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Smiljan (given Name)
Smiljan is a South Slavic masculine given name. Its origin is usually associated with the common name for plants which produce "everlasting"-type blooms, many of which are known as and , 'immortelle' (that is, 'everlasting' lower in South Slavic languages. The plant species generally associated with the personal name are ''Antennaria dioica'' ( or , the 'bald–' or 'mountain–everlasting'), and '' Helichrysum arenarium'' (, the 'sand–everlasting'). The Lika-region town, Smiljan, Croatia, traditionally shares its name's etymology with the anthroponym—both the placename and personal name being arrived at through the botanic association. An alternative derivation has, however, been suggested for the town: The Croatian linguist and onomatologist, Petar Šimunović believed that the town was named as a patronymic of Smiljan, which over time was abbreviated, losing the patronymic word-element. In Slovenia, the incidence of baby boys being registered with the name ''Smiljan'' has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Slavic Languages
The South Slavic languages are one of three branches of the Slavic languages. There are approximately 30 million speakers, mainly in the Balkans. These are separated geographically from speakers of the other two Slavic branches (West Slavic languages, West and East Slavic languages, East) by a belt of German language, German, Hungarian language, Hungarian and Romanian language, Romanian speakers. History The first South Slavic language to be written (also the first attested Slavic language) was the variety of the Eastern South Slavic spoken in Thessaloniki, now called Old Church Slavonic, in the ninth century. It is retained as a liturgical language in Slavic Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox churches in the form of various local Church Slavonic language, Church Slavonic traditions. Classification The South Slavic languages constitute a Dialect continuum#South Slavic continuum, dialect continuum. Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin constitute a single dialect wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antennaria Dioica
''Antennaria dioica'' (mountain everlasting, stoloniferous pussytoes, catsfoot or cudweed) is a Eurasian species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a perennial herb found in cool northern and mountainous regions of Europe and northern Asia (Russia, Mongolia, Japan, Kazakhstan, China (Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, Gansu) and the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. Description ''Antennaria dioica'' is an evergreen, herbaceous perennial plant growing to 10–20 cm tall, with a rosette of basal spoon-shaped leaves 4 cm long, and 1 cm broad at their broadest near the apex; and smaller leaves arranged spirally up the flowering stems. The flowers are produced in capitula (flowerheads) 6–12 mm diameter with pale pink ray florets and darker pink disc florets. The plant's common name is derived from the flower clusters which are thought to resemble the pads or toes of a cat's paw. It is dioecious, but can also reproduce without fertilisation. It is found in groups ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helichrysum Arenarium
''Helichrysum arenarium'' is also known as dwarf everlast, and as immortelle. Description As a perennial plant, it grows to be an average of 0.3 m tall. The leaves are flat, the lower ones being elliptical in shape, while the upper ones are linear. They are wooly on both sides. The flower heads are arranged in loosely, a cross between umbel and panicle. They are 3 to 4 mm wide of bright golden yellow florets. It is found in Eastern France to Sweden as well as on the mountains of Uzbekistan on sandy grasslands, and heathland. It is also widely spread on the Dalmatian coast in Croatia where locals regularly pick and sell it throughout the summer (local Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ... permitting even as late as September and October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lika
Lika () is a traditional region of Croatia proper, roughly bound by the Velebit mountain from the southwest and the Plješevica mountain from the northeast. On the north-west end Lika is bounded by Ogulin-Plaški basin, and on the south-east by the Malovan pass. Today most of the territory of Lika (Brinje, Donji Lapac, Gospić, Lovinac, Otočac, Perušić, Plitvička Jezera, Udbina and Vrhovine) is part of Lika-Senj County. Josipdol, Plaški and Saborsko are part of Karlovac County and Gračac is part of Zadar County, and it takes up about 12% of Croatia, Croatia's land area. Major towns include Gospić, Otočac, and Gračac, most of which are located in the karst poljes of the rivers of Lika (river), Lika, Gacka and others. The Plitvice Lakes National Park and Northern Velebit National Park are also in Lika. History Antiquity Since the first millennium BC the region was inhabited by the Iapodes, an ancient people related to Illyrians. During the Gallic invasion of the Balk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smiljan, Croatia
Smiljan () is a village in the mountainous region of Lika in Croatia. It is located northwest of Gospić, and fifteen kilometers from the Zagreb-Split highway; its population is 418 (2011). Smiljan is the birthplace of inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla. Geography It consists of eighteen scattered hamlets (Baćinac, Bogdanić, Čovini, Debelo Brdo, Dražica, Kolakovica, Kovačevići, Ljutača, Milkovića Varoš, Miljača, Miškulin Brdo, Podkrčmar, Rasovača, Rosulje, Smiljan, Smiljansko Polje, Vaganac). Smiljan resort is located in the central part of the Velebit-Lika plain, on the western edge of the field at the foot of the hill Krčmar. It consists of twelve villages which makes the spatial and functional unit. In the surroundings are Hill fort, Hill-forts Bogdanić, Smiljan and Krčmar, prehistoric tombs, the churches of St. Anastasia, St. Mark and St. Vitus. It got its name from the fort Smiljan which ruins are located at hill Vekavac. Etymology The origin of the name Sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onomatologist
