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Kazimieras Gasparavičius
Kazimieras is a Lithuanian form of the masculine name Casimir. Its female form is Kazimiera. Its diminutive forms are Kazys and Kaziukas. Notable people with this name include: *Eugenijus Kazimieras Jovaiša (born 1940), Lithuanian painter *Kazimieras Būga (1879–1924), Lithuanian linguist and philologist *Kazimieras Gediminas Prapuolenis, or Kaz, (born 1959), American cartoonist and illustrator *Kazimieras Garšva (born 1950), Lithuanian linguist, and the leader of the controversial "Vilnija" organisation *Kazimieras Jaunius (1848–1908), Lithuanian priest and linguist *Kazimieras Naruševičius (1920–2004), Lithuanian painter *Kazimieras Steponas Šaulys (1872–1964), Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest, theologian, and signatory to the Act of Independence of Lithuania *Kazimieras Uoka (born 1951), politician and signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania * Kazimieras Vasiliauskas (born 1990), Lithuanian racing driver *Kazimieras Venclauskis ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casimir
Casimir is a Latin version of the Polish male name Kazimierz (). The original Polish feminine form is Kazimiera, in Latin and other languages rendered as Casimira. It has two possible meanings: "preacher of peace" or alternatively "destroyer of peace". There is some debate as to the origin of the prefix, as it could be from the Polish "kazac" (meaning "to preach") but is more commonly cited as coming from "kaziti" (meaning "to destroy"), with "miru" meaning "peace". Old Polish and dialectal Polish versions are Kaźmierz and Kaźmir. Diminutive; Kazik, Kaziuk, Kaziu, Ziuk etc. It is a popular name in Poland, and was a popular name of Polish royals. List of variations *Belarusian: Казімір *Catalan: Casimir *Croatian: Kazimir, Kažimir *Czech: Kazimír *Esperanto: Kazimiro *English: Casimir *Galician: Casemiro, Casamiro *German: Kasimir *Hungarian: Kázmér *Italian: Casimiro *Latvian: Kazimirs *Lithuanian: Kazimieras *Polish: Kazimierz *Portuguese: Casimiro *Romanian: Caz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazimiera
Kazimiera is a feminine form of the Polish name Kazimierz or Lithuanian Kazimieras (both mean Casimir) and may refer to: *Kazimiera Bujwidowa (1867–1932), Polish feminist and social activist *Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna (1892–1983), Polish poet, writer, playwright and translator *Kazimiera Kymantaitė (1909–1999), Lithuanian actress *Kazimiera Rykowska (1933–2012), Polish athlete specializing in discus throw *Kazimiera Strolienė (born 1960), Lithuanian biathlete *Kazimiera Szczuka (born 1966), Polish literary historian, literary critic and television personality *Kazimiera Utrata (1932–2018), Polish actress *Kazimiera Zawistowska (1870–1902), Polish poet and translator *Kazimiera Żuławska (1883–1971), Polish Romance studies, Romanist, translator, mountaineer, and women's rights activist See also * *wikt:Appendix:Lithuanian given names *wikt:Appendix:Polish given names {{given name Lithuanian feminine given names Polish feminine given names Feminine given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazys
Kazys (shortened from Kazimieras) is a Lithuanian masculine given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ... and may refer to: * Kazys Abromavičius (born 1928), Lithuanian painter * Kazys Almenas (born 1935), Lithuanian physicist, writer, essayist, and publisher * Kazys Binkis (1893–1942), Lithuanian poet, journalist, and playwright * Kazys Bizauskas (born 1893), Lithuanian statesman, diplomat, author, and one of the twenty signatories of the Act of Independence of Lithuania * Kazys Boruta (1905–1965), Lithuanian writer and poet * Kazys Bradūnas (1917–2009), Lithuanian émigré poet and editor * Kazys Grinius (1866–1950) third President of Lithuania, 1926 to 1926 * Kazys Ladiga (1893–1941), Lithuanian General * Kazys Lozoraitis (1929–2007), prominent Lithua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugenijus Kazimieras Jovaiša
