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Village in Grisons canton, Switzerland
Preda is a small village within the Swiss municipality of Bergün Filisur (until the end of 2017 Bergün/Bravuogn), district of Albula, Canton Graubünden
Preda
Filipino organization
Development Assistance Foundation, commonly referred to as the PREDA Foundation or PREDA, is a charitable organization that was founded in Olongapo City
PREDA_Foundation
Romanian writer (1922–1980)
Marin Preda (Romanian pronunciation: [maˈrin ˈpreda]; 5 August 1922, Siliștea Gumești, Teleorman County, Kingdom of Romania – 16 May 1980, Mogoșoaia,
Marin_Preda
Topics referred to by the same term
Preda is a locality in Graubünden, Switzerland. Preda may also refer to: Preda railway station, a Rhaetian Railway station in Preda, Switzerland PREDA
Preda_(disambiguation)
Romanian archer (born 1956)
Terezia Octavia Preda (born 18 June 1956) is a Romanian archer. At the 1980 Summer Olympic Games she took part in the women's individual event and finished
Terezia_Preda
Romanian professor and politician
Cristian Dan Preda (born October 26, 1966) is a Romanian professor and politician. He is professor of political science at the University of Bucharest
Cristian_Preda
Park in the north-west of Bucharest, Romania
Marin Preda Park (Romanian: Parcul Marin Preda), formerly known as Giulești Park (Romanian: Parcul Giulești), is a park in the north-west of Bucharest
Marin_Preda_Park
Romanian footballer
Ștefan Gabriel Preda (born 18 June 1970) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, currently goalkeeping coach at Liga
Ștefan_Preda
Romanian artistic gymnast
Andreea Preda (born 23 May 2006) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. She represented Romania at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She is the 2020 Junior European
Andreea_Preda
Virgil Preda (2 September 1923 - 23 October 2011) was a Romanian painter. Finished the studies of Private Academy of Art in Bucharest 1948. The studies
Virgil_Preda
Romanian mathematician
Preda V. Mihăilescu (Romanian pronunciation: [mihə.iˈlesku]) (born 23 May 1955) is a Romanian mathematician, best known for his proof of the Catalan's
Preda_Mihăilescu
Romanian diver (born 1991)
Cătălin-Petru Preda (born 29 June 1991) is a Romanian diver and high diver. He was the first man to win a silver medal in a high diving event at a LEN
Cătălin_Preda
Romanian swimmer (born 1985)
Valentin "Vali" Preda (born May 24, 1985, in Brăila) is a Romanian swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. He represented his nation Romania
Valentin_Preda
Yugoslav partisan general (1921–2005)
Savo Pređa (January 8, 1921 — October 12, 2005) was a Serbian Partisan general in World War II and, later, governor of Bileća prison. Pređa was also a
Savo_Pređa
Romanian tennis player (born 2006)
Luca Preda (born 19 March 2006) is a Romanian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 748 achieved on 27 October
Luca_Preda
Israeli footballer (born 2002)
Ayano Preda (Hebrew: איאנו פרדה; born 29 April 2002) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Israeli Premier League
Ayano_Preda
Feminist Artist
Marilena Preda Sânc (born April 17, 1955 in Bucharest) is a Romanian visual artist, art educator (current position – professor at National University
Marilena_Preda_Sânc
1974 film
The Prey (Italian: La preda) is a 1974 Italian-Colombian erotic drama film directed by Domenico Paolella. The film follow a man's attempt to escape his
The_Prey_(1974_film)
Italian sports shooter
Domenico Preda (25 August 1878 – 20 July 1962) was an Italian sports shooter. He competed in two events at the 1920 Summer Olympics. "Roberto Preda". Olympedia
Roberto_Preda
Railway station in Switzerland
Preda railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Bergün Filisur, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is located on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Preda_railway_station
Government-owned corporation of Puerto Rico
Bootstrap was the brainchild of PREDA's first administrator, Teodoro Moscoso. Other notable industrialists served in PREDA as well, such as Hugo David Storer
Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company
Puerto_Rico_Industrial_Development_Company
Theorem about consecutive perfect powers
the mathematician Eugène Charles Catalan in 1842 and proven in 2002 by Preda Mihăilescu at Paderborn University. The integers 23 and 32 are two perfect
Catalan's_conjecture
Musical artist
Mariana Preda (born 23 January 1994) is a Romanian pan flute musician, actress and film director. She came into prominence after starring in the multi
Mariana_Preda
1980 novel by Marin Preda
Earth's Most Beloved Son) is the last novel by the Romanian author Marin Preda. Written in 1980, it is an intricate fresco of Communist Romania and the
Cel mai iubit dintre pământeni
Cel_mai_iubit_dintre_pământeni
Irish Roman Catholic priest
March 1943) is an Irish Catholic missionary priest and the founder of the PREDA Foundation. He is a member of the Columbans, an Irish order founded in honour
Shay_Cullen
Italian painter (1839–1906)
Ambrogio Preda (Milan, December 25, 1839 - Davesco Soragno, Lugano, June 5, 1906) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes of the alpine mountains
Ambrogio_Preda
Romanian novel
[moroˈmet͡sij], "The Moromete Family") is a novel by the Romanian author Marin Preda, one which consecrated him as the most important novelist in the post-World
Moromeții
Israeli footballer (born 1987)
Danny Preda (Hebrew: דני פרדה; born 1 April 1987) is an Israeli footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Bnei Yehud in the Liga Gimel. (in Hebrew)
Danny_Preda
Calendar year
2002: Manindra Agrawal led a team in developing the AKS primality test, and Preda Mihăilescu created a proof for the 150-year-old Catalan's conjecture. The
2002
1960 Italian film
The Playgirls and the Vampire (Italian: L'ultima preda del vampiro, lit. 'The Vampire's Last Prey') is a 1960 Italian horror film directed and written
The_Playgirls_and_the_Vampire
Italian painter (c. 1455 – c. 1508)
Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis (c. 1455 – c. 1508) was an Italian Renaissance painter, illuminator and designer of coins active in Milan. Ambrogio gained
Giovanni_Ambrogio_de_Predis
Prehistoric monument in England
Transformation of Northwest Europe". doi:10.1101/135962 – via bioRxiv. Bianca Preda (6 May 2020). "Yamnaya – Corded Ware – Bell Beakers: How to conceptualise
Stonehenge
American YouTuber (born 1991)
ends with Graceffa, dressed as a prince, kissing his male co-star, Daniel Preda. By October 2016, it had received more than 24 million views. Graceffa confirmed
Joey_Graceffa
Voivode of Wallachia
his uncle, Preda Craiovescu of the Craiovești family. In the battle between the Draculești and the prince's army (10 October 1521), Preda Craiovescu died
Teodosie_of_Wallachia
1977 novel by Marin Preda
prey) is a 1977 partly-autobiographical novel by Romanian author Marin Preda. The novel describes the childhood and adolescence of Marin, the narrator
Viața_ca_o_pradă
Philippines every year. In the same article, PREDA reports, "many others are British." Local NGO Preda states that the majority of the "customers" (the
Human trafficking in the Philippines
Human_trafficking_in_the_Philippines
Railway line in canton of Graubünden, Switzerland
Especially problematic was the ascent of the valley between Bergün/Bravuogn and Preda, where, in a distance of 5 km (3.1 mi) as the crow flies, a difference in
Albula_railway_line
Mountain in Switzerland
Switzerland. It is situated between the Val Mulix and the Val Bever. The closest locality is Preda, on the Albula Railway. Swisstopo map Piz Bial on Hikr v t e
Piz_Bial
American murder-mystery reality website series
were denied by production. Daniel Preda denied Hanna's allegations and personally received her meal options. Preda also mentions that Hanna has "missed
Escape_the_Night
mathematician Arthur Wieferich. Wieferich pairs play an important role in Preda Mihăilescu's 2002 proof of Mihăilescu's theorem (formerly known as Catalan's
Wieferich_pair
of charities are active in helping children in jail in the Philippines. Preda Foundation visits jails on a regular basis and hands out food and medicines
