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Zanda may refer to: * ''Zanda'' (bird), a genus of three species of black cockatoo * Zanda County, county in Tibet * Zanda, Tibet, seat of Zanda County * Zanda (given name) * Princess Zanda, a fictional Marvel Comics character * "Zanda", a song by Russian composer *"Countess Zanda", character from the movie Sheena (film) ''Sheena'', also known as ''Sheena: Queen of the Jungle'', is a 1984 superhero film based on a comic-book character that first appeared in the late 1930s, Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. A hybrid of action-adventure, superhero film and soap opera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zanda (bird)
The genus ''Zanda'' has three species of cockatoos. They are all mostly black in colour, and the taxa may be differentiated partly by size and partly by small areas of red, grey, and yellow plumage, especially in the tail feathers. The genus ''Zanda'' was introduced in 1913 by the Australian born ornithologist Gregory Mathews with Baudin's black cockatoo as the type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen .... Matthews provided no explanation for the etymology but it is possibly an aboriginal name. Species The genus contains three species. References Further reading * * {{Authority control Bird genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zanda County
__NOTOC__ Zanda County () or Tsamda County () is a county in the Ngari Prefecture to the extreme west of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Its seat of power is at Tholing, the former capital of the Guge kingdom. Zanda or Tsamda is said to mean “a place where there is grass downstream”, an allusion to the grassy river bed of the Sutlej river that flows through the county. Ancient Zanda Horse (Hipparion zandaense) skeletons have been found in the Zanda County's Sutlej basin. horsetalk.co.nz, 25 April 2012. The Zanda County is bounded by India's state to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zanda, Tibet
Tholing (, literally "high place";), Toling, Tuolin, or Toding, alternatively Zanda, Tsanda, Tsada, or Zada, is a town and seat of Zanda County, Ngari Prefecture, in the west of Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The town was the former capital of Guge Kingdom in western Tibet when it was ruled by Langdarma. Now an isolated military town, it has a well laid out new street, a post office, and telecommunication facilities. The Tholing Monastery, established in 997 AD, is in the suburbs of the town, in the Grand canyon of the Langchen Tsangpo (Sutlej River). Historically, this was an important monastery; the second dissemination of Buddhism in Tibet emanated from it. History Zanda is a Chinese name given to the ancient town known as Tholing, which was once the capital of the Ngari district in western Tibet. The town, the monastery, and Tsaparang, a rocky range with forts, played an important role the history of Tibetan Buddhism in west Tibet. Tholing and Tsaparang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zanda (given Name)
Zanda is a Latvian feminine given name. The associated name day is 1 October. Notable people named Zanda * Zanda Bikše (born 1970), Latvian curler * Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica (born 1978), Latvian politician *Zanda Zakuza Zanda Zakuza, also known as Zanda “Dragon” Zakuza is a South African house and kwaito singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Umlazi, she achieved widespread popularity after featuring on the singles "Skeleton Move" by Master KG and "Club C ... (born 1993), South African singer and songwriter References {{given name Latvian feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Zanda
Zabu Zadkiel Zadkiel is a former archangel in the service of Heaven and an enemy of the Ghost Rider, named after the Zadkiel, mythical angel of the same name. Created by Jason Aaron, the fictional character, character debuted in ''Ghost Rider (comic book), Ghost Rider'' (vol. 4) #27. Zadkiel was in charge of overseeing the Spirits of Vengeance in List of Marvel Comics characters: G#God, God's army, and gradually developed a hatred of humanity as God favored the sinners over the angels. This led him to decide to overpower and dethrone God, something that he would need the power of Spirits of Vengeance to do. It was revealed that he had endowed Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze), Johnny Blaze with the powers of the Ghost Rider. As a backup plan Zadkiel used Blaze's brother, Ghost Rider (Danny Ketch), Daniel Ketch. Danny was once the host for the Ghost Rider entity, and after he had exorcised the spirit he went into withdrawal. Falling off the wagon Danny soon found himself once again hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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