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Luni (other)
Luni or Lo(o)ni may refer to : Places and jurisdictions Italy * Luni, Italy, a town in Liguria * the former Latin Catholic Diocese of Luni, with see in the above town India * Luni, Rajasthan, a town in Rajasthan * Luni River, in Rajasthan Pakistan * Luni (Balochistan), a village in Pakistani Baluchistan * Looni (also spelled Luni), a town and union council in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa * Luni (Punjab), a village in Pakistani province Punjab People * Loni (Pashtun tribe), also spelled ''Luni'' ** Arman Loni (1983–2019), Pashtun human rights activist ** Wranga Loni, Pashtun human rights activist (sister of Arman Loni) * Luni Coleone (born 1978), California rapper See also * Looney (other) {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luni, Italy
Luni is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of La Spezia, in the easternmost end of the Liguria region of northern Italy. It was founded by the Romans as Luna. It gives its name to Lunigiana, a region spanning eastern Liguria and northern Tuscany ( province of Massa-Carrara). The commune was known as Ortonovo (from the name of one of its current ''frazioni'') until April 2017. It is now named after the ''frazione'' of Luni. Geography Located in a plain near the Tyrrhenian Sea and close to the borders with Tuscany, Luni is crossed by the river Magra and lies between Sarzana (7 km in north) and Carrara (5 km in south). It is 4 km far from Ortonovo, 15 km from Massa and 30 km from La Spezia. The village is served by National Highway 1 "Aurelia", crossed at Luni Mare by the A12 motorway and counts a railway station on the Pisa-Genoa line. History Classical Period Luna was the frontier town of Etruria, on the left bank of the river M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Luni
The Diocese of Luni was a Roman Catholic bishopric with its seat in Luni, Liguria, northwestern Italy. The bishop and cathedral chapter moved to Sarzana in the 12th century; the move was formalised in 1201. Though the bishops of Luni had been resident at Sarzana long before the official transfer of the cathedral, the diocese and bishop continued to use the name of Luni in their titles down to 1465, when the name of Sarzana was added to both. The name of the former diocese was revived in 1976 to designate a titular see A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbi .... See also * Roman Catholic Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato (list of Bishops of Luni) References Bibliography * * (in Latin) * pp. 817–818. (use with caution; obsolete) *Gentile, Michele Lupo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luni, Rajasthan
Luni is a town in Jodhpur district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located 35 km South from Jodhpur district headquarter. Luni is also the headquarter of Luni tehsil. Geography Luni is located in Central Rajasthan on the banks of the Luni River. Luni is near the villages of Shikarpura, Satlana, French, and Barliya. The nearest city, the District capital of Jodhpur, is 35 km (22 mi) away. The artisans inhabiting the village pursue their ancestral profession of fashioning metal, clay or wood into intricate forms. Climate During the summer, the temperature can go as high as . In the winter, it can range from 15 degrees to 25 degrees. Nights are cool and days are hot and humid. Tourist attractions in Luni Fort Chanwa Fort Chanwa is a red sandstone fort. It was built around 1895 by Kaviraja Muraridan of Bhandiyawas who received Luni as jagir during the rule of Jaswant Singh II, Maharaja Jaswant Singh II of Marwar. The red sandstone was brought from Jodhpur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luni River
The Luni is the largest river in the Thar Desert in Northwest India. It originates in Naga hills of the Pushkar valley of the Aravalli Range, near Ajmer, passes through the southeastern portion of the Thar Desert, and ends in the marshy lands of Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, after travelling a distance of . It is first known as Sagarmati, then after passing Govindgarh, it meets its tributary Sarasvati, which originates from Pushkar Lake and from then on it is called Luni., see also The Imperial Gazetteer of India In 1892, Maharaja Jaswant Singh II of Jodhpur constructed 0 in Pichiyak village between Bilara and Bhawi of Jodhpur district. It is one of the largest artificial lakes in India and irrigates more than . It is one of the internal drainage rivers in India; it does not meet with Arabian Sea. It is drained before it reaches the Arabian Sea. Etymology The Luni is also known as the Lavanavari or Lavanavati, which means "salt river" in Sanskrit, due to the high salinity of it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luni (Balochistan)