Incarceration of children in the Philippines
Incarceration_of_children_in_the_Philippines
Name list
tennis player Andreea Ogrăzeanu (born 1990), Romanian sprinter Andreea Preda (born 2006), Romanian artistic gymnast Andreea Răducan (born 1983), Romanian
Andreea
pp. 251, 427, 453 Preda, pp. 48–51 Preda, pp. 50–51 Bibescu, pp. 41, 42; Lăcusteanu & Crutzescu, pp. 137, 259; Preda, pp. 52, 53 Preda, pp. 51–52 Bibescu
1842 Wallachian princely election
1842_Wallachian_princely_election
1998 studio album by Franco Battiato
3:38 4. "Il ballo del potere" Battiato, Sgalambro Battiato 4:26 5. "La preda" Sgalambro Battiato 3:44 6. "Il mantello e la spiga" Sgalambro Battiato
Gommalacca
Romanian writer and actress (1931–2021)
Viața Românească while doing translations. Her first husband was Marin Preda, to whom she was married between 1955 and 1959 (or 1960). She encouraged
Aurora_Cornu
Romanian rock band
drummer Dorin Țapu, guitarist Ciprian Pascal, and bassist Mircea "Burete" Preda. The band is well-known for infusing their songs with diverse influences
Bosquito
European swimming association
Granados Spain High Diving 2022 Constantin Popovici Romania 2023 Cătălin Preda Romania 2024 Aidan Heslop Great Britain 2025 Constantin Popovici Romania
European_Aquatics
This is a list of the albums and singles in the discography of Nora Aunor. Aunor started her career as a singer when she won an amateur singing contest
Nora_Aunor_discography
Former municipality in Graubünden, Switzerland
joined in 1920. From Stugl/Stuls towards Albula pass the settlement of Preda can be found which became a temporary village when the Albula railway tunnel
Bergün/Bravuogn
Country in Southeast and Central Europe
including: Tristan Tzara, Marcel Janco, Mircea Eliade, Nicolae Grigorescu, Marin Preda, Liviu Rebreanu, Eugène Ionesco, Emil Cioran, and Constantin Brâncuși. Brâncuși
Romania
2021 film
Film Festival. Ioana Bugarin as Cristina Tofan Emanuel Pârvu as Marius Preda Cezar Antal as Batin On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100%
Miracle_(2021_film)
Musical artist
Mihai Răzvan Preda (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈhaj rəzˈvan ˈpreda]; better known by his stage name Sonny Flame, is a Romanian reggae, dance hall, and
Sonny_Flame
Craiovești pretenders to the throne, a category which also included his father, Preda Craiovescu. Mărăcine himself entered historical record in 1532, when, as
Banul_Mărăcine
FCSB 2026–27 football season
July 2026 GK Alexandru Maxim Voluntari Loan return 1 July 2026 FW Mario Preda Râmnicu Vâlcea Loan return 1 July 2026 DF Matei Manolache Gloria Bistrița
2026–27_FCSB_season
Direct descendants of Vulgar Latin
of ae with /eː/, as in praeda "booty" > *prēda /preːda/ > French proie (vs. expected **priée), Italian preda (not **prieda) "prey"; or faenum "hay" >
Romance_languages
Romanian politician
Rank In office 12 February 2012 – 1 February 2014 Preceded by Cristian Preda Minister of Education, Research and Innovation In office 23 December 2009 –
Daniel_Funeriu
Competitors 23 from 15 nations Winning points 472.80 Medalists Constantin Popovici Romania Cătălin Preda Romania Gary Hunt France ← 2019 2024 →
High diving at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men
High_diving_at_the_2023_World_Aquatics_Championships_–_Men
1987 Romanian film
Romanian drama film based on the first volume of the eponymous novel by Marin Preda. A sequel The Moromete Family 2 [ro] was filmed in 2017. The movie, as well
The_Moromete_Family
1993 Romanian film
Șerban Marinescu, based on the novel Cel mai iubit dintre pământeni by Marin Preda. Ștefan Iordache – Victor Petrini Gheorghe Dinică – Securitate investigator
The_Earth's_Most_Beloved_Son
Romanian literary critic and journalist (1934–2006)
during which Preda fell into a drunken stupor and died. More detailed accounts were later collected by Preda's nephew, suggesting that Preda had spontaneously
Lucian_Raicu
2010 Romanian film
written & directed by Italian filmmaker Nikolas Grasso, starring Mariana Preda, Maria Dinulescu, Mircea Galis and Carmen Ungureanu. Doina has been awarded
Doina_(film)
