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Ceará (other)
Ceará is a state in northeast Brazil. Ceará may also refer to : Sports * Ceará Sporting Club, a Brazilian football team based in the state of Ceará * Ceará (footballer) (born 1980), Brazilian footballer Vessels * Brazilian landing ship ''Ceará'' (C30), a ship of the Brazilian Navy * Brazilian monitor ''Ceará'', an Imperial Brazilian Navy Pará-class river monitor Other * North coast Portuguese, the Cearense dialect of Brazilian Portuguese * Ceará gnateater (''Conopophaga cearae''), a passerine bird of the family Conopophagidae * ''Ceara'', a synonym of the moth genus ''Peoria'' (moth) See also * Ceará-Mirim, a city in Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil * Ceará-Mirim River, a river of Rio Grande do Norte state * Ciara (other) Ciara (Ciara Harris, born 1985; pronounced Sierra) is an American singer-songwriter. Ciara may also refer to: * Ciara (given name), a popular Irish female name * '' Ciara: The Evolution'', an album by Ciara (2006) * ''Ciar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceará
Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the main tourist destinations in Brazil. The state capital is the city of Fortaleza, the country's fourth most populous city. The state has 4.3% of the Brazilian population and produces 2.1% of the Brazilian GDP. Literally, the name ''Ceará'' means "sings the jandaia". According to José de Alencar, one of the most important writers of Brazil and an authority in Tupi Guaraní, ''Ceará'' means turquoise or green waters. The state is best known for its extensive coastline, with of sand. There are also mountains and valleys producing tropical fruits. To the south, on the border of Paraíba, Pernambuco and Piauí, is the National Forest of Araripe. Geography Ceará has an area of . It is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceará Sporting Club
Ceará Sporting Club, or Ceará, as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from the city of Fortaleza, capital city of the Brazilian state of Ceará, founded on June 2, 1914, by Luís Esteves and Pedro Freire. Ceará is one of the most traditionally successful clubs in the Northeast region of Brazil alongside Bahia, Santa Cruz, Sport, Náutico, Vitória and their city rivals Fortaleza. History On June 2, 1914, the club was founded as Rio Branco Football Club by Luiz Esteves Junior and Pedro Freire. Later, some of their friends also joined: Gilberto Gurgel, Walter Barroso, Raimundo Justa, Newton Rôla, Bolívar Purcell, Aluísio Mamede, Orlando Olsen, José Elias Romcy, Isaías Façanha de Andrade, Raimundo Padilha, Rolando Emílio, Meton Alencar Pinto, Gotardo Morais, Artur de Albuquerque, Cincinato Costa, Carlos Calmon and Eurico Medeiros. As Rio Branco Football Club, the team colors were white and lilac. In 1915, on their first birthday, the club changed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceará (footballer)
Marcos Venâncio de Albuquerque (born 16 June 1980 in Crato), commonly known as Ceará, is a Brazilian right wingback. Career Ceará began his football career in the city of Crato in the state where Ceará was born. Ceará began his football career when he joined Gama youth academy and earned a nickname ''Ceará''. In 1999, he joined Brazilian side Santos where he spent one year and then joined various Brazilian clubs in the lower division like Associação Atlética Portuguesa and São José. In 2001, Ceará joined Santa Cruz where the club became 25th place in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, which resulted relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. At Santa Cruz, he made 19 league appearances. The following year, he joined Botafogo where he played against Sport Club do Recife in the Brazil Cup which resulted 1–1 draw. In the second leg, Sport Club do Recife won 7–2 to go through to the next round. Ceará career changed when he joined Coritiba where he stayws ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Landing Ship Ceará (C30)
USS ''Hermitage'' (LSD-34) was a of the United States Navy. She was named for The Hermitage, President Andrew Jackson's estate just outside Nashville, Tennessee. ''Hermitage'' was laid down on 11 April 1955, by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Miss.; launched on 12 June 1956; sponsored by Mrs. Alfred M. Pride, wife of Vice Admiral Alfred M. Pride, and commissioned on 14 December 1956. Service history While on shakedown in the Caribbean, ''Hermitage'' was informally inspected by Admiral Arleigh Burke, then Chief of Naval Operations. After training operations out of Naval Station Norfolk, she sailed for the Mediterranean Sea in late August to join the 6th Fleet. ''Hermitage'' participated in exercises with NATO units and visited Sicily, Crete, Turkey, Italy, Greece, and Spain before returning to the States on 16 November 1957. Operations primarily with fast amphibious helicopter assault equipment and tactics occupied her until November 1959. With a cargo of Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Monitor Ceará
The Brazilian monitor ''Ceará'' was the fifth ship of the river monitors built for the Brazilian Navy during the Paraguayan War in the late 1860s. ''Ceará'' arrived in Paraguay in mid-1868 and provided fire support for the army for the rest of the war. The ship was assigned to the Mato Grosso Flotilla after the war. ''Ceará'' was scrapped in 1884. Design and description The ''Pará''-class monitors were designed to meet the need of the Brazilian Navy for small, shallow-draft armoured ships capable of withstanding heavy fire. The monitor configuration was chosen as a turreted design did not have the same problems engaging enemy ships and fortifications as did the central battery ironclads already in Brazilian service. The oblong gun turret sat on a circular platform that had a central pivot. It was rotated by four men via a system of gears; 2.25 minutes were required for a full 360° rotation. A bronze ram was fitted to these ships as well. The hull was sheathed with Munt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Coast Portuguese
North coast dialect ( pt, dialeto da costa norte, ), also called cearense dialect, is a dialect of Portuguese in the Brazilian state of Ceará, having many internal variations, like in the regions Jaguaribe and Sertões (back-countries). Main characteristics * Preference for the pronoun instead of ( both meaning "you"), without distinction of formal and informal speech. * Opening of pre-tonic vowels and to and , but always obeying a rule of vowel harmony. * Lenition of and to , and reduction of syllables that have these phonemes, represented in Portuguese by and respectively. * Stronger or low "r" sound, depending on their syllabic position (generally strong at the beginning and middle of words, and weak final syllables). Word-finally it is not pronounced. * Heightening of to and to . * Palatalization Palatalization may refer to: *Palatalization (phonetics), the phonetic feature of palatal secondary articulation *Palatalization (sound change) Palatalization i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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