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Ortega is a Spanish surname.A baptismal record in 1570 records a de Ortega "from the village of Ortega". There were several villages of this name in Spain. The toponym derives from Latin urtica, meaning 'nettle'.
Panoramic view. Ortygia (/ ɔːr ˈ t ɪ dʒ i ə / or-TIJ-ee-ə; Italian: Ortigia [orˈtiːdʒa]; Ancient Greek: Ὀρτυγία, romanized: Ortygía) is a small island which is the historical centre of the city of Syracuse, Sicily.
Urera baccifera is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family known by many common names, including scratchbush, [1] ortiga brava, pringamoza, mala mujer, chichicaste, nigua, guaritoto, ishanga, manman guêpes, and urtiga bronca. [2] It is native to the Americas from Mexico through Central America into South America, as well as the ...
The English word 'nettled', meaning irritated or angry, is derived from 'nettle'. [84] There is a common idea in Great Britain that the nettle was introduced by the Romans, [85] but Plant Atlas 2020 treats it as native. [86] The idea of its introduction was mentioned by William Camden in his book Britannia of 1586. [87]
José Daniel Ortega Saavedra (/ ɔːr ˈ t eɪ ɡ ə /; Spanish: [daˈnjel oɾˈteɣa]; born 11 November 1945) is a Nicaraguan politician and dictator [1] [2] [3] who has been the co-president of Nicaragua since 30 January 2025, alongside his wife Rosario Murillo.
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The genus name of Ortegia is in honour of José Ortega (d. 1761; not to be confused with Casimiro Gómez Ortega (1741-1818), a botanist, apothecary and doctor), a Spanish military apothecary at the court of Ferdinand VI.
Ortica (Lombard: Ortiga [urˈtiːɡa]) is a district of Milan, Italy, located within the Zone 3 administrative division. The district used to be a frazione of Lambrate when the latter was an autonomous comune; after Lambrate was annexed to Milan, in 1923, Lambrate and Ortica came to be referred to as distinct districts.