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Meda (other)
Meda may refer to: Places * Meda de Mouros, a parish in Tábua Municipality, Portugal * Medas, a parish in Gondomar Municipality, Portugal * Meda-Ela, Sri Lanka * Međa (Leskovac), village in the municipality of Leskovac, Serbia * Meda, Lombardy, city in the Province of Monza and Brianza, Italy * Mêda Municipality, Portugal * Meda, Oregon, United States * Meda River, Western Australia * Meda, Togo * Međa (Žitište), village in the municipality of Žitište, Serbia People * Alberto Meda, Italian industrial designer * Bianca Maria Meda (1665–1700), Italian composer * Giuseppe Meda (1534–1599), Italian painter, architect and hydraulics engineer * Igor Meda (born 1967), Russian footballer * Jack Meda, Canadian boxer * Meda of Odessos (fl. 336 BC), Thracian princess * Meda Chesney-Lind (born 1947), American criminologist * Meda McKenzie (born 1963), New Zealand swimmer * Meda Mládková (1919–2022), Czech art collector * Meda Ryan, Irish historian * Meda Valentová (1898–1973) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tábua Municipality
Tábua (), officially the Town of Tábua (, is a town and concelho, municipality of the Coimbra District, in Portugal. In 2021 it had 11,160 inhabitants, in an area of . The town of Tábua is contained within a civil parish with 3,681 inhabitants as of 2021. Toponymy Several theories exist about the toponym "Tábua". The traditional belief is that the name Tábua originated from a wooden plank bridge over the Mondego River during the formation of the County of Portugal. However, other locations across Portugal named after wooden bridges typically led to "Ponte de...", "Pontão" or "Barca", rather than "Tábua". A more recent hypothesis is that the toponym Tábua derives from the Vulgar Latin word "tabula," meaning "board" or "plank," potentially referring to a flat region. This theory is supported by the geographical context, as the municipality is located within the Planalto Beirão (Beira Plateau). Another hypothesis suggests that the name Tábua originates from the Roman god ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |