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Dunja Brozović-Rončević
Dunja ( sr-cyr, Дуња) is a Serbo-Croatian feminine given name which is in fact homonymous with the vocabulary word for "quince." It derives from the Greek name of Eudoxia, that means "good fame or judgement". It is a popular name in Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia. Notable people with the name include: * Dunja Hayali (born 1974), German journalist and television presenter * Dunja Ilić (born 1990), Serbian pop singer, songwriter and composer * Dunja Knebl (born 1946), Croatian acoustic/folk singer * Dunja Kreiser (born 1971), German politician * Dunja Mijatović, Bosnian expert on media law and media regulation * Dunja Vejzović Dunja Vejzović (; born 20 October 1943) is a Croatian operatic mezzo-soprano and soprano. Biography Dunja Crnković was born in Zagreb and was married in 1963, changing her surname to Vejzović. She studied at the Zagreb Academy of Music, whe ... (born 1943), Croatian opera singer See also * Notes {{given name Feminine given names Slavic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quince
The quince (; ''Cydonia oblonga'') is the sole member of the genus ''Cydonia'' in the Malinae subtribe (which contains apples, pears, and other fruits) of the Rosaceae family. It is a deciduous tree that bears hard, aromatic bright golden-yellow pome fruit, similar in appearance to a pear. Ripe quince fruits are hard, tart, and astringent. They are eaten raw or processed into jam, quince cheese, or alcoholic drinks. The quince tree is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant for its attractive pale pink blossoms and as a miniature bonsai plant. In ancient Greece, the word for quince was used ribaldly by poets such as Aristophanes to signify teenage breasts. Description Quinces are shrubs or small trees up to tall and wide. Young twigs are covered in a grey down. The leaves are oval, and are downy on the underside. The solitary flowers, produced in late spring after the leaves, are white or pink. The ripe fruit is aromatic but remains hard; gritty stone cells are disperse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west. Its capital and largest city, Zagreb, forms one of the country's Administrative divisions of Croatia, primary subdivisions, with Counties of Croatia, twenty counties. Other major urban centers include Split, Croatia, Split, Rijeka and Osijek. The country spans , and has a population of nearly 3.9 million. The Croats arrived in modern-day Croatia, then part of Illyria, Roman Illyria, in the late 6th century. By the 7th century, they had organized the territory into Duchy of Croatia, two duchies. Croatia was first internationally recognized as independent on 7 June 879 during the reign of Duke Branimir of Croatia, Branimir. Tomislav of Croatia, Tomis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunja Hayali
Dunja Hayali (born 6 June 1974) is a German journalist and television presenter for public broadcaster ''ZDF''. She has an interest in sports, and is also known for her social activism. Early life and education Hayali is the daughter of Assyrians from Mosul. Her mother is Chaldean Catholic, and her father is Syriac Orthodox. Hayali herself was a Catholic and was an altar server when she was young. However, she has left the church. Her parents initially moved from Baghdad to Vienna, Austria, to study medicine and pharmacy. At the time of Hayali's birth, her father ran his own practice in Datteln, where her mother helped out. Hayali's older brother is also a doctor, and her older sister first worked as a physician's assistant and later in a hospital. In her youth, Hayali intensively pursued various sports. She played volleyball and soccer, trained judo and played tennis as a competitive sport until the age of 15. Hayali studied at the German Sport University in Cologne from 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunja Ilić
Dunja Ilić ( sr-Cyrl, Дуња Илић; born 10 September 1991) is a Serbian singer, songwriter and author. She released three studio albums; '' Misterija'' (2010), ''Živim na ivici'' (2011) and ''Gladna tvoje ljubavi'' (2013). She wrote six novels, of which she published only three ''Sat'' (2010), ''Božanstvena'' (2018) and ''Za gubtitak'' (2019). She wrote over thirty columns, and at the same time she was an activist for human rights. Personal life Ilić was born on September 10, 1991, in Belgrade. Even as a little girl, she had the desire to be a singer and to be involved in music, and she also wanted to deal with criminology. Dunja comes from a family of intellectuals from her mother Mirjana and father Jovan, and she also has a brother, Tijan. In elementary school, she was extremely popular, but as she says, not as a princess from a fine family, but as an unbridled rebel. She went to choir and dramatic arts, but at the same time she developed her creativity and already ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunja Knebl
