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Field Hockey At The 2006 Central American And Caribbean Games
The Field hockey competition at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The tournament was scheduled to be held from 15–30 July 2006. The top two teams in each tournament qualified to compete at the Field hockey at the 2007 Pan American Games, 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Medal summary Medalists Medal table Men's tournament Preliminary round Pool A Pool B Fifth to eighth place classification Medal round Final standings Women's tournament Preliminary round Pool A Pool B Fifth to eighth place classification Medal round Final standings References * {{Field hockey at the Central American and Caribbean Games 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Field hockey at the Central American and Caribbean Games, 2006 International field hockey competitions hosted by the Dominican Republic, 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games 2006 in field hockey, Central American and Caribb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, formerly known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean, largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. the Distrito Nacional, city center had a population of 1,029,110 while its Metropolitan area, the Greater Santo Domingo, had a population of 4,274,651. The city is coterminous with the boundaries of the Distrito Nacional (D.N.), itself bordered on three sides by Santo Domingo Province. Santo Domingo was founded in 1496 by the Spanish Empire and is the oldest continuously inhabited European colonization of the Americas, European settlement in the Americas. It was the first seat of Spanish colonial rule in the New World, the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo. Santo Domingo is the site of the first university, cathedral, castle, monastery, and fortress in the New World. The city's Ciudad Colonial (Santo Domingo), Colonial Zone was declared as a World Herit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Atiba Whittington
Atiba is a Local Government Area in Oyo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Offa Meta. It has an area of 1,757 km and a population of 168,246 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 203. History Atiba is one of the Local Government Areas in Oyo State, Nigeria, established in 1976. Its headquarters is located in Ofa Meta. The legislative council formulates laws governing the local government, while the council area oversees its public administration. Atiba LGA is represented by 10 councilors, each corresponding to a political ward under the council's jurisdiction. Locality Some of the areas under Atiba Local Government Area : Agunpopo, Aremo, Ashipa, Bashorun, Aaatan, Abolupe, Afonja, Agbaa, Agbaakin, Agbaka, Agbalowo-Asa, Agberinde, Ajalaruru, Ajegunle, Ajikobi, Akaparo, Akinku, Alaafin Palace, Alubata, Alusekere, Are-Eromasanyin, Asanminu, Ashamu, Ayetoro, Baago, Balogun Maje, Bangudu, Basorun, Boroboro, Ekesan, Eleke, Elerinle, Elewi, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nigel Providence
Nigel ( ) is an English masculine given name. The English ''Nigel'' is found in records dating from the Middle Ages; however, it was not used much before being revived by 19th-century antiquarians. For instance, Walter Scott published ''The Fortunes of Nigel'' in 1822, and Arthur Conan Doyle published ''Sir Nigel'' in 1905–06. As a name given for boys in England and Wales, it peaked in popularity from the 1950s to the 1970s (see below). ''Nigel'' has never been as common in other countries as it is in Britain, but was among the 1,000 most common names for boys born in the United States from 1971 to 2010. Numbers peaked in 1994 when 447 were recorded (it was the 478th most common boys' name that year). The peak popularity at 0.02% of boys' names in 1994 compares to a peak popularity in England and Wales of about 1.2% in 1963, 60 times higher. Etymology The name is derived from the church Latin '. This word was at first assumed to be derived from the classical Latin ''nigellus' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kwandwane Browne
Kwandwane "Kwan" Browne (born 11 December 1977 in Belmont, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Trinidadian field hockey player. He has represented Trinidad and Tobago internationally at the Commonwealth Games, Pan American Games and Pan American Cup. Browne plays club hockey for Hampstead and Westminster as a player/coach, having previously played for Canterbury and East Grinstead East Grinstead () is a town in West Sussex, England, near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders, south of London, northeast of Brighton, and northeast of the county town of Chichester. Situated in the northeast corner of the county, bord .... On 24 September 2019 it was announced that Browne had been appointed as Assistant Coach for the Great Britain national team. In 2020, he became the head of hockey at Mill Hill School in London. References External links * 1977 births Trinidad and Tobago male field hockey players Sportspeople from Port of Spain Field hockey players at the 1998 Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Solomon Eccles (field Hockey)
