Mirjana (; ) is a
Slavic feminine given name meaning ′''
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''Mir'' (russian: Мир, ; ) was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. ''Mir'' was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to&n ...
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Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
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Croatia
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...
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Mirjana is possibly a form of
Miriam
Miriam ( he, מִרְיָם ''Mīryām'', lit. 'Rebellion') is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus.
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Maria
Maria may refer to:
People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
*170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
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List of people with the given name Mirjana
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Mirjana Bohanec Mirjana Bohanec-Vidović (born October 2, 1939) is a Croatian people, Croatian operatic soprano. She studied singing at the Academy of Music, University of Zagreb and with Emmy Loose in Vienna. She made her professional opera debut in 1966 at the Cr ...
(born 1939), Croatian opera singer and actress
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Mirjana Boševska
Mirjana Boševska (born June 25, 1981, in Skopje) is a retired female freestyle and medley swimmer from Macedonia. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques ...
(born 1981), retired female freestyle and medley swimmer from Macedonia
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Mirjana Božović
Mirjana Božović (born 1987) was the first official "Miss Serbia," in 2007. She represented Serbia in Miss World 2007 in Sanya, China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's m ...
(born 1987), beauty queen who represented Serbia in Miss World 2007
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Mirjana Đurica (born 1961), former Yugoslav/Serbian handball player
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Mirjana Gross
Mirjana Gross (born Mirjam Gross; 22 May 1922 – 23 July 2012) was a notable Yugoslav-Croatian Jewish historian and writer.
Life and career
Gross was born in Zagreb to Jewish parents, Mavro and Ella Gross, on 22 May 1922. During World War II a ...
(1922–2012), Croatian historian
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Mirjana Isaković
Mirjana Isaković is a Serbian sculptor and ceramist.
Personal life
She was born in Serbia in 1936. She is married to Halil Tikvesa, a Bosnian painter and graphic designer with whom she has a daughter Lana Tikvesa.
Education
Isaković graduat ...
(born 1936), Serbian sculptor
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Mirjana Joković
Mirjana Joković ( sr-cyr, Мирјана Јоковић; born 24 November 1967) is a Serbian film and stage actress, best known for her role as Natalija Zovkov in Emir Kusturica's ''Underground'' (1995). She currently is Director of Performan ...
(born 1967), Serbian actress
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Mirjana Karanović
Mirjana Karanović ( sr-cyr, Мирјана Карановић; born 28 January 1957) is a Serbian actress, film director and screenwriter. Considered one of the best Serbian and Yugoslavian actresses of all time, she is probably the best known f ...
(born 1957), Serbian actress
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Mirjana Kostić
Mirjana Kostić ( sr-cyr, Мирјана Костић; born 6 August 1983), professionally known as Mika K., is a Serbian singer and musician, who came to media attention as a contestant of talents show '' Operacija trijumf''.
Personal life
Ko ...
(born 1983), Serbian singer
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Mirjana Lučić Mirjana (; ) is a Slavic feminine given name meaning ′''mir''′ ("peace, world, prestige, area, space"). The name is widespread throughout Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia.
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(born 1982), professional tennis player from Croatia
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Mirjana Marić
Mirjana Marić (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирјана Марић ; born January 10, 1970, in New York City) is an American-born Serbian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She lives in Belgrade, capital of Serbia (former ...
(born 1970), American-born Serbian chess player
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Mirjana Marković
Mirjana "Mira" Marković ( sr-cyr, Мирјана "Мира" Марковић, ; 10 July 1942 – 14 April 2019) was a Serbian politician, academic and the wife of Yugoslav and Serbian president Slobodan Milošević.
She was the leader of the ...
(born 1942), Serbian politician, widow of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević
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Mirjana Milenković
Mirjana Milenković (born 14 March 1985) is a former Montenegrin handball goalkeeper who plays for the Montenegrin national team.
Club career
Milenković started to play handball in Serbian club Radnički from Belgrade. In 2003, she joined Knja ...
(born 1985), Montenegrin handball player
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Mirjana Ognjenović
Mirjana Ognjenović (born 17 September 1953, in Zagreb) is a former Yugoslav/Croatian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Ol ...
(born 1953), former Yugoslav/Croatian handball player
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Mirjana Puhar
The 21st cycle of ''America's Next Top Model'' (subtitled as ''America's Next Top Model: Guys & Girls'') premiered on August 18, 2014 and it is the 15th season to air on The CW. It was the second season to feature male and female contestants. Ty ...
(1995–2015), ''America's Next Top Model'' contestant
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Ana Mirjana Račanović, Serbian pageant model who was Miss Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2001
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Mirjana Živković Mirjana Živković (1935, Split-2020, Belgrade) was a Serbian composer, musicologist and longtime professor at the Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade
The University of Arts in Belgrade ( sr-cyr, Универзитет уметнос ...
(born 1935), Serbian musicologist and professor
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