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Nikša
Nikša () is a masculine given name, a Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian variant of Nikola (cognate to Nicholas). Notable people with the name include: *Nikša Bratoš Nikša Bratoš (born 17 August 1959) is a Croatian musician. He is known for having played in bands Bonton Baya, Valentino and Crvena jabuka. He has worked on songs for a variety of Croatian pop artists. Biography Bratoš was born in 1959, an ... (born 1959), Bosnian musician who gained fame in former Yugoslavia, member of bands Valentino and Crvena jabuka * Nikša Dobud (born 1985), Croatian water polo player * Nikša Gligo (1946–2024), Croatian musicologist and university professor * Nikša Gradi or Nikola Gradić / Nicoló Gradi (1825–1894), Croatian writer, politician, and lawyer from Dubrovnik * Nikša Kaleb (born 1973), Croatian handball player * Nikša Petrović (born 1992), Croatian football player * Nikša Ranjina or Nicola Ragnina (1494–1582), Croatian writer and noblemen from the Republic of Ragusa (mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikša Dobud
Nikša Dobud (born 5 August 1985) is a Croatian water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Croatia men's national water polo team in the men's event. He is tall and weighs . In 2015, Dobud received a four-year suspension for attempting to evade a FINA drug test. His suspension ended in as of April 2019. He then signed a contract to play for Italian water polo club Pro Recco. He also intended to play for Maltese club San Giljan in the summer. See also * Croatia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic champions in men's water polo * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo This is a list of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo. Men Medalists by tournament ;Abbreviation and legend * * – Host team * † – ''Defunct team'' Multiple gold medalists Multiple medalists Women Medalists by tour ... References NIKŠA DOBUD Život mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikša Gligo
Nikša Gligo (6 April 1946 – 10 February 2024) was a Croatian musicologist and academic. Biography Nikša Gligo was born in Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia on 6 April 1946. His scientific interests included 20th-century music, music terminology, the aesthetics of music, and music semiology. He has been involved with the Music Biennale Zagreb in various capacities from 1973 to 1991 and from 2002. He served as the art director of the 10th Biennale in 1979. He was a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts from 2006 and a member of section Musicology & History of Art & Architecture of the Academia Europaea The Academia Europaea is a pan-European Academy of humanities, letters, law, and sciences. The Academia was founded in 1988 as a functioning Europe-wide Academy that encompasses all fields of scholarly inquiry. It acts as co-ordinator of Europe ... from 2014. Gligo died on 10 February 2023, at the age of 77. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikša Gradi
Nikola "Nikša" Gradi (; 1825–1894) was a writer, politician, and lawyer from Dubrovnik, a descendant of the Ragusan patrician family Gradi. Biography Gradi was born in Zadar in 1825, where he attended the Gymnasium. After studying law in Padua, his judicial career led him to Dubrovnik, Split, Zadar, Rijeka and Kotor, then part of the Habsburg monarchy. Following retirement, he settled in Dubrovnik, devoting himself mainly to literature and politics. Apart from law, the scope of his erudition included classical, Italian and old Serbian literature. Gradi was a miscellaneous writer, and his articles, sketches, polemics, poems and dramatic texts in both Italian and Serbian were published in supplements, calendars, pamphlets and books. He focused on the philological problem of the composition of Gundulić's ''Osman''. His passion for old Ragusan writers and folk tradition urged him to write exclusively in Serbian in his mature years. His verse deals with patriotic and current pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikša Bratoš
Nikša Bratoš (born 17 August 1959) is a Croatian musician. He is known for having played in bands Bonton Baya, Valentino and Crvena jabuka. He has worked on songs for a variety of Croatian pop artists. Biography Bratoš was born in 1959, and graduated from the University of Electronics in Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ... in 1985. He played guitar and sang backup vocals in Bonton Baya and then moved Valentino before transitioning into Crvena jabuka. Bratoš first worked with Crvena jabuka as a producer. He was recruited to produce 1988's ''Sanjati'', and then every subsequent album. Bratoš was later recruited as a member of the band. He is known for having played many different instruments. Generally he played rhythm guitar, but periodically harmoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikša Kaleb
Nikša Kaleb (born 9 March 1973) is a Croatian former handball player. He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team,"Croatia" – ''European Handball Federation (2008)'' (Retrieved on February 1, 2008) and Olympic champion from 2004. ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 1, 2008) He received a silver medal at the 2005 World Championship, and a silver medal at the 2008 European Championship. Career Kaleb spent most of his career playing for his hometown club RK Metković. He retired from handball in 2008.Honours ;Metković *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikša Petrović
