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Jadranka Šešelj
Jadranka is a feminine given name, the South Slavic variant of Adriana. Notable people with the name include: *Jadranka Barjaktarović (born 1981), Montenegrin singer *Jadranka Đokić (born 1981), Croatian actress * Jadranka Joksimović (born 1978), Serbian politician * Jadranka Jovanović (born 1958), Serbian opera singer *Jadranka Kosor (born 1953), Croatian politician *Jadranka Lončarek, Croatian biologist *Jadranka Pejanović (1979–2018), Serbian actress *Jadranka Skorin-Kapov (born 1955), Croatian academic *Jadranka Stojaković (1950–2016), Bosnian singer-songwriter *Jadranka Travaš-Sejdić Jadranka Travaš-Sejdić is a New Zealand academic, and as of 2018 is a professor at the University of Auckland. Academic career After an undergraduate at the University of Zagreb in Croatia and a PhD titled '' 'Study of the interactions an ..., New Zealand academic See also * {{given name Bosnian feminine given names Croatian feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Slavic Languages
The South Slavic languages are one of three branches of the Slavic languages. There are approximately 30 million speakers, mainly in the Balkans. These are separated geographically from speakers of the other two Slavic branches (West Slavic languages, West and East Slavic languages, East) by a belt of German language, German, Hungarian language, Hungarian and Romanian language, Romanian speakers. History The first South Slavic language to be written (also the first attested Slavic language) was the variety of the Eastern South Slavic spoken in Thessaloniki, now called Old Church Slavonic, in the ninth century. It is retained as a liturgical language in Slavic Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox churches in the form of various local Church Slavonic language, Church Slavonic traditions. Classification The South Slavic languages constitute a Dialect continuum#South Slavic continuum, dialect continuum. Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin constitute a single dialect wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jadranka Skorin-Kapov
Jadranka Skorin-Kapov (born as Jadranka Boljunčić in Pula, Croatia in 1955) is a professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in the College of Business, and with affiliated positions in the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics. Her background includes PhD degrees in Operations Research, in Philosophy, and in Art History. She served as the Head of Management Area in the College of Business from 2015-2024. She founded and currently directs the ''Center for Integration of Business Education & Humanities (CIBEH)''. Skorin-Kapov received the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities in 2016. In 2017 Skorin-Kapov received the Ideas Worth Teaching Award from the Aspen Institute business and society program. In 2020 Skorin-Kapov was elected as the corresponding member of the ''Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts'' in the Department of Social Sciences. In 2022 Skorin-Kapov was appointed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montenegrin Feminine Given Names
Montenegrin may refer to: * of or related to Montenegro , image_flag = Flag of Montenegro.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Montenegro.svg , coa_size = 80 , national_motto = , national_anthem = () , image_map = Europe-Mont ... * Montenegrins, the ethnic group associated with Montenegro * Montenegrins (demonym), citizens of Montenegro * Montenegrin language, a variety of Serbo-Croatian spoken by ethnic Montenegrins * Montenegrin (party), a liberal political party in Montenegro See also * * Montenegrins (other) * Montenegro (other) {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...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] |
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] |
Bosnian Feminine Given Names
Bosnian may refer to: *Anything related to the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina or its inhabitants *Anything related to Bosnia (region) or its inhabitants * Bosniaks, an ethnic group mainly inhabiting Bosnia and Herzegovina and one of three constitutive nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina * Bosnians, people who live in, or come from, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Bosnian Croats, an ethnic group and one of three constitutive nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina * Bosnian Serbs, an ethnic group and one of the three constitutive nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina * '' Bošnjani'', the name of inhabitants of Bosnia during the Middle Ages * Bosnian language Bosnian (; / ; ), sometimes referred to as Bosniak ( / ; ), is the standard language, standardized Variety (linguistics)#Standard varieties, variety of the Serbo-Croatian pluricentric language mainly used by ethnic Bosniaks. Bosnian is one of ... See also * Bosniak (other) * List of Bosnians and Herzegovinians * Language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jadranka Travaš-Sejdić