Constantin Crișan 1975 1983 19 Constantin Chirilă 1983 1985 20 Nicolae Preda 1985 1986 21 Gheorghe Cordea 1986 1989 Romania 22 Ion Pop 1989 1990 23 Alexandru
Politics_of_Cluj-Napoca
Public university in Bucharest, Romania
(1996–2005) Ioan Pânzaru (2005–2012) Mircea Dumitru (2012–2019) Marian Preda (2019–Present) List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945) "Bilant
University_of_Bucharest
Name list
Marilena Georgiou Marilena Kirchner Marilena Marin Marilena Neacșu Marilena Preda Sânc Marilena de Souza Chaui Marilena Vilialis-Soukoulis Marilena Vlădărău
Marilena_(name)
Romanian ceremonial funeral songs
Cristina Pavel, Marița Grama, (Oltenia, 1939) Zorile de la amiază – Lena Preda & Ilca Lepăduș, (Banat, 1940) Zorile – Elena Butiuc, Filofteia Conuț, (Gorj
Songs_to_the_dead
church". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1998. Retrieved 2 April 2023. Preda & Bucur, p.56 Preda & Bucur, p.57 Attwater, Donald (1937). The Catholic Eastern Churches
Catholic_Church_in_Romania
German fast-food restaurant chain
Austria Switzerland Romania Slovakia Key people Carsten Horn Alessandro Preda Kharis Capital Products Fast Food Seafood Revenue €354 million (2016) Owner
Nordsee
Mountain in Italy
Cox with guide Melchior Anderegg on 23 August 1862. Their route over the Preda Rossa glacier and the northwest ridge is the easiest one and has remained
Monte_Disgrazia
Gold Silver Bronze Men details Constantin Popovici Romania 472.80 Cătălin Preda Romania 438.45 Gary Hunt France 426.30 Women details Rhiannan Iffland
High diving at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
High_diving_at_the_2023_World_Aquatics_Championships
Italian rock band
titled Guerra (1982), followed one year later by a 7-inch single, "Luna/La preda", which won the band first place at the 2° Festival Rock Italiano. Meanwhile
Litfiba
American college football season
Brandon Fuchs So TE 47 Bryce Reuther Fr OL 56 Kai Tinker So OL 60 Robert Preda Fr OL 61 Charlie Evans Jr OL 62 Jacob Anderson So OL 64 Anthony Bolaños
2022 Simon Fraser Red Leafs football team
2022_Simon_Fraser_Red_Leafs_football_team
Commune in Teleorman, Romania
military facility operated MiG-15s. Famous residents include the writer Marin Preda (1922–1980), considered the most important novelist in the post-World War
Siliștea_Gumești
6–4 Cezar Crețu Mikalai Haliak Franco Roncadelli Radu Mihai Papoe Luca Preda Gabriele Pennaforti Ilya Snițari Franco Roncadelli Paulo André Saraiva dos
2024 ITF Men's World Tennis Tour (July–September)
2024_ITF_Men's_World_Tennis_Tour_(July–September)
125th Government of Romania
Achimas-Cadariu ca propunere pentru Ministerul Sanatatii". HotNews.ro. Roxana Preda (17 November 2015). "Ce promisiune a făcut Raluca Prună, noul ministru al
Cioloș_Cabinet
Romanian reality television series
and Cătălin Preda. It is hosted by Pepe with Diana Munteanu and Alina Pușcaș. The judges are Ozana Barabancea, Cosmin Seleşi and Cătălin Preda. The show
Splash!_Vedete_la_Apă
Musical based on the 1989 film Heathers
roles of J.D and Veronica being played by Raul Rizoiu, respectively Iarina Preda. The production came to a close on the 23rd of February 2026.[unreliable
Heathers:_The_Musical
Romanian actor and filmmaker (born 1979)
Unidentified No No Yes Marius Preda —N/a 2021 Mikado Yes Yes No —N/a —N/a The Ladder No No Yes Prezan —N/a Miracle No No Yes Marius Preda —N/a 2023 Familiar No
Emanuel_Pârvu
National sports team
Shahar (2001-08-20)20 August 2001 (aged 22) 0 0 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3MF Ayano Preda (2002-04-29)29 April 2002 (aged 22) 0 0 Hapoel Jerusalem 3MF Ethan Azoulay
Israel_Olympic_football_team
TP UKR ROM GBR 1 Volodymyr Syrotyn (UKR) 2 2 0 7 17 — 3–2 14–3 2 Eugen Preda (ROM) 2 1 1 4 12 1–3 PP — 10–3 3 Nate Ackerman (GBR) 2 0 2 2 6 1–4 SP 1–3
2002 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 74 kg
2002_World_Wrestling_Championships_–_Men's_freestyle_74_kg
Association football club in Israel
Agvadish 17 MF ISR Yanai Distelfeld 20 DF ISR Ofek Nadir 21 MF ISR Ayano Preda No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF ISR Tamir Haimovich 23 MF ISR Netanel Shiferaw
Hapoel_Jerusalem_F.C.
