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Greco (surname)
Greco () is a common Italian surname, ranking 10th among the most widespread surnames in Italy, and it literally means "Greek". Historically, its popularity is due to the frequent relationships between Italy and Greece: in particular, it spread within the Arbëreshë minority emigrated from Albanian populated parts of Greece since the 15th century. Variants of the surname include ''Del Greco'', ''Della Greca'', ''Greci'', '' Grego'', '' Grieco'', ''La Greca'', ''Lagreca'', ''Lo Greco'', ''Logreco'', ''Logrieco'', ''Greca'', '' Grech'', ''Grecco'', etc. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 62.6% of all known bearers of the surname ''Greco'' were residents of Italy (frequency 1:715), 17.7% of the United States (1:14,906), 6.1% of Argentina (1:5,090), 4.2% of Brazil (1:35,328), 2.4% of Canada (1:11,050) and 2.0% of France (1:24,844). In Italy, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:715) in the following regions: * 1. Calabria (1:155) * 2. Apulia (1:198) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Surname
A name in the Italian language consists of a given name ( it, nome), and a surname (); in most contexts, the given name is written before the surname. (In official documents, the Western surname may be written before the given name or names.) Italian names, with their fixed ''nome'' and ''cognome'' structure, have little to do with the ancient Roman naming conventions, which used a tripartite system of given name, gentile name, and hereditary or personal name (or names). The Italian ''nome'' is not analogous to the ancient Roman ''nomen''; the Italian ''nome'' is the given name (distinct between siblings), while the Roman ''nomen'' is the gentile name (inherited, thus shared by all in a gens). Female naming traditions, and name-changing rules after adoption, for both sexes likewise differ between Roman antiquity and modern Italian use. Moreover, the low number, and the steady decline of importance and variety, of Roman ''praenomina'' starkly contrast with the current number o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South America's southeastern coast. "Buenos Aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre", named after the Madonna of Bonaria in Sardinia, Italy. Buenos Aires is classified as an alpha global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2020 ranking. The city of Buenos Aires is neither part of Buenos Aires Province nor the Province's capital; rather, it is an autonomous district. In 1880, after decades of political infighting, Buenos Aires was federalized and removed from Buenos Aires Province. The city limits were enlarged to include t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniele Greco (footballer)
Daniele Greco (born 27 April 1988) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder. Club career Born in Rome, capital of Italy (and Lazio region), Greco started his career at one of the two Serie A team of Rome – S.S. Lazio. He was selected to various youth level of the national team, until he left the club in mid-2007. Greco, along with Lucas Correa, Matteo Merini and Simone Santarelli, were signed by Gallipoli in late July. Greco failed to play any game in 2007–08 Serie C1 until he left for Sassuolo in January 2008. He won both Serie C1 (group A) and Supercoppa di Serie C1 with Sassuolo. However, he only played once in the league and did not play in the grand final (super cup) between the two group winner. Sorrento Greco left for another third division club Sorrento in 2008–09 Lega Pro Prima Divisione in co-ownership deal. In June 2009 Lazio gave up the remain 50% registration rights for free after he only played 5 times. In 2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniele Greco
Daniele Greco (born 1 March 1989) is an Italian athlete competing in the triple jump. Biography On 9 June 2012 at Potenza, he jumped 17.47 m, that is the 2nd best performance in Italy of all-time, after the national record of Fabrizio Donato with the measure of 17.73 m. He won the National Championships in Brixen on 8 July 2012 with 17.67m (+3.4), defeating the European champion, Fabrizio Donato. In Goteborg 2013 he jumped is new personal best with the measure of 17.70 m and best year performance. His best international result was the 4th place at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the gold medal at the 2013 European Indoor Championships. Achievements National titles *1 win in triple jump at the Italian Athletics Championships The Italian Athletics Championships ( it, Campionati italiani assoluti di atletica leggera) are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera. The first edition, four races only, w . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Greco
Daniel Greco (born 11 July 1979) is a retired Swiss football striker. Daniel Greco is a retired professional Swiss footballer who was playing position centre-forward for several clubs in Switzerland, in Italy, Carrarese Calcio C1 and was striker for the Swiss National team U18 and U21 which was trained by the Swiss football legend Köbi Kuhn. The Italian Swiss Player forced to retire early from his football profession due to several major injuries during his football career. Career As an active youth football player he played his first Swiss Final championship with Servette FC vs Grasshopper Club Zürich, Category Junior C, in 1993. In 1994 he won the Swiss championship U 15, GEF and in 1995 the Swiss Champion Category B1, Fc Servette vs Fc Lugano. Daniel Greco signed his first professional contract with Grasshoppers Club Zürich in 1996 for a period of 5 years. There, he made his debut, where he won the Swiss Championship and Swiss cup in 1996 with U21 and scored in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosetta Greco
