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Amanda Visell
Amanda is a Latin feminine gerundive (i.e. verbal adjective) name meaning, literally, "she who must (or is fit to) be loved". Other translations, with similar meaning, could be "deserving to be loved," "worthy of love," or "loved very much by everyone." Its diminutive form includes Mandy, Manda and Amy. It is common in countries where Germanic and Romance languages are spoken. "Amanda" comes from ''ama-'' (the stem of the Latin verb ''amare'', "to love") plus the feminine nominative singular gerundive ending (''-nda''). Other names, especially female names, were derived from this verb form, such as "Miranda". The name "Amanda" occasionally appears in Late Antiquity, such as the Amanda who was the "wife of the ex-advocate and ex-provincial governor Aper (q.v.); she cared for his estates and raised their children after he adopted the monastic life: 'curat illa saeculi curas, ne tu cures (Paul. Nol. Epist. 44.4). Accessed 19 April 2021. In England the name "Amanda" first appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area around Rome, Italy. Through the expansion of the Roman Republic, it became the dominant language in the Italian Peninsula and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. It has greatly influenced many languages, Latin influence in English, including English, having contributed List of Latin words with English derivatives, many words to the English lexicon, particularly after the Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England, Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons and the Norman Conquest. Latin Root (linguistics), roots appear frequently in the technical vocabulary used by fields such as theology, List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names, the sciences, List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes, medicine, and List of Latin legal terms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Aldridge
Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge, also known as Amanda Ira Aldridge (10 March 1866 – 9 March 1956), was a British opera singer and teacher who composed love songs, suites, sambas, and light orchestral pieces under the pseudonym of Montague Ring. Born into an artistic family, the Aldridge legacy included her father who was a successful African-American Shakespearian actor, Ira Frederick Aldridge. He was dubbed the ‘African Roscius' when he first starred as Othello at the Royalty Theatre in London. Her mother, Amanda Brandt, was a Swedish opera singer. Amanda’s sister, Luranah Aldridge was a star operatic contralto in Europe and the United States. A vocal injury of laryngitis cut Amanda’s vocal career short, but she pursued a career as a pianist, teacher, and composer. Early life and education Amanda Aldridge was born on 10 March 1866 in Upper Norwood, London, the third child of African-American actor Ira Frederick Aldridge and his second wife, Amanda Brandt, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Ayala
Amanda Ayala (born September 23, 1997) is an American singer from New York who made her first appearance on the national scene on NBC's Emmy Award-winning show ''The Voice (U.S. TV series), The Voice.'' Following her time on The Voice she continued her success serving as support for well known artists and through appearances on other television programs such as ''Who Will Rock You''. Amanda's first performance on ''The Voice'' was a rendition of "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain (band), Mountain. Three out of the four judges on the panel turned their chairs for Amanda: Pharrell Williams, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine. Ayala chose to join Team Adam where she was mentored by John Fogerty. Amanda also performed a rendition of Edge of Seventeen by Stevie Nicks. Both of Ayala's singles charted on the iTunes Rock Charts. Her performances garnered attention from stars like Brad Paisley and Leslie West via Twitter usage, Twitter. Her audition video has over 1.2 million views and count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Austin
Amanda Petronella Austin (1859 – 1917) was an American painter and sculptor. Biography A native of Carrollton, Missouri, Austin studied from 1877 to 1879 at the University of Missouri, becoming a favored pupil of George Caleb Bingham, to whom she gave two of her paintings. In 1879 she moved to Sacramento, home of her great-uncle, Jefferson Wilcoxson; he was ill, and in return for her care he provided money for her to continue her training, which she did in the studio of Norton Bush. Her first exposure came at the 1880 California State Fair, where her drawings won praise from the critic of '' The Sacramento Bee''. The following year at the Fair, the showing of her ''Morning Glories'' brought her a measure of notoriety. In May 1882 she enrolled in the San Francisco School of Design; she continued to exhibit regularly in Sacramento at this point, and also at the San Francisco Art Association, where she received a gold medal and an honorable mention. Later in 1885 she taugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Auchter
Amanda Auchter (born 1977 Baytown, Texas) is an American writer, professor, and editor. She is an editor and author of poetry, nonfiction essays, and book reviews. Personal life Amanda Auchter received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Writing and English (magna cum laude) from the University of Houston, where she worked as an editorial assistant a''Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts''and was awarded the 2005 Howard Moss Poetry Award. She received her Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Literature from Bennington College, where she served as the editor of the Bennington Review. She is the editor of the literary magazine''Pebble Lake Review'' She is the author of the books, "The Wishing Tomb," winner of thPerugia Press Award, "The Glass Crib," winner of thFirst Book Award for Poetry, judged b''Rigoberto González,''and of the chapbook, "Light Under Skin" (Finishing Line Press, 2006). Awards and honors *2012 Perugia Press Award *2011 Southern Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Asay