Dunja Knebl (born 1946, Zagreb) is an acoustic folk and ethno music singer/performer and translator from Croatia. Knebl was born in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia and lived in Skopje, Belgrade, Karlovac, but has also lived in Washington, Moscow and Jakarta. After completing her studies of English and Russian she spent most of her life working as a translator and language teacher, in her free time she sang folk songs to her friends. She began performing professionally in 1993, and released her first solo album in 1994, an MC with 12 songs collected by Florijan Andrašec, one of the people she mentions as having a great influence on her music. In 1997 she was nominated for the music award Porin, the Croatian equivalent of a Grammy, in the Best singer category. she released eleven albums and appeared on five other compilations. The majority of the songs she sings are from Croatia (especially from the region Međimurje), but also from the USA, Macedonia and Russia. She is quoted as s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunja Kreiser
Dunja Eleonore Angelika Kreiser (born 27 June 1971 in Wolfenbüttel) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2021. Life Before joining politics, Kreiser worked as a sewage supervisor for the city of Wolfenbüttel. From 1987 to 1990, Kreiser trained as a supply and waste disposal specialist. Kreiser worked as a wastewater master for the city of Wolfenbüttel until 2017 when she was elected in the state election to the Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ... state parliament for the electoral district Wolfenbüttel-Nord. Kreiser is married and has one child. She is a Protestant. Political career Dunja Kreiser stood as a direct candidate in the Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunja Mijatović
Dunja Mijatović ( sr-cyr, Дуња Мијатовић; is a Bosnian human rights expert and activist. An expert on media law and media regulation, she served from 2010 to 2017 as the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), and as the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights from 2018 to 2024. Early life and education Having studied in a variety of countries, Mijatović earned her B.Sc. at the University of Sarajevo in 1987. She then pursued a joint M.A. in European studies at a variety of universities (University of Sarajevo, University of Sussex, University of Bologna and London School of Economics),CV OSCE RFoM graduating in 2002 with a Master’s thesis on "The Internet and Freedom of Expression". Mijatović is a native speaker of |
Dunja Vejzović
Dunja Vejzović (; born 20 October 1943) is a Croatian operatic mezzo-soprano and soprano. Biography Dunja Crnković was born in Zagreb and was married in 1963, changing her surname to Vejzović. She studied at the Zagreb Academy of Music, where she sang The Witch in '' Hänsel und Gretel'' in 1968. She began her career as a mezzo-soprano with the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, debuting in 1970 as Ariel in Stjepan Šulek's ''Oluja'' (The Tempest). From 1971 to 1978, Vejzović was a member of the Nuremberg Opera, where she appeared in many operas, including principal roles in '' Orfeo ed Euridice'', ''Carmen'', ''Tannhäuser'' (as Venus), '' Intolleranza'', ''Die Soldaten'' (as Charlotte), ''Dido and Æneas'', '' Elektra'' (as Klytemnästra), '' Il trovatore'' (as Azucena, directed by Hans Neuenfels in his operatic debut), ''Boris Godunov'' (as Marina Mnichek), ''Wozzeck'' (as Marie), '' Aïda'' (as Amneris), ''Lulu'' (as the Countess Geschwitz), and ''Samson et Dalila' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feminine Given Names
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. In Western culture, the idioms "" and "being on first-name terms" refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or Gentile name, ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavic Feminine Given Names
Slavic, Slav or Slavonic may refer to: Peoples * Slavic peoples, an ethno-linguistic group living in Europe and Asia ** East Slavic peoples, eastern group of Slavic peoples ** South Slavic peoples, southern group of Slavic peoples ** West Slavic peoples, western group of Slavic peoples * Anti-Slavic sentiment, negative attitude towards Slavic peoples * Pan-Slavic movement, movement in favor of Slavic cooperation and unity * Slavic studies, a multidisciplinary field of studies focused on history and culture of Slavic peoples Languages, alphabets, and names * Slavic languages, a group of closely related Indo-European languages ** Proto-Slavic language, reconstructed proto-language of all Slavic languages ** Old Church Slavonic, 9th century Slavic literary language, used for the purpose of evangelizing the Slavic peoples ** Church Slavonic, a written and spoken variant of Old Church Slavonic, standardized and widely adopted by Slavs in the Middle Ages, which became a litur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Feminine Given Names
Croatian may refer to: *Croatia *Croatian language Croatian (; ) is the standard language, standardised Variety (linguistics)#Standard varieties, variety of the Serbo-Croatian pluricentric language mainly used by Croats. It is the national official language and literary standard of Croatia, o ... * Croatian people * Croatians (demonym) See also * * * Croatan (other) * Croatia (other) * Croatoan (other) * Hrvatski (other) * Hrvatsko (other) * Serbo-Croatian (other) {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