Eugenijus Kazimieras Jovaiša (born 17 January 1940 in Rokiškis) is a Lithuanian artist and leatherworker.Nijolė Žilinskienė"Eugenijus Kazimieras Jovaiša" '' Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija'', T. VIII (Imhof-Junusas). V.: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2005, 742 psl. Life and works In 1965, he graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts The Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonian language, Estonian: ''Eesti Kunstiakadeemia'', EKA) is the only public university in Estonia providing higher education in art, design, architecture, Media (communication), media, art history and conservation ..., where he was a student of Adamson-Eric. In 1965–2004, he taught at the Kaunas Art School (which changed its name several times). He is a member of the Lithuanian Artists' Association. Creator monumental interiors leather panels: Herbal pharmacy in Kaunas 1970, Kaunas City Map of Kaunas City Executive Committee (1978, now Kaunas city municipality), resting at home "Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazimieras Būga
Kazimieras Būga (; November 6, 1879 – December 2, 1924) was a Lithuanian linguist and philologist. He was a professor of linguistics, who mainly worked on the Lithuanian language. He was born at Pažiegė, near Dusetos, then part of the Russian Empire. Appointed as personal secretary to Lithuanian linguist Kazimieras Jaunius he showed great interest in the subject, and during the period 1905-12 studied at Saint Petersburg State University. After that, he continued his work on Indo-European language under the supervision of Jan Niecisław Baudouin de Courtenay. He later moved to Königsberg to continue his studies under the direction of Adalbert Bezzenberger. In 1914 he received a master's degree in linguistics. His research on Lithuanian personal names led him into the study of place-names. From these he was able to determine that the homeland of the Lithuanians and other Baltic peoples up to the 6th to 9th centuries CE had been just north of Ukraine in the area around th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaz (cartoonist)
Kazimieras Gediminas Prapuolenis (born 1959), known professionally as Kaz, is an American cartoonist, animator, writer, storyboard artist, and illustrator. In the 1980s, after attending New York City's School of the Visual Arts, he was a frequent contributor to the comic anthologies '' RAW'' and '' Weirdo''. Since 1992, he has drawn ''Underworld'', an adult-themed syndicated comic strip that appears in many alternative weeklies. He is also known for his long tenure as a storyboard director and writer for ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' and worked on animated shows such as ''Camp Lazlo'' and '' Phineas & Ferb''. Career Kaz's comics and drawings have appeared in many alternative and mainstream publications including '' Details'', ''The New Yorker'', '' Nickelodeon Magazine'', ''The Village Voice'', '' East Village Eye'', '' Swank'', '' RAW'', ''Eclipse'', ''N.Y. Rocker'', ''New York Press'', ''Screw'', and ''Bridal Guide''. He has continued to contribute to comics anthologies such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazimieras Garšva
Kazimieras Garšva (born November 11, 1950, in Linkuva, near Pakruojis) is a Lithuanian linguistics, linguist, and the leader of the cultural "Vilnija (organization), Vilnija" organisation. Biography From 1968 to 1973 Garšva studied philology and Lithuanian literature at Vilnius University, and from 1973 to 1976 he was a student at Moscow State University. In 1977 he received a Ph.D. for his doctoral thesis ''"Priegaidės fonologinėje sistemoje (remiantis lietuvių kalbos medžiaga)"'' (''Pitch accents in the phonetic system (using Lithuanian language material)''). Since 1993 he has held the title "Habilitated Doctor of Humanities" Since 1973, Garšva has worked at the Institute of the Lithuanian language. He has authored more than 100 scientific publications and 5 books. Garšva is a coauthor of ''Grammar of Contemporary Lithuanian Language'', published in three successive editions He is the leader of the Lithuanian cultural organisation "Vilnija". In 2016 he was presented with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazimieras Jaunius
Kazimieras Jaunius (1848–1908) was a Lithuanian Catholic priest and linguist. While Jaunius published very little, his major achievements include a well regarded Lithuanian grammar, systematization and classification of the Lithuanian dialects, and descriptions of Lithuanian accentuation. Though most of his conclusions on etymology and comparative linguistics were proven to be incorrect, his works remain valuable for vast observational data. Jaunius studied at the Kaunas Priest Seminary and Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy. He was ordained a priest in 1875 and earned his Master of Theology in 1879. He taught several subjects, including moral theology and homiletics, at the Kaunas Priest Seminary from 1880 to 1892. His class notes on the Lithuanian language became a well regarded Lithuanian grammar book first published in 1897. After disagreements with Bishop Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis, Jaunius became a dean in Kazan in 1893. However, he exper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazimieras Naruševičius
