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Moonika
Moonika is an Estonian feminine given name; a cognate of the names Monica and Monique. Another cognate, Monika, is also found in Estonia. As of 1 January 2020, 756 women in Estonia have the first name Moonika, making it the 224th most popular female name in the country. The name is most commonly found in Hiiu County. Individuals bearing the name Moonika include: *Moonika Aava (born 1979), Estonian javelin thrower * Moonika Parksepp (born 1983), Estonian municipal official *Moonika Siimets (born 1980), Estonian film director * Moonika Teemus (born 1979), Estonian art historian * Moonika Tõrva (born 1977), Estonian rower *Helle-Moonika Helme Helle-Moonika Helme (born Helle-Moonika Rauba; on 8 July 1966 in Vastseliina) is an Estonian musician and politician. She has been member of XIV Riigikogu. In 1997 she graduated from Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in opera singing. Si ... (born 1966), Estonian musician and politician References {{Given name Feminine give ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonika Siimets
Moonika Siimets (born 7 May 1980) is an Estonian film director who has directed award-winning documentaries, television series and short films. In 2010, she received the Cultural Endowment of Estonia for ''World Champion'' and ''Trendy Dog''. Her first feature film ''The Little Comrade'' (''Seltsimees laps'') remained the top film in Estonia for five weeks, attracting 100,000 viewers. Biography Born on 7 May 1980 in Tartu, Moonika Siimets matriculated from the Forselius High School in 1999 and went on to study Estonian literature and folklore at the University of Tartu. From 2002, she studied at the Department of Audiovisual Art at Tallinn University, majoring in directing in 2006. In parallel, she attended classes at the University of Central Lancashire under the Erasmus Programme. She completed her studies in Los Angeles at the Judith Weston Studios. From 2004, Siimets worked on a number of documentary films at Estonian Television and directed the series '' Selgeltnägijate tule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helle-Moonika Helme
Helle-Moonika Helme (born Helle-Moonika Rauba; on 8 July 1966 in Vastseliina) is an Estonian musician and politician. She has been member of XIV Riigikogu. In 1997 she graduated from Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in opera singing. Since 2017 she is a member of Tallinn City Council Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ''m .... Since 2012 she is a member of Estonian Conservative People's Party. She is the wife of Conservative People's Party of Estonia politician Mart Helme. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Helme, Helle-Moonika Living people 1966 births Estonian musicians 21st-century Estonian politicians Members of the Riigikogu, 2019–2023 Women members of the Riigikogu Conservative People's Party of Estonia politicians Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonika Aava
Moonika Aava (born 19 June 1979) is an Estonian javelin thrower. Her personal best is 61.42 metres achieved on 2 August 2004, in her home country's capital Tallinn. This is the former Estonian record. She practices athletics with the Pärnu SK Altius club under the supervision of Toomas Merila Toomas Merila (born 15 August 1939) is an Estonian coach and former javelin thrower. He was born in Tallinn. In 1963 he graduated from Tartu State University's Institute of Physical Education. He started his sporting exercising under the guidanc ..., her trainer. She won the national championships in 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001 and 2002. Achievements References * 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Rakvere Estonian female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Estonia World Athletics Championships athletes for Estonia 20th-century Estonian women 21st-cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica (given Name)
Monica is a female given name with many variant forms, including Mónica (Italian, Spanish and Portuguese), Mônica (Brazilian Portuguese), Monique (French), Monika (German, Indian), Moonika (Estonia), and Mónika (Hungarian). History The etymology of ''Monica'' is unknown. Its earliest attestation known today is as the name of Saint Monica, mother of Saint Augustine. St. Monica was born in Numidia in North Africa, but was also a citizen of Carthage, hence the name may be of Punic or Berber origin. It has also been associated with the Greek word ''monos'', meaning "alone". Though etymologically unrelated, "Monica" was also a name in Latin, deriving from the verb ''monere'', meaning 'to advise.' One of the early occurrences of the name in modern literature is the character Monica Thorne in the 1858 novel '' Doctor Thorne'' by Anthony Trollope. Popularity In the United States, the name's popularity reached a peak in 1977, when it was the 39th most popular female name for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monika (given Name)
Monika is a female name in German, Scandinavian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Latvian and Hungarian (Mónika) which can also be seen in India. It is a variation of Monica, stemming from the word "advisor" in Latin and "unique" in Greek. Monika is also the patron saint of women and mothers. Notable people * Monika Bolly (born 1968), Polish actress * Monika Christodoulou (born 1985), Greek singer-songwriter, known mononymously as Monika *Monika Czinano (born 2000), American basketball player * Monika Larsen Dennis (born 1963), Swedish sculptor *Monika Fagerholm, Finnish author *Monika Fikerle (born 1974), Australian musician * Monika Frimmer (born 1955), German soprano in opera and concert * Monika Griefahn (born 1954), German politician * Monika Harms (born 1946), German lawyer *Monika Haukanõmm (born 1972), Estonian politician *Monika Ivkic (born 1989), Bosnian-Austrian singer * Monika Kuszyńska (born 1980), Polish singer *Monika Linkytė (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monique
Monique is a female given name. It is the French form of the name Monica. The name has enjoyed some popularity in the United States since about 1955, and is less common in other English-speaking countries except for Canada although mostly used by French speakers in Quebec and is rare in the English parts of Canada. Notable people named Monique Acting * Monique Chaumette (born 1927), French actress * Monique Coleman (born 1980), American actress, singer, and dancer * Monique Gabriela Curnen (born 1970), American actress * Monique Gabrielle (born 1963), American actress * Mo'Nique Hicks (born 1967), American actress and comedian * Monique Leyrac (1928-2019), Canadian singer and actress * Monique Mélinand (1916–2012), French actress * Monique Mercure (born 1930), Canadian actress * Monique Mojica, Canadian playwright, director, and actor * Monique Noel (born 1967), American glamour model and actress * Monique van de Ven (born 1952), Dutch actress and film director * Moniq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last "pagan" civilisations in Europe to adop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Language
Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language, written in the Latin script. It is the official language of Estonia and one of the official languages of the European Union, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 outside Estonia. Classification Estonian belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family. The Finnic languages also include Finnish and a few minority languages spoken around the Baltic Sea and in northwestern Russia. Estonian is subclassified as a Southern Finnic language and it is the second-most-spoken language among all the Finnic languages. Alongside Finnish, Hungarian and Maltese, Estonian is one of the four official languages of the European Union that are not of an Indo-European origin. From the typological point of view, Estonian is a predominantly agglutinative language. The loss of word-final sounds is extensive, and this has made its inflectional morphology markedly more fusional, especially with respec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 family or clan A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, mea ...) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiiu County
Hiiu County ( et, Hiiu maakond or ''Hiiumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia, being the smallest county both in terms of area and population. It consists of Hiiumaa (German and sv, Dagö), the second largest island of Estonia, and several smaller islands near it. The county borders Lääne County to the east and Saare County to the south. History Human habitation of Hiiumaa can be traced back to the 5th millennium BC. Mesolithic sites in Kõpu peninsula are exemplified by the seal-hunters' settlements. There are several well-preserved grave fields of the Iron Age. In 1228, the island was first mentioned in written annals under the name ''Dageida''. In 1254, Hiiumaa was divided between the Livonian Order and the Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek. In 1563 Hiiumaa was annexed into Sweden. In 1710, as a result of the Great Northern War the island went under the control of the Russian Empire. During World War I, the German military forces occupied Hiiumaa in 1917. In 1918–1940 Hiiumaa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
