Josefina is a female name, a feminine form of
Joseph
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...
. It may refer to:
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Josefina Passadori
Josefina Passadori (5 April 1900 – 13 December 1987) was an Italian- Argentine academic, educator, and writer. She published several textbooks as well as poetry under the pen name Fröken Thelma.
Biography
Passadori was born in Mezzanino ...
, Argentine writer
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Josefina de la Torre
Josefina de la Torre Millares (1907–2002) was a Spanish poet, novelist, and opera singer, as well as a stage, film, radio, and television actress. She was closely associated with the Generation of '27, an influential group of poets including Ern ...
, Spanish poet, novelist and opera singer
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Josefina Klinger Zúñiga
Josefina Klinger Zúñiga is a Colombian environmentalist and community activist from Nuquí. She is the founder and director of the organization Mano Cambiada, which promotes sustainable tourism in the Chocó Department through a model of commu ...
(born 1965), Colombian environmentalist
*Josefina Lamberto, human rights activist. Her life was dedicated to the memory of her sister
Maravillas Lamberto
Maravillas Lamberto was a 14-year-old girl from Larraga, Navarre, who was raped and killed by Falangists, part of the Nationalist faction, during the July 1936 coup d'état which started the Spanish Civil War. The uprising, spearheaded in Nava ...
, raped and assassinated by the
Francoists
Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War ...
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Josefina Lopez Josefina is a female name, a feminine form of Joseph. It may refer to:
*Josefina Passadori, Argentine writer
* Josefina Lopez, Chicana playwright
*Josefina Pla, Spanish poet, playwright, art critic, painter and journalist
*Josefina Ayerza, writer ...
, Chicana playwright
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Josefina Pla Josefina is a female name, a feminine form of Joseph. It may refer to:
*Josefina Passadori, Argentine writer
* Josefina Lopez, Chicana playwright
* Josefina Pla, Spanish poet, playwright, art critic, painter and journalist
*Josefina Ayerza, writer ...
, Spanish poet, playwright, art critic, painter and journalist
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Josefina Ayerza
Josefina Ayerza (born 1950) is a writer and a psychoanalyst who lives and works in New York City.
Biography
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the 1970s she moved to Paris and then settled in NYC where she established a private practice. J. Ayerz ...
, writer and a psychoanalyst
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Josefina Deland
Josefina (Josephine) Deland (Stockholm, 1 October 1814 – Paris, 8 March 1890), was a Swedish feminist, writer and a teacher in French. She founded ''Svenska lärarinnors pensionsförening'' (Society for Retired Female Teachers), where she served ...
, Swedish feminist
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Josefina Wettergrund
''Josefina'' Leontina Amanda Wettergrund, née ''Lundberg'' pseudonym ''Lea'' (2 September 1830, in Ronneby – 8 March 1903, in Stockholm), was a Swedish writer and poet. She was the editor of the family magazine ''Svalan'' in 1871–75.
Life
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, Swedish writer
Fiction
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Josefina LaCosta
Sharpe is a series of historical fiction stories by Bernard Cornwell centred on the character of Richard Sharpe. Cornwell's series (composed of several novels and short stories) charts Sharpe's progress in the British Army during the Napoleonic ...
, a fictional character in the Richard Sharpe series of novels by Bernard Cornwell.
*Josefina, Gil Harris' fake girlfriend in the 2002 teen comedy ''
The New Guy
''The New Guy'' is a 2002 American teen comedy film directed by Ed Decter, written by David Kendall and starring DJ Qualls and Eliza Dushku.
The film tells the story of high school loser Dizzy Harrison (Qualls) who gets himself expelled so that ...
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*Josefina Menendez, a fictional character in the 2012 first-person shooter ''
Call of Duty: Black Ops II''.
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Josefina Montoya, the fictional main character of the American Girl Josefina stories
Places
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Josefina, Zamboanga del Sur
Josefina, officially the Municipality of Josefina ( ceb, Lungsod sa Josefina; Subanen: ''Benwa Josefina''; Chavacano: ''Municipalidad de Josefina''; tl, Bayan ng Josefina), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, Phili ...
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Josefina (Santa Fe)
Josefina is a commune located in the Castellanos Department of Santa Fe Province, in Argentina. It is 130 km from the provincial capital of Santa Fe.
History
The Santa Fe Provincial Railway (now, FC Belgrano Cargas) went from Santa Fe throu ...
, a commune in the Castellanos Department, Argentina.
See also
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Josephina (disambiguation) Josephina is a female name, a feminine form of Joseph. Some nicknames include Josie, Jo, Joe, and Jopie.
Notable people
* Josephina "Jopie" Troost (born 1942), Dutch swimmer
* (1898–1965), Dutch actress Other
* 303 Josephina, an asteroid
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Josephine (disambiguation)
Josephine may refer to:
People
* Josephine (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Josephine (singer), a Greek pop singer
Places
*Josephine, Texas, United States
*Mount Josephine (disambiguation)
* Josephine Count ...
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