Miriam
Miriam (, lit. ‘rebellion’) is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus.
The Torah refers to her as "Miria ...
was the sister of Moses in the Bible.
Miriam, Mirriam or Myriam (the French variant) may also refer to:
People and fictional characters
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Miriam (given name)
Miriam () is a feminine given name recorded in Biblical Hebrew in the Book of Exodus as the name of the sister of Moses, the prophetess Miriam.
Spelling variants include French ''Myriam'', German ''Mirjam, Mirijam''; hypocoristic forms include ...
, including a list of people, biblical, apocryphal and fictional characters
* Miriam, pen name of
Zenon Przesmycki
Zenon Przesmycki (pen name ''Miriam''; Radzyń Podlaski, 22 December 1861 – 17 October 1944, Warsaw), was a Polish poet, translator and an art critic of the literary period of Młoda Polska, who studied law in Italy, France and England; in yea ...
(1861–1944), Polish poet, translator and art critic
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Miriam Yeung
Miriam Yeung Chin-wah (born 3 February 1974) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. As of 2020, she has released more than 35 albums and has starred in more than 40 films. In 2012, Yeung won the Award for Best Actress at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awar ...
, stage name of Yeung Chin-wah (楊千嬅, born 1974), Hong Kong singer-actress
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Myriam Montemayor Cruz
Myriam Montemayor Cruz (born February 8, 1981), better known mononymously as Myriam, is a Mexican recording artist known for winning the first season of Mexican talent show '' La Academia''.
Biography
She is the second youngest out of her eigh ...
(born 1981), better known as Myriam, Mexican recording artist
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Myriam François
Emilie Siobhan Geoghegan François (born December 1982), known as Myriam François and formerly as Myriam François-Cerrah, is a British journalist, filmmaker and writer. Her work has appeared on the BBC, Channel 4 and Al Jazeera. She is the fo ...
, pseudonym of Emilie François (born 1983), British writer, broadcaster, and academic; former actress
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Miriam Rivera (1981–2019), known as Miriam, Mexican transgender woman who featured in reality television shows
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Miriam Yeung
Miriam Yeung Chin-wah (born 3 February 1974) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. As of 2020, she has released more than 35 albums and has starred in more than 40 films. In 2012, Yeung won the Award for Best Actress at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awar ...
(born 1974), Cantopop singer sometimes known as just Miriam
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Elena Yparraguirre (born 1947), also known as Miriam, Peruvian imprisoned revolutionary
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Marie Myriam
Marie Myriam (born Myriam Lopes, 8 May 1957, Luluabourg, Belgian Congo, (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) is a French singer.
Career
Representing France, she won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1977 with '' L'oiseau et l'enfant'' ("The ...
(born 1957), French singer
In music
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''Myriam'' (Myriam album)
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''Myriam'' (Myriam Faris album)
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Mirriam'', an album by Jessi Colter
In science
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102 Miriam
102 Miriam is a moderately large, very dark main belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on August 22, 1868, from the Litchfield Observatory.
Peters named the asteroid after Miriam, the sister of Moses in the Old Testament. This ...
, an asteroid
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Minimum Information Required in the Annotation of Models (MIRIAM), an effort to standardise the annotation and curation process of quantitative models of biological systems
Other uses
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Hurricane Miriam (disambiguation), six tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
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"Miriam" (short story), by Truman Capote
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''Miriam'' (film), a 1957 Finnish film
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''Miryam'' (film), a 1929 Italian silent film
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Meriam language
Meriam (; also ''Miriam, Meryam, Mer, Mir, Miriam-Mir'', etc. and ''Eastern, Isten, Esten'' and ''Able Able'') or the Eastern Torres Strait language is the language of the people of the small islands of ''Mer'' ( Murray Island), ''Waier'' and ...
, also spelled Miriam, spoken by the people of several islands in the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
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Miriam Hospital
The Miriam Hospital is a private, not-for-profit hospital at 164 Summit Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island, Providence, in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It is a major teaching affiliate of the Alpert Medical School, Warren Alpert Medical Scho ...
, a private, not-for-profit hospital in Providence, Rhode Island
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Miriam College
Miriam College () is a non-stock, non-profit Filipino Catholic educational institution for girls and young women in Quezon City, Philippines.
It offers academic programs from pre-elementary to post-graduate and adult education levels that d ...
, Quezon City, Philippines, a Catholic school for girls and young women
See also
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Hurricane Joan–Miriam, a 1988 hurricane that struck the Caribbean and Central America
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Maryam (disambiguation)
Maryam may refer to:
* Maryam Castle, a castle in Kermanshah Province, Iran
* Maryam (name), a feminine given name (the Aramaic and Arabic form of Miriam, Mary)
* Mary in Islam
* Maryam (surah), 19th sura of the Qur'an
* Maryam, Iran, a village in ...
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Mariam (disambiguation) Mariam (also ''Maryam'') is the Aramaic form of the given name Miriam, especially used of Mary mother of Jesus in a number of languages.
It may refer to:
People named Mariam
* Mariam, daughter of Bagrat IV of Georgia, a member of the Bagratio ...
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