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Toos (given Name)
Toos is a Dutch language, Dutch feminine given name (pronounced ). It is a hypocorism of either Catharina (via ''Cato'') or Antonia (name), Antonia. Tooske is a diminutive. In the United States it is among several variants of Antonia, including Toni, Tona (name), Tona, Tonia (name), Tonia, Tonie, Tony (given name), Tony and Tonya (given name), Tonya. People called Toos *Toos Beumer (Catharina Johanna Beumer, born 1947), Dutch swimmer *Toos Faber-de Heer (1929–2020), a Dutch journalist * (1915–2004), Dutch originator of the Pieterpad walking route *Toos Roodzant, (Catharina Roodzant, 1896–1999), Dutch chess master *Toos van der Ende (Catharina van der Endeborn, born 1945), Dutch rower *Toos van der Klaauw (Catharina Maria van der Klaauw, 1915–2011), Dutch fencer *Toos van der Valk (born 1931), Dutch kidnapping victim People called Tooske *Tooske Ragas (Antonia Grietje Ragas-Breugem ''née'' Breugem, born 1974), Dutch actress and television host See also *Too (disambiguati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the List of languages by total number of speakers, third most spoken Germanic language. In Europe, Dutch is the native language of most of the population of the Netherlands and Flanders (which includes 60% of the population of Belgium). "1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." (page 153). Dutch was one of the official languages of South Africa until 1925, when it was replaced by Afrikaans, a separate but partially Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible daughter language of Dutch. Afrikaans, depending on the definition used, may be considered a sister language, spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, and evolving from Cape Dutch dialects. In South America, Dutch is the native l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toos Roodzant
Catharina (Toos) Roodzant (née Glimmerveen) (21 October 1896, Rotterdam – 24 February 1999) was a Dutch female chess master. She won thrice the female Dutch Chess Championship (1935, 1936 and 1938). Roodzant lost a match for the title to Fenny Heemskerk 0.5 : 4.5 in 1937, and lost two matches to Sonja Graf, 0.5 : 3.5 in 1937 and 1 : 3 in 1939, both in Rotterdam. She tied for 10-16th in the 6th Women's World Chess Championship at Stockholm 1937, and tied for 7-8th in the 7th WWCC which took place during the 8th Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939 (Vera Menchik Vera Francevna Mencikova (, ''Vera Frantsevna Menchik''; ; 16 February 1906 – 26 June 1944), was a Russian-born Czechoslovak chess player who primarily resided in England. She was the first and longest-reigning Women's World Chess Champ ... won both events). References External linksCatharina Roodzant at 365Chess.com 1896 births 1999 deaths Dutch female chess players Dutch women centenarians Sportsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toots (other)
Toots may refer to: People *Toots (nickname) *Adalbert Toots (1910–1948), Estonian wrestler *Aleksander Toots (born 1969), deputy director of the Estonian Internal Security Service *Arved Toots (1930–1992), Estonian agronomist and breeder of Tori horses *Villu Toots (1916–1993), Estonian calligrapher, book designer, educator, palaeograph and author Arts and entertainment Fictional characters *Toots, a character in ''Bunty'', a British comic anthology *Toots, one of ''The Bash Street Kids'', a comic strip in the British comic book ''The Beano'' *Toots, a title character of ''Toots and Casper'', an American comic strip *Joosep Toots, one of the main characters in Oskar Luts's novels ''Kevade'', ''Suvi''s, and ''Sügis'' Other uses in arts and entertainment * ''Toots'' (film), a 2006 documentary about restaurateur Toots Shor *Toots and the Maytals, a Jamaican band Other uses *13079 Toots, an asteroid named after musician Toots Thielemans * Folkerts SK-2, a racing airpl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toot (other)
Toot may refer to: Places * Toot or Tut, Markazi, a village in Iran * Mount Victoria Tunnel, a road tunnel in Wellington, New Zealand, colloquially known as "Toot Tunnel" * Toot Oilfield, an oil field in northern Pakistan * Toot Sahib, a temple in Amritsar, Punjab, India People with the name * Don Cahoon (born 1949), American retired college ice hockey coach, nicknamed "Toot" * Madelyn Dunham (1922–2008), grandmother of U.S. president Barack Obama, nicknamed "Toot" Fictional characters * Toot, the title character of ''Toot the Tiny Tugboat'', a British children's animated television series * Toot, in Holly Hobbie's Toot & Puddle children's book series * Toot Braunstein, in the animated series ''Drawn Together'' Music *"Toot", a song by Brant Bjork from the 1999 album ''Jalamanta'' Other uses * Cocaine, also known as ''toot'' in slang term * Toot, to "pass gas"; flatulence * Toot, to play a horn (instrument) * Toot, the historical term for messages posted on Mastodon (soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toosa
Toosa is a village in Punjab, India. It is located in the Ludhiana district. On the Ludhiana Raikot road about 23 km south of Ludhiana, near Halwara, Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha International Airport.Village code of Toosa village is 033702. Village structure The village is divided into 6 parts which developed based on its growth: *Older Village inside redline (inside the Darwazas) *Andarli Firni (1st Firni, inner ring) *Bahrli Firni (2nd Firni, outer ring) *Halwara Road Extension *Rattowal Road Extension *Leel Road Extension Before 1950, all villagers lived within the redline area between two Darwazas (known as Vadda Darwaza and Shera Wala Darwaza / Lion Gate of Toosa). The houses are small traditional Punjabi houses. After 1950, people began to move outside the redline. The 1st Firni was drawn in a ring shape outside the redline area for use as a common road. Houses were built in this area until circa 1980, at which time the village needed another Firni because of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toos (other)