Kazys Naruševičius, or Kazimieras Naruševičius (2 March 1920 – 12 October 2004), was a Lithuanian painter, artist, and teacher. He was notable for his position as a well-known representative of professional art and teacher in Panevėžys, Lithuania, before the country declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1990. Biography K. Naruševičius was born into a family of Jurgis Naruševičius and Adela Valantonytė in Dūdonys village. He attended Rėkliai Primary School at the age of seven in 1927 before graduating from the school in 1932. He also studied at the Panevėžys State Boys’ Gymnasium from 1938 to 1940. Furthermore, he was an active participant in activities organized by a Catholic youth organization in Lithuania known as Ateitis, or future, sang in choir led by Mykolas Karka, and was a member of the student library group "Meno kuopa". His teacher and artist Povilas Puzinas had encouraged him in art which resulted in him drawing more frequently. See al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazimieras Steponas Šaulys
Kazimieras Steponas Šaulys (; 1872 – May 9, 1964) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest, theologian, and one of the twenty signatories to the Act of Independence of Lithuania. He graduated from the Theological Seminary in Kaunas in 1895 and went on to receive a master's degree from the Roman Catholic Theological Seminary in St. Petersburg in 1899. Šaulys was then appointed curate at Saint Peter and Saint Paul parish in Panevėžys. He was involved in a number of political, charitable, and educational institutions; in 1917 he participated in the Vilnius Conference, and signed the Act of Independence of Lithuania in 1918. Šaulys specialized in canon law and moral theology, serving as a professor in these subjects at the Kaunas Theological Seminary from 1922 to 1941. He published a number of articles on religious jurisprudence, including those sections of the Provisional Constitution that dealt with religion. After the Soviet re-occupation of Lithuania in 1944, he m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazimieras Uoka
Kazimieras Uoka (4 March 1951 – 16 July 2016) was a Lithuanian politician and signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. Born in Kaunas Kaunas (; ) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest List of cities in the Baltic states by population, city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaun ..., Uoka received a degree in history from Vilnius University in 1976. He was a leader of the labor movement in the early years of the independence movement. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Uoka, Kazimieras 1951 births 2016 deaths Politicians from Kaunas Vilnius University alumni Members of the Seimas 21st-century Lithuanian politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazim Vasiliauskas
Kazimieras "Kazim" Vasiliauskas (born 2 August 1990) is a Lithuanian former racing driver. Racing career Karting Vasiliauskas was born in Kaišiadorys. He competed in kart racing from 1999 to 2007, winning several Lithuanian and Baltic championships including the Lithuanian Karting KF3 Championship in 2002 and the Lithuanian Karting KF1 Championship in 2005. Formula Renault Vasiliauskas moved up to formula racing in 2008, competing part-season in both the Italian Formula Renault Championship and the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup with Prema Powerteam. He finished 21st in the Italian series and did not score any points in the Eurocup. His best race finish was sixteenth in the final round in Barcelona. Formula Palmer Audi Vasiliauskas competed in the 2009 Formula Palmer Audi Championship. Despite only achieving two wins, Vasilauskas' title hopes only ended at the first corner of the final race, where a first-corner crash with Tristan Vautier gifted the title to Richard Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
