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The name is probably derived from the word pella, (Ancient Greek: πέλλα), "stone" which seems to appear in some other toponyms in Greece like Pellene. [1] [2] [3] Julius Pokorny reconstructs the word from the Proto-Indo-European root peli-s, pel-s, Old Indian: pāsāna, stone (from *pars, *pels), Greek: πέλλα, λίθος, stone, Hesychius (*pelsa), Pashto: parša (*plso), cliff ...
Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈɛd(ʒi)sõ(w) aˈɾɐ̃tʃiz du nasiˈmẽtu]; 23 October 1940 – 29 December 2022), better known by his nickname Pelé (Brazilian Portuguese:), was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.
João Clapp, as president of the Abolitionist Confederation, in a press image about the João Alfredo Cabinet. The Brazilian Abolitionist Confederation was a political organization created on May 9, 1883, which brought together anti-slavery societies from all over the Empire with the objective of pressuring the Brazilian government to put an end to slavery.
Pella is an oasis in Namakwa (Bushmanland) in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.Earlier known as Cammas Fonteyn, the spring was used by a nearby stronghold of San people.
Peleș Castle in summer Terrace Peleș Castle in the winter, 2014. Peleș Castle (Romanian: Castelul Peleș pronounced [kasˈtelul ˈpeleʃ] ⓘ) is a Neo-Renaissance palace in the Royal Domain of Sinaia in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, built between 1873 and 1914.
Pela was an American indie rock band from Brooklyn known for their intense live performances. [1] History. Pela's history goes back to the early ’90s when lead ...
Pela may refer to: Pela (band), an American indie rock band; Péla, a town and sub-prefecture in Guinea; Péla (dish), a French dish; Chinese wax, also known as pela; Pela language, a language of southern China; Mike Pela, British music producer; Niccolò di Piero Lamberti (ca. 1370 – 1451), also known as il Pela, Italian sculptor and architect
Pela or Bola (Chinese: 波拉; autonym: pə³¹la⁵⁵, exonym: po³¹no⁵¹), is a Burmish language of Western Yunnan, China. In China, Pela speakers are classified as part of the Jingpo ethnic group.