Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
: Κατερίνα, ''Katerína'';
Russian
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
,
Bulgarian
Bulgarian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria
* Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group
* Bulgarian language, a Slavic language
* Bulgarian alphabet
* A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria
* Bul ...
and Macedonian: Катерина, ''Katerina'') is a feminine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
. It is a Greek variant of '' Ekaterini'' and a Russian and Bulgarian short form of ''
Ekaterina
Ekaterina is a Russian feminine given name, and an alternative transliteration of the Russian ''Yekaterina''. Katya and Katyusha are common diminutive forms of Ekaterina. Notable people with the name can be found below.
Arts
* Ekaterina Medvede ...
'' or ''Yekaterina''.
The name ''Katerina'' is often associated with the Greek word ''katharos'', meaning "pure" (see: Katherine#Origin and meaning).
Notable people
Notable people named Katerina include:
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Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke
Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke ( el, Κατερίνα Αγγελάκη-Ρουκ; 22 February 1939 – 21 January 2020) was a Greek poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as ...
(1939-2020) Greek poet, translator and lecturer
* Katerina Bassi (born 1977), Greek taekwondo athlete
* Katerina Batzeli (born 1958), Greek politician
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Aikaterini Bliamou
Aikaterini ("Katerina") Bliamou (; born 15 October 1982 in Central Macedonia) is a former female backstroke and freestyle swimmer from Greece.
She won a bronze medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented her native country at the 2000 ...
(born 1982), Greek swimmer
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Katerina Dalaka
Katerina Dalaka ( el, Κατερίνα Δαλάκα, born August 20, 1992, in Munich, Germany) is a Greek hurdler. With origins from Katerini
Katerini ( el, Κατερίνη, ''Kateríni'', ) is a city and municipality in northern Greece, the ...
(born 1992), Greek hurdler
* Katerina Deli (born 1975), Greek former basketball player
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Katerina Didaskalou
Katerina Didaskalou (Greek: Κατερίνα Διδασκάλου) (born 29 December 1960 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek theatre, stage, television and film actress. She studied dramatic arts and philosophy in Athens and went on to study cinema and ...
(born 1960), Greek actress
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Katerina Georgiadou
Katerina Georgiadou ( el, Κατερίνα Γεωργιάδου) (born 1982 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a former Miss Greece and fashion model who has appeared in fashion magazines and international events.
Background
Georgiadou lives in Argyrou ...
(born 1982), Greek fashion model
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Katerina Giota
Katerina Giota ( gr, Κατερίνα Γιώτα; born July 3, 1990 in St. Petersburg, Russia) is a female professional volleyball player from Greece, who is a member of the Greece women's national volleyball team. At club level, she plays in H ...
(born 1990), Greek volleyball player
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Katerina Gogou
Katerina Gogou ( el, Κατερίνα Γώγου; 1940–1993) was a Greek poet, author and actress.
Early life
From the age of 5 years she started playing in children's plays. However she did not spend pleasant childhood years due to the Seco ...
(1940-1993) Greek poet, author and actress
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Katerina Graham
Katerina Alexandre Hartford Graham (born September 5, 1989) is an American actress, singer and dancer (now distributing music under the stage name Toro Gato). She is widely known for her role as Bonnie Bennett on The CW supernatural drama seri ...
, American actress, singer and model
* Katerina Harvati (born 1970), Greek paleoanthropologist
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Katerina Kanonidou Katerina Kanonidou ( el, Κατερίνα Κανονίδου) is one of Greece's top fashion models. Along her twin sister Angeliki they have appeared in many Greek and international fashion magazines and events. In 2001 she was voted as one of the ...
, Greek fashion model
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Katerina Kechris
Katerina Joanna Kechris is an American statistician, a professor of biostatistics and informatics in the Colorado School of Public Health, and a regional president of the International Biometric Society. Her research focuses on the use of omics ...
Katerina Lehou
Katerina Lehou or Katerina Lechou (Greek: Κατερίνα Λέχου) is a Greek actress who has been in many theatrical plays, films, and Greek television series.
Biography
Lehou was born on September 5, 1967, in Athens, Greece. During her ch ...
(born 1967), Greek actress
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Katerina Maleeva
Katerina Georgieva Maleeva ( bg, Катерина Георгиева Малеева; born 7 May 1969) is a former top 10 Bulgarian tennis player. She won eleven singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles. Her best position in the WTA rankings was ...
, Bulgarian tennis player
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Katerina Michalopoulou
Katerina Michalopoulou (born c. 1972), in Greek: ''Κατερίνα Μιχαλοπούλου'', was the winner of the "Greek Woman 1991" title (Greek: "Ελληνίδα 1991") in the Star Hellas/Miss Hellas/Miss Young Pageant in 1991. She went o ...
