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Kovačić (other)
Kovačić (Serbo-Croatian, sh-Cyrl, Ковачић), alternatively spelled Kovačič in Slovene and Slovak (feminine (Slovak): Kovačičová), Kovacsics in Hungarian, or transliterated as Kovacic/Kovacich/Kovachich in English, is one of the most common surnames in Croatia, Slovenia, as well as Hungary and Serbia. Etymologically it is a patronymic derivative of the surname Kovač, which is a Slavic cognate of the English surname Smith, and as such is closely related to the similar surname Kovačević. In Croatia the form ''Kovačić'' is more common than ''Kovač'', whereas in Slovenia it is the other way around. There are around 12,000 people with this surname in Croatia, making it the 7th most common in the country. It may refer to: * Anikó Kovacsics (b. 1991), Hungarian handballer * Ante Kovačić (1854–1889), Croatian writer * Antun Kovacic (born 1981), Australian footballer * Bruno Kovačić (b. 1967), Croatian musician * Dieter Kovačič (b. 1973), real name of the Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian ( / ), also known as Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS), is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. It is a pluricentric language with four mutually intelligible Standard language, standard varieties, namely Serbian language, Serbian, Croatian language, Croatian, Bosnian language, Bosnian, and Montenegrin language, Montenegrin. South Slavic languages historically formed a dialect continuum. The region's turbulent history, particularly due to the expansion of the Ottoman Empire, led to a complex dialectal and religious mosaic. Due to population migrations, Shtokavian became the most widespread supradialect in the western Balkans, encroaching westward into the area previously dominated by Chakavian and Kajkavian. Bosniaks, Croats, and Serbs differ in religion and were historically often part of different cultural spheres, although large portions of these populations lived side by side und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anikó Kovacsics
Anikó Cirjenics-Kovacsics (born 29 August 1991) is a retired Hungarian handballer who most recently played for Ferencvárosi TC and the Hungarian national team. She started to play at the young age of 10. She signed to Győri ETO KC in 2006, where she quickly rose through the ranks and became a regular member of the first team at a very young age. At that time she was reputed as a possible successor of world-class playmaker and former teammate Anita Görbicz. Since she had to play on the left wing instead of her favoured playmaker position she decided to leave Győr in 2016, and signed for Ferencváros. Kovacsics made her international debut on 22 September 2009 against Germany. She represented Hungary at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, on five World Championship (2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) and also participated on five European Championship (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020). Anikó scored 15 goals against SG BBM Bietigheim in the 2018–19 Women's EHF Champions League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miljenko Kovačić
Miljenko Kovačić (19 March 1973 – 20 August 2005) was a Croatian football player. His nickname was "The Son of the Wind". Club career He played professionally for quite a few teams, most notably for Dinamo Zagreb with which he was part of the national championship victory in 1995–1996 and Brescia (Italy). Certain choices he made in his professional career were interesting, at one point he quit playing because of religious reasons (he was a member of the Hare Krishna religion) stating money being the root of evil and that he was content with what he had. This was a shock to his employer at the time, the professional Italian team Brescia. Kovačić did return to professional soccer briefly in 2001, but quit again in 2005 due to family reasons. Death He lost his life in a motorcycle accident in 2005.. Nogometni-magazin.com. Retrieved 20 October 2011. References External links * 1973 births 2005 deaths Footballers from Zagreb Men's association football forwards C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miklós Kovacsics
Miklós Kovacsics (April 20, 1953 – February 2, 2005) was a Hungarian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was born in Pécs Pécs ( , ; ; Slovak language, Slovak: ''Päťkostolie''; also known by #Name, alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the fifth largest city in Hungary, on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the c .... In 1980 he played three matches as a member of the Hungarian team which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. References 1953 births 2005 deaths Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Hungarian male handball players Olympic handball players for Hungary Sportspeople from Pécs 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mateo Kovačić
Mateo Kovačić (; born 6 May 1994) is a Croatian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a central midfielder for club Manchester City F.C., Manchester City and the Croatia national football team, Croatia national team. Kovačić began his professional career with GNK Dinamo Zagreb, Dinamo Zagreb at the age of 16, with whom he won two consecutive Prva HNL titles, before joining Inter Milan in 2013. In 2015, he moved to Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid, where he won nine trophies, including three UEFA Champions League titles between 2016 and 2018. He subsequently joined Chelsea F.C., Chelsea, where he won the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa League, a fourth Champions League title, the 2021 UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup and the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, as well as being named Chelsea Player of the Year for the 2019–20 Chelsea F.C. season, 2019–20 season. He joined Manchester City F.C., Manchester City in the summer of 2023, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Kovacic
