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Tana, Norway
Tana may refer to: Places Africa * Lake Tana, a lake in Ethiopia (and a source of the Nile River) * Tana Qirqos, an island in the eastern part of Lake Tana in Ethiopia, near the mouth of the Gumara River * Tana River County, a county of Coast Province, Kenya * Tana River (Kenya), the longest river in Kenya * ''Tana'', a shorthand form of Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar * Tana, Guinea, a small village in Guinea Americas * Tana Glacier, a glacier in the Valdez–Cordova Census Area, Alaska * Tana River (Alaska), a river in the Valdez–Cordova Census Area, Alaska * Tana River (Cuba), a river of southern Cuba * Tana (volcano), a volcano on Chuginadak Island, Alaska Asia * Kyzyl-Tana, a village in the Osh Province of Kyrgyzstan * Tana Station, a railway station in the Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan * Tana, Kukin Tana, or Tana Mayambu, former names of Thane, India Europe * Tana or Tanais, a medieval city and bishopric on the Sea of Azov * Tana Municip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Tana
Lake Tana (; previously transcribed Tsana) is the largest lake in Ethiopia and a source of the Blue Nile. Located in Amhara Region in the north-western Ethiopian Highlands, the lake is approximately long and wide, with a maximum depth of , and an elevation of . Lake Tana is fed by the Gilgel Abay, Reb River, Reb and Gumara River, Gumara rivers. Its surface area ranges from , depending on season and rainfall. The lake level has been regulated since the construction of the control weir where the lake discharges into the Blue Nile. This controls the flow to the Blue Nile Falls (Tis Abbai) and hydro-power station. In 2015, the Lake Tana region was nominated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve recognizing its national and international natural and cultural importance. Overview Lake Tana was formed by volcanic activity, blocking the course of inflowing rivers in the early Pleistocene epoch, about 5 million years ago. The lake was originally much larger than it is today. Seven large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tana Bru
, , or is the administrative centre of Deatnu-Tana Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies on the western bank of the Tana River, along the European route E6 highway. The village has a population (2023) of 743 which gives the village a population density of . Name The village name means ''"Tana Bridge"'' in Norwegian, and the actual Tana Bridge (on the E6 highway) crosses the river at this village, connecting Tana bru to the village of Skiippagurra on the other side of the river. The Northern Sami language Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a ... version of the name is . References {{authority control Villages in Finnmark Populated places of Arctic Norway Tana, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tana French
Tana French (born 10 May 1973) is an American-Irish writer and theatrical actress. She is a longtime resident of Dublin, Ireland. Her debut novel '' In the Woods'' (2007), a psychological mystery, won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Barry awards for best first novel. ''The Independent'' has called her "the First Lady of Irish Crime". Personal life Tana Elizabeth French was born in Burlington, Vermont, to Elena Hvostoff-Lombardi and David French. Her father was an economist who worked on resource management for the developing world, and she lived in numerous countries as a child including Ireland, Italy, the United States and Malawi. French attended Trinity College Dublin, and trained in acting. She settled in Ireland and has lived in Dublin since 1990. French and her husband have two daughters. Works French was enthralled by both acting and writing since her childhood but eventually focused more on acting. She grew up reading mystery and crime novels. She trained as a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Táňa Fischerová
Taťana Fischerová (better known as Táňa Fischerová) (6 June 1947 – 25 December 2019) was a Czech actress, writer, television host, politician and civic activist. From 2002 to 2006, she was a member of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. She was a candidate in the 2013 Czech presidential election. Biography Fischerová was born in Prague. Her father, actor and theatre director Jan Fischer (or Fišer), was imprisoned in Theresienstadt and Auschwitz concentration camps during World War II. She studied at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, however, she did not finish her studies. In the late 1960s, she worked with Prague's Drama Club. She was sacked from the theatre during the period of normalization (in 1973). She then worked with the Jiří Wolker Theatre for four years. However, after her son Kryštof, whose father is the composer Petr Skoumal, was born with cerebral palsy, she left the theatre. In the 1980s, she worked as a freelance a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tana Chanabut
Tana Chanabut (; born June 6, 1984), simply known as Man () is a Thai professional football manager and former football player. He is currently the assistant coach of Thai League 1 club Khon Kaen United. International career On 8 September 2015, he played for Thailand in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) against Iraq. Managerial career Early career Tana started his coaching as a player-coach role when he was at Khon Kaen United. Ubon Kruanapat In June 2021, Tana was appointed as a manager for the first time for Ubon Kruanapat. However, he was sacked on 7 November 2021 after his team lost on 4 consecutive games. Muang Loei United In December 2021, he joined Muang Loei United as a player-coach role for the second time. Khon Kaen United On 30 April 2024, Tana was appointed as manager of Thai League 1 club Khon Kaen United following the dismissal of Ekalak Thong-am, with four matches left to play of the 2023–24 season. At his appointment, Khon Kaen United was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tana And Riri
