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Valentina (given Name)
Valentina is a feminine given name. It is a feminine form of the Roman name Valentinus (other), Valentinus, which is derived from the Latin word "valens" meaning "healthy, strong". It is used in Italian, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene, Romanian, Bulgarian, Portuguese and Spanish languages. It is a name particularly popular for Hispanic girls. List of notable people *Valentina Acosta (born 1982), Colombian actress *Valentina de Angelis (born 1989), American actress *Valentina Aniballi (born 1984), Italian discus thrower *Valentina Aracil (born 1966), Argentine retired swimmer *Valentina Arrighetti (born 1985), Italian volleyball player *Valentina Artamonova (born 1960), Russian politician *Valentina Ramírez Avitia (1893–1979), Mexican revolutionary and soldadera *Valentina Azarova (born 1991), Russian athlete *Valentina Babor (born 1989), German classical pianist *Valentina Barron (born 1993), Australian actress *Valen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Naming Conventions
Over the course of some fourteen centuries, the Ancient Rome, Romans and other peoples of Italy employed a system of nomenclature that differed from that used by other cultures of Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, consisting of a combination of given name, personal and surname, family names. Although conventionally referred to as the , the combination of praenomen, Nomen (Roman name), nomen, and cognomen that have come to be regarded as the basic elements of the Roman name in fact represent a continuous process of development, from at least the seventh century BC to the end of the seventh century AD. The names that developed as part of this system became a defining characteristic of Roman civilization, and although the system itself vanished during the Early Middle Ages, the names themselves exerted a profound influence on the development of European naming practices, and many continue to survive in modern languages. Overview The distinguishing feature of Roman nomenclature was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Bergamaschi
Valentina Bergamaschi (born 22 January 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus and the Italy women's national team. She mainly plays as a right-sided midfielder but can also play as a winger or a right-back. She started her career in Switzerland, playing for Rapid Lugano, FF Lugano 1976 and FC Neunkirch, before returning to Italy to play for ACF Brescia Femminile. With Neunkirch she won the Nationalliga A championship and the Swiss Women's Cup, both in the 2016–2017 season. A member of the senior Italy women's national football team since 2016, Bergamaschi also has third place medals from the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship and the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Club career Bergamaschi, who was born in Varese but grew up and lived with her parents in Cittiglio, began competitive activity by joining FC Caravate, a club that promotes football in the homonymous Italian town, playing with boys from the age of nine years ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Cervi
Valentina Cervi (born 13 April 1976) is an Italian film and television actress. Cervi was born in Rome. She is the daughter of director Tonino Cervi and granddaughter of actor Gino Cervi. Her mother is the Italian producer of Austrian-Hungarian origin Marina Gefter. Cervi started her acting career at age ten in Carlo Cotti's 1986 film ''Portami la luna''. She also played an English-language role in Jane Campion's 1996 ''The Portrait of a Lady''. One of her most acclaimed roles was the lead in the 1997 film '' Artemisia'', directed by Agnès Merlet. It was loosely based on the painter Artemisia Gentileschi's life, but controversially portrayed the relationship between Agostino Tassi (played by Miki Manojlović) and Artemisia as a passionate affair rather than as rape. In 2011, she appeared as Arianna in BBC TV's Italian detective mini-series ''Zen''. She also appeared as "Valentina" in Canale 5's series ''Distretto di Polizia'' in 2011. Cervi appeared as Bertha Mason in Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Cernoia
Valentina Cernoia (born 22 June 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club AC Milan and the Italy women's national football team, which she represents since 2013. Career Cernoia first played in the Serie A with ACF Brescia in the 2009–10 season following the team's promotion. In the 2013–14 season she played the UEFA Champions League for the first time and made her debut in the Italian national team in the 2015 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In the summer of 2017 she played her first final tournament, the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, and moved to the newly founded Juventus FC women's team after nearly a decade in Brescia. On 8 July 2023, Cernoia joined AC Milan. International career Cernoia was called up to the Italy squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. Cernoia was called up to the Italy squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. On 26 June 2022, Cernoia was announced in the Italy squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022. On 2 July 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Centeno
Valentina Centeno Arteaga (born 14 February 1997) is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician who was elected to Ecuador's National Assembly in 2023. Life Early life and education Valentina Centeno was raised in Portoviejo, Manabí Province. She played beach volleyball and became national champion in 2014. She represented her country at the 2017 Bolivarian Games. She studied law at San Francisco University of Quito then became a teaching assistant in private international law and corporate law. Political career left, President of the permanent commission for Economic, Productive and Microenterprise Development in 2024 Valentina Centeno started working for the ministry of sports as local coordinator in May 2021 then as under secretary in November 2021. On 20 August 2023, she was elected as a member of parliament of the National Assembly for the fourth legislative period at the 2023 Ecuadorian general election. She is affiliated with National Democratic Action and she is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Cenni