(born 1972), Greek Miss Hellas winner
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Katerina Moutsatsou
Katerina Moutsatsou or Moutsatsos ( el, Κατερίνα Μουτσάτσου), is a Los Angeles-based Greek actress, producer, writer, and activist. She is the author and producer of experimental films, videos, and animation series, which focus ...
Katerina Sakellaropoulou
Katerina Sakellaropoulou ( el, Κατερίνα Σακελλαροπούλου, Latn, el, Katerína Sakellaropoúlou, ; born 30 May 1956) is a Greek judge who has been the president of Greece since 13 March 2020. She was elected by the Hellenic ...
(born 1956), Greek judge, President of Greece
* Katerina Savvaidou (born 1972), Greek politician
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Katerina Sotiriou
Aikaterini "Katerina" Sotiriou (, born 3 January 1984) is a Greek professional basketball player who plays for Panathinaikos and Greece women's national basketball team. She has represented national team in several Eurobasket Women and in 2010 F ...
(born 1984), Greek basketball player
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Katerina Stefanidi
Katerina Stefanidi (Greek: Κατερίνα Στεφανίδη; born 4 February 1990) is a Greek pole vaulter. She won the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics with a jump of 4.85 meters and has also competed at the 2012 London and the 2020 Tokyo ...
(born 1990), Greek pole vaulter
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Katerina Stikoudi
Katerina Stikoudi ( el, Κατερίνα Στικούδη; 16 April 1985) is a Greek singer, model, actress, television host and ex-athlete on swimming. Stikoudi first gained media attention, in 2005, when she took part on Miss Star Hellas beauty ...
(born 1985) Greek fashion model
* Katerina Thanou (born 1975), Greek sprinter
* Katerina Voggoli (born 1970), Greek retired discus thrower
* Katerina Yioulaki (born 1938), Greek actress
Other:
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Katerini
Katerini ( el, Κατερίνη, ''Kateríni'', ) is a city and municipality in northern Greece, the capital city of Pieria regional unit in Central Macedonia, Greece. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mt. Olympus and the Thermaikos Gulf, ...
, a city in Greece, formerly named Katerina
* ''Katerina'', a novel by Israeli author Aharon Appelfeld
* "
Katerina
Katerina (Greek: Κατερίνα, ''Katerína''; Russian, Bulgarian and Macedonian: Катерина, ''Katerina'') is a feminine given name. It is a Greek variant of '' Ekaterini'' and a Russian and Bulgarian short form of ''Ekaterina'' or '' ...
", a season two episode of the TV series ''The Vampire Diaries''
** Katerina Petrova, AKA Katherine Pierce, a character in ''
The Vampire Diaries
''The Vampire Diaries'' is an American supernatural teen drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on the book series of the same name written by L. J. Smith. The series premiered on The CW on September 10, ...
'' that the episode centers around
* Katarina, a companion in ''Doctor Who''
e and Katerina
E, or e, is the fifth letter and the second vowel letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''e'' (pronounced ); plura ...
by
Mihalis Violaris
Michalis Kyriakou ( el, Μιχάλης Κυριάκου), known by his stage-name Michalis Violaris () (born 9 January 1944 Agia Varvara, Nicosia Cyprus), is a popular singer and composer of modern Greek and Cypriot music.
He is also a pioneer ...
*"H Katerina" by Dimitris Zevgas
*"Katerina Katerinaki" by Paschalis
*"Katerina Thessalonikia" aterina from Thessalonikiby Vasilis Tsitsanis
*"Katerina" by
Aliki Vougiouklaki
Aliki Stamatina Vougiouklaki (Greek: Αλίκη Σταματίνα Βουγιουκλάκη Greek pronunciation: ˈlici stamaˈtina vuʝuˈklaci 20 July 1934 – 23 July 1996) was a Greek cinema and theater actress, singer and theatrical producer ...
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 ...
Dimitra Galani
Dimitra Galani ( el, Δήμητρα Γαλανή) is a Greek singer and songwriter.
Galani was born 1952 in Athens and began her musical career at the age of 16 providing vocals on several tracks of Dimos Moutsis and Nikos Gatsos on the album "A ...
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...
- Katerina" by Stelios Dionysiou
*"To Katerinio" by
Chainides
Chainides ( el, Χαΐνηδες) is a Cretan folk music group who are inspired by
the vast legacy of traditional Cretan music and whose lyrics borrow words
from the Cretan Greek dialect. The group's name is the plural of the word ''chaínis''
( ...
Chainides
Chainides ( el, Χαΐνηδες) is a Cretan folk music group who are inspired by
the vast legacy of traditional Cretan music and whose lyrics borrow words
from the Cretan Greek dialect. The group's name is the plural of the word ''chaínis''
( ...
*"Tora pou smigoun oi kairoi (Katerinio)" by Nikos Ksylouris