Nikša Petrović (born 27 January 1992) is a Croatian football midfielder, who played for Osijek in the Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish .... Hi career with Osijek was ruined however by persisting knee injuries. - Glas Slavonije References External links *Nikša Petrović at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola
Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek '' Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος) and it means "the winner of the people". It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia), while in West Slavic countries (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia) it is primarily found as a feminine given name. There is a wide variety of male diminutives of the name, examples including: Niko, Nikolica, Nidžo, Nikolče, Nikša, Nikica, Nikulitsa, Nino, Kole, Kolyo, Kolyu. The spelling with a K, ''Nikola'', usually indicates Slavic origin, while '' Nicola'' usually indicates Italian origin. Statistics *Serbia: male name. 5th most popular in 2011, 1st in 2001, 1st in 1991, 5th in 1981, 9th pre-1940. *Croatia: male name. 32,304 (2011), 26,986 (2021) *Bosnia and Herzegovina: male name. *Bulgaria: male name. * North Macedonia: male name. *Czech Republic: 22,567 female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikša Ranjina
Nikša Andretić Ranjina or Nicola Ragnina (1494–1582) was a writer and nobleman from the Republic of Ragusa (modern-day Dubrovnik), most famous as the compiler of Ranjina's Miscellany. Ranjina is the most famous for his manuscript collection of Croatian Petrarchian poems known as Nikša Ranjina's Miscellany. The manuscript itself was destroyed in World War II. The manuscript had two pieces and contained about 820 poems, with (recognized) authors such as Šiško Menčetić (about 500 poems), Džore Držić (~70 poems), Mavro Vetranović, Marin Krističević and Mato Hispani. Beside this well-known miscellany, he also compiled ''Ranjinin Lekcionar'' (started in 1508) (a collection of passages from the Bible The Bible is a collection of religious texts that are central to Christianity and Judaism, and esteemed in other Abrahamic religions such as Islam. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms) originally writt ...), and the Dubrovni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikša Roki
Nikša Roki (born 8 February 1988) is a Croatian swimmer, who specialized in butterfly and individual medley events. He represented his nation Croatia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has claimed multiple-time Croatian championship titles and national records throughout his swimming career in the 200 m butterfly and the individual medley double (both 200 and 400 m). Roki competed for Croatia in two swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he managed to dip beneath the FINA B-cut in 2:01.56 (200 m butterfly) and 4:25.28 (400 m individual medley) at the Golden Bear meet in Zagreb. On the first day of the Games, Roki broke a Croatian record of 4:22.44 to touch the wall first in heat one of the 400 m individual medley, but finished only in twenty-third place. In the 200 m butterfly, Roki repeated his luck in the evening prelims, as he topped the first heat against India's Rehan Poncha, Peru's Emmanuel Crescimbeni, and Honduras' Javier Hern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikša Skelin
Nikša Skelin (born 25 March 1978, in Split) is a Croatian rower who has won two Olympic medals. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he won a silver medal in coxless pairs with his older brother Siniša Siniša ( sr-Cyrl, Синиша) is a South Slavic languages, South Slavic masculine given name of medieval Serbian origin. It may refer to: *Simeon Uroš "Siniša" (1326–1371), Serbian ruler of Epirus and Thessaly *Siniša Branković (born 1979 .... References Official Olympic reports External links * * * * Official site of the Skelin brothers 1978 births Living people Croatian male rowers Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Croatia in rowing Olympic bronze medalists for Croatia in rowing Olympic rowers for Croatia Rowers from Split, Croatia Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for Croatia Medalists at the 2004 Summer Ol ... [...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) 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. In Western culture, the idioms "" and "being on first-name terms" refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or Gentile name, ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas
Nicholas is a male name, the Anglophone version of an ancient Greek name in use since antiquity, and cognate with the modern Greek , . It originally derived from a combination of two Ancient Greek, Greek words meaning 'victory' and 'people'. In turn, the name means "victory of the people." The name has been widely used in countries with significant Christian populations, owing in part to the veneration of Saint Nicholas, which became increasingly prominent in Western Europe from the 11th century. Revered as a saint in many Christian denominations, the Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, and Anglican Churches all celebrate Saint Nicholas Day on December 6. In maritime regions throughout Europe, the name and its derivatives have been especially popular, as St Nicholas is considered the protector saint of seafarers. This remains particularly so in Greece, where St Nicholas is the patron saint of the Hellenic Navy. Origins The name derives from the . It is understood to mean 'victory of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
