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In his autobiography released in 2006, Pelé stated he had no idea what the name means, nor did his old friends, and the word has no meaning in Portuguese. He would later learn it means "miracle" (פֶּלֶא) in Hebrew. [10] [note 3] Pelé grew up in poverty in Bauru in the state of São Paulo. He earned extra money by working in tea shops as ...
Pele, a genus of crabs in the family Portunidae; Pele, the Hungarian name for Becheni village, Săuca Commune, Satu Mare County, Romania; 2202 Pele, an asteroid; Pele (island), a volcanic island located in the Shefa Province in Vanuatu; Pele (Aegean island), an island in the Aegean Sea off modern Turkey; Pele (Cos), a town of ancient Cos, Greece
Abedi Pele in December 2007. Abedi Pele has participated in more FIFA organized charity matches than any other African player. [citation needed] He is a member of FIFA's Football Committee, and of the player status committees of both FIFA and CAF. The South African FA made him a apokesperson for their 2006 World Cup bid.
List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom; List of British words not widely used in the United States; List of South African English regionalisms; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: A–L; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z
Langenscheidt dictionaries in various languages A multi-volume Latin dictionary by Egidio Forcellini Dictionary definition entries. A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical and stroke for logographic languages), which may include information on definitions ...
List of international hat-tricks scored by Pelé; No. Opponent Goals Score Venue Competition Date Ref. 1 France 3 – (3–1, 4–1, 5–1) : 5–2 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden
Pelé joined Benfica B for 2005–06, but did not manage to play regularly, leaving in December 2005 to sign for Vitória S.C. in Guimarães. [4] At start of the following campaign, with the club playing in the second division for the first time in decades, he was a regular on the first team, but a poor start and a managerial change led him to the bench more often, as he finished the season ...
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...