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Jana (given Name)
Jana is the spelling of several unrelated given names. * In Albanian, short for Jehona which means "echo", other short names include Jona, Ana, Hona * In Arabic Jana, is a noun which means "to Earn" or "to Reap" (Essentially making the name the Arabic equivalent of the name Theresa) and is used as a female name, but is pronounced as Janaa *In Brazilian Portuguese, short for Janaína, a name Amerindian, is a female name of Tupi-Guarani origin. It derives from the combination of the terms "îana", which means "river" in Tupi, and "nã", which means "mother". The name can be interpreted as "mother of the river" or "meaning "queen of the seas" *In Cantabria it is the feminine form of Jano, a Celtic god based on the Roman Janus (see also xana of Asturias) *an old Catalan name *In Hebrew (), Jana is a shortening of means "God is gracious" *In Persian () its meaning is "my dearest" or "my soul" *the Roman goddess Diana, who was often called Jana. Jana is also the feminine form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Language
Finnish (endonym: or ) is a Finnic languages, Finnic language of the Uralic languages, Uralic language family, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland. Finnish is one of the two official languages of Finland, alongside Swedish language, Swedish. In Sweden, both Finnish and Meänkieli (which has significant mutual intelligibility with Finnish) are official minority languages. Kven language, Kven, which like Meänkieli is mutually intelligible with Finnish, is spoken in the Norway, Norwegian counties of Troms and Finnmark by a minority of Finnish descent. Finnish is morphological typology, typologically agglutinative language, agglutinative and uses almost exclusively Suffix, suffixal affixation. Nouns, adjectives, pronouns, Numeral (linguistics), numerals and verbs are inflection, inflected depending on their role in the Sentence (linguistics), sentence. Sentences are normally formed with subject–verb–object word order, alth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Language
Serbian (, ) is the standard language, standardized Variety (linguistics)#Standard varieties, variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Serbs. It is the official and national language of Serbia, one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina and co-official in Montenegro and Kosovo. It is a recognized minority language in Croatia, North Macedonia, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. Standard Serbian is based on the most widespread dialect of Serbo-Croatian, Shtokavian (more specifically on the dialects of Šumadija–Vojvodina dialect, Šumadija-Vojvodina and Eastern Herzegovinian dialect, Eastern Herzegovina), which is also the basis of Croatian language, standard Croatian, Bosnian language, Bosnian, and Montenegrin language, Montenegrin varieties and therefore the Declaration on the Common Language of Croats, Bosniaks, Serbs, and Montenegrins was issued in 2017. The other dialect spoken by Serbs is Torlakian dialect, Torlakian in south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Beller
Jana Vladimirovna Beller () (born 27 October 1990 in Omsk) is a Soviet-born German model, best known for winning the sixth cycle of ''Germany's Next Top Model''. Early life Beller was born in the Soviet Union to ethnic German parents and moved to Germany when she was a child. She has been playing chess since she was five years old. In 2009 Beller was featured in a documentary that showed ambitious girls attempting to start a modelling career. ''Germany's Next Top Model'' Beller won the sixth cycle of ''Germany's Next Top Model''. She was declared the winner in a live finale on 9 July 2011. Her prizes included 100,000 € in money and a 300,000 € contract with the Agency "One Eins", under the management of host Heidi Klum's father. However, soon after she switched to another agency. Career She has since signed with new agencies and was on the cover of ''Cosmopolitan''. Furthermore, she works for ''Misslyn'' and '' Rockberries''. Since August 2012 Jana Beller works for Hugo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Begum
Jana Begum was a Mughal Indian noblewoman and scholar, noted for being one of the first women to write a commentary (Arabic: tafsir) on the Qur'an in the 17th century. She was the daughter of Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan, a scholar and general under Mughal Emperor Akbar.Yoginder Sikand. Bastions of Believers: Madrasas and Islamic Education in India. (Delhi: Penguin Books), 2005, p. 35 Her grandfather was Bairam Khan, another general under Mughal Emperors Humayun and Akbar. Bairam Khan had also served as Regent to Akbar. Jana Begum later went on to marry Daniyal Mirza, a son of Akbar making her the Mughal Emperor's daughter-in-law. Akbar had also married Bairam Khan's widow Salima Sultan Begum Salima Sultan Begum (23 February 1539 – 2 January 1613) was the third wife and chief consort of the Mughal emperor Akbar, and a granddaughter of Babur. Salima was the daughter of Akbar's paternal aunt, Gulrukh Begum, and her husband, the Vic ... hence Salima not only was step-grandmoth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Bach - Best German Newcomer
*2006 Eroticline Award - Best Actress (Germany)
*2007 Eroticl ...
Jana Bach (born 10 April 1979) is a German pornographic actress, model, and television host. Adult career Jana Bach began modeling for the erotic magazine ''Coupé'' in 2004, and entered the adult film industry at the German Venus Festival. She has appeared in more than thirty adult films since 2005 (see below), primarily for the Berlin-based ''Inflagranti-Film'' label. Bach participated in a topless women's football match between Austria and Germany as goalkeeper for the Germans. She was quoted, "I was supposed to hold the balls but I really have no idea how to do that". Awards *2005 Eroticline Award The Erotixxx Award (''eLine Award'' or ''Eroticline Award'' until 2008) is a film award in the adult film industry presented by German magazine ''eLine'' (established as ''EAN''). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Assi
Jana Assi (; born 2 July 1999) is a Lebanese former footballer who played as a forward. Club career Assi joined Safa ahead of the 2019–20 Lebanese Women's Football League, scoring five goals. In summer 2020, she left Safa as a result of her decision to leave Lebanon. Assi cited the economic crisis in the country as the reason for her departure. Personal life Assi holds French citizenship. After graduating in Lebanon, she left the country to move to France in 2020. Honours Safa * Lebanese Women's Football League The Lebanese Women's Football League () is the only league of women's football in Lebanon. It is run by the Lebanese Football Association and began in May 2008, with six teams participating in the debut season. As of the 2024–25 season, ni ...: 2020–21 See also * List of Lebanon women's international footballers References External links * 1999 births Living people Footballers from Beirut Lebanese women's footballers Lebanese women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Asher
Jana Lynn Asher is a statistician known for her work on human rights and sexual violence. She is an Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Slippery Rock University. She was a co-editor of the book ''Statistical Methods for Human Rights'' with David L. Banks and Fritz Scheuren. Asher volunteers for the American Statistical Association in several roles, including as the Program Chair for 2022 for its Section on Survey Research Methods. She was elected as the Council for Sections Representative to the ASA's Board of Directors for the 2023-25 term. Asher was appointed to be the Chair of the Committee on the History of Statistics of the International Statistical Institute. Education Asher majored in anthropology and Japanese studies at Wellesley College, graduating in 1991. She earned a master's degree (1999) and Ph.D. (2016) in statistics from Carnegie Mellon University. Her dissertation, ''Methodological Innovations in the Collection and Analysis of Human Rights Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Andrsová
Jana Andrsová (Večtomová; 8 August 1939 – 16 February 2023) was a Czech ballerina and actress. In 1957 she graduated from the Dance Conservatory in Prague and began to work with the :cs:Armádní umělecký soubor Víta Nejedlého, Vitus Nejedly Army Art Ensemble.:cs:Filmová databáze, FDbJana Andrsová Laterna Magika From 1959 to 1978, Andrsová worked with Josef Svoboda's avant-garde multimedia company Laterna Magika, initially as a chorus girl and later (beginning in 1973) as a prima ballerina. In Allen Hughes' review of the company's August 1964 Carnegie Hall debut of a presentation that gave 23 performances at that venue under the direction of Miloš Forman,Dietz, D., ''The Complete Book of 1970s Broadway Musicals'' (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015)p. 433 they are described as "a Czech theatrical spectacle that first came to international attention at the Expo 58, Brussels World's Fair."Hughes, A."Theater: A Musical Spectacle From Czechoslovakia" ''New York Time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana (singer)
Dragana Todorović (; sr-cyr, Драгана Тодоровић ; born 15 March 1974), known by her stage name Jana ( sr-cyr, Јана), is a Serbian turbo-folk and pop folk singer. Biography Jana was born in Pristina on March 15, 1974 and grew up in the village of Babin Most, near the town of Obilić, SFR Yugoslavia. Her career started at the age of fourteen, in 1988, when she visited a well-known kafana in the town of Obilić one night with her parents and brother (who played the accordion). She had worn a white overcoat and pink hat. During dinner, she took the microphone, got a chair, and, being shy, turned her back against the audience and started singing "Što me pitaš" (''Why Are You Asking Me'') by Šemsa Suljaković to roaring applause. After finishing the Stevan Mokranjac music academy in her hometown, she recorded an album in 1992 that sold very few copies and flopped. She went back to performing in kafanas throughout Kosovo, then took a short break from s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana (Native American Singer)
Jana Mashonee, (born Jana; May 11, 1982), better known by her stage name, Jana, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, author and philanthropist. She is originally from Robeson County, North Carolina. Jana is a two-time Grammy nominee and nine-time Nammy winner. Her music is steeped in R&B and gospel roots, which introduced her to the mainstream. Early life Jana was born May 11, 1982, and is from Robeson County, North Carolina; although she grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. Jana is a member of the state-recognized Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. She was first introduced to music by her father (who is a singer and drummer). The surname Mashonee was a native name given to Jana by her family. It is Siouan and means "money belt. Mashonee graduated from Davidson College with a degree in psychology, and shortly after got a record deal. First signed to Curb Records, her single, "Ooh, Baby, Baby," was picked as ''Billboard''’s single of the week and went on to become a radi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana (footballer)
Jana may refer to: Entertainment * ''Jana'' (film), a 2004 Tamil film by Shaji Kailas * Jana (singer) (born 1974), Serbian singer * Jana (Native American singer), née Jana Mashonee * ''Jana of the Jungle'', animated series created by Doug Wildey for Hanna-Barbera Productions * Jana, a character in the television series ''Containment'' * "Jana", a single by Killing Joke from the album '' Pandemonium'' * Jana Berzelius the titular character in 2024 TV series, '' Jana: Marked for Life'' and a character in the related book ''Märkta för livet'' (2013) Other * Jana (given name), a given name (and list of people with the given name) * Jana (brand), a brand of drinks * ''Jana'' (moth), a genus of moths * Jana (Vedic period), a term for tribes in ancient India * Jana Bhava (''knowledge''), a sutra and Putanjali's discourse related to the basic tenets of Yoga and is wisdom * Jamahiriya News Agency or JANA, Libya's state news agency (1964–2011) * Diana (mythology), also called Jana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John (name)
John ( ) is a common male name in the English language ultimately of Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew origin. The English form is from Middle English ''Ioon'', ''Ihon'', ''Iohn, Jan'' (mid-12c.), itself from Old French ''Jan'', ''Jean'', ''Jehan'' (Modern French ''Jean (male given name), Jean''), from Medieval Latin ''Johannes'', altered form of Late Latin ''Ioannes'', or the Middle English personal name is directly from Medieval Latin, which is from the Ancient Greek, Greek name Ioannis (Ιωάννης), originally borne by Hellenistic Judaism, Jews transliterating the Hebrew name ''Johanan (name), Yochanan'' (), the contracted form of the longer name (), meaning "YHWH is Gracious" or "YHWH is Merciful". There are numerous forms of the name in different languages; these were formerly often simply translated as "John" in English but are increasingly left in their native forms (see sidebar). The name Jonathan (name), Jonathan (or Jon) derives from a distinct Bible, Biblical name ''Yonatan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
