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Angelica (given Name)
Angelica is an English language surname and female given name and a variant of Angelika or vice versa. Meaning Angelica comes from the Latin ''angelicus'' ("angelic"), which in turn is descended from the Greek (''ángelos'') meaning "messenger of God" or "angel". Its male counterpart is Angelico. As a surname Angelica is also a surname with similar meaning and was historically found mostly in the UK, US, and Canada. It was reported that they had a relatively low life expectancy of under 50 years. Angelica Family History ''ancestry''.com Variations Angélica ( Portuguese), Angelika< ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel
An angel is a spiritual (without a physical body), heavenly, or supernatural being, usually humanoid with bird-like wings, often depicted as a messenger or intermediary between God (the transcendent) and humanity (the profane) in various traditions like the Abrahamic religions. Other roles include protectors and guides for humans, such as guardian angels and servants of God. In Western belief-systems the term is often used to distinguish benevolent from malevolent intermediary beings. Emphasizing the distance between God and mankind, revelation-based belief-systems require angels to bridge the gap between the earthly and the transcendent realm. Angels play a lesser role in monistic belief-systems, since the gap is non-existent. However, angelic beings might be conceived as aid to achieve a proper relationship with the divine. Abrahamic religions describe angelic hierarchies, which vary by religion and sect. Some angels have specific names (such as Gabriel or Mich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanian Language
Albanian (Endonym and exonym, endonym: , , or ) is an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid, Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan languages, Paleo-Balkan group. It is the native language of the Albanian people. Standard Albanian is the official language of Albania and Kosovo, and a co-official language in North Macedonia and Montenegro, where it is the primary language of significant Albanian minority communities. Albanian is recognized as a minority language in Italy, Croatia, Romania, and Serbia. It is also spoken in Greece and by the Albanian diaspora, which is generally concentrated in the Americas, Europe and Oceania. Albanian is estimated to have as many as 7.5 million native speakers. Albanian and other Paleo-Balkan languages had their formative core in the Balkans after the Indo-European migrations in the region. Albanian in antiquity is often thought to have been an Illyrian language for ob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelica Garnett
Angelica Vanessa Garnett (née Bell; 25 December 1918 – 4 May 2012), was a British writer, painter and artist. She was the author of the memoir ''Deceived with Kindness'' (1984), an account of her experience growing up at the heart of the Bloomsbury Group. Family background Angelica Garnett was born at Charleston Farmhouse in East Sussex on Christmas Day 1918."Angelica Garnett: 25th December 1918 – 4th May 2012" , The Charleston Trust, 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-24. She was the biological daughter of the painter Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell; her aunt was Virginia Woolf. Until the summer of 1937, when Garnett was 18, she believed her biological father was Clive Bell, Vanessa's husband, rather than the mostly homosexual Grant, alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelica (singer)
Angelica Garcia (born May 21, 1972, in El Monte, California)Joel Whitburn, ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits''. 7th edn, 2000. is a former Latin pop singer. Early life Her uncle is Eusebio Garcia, director of Mariachi Toluca. Garcia obtained a bachelor's degree in applied design from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and now works at the Jubilee Consortium, a nonprofit. She is the mother of singer-songwriter Angelica Garcia. Career She won the "Best New Artist" award at the Mexican national contest, ''Juguemos a Cantar'', and spent two years acting on the variety program '' La Hora Feliz''. The title track of her debut album, ''Angel Baby'' (a cover of a Rosie and the Originals song), was a hit in America, peaking on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1991 at No. 29. She never had another US hit, but her 1997 Spanish-language single "Vaya" was a hit in Central and South America. Discography Albums *''Angel Baby'' (1991) US Billboard Heatseekers peak No. 37Billboar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aggeliki Daliani
Aggeliki Daliani (Greek: Αγγελική Δαλιάνη; born August 11, 1979) is a Greek actress and entrepreneur. She is best known for her role as Maria in '' Maria, i Aschimi'', the Greek edition of the television series ''Betty la Fea''. Early life Daliani was born on August 11, 1979, in Athens even her origin is from Kalamata. She has a 6-year younger sister Panagiota Daliani. She graduated the Department of Communication and Media Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Department of the Greek Culture of the Hellenic Open University. She worked as a reporter for 5 years in a gossip magazine. She left reporting for acting. Career In 2005, she made her television debut in ANT1 series "Min Mou Les Antio" with a recurring role of 10 episodes. In 2006 she had a guest role for 2 episodes in Mega series "Hrthe kai Edese". In 2006, she passed from audition for the role of ''Maria Papasotiriou'' in Mega series '' Maria, i Aschimi'', the Greek editio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelica Burevik
Angelica Burevik Törnqvist (born 7 December 1958) is a Swedish former association football defender who won 30 caps for the Sweden women's national football team. She is nicknamed Agge. Club career Burevik's performances for local team Stattena IF earned her a place in the Helsingborgs Idrottsmuseum Hall of Fame in 1983. She later served the club as chairperson. International career Burevik made her senior Sweden debut in a 6–1 win over France in Montauban on 23 May 1981. She won the first UEFA championships for national women's teams in 1984. Sweden beat England in the final, on a penalty shootout at Kenilworth Road after a 1–1 aggregate draw. Burevik's break down the right wing and cross had created Pia Sundhage's headed goal for Sweden in the first leg at Ullevi Ullevi, sometimes known as Nya Ullevi (, ''New Ullevi''), is a multi-purpose stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then has also hosted the World Allro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelica Bridges
