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Rayna (given Name)
Rayna is a feminine given name with multiple origins in diverse cultures. Rayna ( Bulgarian: Райна) is a diminutive of Slavic names such as Radka that contain the element ''rad-'', meaning “happy.” Raya, another name with unrelated origins from multiple cultures, is another Bulgarian variant of the name. Rayna can also be derived from a name of Germanic origin. Related masculine forms with the same origins are Ragnar, Rainer, Rainier, Rayner, or Reinhard. All mean “ strong counsel.” Also spelled Reina or Reyna, it is also a Yiddish name referring to spiritual or ritual purity. It may refer to: * Rayna Atanasova (born 1944), Bulgarian gymnast * Rayna Denison, British film and arts scholar * Rayna Gellert (born 1975), American musician and actress * Rayna Green (born 1942), American curator and folklorist * Rayna Grigorova (born 1931), Bulgarian artistic gymnast * Rayna Katsarova (1901–1984), Bulgarian ethnomusicologist * Rayna Knyaginya (1856-1917), Bulgar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgarian Language
Bulgarian (; , ) is an Eastern South Slavic, Eastern South Slavic language spoken in Southeast Europe, primarily in Bulgaria. It is the language of the Bulgarians. Along with the closely related Macedonian language (collectively forming the East South Slavic languages), it is a member of the Balkan sprachbund and South Slavic languages, South Slavic dialect continuum of the Indo-European language family. The two languages have several characteristics that set them apart from all other Slavic languages, including the elimination of grammatical case, case declension, the development of a suffixed definite article, and the lack of a verb infinitive. They retain and have further developed the Proto-Slavic language, Proto-Slavic verb system (albeit analytically). One such major development is the innovation of evidentiality, evidential verb forms to encode for the source of information: witnessed, inferred, or reported. It is the official Languages of Bulgaria, language of Bulgar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayna Gellert
Rayna Gellert (born December 15, 1975) is an American fiddler, acoustic guitarist, singer, and songwriter specializing in old-time music. Gellert is a former member of the Freight Hoppers. From 2003 to 2009 she performed and recorded with the all-female old-time band Uncle Earl. In 2003, she was a featured performer at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. She has also performed with the dance company Rhythm in Shoes, the West African-influenced band Toubab Krewe, Abigail Washburn, and Scott Miller. She has toured throughout the United States, Europe, and Chile. She has been a finalist at the Appalachian String Band Music Festival in Clifftop, Fayette County, West Virginia several times. Early life and education Rayna Gellert was born on December 15, 1975. She grew up in Elkhart, in northern Indiana, formerly lived in Asheville, North Carolina, and is currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. Her father is the traditional fiddler, banjo player, and singer Dan Gellert. Origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clique (TV Series)
''Clique'' is a British thriller television series created by Jess Brittain, starring Synnøve Karlsen and Rachel Hurd-Wood.Clique BBC Press Pack Retrieved 22 February 2017 It was released as part of BBC Three's online-only schedule and later aired on . Series 1 premiered on 5 March 2017 and concluded on 9 April 2017. A second six-part series was ordered in January 2018. It premiered in November 2018 on BBC Three Online. Plot Series 1 Childhood friends Georgia and Holly are only a few weeks into the so-called best years of their lives a ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spy (2015 Film)
''Spy'' is a 2015 American spy action comedy film written and directed by Paul Feig. It stars Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, and Jude Law, alongside Miranda Hart, Bobby Cannavale, Peter Serafinowicz, Morena Baccarin, Nargis Fakhri, and Allison Janney in supporting roles. The film follows unorthodox secret agent Susan Cooper (McCarthy) as she tries to trace a stolen portable nuclear device. Produced by Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Feig, and Jessie Henderson, ''Spy'' had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 15, 2015, and was theatrically released in the United States on June 5, 2015, by 20th Century Fox. ''Spy'' received praise for Feig's direction and screenplay, McCarthy and Byrne's performances, as well as Statham's surprise comedic role. The film grossed $235 million worldwide against a $65 million budget. It was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayna Tharani
Rayna Kirilova Terziyska () is a Bulgarian pop-folk singer and singer of traditional music. Rayna was born on 30 September 1981 in Sandanski Sandanski ( ; , formerly known as Sveti Vrach, , until 1947) is a town and a recreation center in southwestern Bulgaria, part of Blagoevgrad Province. Named after the Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary Yane Sandanski, it is situated in Sanda ..., Bulgaria. Albums * 2002 "Dimming flame" () * 2003 "Mother, you're one of the world" () * 2003 "Aggression" () * 2004 "Good news" () * 2005 "Love on the Richter scale" () * 2007 "Rayna" () * 2007 "Mother, you're one of the world" () * 2008 "Like no other" () * 2011 "Macedonian girl" () * 2012 "Inside of me" () * 2013 "Golden Hits of Payner 17 - Rayna" () * 2014 "You are beautiful, my forest" () * 2018 "Heavy the youth passed" () * 2019 "One in a million" () * 2020 "Bulgariyo, edna" () * 2022 "For My Mother" () References External links Official website of the musical company Payner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayna Talinska
