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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was the sister of Moses in the Bible.
Miriam or Myriam (the French variant) may also refer to:
People
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Miriam (given name)
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Miriam Yeung, Cantopop singer, sometimes known as just "Miriam"
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Miriam Stockley, South African-born British singer
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Mirriam
''Mirriam'' is the fifth studio album released by American country artist, Jessi Colter. It was issued in July 1977 on Capitol Records.
Background
Colter's fifth album was derived from her birth name, Mirriam Johnson. The album consisted of ...
, the English vocaloid from ''Zero-G'', voiced by Miriam Stockley
* Miriam, pen name of
Zenon Przesmycki
Zenon Przesmycki ( pen name ''Miriam''; Radzyń Podlaski, 22 December 1861 – 17 October 1944, Warsaw), was a Polish poet, translator and art critic of the literary period of Młoda Polska, who studied law in Italy, France and England; in 1887 ...
(1861-1944), Polish poet, translator and art critic
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Miriam (TV personality), a Mexican reality television show transsexual woman
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Myriam Montemayor Cruz
Myriam Montemayor Cruz (born February 8, 1981, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico), better known mononymously as Myriam, is a Mexican recording artist, known for winning the first season of Mexican talent show ''La Academia''.
Biography
Myriam g ...
, better known as Myriam, a Mexican recording artist
In music
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''Myriam'' (Myriam album)
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''Myriam'' (Myriam Faris album)
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Mirriam
''Mirriam'' is the fifth studio album released by American country artist, Jessi Colter. It was issued in July 1977 on Capitol Records.
Background
Colter's fifth album was derived from her birth name, Mirriam Johnson. The album consisted of ...
'', an album by Jessi Colter
In science
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102 Miriam
Miriam ( minor planet designation: 102 Miriam) is a moderately large, very dark main belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on August 22, 1868, from the Litchfield Observatory.
Peters named the asteroid after Miriam, the sister ...
, an asteroid
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(MIRIAM), an effort to standardise the annotation and curation process of quantitative models of biological systems
Other uses
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Hurricane Miriam (disambiguation) The name Miriam has been used for eight tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
* Hurricane Miriam (1978), a Category 1 hurricane that threatened Hawaii but did not affect land.
* Hurricane Miriam (1982), a Category 1 hurricane that did not ...
, six tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
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"Miriam" (short story), by Truman Capote
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''Miriam'' (film), a 1957 Finnish film
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Meriam language
Meriam ( ulk, Meriam Mìr; also ''Miriam, Meryam, Mer, Mir, Miriam-Mir'', etc. and ''Eastern, Isten, Esten'' and ''Able Able'') or the Eastern Torres Strait language is the language of the people of the small islands of ''Mer'' ( Murray Island ...
, also spelled Miriam, spoken by the people of several islands in the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
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Miriam Hospital
The Miriam Hospital is a private, not-for-profit hospital at 164 Summit Avenue in Providence, in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It is a major teaching affiliate of the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
History
In 1902, a handful ...
, a private, not-for-profit hospital in Providence, Rhode Island
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Miriam College, Quezon City, Philippines, a Catholic school for girls and young women
See also
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Hurricane Joan–Miriam
Hurricane Joan was a long lived and powerful tropical cyclone that caused death and destruction in over a dozen countries in the Caribbean and Central America. Moving on a due west course for nearly two weeks in October 1988, Hurricane Joan caus ...
, a 1988 hurricane that struck the Caribbean and Central America
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Maryam (disambiguation)
Maryam may refer to:
* Maryam Castle, a castle in Kermanshah Province, Iran
* Maryam (name), a feminine given name (the Aramaic and Arabic form of Miriam, Mary)
* Mary in Islam
* Maryam (surah), 19th sura of the Qur'an
* Maryam, Iran, a villag ...
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Mariam (disambiguation) Mariam (also ''Maryam'') is the Aramaic form of the given name Miriam, especially used of Mary mother of Jesus in a number of languages.
It may refer to:
People named Mariam
* Mariam, daughter of Bagrat IV of Georgia, a member of the Bagratio ...
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