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Graça (name)
Graça or Graca is a Portuguese surname and given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Ailton Graça (born 1964), Brazilian actor * Alberto Graça (1918–?), Portuguese sailor *Ary Graça, Brazilian volleyball player *Carlos Graça (1931–2013), São Toméan politician * Dias Graça (born 1964), Brazilian footballer * Emídio Graça (1931–1992), Portuguese footballer *Jaime Graça (1942–2012), Portuguese football player and coach * João Graça (born 1995), Portuguese footballer * Marco Da Graca (born 2002), Italian footballer * Marvin da Graça (born 1995), Luxembourg footballer * Ricardo Graça (born 1997), Brazilian footballer Given name * Graça Aranha (1868–1931), Brazilian writer and diplomat * Graça Fonseca (born 1971), Portuguese politician * Graça Freitas (born 1957), Portuguese physician *Graça Machel (born 1945), Mozambican politician and humanitarian See also * Graça, municipality in Ceará, Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or ) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe, and has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau. Portuguese-speaking people or nations are known as Lusophone (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Gallaecian language, Celtic phonology. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 17 million second language speakers, Portuguese has approximately 267 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the List of languages by number of native speaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvin Da Graça
Marvin Martins Santos da Graça, known as Marvin Martins (born 17 February 1995) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as defender for Dutch club Almere City. Club career On 4 January 2025, Martins signed a six-month contract with Almere City in the Netherlands. International career Da Graça was born in Luxembourg and is of Cape Verdean descent. Da Graça made his first international appearance in the away match against Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ... on 4 June 2014 (1–1), in which he substituted Stefano Bensi in the 79th minute. International goals :''Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.'' References 1995 births Living people 21st-century Luxembourgian sportsmen Luxembourgian people of Cape Verdean desc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceará
Ceará (, ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It is the List of Brazilian states by population, eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the List of Brazilian states by area, 17th by area. It is also one of the main tourist destinations in Brazil. The List of capitals in Brazil, 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. It is divided into 184 municipalities. Literally, the name ''Ceará'' means "sings the Aratinga, 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 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graça
Graça is a municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil. See also *Graça (name) *List of municipalities in Ceará Ceará (CE) is a state located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. According to the 2022 census conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Ceará has a population of 8,794,957 inhabitants over , which makes it the 8 ... References Municipalities in Ceará {{Ceará-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graça Machel
Graça Machel (; ; born 17 October 1945) is a Mozambique, Mozambican politician and humanitarian. Machel is an international advocate for women's and children's rights and was made an honorary Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997 for her humanitarian work. She is the only woman in modern history to have served as First Lady of two countries: South Africa and Mozambique. She is the widow of former President of Mozambique Samora Machel (1975–1986) and former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela (1998–2013). Graça Machel is a member of the Africa Progress Panel (APP), a group of ten distinguished individuals who advocate at the highest levels for equitable and sustainable development in Africa. As a panel member, she facilitates coalition building to leverage and broker knowledge, and convenes decision-makers to influence policy for lasting change in Africa. She was Chancellor (education), chancellor of the University of Cape To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graça Freitas
Maria da Graça Gregório de Freitas (born 26 August 1957) is a Portuguese physician and public health specialist who was the Directorate-General of Health, Director-General of Health and inherently the chief medical officer and leading spokesperson on matters of public health in Portugal, between 2018 and 2023. She has work published in the fields of vaccination, Preventive healthcare, prevention and control of communicable diseases, public health emergencies, and health communication. Before her appointment to the Directorate-General, she served as Deputy Director-General under her predecessor Francisco George, and coordinated several public health programmes, most notably, since 1996, the Portuguese National Vaccination Programme. She is also a member of the Management Board of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, of the World Health Organization Expanded Program on Immunization, among other international groups. Due to her prominent national role during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