17th-century conjecture proved by Andrew Wiles in 1994
arXiv:1310.0897. doi:10.1016/j.jnt.2014.09.014. S2CID 119732583. Mihăilescu, Preda (2007). "A Cyclotomic Investigation of the Catalan–Fermat Conjecture". Mathematica
Fermat's_Last_Theorem
Anton Holban, Otilia Cazimir, Ion Pillat and George Topîrceanu. Marin Preda is an important post-World War II Romanian novelist. His novel, Moromeții
Romanian_literature
FC Dinamo București 1999–2000 football season
No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK ROU Ștefan Preda 2 DF ROU Cornel Buta 3 DF ROU Liviu Ciobotariu 4 DF ROU Valentin Năstase 5 MF ROU Daniel Iftodi 6 DF
1999–2000 FC Dinamo București season
1999–2000_FC_Dinamo_București_season
FC Dinamo București 1997–98 football season
Prunea 12 GK ROU Daniel Tudor 21 GK ROU Cristian Munteanu — GK ROU Ștefan Preda 2 DF ROU Cosmin Contra 19 DF ROU Cornel Dobre 7 DF ROU Lucian Cotora
1997–98 FC Dinamo București season
1997–98_FC_Dinamo_București_season
American poet and critic (1885–1972)
the final complete canto was published in 1962. Hemingway (2006), 24–25. Preda (2005b), 90. Moody (2007), 4; Wilson (2014), 14 Moody (2007), xiii Ridler
Ezra_Pound
1921–1939 alliance between Poland and Romania
Florescu, August 13, 1923, in Preda Telegram from Ion G. Duca to Constantin I. Diamandy, February 4, 1926, in Preda League of Nations Treaty Series
Polish–Romanian_alliance
English mixed martial arts fighter
(1) Adrian Preda NC (accidental eye poke) Ultimate Challenge MMA 16 October 23, 2010 1 N/A London, England Accidental eye poke rendered Preda unable to
Linton_Vassell
Train between Switzerland and Italy
continues to Bergün/Bravuogn. Between Bergün/Bravuogn (1,373 m [4,505 ft]) and Preda (1,789 m [5,869 ft]), at the end of the valley, the train has to achieve
Bernina_Express
Leader of Romania from 1965 to 1989
while not explicitly condoned by authorities, the pro-regime novelist Marin Preda painted a "nuanced" and sympathetic picture of Antonescu in his 1975 work
Nicolae_Ceaușescu
Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine, România Literară, 2/2009 Caterina Preda, Dictators and Dictatorships: Artistic Expressions of the Political in Romania
Nicolae Ceaușescu's cult of personality
Nicolae_Ceaușescu's_cult_of_personality
Presley Most Popular Star Nominated Philippine Record Dealer's Association (PREDA) 1972 Elvis Presley Top Foreign Male Singer Won Photoplay Gold Medal Awards
List of accolades received by Elvis Presley
List_of_accolades_received_by_Elvis_Presley
Philippine government agency
treat Metro Manila's urban poor like 'rubbish' on the street. A report from PREDA that was funded by UNICEF, claims inhumane proceedings to caught vagrants
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
Metropolitan_Manila_Development_Authority
Genus of fishes
it and maintain its species in Nannacara. Ivanacara adoketa (Kullander & Preda-Pedreros, 1993) – Zebra acara Ivanacara bimaculata (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
Ivanacara
Surname list
1982), Romanian athlete Nicolae Mihăilescu (born 1965), Romanian fencer Preda Mihăilescu (born 1955), Romanian mathematician Vintilă Mihăilescu (1951–2022)
Mihăilescu
Italian murder mystery
in Vigevano on 31 March 1981. Her parents were Giuseppe Poggi and Rita Preda. Alberto Stasi was born in Sesto San Giovanni on 6 July 1983. On the morning
Murder_of_Chiara_Poggi
2021 American action film
Claudia Florin Piersic Jr. as Ram Tudor Chirilă as Petru Velizar Binev as Don Preda George Piștereanu as Vali In October 2017, it was announced that Gong Li
The_Protégé
Political party in Romania
Parliament Siegfried Mureșan and Cristian Preda joined the European People's Party Group (EPP), although Preda has since been expelled from the party. On
People's_Movement_Party
