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Vodička
Vodička (feminine Vodičková) is a Czech and Slovak surname, which is a diminutive of the Czech word ''voda'' ("water"), and thus a topographic name for a person who lived by water.''Dictionary of American Family Names''"Vodicka Family History" Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 14 January 2016. The name may refer to: *Antonín Vodička (1907–1975), Czech football player * Jan Vodička (1932–2014), Czech ice hockey player * Jiří Vodička (born 1988), Czech violinist *Joe Vodicka (1921–1995), American football player *Kamila Vodičková Kamila Vodičková (born December 19, 1972, in Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech women's basketball player. She played for the North American WNBA's Seattle Storm and Phoenix Mercury. She represented Czechoslovakia at the Basketball at th ... (born 1972), Czech basketball player * Ladislav Vodička (1931–1999), Czech musician * Leo Marian Vodička (born 1950), Czech singer * Radka Vodičková (born 1984), Czech athlete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladislav Vodička
Ladislav Vodička (10 January 1931 in Prague – 7 March 1999) was a Czech country music singer and songwriter. He performed together with the '':cs:Country Beat Jiřího Brabce, Country Beat Jiřího Brabce'' band and later with his own band called ''Vodomilové''. Ladislav Vodička graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague in 1955. His early musical experience includes playing violin in the ''Louny Philharmonic Orchestra''. His singing career started in 1961 in an amateur band called ''Tempest''. In 1966, Jiří Brabec offered him a job as a singer in his country band, which was a major turn in his career. In the same year, the band started to perform on the stage of the famous and popular Semafor (theater), Semafor theatre, a national cultural hotspot of the late 1960s. By the end of 1960s, he became a well-known recording artist. Most popular are probably his Czech cover versions of famous American country songs. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Marian Vodička
Leo Marian Vodička (born 8 April 1950) is a Czech operatic tenor who has had an active international career since the early 1970s. He has sung on a number of complete opera recordings and appears in several filmed opera performances. Born in Brno, Vodička studied singing at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in his native city. He made his professional opera debut in 1971 at the Jihočeské divadlo in České Budějovice as Lukáš in Bedřich Smetana's '' The Kiss''. He remained at that opera house for one year, after which he was committed to the Moravské divadlo in Olomouc from 1972 to 1979. He sang at the Brno National Theatre from 1979 to 1982. From 1982 to 1987, he was a member of the Prague National Theatre. He returned to Brno from 1987 to 1992. Since 1992 Vodička has worked as a freelance artist without a permanent engagement. He made his debut at the Vienna State Opera in 1990 as the Prince in Antonín Dvořák's ''Rusalka'' and his first appearan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Vodička
Jan Vodička (13 April 1932 – 28 September 2014) SME.sk, Retrieved 4. 10. 2014 was a Czechoslovak who competed in the . He was born in , |
Antonín Vodička
Antonín Vodička (1 March 1907 – 9 August 1975) was a Czech people, Czech football player. He played club football for SK Slavia Praha. He played 18 matches for the Czechoslovakia national football team, Czechoslovakia national team and was a participant at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. References Profile at ČMFS website 1907 births 1975 deaths Czech men's footballers Czechoslovak men's footballers 1934 FIFA World Cup players SK Slavia Prague players Czechoslovakia men's international footballers Footballers from Prague Men's association football midfielders People from the Kingdom of Bohemia {{Czechoslovakia-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Vodička
Jiří Vodička (born 1988) is a Czech violinist. He has performed with many of the leading Czech orchestras including the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra in Ostrava in May 2007. He has received national awards for his musicianship. He was awarded First Prize in the following national and international competitions: Czech Nationwide Competition for Primary Artistic Schools, the Kocian International Violin Competition, Prague Junior Note, Violin Competition (Dolny Kubin), the Beethoven International Violin Competition in Hradec nad Moravici, and the 2004 4th International Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists in Weimar, Germany. He began playing violin at the age of six and studied under Zdenek Gola at the Institute of Arts, in Ostrava University. He has also performed with the Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra and Slovak Chamber Orchestra under Bohdan Warchal. He has performed internationally in Poland, Germany, Sweden, Slovakia, Austria, Spain, Japan and China. He has perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Language
Czech ( ; ), historically known as Bohemian ( ; ), is a West Slavic language of the Czech–Slovak group, written in Latin script. Spoken by over 12 million people including second language speakers, it serves as the official language of the Czech Republic. Czech is closely related to Slovak, to the point of high mutual intelligibility, as well as to Polish to a lesser degree. Czech is a fusional language with a rich system of morphology and relatively flexible word order. Its vocabulary has been extensively influenced by Latin and German. The Czech–Slovak group developed within West Slavic in the high medieval period, and the standardization of Czech and Slovak within the Czech–Slovak dialect continuum emerged in the early modern period. In the later 18th to mid-19th century, the modern written standard became codified in the context of the Czech National Revival. The most widely spoken non-standard variety, known as Common Czech, is based on the vernacular of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovak Language
