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Slávka Hamouzová
Slavena (pronounced ''slah-vyeh-nah'') is a feminine given name of Slavic origin meaning 'Slavic woman' or 'fame, glory'. The short form is Slávka and variants are Sláva, Slavinka, Slavenka, Vena. The masculine form is Slaven. The name days are (Czech) 12 February and (Slovene) 31 December. People with the name * Slavka Atanasijević (1850–1897), Serbian pianist and composer * Slávka Budínová (1924–2002), Czech actress * Slavenka Drakulić (born 1949), Croatian journalist, novelist and essayist * Slavka Drašković, Serbian government official and writer * Slávka Frniaková (born 1979), Slovak basketball player * Slávka Halčáková (born 1974), Slovak actress * Slavka Kohout (born 1932), American figure skating coach * Slavka Maneva (1934–2010), Macedonian writer and poet * Slavka Ouzounova (born 1971), Bulgarian volleyball player * Slavena Vatova (born 1989), Bulgarian model See also * * 2821 Slávka, a minor planet named after Sláva Vávrová, the discover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavic Names
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic peoples, Slavic countries. The main types of Slavic names: * Two-base names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', ''Niemir, Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ''Rogvolod''), *pъlkъ (''Svetopolk'', ''Yaropolk''), *slavъ (''Vladislav'', ''Dobroslav'', ''Vseslav'') and their derivatives (''Dobrynya, Tishila, Ratisha, Putyata'', etc.) * Names from flora and fauna (''Shchuka'' - Northern pike, pike, ''Yersh'' - ruffe, ''Zayac'' - hare, ''Wolk''/''Vuk (name), Vuk'' - wolf, ''Orel'' - eagle) * Names in order of birth (''Pervusha'' - born first, ''Vtorusha''/''Vtorak'' - born second, ''Tretiusha''/''Tretyak'' - born third) * Names according to human qualities (''Hrabr'' - brave, ''Milana/Milena'' - beautiful, ''Milosh'' - beloved, ''Nadezhda -'' hope) * Names containing the root of the name of a Slavic deity (''Troyan'', ''Perunek/Peruvit'', ''Yarovit'', ''Stribor'', ''Šventarag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slávka Halčáková
Slávka Halčáková (born 20 December 1974) is a Slovak actress. Biography Slávka Halčáková was born on 20 December 1974 in Dunajská Streda. As a child, she competed in reciting poetry. She studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. After graduation, she performed at the Slovak National Theatre and other theatres in Bratislava. She wrote, directed and acted in her own play, called ''The essence of a wild woman'' at the L+S Theatre. As a movie actress, she premiered in the movie ''Blue Heaven'' (1997), directed by Eva Borušovičová. She also starred in Borušovičová's next movie ''Love me if you Dare'' (2001), ''Polčas rozpadu'' (2007) directed by Vlado Fischer and Juraj Nvota's Hostage (2014). She also appeared in soap operas ''Ordinácia v Ružovej Záhrade'' (2007) and ''Panelák Panelák is a colloquial term in Czech language, Czech and Slovak language, Slovak for a Large panel system-building, large panel system panel building construc ... [...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] |
2821 Slávka
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. Etymology English ''eight'', from Old English '', æhta'', Proto-Germanic ''*ahto'' is a direct continuation of Proto-Indo-European '' *oḱtṓ(w)-'', and as such cognate with Greek and Latin , both of which stems are reflected by the English prefix oct(o)-, as in the ordinal adjective ''octaval'' or ''octavary'', the distributive adjective is ''octonary''. The adjective ''octuple'' (Latin ) may also be used as a noun, meaning "a set of eight items"; the diminutive ''octuplet'' is mostly used to refer to eight siblings delivered in one birth. The Semitic numeral is based on a root ''*θmn-'', whence Akkadian ''smn-'', Arabic ''ṯmn-'', Hebrew ''šmn-'' etc. The Chinese numeral, written (Mandarin: ''bā''; Cantonese: ''baat''), is from Old Chinese ''*priāt-'', ultimately from Sino-Tibetan ''b-r-gyat'' or ''b-g-ryat'' which also yielded Tibetan '' brgyat''. It has been argued that, as the cardinal num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavena Vatova
Slavena Vatova (, born 1989) is a Bulgarian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Bulgaria 2006. In 2005, Slavena won the Miss Black Sea contest and a year later in 2006 she was selected as Miss Bulgaria. She represented her country at Miss World 2006 Miss World 2006 was the 56th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Sala Kongresowa, a theatre at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland, on 30 September 2006. It was the first time ever that the pageant was held in the .... In 2019, she became part of the jury in the program Balgariya tarsi talant. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vatova, Slavena Living people Bulgarian female models Miss World 2006 delegates 1989 births Bulgarian beauty pageant winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavka Ouzounova
Slavka Uzunova () (born ) is a retired Bulgarian female volleyball player. She was part of the Bulgaria women's national volleyball team at the 1998 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan, and at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 2002 FIVB Women's World Championship was the fourteenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 30 August to 15 September 2002 in Berlin, Bremen, Dresden, Münster, Schwerin, Riesa, Leip .... References External links *http://www.fivb.ch/En/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldChampionships/Women/2002/Index.asp *http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/slavka-ouzounova-dimitrova?excludenudity=true&mediatype=photography&phrase=slavka%20ouzounova%20dimitrova&sort=mostpopular *http://www.fivb.org/EN/VolleyBall/Competitions/WorldChampionships/Women/2002/Photos/PhotoGallery.asp?No=063&Title=Bulgaria-China 1971 births Living people Bulgarian women's volleyball players Wing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavka Maneva
