fernando

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Definition of fernando in English English dictionary

A male given name of Spanish origin. Diminutive: Nando

{i} male first name; family name

Fernando Pó Alba Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel 3rd duke de Arrabal Fernando Botero Fernando Cardoso Fernando Henrique Collor de Mello Fernando Affonso Pessoa Fernando António Nogueira San Fernando Valley Ferdinand the Catholic Spanish Fernando el Católico Fernando de Magallanes

of Spanish origin. Diminutives: Nando

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Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello

born Aug. 12, 1949, Rio de Janeiro, Braz. President of Brazil (1990-92). Born to wealth, he became governor of the small state of Alagoas in 1987. Promising to promote economic growth and combat corruption and inefficiency, he defeated the leftist Luiz Silva in 1989 to become Brazil's first popularly elected president in nearly 30 years. The country's economic decline, fueled by a staggering foreign debt and hyperinflation, failed to improve, and he resigned in 1992 as his trial for corruption was about to begin

Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa

born June 13, 1888, Lisbon, Port. died Nov. 30, 1935, Lisbon Portuguese poet. While living in South Africa, where his stepfather was Portugal's consul, Pessoa became fluent in English. On returning to Lisbon he worked as a translator while contributing to avant-garde reviews, especially Orpheu (1915), the organ of Brazilian-Portuguese Modernismo, of which he became a leading aesthetician. Only after his death did the rich dream world of his poetry, peopled with fictional alter egos called "heteronyms," become well known. His important volumes include Poesias de Fernando Pessoa (1942), Poesias de Álvaro de Campos (1944), Poemas de Alberto Caeiro (1946), and Odes de Ricardo Reis (1946)

Fernando Arrabal

born Aug. 11, 1932, Melilla, Spanish Morocco Spanish French Absurdist playwright, novelist, and filmmaker. He turned to writing in the 1950s, and in 1955 he began studying drama in Paris, where he remained. His early plays, in particular Picnic on the Battlefield, brought him to the attention of the French avant-garde. After the mid 1960s his plays evolved into what he termed Théâtre Panique ("Panic Theater"); typical of this period is And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers. His dramatic and fictional world is often violent, cruel, and pornographic

Fernando Botero

{i} (born 1932) Colombian painter and sculptor who is well-known for his smooth bloated people and shapes

Fernando Botero

born April 19, 1932, Medellín, Colom. Colombian painter and sculptor. He began painting as a teenager. By the time he moved to New York City in 1960, he had developed his trademark style: the depiction of round, corpulent humans and animals. In these works, his use of flat, bright colour and boldly outlined forms reflected the influence of Latin American folk art, while his strong compositions often emulated the Old Masters. In 1973 Botero moved to Paris and began creating sculptures that again focused on rotund subjects. Successful outdoor exhibitions of his monumental bronze figures were staged around the world at the end of the 20th century

Fernando Collor de Mello

born Aug. 12, 1949, Rio de Janeiro, Braz. President of Brazil (1990-92). Born to wealth, he became governor of the small state of Alagoas in 1987. Promising to promote economic growth and combat corruption and inefficiency, he defeated the leftist Luiz Silva in 1989 to become Brazil's first popularly elected president in nearly 30 years. The country's economic decline, fueled by a staggering foreign debt and hyperinflation, failed to improve, and he resigned in 1992 as his trial for corruption was about to begin

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

born June 18, 1931, Rio de Janeiro, Braz. President of Brazil (1994-2003). Born into a wealthy military family, he taught sociology at the University of São Paulo and was a prominent member of the left-wing intellectual opposition when Brazil was under military rule, though he turned more centrist after civilian rule was restored. In 1993 he became finance minister and supervised the creation of the Real Plan, an effective anti-inflation package that helped him gain the presidency in 1994. He has worked for privatization of state-owned companies and increased foreign investment. In 1998 he became the first president in Brazilian history to be reelected. A foreign-exchange crisis in 1999 damaged Brazil's growth prospects. In 2002 Brazilians elected Luiz Silva to the presidency

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

{i} (born 1931) president of Brazil (from January 1995 to 2002) who is an outstanding sociologist, HFC

San Fernando Valley

A fertile valley of southern California northwest of central Los Angeles. The valley, first explored by the Spanish in 1769, lies partly within the city limits of Los Angeles and includes many residential communities. Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. Originally an agricultural area, it occupies 260 sq mi (670 sq km) and now contains several residential suburbs of Los Angeles, including Encino, North Hollywood, Studio City, and Van Nuys

san fernando valley

a fertile valley in southern California north of Los Angeles; includes many residential communities

Hyphenation

Fer·nan·do

Turkish pronunciation

fırnändō

Pronunciation

/fərˈnandō/ /fɜrˈnændoʊ/

Etymology

() Contraction of Ferdinando, Ferdinand, from Germanic farð "journey" or frið "peace" + nand "ready, prepared".