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Ureña F.C.
Ureña or Urena may refer to: *''Urena'', a genus of plants **''Urena lobata'' *Ureña, Táchira, a community in Táchira State, Venezuela *Ureña SC, a football club in the Venezuelan Primera División, based in Ureña, Táchira * Count of Ureña, a Spanish noble title Surname * Camila Henríquez Ureña (1894–1973), Dominican writer, daughter of Salomé Ureña *Francisco Urena, American politician *Gerardo Ureña (born 1955), Costa Rican footballer and manager *Jorge Ureña (born 1993), Spanish athlete *José Rafael Molina Ureña (1921–2000), Dominican politician *José Ureña (born 1991), Dominican baseball player *Juan Antonio Ureña (born 1967), Spanish footballer *Julian Scott Urena, Dominican actor *Leopoldo Alas y Ureña (1852–1901), Spanish novelist *Marco Ureña (born 1990), Costa Rican footballer *Pedro Henríquez Ureña (1884–1946), Dominican writer *Rafael Estrella Ureña (1889–1945), Dominican politician and lawyer *Richard Ureña (born 1996), Dominican base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urena
''Urena'' is the genus of plants, which grow in various tropical and subtropical areas worldwide, although several species are Asian in origin. Some view ''Urena lobata'' as a weed, but others make use of its fibre for various purposes. The leaves and flowers are also a famine food in Africa. Its seeds are spread by animals. Fibres obtained from it are used for making coffee sacks in Brazil. Species ''Plants of the World Online'' currently includes: # '' Urena armitiana'' # '' Urena australiensis'' # ''Urena lobata'' - type species # '' Urena pedersenii'' # '' Urena procumbens'' # '' Urena repanda'' # '' Urena rigida'' Gallery File:Urena lobata in Narshapur forest, AP W IMG 0798.jpg, ''Urena lobata'' var. ''sinuata'' in Narsapur, Medak district, India. File:Urena lobata in Narshapur forest, AP W IMG 0796.jpg, ''Urena lobata'' var. ''sinuata'' in Narsapur, Medak district, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Ureña
José Miguel Ureña Rodríguez (born September 12, 1991) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Miami Marlins, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Colorado Rockies, Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays, and Los Angeles Dodgers. Career Florida / Miami Marlins Minor leagues Ureña grew up in the Dominican Republic. The Florida Marlins signed him on August 28, 2009, and he spent his first two professional seasons with the Dominican Summer League Marlins. In 2011, Ureña played in Low-A with the Jamestown Jammers, posting a 4.33 ERA in 15 starts. In 2012, he advanced to full-season Single-A, posting a 3.38 ERA in innings with the Greensboro Grasshoppers. In 2013, Ureña played for the High-A Jupiter Hammerheads, pitching innings with a 3.73 ERA. In 2014, he amassed a record of 13-8, pitching 162 innings with 121 strikeouts and a 3.33 ERA. Ureña ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodrigo Ureña
Rodrigo Andrés Ureña Reyes (born 1 March 1993) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Peruvian Primera División club Universitario and the Chile national team. Club career As a youth player, Ureña was with club Juanita Aguirre from Conchalí, Santiago, before joining Unión Española, where he coincided with Williams Alarcón. Ureña played in the youth ranks of Unión Española since 2003 at the age of 10, reaching the U15 team in 2008 and the U20 in 2011. He made his debut in May 2012 in an Torneo Apertura match against Deportes Antofagasta. While playing in the 2012 U-20 Copa Libertadores, Ureña refused to sign a professional contract due to the low salary that the club was offering him. In October 2012, he bought his own player rights and was left a free agent, after disagreements with Union Española's board. A week later, Ureña was signed by Universidad de Chile, on request by manager Jorge Sampaoli, and was the club's first signi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Ureña
Richard Ureña Castillo (born February 26, 1996) is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays. Professional career Toronto Blue Jays Ureña was signed as an international free agent by the Blue Jays for $725,000 in 2012, and played his first professional season split between the Dominican Summer League Blue Jays and Gulf Coast League Blue Jays. In 64 games with the DSL Blue Jays, he batted .296 with one home run and 35 runs batted in (RBI). He then played seven games in the Gulf Coast League, batting .333 with three RBI. Ureña was promoted to the Rookie Advanced Bluefield Blue Jays of the Appalachian League for the start of the 2014 season, and recorded a 28-game streak of reaching base safely. In 53 games, he hit .318 with two home runs and 20 RBI before he was promoted to the Low–A Vancouver Canadians on August 21. Ureña appeared in nine games for Vancouver, batting .2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Estrella Ureña
Juan Rafael Estrella Ureña (10 November 1889 – 25 May 1945) was a Dominican politician and lawyer who served as the 21st vice president of the Dominican Republic under President Rafael Trujillo from 1930 until his resignation in 1932. He previously served as the acting president from March to April 1930, where his term was briefly interrupted Jacinto Peynado until the following month where Ureña retained the role and served until Trujillo's accession to the presidency in August. Ureña became acting president following the ousting of Horacio Vásquez. Biography Estrella Ureña was born on November 10, 1889, in Santiago de los Caballeros. His mother was Juana Antonia Ureña Estévez and his father was Juan Bautista Estrella Durán; he had 1 brother. He later moved with his family to live in Santo Domingo, where he studied at the University of Santo Domingo. Estrella Ureña studied law, and during his college years he mixed with young fans of the doctrines of Puerto Rican in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Henríquez Ureña
Pedro Henríquez Ureña (June 29, 1884 – May 11, 1946) was a Dominican essayist, philosopher, humanist, philologist and literary critic. Biography Early works Pedro Henríquez Ureña was born in Santo Domingo, the third of four siblings. Henríquez's father was Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal, a doctor and politician who was also an intellectual who maintained permanent contact with the most important representatives of the Hispanic Modernism movements from the early 20th century. Henríquez Carvajal would become president of the Republic for a brief period in 1916, before the American occupation. He descended from Jews who immigrated in the 19th century from Curaçao. His mother was the eminent poet and feminist Salomé Ureña. Both played a key role in Pedro's formation and education. His brother, Max, and sister, Camila, were also writers. The young Pedro traveled to Mexico in 1906, where he lived until 1913. About these times he wrote in ''Horas de estudio''. In these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Ureña
