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Yana
Yana may refer to: Locations *Yana, Burma, a village in Hkamti Township in Hkamti District in the Sagaing Region of northwestern Burma * Yana, India, a village in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India * Yana, Nigeria, an administrative capital in Bauchi State, Nigeria * Yana, Sierra Leone, a town in Northern Province of Sierra Leone * Yana (river), a river in Yakutia, Russia * Yana (Sea of Okhotsk), a river in Magadan Oblast, Russia * Yana Rhinoceros Horn Site, an archaeological site *Yana Plateau, Russia * Yana Point, the point forming the west side of the entrance to Bruix Cove, Antarctica People * Yana (singer) (1931–1989), British singer *Yana Dobrovolskaya (born 1997), Miss Russia 2016 * Yana Gupta (born 1979), Czech-Indian model-actress * Yana Klochkova (born 1982), Ukrainian Olympic swimmer *Yana Kudryavtseva (born 1997), Russian rhythmic gymnast * Yana Kunitskaya (born 1989), Russian mixed martial artist * Yana Marinova (born 1978), Bulgarian actress * Yana Mile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yana Milev
Yana Milev is a German cultural theorist, sociologist, ethnographer, and curator. Life Yana Milev was born in Leipzig, East Germany, the first child of the Bulgarian physician and anthropologist Gancho Milev, who had immigrated to the GDR in the early 1960s, and the Leipzig-based translator and interpreter Karin Fahr-Mileva. Upon completing secondary school in what was then still the GDR she began a course of study in scenography and costume design at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (HfBK) which she ultimately completed with a diploma conferred after German unification. Thereafter, she undertook postgraduate study as a master student of Günter Hornig. In the final years of the GDR, Milev was active in the country's subcultures. She became known for independent films, performances, and conceptual art. Beginning in 1992, she was visible on the international art market as an artist affiliated with the Galerie EIGEN+ART (Leipzig and Berlin). In 1995, she became the first GDR a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yana Language
The Yana language (also Yanan) is an extinct language that was formerly spoken by the Yana people, who lived in north-central California between the Feather and Pit rivers in what is now the Shasta and Tehama counties. The last speaker of the southernmost dialect, which is called Yahi, was Ishi, who died in 1916. When the last fluent speaker(s) of the other dialects died is not recorded. Yana is fairly well documented, mostly by Edward Sapir. The names ''Yana'' and ''Yahi'' are derived from ''ya'' "people" plus an obligatory suffix, ''-na'' in the northern two dialects and ''-hi'' or ''-xi'' in the southern two dialects. Regional variation There are four known dialects: * Northern Yana * Central Yana * Southern Yana ** (Southern) Yahi Northern Yana, Central Yana, and Yahi were well recorded by Edward Sapir through work with Betty Brown, Sam Batwi, and Ishi respectively. Only a small collection of words and phrases of Southern Yana (more properly, Northern Yahi) were reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yana Kunitskaya
Yana Santos (; November 11, 1989) is a Russian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the women's bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Prior to joining the UFC, Santos competed for Invicta FC where she held the Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion. As of May 6, 2025, she is ranked #9 in the UFC women's bantamweight rankings. Biography Santos was born in 1989 in Murmansk, Murmansk Oblast, in northwestern Russia. Her mother, Olga Kunitskaya, was a professional gymnast, and her father, Joseph, was a pro skier. She has a younger sister named Victoria. Santos became involved in martial arts early in her childhood, starting with taekwondo in preschool. She won numerous tournaments against girls and boys, with many of her fights ending in knockouts. At the age of 12, she began competing in hand-to-hand combat. When she was 16 years old, Santos went to live and study in St. Petersburg and entered the Lesgaft National State University Boxing te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yana Kudryavtseva
Yana Alexeyevna Kudryavtseva (; born 30 September 1997) is a retired Russian individual Rhythmic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnast. She is the Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic individual all-around, 2016 Olympic All-around silver medalist, three-time World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, World Champion in the All-around (2013–2015), the Gymnastics at the 2015 European Games, 2015 European Games All-around champion, two-time (2014, 2016) Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, European Championships All-around champion, the 2012 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, 2012 European Junior ball champion. In national level, she is a two-time Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics National Championships, (2015, 2014) Russian National All-around champion and three time Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics National Championships, Russian Junior National all-around champion. She holds the record as the youngest rhythmic gymnast to win the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yana Rhinoceros Horn Site
The Yana Rhinoceros Horn Site (Yana RHS) is an Upper Palaeolithic archaeological site situated near the lower Yana (river), Yana River in northeastern Siberia, Russia, north of the Arctic Circle in the far west of Beringia. Discovered in 2001 after thawing and erosion exposed animal bones and artifacts, the site features a well-preserved cultural layer due to the cold conditions. It includes hundreds of animal bones, ivory pieces, and artifacts, indicating sustained settlement and a relatively advanced level of technological development. Dating to around 32,000 Radiocarbon dating#Calibration, calibrated Before Present, years before present (cal BP), the site provides the earliest archaeological evidence for human settlement north of the Arctic Circle. The inhabitants survived extreme conditions and hunted a wide range of fauna, and the site provides perhaps the earliest unambiguous evidence of mammoth hunting by humans. A 2019 genetic study found that the remains of two young male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yana