Valentina Cenni (born 14 March 1982) is an Italian artist and actress. Early life and education Valentina Cenni was born in Riccione, Italy, and graduated at Rome's National Academy of Arts and London's Royal Academy of Dance. After completing her studies, she began working as an actress. Theatre On stage she was directed by Fausto Paravidino in Harold Pinter's ''The Birthday Party'', and played Roxane in ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' and Desdemona in ''Othello'', directed respectively by Alessandro Preziosi and Luigi Lo Cascio. Cenni also performed at the Greek Theatre of Syracuse in Cristina Pezzoli's version of Sophocles' ''Antigone'', and starred as Clementina in '' Aggiungi un posto a tavola'', singing and dancing in Garinei and Giovannini's successful musical comedy. In 2016, she received the Vincenzo Cerami Award as Best Young Actress for her role in Giampiero Rappa's play ''Nessun luogo è lontano''. During the same year, she toured with ''La Regina Dada'', a show she co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Carretta
Valentina Carretta (born 16 September 1989) is an Italian racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo .... She competed in the 2013 UCI women's team time trial in Florence. See also * 2014 Alé Cipollini season References External links * * 1989 births Living people Italian female cyclists Cyclists from Varese 21st-century Italian sportswomen {{Italy-cycling-bio-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Carnelutti
Valentina Carnelutti (born 6 February 1973) is an Italian actress. She has appeared in more than 40 films since 1995. Selected filmography References External links * 1973 births Living people Italian film actresses {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Caniglia
Valentina Caniglia is an Italian cinematographer and director. She is a member of the European Federation of Cinematographers (IMAGO). Early life and education Caniglia was born in Naples, Italy. She moved to London, England to commence her career as a cinematographer and later relocated to New York City. She graduated from New York University with a degree in film production and began working in feature films, TV series, commercials, music videos, and documentaries. Caniglia has worked in the United States since 2001. Career Caniglia is known for her work in lighting and cinematography in films, television series, commercials and music videos, including ''The Stand''. For her work on the period film, ''Madeline's Oil'', she won the Best Cinematography award at the Louisiana International Film Festival. She worked on the film '' Pomegranates and Myrrh'', winner of the Golden Dagger at the Muscat Film Festival for Best Cinematography. The film premiered at the Sundance Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Cámara
Valentina Cámara (born 18 November 1993) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a defender for Spanish Segunda División Pro club CD Femarguín and the Argentina women's national team. International career Cámara made her senior debut for Argentina during the 2018 Copa América Femenina The 2018 Copa América Femenina was the eighth edition of the CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina (also referred to as the ''Copa América Femenina''), the quadrennial international football competition for women's national teams in South America af ... on 5 April that year in a 1–3 loss to Brazil. References 1993 births Living people People from Viedma Footballers from Río Negro Province Argentine women's footballers Women's association football defenders Club Atlético Belgrano footballers UAI Urquiza (women) players Argentina women's international footballers Argentine expatriate women's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Bronevich
Valentina Tadeyevna Bronevich (, born 1956) is a Russian politician from Kamchatka. She was elected Head of Administration of Koryak autonomy in the Far East in 1996, becoming Russia's first female governor. Early life Valentina Bronevich was born in January 1956 in the village of Sopochny (modern Tigilsky District of Kamchatka Krai) and comes from a mixed family. Her mother was Itelmen and she considers herself belonging to this ethnic group. At the age of 5 she moved to Ust-Khairyuzovo, beginning education in a secondary boarding school in Tigil. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Irkutsk State University. In 1978–83 she worked as a lawyer for the Kamchatka Regional Bar Association. In 1983–87 she was Judge of the Tigil District Court, Deputy Chairman of the Court of the Koryak Autonomous District, in 1987–90 — Chairman of the Koryak District Executive Committee. In 1991 — head of the department for indigenous peoples There is no generally accepted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Braconi
Valentina Braconi (born 4 August 1990) is an Italian field hockey player for the Italian national team. She participated at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup The 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup, a field hockey tournament. It was held from 21 July to 5 August 2018 at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London, England. Defending champions .... References 1990 births Living people Italian female field hockey players Female field hockey forwards Italian expatriate field hockey players Italian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina 21st-century Italian sportswomen {{Italy-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