Cosetta Greco (8 October 1930 – 14 July 2002) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1943 and 1971. Selected filmography * '' Farewell Love!'' (1943) - La cameriera di casa Dias * ''Caccia all'uomo'' (1948) - (uncredited) * ''The Charterhouse of Parma'' (1948) - (uncredited) * ''The Bride Can't Wait'' (1949) - Young Nun * ''Four Ways Out'' (1951) - Lina Girosi - moglie di Luigi * ''The Cape of Hope'' (1951) - Minnie Liakim * ''Napoleone'' (1951) * '' Three Girls from Rome'' (1952) - Elena * ''The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo'' (1952) - Zitamaria * ''Article 519, Penal Code'' (1952) - Clara Martini * '' The Enemy'' (1952) - Marta * ''Sunday Heroes'' (1952) - Mara * '' Canzoni di mezzo secolo'' (1952) * ''Il viale della speranza'' (1953) - Luisa * '' Voice of Silence'' (1953) - Anna Maria * ''Cavalcade of Song'' (1953) - Ex-amante del guappo * ''Musoduro'' (1953) - Anita * ''Scampolo 53'' (1953) * ''It Takes Two to Sin in Love'' (1954) - Luisa G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Greco
Christian Greco ( Arzignano, VI, 1975) is an Italian Egyptologist. Since 2014 he is the Director of Museo Egizio, Torino. Biography Born in Arzignano near Vicenza in a family of Sicilian origins, Christian Greco graduated in 1994 with top marks at Liceo ginnasio Antonio Pigafetta. Admitted to Collegio Ghislieri of Pavia, he graduated in 1999 in Classics with a thesis on the archaeology of the ancient Near East at Università degli Studi di Pavia and, subsequently, in Egyptology at Leiden University in the Netherlands. He obtained his PhD in Egyptology from Università di Pisa in 2008. Greco taught Latin and Greek at high school in Leiden from 2003 and 2008 and was epigraphist at the Epigraphic Survey of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago in Luxor from 2006 to 2010. From 2009 to 2014 he was curator of the Egyptian section of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden of Leiden. In 2014 he became Director of Museo Egizio, Torino, after an international bid called by Fond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles R
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Pasquale Greco
Charles Pasquale Greco (October 29, 1894 – January 20, 1987) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana from 1946 to 1973. Greco also served as the supreme chaplain of the Knights of Columbus from 1961 to 1987. Biography Early life Charles Greco was born on October 29, 1894, in Rodney, Mississippi, to Frank and Carmela (née Testa) Greco. He attended St. Joseph Seminary in Covington, Louisiana, before studying at the American College at Louvain in Belgium and the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Greco was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of New Orleans by Archbishop John Shaw on July 25, 1918. Greco served as vicar general of the archdiocese and pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in New Orleans. Bishop of Alexandria On January 15, 1946, Greco was appointed the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Alexandria by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Greco
Armando Joseph "Buddy" Greco (August 14, 1926 – January 10, 2017) was an American jazz and pop singer and pianist who had a long career in the US and UK. His recordings have sold millions, including "Oh Look A-There Ain't She Pretty", " Up, Up and Away", and " Around the World". His most successful single was " The Lady Is a Tramp", which sold over one million copies. During his career, he recorded over sixty albums. He conducted the London Symphony Orchestra and performed for Queen Elizabeth II and with the Beatles. Music career Buddy Greco was born Armando Joseph Greco to an Italian-American family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Giuseppe Joseph Greco and Carmela Greco (born Piedimonte), who was originally from Ripabottoni in Molise, Italy. His mother introduced him to piano at age four. As a child he sang on the radio, and as a teen performed in nightclubs in Philadelphia. At age 16, he was hired by bandleader Benny Goodman and spent four years touring the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Greco
Antonio Greco (born 17 September 1923, date of death unknown) was a Bolivian footballer who played as a defender. Biography Greco was born in La Paz on 17 September 1923. He played for Bolivia in the 1950 FIFA World Cup The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950. The planned 1942 and 1946 World Cups were .... He also played for Club Litoral. Some sources mention Greco as born in Argentina. Greco is deceased. References External links *FIFA profile 1923 births Year of death missing Footballers from La Paz Bolivian men's footballers Bolivia men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Club Deportivo Litoral (Cochabamba) players 1950 FIFA World Cup players {{Bolivia-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Greco
Anthony Greco (born September 30, 1993) is an American professional ice hockey forward for Frölunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Early life Greco was born on September 30, 1993, in Queens, New York to parents Paul and Mary Jane. His mother is a retired nurse while his father served as a member of the New York City Fire Department and suffered illnesses and conditions following his efforts during the September 11 attacks. While his father played baseball in college, Greco grew up a fan of the New York Rangers. Playing career Amateur Undrafted to the NHL, Greco played college hockey with the Ohio State Buckeyes from 2012 to 2016 after playing junior with the Des Moines Buccaneers and Waterloo Blackhawks in the USHL. He then turned pro, playing in the American Hockey League for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers and Springfield Thunderbirds. Professional Greco was signed by the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League to a two-year, two-way contact in November 2017. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
