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Corsican Politicians
Corsican may refer to: *Someone or something from Corsica * Corsicans, inhabitants of Corsica *Corsican language, a Romance language spoken on Corsica and northern Sardinia * Corsican Republic, a former country in Europe *"The Corsicans", the original name of the Hearts of Oak militia in Colonial New York See also * List of all pages beginning with "Corsican" * List of Corsicans *Corsicana, Texas Corsicana is a city in and the county seat of Navarro County, Texas, United States. It is located on Interstate 45, 50 miles southeast of Dallas, Texas, Dallas. Its population was 25,109 at the 2020 census. Corsicana is considered an important ... * Corsica (other) * Corse (other) {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsica
Corsica ( , , ; ; ) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the Regions of France, 18 regions of France. It is the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the Metropolitan France#Hexagon, French mainland, west of the Italian Peninsula and immediately north of the Italian island of Sardinia, the nearest land mass. A single chain of mountains makes up two-thirds of the island. , it had a population of 355,528. The island is a Single territorial collectivity, territorial collectivity of France, and is expected to achieve "a form of autonomy" in the near future. The regional capital is Ajaccio. Although the region is divided into two administrative Departments of France, departments, Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud, their respective regional and departmental Territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities were merged on 1 January 2018 to form the single territorial collectivity of Corsica. Corsican aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsicans
The Corsicans ( Corsican, Italian: ''Corsi''; French: ''Corses'') are a Romance-speaking ethnic group, native to the Mediterranean island of Corsica, a territorial collectivity of France. Origin and history The island was populated since the Mesolithic (''Dame de Bonifacio'') and the Neolithic by people who came from the Italian peninsula, especially the modern regions of Tuscany and Liguria. An important megalithic tradition developed locally since the 4th millennium BC. Reached, like Sardinia, by Polada culture influences in the Early Bronze Age, in the 2nd millennium BC Corsica, the southern part in particular, saw the rise of the Torrean civilization, strongly linked to the Nuragic civilization. The modern Corsicans are named after an ancient people known by the Romans as '' Corsi''. The ''Corsi'', who gave their name to the island, actually originated from the Northeastern part of Nuragic Sardinia ( Gallura). According to Ptolemy, the Corsi were made up of a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsican Language
Corsican (, , or , ) is a Romance languages, Romance language consisting of the Dialect continuum, continuum of the Tuscan dialect, Tuscan Italo-Dalmatian languages, Italo-Dalmatian dialects spoken on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, a Single territorial collectivity, territory of France, and in the northern regions of the island of Sardinia, an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy. Corsica is situated approximately 123.9 km (77.0 miles; 66 nautical miles) off the western coast of Tuscany; and with historical connections, the Corsican language is considered a part of Tuscan dialect, Tuscan varieties, from that part of the Italian peninsula, and thus is closely related to Florentine dialect, Florentine-based Italian language, standard Italian. Under the long-standing influence of Tuscany's Republic of Pisa, Pisa, and the historic Republic of Genoa, over Corsica, the Corsican language once filled the role of a vernacular, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsican Republic
The Corsican Republic () was a short-lived state on the island of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea. It was proclaimed in July 1755 by Pasquale Paoli, who was seeking independence from the Republic of Genoa. Paoli created the Corsican Constitution, which was the first constitution written in the Italian language. The text included various Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment principles, including Women's suffrage, female suffrage, later revoked by the Kingdom of France when the island was French conquest of Corsica, taken over in 1769. The republic created an Administration (government), administration and justice system, and founded an army. Foundation After a series of successful actions, Pasquale Paoli drove the Republic of Genoa, Genoese from the whole island except for a few coastal towns. He then set to work re-organizing the government, introducing many reforms. He founded a university at Corte, Haute-Corse, Corte and created a short-lived "Order of Saint-Devote" in 1757 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hearts Of Oak (New York Militia)