Luni, (Pashto: Loni-لونی), pronounced "Looni", or "Luni" is a village in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is located about north of the city of Sibi in Sibi District Sibi (Urdu and ; ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district in the Balochistan (Pakistan), Balochistan province of Pakistan.Loni tribe of Miana (Pashtun tribe). Population of town in 2011 was 1875 in 302 households . Lunis are well known for their education and they’re among the most educated tribe of sibi division. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Looni
Looni is a town and union council in Kulachi Tehsil Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a province of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the fourth largest province of Paki .... References Union councils of Dera Ismail Khan District Populated places in Dera Ismail Khan District {{Der ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luni (Punjab)
Luni, also spelt Loni, is a village in the Punjab province of Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# .... It is located at 32°48'0N 74°40'0E with an altitude of 278 metres (915 feet). References Villages in Punjab, Pakistan {{Balochistan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loni (Pashtun Tribe)
Luni (also spelled as Loni) is one of the tribes of Pashtuns, mainly living in Pakistan with its minority in Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde .... Main body of Lunis is to be found in Duki District and a minority living at Sibi ( Luni, Balochistan). ” The Lúnis are descended from Miani and are, therefore, connected with the Jáfars of the Músá Khél tahsíl. They designate themselves Durranis, the reason for which may be found in the fact that Miana was a brother of Tarín, the ancestor of the Durranis. Living near the Baloch, and being constantly at feud with them, the Lúnis appear to have adopted the arbitrary distribution of their component groups into large clans or divisions, which is common among the former. The tribe was, therefore, divided i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arman Loni
Mohammad Ibrahim Arman Loni (), commonly known as Arman Loni (or Arman Luni), was a Pakistani teacher of Pashto literature, poet, and one of the founding leaders of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). Arman died on 2 February 2019 after a clash with the police, which followed his participation at a protest sit-in outside Loralai Press Club. The four-day sit-in had been organized by PTM activists, including Arman and his sister Wranga Loni, to protest against the 2019 Loralai attack, in which eight policemen and a civilian had been killed by the Pakistani Taliban on January 29, 2019. His family and PTM activists said that as the police attacked him and other activists, a policeman struck Arman on the head with a gun, causing him to collapse. However, according to a police spokesman, the death was caused by a heart attack following clashes between protesters and police. He died at the hospital. The postmortem reports indicated no torture marks on his body but there was a blood c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wranga Loni
Wranga Loni (, ; also spelled Wrranga Lunri or Wrranga Luni) is a Pakistani human rights activist and writer from Sanjawi in northern Balochistan, Pakistan. She is a member of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), and of the Waak Movement, which aims to bring political awareness among Pashtun women. Social activism Wranga joined the PTM in February 2018 along with her elder brother, Arman Loni. Both of them actively took part in organizing the PTM public gatherings, usually traveling to the gathering site a week earlier to help run awareness campaigns among the locals. Wranga recalled, “ rmansaid women’s awareness was important for our future survival in peace and with human dignity.” At the gatherings, Wranga would mostly give speeches from the stage but Arman would usually prefer to be behind the scenes. The activities of Arman and Wranga irked the local tribal chiefs, because of which Arman's family was forced to move from their native Sanjawi to Killa Saifullah, the hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luni Coleone
Monterrio Williams (born August 10, 1978), better known by his stage names Luni Coleone or Lunasicc, is an American rapper who began his career on the streets of Sacramento, California. Biography He began his career under the alias of Lunasicc in 1995, appearing on his cousin X-Raided's album '' Xorcist''. He released his solo debut, '' Mr. Lunasicc'', in 1997 on AWOL Records, to strong reviews. '' A Million Words, a Million Dollars'' followed in 1998, with stronger reviews. Later that year Lunasicc joined forces with Killa Tay and KJ to form the supergroup, Dosia. They went on to produce one album, ''Waiting to Inhale'', released on November 3, 1998, on AWOL Records. In 2000, he changed his name to Luni Coleone. The first album released under the new name is '' Total Recall'', which was released on March 14, 2000. Some of Coleone's most famous ballads include "All I Wanna Do", "All I Ever Wanted To Do", and "Thug Sh*t". His lyrics describe the everyday life of American inn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