Angelica Bridges (born November 20, 1970) is an American actress, model, and singer. Bridges is best known for her role as Lt. Taylor Walsh on ''Baywatch''. Career Bridges was crowned Miss Missouri Teen. After arriving in Hollywood, Bridges signed with Elite Model Management. Bridges starred opposite Troy Aikman in a Brut cologne commercial directed by Zack Snyder. She was a ballroom dancing ingénue in an Emmy-nominated Super Bowl ad for American Express directed by David Kellog titled American Express – Virtual Reality. She was one of the first female models to represent the UFC in an ad campaign titled “Beauty and The Beast" in ''Maxim'' magazine. She had a three-year contract with Clairol. She starred alongside Kevin Costner in a print and television ad campaign for Italian shoe company Valverde. Bridges was voted as one of the 50 Most Watched Women in the World, by ''Esquire'' magazine, one of the 100 Most Beautiful Women in the World by ''FHM'' magazine and as o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelica Bengtsson
Angelica Therese Bengtsson (born 8 July 1993) is a Swedish track and field athlete who specialises in the pole vault. She became the first pole vault winner at the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, 2010. Bengtsson has won gold medals at the 2009 World Youth Championships and the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics. She set a mark of 4.47 m for the youth world record for the event in 2010 and broke the world junior record with a vault of 4.63 m in 2011. Bengtsson placed tied 4th at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, China, having set a national record of 4.70 m in the final. She set a then-national record with 4.81 m, set indoor in Clermont-Ferrand, on February 24, 2019. Bengtsson has won eleven national titles. On 1 November 2021, she announced her retirement from pole vaulting. Biography Bengtsson was born on 8 July 1993 in Väckelsång; her father is Swedish and her mother is Afro-Brazilian. Bengtsson initially started out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelica Bella
Angelica Bella (born Gabriella Piroska Mészáros; 15 February 1968 – 7 May 2021) was a Hungarian pornographic actress. She worked primarily and enjoyed her greatest popularity in Italy. Career Bella began her career in the adult film industry under the pseudonym A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true meaning ( orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individual's o ... Gabriella Dari. She worked with various German producers in the early 1990s. Excluding compilations and other recyclings, Bella made over sixty films in Italy, more than a dozen in Germany, and others in Hungary and France. She also made two films in the United States, ''The Fisherman's Wife'' (directed by porn actress Raven) and ''Fantasies'' (directed by C. Everett Smythe), both released as part of the ''Anal-Europe'' series in 1992. Awards * 1993 Hot d'Or - Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angellica Bell
Angellica Bell (born 24 March 1976) is a British television presenter, television and radio presenter, best known for her presenting on CBBC between 2000 and 2006. She is also known for providing occasional cover on ''The One Show'' and for co-presenting ''The Martin Lewis Money Show''. Bell won the 2017 series of ''Celebrity MasterChef''. Early life Bell is of St. Lucian heritage. Born in 1976, Bell was raised a Mormon and educated in Ealing, West London at Notting Hill & Ealing High School. She also studied at the University of the West of England, gaining a BA Honours degree in Politics in 1996. Career Bell started off her career as a roving reporter on Channel 4's ''The Big Breakfast'' in the late 1990s. She then had a spell presenting on Carlton Kids's live afternoon programme ''The Max'', with Paul Leyshon, before joining CBBC in May 2000 mainly working as a presenter between shows. She became the main anchor of shows, including ''That's Genius!'', ''Xchange (CBBC), Xch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelica Balabanoff
Angelica Balabanoff (or Balabanov, Balabanova; – ''Anzhelika Balabanova''; 4 August 1878 – 25 November 1965) was a Russian-Italian communist and social democratic activist of Jewish origin. She served as secretary of the Comintern from 1919 to 1920, and later became a political party leader in Italy. Biography Balabanoff was born into a wealthy family in Chernigov, Russian Empire, where she rebelled against her mother's strictness. While attending the New University of Brussels in Brussels, she was exposed to political radicalism. After graduating with degrees in philosophy and literature, she settled in Rome and began to organize immigrant workers in the textile industry, joining the Italian Socialist Party (''Partito Socialista Italiano''; PSI) in 1900. She became closely associated with Antonio Labriola, Giacinto Menotti Serrati, Benito Mussolini, and the party's founder Filippo Turati. She moved further to the left during the First World War, becoming active in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angélica Aragón
Angélica Espinoza Stransky (born 11 July 1953), known as Angélica Aragón (), is a Mexican film, television and stage actress and singer. She is daughter of the Mexican composer José Ángel Espinoza "Ferrusquilla". She is recognized for her performances in various Mexican film productions such as ''Cilantro y perejil'' (1997), ''Sexo, pudor y lágrimas'' (1999) and ''El crimen del Padre Amaro'' (2002) and in diverse American productions like ''A Walk in the Clouds'' (1995) and '' Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights'' (2002) among others. She is also famous for having starred in two famous Mexican telenovelas: '' Vivir un poco'' (1985) and '' Mirada de mujer'' (1997). Biography Early life Angelica Espinoza Stransky is the elder daughter of the Mexican actor and composer José Ángel Espinoza "Ferrusquilla" and Sonia Stransky. She had a younger sister named Vindia (deceased in 2008). On her mother's side, she has two half-siblings, Jacqueline and John. Her maternal grandfather, of Cz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
