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Kostis (other)
Kostis () is a hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' fo ... of the Greek name Konstantinos ( Constantine). Notable people with the name include: Given name * Kostis Adosidis Pasha (1818–1895), Prince of Samos * Kostis Chatzidakis (born 1965), Greek politician * Kostis Gimossoulis (born 1960), Greek poet and novelist * Costis Gontikas (born 1994), Greek professional basketball player * Kostis Gontikas (born 1934), Greek politician * Kostis Palamas (1859–1943), Greek poet * Kostis Papagiorgis (1947–2014), Greek essayist, columnist, translator of philosophical studies * Kostis Protopapas, American opera artistic director of Greek origin * Konstantinos "Kostis" Stephanopoulos (1926–2016), Greek politician, President of Greece from 1995 to 2005 Surname * Chris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' for Robert, or it may be unrelated. Origins and usage Etymologically, the term ''hypocorism'' is from Ancient Greek (), from (), meaning 'to call by endearing names'. The prefix refers in this case to creating a diminutive, something that is smaller in a tender or affectionate sense; the root originates in the Greek for 'to caress' or 'to treat with tokens of affection', and is related to the words () 'boy, youth' and () 'girl, young woman'. In linguistics, the term can be used more specifically to refer to the Morphology (linguistics), morphological process by which the standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection, or to words resulting from this process. In English, a word is often clipping (morphology), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostis Protopapas
Kostis Protopapas is a Greek-born American symphony and opera conductor, currently serving as the Artistic Director of Opera Santa Barbara. From 2008 until 2016 he was the Artistic Director of Tulsa Opera in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he had previously served as Associate Conductor and Chorusmaster. During his 15-year tenure with the company, Protopapas conducted 30 productions of a diverse repertoire extending from popular classics like La Boheme, Carmen and Pagliacci to contemporary American works like Elmer Gantry, Of Mice and Men and A Streetcar Named Desire. About his 2011 Barber of Seville performances, Alex Ross of The New Yorker wrote "Most impressive was the fluid idiomatic playing of the orchestra… In any city, it's rare to find a conductor that sets the right tempo so consistently that you stop noticing he's there." In 2014 his contract was renewed through 2017, however he resigned his post in March 2016 Protopapas has served as Assistant Conductor for the Los Angeles Op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostas (other)
Kostas or Costas () is a Greek given name and surname. As a given name, it can be a hypocorism for Konstantinos (Constantine). Given name * Costas Andreou, Greek musician * Kostas Antetokounmpo (born 1997), Greek basketball player * Costas Azariadis (born 1943), Greek economist * Kostas Biris (1899–1980), Greek architect * Costas Georgiou (1951–1976), Greek Cypriot mercenary * Kostas Lazarides (born 1949), aka Kostas (songwriter), Greek-American country music songwriter * Costas Mandylor (born 1965), Greek Australian actor * Kostas Papanikolaou (born 1990), Greek basketball player * Costas Rigas (born 1944), Greek basketball player * Costas Simitis (1936–2025), Prime Minister of Greece * Kostas Hatzichristos (1921–2001), Greek actor * Kostas Karamanlis (born 1956), former Prime Minister of Greece * Kostas Koufogiorgos (born 1972), Greek-German cartoonist Surname * Bob Costas (born 1952), American sportscaster and talk show host * John P. Costas (engineer) (1923–2008), A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosti (other)
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Kosti may refer to: Places * Kosti, Sudan, a major city in Sudan * Kosti, Burgas Province, a village in Bulgaria People Given name * Kosti Katajamäki (born 1977), Finnish rally driver * Kosti Manubi, South Sudanese politician * Kosti Vehanen (1887–1957), Finnish pianist and composer Family name * Eleni Kosti (born 1985), Greek swimmer * María Kosti (born 1951), Spanish actress * Melpo Kosti, Greek television and soap opera actress Others *Kushti (or Kusti), a string-like garment which pairs with the Sudreh in Zoroastrianism See also * Costi (other) *Kostis (other) Kostis () is a hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costi (other)
Costi may refer to: *a Romanian village, part of Vânători, Galați commune People *Cozi Costi, British musician *Giandomenico Costi (born 1969), Italian football player * Konstantinos "Costis" Stephanopoulos (1926–2016), president of Greece from 1995 to 2005 *Memnos Costi (born 1976), British television presenter and footballer *Rochelle Costi (1961–2022), Brazilian photographer *Costi Ioniță (born 1978), Romanian musician See also *Kosti (other) Kosti may refer to: Places * Kosti, Sudan, a major city in Sudan * Kosti, Burgas Province, a village in Bulgaria People Given name * Kosti Katajamäki (born 1977), Finnish rally driver * Kosti Manubi, South Sudanese politician * Kosti Vehanen ... {{disambiguation, given name, surname Romanian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasos Kostis
Tasos Kostis (; born 14 January 1951) is a Greek film and voice actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1980. He's also participated in many dubs. Early and personal life As of 2024, Kostis resides in Nicosia Nicosia, also known as Lefkosia and Lefkoşa, is the capital and largest city of Cyprus. It is the southeasternmost of all EU member states' capital cities. Nicosia has been continuously inhabited for over 5,500 years and has been the capi ..., Cyprus. Selected filmography Filmography Television Dub of TV shows References External links * 1951 births Living people Greek male film actors Greek male voice actors Actors from Piraeus Greek emigrants to Cyprus {{Greece-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Kostis
