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Nadja (given Name)
Nadja is a female name, that is used predominantly throughout the Mediterranean region, and the Arab world. Its origins are in the Arabic languages. The Serbian and Montenegrin spelling is Nađa. Notable people with the name include: * Nadja Abd el Farrag (born 1965), German television personality * Nadja Auermann (born 1971), German model and actress * Nadja Awad (born 1991), Swedish politician * Nadja Becker (born 1978), German actress * Nadja Benaissa (born 1982), German singer, member of No Angels * Nadja Bender (born 1990), Danish fashion model * Nadja Bergknecht, German swimmer * (born 1975), Austrian news presenter * Nadja Brand (born 1975), South African film actor * Nadja Breytenbach (born 1995), Namibian model and beauty pageant titleholder * Nadja Drost, Canadian journalist * Nadja Drygalla (born 1989), German rower * Nadja Durbach, American professor of history * Nađa Đurđevac (born 2002), Montenegrin football player * Nadja Furrer (born 1998), Swiss footballer * Nad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mediterranean
The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border. The Mediterranean Sea covers an area of about , representing 0.7% of the global ocean surface, but its connection to the Atlantic via the Strait of Gibraltar—the narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates the Iberian Peninsula in Europe from Morocco in Africa—is only wide. Geological evidence indicates that around 5.9 million years ago, the Mediterranean was cut off from the Atlantic and was partly or completely desiccated over a period of some 600,000 years during the Messinian salinity crisis before being refilled by the Zanclean flood about 5.3 million years ago. The sea was an important rout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nađa Higl
Nađa Higl (Serbian Cyrillic: Нађа Хигл; born 2 January 1987) is a Serbian swimmer. She was FINA World Aquatics Championships, World Champion in Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke, 200 m breaststroke. Higl was awarded the title "Serbian Sportswoman of the year" for the year 2009 by the Olympic Committee of Serbia and Golden Badge, award for the best athlete of Serbia. Swimming career At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships she won gold medal in the Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke, 200 meters breaststroke final on 31 July 2009 with a time of 2:21.62, the new European record. She is the first Serbian woman to become a world champion in swimming. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in 100 m breaststroke and 200 m breaststroke where she finished in qualification rounds as 43rd and 33rd respectively. At the 2009 Summer Universiade she won silver meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadja Michael
Nadja Michael (born 1969) is a German opera singer with an active international career singing leading soprano roles. Her mother's great-aunt was the soprano Erna Sack. Early life and education She was born near Leipzig in Wurzen, then East Germany. Growing up, she enjoyed singing German folksongs with her family while her mother played the piano. Her grandmother and father both served time in prison for political reasons. Eventually, she escaped to West Germany where she studied music in Stuttgart. Later, she attended the Jacobs School of Music (Indiana University) in the United States. Opera career She began her career as a mezzo-soprano but became a soprano in April 2005. Michael has appeared at La Scala (''Salome'', 2007), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (''Salome'', 2008), Vienna State Opera (''Fidelio''), Arena di Verona, Glyndebourne, Salzburg, Munich (''Macbeth'' and '' Medea in Corinto''), Brussels ('' Médée'', 2008), Chicago (''Macbeth'', 2010), Berlin ('' Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadja Verena Marcin
Nadja Verena Marcin (1982-present) is a Berlin and New York-based visual artist, performance artist, and filmmaker. Her work examines themes of gender, history, morality, psychology, and human behavior, through an intersectional feminist lens. Marcin's practice integrates elements of theater and cinema, frequently exploring the representation of women in media. She often reinterprets well-known images or scenes from advertising and film history, addressing issues such as gendered violence and societal norms. One of her notable works, Ophelia, revisits the iconic figure from literature and art history, offering a contemporary perspective on a subject that has been portrayed in various forms over centuries. Marcin is the founder and director of Kunstraum, a gallery and artist hub located close by the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Kunstraum aims to support emerging artists and promote interdisciplinary collaboration among artists, curators, writers, filmmakers, and architects, with a focus o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadja Maleh
Nadja Maleh (born 9 June 1972 in Vienna) is an Austrian actress, singer, cabaret artist and director. Life and work file:Lenaugasse 1a Kabarett Niedermair.JPG, 200px, left, The Kabarett Niedermair Nadja Maleh is the daughter of a Syrian physician and East Tyrolean psychotherapist Margaretha Maleh, President of Doctors Without Borders Austria. After attending a secondary academic school with modern languages in Vienna from 1982 to 1990, she studied drama with Michael Mohapp at the Graumann Acting Musical Entertainment Studio (GAMES) theatre school at the Graumann Theatre in Vienna until 1994. In the same year she completed a training course at the "International Studio for Movement Theatre at the Odeon". She has been taking voice lessons since 1998. Maleh's first solo show – ''Flugangsthasen'' – premièred at "Kabarett Niedermair" in Vienna on 8 March 2007, while her second stage show was entitled ''Radio Aktiv'' (première: 4 February 2010, "Kabarett Niedermair"). Her third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadja Malacrida
