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Bača (surname)
Bača (feminine: Bačová) is a Czech and Slovak surname, meaning 'shepherd A shepherd is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep. Shepherding is one of the world's oldest occupations; it exists in many parts of the globe, and it is an important part of Pastoralism, pastoralist animal husbandry. ...'. Notable people with the surname include: * Jerguš Bača (born 1965), Slovak ice hockey player * Juraj Bača (born 1977), Slovak canoer * Martin Bača (born 1985), Czech footballer See also * * Robert Baća, Croatian sculptor and painter * Baca (surname) {{DEFAULTSORT:Baca Czech-language surnames Slovak-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Name
Czech names are composed of a given name and a surname, family name (surname). Czechs typically get one given name – additional names may be chosen by themselves upon baptism but they generally use one. With marriage, the bride typically adopts the bridegroom's surname. Given names In the Czech Republic, names are simply known as ("names") or, if the context requires it, ' ("Baptismal name, baptismal names"). The singular form is '. A native Czech given name may have Christianity, Christian roots or traditional Slavic names, Slavic pre-Christian origin (e.g. Milena (name), Milena, Božena, Jaroslav (other), Jaroslav, Václav (other), Václav, Wojciech, Vojtěch). It used to be a legal obligation for parents to choose their child's name from a list that was pre-approved by the government. Special permission was necessary for other names with exceptions for minorities and foreigners. Since the Velvet revolution in 1989, parents have had the right to give their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovak Name
Slovak names consist of a given name and surname. Slovakia uses the Western name order with the given name being listed before surname. However, there is a historical tradition to reverse this order, especially in official contexts including administrative papers and legal documents, as well as on gravestones and memorials. Most Slovaks do not have a middle name. The family name forms for males and females are distinct in Slovakia, making it possible to identify gender from the name alone. As of 2003 there were 185,288 different family names in use among 5.4 million Slovaks, or one family name for every 29 citizens. There is an estimated 90,000 lineages in Slovakia. With marriage, the bride typically adopts the bridegroom's surname. Slovak names are very similar to Czech names. Given names Given names in Slovakia are called ''baptismal names'' () despite being completely different from the Christian baptismal names. Proper baptismal names given during infant baptism are still ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shepherd
A shepherd is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep. Shepherding is one of the world's oldest occupations; it exists in many parts of the globe, and it is an important part of Pastoralism, pastoralist animal husbandry. Because the occupation is so widespread, many religions and cultures have symbolic or metaphorical references to shepherds. For example, Jesus called himself the Good Shepherd, and ancient Greek mythologies highlighted shepherds such as Endymion (mythology), Endymion and Daphnis. This symbolism and shepherds as characters are at the center of pastoral literature and art. Origins Shepherding is among the oldest occupations, beginning some 5,000 years ago in Asia Minor. Sheep were kept for their milk, their sheep meat, meat and especially their wool. Over the next thousand years, sheep and shepherding spread throughout Eurasia. Henri Fleisch tentatively suggested that the Shepherd Neolithic industry (archaeology), industry of Lebanon m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerguš Bača
Jerguš Bača (born 4 January 1965) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey defenceman. Career Bača was drafted in the seventh round, 141st overall, by the Hartford Whalers in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. He played ten games in the National Hockey League with the Whalers: nine in the 1990–91 season and one more in the 1991–92 season. He also competed in the men's tournament at the 1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, were an international winter multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Hav .... In May 2023, Bača became the manager of HK MŠK Indian Žiar nad Hronom ahead of the 2023–24 season of Tipos SHL. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International References External links * 1965 births Living people Czechoslovak ice hockey defencemen Slovak ice hockey defencemen Slovak ice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juraj Bača
Juraj Bača (born 17 March 1977 in Komárno) is a Slovak sprint canoeist who competed from 1998 to 2005. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Athens in 2004. Bača also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with six golds (K-2 500 m: 1998, K-2 1000 m: 1999, K-4 500 m: 2002, 2003; K-4 1000 m: 2002, 2003) and one bronze (K-4 500 m: 2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...). After retiring from competition, Bača now works as a kayak coach. In autumn 2006 he appeared on the celebrity TV dance competition ''Let's Dance''. Bača was a member of the ŠKP Bratislava club. He is tall and raced at . References * * * External links * * * 1977 births Canoeists at the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Bača
Martin Bača (born 30 September 1985) is a Czech former professional football player who made more than 100 appearances in the Czech First League, all of which for FC Tescoma Zlín. Bača played half a season in the Slovak First Football League for Nitra on loan in 2008, while his only other club was Jihlava, who he represented in the Czech second tier between 2010 and 2011. After returning to Zlín in 2011, he retired from professional football at the age of 27 in 2013. Career Bača started his career at Zlín, playing 69 times in the Czech First League for the club and scoring 6 goals in the competition between 2003 and the middle of the 2007–08 season. For the second half of the 2007–08 season Bača played in the Slovak Superliga on loan at FC Nitra. He was brought in by Nitra manager Pavel Hapal, who had previously managed Bača at Zlín. He collapsed in a March 2008 match against MFK Košice, having to be substituted in the second half. Bača subsequently scored for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Baća
Robert Baća (born 19 September 1949 – died 7 August 2019 in Zagreb, Croatia) was a Croatian sculptor and painter. Baća graduated from the academy in Zagreb in 1974. He was an assistant at the Antun Augustinčić masterworks. He worked in sculpture and abstract ceramics with associative nuances and accented dimensions. (''Wood'', 1971; ''Forest'' 1975). He also worked with coloured porcelain objects. He has exhibited his works in Zagreb, Samobor, Sesvete, Sisak, Zürich and Liechtenstein. Works *1967 – First collective exhibition at the School of Applied Arts in Zagreb *1969 – Graduated from the School of Applied Arts, Department of Ceramics, in the class of Prof. Slavko Barlović *1974 – Graduated sculpture at the Academy for Fine Arts in Zagreb, in the class of Prof. Ivan Sabolić. In the same year he became member of the Croatian Society of Visual Artists in Zagreb *1976 – Baća became member of the Croatian Association of Applied Arts and Croatian Artists' Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baca (surname)
Baca is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Baca family of New Mexico *Elfego Baca (1865–1945), American gunman, lawyer and politician *Geovany Baca (born 1971), Honduran boxer *Jimmy Santiago Baca (born 1952), American poet and writer *Joe Baca (born 1947), American politician *Joe Baca Jr. (born 1969), American politician *José A. Baca (1876–1924), American politician *Joseph F. Baca (born 1936), chief justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court *Lee Baca (born 1942), American sheriff *Mariano Prado, Mariano Prado Baca (1776–1837), Central American lawyer and politician *Polly Baca (born 1941), American politician *Rafael Baca (born 1989), Mexican footballer *Susana Baca (born 1944), Peruvian singer See also * *Bača (surname) *Bacca (surname) {{surname Spanish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