Peter Kostis (born December 23, 1947, in Sanford, Maine) is an American golf analyst and instructor. Among his many students are Paul Casey, Chez Reavie, Bernhard Langer, Steve Elkington, Dan Marino, Maury Povich, and Mike Schmidt. He has the Peter Kostis Learning Academy at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. Kostis also was the instructor who coached Kevin Costner in the film Tin Cup, also appearing as himself in a speaking role. In 1992, Kostis joined CBS Sports as an on-course reporter and golf analyst. In addition to his CBS duties, he was the lead golf analyst for the USA Network from 1989 to 2004. Kostis, alongside Gary McCord Gary Dennis McCord (born May 23, 1948) is an American professional golfer, commentator and author. Early life and amateur career McCord was born in San Gabriel, California, and raised in southern California, graduating from Ramona High School i ..., was not brought back for the 2020 golf broadcast team for CBS. Kostis attended The Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christos Kostis
Christos Kostis (, born 15 January 1972) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward. Kostis is widely regarded to be one of the most technical players Greece has ever produced, but his great injury in 1997 stopped his from making a big career. His nickname was "the Greek Cruyff" ''()''. Club career Iraklis Kostis begun his professional career at Iraklis, where at a young age became the club's best striker. This made AEK Athens and Olympiacos battle for his signature during the summer of 1994. The officials of Olympiacos and Iraklis agreed for the transfer and Kostis took a flight for Athens in order to sign his new contract with the red and whites. Surprisingly, he found the officials of AEK Athens waiting for him at the airport, as during the flight they made a better offer to Iraklis and signed him for the club's record fee at time of 450 million drachmas in total. AEK Athens His first season in the team, was a period of adjustment, nevertheless he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
Konstantinos "Kostis" Stephanopoulos (, 15 August 1926 – 20 November 2016) was a Greek conservative politician who served two consecutive terms as the president of Greece from 1995 to 2005. Life and career Stephanopoulos was born in Patras on 15 August 1926 to the lawyer and radiologist People's Party Member of Parliament, and Vrisiis Philopoulou. After attending the Saint Andrew school of Patras, he studied law at Athens University. He practiced law from 1954 until 1974 as a member of the Patras Bar Association. He first stood for election in 1958, with the National Radical Union and was elected for the first time as MP for Achaea Prefecture in 1964. He was re-elected for the same constituency for New Democracy (ND) in 1974, 1977, 1981 and 1985. He served as ND parliamentary secretary and parliamentary spokesman from 1981 to 1985. In 1974, Stephanopoulos was appointed Deputy Minister of Commerce in the National Unity government of Constantine Karamanlis. For the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostis Papagiorgis
Kostis Papagiorgis (; real name: Κωνσταντίνος Παπαγεωργίου ''Konstantinos Papageorgiou''; 20 March 1947 – 21 March 2014) was a Greeks, Greek essayist, columnist and translator of philosophy, philosophical studies. Biography A teacher's son, Papagiorgis was born on 20 March 1947 in Neochori, Ypati, Neochori, Ypati and lived in Kymi, Greece, Kymi (1951–1960), Chalandri, Thessaloníki (1966–1967) and Paris (1969–1975). He attended law school in Thessaloníki and philosophy in Paris, without, however, having completed his studies. He began writing and translating in the latter half of the 1970s, while at the same time working in publishing. He published the theoretical magazine "Chora". He began writing essays in 1987. In 2002 he was honored with the Greek National Literary Award (Greece's most prestigious literary award) for his work "Kanellos Delegiannis". Papagiorgis spent the last years of his life in Athens with his wife Rania Stathopoulou and wro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantinos
Konstantinos or Constantinos (Κωνσταντίνος, ''Konstantínos'') is a Greek male given name. * Konstantinos (born 1972), occultist * Konstantinos "Kosta" Barbarouses (born 1990), New Zealand footballer * Konstantinos Chalkias (born 1974), Greek footballer * Konstadinos Gatsioudis (born 1973), Greek athlete * Konstantinos Gavras (born 1933), Greek-French filmmaker * Konstantinos Kanaris (1790–1877), Greek admiral and statesman, former Prime Minister of Greece * Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907–1998), former Prime Minister and President of Greece * Konstantinos Kenteris (born 1973), Greek athlete (sprinter) and Olympic gold medalist * Konstantinos Koukodimos (born 1969), former Greek athlete and politician * Konstantinos Logothetopoulos (1878–1961), former Prime Minister of Greece * Kostas Mitroglou (born 1988), Greek footballer * Konstantinos Mitsotakis (1918–2017), former Prime Minister of Greece * Konstantinos Paparrigopoulos (1815–189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostis Palamas
Kostis Palamas (; ; – 27 February 1943) was a Greek poet who wrote the words to the Olympic Hymn. He was a central figure of the Greek literary generation of the 1880s and one of the cofounders of the so-called New Athenian School (or Palamian School, or Second Athenian School) along with Georgios Drosinis and Ioannis Polemis. Biography Born in Patras, in the same house as born the Italian novelist Matilde Serao, he received his primary and secondary education in Mesolonghi. In 1877 he enrolled at the School of Law, Economics and Political Sciences of the University of Athens, but he soon abandoned his studies."Palamas, Kostis, 1859-1943" at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
