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Damião De Goes
Damião is the Portuguese version of the general European name Damian, from the Latin Damianus and, in turn, from the Greek Δαμιανος Damianos which was derived from the Greek word ''δαμαω'' ''damao'' meaning "to tame". Generally a given name, it can also be a family surname. It may refer to: *Cosme Damião, Portuguese footballer *Damião António Franklin, Angolan Catholic bishop *Damião de Góis, Portuguese humanist philosopher (1502–1574) *Damião Vaz d'Almeida, São Tomé and Príncipe politician *Leandro Damião, Brazilian footballer *Liberato Damião Ribeiro Pinto, Portuguese military officer and Prime Minister (1880–1949) *Mário Hipólito Damião, Angolan footballer * Pedro Damião, Portuguese chess master (1480–1544) *Wellington Damião Nogueira Marinho, Brazilian footballer *Damião Experiença Damião Ferreira da Cruz (September 27, 1935 – December 10, 2016), better known by his stage name Damião Experiença,Alternate spellings of his name, as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or ) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe, and has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau. Portuguese-speaking people or nations are known as Lusophone (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Gallaecian language, Celtic phonology. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 17 million second language speakers, Portuguese has approximately 267 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the List of languages by number of native speaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damião Vaz D'Almeida
Damião Vaz d'Almeida (born 28 April 1951) served as the 12th prime minister of São Tomé and Príncipe and the vice-president of the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe, Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe-Social Democratic Party (MLSTP-PSD). He became Prime Minister on 18 September 2004 after being chosen by his party, and confirmed by President Fradique de Menezes three days after Menezes had dismissed the government of Maria das Neves. D'Almeida had previously served as minister of Labour (economics), labor, employment and solidarity in governments led by Gabriel Costa (politician), Gabriel Arcanjo da Costa and most recently, Maria das Neves. He is from Príncipe and has held a number of high positions on the island, most notably president of the Pagué district assembly and Presidents of the Regional Government of Príncipe, president of the Príncipe regional government from 29 April 1995 to 12 April 2002. Damião Vaz d'Almeida's gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese-language Surnames
A Portuguese name, or Lusophone name – a personal name in the Portuguese language – is typically composed of one or two personal names, the mother's family surname and the father's family surname (rarely only one surname, sometimes more than two). For practicality, usually only the last surname ( excluding prepositions) is used in formal greetings. General Portuguese law establishes the need for a child to have at least one personal name and one surname from one of the parents. The law also establishes the maximum number of names allowed: up to two personal names and four surnames. Advice from the says of this restriction that a name "may contain a maximum of six simple words or compounds, as a rule, up to two first names and four surnames"; more may be permissible in some circumstances. Usually, the maternal surnames precede the paternal ones, but the opposite is also possible. If the father is unknown, or he has not acknowledged the child, only the mother's family name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damião (Brazil)
Damião is the Portuguese version of the general European name Damian, from the Latin Damianus and, in turn, from the Greek Δαμιανος Damianos which was derived from the Greek word ''δαμαω'' ''damao'' meaning "to tame". Generally a given name, it can also be a family surname. It may refer to: *Cosme Damião, Portuguese footballer *Damião António Franklin, Angolan Catholic bishop *Damião de Góis, Portuguese humanist philosopher (1502–1574) *Damião Vaz d'Almeida, São Tomé and Príncipe politician *Leandro Damião, Brazilian footballer * Liberato Damião Ribeiro Pinto, Portuguese military officer and Prime Minister (1880–1949) * Mário Hipólito Damião, Angolan footballer * Pedro Damião, Portuguese chess master (1480–1544) *Wellington Damião Nogueira Marinho Wellington Damião Nogueira Marinho (born 13 June 1981) is a Brazilian footballer. He plays for São Bernardo FC. In February 2006, he was signed by Sporting Braga Sporting Clube de Braga (), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damião Experiença
Damião Ferreira da Cruz (September 27, 1935 – December 10, 2016), better known by his stage name Damião Experiença,Alternate spellings of his name, as they appear on his albums, include Dam nhão Experiênça/Esperiênça, Damião Experiência, or Daimeão/Daimião Experyênça, among other combinations. was a Brazilian singer-songwriter, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and compulsive hoarder. Considered a major icon of the Brazilian countercultural scene and one of the country's most famous and prolific outsider musicians, he was praised by figures such as Tony Bellotto, George Israel and Rogério Skylab, and also regularly compared to the likes of Arthur Bispo do Rosário, Frank Zappa, Moondog, Captain Beefheart, Sun Ra, Jandek and Father Yod. His albums, usually sold in the streets or handed out for free, became much-sought collector's items, and his reclusive, eccentric, and unpretentious personality attained him a passionate cult following. Biography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellington Damião Nogueira Marinho
Wellington Damião Nogueira Marinho (born 13 June 1981) is a Brazilian footballer. He plays for São Bernardo FC. In February 2006, he was signed by Sporting Braga Sporting Clube de Braga (), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga. Best known for the men's professional association football, football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top fl .... He then spent 3 more seasons in Europe. After without a club for a season, he signed a 1-year contract with São Bernardo FC. References External links 2008–09 Profile at Portuguese Liga * Brazilian men's footballers Oeste Futebol Clube players S.C. Braga players OFI Crete F.C. players Portimonense S.C. players C.D. Santa Clara players Primeira Liga players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Damiano
