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Senga (given Name)
Senga is a feminine given name of Scottish origin, derived either from a backwards spelling of the name Agnes or from the Scottish Gaelic word ''seang'', meaning "slenderness In architecture, the slenderness ratio, or simply slenderness, is an aspect ratio, the quotient between the height and the width of a building. In structural engineering, slenderness is used to calculate the propensity of a column to buckle. It ...". Senga is also a Japanese surname of unrelated origins. Notable people with the name include: * Senga Macfie (born 1968), English-born Scottish professional squash player * Senga McCrone (1934–2020), Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler * Senga Nengudi, née Sue Irons (born 1943), American visual artist and curator See also * Senga people, ethnic tribe of Zambia Notes {{Given name Feminine given names Names derived from word reversals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes (name)
Agnes is a feminine given name derived from the Greek , meaning 'pure' or 'holy'. The name passed to Italian language, Italian as , to French language, French as , to Portuguese language, Portuguese as , and to Spanish language, Spanish as . It is also written as "Agness". Inez is an English language, English variant. The Greek name descends from the Proto-Indo-European ''wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁yaǵ-, *h₁yaǵ-'', meaning 'to sacrifice; to worship', from which also the Vedic term ''Yajna, yajña'' originates. The name is mostly used in Greece and in countries that speak Germanic languages. It was the name of a popular Christian saint, Agnes of Rome, a fact which encouraged its wide use. "Agnes" was the third-most popular name for women in the English language, English-speaking world for more than 400 years. Its medieval English pronunciation was ''Annis'', and its usage and many of its forms coincided with the equally popular name Anna (given name), "Anna", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongside both Irish language, Irish and Manx language, Manx, developed out of Old Irish. It became a distinct spoken language sometime in the 13th century in the Middle Irish period, although a Classical Gaelic, common literary language was shared by the Gaels of both Ireland and Scotland until well into the 17th century. Most of modern Scotland was once Gaelic-speaking, as evidenced especially by Gaelic-language place names. In the 2011 United Kingdom census#2011 Census for Scotland, 2011 census of Scotland, 57,375 people (1.1% of the Scottish population, three years and older) reported being able to speak Gaelic, 1,275 fewer than in 2001. The highest percentages of Gaelic speakers were in the Outer Hebrides. Nevertheless, there is a language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gracility
Gracility is slenderness, the condition of being gracile, which means slender. It derives from the Latin adjective ''gracilis'' (Masculine (grammar), masculine or Feminine (grammar), feminine), or ''gracile'' (Grammatical gender, neuter), which in either form means slender, and when transferred for example to discourse takes the sense of "without ornament", "simple" or various similar connotations. In ''Glossary of Botanic Terms'', B. D. Jackson speaks dismissively of an entry in earlier dictionary of A. A. Crozier as follows: "Gracilis (Lat.), slender. Crozier has the needless word 'gracile'". However, his objection would be hard to sustain in current usage; apart from the fact that ''gracile'' is a natural and convenient term, it is hardly a neologism. The ''Shorter Oxford English Dictionary'' gives the source date for that usage as 1623 and indicates the word is misused (through association with ''grace'') for "gracefully slender". This misuse is unfortunate at least, because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senga Macfie
Senga Macfie also spelt as Senga MacFie (born 18 October 1968) is an English-born Scottish former professional squash player. After retiring from playing professionally, she now coaches squash at Abercorn Sports Club in Edinburgh. She represented the Scotland national women's squash team in several international competitions including the British Open Squash Championships, World Open Squash Championships and in World Team Squash Championships in a career spanning from 1993 to 2010. She achieved her career-high PSA ranking of World No. 16 in January 1995 during the 1995 PSA World Tour. Career She also represented England women's junior team until 1992 before switching to play for Scotland. She won the inaugural European Squash Individual Championships which was held in 1990. She also emerged as winner of the 1984 British Junior Open Squash in women's U16 category and emerged as runners-up to England's Sue Wright at the 1986 British Junior Open Squash in women's U19 category. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senga McCrone
Senga McCrone (1934–2020) was a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career In 1971 as a member of the Lisnagarvey Club she won the 1971 Irish National Bowls Championships fours title. The success meant qualification for the British Isles Bowls Championships and subsequently she won the fours title in 1972. She won a silver medal in the singles at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, becoming the first Scottish woman to win a Commonwealth Games medal in bowls. Six years later she won a gold medal in the fours at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing. McCrone also competed in the singles competition at the 1990 Commonwealth Games but pulled out of the 1994 Commonwealth Games following a dispute over her position in the fours team. In 1993 she won the fours gold medal at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships. Personal life Senga grew up in Hurlford, East Ayrshire before moving to Northern Ireland in her thirties. It was during this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senga Nengudi
Senga Nengudi (née Sue Irons; born September 18, 1943) is an African Americans, African-American visual artist and curator. She is best known for her abstract sculptures that combine found objects and choreographed performance. She is part of a group of African-American avant-garde artists working in New York City and Los Angeles, from the 1960s and onward. Nengudi was named the 2023 Nasher Sculpture Center#Nasher Prize, Nasher Prize Laureate for her contribution to the discipline of sculpture. Early life and education Nengudi was born Sue Irons in Chicago, Illinois in 1943. Following the death of her father in 1949, she moved to Los Angeles and Pasadena, California, Pasadena with her mother. As a result of an existing segregated school system, Nengudi found herself in between schools, transferring back and forth between Los Angeles and Pasadena. Her cousin Eileen Abdulrashid is also an artist. Following her graduation from Susan Miller Dorsey High School, Dorsey High School, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senga People
The Senga (also known as Tumbukas) are a Tumbuka group of people found in Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bor ... specifically in Chama District. Their predominant and primary language is Chitumbuka language. Together with the Yombes and Malawi Tongas, the Sengas are one of the largest groups of the Tumbuka peoples. Origins Donald Fraser who visited part of Senga land in 1897 takes the view that the Senga are mainly Tumbuka and with a small number of partly of Bisa origin. Politics Leaders Among the Tumbuka, political hierarchy is senior chief, chief, group headman (headman over more than one village) and the village headman. Language All Sengas speak Chitumbuka language and ''Senga'' being sub group itself. References Bantu peoples Ethnic gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feminine Given Names
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] |