Tana and Riri is an Indian story about two girls born around 1564, who were asked to sing in the court of Akbar. The story has become part of Gujarati folk culture. The twins were from a northern town known as Vadnagar near Visnagar in the state of Gujarat. Tana and Riri both girls are closely related to Narsih Maheta. Narasih Maheta's grand daughter is Sharmishtha who is mother of Tana and Riri. The legend When Akbar's court singer, maestro Tansen's preceptor died, he sang the raag "Deepak". The effect of singing this raag is said to be that the singer starts feeling an incurable heat in his/her body. When Tansen was affected by the burns of the Deepak raag, he roamed around the whole of India. Finally the commander in chief of their army, Amjadkhan, came to Vadnagar and learned of the two sisters Tana and Riri who were proficient singers and could cure Tansen (expert of raag dipak) by singing raga Malhar. When they were asked to sing at Akbar's court, they refused to c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rawat Tana
Rawat Tana (born 5 May 1977) is a wheelchair racer from Thailand who is a gold medalist at both the Summer Paralympic and World Championships. At the 2004 Olympic Games, he finished 3rd in the demonstration sport of Men's 1500m wheelchair. In same event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics The 2004 Summer Paralympics (), the 12th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Athens, Greece, from 17 to 28 September ..., he did not qualify for the final, after getting into a collision with Robert Figl in the semifinals. He did, however, win a bronze in the 10,000 metres, a gold in the 4×100 metre relay, and another gold in the 4×400 metre relay at those same Paralympic games. References 1977 births Living people Rawat Tana Wheelchair racers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rawat Tana Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Tana
Nick Tana is the former chairman of the Australian association football club Perth Glory. He had been the chairman and the majority shareholder of Perth Glory from the club's inception in 1995 until 2006. Tana is the former owner of fast food chains Chicken Treat and Red Rooster, Consortium buys Red Rooster as well as being the operator of a farm (Sumich). He is also head of Allia Holdings who hold the operating licence for nib Stadium. On 1 May 2006, Tana ended his ownership of the Perth Glory with the intention of working for the |
Elijah Tana
Elijah Tana (born 28 February 1975) is a Zambian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. International career Tana represented the Zambia national team at the African Cup of Nations in 2000 and 2006. See also *List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps In association football, a cap is traditionally awarded in international football to a player making an official appearance for their national team. This article lists all men's football players who have played in 100 or more official internat ... References External links * 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Luanshya Men's association football defenders Zambian men's footballers Zambia men's international footballers 2000 African Cup of Nations players 2002 African Cup of Nations players 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players UAE Pro League players Nchanga Rangers F.C. players Atlético Petróleos de Luanda players Al Jazira Club players Al Merrikh SC pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuo Hsing-chun
Kuo Hsing-chun ( zh, t=郭婞淳, p=Guō Xìngchún; Amis language, Amis name: Tana; born 26 November 1993) is a Taiwanese Amis people, Amis Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter, Olympic gold medalist, five time world champion, two time Universiade champion, Asian Games champion, and five time Asian champion, competing in the 58 kg division until 2018 and 59 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. She has set 11 senior World record progression women's weightlifting, world records in her career. Early life Kuo was born in Yilan in 1993. She never knew her biological father, and was raised primarily by her grandmother, as her mother was frequently working. Kuo's given name, Hsing-chun, alludes to the difficult circumstances of her birth, as it sounds similar to hsing tsun (倖存), which means to have survived by luck or accident in Mandarin. When Kuo was born, her umbilical cord wound itself around her neck. In addi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanya (name)
__NOTOC__ Tanya or Tania is the Slavic hypocoristic of Tatiana. It is commonly used as an independent given name in the English-speaking world. Patrick Hanks & Flavia Hodges, 1990, ''A Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, . The name's popularity among English-speakers (and other non-Slavs) was originally due to the popularity of Alexander Pushkin's verse novel ''Eugene Onegin'', whose heroine is named Tatiana "Tanya" Larina (who is rarely named by the short name in the poem). Some people also claim that the popularity of "Tanya" in Anglophone world is due to Ukrainian emigrees to Canada, who escaped Ukraine during the Civil War of 1918-20. Variants include Tania ( Ukrainian, Romanian); Tanja ( Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Norwegian, German, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Dutch, Slovene and Macedonian); Táňa (Czech); Tânia; ( Portuguese); and Taanya (Levant and Indian subcontinent). As of 2010 it was the 237th most common name in the United States, acco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tana (rapper)
Steven Dale Lewis II (born November 14, 2006), known professionally as Tana (stylized in all lowercase; formerly known as BabySantana) or BANA), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to popularity in early 2021 with the singles "14" and "Antisocial", which gained traction on TikTok and SoundCloud. He later signed with Galactic Records, a subsidiary of Republic Records, in late 2021. Early life Tana grew up being heavily inspired by the Chicago trap scene, which at the time was led by Chief Keef and Fredo Santana, the latter of whom also inspired his former rap alias BabySantana, alongside BabyTron. Career 2020: Beginnings Tana started his music career in 2020, sharing music through platforms such as YouTube and SoundCloud in May of that year. Shortly after, Tana began to learn how to produce music. He later formed a small collective with his friends titled 1500 — which at first only included Slump6s, although additional artists and pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