Louisa, Marchesa Malacrida de Saint-August (''née'' Louisa Nadia Green, 15 June 1895 – 3 October 1934), known by the pen names Nadja Malacrida and Nadja, was an English writer, radio broadcaster, racing driver, and socialite. A novelist, playwright, and poet, she published three books of war poetry during the First World War. An Italian aristocrat by marriage, she was a prominent figure of 20th-century London High society (social class), high society. Early life Malacrida, an only child, was born on 15 June 1895 in Hampstead, London,''1901 England Census''''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837–1915'' to businessman Charles Edward Green and his wife, Louisa Cass.''1881 England Census'' She grew up at Paddockhurst in West Sussex, Sussex, the country estate of her uncle and aunt, Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray, Weetman Pearson, Lord Cowdray (later Viscount) and Annie Pearson, Viscountess Cowdray, Annie Pearson, Lady Cowdray. Career Malacrida pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadja Küchenmeister
Nadja Küchenmeister (born 18 April 1981 in East-Berlin) is a German poet and writer. Life and work Küchenmeister grew up in Berlin where she still lives. She studied German studies and sociology at the Berlin Institute of Technology as well as creative writing at the German Institute for Literature in Leipzig. She has published poems and prose in numerous literary magazines and anthologies. Also, she has been a lecturer at the German Institute for Literature, amongst others, and works for the radio writing documentaries and radio plays. Her first poetry collection, ''Alle Lichter'' (''All Lights''), was published in 2010 followed by ''Unter dem Wacholder'' (''Beneath the Juniper'') in 2014 and ''Im Glasberg'' (''In the Glass Mountain'') in 2020. In collaboration with its permanent editor Matthias Kniep, she was the co-editor of the German "Jahrbuch der Lyrik" (Poetry Yearbook) in 2022. Critical reception According to reviewer Thomas Steinfeld, Nadja Küchenmeister draws ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadja Käther
Nadja Käther (born 29 September 1988) is a German athlete who specialises in the long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr .... She competed at the 2010 European Championships and 2016 European Championships. Personal bests Outdoor Indoor References External links * 1988 births Living people German female long jumpers Athletes from Hamburg 21st-century German sportswomen {{Germany-longjump-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadja Kamer
Nadja Kamer (born 23 July 1986) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. From Schwyz Schwyz (; ; ) is a town and the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. The Federal Charter of 1291 or ''Bundesbrief'', the charter that eventually led to the foundation of Switzerland, can be seen at the ''Bundesbriefmuseum''. The of ..., Kamer specializes in the speed events of Downhill and Super G and has made five World Cup podiums, all in downhill. World Cup results Season standings Race podiums * 5 podiums – (5 DH) World Championship results Olympic results References External links * Nadja KamerWorld Cup standings at the International Ski Federation * * nadjakamer.ch– personal site – ' – official site – '– team – racing – Nadja Kamer Swiss female alpine skiers Living people 1986 births Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland Skiers from the canton of Schwyz 21st-century Swiss spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadja Kälin
Nadja Kälin (born 20 April 2001) is a Swiss cross-country skier. She competed in the Women's 10 kilometre classical, and Women's 15 kilometre skiathlon, at the 2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), were an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas wit .... She competed in the 2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games World Championships World Cup Season standings References External links * Nadja Kälinat the Swiss Olympic Association 2001 births Living people Swiss female cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers for Switzerland 21st-century Swiss sportswomen {{Switzerland-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nađa Kadović
Nađa Kadović (born 28 August 2003) is a Montenegrin handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ... player for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica and the Montenegrin national team. She was selected as part of the Montenegrin 35-player squad for the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship. References 2003 births Living people Montenegrin female handball players 21st-century Montenegrin sportswomen Handball players from Podgorica {{Montenegro-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadja Hüpscher
Nadja Hüpscher (born 23 March 1972) is a Dutch actress and writer, known for Based on the Novel (1999), Dennis P. (2007) and Levenslied (2011). Early life Nadja Hüpscher was born on 23 March 1972 in Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands. Hüpscher studied Cultural Management at the Amsterdam School of the Arts and also did amateur theatre at the time. Career In 1999, she won the Golden Calf for Best Actress award for her role as ''Noor'' in '' Based on the Novel'' directed by Eddy Terstall. In 2001, she appeared in the film '' Costa!'' directed by Johan Nijenhuis and in 2004, she appeared in the film '' Simon'' directed by Eddy Terstall. Where she portrayed the character of Rosalie. Another notable film in which she appeared is " Alles is Liefde" (2007), a romantic comedy where she played the role of Kim. In 2007, she participated in the popular television show '' Wie is de Mol?''. In 2020, she appeared in a special anniversary edition of the show, called '' Wie is de Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
