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Boza (name)
Boza is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Benjamín Boza ( 1900–1901), Peruvian politician, mayor of Lima * Francisco Boza (born 1964), Peruvian sports shooter * Juan Boza (born 1941), Cuban artist * Máximo Arrates Boza (1859-1936), Panamanian composer See also * Boza, fermented drink made from maize or wheat *Bolsover, nicknamed 'Boza' * Boža Jovanović ( 1979–1982), Serbian rock drummer * Boża Wola (other) * Bozas, French commune * Bosa (other) * Buza (other) {{surname, Boza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamín Boza
Benjamín Boza (1846 - 1921) was a Peruvian politician in the early 20th century. Boza served as the President of the Senate President of the Senate is a title often given to the presiding officer of a senate. It corresponds to the speaker in some other assemblies. The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's succession for its top executive office: for e ... from 1899 to 1900. He was the mayor of Lima from 1900 to 1901. References Boza family Presidents of the Senate of Peru Mayors of Lima 1846 births 1921 deaths Peruvian Ministers of Development and Public Works {{Peru-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Boza
Francisco Boza (born 19 September 1964) is a Peruvian sport shooter and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in trap shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and came fourth four years later. Biography He has competed in eight Olympic Games, from 1980 to 2004, one of only five shooters ever to do so. As of 2010, no other Peruvian had appeared at even six Olympics. Boza qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics and was the Peruvian flag bearer. He finished in 28th place in the qualifying round of the men's trap shooting competition and did not advance to the semifinals. See also *List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games A small fraction of the world's population ever competes at the Olympic Games; an even smaller fraction ever competes in multiple Games. 849 athletes (260 women and 589 men) have participated in at least five Olympics from Athens 1896 to Beiji ... * Multi-participation men in shooting at the Olympic Games References * Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Boza
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of '' John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, the diminutive form (equivalent to ''Johnny'') is , with feminine form (comparable to ''Jane'', ''Joan'', or ''Joanna'') , and feminine diminutive (equivalent to ''Janet'', ''Janey'', ''Joanie'', etc.). Chinese terms * ( or 娟, 隽) 'beautiful, graceful' is a common given name for Chinese women. * () The Chinese character 卷, which in Mandarin is almost homophonic with the characters for the female name, is a division of a traditional Chinese manuscript or book and can be translated as 'fascicle', 'scroll', 'chapter', or 'volume'. Notable people * Juan (footballer, born 1979), Brazilian footballer * Juan (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Juan (footballer, born March 2002), Brazilian footballer * Juan (footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máximo Arrates Boza
Máximo Arrates Boza (also known as ''Maestro Chicito'') (Santiago de Cuba, November 6, 1859 – August 9, 1936) was a Panamanian composer. He also played viola in the national symphony orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ..., and was a professor at the Conservatorio de Música y Declamación de Panamá. Panamanian composers Panamanian male musicians 1859 births 1936 deaths 19th-century composers 19th-century male musicians 20th-century composers 20th-century male composers 19th-century Cuban people {{composer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boza
Boza, also bosa, is a fermented beverage originating from the Middle East and made in parts of Southeast Europe, Central and Western Asia, Caucasus and North Africa. It is a malt drink made by fermenting various grains: wheat or millet in Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and barley in Ancient Egypt, maize (corn) and wheat in Turkey. It has a thick consistency, a low alcohol content (around 1%), and a slightly acidic sweet flavor. Etymology According to Turkish etymological dictionary and '' Nişanyan Sözlük'', ''boza'' is etymologically either Persian or Turkic in origin. The dictionary states that Persian ''būza'' or ''buχsum'' and Old Turkic ''buχsı'' or ''buχsum'' are cognates, yet it is unclear from which language it was ultimately derived and which one took it as a loanword. Francis Joseph Steingass says it is Persian and Ármin Vámbéry says it is an ancient Turkish word found in '' Kutadgu Bilig''. The oldest wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolsover
Bolsover is a market town and the administrative centre of the Bolsover District, Derbyshire, England. It is from London, from Sheffield, from Nottingham and from Derby. It is the main town in the Bolsover district. The civil parish for the town is called Old Bolsover. It includes the town and the New Bolsover model village, along with Hillstown, Carr Vale, Shuttlewood, Stanfree, Oxcroft, and Whaley. Its population at the 2011 UK Census was 11,673. Bolsover, along with several nearby villages, is situated in the north-east of the county of Derbyshire. It is the main town in the District of Bolsover, which is an electoral constituency and part of Derbyshire. Bolsover sought city status in the Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours, but the bid was unsuccessful. History The origin of the name is uncertain. It may be derived from ''Bula's Ofer'' or ''Boll's Ofer'', respectively the Old English for ''Bull's Ridge'' and ''Boll's Ridge'' (the ridge associated with a person named ''Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boža Jovanović
Boža Jovanović was the first drummer of the Serbian rock band Idoli. He was the band member until 1982 and released two singles and one EP with the band. Biography Jovanović has lived in Belgrade in the same apartment building where Vlada Divljan and Zdenko Kolar lived. The three made a deal to start playing. Divljan got a guitar, Kolar bought a bass and Boža Jovanović used a tin barrel as a drum with metal sticks made by Kolar's father. The band was called Faraoni (Pharaohs) since Divljan had a necklace from Egypt, given by his grandmother, with a Tutankhamun medallion. Since there was a popular band from Kopar named Faraoni, the band was renamed to Holipe. The band lasted for a short time. When Dečaci decided to start playing Divljan called Kolar and Jovanović to join the band. At the time the band was working with Dragan Papić, photographer and journalist, who became the band's creative mediator and who published Dečaci photos in a well known youth magazine "Vid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boża Wola (other)
Boża Wola may refer to the following places: *Boża Wola, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) * Boża Wola, Lublin County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) * Boża Wola, Zamość County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) *Boża Wola, Lesser Poland Voivodeship (south Poland) * Boża Wola, Subcarpathian Voivodeship (south-east Poland) * Boża Wola, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (south-central Poland) *Boża Wola, Grodzisk Mazowiecki County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) *Boża Wola, Legionowo County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) *Boża Wola, Mińsk County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) * Boża Wola, Radom County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) *Boża Wola, Greater Poland Voivodeship Boża Wola is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krzywiń __NOTOC__ Gmina Krzywiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bozas
Bozas is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... Population See also * Communes of the Ardèche department References Communes of Ardèche Ardèche communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Ardèche-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosa (other) , a genre of Brazilian music
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Bosa is a town and comune in the Sardinia region of Italy. Bosa may also refer to: People * Bosa of York, 7th century Bishop of York * David Bosa (born 1992), Italian speed skater * Joey Bosa (born 1995), American football defensive end * John Bosa (born 1964), American football defensive tackle * Nick Bosa (born 1997), American football defensive end * Peter Bosa (1927–1998), Canadian politician Other uses * Bosa (Bogotá), a locality of Bogotá, Colombia * Boza, also Bosa, a fermented drink made from maize or wheat * Bi-directional optical sub-assembly, a type of electro-optical component See also * Bossa nova Bossa nova () is a style of samba developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is mainly characterized by a "different beat" that altered the harmonies with the introduction of unconventional chords and an innovativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