Slovak ( ; endonym: or ), is a West Slavic language of the Czech-Slovak languages, Czech–Slovak group, written in Latin script and formerly in Cyrillic script. It is part of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, and is one of the Slavic languages, which are part of the larger Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic branch. Spoken by approximately 5 million people as a native language, primarily ethnic Slovaks, it serves as the official language of Slovakia and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. Slovak is closely related to Czech language, Czech, to the point of very high mutual intelligibility, as well as to Polish language, Polish. Like other Slavic languages, Slovak is a fusional language with a complex system of morphology (linguistics), morphology and relatively flexible word order. Its vocabulary has been extensively influenced by Latin and German language, German, as well as other Slavic languages. History The Czech–Slovak gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water
Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula . It is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and Color of water, nearly colorless chemical substance. It is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a solvent). It is vital for all known forms of life, despite not providing food energy or organic micronutrients. Its chemical formula, , indicates that each of its molecules contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms, connected by covalent bonds. The hydrogen atoms are attached to the oxygen atom at an angle of 104.45°. In liquid form, is also called "water" at standard temperature and pressure. Because Earth's environment is relatively close to water's triple point, water exists on Earth as a solid, a liquid, and a gas. It forms precipitation in the form of rain and aerosols in the form of fog. Clouds consist of suspended droplets of water and ice, its solid state. When finely divided, crystalline ice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topographic Name
A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,"Toponymic Surnames as Evidence of the Origin: Some Medieval Views" , by Benjamin Z. Kedar.Last Names and Their Meanings '''' which included names of specific locations, such as the individual's place of origin, residence, or lands that they held, or, more generically, names that were derived from regional topographic features. |
Joe Vodicka
Joseph J. Vodicka (March 4, 1921 – February 28, 1995) was an American professional American football, football Halfback (American football), halfback who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Chicago Bears and Chicago Cardinals (NFL, 1920–59), Chicago Cardinals. He played college football at Illinois State University. Early life and college Joseph J. Vodicka was born on March 4, 1921, in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Lane Technical College Prep High School in Chicago. He suffered a serious injury while in high school in 1938. Vodicka was told by doctors that he would have a limp for the rest of his life. However, he later fully recovered. Vodicka played college football for the Illinois State Normal Redbirds football, Illinois State Normal Redbirds of Illinois State Normal University. Professional career Vodicka signed with the Chicago Bears in 1943. He played in three games for the Bears during the 1943 season but did not record any statistics. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamila Vodičková
Kamila Vodičková (born December 19, 1972, in Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech women's basketball player. She played for the North American WNBA's Seattle Storm and Phoenix Mercury. She represented Czechoslovakia at the Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992 Summer Olympics. WNBA career The Storm made her the first draft choice of the franchise, a move that caused Vodičková some initial concern. However, after being quickly embraced by the Seattle fans, the redubbed "Vodka" became the centerpiece of the offense, with Edna Campbell as the outside threat. The team did not improve from its initial poor showings until Vodičková got a running mate inside, Australian Lauren Jackson. In the 2004 season, Vodičková was faced with a tough choice, as her home country's Olympic team demanded that she skip the WNBA season if she wanted to play in the 2004 Summer Olympics. Vodičková refused to go home, and the decision proved prescient, as the Storm ran to a WNBA Fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radka Vodičková
Radka Vodičková (; born 7 November 1984 in Jablonec nad Nisou), is a Czech professional triathlete, number 1 according to the ETU ranking 2010, and member of the Czech National Team. Radka Vodičková lives in Jablonec nad Nisou in the North of the Czech Republic and in Hellikon, Switzerland. Sports career In the Czech Republic Radka Vodičková represents the elite club of Brn''Ekol Team'' where she also studies sports at Masaryk University. Since 2008 Radka Vodičková, like Daniela Ryf Daniela Ryf (born 29 May 1987) is a Swiss triathlete. She is the titles holder of the Ironman World Championship of 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021; and of the Ironman 70.3 World Championship of the 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019. Ryf compe ..., is a member of the ''Wildcats Swiss Triathlon Team'' and in 2008 she won e.g. the ''Uster Triathlon'' and the ''Züri Triathlon,'' both part of the Swiss ''VW Circuit''. Vodičková was also the overall winner of the ''VW Circuit'' of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