Pedro Damiano (; ''Damiano'' is the Italian form, much like the Latin ''Damianus''; 1480–1544) was a Portuguese chess player. A native of Odemira, he was a pharmacist by profession. He wrote ''Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti,'' published in Rome, Italy, in 1512; it went through eight editions in the sixteenth century. Damiano describes the rules of the game, offers advice on strategy, presents a selection of chess problems (see diagrams), and provides analyses of a few openings. It is the oldest book that definitely states that the square on the right of the row closest to each player must be white. He also offers advice regarding blindfold chess, principally focused on the need to master notation based on numbering the squares 1–64 , a notation system which is common in the checkers family. In this book Damiano suggested chess was invented by Xerxes, which would be why it was known in Portuguese as ''xadrez'' and in Spanish as ''ajedrez''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mário Hipólito Damião
Mario is the Italian, French, Croatian, Czech, Norwegian, Slovak, Serbian, Hungarian, Slovene, Polish, Spanish, Danish, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish, Bulgarian, Greek, German, Dutch, and English form of the Latin Roman name Marius. The video game character Mario is a particularly prominent holder of the name. Use in various countries In Croatia, the name Mario was among the most common masculine given names in the decades between 1970 and 1999, and was the most common name in the 1970s. The Portuguese version of the name is spelt ''Mário'' (to indicate that the "a" is stressed). Notable people and characters named Mario include: Given name Artists and musicians *Mario (singer) (born 1986), Mario Dewar Barrett, an American R&B singer *Mario Adorf (born 1930), German actor *Mario Amaya (1933–1986), American art critic *Mario Biondi (born 1971), Italian singer *Mario Cantone (born 1959), American comedian and actor *Mario Casas (born 1986), Spanish actor * Mario Chicot, al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberato Damião Ribeiro Pinto
Liberato Damião Ribeiro Pinto ComTE, ComC, ComA, ComSE, (Lisbon, 29 September 1880 – Lisbon, 4 August 1949) was a Portuguese Lieutenant Colonel of the Republican National Guard (''Guarda Nacional Republicana'', GNR), politician and President of the Ministry (Prime Minister) of one of the governments of the Portuguese First Republic. He was the Portuguese head of government for a short time from 1920 to 1921 and the 44th Minister of Finance of Portugal from 22 February 1921 until 2 March 1921. He married Maria Augusta Supico and had a son Minister Clotário Luís Supico Ribeiro Pinto (1909-1986), 937th Associate of the Second Tauromachic Club, married on 4 April 1945 to Cecília Maria de Castro Pereira de Carvalho (born Lisbon, Mártires, 30 May 1921), of the Viscounts (formerly Barons) of Chanceleiros, who became celebrated for her radio support to the troops of the Portuguese Colonial War, without issue, and had a natural daughter by actress Maria Adelaide da Sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leandro Damião
Leandro Damião da Silva dos Santos (; born 22 July 1989), known as Leandro Damião or simply Damião, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Coritiba. He has been capped at international level by Brazil. Club career Early career Damião began his career as a midfielder, playing for local teams in Jardim Alegre, Paraná. Having failed a trial as a midfielder at Atlético Ibirama, he had a new opportunity as a striker and was signed by team. Known as Leandrão at the time, Damião was first loaned to in 2007, before playing the 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C for Marcílio Dias; he would later join Cidade Azul in the same year. Back to Atlético Ibirama, he scored eight goals in the 2009 Campeonato Catarinense and was transferred to Internacional, initially for the under-20 team. Internacional At Internacional, he won three titles with the club's under-20 side and earned a call-up to the B team. He scored twice in his Campeonato Gaúch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damião De Góis
Damião de Góis (; February 2, 1502January 30, 1574), born in Alenquer, Portugal, was an important Portuguese humanist philosopher. He was a friend and student of Erasmus. He was appointed secretary to the Portuguese factory in Antwerp in 1523 by King John III of Portugal. He compiled one of the first accounts on Ethiopian Christianity. Biography Góis (originally spelled as ''Goes'') was born in Alenquer, Portugal, into a noble family who served the Portuguese kings. His father, Rui Dias de Góis was a valet to Duke of Aveiro, and his mother was Isabel Gomes de Limi, a descendant of Flemish merchants who established themselves in Portugal. Damião's patrilineal great-grandfather, Gomes Dias de Góis, had been in the entourage of Prince Henry the Navigator. Around 1518, Góis joined the court of King Manuel I of Portugal. Under Manuel I’s successor, King John III of Portugal, in 1523, he was sent to Antwerp, as secretary and treasurer of the Portuguese '' feitoria'' (f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe shares the landmass of Eurasia with Asia, and of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia. Europe is commonly considered to be Boundaries between the continents#Asia and Europe, separated from Asia by the Drainage divide, watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural (river), Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea, and the waterway of the Bosporus, Bosporus Strait. "Europe" (pp. 68–69); "Asia" (pp. 90–91): "A commonly accepted division between Asia and Europe ... is formed by the Ural Mountains, Ural River, Caspian Sea, Caucasus Mountains, and the Black Sea with its outlets, the Bosporus and Dardanelles." Europe covers approx. , or 2% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface (6.8% of Earth's land area), making it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