The Hearts of Oak were a volunteer militia based in the British colonial Province of New York and formed circa 1775 in New York City. The original name was evidently adopted in emulation of the enlightened Corsican Republic, headed by Pasquale Paoli, which had been suppressed six years before, and which got considerable sympathy in Britain and its colonies. Militia members were primarily students at King's College, later renamed Columbia University, including Nicholas Fish, Robert Troup and Alexander Hamilton.Chernow, Ron. ''Alexander Hamilton''. Penguin Press, (2004) (). The company drilled in the graveyard of nearby St. Paul's Chapel before classes in uniforms they designed themselves, consisting of short green tight-fitting jackets, a round leather hat with a cockade and the phrase "Liberty or Death" on the band, and a badge of red tin hearts on their jackets with the words "God and Our Right", which was the motto '' Dieu et mon droit'' translated into English and adapted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Corsicans
This is an incomplete list of notable people from Corsica or of Corsican people, Corsican descent. Musicians * Alizée (born 1984), singer * Patrick Fiori (born 1969), singer * Michel Giacometti (1929-1990), ethnomusicologist who worked primarily in Portugal * Jenifer (singer), Jenifer (born 1982), French singer of Corsican ancestry * Henry Padovani (born 1952), guitarist and singer, founder member of The Police *Eddie Palmieri (born 1936), Puerto Rican pianist and composer of Corsican ancestry * Antonio Paoli (1871-1946), Puerto Rican opera singer of Corsican ancestry * Tino Rossi (1907-1983), singer and actor * César Vezzani (1888-1951), opera singer Politicians and leaders * Germaine Ahidjo (1932-2021), former First Lady of Cameroon 1960–1982, (father of Corsican ancestry) * Sambucuccio d'Alando (14th century), revolutionary * Diego Arria Saliceti (born 1938), Venezuelan economist, diplomat and politician of Corsican ancestry * John Bernard (American politician), John B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsicana, Texas
Corsicana is a city in and the county seat of Navarro County, Texas, United States. It is located on Interstate 45, 50 miles southeast of Dallas, Texas, Dallas. Its population was 25,109 at the 2020 census. Corsicana is considered an important agribusiness center. History Founded in 1848, Corsicana was named by José Antonio Navarro after the Mediterranean island of Corsica, the birthplace of his father. He had died when Navarro and his many siblings were young. The first school opened shortly afterwards in 1849. Women's groups have had a strong role throughout the history of the city. They established the Corsicana Female Literary Institute, a school that operated from 1857 through 1870. The first public library in Corsicana opened in 1901 by effort of the women's clubs of the city. A 1905 library matching gift by Andrew Carnegie gave the library a permanent home and its first full-time, professionally trained librarian. The library today is housed in a dedicated building do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsica (other)
Corsica is a large French island in the Mediterranean Sea. It may also refer to: * Corsica, Pennsylvania, a town in the United States * Corsica, South Dakota, a town in the United States * Chevrolet Corsica, an automobile model * "Corsica and The Satyr", a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi * Corsica, a frog in the webcomic Sluggy Freelance ''Sluggy Freelance'' is a long-running webcomic written and drawn by #Author, Pete Abrams. Starting in 1997, it is one of the oldest successful webcomics, and as of 2012 had hundreds of thousands of readers. Abrams was one of the first comic art ... * Corsica (album), a folk music album by Petru Guelfucci * Corsica Coachworks, a British coachbuilding business See also * Corsican (other) * Corse (other) * Corsa (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corse (other)
Corse is the French name for Corsica, a large island in the Mediterranean Sea, and the Corsican language. It may also refer to: Places * , a former department of France (1790–1793, 1811–1976) * Cap Corse, a peninsula in northern Corsica * Corse, Gloucestershire, England, a village Vessels * , a French Navy troopship sunk in World War I * MS ''Corse'' (1966), the former name of the '' MS Express Samina'' passenger ferry * , a French cruise ferry operated by SNCM * ''Corse'' (ship), a French Navy ship commissioned in 1850 People * Corse (surname), a European surname of multiple origins (and a list of people with that name) Other uses * Corse Castle in Scotland * Opération Corse, the start of an abbreviated civil war that precipitated the fall of the Fourth French Republic in 1958 See also * Corse-du-Sud, a French department * Haute-Corse Haute-Corse (; , or ; ) is a department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The correspond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
