for several Polish newspapers and played a large role in easing the assimilation of many Poles to American life, as well as co-founding the Polish Democratic Club. For her work, she earned the moniker "Queen of the Poles." In her work, she was involved in founding many churches such as St. Adalbert, Sacred Heart and St. Isidore parishes as well as the Wiarus Society, a cultural organization. With her work in the Polish National Alliance, she started the Society of Polish Ladies. In 1901 Lipczynski was the first woman delegate to a Polish National Alliance national convention and was in 1905, the first female elected to the board of directors, and later became the organization's commissioner-at-large in the United States. In World War I, she raised large amounts of money to provide relief fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeria Lukyanova
Valeria Valeryevna Lukyanova ( uk, Вале́рія Вале́ріївна Лук'я́нова; russian: Валерия Валерьевна Лукьянова; born 1990/1991) is a Moldova-born Ukrainian model and entertainer of Russian origin famous for her resemblance to a Barbie doll. She currently lives in Russia. To enhance the Barbie effect Lukyanova uses makeup and contact lenses over her naturally green/gray/blue eyes. She has stated that she has had breast implants, but that the rest of her body is natural and slender due to daily gym workouts and a particular diet. Early life Lukyanova was born 1990/1991, in Tiraspol, in what was then part of Moldavian SSR in the Soviet Union. She is of Russian origin. Her mother, Irina, worked for the military sector and her father was a builder who also worked part-time as a disc jockey. Lukyanova lived in Odesa, Ukraine from age 16 until 2014, when she moved to Moscow. Modelling career In 2007, Lukyanova won the worldwide beauty c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, also written Bruni-Tedeschi (; born 16 November 1964), is an Italian-French actress, screenwriter and film director. Her 2013 film, ''A Castle in Italy,'' was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Personal life Bruni Tedeschi was born in Turin, Italy, in the Piedmont region of Italy. Like her younger sister, Carla Bruni, she has settled in France. The girls were raised bilingual, as their family moved to Paris in 1973, fearing kidnappings and, later, the terrorism of the Red Brigades. She holds dual Italian and French citizenship. Her mother is Italian with French ancestry. Her father is Italian. She is second cousin of Alessandra Martines. Tedeschi had a relationship with the French actor Louis Garrel from 2007 to 2012. Together they adopted a girl from Senegal in 2009. Selected filmography She was present at the 2005 Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival, to promote two films she had acted in: ''Tickets'' (2005), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeria Solarino
Valeria Solarino (born 4 November 1979) is an Italian actress, born in Venezuela. Life and career She was born in Barcelona, Venezuela to a Sicilian father and Turinese mother. After studying philosophy at the University of Turin, she debuted as actress in the Teatro Stabile. In 2003 she was chosen by director Mimmo Calopresti for a small role in ''Happiness Costs Nothing'' (2003), after which her career took off: in the same year she played Maja in the '' Fame chimica'' (''Chemical Hunger'') by Paolo Vari and Antonio Bocola and Bea in ''What Will Happen to Us'' by Giovanni Veronesi, who is her current partner. In 2005 Solarino starred in ''La febbre'' by Alessandro D'Alatri, in 2006 in '' Viaggio segreto '' by Roberto Andò and, in 2007, Valzer by Salvatore Maira. In 2009 she played the role of a lesbian lover in '' Viola di mare'' (''Sea Purple''), a historical film by Donatella Maiorca. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeria Moriconi
Valeria Moriconi (''née'' Abbruzzetti; November 15, 1931 – June 15, 2005) was an Italian actress who appeared both in movies and on stage. Biography Valeria was born in Iesi, in Marche, central Italy. Her earliest work was as a stage actress. She was very young when she acted in an art company, but success came with the movies ''Gli Italiani si voltano'' and ''La Spiaggia''. She won the Golden Grolla award for ''Le soldatesse''. She performed on stage in several plays at the Arlecchino Theater (now Flaiano), from ''Girotondo'' by Schnitzler and ''Per un amore a Roma'' by Patti to ''Arialda'' by Testori and directed by Luchino Visconti. In the 1960s she met director Franco Enriquez and left her husband, Aldo Moriconi, for him. After Enriquez's death she loved Vittorio Spiga, a journalist from Bologna, and at her death he was at her bedside. The president of the Italian Republic, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, nominated her Great Master of the Republic. In 2000, she was the voice f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