Onomastics (or onomatology in older texts) is the study of proper names, including their etymology, history, and use. An ''alethonym'' ('true name') or an ''orthonym'' ('real name') is the proper name of the object in question, the object of onomastic study. Scholars studying onomastics are called ''onomasticians''. Onomastics has applications in data mining, with applications such as named-entity recognition, or recognition of the origin of names. It is a popular approach in historical research, where it can be used to identify ethnic minorities within populations and for the purpose of prosopography. Etymology ''Onomastics'' originates from the Greek (), itself derived from (). Branches * Toponymy (or more precisely toponomastics), one of the principal branches of onomastics, is the study of place names. * Anthroponymy is the study of personal names. * Literary onomastics is the branch that researches the names in works of literature and other fiction. * Socio-onomastics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petar Šimunović
Petar Šimunović (19 February 1933 – 5 August 2014) was a Croatian linguist, onomastician, dialectologist, lexicographer, and academic member of HAZU. He was considered as the most prominent Croatian Onomastics, onomastician (since the second half of the 20th century), and contributed also in the field of dialectology (particularly about Chakavian dialect). Biography He was born on 19 February 1933 in the village Dračevica, Croatia, Dračevica on the island of Brač. He received a degree in Yugoslav languages and Romance studies at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb in 1958 with thesis ''Sumartinska onomastika'', and doctoral thesis ''Toponimija otoka Brača'' in 1970. Since 1964 he started to work at the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics of JAZU (later HAZU), in the department of onomastics. He was elected scientific advisor in 1979 and retired in 2003. As the recipient of the Humboldt Foundation scholarship he worked at the Slavic Department of the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patronymic
A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, by custom or official policy, in many countries worldwide, although elsewhere their use has been replaced by or transformed into patronymic surnames. Examples of such transformations include common English surnames such as Johnson (surname), Johnson (son of John). Origins of terms The usual noun and adjective in English is ''patronymic'', but as a noun this exists in free variation alongside ''patronym''. The first part of the word ''patronym'' comes from Greek language, Greek πατήρ ''patēr'' 'father' (Genitive case, GEN πατρός ''patros'' whence the combining form πατρο- ''patro''-); the second part comes from Greek ὄνυμα ''onyma'', a variant form of ὄνομα ''onoma'' 'name'. In the form ''patronymic'', this stand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statistical Office Of The Republic Of Slovenia
The Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS) ( Slovene: ''Statistični urad Republike Slovenije'', ''SURS'') is an independent Slovenian state institution in charge of official statistical surveying. It reports directly to the prime minister of Slovenia. One of the office's activities is a nationwide census every 10 years, the last one being conducted in 2011. The office is located at Litostrojska cesta 54 in Ljubljana. As of April 2024, its director-general is Apolonija Oblak Flander. Directors * Alojz Dular (1944–1945) * Silva Exel Škerlak (1945–1948) * Boris Debevec (1948–1951) * Vojko Konvalinka (1951–1954) * Rajko Kiauta (1954–1967) * Franta Komel (1967–1981) * Tomaž Banovec (1981–2003) * Irena Križman (2003–2013) * Genovefa Ružić (2013–2019) * Bojan Nastav (2019–2020) * Tomaž Smrekar (2020–2023) * Apolonija Oblak Flander (2024–present) References External linksOfficial website Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smiljan Pavič
Smiljan Pavič (born February 5, 1980, in Slovenj Gradec, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian former professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ... player. External links ABA League profile 1980 births Living people ABA League players AEK B.C. players ASK Riga players Bandırma B.İ.K. players Basketball League of Serbia players Centers (basketball) KK Krka players KK Olimpija players KK Zlatorog Laško players KK Vojvodina Srbijagas players Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Serbia Slovenian men's basketball players Sportspeople from Slovenj Gradec KK Kansai Helios Domžale players {{Slovenia-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smiljan Radic
Smiljan Radic (born June 21, 1965, Santiago) is a Chilean architect of Croatian heritage."Smiljan Radic" in '' El Croquis'' no.169, 2013 Biography Radic graduated in 1989 in architecture at the and established his own office in 1995. Many of his projects are small scale, such as dwellings and installation designs that bridge across various cultural traditions. Radic was selected to design the 2014[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smiljan Rozman
Smiljan Rozman (28 January 1927 – 15 March 2007) was a Slovene writer, author of numerous novels and collections of short stories who also wrote for young readers and scripts for children's programmes and drama series on television. Rozman was born in Celje in 1927. Soon after his birth the family moved to Maribor where he grew up. During the Second World War sent on forced labour to Germany and France. After the war he worked as a factory worker, musician, painter, actor and teacher and eventually a full-time writer. He died in Ljubljana in 2007. In 1965 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his novel ''Druščina'' (The Company). In 1968 he won the Levstik Award The Levstik Award () is a literary award in Slovenia awarded for achievements in children's literature. It has been bestowed since 1949 by the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House, making it the first literary award established by a Slovene publishin ... for his book ''Reporter Tejč poroča'' (Tejč the Reporte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