Slavka Maneva (; February 2, 1934 – January 8, 2010) was a Macedonian writer and poet. She was born and died in Skopje, North Macedonia. She finished her literature studies at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Skopje, and has worked as a professor of Macedonian language and literature in the secondary schools Cvetan Dimov and Josip Broz Tito in Skopje. Her works have been translated into Serbian, Turkish, Albanian, Russian, Bulgarian, Polish, Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ..., Georgian and Lithuanian. She won the Vančo Nikoleski Award in 1996 for her book ''Pillows of Stars'' (Ѕвездени перничиња). Works *''Свирипиле'' (The Singing Bird) *''Џиџа'' (Marijuana) *''Камчето на сакањето'' (T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavka Kohout
Slavka Kohout Button (December 14, 1932 – March 17, 2024) was an American figure skating coach and former competitor, best known for coaching five-time U.S. Champion Janet Lynn throughout her entire competitive career. Early life Kohout was born in Chicago to Czech parents. Her first coach was her father, a successful florist, who learned to skate from a book. Her mother was an artist. Career As a skater, Kohout was twice the Midwestern sectional senior ladies champion, and she won the bronze medal in the 1950 U.S. junior ladies championships. After turning professional, she was manager and head coach at the Wagon Wheel Ice Palace in Rockton, Illinois for 17 years. During that period, the Wagon Wheel rink—part of a larger resort complex—was one of the top figure skating training centers in the United States. Kohout coached not only Lynn but also 3-time U.S. champion Gordon McKellen, several other international competitors, and other skaters who have gone on to become pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slávka Frniaková
Slávka Frniaková (born 9 March 1979 in Žilina) is a Slovak former basketball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October .... References 1979 births Living people Slovak women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Slovakia Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Žilina {{Slovakia-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slava (given Name)
Slava is a given name in Slavic countries. Slava is a common nickname for masculine Slavic names ending with "-slav", e.g. ''Vyacheslav'', ''Stanislav'', ''Yaroslav'', ''Sviatoslav'', ''Rostislav'', ''Mstislav'' or feminine Slavic names ending with "-slava", e.g. ''Miroslava'', ''Yaroslava''. Notable people whose given name has this etymology include: * Desi Slava (born 1979), Bulgarian musician (Desislava) * Slava (singer) (born 1980), Russian singer (Anastasia) * Slava Bykov (born 1960), Russian ice hockey player and coach (Vyacheslav) * Slava Fetisov (born 1958), Russian ice hockey player (Viacheslav) * Slava Frolova (born 1976), Ukrainian television presenter (Vyacheslava) * Slava Gerovitch (born 1963), American historian of Russian science (Vyacheslav) * Slava Kozlov (born 1972), Russian ice hockey player (Vyacheslav) * Slava KPSS (born 1990), Russian musician (Vyacheslav) * Slava Kravtsov (born 1987), Ukrainian basketball player (Viacheslav) * Slava Kurilov (1936– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavka Drašković
Slavka Drašković was a Director of the Office for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region, in the Government of the Republic of Serbia. Before taking the post as office director, she was the head of the Serbian Unity Congress, Serbia. Drašković teaches Leadership in Organization at the University School of Business English (Cambridge Associate Partner for Serbia) and Case System Safety and Disasters (Heriot-Watt University). She has extensive experience in management positions and expertise in the field of leadership and system security. Biography Slavka Drašković was born in Niš. She attended elementary and high school in Belgrade where she also obtained her BA from the Faculty of Economics. She received her M.A. from the Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Ethnology and Anthropology on the topic of pedagogy and anthropology of women. At the same university, she also received her PhD on the topic of business leaders of the Serbian diaspora in the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavenka Drakulić
Slavenka Drakulić (born July 4, 1949) is a Croatian journalist, novelist, and essayist whose works on feminism, communism, and post-communism have been translated into many languages. Biography Drakulić was born in Rijeka, Socialist Republic of Croatia (at that time, part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, socialist Yugoslavia), on July 4, 1949. She graduated in comparative literature and sociology from the University in Zagreb in 1976. From 1982 to 1992, she was a staff writer for the ''Start'' bi-weekly newspaper and news weekly ''Danas'' (both in Zagreb), writing mainly on feminist issues. In addition to her novels and collections of essays, Drakulić's work has appeared in ''The New Republic'', ''The New York Times Magazine'', ''The New York Review of Books'', ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'', ''Internazionale'', ''The Nation (U.S. periodical), The Nation'', ''La Stampa'', ''Dagens Nyheter'', ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'', Eurozine, ''Politiken'' and ''The Guardian''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