Amanda Karlene Asay (May 16, 1988 – January 7, 2022) was a Canadian baseball and ice hockey player. She played on the Canada women's national baseball team from 2005 to 2021, and was its longest-serving member at the time of her death. She batted and threw right-handed, and played at catcher, first base, and starting pitcher. Asay joined the national team when she was 17 years old. She played in the World Cup one year later, where she was named to the all-tournament team as first baseman and won the national team's Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. She proceeded to compete in six more World Cup tournaments, earning two silver and two bronze medals in total. She was also part of the roster which secured a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. At the 2016 World Cup, she played as a pitcher, won both her starts by pitching complete games, and was again bestowed the team MVP award. Early life Asay was born in Prince George, British Columbia, on May 16, 1988. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Araújo
Amanda Carolina Gomes de Araújo (born February 23, 1990) is a Brazilian rugby union player. Rugby career Araújo was selected as a member of the Brazil women's national rugby sevens team to the 2016 Summer Olympics. In July 2023, she was named in Brazil's fifteens team to play Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ... for a spot in the inaugural WXV competition. She started in her sides 23–24 loss to Colombia in their first of two games. References External links * * * 1990 births Living people Brazil international rugby sevens players Olympic rugby sevens players for Brazil Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in rugby sevens Competitors at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Ansell
Amanda Ansell (born 1976) is an English artist. She studied Fine Art at Norwich University of the Arts between 1995 and 1998 and then at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London from 1998 to 2000. After living in London for seven years, she returned to her native Suffolk in 2006 to begin an artist residency at Firstsite, Colchester. The same year, a body of work was selected for exhibition at Kettles Yard, Cambridge and she was nominated for Jerwood Contemporary Painters. Her paintings are abstract and make use of a limited palette to explore the relationship between artist and nature. Selected group exhibitions * “Royal Academy Summer Exhibition” Royal Academy of Arts, London (2018) * “Contemporary Masters from Britain: 80 British Painters of the 21st Century” Yantai Art Museum (2017), Jiangsu Art Gallery (2017) and Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts (2017 – 2018) * “Anything Goes” Bermondsey Project Space (2017) * “The London Group Open Exhib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Annan
Amanda Annan is a British-American actress, model, writer and entrepreneur known for starring in '' Rag Tag'' (2006) and Dolly Unachukwu's ''The Empire'' (2005), and producing the documentaries ''Jambo Jumbo'' (2010) and ''Equation of Change'' (2010) with Richard Branson. Early life Amanda Annan was born in 1982 to a Ghanaian father and a Martinican mother. She was adopted as a child and raised in London. Her uncle is former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan. Amanda Annan attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art when she was 16. Her decision to become a model came as a surprise to her family, many of whom were politicians and diplomats. Career While studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she was scouted for a modelling agency and did her first modelling shoot for a Vidal Sassoon campaign. She appeared in advertisements for Revlon, Ebel and Woolworths. She was featured on the cover of ''Elle'', ''Vogue'' and ''Photo Magazine'', and appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Anisimova
Amanda Kay Victoria Anisimova ( ; ; born August 31, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles WTA rankings, WTA ranking of world No. 13, achieved on 16 June 2025. Anisimova has won three WTA Tour titles, including one WTA 1000 event, the 2025 Qatar TotalEnergies Open – Singles, 2025 Qatar Ladies Open. As a junior, Anisimova was ranked as high as No. 2 in the world, and won the 2017 US Open – Girls' singles, 2017 US Open girls' singles title. On the WTA Tour, she rose to prominence at the 2018 BNP Paribas Open – Women's singles, 2018 Indian Wells Open when she scored her first top-10 victory at age 16, against Petra Kvitová. She won her first career title at the 2019 Copa Colsanitas – Singles, Copa Colsanitas in April 2019 at age 17. Anisimova's breakthrough at the Grand Slam (tennis), Majors came in early 2019 at the 2019 Australian Open – Women's singles, Australian Open where she reached the fourth round by defeating No. 11 Ary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Andradóttir
Amanda Jacobsen Andradóttir (born 18 December 2003) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Twente and the Iceland national team. Career On 4 August 2020, Amanda was announced at Nordsjælland. On 21 December 2020, Amanda was announced at Vålerenga. On 15 December 2021, Amanda was announced at Kristianstads DFF. On 13 July 2023, Amanda was announced at Valur. On 15 July 2024, Amanda was announced at FC Twente on a two year contract. She made her league debut against Fortuna Sittard on 29 September 2024. Amanda scored her first league goal against SC Heerenveen on 7 December 2024, scoring in the 51st minute. International career Amanda has dual Norwegian nationality and was called up to Norway's under-19 team at one point. Amanda made her debut for the Iceland national team on 21 September 2021, coming on as a substitute for Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir in the match against the Netherlands. On 11 June 2022, Amanda was called up to the Icelan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Anderson
Amanda Anderson is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities and English and Director of the Cogut Institute for the Humanities at Brown University. She is a literary scholar and theorist who has written on nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature and culture as well as on contemporary debates in literary and cultural theory. Career Anderson received her Ph.D. from Cornell University, specializing in Victorian literature and contemporary literary, cultural, and political theory. Her work on the Victorian period has focused on the relation between forms of modern thought and knowledge (across both literature and the human sciences) and understandings of selfhood, social life, and ethics. She taught at the University of Illinois from 1989 until 1999 when she joined Johns Hopkins University. She was Caroline Donovan Professor of English Literature from 2002 to 2012 and the head of the English department from 2003 to 2009. Her graduate teaching included courses on forms of argu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
