Caterina is a feminine

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which is an Italian and

Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...

form of the name '' Katherine''. Notable people with the name include: In music: * Caterina Assandra, Italian composer and Benedictine nun * Caterina Bueno, Italian singer and folk music historian * Caterina Caselli, Italian singer, actress and music producer *

Caterina Cavalieri Caterina Magdalena Giuseppa Cavalieri (11 March 1755 – 30 June 1801) was an Austrian soprano. Born as Katharina Magdalena Josepha CavalierOther spellings of her first name are Catarina and Katerina. in Lichtental, Vienna, Cavalieri studied voic ...

, Austrian soprano *

Caterina Jarboro Caterina Jarboro (July 24, 1898 – August 13, 1986) was an American opera singer. She was the first female black opera singer to sing with a major company, twenty-two years before Marian Anderson's début at the Metropolitan Opera. Biograp ...

, pioneering African American opera singer * Caterina Valente, Italian-born singer, dancer, and actress In education: * Caterina Mieras, teacher at the Teacher Training School of the Balearic Islands In acting: *

Caterina Murino Caterina Murino (born 15 September 1977) is an Italian actress. She began her acting career in the 1999 production of the play '' Richard III'' and later made her breakthrough with the 2004 film '' The Corsican File''. She went on to appear in t ...

, Italian actress *

Caterina Scorsone Caterina Scorsone (born October 16, 1981) is a Canadian-American actress. She is best known for playing Dr. Amelia Shepherd on the ABC medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2010–present) and its spin-offs ''Private Practice'' (2010–2013) and ''St ...

, Canadian actress In sports: *

Kateřina Baďurová Kateřina Baďurová (; born 18 December 1982 in Ostrava), also known as Kateřina Janků, is a Czech former pole vaulter. She finished twelfth at the 2004 Olympic Games. She also competed at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and the Europea ...

, Czech pole vaulter *

Kateryna Bondarenko Kateryna Volodymyrivna Volodko (née Bondarenko; uk, Катерина Володимирівна Бондаренко; born 8 August 1986) is a tennis player from Ukraine. She was the doubles champion in 2008 at the Australian Open, partnering ...

, Ukrainian tennis player In other fields: *

Caterina Appiani Caterina Appiani (1398 – 19 December 1451) was the lady of Piombino of the Appiani dynasty from 1445 until her death.Mauro Carrara, Signori e principi di Piombino, Bandecchi & Vivaldi, Pontedera 1996. She was born at Piombino, the first daughte ...

, lady of Piombino * Caterina Consani, Italian mathematician *

Caterina dei Virgi Catherine of Bologna aterina de' Vigri(8 September 1413 – 9 March 1463)Stephen Donovan (1908). " St. Catherine of Bologna". In ''Catholic Encyclopedia''. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company. was an Italian Poor Clare, writer, teacher, mystic ...

, aristocratic Bolognese woman raised in the court of Bologna * Caterina Fake, American businesswoman and entrepreneur *

Caterina Sforza Caterina Sforza (1463 – 28 May 1509) was an Italian noblewoman, the Countess of Forlì and Lady of Imola, firstly with her husband Girolamo Riario, and after his death as a regent of her son Ottaviano. Caterina was a noblewoman who lived a li ...

, countess of

Forlì Forlì ( , ; rgn, Furlè ; la, Forum Livii) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and city in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. It is the central city of Romagna. The city is situated along the Via E ...

In literature: * Caterina "Hornet" Grimani, character in Cornelia Funke's novel ''

The Thief Lord ''The Thief Lord'' is a children's novel written by Cornelia Funke. It was published in Germany in 2000 and translated into English by Oliver Latsch in 2002 for The Chicken House, a division of Scholastic publishing company. It was Funke's first ...

Songs about Caterina

*''Aman Caterina mou'' by Haris Alexiou *''Caterina'' by

Perry Como Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (; May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an Italian-American singer, actor and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, after signing ...

*''Caterina Caterinaki'' by Michalis Rakintzis *''Pame gia ypno Caterina'' by

Giannis Poulopoulos Giannis Poulopoulos (Greek: Γιάννης Πουλόπουλος, a.k.a. John Poulopoulos; 29 June 1941 – 23 August 2020) was a Greek singer-songwriter, who had several hits in Greece during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. In terms of total al ...

*''Vgainei i Caterina'' by Aliki Vougiouklaki and

Lavrentis Dianellos Lavrentis Dianellos (Greek: Λαυρέντης Διανέλλος; 1911 – 16 September 1978) was a Greek actor. From 1948 to 1975, he appeared in 200 films, leading one reviewer to call him "ubiquitous." Indicative filmography * ''The Germans ...

*''Aummo Aummo'' by

Renzo Arbore Lorenzo Giovanni "Renzo" Arbore (; born 24 June 1937) is an Italian television host, singer, actor and film director. Career Arbore became nationally recognized as radio anchor man, together with Gianni Boncompagni, in the late 1960s, with ...

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