Rayna Ilieva Kircheva-Talinska () (February 24, 1888-February 12, 1954) was a Bulgarian stage actress. Biography Raina Talinska was born in Varna on February 24, 1888. She received her secondary education in Sofia and after graduation entered the Faculty of History and Philology of Sofia University. In 1907, she began studying at the Drama School of Emanuel Reicher in Berlin. Talinska made her stage debut in the role of Luise Miller in Friedrich Schiller's play Intrigue and Love. Her debut on the stage of the National Theater of Bulgaria was in 1909, playing Tamara in Ivan Vazov's play ''Boryslav''. Talinska remained part of the company of the National Theatre for more than twenty years, from 1909 to 1930. Her more prominent roles include: * Fergova in ''Millionaire'' by Yordan Yovkov * Natasha in '' Three Sisters'' by Anton Chekhov * Anya in ''The Cherry Orchard'' by Anton Chekhov * Anna Andriivna in ''The Government Inspector'' by Nikolai Gogol * Mistress Quickly in ''He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayna Stewart
Rayna Cottrell Stewart II (born June 18, 1973) is an American former professional football safety who is the assistant special teams coach for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played five seasons for the Houston/Tennessee Oilers, Miami Dolphins, and Jacksonville Jaguars. He was selected by the Houston Oilers in the fifth round of the 1996 NFL draft The 1996 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The NFL draft, draft was held April 20–21, 1996 NFL seas .... References 1973 births Living people Players of American football from Oklahoma City American football safeties Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football players Houston Oilers players Tennessee Oilers players Miami Dolphins players Jacksonville Jaguars players Tennessee Titans coaches Green Bay Packers coaches Dallas Cowboys coaches Coaches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayna Rapp
Rayna Rapp (pen name Rayna R. Reiter) is a professor and associate chair of anthropology at New York University, specializing in gender and health; the politics of reproduction; science, technology, and genetics; and disability in the United States and Europe. She has contributed over 80 published works to the field of anthropology, independently, as a co-author, editor, and foreword-writing, including Robbie Davis-Floyd and Carolyn Sargent's '' Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge.'' Her 1999 book, ''Testing Women, Testing the Fetus: the Social Impact of Amniocentesis in America,'' received multiple awards upon release and has been praised for providing "invaluable insights into the first generation of women who had to decide whether or not to terminate their pregnancies on the basis of amniocentesis result". She co-authored many articles with Faye Ginsburg, including ''Enabling Disability: Rewriting Kinship, Reimagining Citizenship,'' a topic the pair has continued to research ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayna Prohme
Rayna Prohme (1894 - 1927) was a journalist who covered the communist movement in China in the late 1920s. Biography She was born Rayna Simons, the daughter of a successful Jewish businessman. She graduated from the University of Illinois in 1917, where she befriended Dorothy Day. Day's book, '' The Long Loneliness'', describes their activities reading socialist novellas and joining the Socialist Party of America. From 1918 to 1922 she was married to Samson Raphaelson, a marriage that ended in divorce. She later met and married William "Bill" Prohme who worked for William Randolph Hearst's San Francisco Examiner. They moved to China, where Prohme's sister, Grace Simons was working in China. In 1926 she started working with Eugene Chen who was publishing the ''People's Tribune''. Prohme and the American journalist Milly Bennett edited the ''People's Tribune'' in Hankou from 1926 until July 1927. While in China, Prohme was among the people admiring Mikhail Markowitsch Borod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayna Petkova
Rayna Petkova (, 10 September 1895 – 1957) was one of the first trained social workers in Bulgaria. Initially wanting to become a teacher, she was influenced by the women's movement and became interested in social policy. Trained in Germany, Petkova returned to Bulgaria in the early 1930s and helped establish institutions to provide for the social welfare. Publishing widely, her work was influential in defining the role of the state in protecting its citizens and her methods for collecting and analyzing data, particularly on youth, homelessness and crime were not only innovative for the time, but for many years served as the standard for researchers who followed. After World War II, she was ostracized and kept under police surveillance until her death. Early life Rayna Petkova was born on 10 September 1895 in Tarnovo, in the Principality of Bulgaria of the Ottoman Empire to the master craftsman and painter, Minchev Petko. The family did not live in Tarnovo long, the ancestral ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayna Knyaginya
Rayna Popgeorgieva Futekova (), better known as Rayna Knyaginya (Райна Княгиня), aka "Queen of the Bulgarians". She was a Bulgarian teacher and revolutionary, famous for sewing the flag of the April Uprising of 1876. Biography She was born on January 6, 1856, in Panagyurishte, during the Ottoman Empire, and died in July 29, 1917, in Sofia, during the Kingdom of Bulgaria. She was born into the family of the priest Georgi Futekov (Георги Футеков) (1830-1876). Her mother was Nona Nalbantska (1835-1923). The family had six children: Raina, Atanas, Maria, Vasil, Pena, and Zahari. She graduated from the Girls' School in Stara Zagora. When she was 20 and working as a head teacher in the Panagyurishte girls' school since 1874, she was asked to sew the flag for the April Uprising by Georgi Benkovski, which she accepted. The day the uprising was declared in April 1876, she raised the flag alongside Georgi Benkovski. Following the harsh suppression of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