Marcos Danilo Ureña Porras, known as Marco Ureña (born 5 March 1990), is a Costa Rican professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for C.S. Cartaginés. He has also played for the Costa Rica national football team, Costa Rica national team. Club career Born in San José, Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica, Ureña started his career at Primera División side L.D. Alajuelense, Alajuelense and in March 2011, he joined Russian Football Premier League, Russian Premier League side FC Kuban Krasnodar, Kuban Krasnodar. In August 2014, Ureña moved to Danish Superliga side FC Midtjylland on a four-month loan deal. The contract was made permanent on 10 December 2014. On 21 July 2016, Midtjylland and Brøndby IF agreed to swap Ureña with Jonas Borring in a three-year deal. It was announced on 27 January 2017 that Ureña had been signed by Major League Soccer side San Jose Earthquakes. He scored his first MLS goal in a 2–1 roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopoldo Alas Y Ureña
Leopoldo Enrique García-Alas y Ureña (25 April 1852 – 13 June 1901), also known as Clarín, was a Spanish realist novelist and journalist born in Zamora. His inflammatory articles, known as ''paliques'' (“chitchat”), as well as his advocacy of liberalism and anti-clericalism, made him a formidable and controversial critical voice. He died in Oviedo. Biography Alas was born in Zamora, from Asturian parents who moved to that city. He spent his childhood living in León and Guadalajara, until he moved to Oviedo (Asturias) in 1863. There he studied for the ''Bachillerato'' (Secondary Education) and began his law studies. He lived in Madrid from 1871 to 1878, where he began his career as a journalist (adopting the pen-name "Clarín" in 1875) and he graduated with the thesis ''El Derecho y la Moralidad'' (''Law and Morality'') in 1878. He taught in Zaragoza from 1882 to 1883. In 1883 he returned to Oviedo to take up a position as professor of Roman law. Above all, Clar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Scott Urena
Julian Scott Urena is a Dominican actor. Urena has appeared in films including '' Mixed Blood'', ''Spike of Bensonhurst'', the James Ivory directed ''Slaves of New York'', ''The Bronx War'', ''Falling Down'', '' Return of the Living Dead 3'', ''The Puppet Masters'', '' The Pest'', ''Get Smart'', ''American Flyer'' and most recently playing the lead in Mark Christensen's " North By El Norte". Television appearances include ''Jake and the Fatman'' and ''The Shield ''The Shield'' is an American crime drama television series created by Shawn Ryan and starring Michael Chiklis that aired on FX from March 12, 2002 to November 25, 2008 for seven seasons. The show is known for its portrayal of corrupt police ...''. He can also be seen in ''In the Company of Sinners'' which screened at the Monaco Charity Film Festival, ''Glass Tops'', ''Shy'' and ''Something About Jack''. He has also voiced three audio books, ''McKnight's Memory'', ''Rock Star Rising'' (aka ''Hard Rock Lovers'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Antonio Ureña
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish language, Spanish and Manx language, Manx versions of ''John (given name), John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippines, and also in the Isle of Man (pronounced differently). The name is becoming popular around the world and can be pronounced differently according that region. In Spanish language, Spanish, the diminutive form (equivalent to ''Johnny'') is , with feminine form (comparable to ''Jane'', ''Joan'', or ''Joanna'') , and feminine diminutive (equivalent to ''Janet'', ''Janey'', ''Joanie'', etc.). Chinese terms * ( or 娟, 隽) 'beautiful, graceful' is a common given name for Chinese women. * () The Chinese character :wiktionary:卷, 卷, which in Mandarin is almost homophonic with the characters for the female name, is a division of a traditional Chinese manuscript or book and can be tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Rafael Molina Ureña
José Rafael Molina Ureña (April 30, 1921 – May 22, 2000) was a Dominican politician, who served as president of the Dominican Republic The president of the Dominican Republic () is both the head of state and head of government of the Dominican Republic. The presidential system was established in 1844, following the proclamation of the republic during the Dominican War of In ... 25 April to 27 April 1965. After his brief stint as President, he was appointed Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations from 1966 to 1968 and Ambassador to France from 1968 to 1971. He was married to Flor Pulgar, who became the First Lady of the Dominican Republic during Molina's three-day presidency. References 1921 births 2000 deaths 20th-century Dominican Republic politicians Presidents of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic rebels Permanent representatives of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations Ambassadors of the Dominican Repub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urena Lobata
''Urena lobata'', commonly known as Caesarweed or Congo jute, is a tender perennial, variable, erect, ascendant shrub or subshrub measuring up to to tall. The stems are covered with minute, star-like hairs and often tinged purple. Considered a weed, it is considered to be native throughout much of the tropical and subtropical world, including South and Central America, Africa, Asia and Pacific Islands. Description Each individual plant grows as a single stalk that freely sends out bushy stems. The leaf shape is palmately lobed (having lobes that spread out like fingers on a hand). Like the stem, the leaves also have tiny hairs. Flowers of the plant are pink-violet and grow one centimeter in width. The fruit is also hairy and may stick to clothing or fur. Invasiveness The plant can invade areas of ecological disturbance as well as eroded places, crop plantations, and pastures. Caesarweed is considered an invasive species in the state of Florida, United States. There it gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
