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Janica Filipović
Janica is a Slavic female given name, generally used in Croatia, the diminutive form of the name Jana. The English equivalent of the name is Janice or Janie. People Notable women named Janica: * Janica Kostelić, Croatian female alpine skier Fictional characters *The female protagonist of Slavko Kolar's '' Breza'', and Ante Babaja's movie '' Breza'', is called Janica. Other *JAniCA initialism for Japanese Animation Creators Association. See also * * Janika * Giannitsa Giannitsa ( , in English also Yannitsa, Yenitsa) is the largest city in the regional unit of Pella and the capital of the Pella municipality, in the region of Central Macedonia in northern Greece. The municipal unit Giannitsa has an area of 2 ..., Greece {{given name Feminine given names Croatian feminine given names Czech feminine given names ... [...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] |
Diminutive
A diminutive is a word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment, and sometimes to belittle something or someone. A ( abbreviated ) is a word-formation device used to express such meanings. A is a diminutive form with two diminutive suffixes rather than one. Purpose Diminutives are often employed as nicknames and pet names when speaking to small children and when expressing extreme tenderness and intimacy to an adult. The opposite of the diminutive form is the augmentative. In some contexts, diminutives are also employed in a pejorative sense to denote that someone or something is weak or childish. For example, one of the last Western Roman emperors was Romulus Augustus, but his name was diminutivized to "Romulus Augustulus" to express his powerlessness. Formation In many languages, diminutives are word forms that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana (given Name)
Jana is the spelling of several unrelated given names. * In Albanian, short for Jehona which means "echo", other short names include Jona, Ana, Hona * In Arabic Jana, is a noun which means "to Earn" or "to Reap" (Essentially making the name the Arabic equivalent of the name Theresa) and is used as a female name, but is pronounced as Janaa *In Brazilian Portuguese, short for Janaína, a name Amerindian, is a female name of Tupi-Guarani origin. It derives from the combination of the terms "îana", which means "river" in Tupi, and "nã", which means "mother". The name can be interpreted as "mother of the river" or "meaning "queen of the seas" *In Cantabria it is the feminine form of Jano, a Celtic god based on the Roman Janus (see also xana of Asturias) *an old Catalan name *In Hebrew (), Jana is a shortening of means "God is gracious" *In Persian () its meaning is "my dearest" or "my soul" *the Roman goddess Diana, who was often called Jana. Jana is also the feminine form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, migrated to Britain after its End of Roman rule in Britain, Roman occupiers left. English is the list of languages by total number of speakers, most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the list of languages by number of native speakers, third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish language, Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in list of countries and territories where English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janice (given Name)
Janice is a modern feminine given name, an extended version of ''Jane (given name), Jane'', an English feminine form of ''John (given name), John'' which is itself derived from the Hebrew ''Yohanan'', meaning ('Graced by god') or ''Yehohanan'' ('God is gracious'). The name Janice was first used by American author Paul Leicester Ford for the heroine of the 1899 novel ''Janice Meredith''. ''Janice Meredith'' was a 1924 silent film based on the novel by Ford and the 1900 stage play ''A Colonial Girl''. Janis (given name), Janis is a spelling variant. List of people with the given name Fictional characters * Janice (Chrono Cross), Janice (''Chrono Cross''), a character in the video game ''Chrono Cross'' * Janice, the only female member of the Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, Electric Mayhem on ''The Muppet Show'' * Janice Emmons, a character in the 1990 ''Peanuts'' special ''Why, Charlie Brown, Why?'' * Janice of the Hurricane, a character in the video game ''Fullmetal Alchemist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janie (given Name)
Janie is a feminine given name, often a diminutive form of Jane, behindthename.com and a nickname. It may refer to: People * Janie Porter Barrett (1865–1948), American social reformer, educator and welfare worker * Janie Bradford (born 1939), American songwriter * (born 1974), American television costume designer known professionally as Janie Bryant * Janie Dee (born 1962), English actress and ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janica Kostelić
Janica Kostelić (; born 5 January 1982) is a Croatian former alpine ski racer. She is a four-time Olympic gold medalist. In addition to the Olympics, she won five gold medals at the World Championships. In World Cup competition, she won thirty individual races, three overall titles, three slalom titles, and four combined titles. Kostelić's accomplishments in professional skiing have led some commentators, writers, and fellow ski racers to regard her as the greatest female ski racer of all time. Biography Kostelić is the only woman to win four gold medals in alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics (in 2002 and 2006), and the only woman to win three alpine skiing gold medals in one Olympics (2002). Kostelić was the World Cup overall champion in 2001, 2003 and 2006. On 15 January 2006, Kostelić became the third woman in World Cup history (after Swede Pernilla Wiberg and Austrian Petra Kronberger) to win World Cup races in all of the sport's five disciplines. On 5 February 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breza (novella)
Breza (the word for birch in several Slavic languages) may refer to: Places * Breza, Bosnia and Herzegovina Breza ( sr-cyrl, Бреза) is a town and municipality located in Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is famous for mining ..., a town in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Breza, Smolyan Province in Rudozem Municipality, Bulgaria * Breza, Bjelovar-Bilogora County, a village near Bjelovar, Croatia * Breza, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, a village near Klana, Croatia * Breza, Kolašin, a village in Montenegro * Breza (Sjenica), a village in Serbia * Breza, Slovakia, a village near Námestovo, Slovakia * Breza, Trebnje, a village in the Municipality of Trebnje, southeastern Slovenia * Mala Breza, a village in the Municipality of Laško, eastern Slovenia People * Emily Breza, American development economist * Paul Breza (1937–2025), American Roman Catholic priest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