Yana may refer to: Locations *Yana, Burma, a village in Hkamti Township in Hkamti District in the Sagaing Region of northwestern Burma * Yana, India, a village in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India * Yana, Nigeria, an administrative capital in Bauchi State, Nigeria * Yana, Sierra Leone, a town in Northern Province of Sierra Leone * Yana (river), a river in Yakutia, Russia * Yana (Sea of Okhotsk), a river in Magadan Oblast, Russia * Yana Rhinoceros Horn Site, an archaeological site *Yana Plateau, Russia * Yana Point, the point forming the west side of the entrance to Bruix Cove, Antarctica People * Yana (singer) (1931–1989), British singer *Yana Dobrovolskaya (born 1997), Miss Russia 2016 * Yana Gupta (born 1979), Czech-Indian model-actress * Yana Klochkova (born 1982), Ukrainian Olympic swimmer *Yana Kudryavtseva (born 1997), Russian rhythmic gymnast * Yana Kunitskaya (born 1989), Russian mixed martial artist * Yana Marinova (born 1978), Bulgarian actress * Yana Mile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yana, India
Yana is a tourist destination located in forest of Katgal Range, which is also a part of Malenadu region of Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state in India. Yana is one of the wettest villages in the world. It is the cleanest village in Karnataka and the second cleanest village in India. The two unique rock outcrops after the village are tourist attractions and easily approachable by two routes one from Kumta-Sirsi Highway by a small trek through the thick forests from the nearest road head and another from Sirsi-Ankola Road. Yana is famous for these two massive rock outcrops known as the Bhairaveshwara Shikhara and the Mohini Shikhara ("Shikhara" means "mountain peak"). The huge rocks are composed of solid black, crystalline karst limestone. Bhairaveshwara Shikhara is in height, while the Mohini Shikhara, which is smaller, is in height. Yana is also well known as a pilgrimage center because of the cave temple below the Bhairaveshwara Shikhara where a Swayambhu ("self ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yana (singer)
Yana (born Pamela Guard; 16 February 193121 November 1989) was a British singer, best known for her television appearances in the late 1950s. Early life and work Yana was born Pamela Guard on 16 February 1931, in Billericay, Essex (her later publicity people thought that it sounded more interesting to describe her as "Cornish-born"). As a teenager, she became a hairdresser's assistant, and then a fashion model at the Gaby Young modelling agency. Her singing career started when Bertie Green, the owner of the plush Astor Club in London, heard her (aged 19) singing at a private party in the club, her friends having dared her to get up and sing; Green booked her as a cabaret artiste. She also sang, from 1954, at the expensive Pigalle restaurant in Piccadilly. Peak fame The peak of Yana's fame came in the years 1955–1960, when she appeared in her own BBC TV show, ''The Yana Show'' (1956), as well as on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' and ''The Bob Hope Show'' in the United States. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yana (river)
The Yana ( rus, Я́на, p=ˈjanə; ) is a river in Sakha in Russia, located between the Lena to the west and the Indigirka to the east. Course It is long, and its drainage basin covers . Including its longest source river, the Sartang, it is long. Its annual discharge totals approximately . Most of this discharge occurs in May and June as the ice on the river breaks up. The Yana freezes up on the surface in October and stays under the ice until late May or early June. In the Verkhoyansk area, it stays frozen to the bottom for 70 to 110 days, and partly frozen for 220 days of the year. The river begins at the confluence of the rivers Sartang and Dulgalakh in the Yana-Oymyakon Highlands. It flows north across the vast Yana-Indigirka Lowland, part of the greater East Siberian Lowland, shared with the Indigirka to the east. As the river flows into the Yana Bay of the Laptev Sea, it forms a huge river delta covering . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yana People
The Yana are a group of Native Americans indigenous to Northern California in the central Sierra Nevada, on the western side of the range. Their lands, prior to encroachment by white settlers, bordered the Pit and Feather rivers. They were nearly destroyed during the California genocide in the latter half of the 19th century. Descendants of the Central and Southern Yana continue to live in California as members of Redding Rancheria. Etymology The Yana-speaking people comprise four groups: the North Yana, the Central Yana, the Southern Yana, and the Yahi, two of which - the Central and Southern - have living descendants. The noun stem ''Ya''- means "person"; the noun suffix is -''na'' in the northern Yana dialects and -''hi'' iin the southern dialects. History Anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber put the 1770 population of the Yana at 1,500, and Sherburne F. Cook estimated their numbers at 1,900 and 1,850. Other estimates of the total Yana population before the Gold Rush e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yana Klochkova
Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova (; born 7 August 1982) is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has won five Olympic medals in her career, with four of them being gold. She is Merited Master of Sports (1998),Vlaskov, A. Yana Klochkova Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine. 2013 Hero of Ukraine (2004). Klochkova was the most awarded Olympian from Ukraine until in 2024 fencer Olga Kharlan overtook her. Yana Klochkova set 50 Ukrainian records in 25- and 50-meter swimming pools at distances of 100, 200, 400 meters with integrated swimming; 200, 400 and 800 meters freestyle; 100 and 200 meters on the back; 200 meters butterfly and relay swimming. At the Olympic Games in Sydney, she set a world record in a 400-meter medley swimming and a European record in a 200-meter medley swimming. Biography Klochkova was born on 7 August 1982 in the city of Simferopol (situated in Crimea). She moved from there to Kharkiv, then to Kyiv. Sports Society — "Dynamo", Major of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yana Plateau
The Yana Plateau (, ) is a mountain plateau in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Google Earth The plateau lies in an uninhabited area where solitude prevails. It was first surveyed and mapped in 1868 by Gerhard von Maydell (1835–1894), a Russian government officer in East Siberia of Estonian descent. Geography The Yana Plateau is located in the middle basin of the . The Yana Plateau is limited by the ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