Jadranka Travaš-Sejdić is a New Zealand academic, and as of 2018 is a professor at the University of Auckland. Academic career After an undergraduate at the University of Zagreb in Croatia and a PhD titled '' 'Study of the interactions and structure in polyelectrolyte copolymer gel systems based on acrylamide monomers' '' at the University of Auckland, Travaš-Sejdić joined the staff, rising to full professor. Travaš-Sejdić is co-founder of spin-out Spot Check. Honours and awards In 2017, Travaš-Sejdić was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. The New Zealand Association of Scientists awarded Travaš-Sejdić the Shorland Medal in 2018, and in 2019, she was awarded the Hector Medal by the Royal Society of New Zealand. Selected works * * * * * See also *Croatian New Zealanders Croatian New Zealanders () refers to New Zealand citizens of Croatian descent. It is estimated that over 100,000 New Zealanders have Croatian ancestry. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jadranka Stojaković
Jadranka Stojaković ( sr-Cyrl, Јадранка Стојаковић, 24 July 1950 – 3 May 2016) was a Bosnian singer-songwriter popular in the former Yugoslavia, known for her unique voice. Her best known hits are "Sve smo mogli mi", "Što te nema", and "Bistre vode Bosnom teku". Biography Stojaković was born in Sarajevo to a family of school teachers. Her infancy was spent in a small village near Bosanski Novi where her parents were assigned as teachers. Her parents soon divorced and she moved with her mother back to Sarajevo. Over the subsequent few years, the two were continually on the move—throughout Yugoslav towns and communities experiencing shortages of primary school teachers where her mother would get work—Dubrovnik, Gradac na Moru, Vareš, etc. Stojaković and her mother eventually settled in various villages around Sarajevo, which is where Stojaković spent a notable part of her childhood. At the age of 16, Stojaković joined her uncle Vukašin Radulović's ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jadranka Pejanović
Jadranka Pejanović (19 January 1979 – 30 September 2018) was a Serbian actress and journalist. She worked on television channels N1 and B92. Early life and career Jadranka Pejanovic was born in Belgrade on January 19, 1979 as Jadranka Bugarski. She finished the Philological Gymnasium. She graduated from the Academy of Arts, Belgrade, Academy of Arts in Belgrade, in the class of professor Branislav Jerinić. She has played in several theater performances, puppet theater, koreodrams, as well as several films and domestic series. From the puppet shows and theatrical roles, in 2008, she stepped into the world of television, in the newsroom TV B92. She led the show "Planet", then for several months she was the leader of the morning program "TV Dizanje" and reported from across the country all over Serbia, and then she went to the news program. She was co-author of the documentary film "Untold Stories", about the life of Zoran Đinđić, Zoran Djindjic. She has been working on N1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana
Adriana, also spelled Adrianna, is a Latin name and feminine form of Adrian. It originates from present day Italy and Spain. Translations *Arabic: أدريان * Belarusian: Адрыяна (Adryjana) * Bulgarian: Адриана (Adriana) *Chinese Simplified: 阿德里安娜 (Ādélǐānnà) *Chinese Traditional: 阿德里安娜 (Ādélǐānnà) *Greek: Αδριανή (Adriani) * Gujarati: એડ્રીયાના (Ēḍrīyānā) *Hebrew: אדריאנה *Hindi: एड्रियाना (Ēḍriyānā) * Indonesian: Adriana *Japanese: アドリアーナ (Adoriāna) *Kannada: ಆಡ್ರಿಯಾನಾ (Āḍriyānā) *Korean: 아드리아나 (Adeuliana) * Latvian: Adriāna (Adriaana) *Persian: آدریانا *Polish: Adrianna *Russian: Адриана *Serbian: Адријана (Adrijana) *Tamil: அட்ரியானா (Aṭriyāṉā) *Telugu: అడ్రియానా (Aḍriyānā) * Ukrainian: Адріана *Yiddish: אַדריאַנאַ Adriana ;Given name *A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jadranka Lončarek
Jadranka Lončarek is a Croatian cell and molecular biologist researching the molecular mechanism of centrosome biogenesis and their function, with particular attention on numerical control of centrosome formation in non-transformed and cancerous human cells. Education Lončarek earned a Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. Her dissertation in 2002 was titled ''The expression of the urokinase plasminogen activator gene in bladder carcinoma cell lines''. Her doctoral advisor was Jasna Sorić. She completed postdoctoral research in the laboratory of at the Wadsworth Center, where she studied the mechanisms of centriole duplication and mitotic spindle formation. Career and research Lončarek joined the National Institutes of Health in 2011 as a Stadtman investigator at the National Cancer Institute. She studies the centrosome cycle in proliferating cells and is head of the Centrosome Biology Section of the Cancer Innovation L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jadranka Kosor
Jadranka Kosor (; born 1 July 1953) is a Croatian politician and former journalist who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2009 to 2011, having taken office following the sudden resignation of her predecessor Ivo Sanader. Kosor was the List of elected or appointed female heads of government, first and so far only woman to become Prime Minister of Croatia since Independence of Croatia, independence. Kosor started working as a journalist, following her graduation from the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Zagreb Faculty of Law. During the Croatian War of Independence, she hosted a radio show dealing with refugee problems and disabled war veterans. She joined the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) in 1989 and quickly climbed up the party hierarchy. In 1995 she was elected party vice-president and was elected to serve in Croatian Parliament, Parliament for the first time. After the death of President of Croatia, president and longtime HDZ leader Franjo Tuđman, Koso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