Solomon Eccles (1618–1683), also known as Solomon Eagle, was an English composer. However, he later became an active Quaker and distanced himself from church music. Life Solomon Eagle was mentioned in Daniel Defoe's semi-fictional account of the plague of 1665 titled ''A Journal of the Plague Year'': I suppose the world has heard of the famous Solomon Eagle, an enthusiast. He, though not infected at all but in his head, went about denouncing of judgment upon the city in a frightful manner, sometimes quite naked, and with a pan of burning charcoal on his head. What he said, or pretended, indeed I could not learn. This event is corroborated in the 29 July 1667 entry of the ''Diary of Samuel Pepys'' (vol 13). Pepys confirms that the person described as such is a Quaker: ...a man, a Quaker, came naked through the estminsterHall, only very civilly tied about the privates to avoid scandal, and with a chafing-dish of fire and brimstone burning upon his head... crying, "Repent! repe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kurt Noriega
Kurt is a male given name in Germanic languages. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Konrad/Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor. Like Conrad, it can also a surname and less uncommon variations in Germanic languages including , Curd, , , Kord, Kort, Kurth, and Kurtu. In Turkish, Kurt means "wolf" and is a surname and less commonly a given name in numerous Turkic countries. Curt * Curt Boström (1926–2014), Swedish social democrat politician * Curt Casali (born 1988), American baseball catcher for the San Francisco Giants * Curt Gowdy (1919–2006), American sportscaster * Curt Hasler (born 1964), American baseball coach * Curt Hennig (1958–2003), American professional wrestler * Curt Jensen (born 1990), American shot put thrower * Curd Jürgens (1915–1982), German-Austrian actor * Wolf Curt von Schierbrand (1807–1888), German zoologist * Curt Schilling (born 1966), American baseball player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Damian Gordon
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Damian () may refer to: *Damian (given name) *Damian (surname) *Damian Subdistrict, in Longquanyi District, Chengdu, Sichuan, China See also *Damiani, an Italian surname *Damiano (other) *Damien (other) *Damon (other) *Damion (other) *San Damian (other) San Damian may refer to: * San Damián Airport, airstrip of Vichuquén commune in the Maule Region of Chile * San Damian District, district of the Huarochirí Province in Peru * San Damián Texoloc, town and its surrounding municipality in the Mexi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Akim Toussaint
An ''akim'' (, , әкімдер / ''äkimder''; ; , ) is the head of a local government in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. ''Akim'' is derived from the Arabic word '' hakim'', which means "ruler" or "governor". Definitions Kazakhstan In Kazakhstan, an ''äkim'' is the head of an ''äkimdik'', a municipal, district, or provincial government (''äkimdik''), and serves as the Presidential representative. ''Äkims'' of regions and cities are appointed to the post by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister. Meanwhile, the ''äkims'' of other administrative and territorial units are appointed or selected to the post in an order defined by the President. He may also dismiss äkims from their posts. Powers of ''äkims'' ends with the introduction into the post of new-elected president of the republic. Thus, the ''äkim'' continues to fulfill the duties before appointment of corresponding äkim by the President of Kazakhstan. Kyrgyzstan In Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, offici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Glen Francis
A glen is a valley, typically one that is long and bounded by gently sloped concave sides, unlike a ravine, which is deep and bounded by steep slopes. The word is Goidelic in origin: ''gleann'' in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, ''glion'' in Manx. The designation "glen" also occurs often in place names. Glens are appreciated by tourists for their tranquility and scenery. Etymology The word is Goidelic in origin: ''gleann'' in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, ''glion'' in Manx. In Manx, ''glan'' is also to be found meaning glen. It is cognate with Welsh ''glyn''. Whittow defines it as a "Scottish term for a deep valley in the Highlands" that is "narrower than a strath". Examples in Northern England, such as Glenridding, Westmorland, or Glendue, near Haltwhistle, Northumberland, are thought to derive from the aforementioned Cumbric cognate, or another Brythonic equivalent. This likely underlies some examples in Southern Scotland. As the name of a river, it is thought to derive from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yasel Cabrera
Yasel (, also Romanized as Yāsel) is a village in Sheykh Fazlolah-e Nuri Rural District, Baladeh District, Nur County, Mazandaran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort .... At the 2006 census, its population was 16, in 6 families. References Populated places in Nur County {{Nur-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