Toos may refer to: * Toos (given name) including a list of people with the name * Tous, Iran, or Toos, an ancient city in Razavi Khorasan Province in Iran * Toos, later merged into Schönholzerswilen, a municipality in Münchwilen district, Thurgau, Switzerland See also * Toes (other) * Too (other) * Tool (other) * Toot (other) * Toon (other) * Toots (other) *Topos (other) Topos may refer to: Mathematics * Topos (plural topoi or toposes) – a type of category in mathematics ** Classifying topos – a topos that categorifies the models of a structure in another topos ** Effective topos – a topos that captures th ... * TOS (other) {{Disambiguation, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toon (name)
Toon is a Dutch masculine given name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Antonius or Antonie. Notable people with the name include the following: Given name * Toon Aerts (born 1993), Belgian cyclist * Toon de Ruiter (1935–2001), Dutch rower * Toon Greebe (born 1988), Dutch darts player * Toon Hiranyasap (born 1954), Thai film actor * Toon Lenaerts (born 1990), Belgian footballer * Toon Meerman (1933–2023), retired Dutch footballer * Toon van Driel (born 1945), Dutch cartoonist * Toon van Welsenes (1903–1974), Dutch athlete Hypocorism * Toon Becx, Antonius Wilhelmus Maria Becx (1920−2013), Dutch footballer * Toon Dupuis, Antonius Stanislaus Nicolaas Ludovicus Dupuis, (1877–1937), Dutch sculptor and medallist of Belgian origin * Toon or Anton Ebben, Antonius Ebben (1930–2011), Dutch equestrian * Toon Geurts, Antonius Geurts (1932–2017), Dutch canoer * Toon Hermans, Antoine Gerard Theodore Hermans (1916–2000), Dutch comedian, singer and writer * To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too (other)
Too or TOO may refer to: * Target of opportunity, a concept in targeting * Threshold of originality, a concept in copyright law * ''Too'' (Fantastic Plastic Machine album), the fourth studio album by Fantastic Plastic Machine * ''Too'' (Fidlar album), the second studio album by American skate punk band Fidlar * ''Too'' (Kingdom Come album), the seventh album by the band Kingdom Come * ''Too'' (Madita album), the second solo album by Matida * ''Too'' (S.O.S. Band album), the second album by the band The S.O.S. Band * To1, a South Korean boy band, formerly known as TOO People with the surname Too * David Kimutai Too (1968–2008), a Kenyan politician and National Assembly member for the Orange Democratic Movement * Naomi Too, Kenyan volleyball player * Too Too (born 1990), a Burmese fighter See also * To * Toon (other) * Toos (other) * Tootoo, an Inuit surname * TU (other) * Two (other) 2 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 2, two or II ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tooske Ragas
Antonia Grietje "Tooske" Ragas-Breugem (; born 3 June 1974), is a Dutch actress and television host. She played a flight attendant in ''06/05'', a movie by Theo van Gogh about the murder of Pim Fortuyn. She was video jockey (VJ) at TMF Netherlands and presented two seasons of the Dutch and German version of '' Idols''. Early life Breugem was born in Zwolle into a Dutch Reformed family, and has two elder brothers, Jaap and Jan-Pieter. Career Since her first appearance on television in 1995 on the ''Soundmixshow'', Tooske's career showed a lot of aspects of the Dutch entertainment industry. She was Miss Overijssel, the province she hailed from, in 1996, placed fourth in the Miss Netherlands competition, and was singer in the group Bogy Bogy for two years. Later, she became VJ at TMF Netherlands and MTV, which she was from 1998 until 2002. In 2002, she switched to the larger television channels and became co-host of '' Idols Netherlands'' together with Reinout Oerlemans for two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toos Van Der Valk
Van der Valk is a Dutch international hospitality chain run by the Van der Valk family. It is the largest Dutch hospitality chain, with more than 65 locations in the Netherlands and more than 15 in other countries. Besides hotels, Van der Valk also operates the Avifauna Bird Park in Alphen aan den Rijn. Its logo is based on the toucan. The Van der Valk hotels are: * 95 in Europe ** 68 in the Netherlands ** 13 in Germany ** 9 in Belgium ** 3 in France ** 1 in Spain (Girona) ** 1 in Turkey (Istanbul) *3 in North America ** 1 in Bonaire (Kralendijk) ** 1 in Curaçao (Willemstad) ** 1 in the United States (Hernando, Florida) History The chain was founded by Martien and in 1939 when they opened their first hotel (an expansion/upgrade of a former local restaurant in Voorschoten Voorschoten () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It is a smaller town in the Randstad, enclosed by the cities of Leiden, Wassenaar and Leidschendam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toos Van Der Klaauw
Catharina "Toos" Maria van der Klaauw (4 December 1915 – 11 August 2011) was a Dutch fencer.In Ton Bijkerk's ''Olympisch Oranje'' Uitg. Spaar en Hout , published in December 2012, retrieved 11 April 2014, in which all Dutch Olympic competitors are described who have participated in the Olympic Games in the past. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to .... References External links * 1915 births 2011 deaths Dutch female foil fencers Olympic fencers for the Netherlands Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Fencers from The Hague 20th-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toos Van Der Ende
Catharina "Toos" van der Ende (later van Akkeren, born 1945/46) is a retired Dutch rower. Together with Truus Bauer Truus Bauer (20 April 1945 – 2 November 1989) was a Dutch rower. Together with Toos van den Ende Catharina "Toos" van der Ende (later van Akkeren, born 1945/46) is a retired Dutch rower. Together with Truus Bauer she won two European silve ... she won two European silver medals in the double sculls. References 1940s births Living people Dutch female rowers Rowers from Delft European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century Dutch sportswomen Year of birth missing (living people) {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