Maria Kovacic (born 1970; ) is an Australian politician. She is a Senator for New South Wales representing the Liberal Party, succeeding Jim Molan after his death. She previously served as the President of the New South Wales Liberal Party. Early life Kovacic was born in 1970 in Queanbeyan, New South Wales. Her parents were Bosnian Croats who immigrated to Australia from Yugoslavia after the Second World War. Her father was born in Turčinovići and her mother in Miši. Kovacic grew up in Canberra. She was the franchisee of an ANZ mobile lending franchise for 16 years. She was a director of the Franchise Council of Australia from 2020 to 2023 and was active in various community groups in Western Sydney. Politics 2022 federal election Kovacic was the Liberal Party's candidate for the marginal Labor seat of Parramatta at the 2022 federal election, held by retiring MP Julie Owens. Although the seat was considered a highly possible gain for the party (due to Owens' retirem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lojze Kovačič
Lojze Kovačič (9 November 1928 – 1 May 2004) was a Slovene language, Slovene writer. His novel ''The Newcomers'' () is often considered one of the most important Slovene novels of the 20th century and has been translated into German, French, Spanish, English and Dutch language, Dutch. Kovačič was born to a Slovene father and a German mother in Basel, Switzerland in 1928. When his patriotic father refused Swiss citizenship, his family was expelled from Switzerland in 1938 and moved first to rural Lower Carniola and then to Ljubljana, just at the outbreak of the Second World War. His father's death in 1944 shifted the burden of supporting the family onto Lojze. At the end of the war, the mere fact that they were half German made them suspicious and the whole family apart from Lojze were deported. Lojze remained despite frequent confrontations with the authorities. In 1962 he graduated in Slavic studies, Slavic and Germanic philology, Germanic Studies from the Faculty of Educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelena De Belder-Kovačič
Jelena de Belder-Kovačič (23 August 1925 – 31 August 2003) was a Slovenian-Belgian botanist and horticulturist, who worked extensively on the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and preservation of plant specimens, gaining an international reputation for her development of the Arboretum Kalmthout, Kalmthout and Hemelrijk Arboretum, Arboreta. Several varieties of plants she cultivated were recognized with awards from the Royal Horticultural Society in London and she was elevated to Baroness by Albert II of Belgium for her contributions to dendrology. Early life Jelena Kovačič was born on 23 August 1925 in Jasenovac, Sisak-Moslavina County, Jasenovac, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes to Elza (née Zorčič) and Andrej Kovačič. Her parents were ethnically Slovene and originally from Bizeljsko in the Municipality of Brežice. At the time of her birth, Andrej was employed as an agronomist on the Belje estate in the Baranya (region), Baranya region of what is now Croatia. She at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Goran Kovačić
Ivan Goran Kovačić (; 21 March 1913 – 12 July 1943) was a Croatian poet and writer. Early life and background He was born in the town of Lukovdol, Vrbovsko municipality, in Gorski Kotar, to a Croat father, Ivan Kovačić, and Transylvanian Jewish mother Ruža (Married and maiden names, née Klein). Ha-Kol (Glasilo Židovske zajednice u Hrvatskoj); Nataša Maksimović Subašić; Zora Dirnbach – Svjetionik s one strane nacionalizma; stranica 4; broj 110, lipanj/srpanj/kolovoz 2009. He attended the Gymnasium Karlovac. In his honour, the Karlovac city library, the city's oldest cultural institution founded in 1838, was renamed after him. During World War II, in the harsh winter of 1942, Kovačić and Vladimir Nazor volunteered for the Partisans (Yugoslavia), Partisan forces to set an anti-fascist example for the world. At that time, Goran was already ill with tuberculosis and Nazor was advanced in age, but they were motivated by their consciences. Kovačić was killed by S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Kovačić
Igor Kovačić (born 27 October 1979) is a Serbian sprint canoer who competed in international events in the early 2000s. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ..., he finished ninth in the K-4 1000 m event. References Sports-Reference.com profile 1979 births Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslav male canoeists Serbian male canoeists Serbia and Montenegro male canoeists Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Serbian sportsmen {{serbia-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilio Kovačić
Emilio Kovačić (born 11 January 1968 in Zadar) is a Croatian professional basketball scout and former player. At a height of 2.08 m (6'10) tall, he was a center with great rebounding skills and decent defensive abilities. He played for many years in the EuroLeague. College career Kovačić played American college basketball for the NAIA Grand Canyon Antelopes and Biola Eagles.Worries Tinge Success for Biola's Kovacic Mitch Polin, '''', 26 Feb 1991 He also played in the team, the |
Dieter Kovačič
Dieb13 is the performing name of Dieter Kovačič, a Viennese-based avant-garde musician. He has also performed under the names Takeshi Fumimoto, Echelon, Dieter Bohlen, and dieb14. After appearing on several compilations documenting the burgeoning Viennese avant-garde scene of the late 1990s, he released his first solo album in 2000. Allmusic.com Bio/ref> He has gone on to perform in a number of collaborations with other notable performers, including Burkhard Stangl, erikm, Mats Gustafsson and the John Butcher Group. Discography Solo works *''Contemplations On The Cognitive Loudness Of The 4th Reich'n'Roll'', 10" hand-cut vinyl (GOD 2019) *''trick17'' 12" colored vinyl (Corvo 2013) *''t-series'', 13 hand-cut LPs (2013) *''u-series 2008'', a series of unique 7" vinyl flexi-disks (2008) *''Dieb13 vs. Takeshi Fumimoto'', 12" vinyl picture disc (Mego, June 2005) *''Restructuring'' (Charhizma, 2000) Collaborations *''Jardin Des Bruits'' - with Burkhard Stangl ( Mikroton 2019) *''Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