Serbian businessman and paramilitary leader (born 1978)
Serbian (Latin script)). Retrieved 9 August 2020. "Radoičić neće da se preda, analitičari kažu - nije ni tražen". N1 Srbija (in Serbian (Latin script))
Milan_Radoičić
File archiver
doi:10.1007/s10922-011-9202-4. ISSN 1064-7570. S2CID 2784124. Jovanova, B.; Preda, M.; Preteux, F. O. (2009). "MPEG-4 Part 25: A graphics compression framework
WinRAR
Volunteer project using software to search for Mersenne prime numbers
from the original on 2021-07-15. Retrieved 19 May 2022. Preda, Mihai (22 August 2025). "preda/gpuowl". GitHub. Archived from the original on 26 August
Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search
Great_Internet_Mersenne_Prime_Search
PREDA
PREDA
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English pykerell ‘young pike’ (from Middle English pike ‘pike’ (a predatory fish) + the diminutive suffix -erel), applied as a nickname for a sharp and aggressive person, or possibly as a metonymic occupational name for a catcher or seller of these fish.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a hill with a sharp point, from Old English pīc ‘point’, ‘hill’, which was a relatively common place name element.English : metonymic occupational name for a pike fisherman or nickname for a predatory individual, from Middle English pike.English : metonymic occupational name for a user of a pointed tool for breaking up the earth, Middle English pike. Compare Pick.English : metonymic occupational name for a medieval foot soldier who used a pike, a weapon consisting of a sharp pointed metal end on a long pole, Middle English pic (Old French pique, of Germanic origin).English : nickname for a tall, thin person, from a transferred sense of one of the above.English : from a Germanic personal name (derived from the root ‘sharp’, ‘pointed’), found in Middle English and Old French as Pic.English : nickname from Old French pic ‘woodpecker’, Latin picus. Compare Pye and Speight.Irish : in the south, of English origin; in Ulster a variant Anglicization of Gaelic Mac Péice (see McPeake).Americanized spelling of German Peik, from Middle Low German pēk ‘sharp, pointed tool or weapon’. Compare 4 above or from a Germanic personal name (see 6 above).John Pike brought his family to Boston from England in 1635 and settled in Newbury, MA. His son Robert was a leading citizen and a vigorous defender of civil and religious liberty in colonial MA.
Male
French
 French and German name derived from Occitan astor, ASTOR means "goshawk," itself from Latin acceptor, a variant of accipiter, meaning "hawk." It was originally a derogatory term for men with hawk-like, predatory characteristics.
Surname or Lastname
Southern French and German
Southern French and German : from Occitan astor ‘goshawk’ (from Latin acceptor, variant of accipiter ‘hawk’), used as a nickname characterizing a predacious or otherwise hawklike man. The name was taken to southwestern Germany by 17th-century Waldensian refugees from their Alpine valleys above Italian Piedmont.English : variant spelling of Aster.Astor is the name of a famous American family of industrialists and newspaper owners. John Jacob Astor I (1763–1848) was born at Walldorf near Heidelberg, Germany, the son of a butcher. He followed his brother Henry to New York and made a fortune in the fur trade, which was greatly increased by his descendants in industry, hotels, and newspapers. They built the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. The great-grandson of John Jacob I, William Waldorf Astor (1848–1919), moved to England in 1890, becoming an influential newspaper proprietor and taking British citizenship in 1899. In 1917 he was created Viscount Astor of Hever. His son, the 2nd Viscount (1879–1952), married Nancy Shaw (née Langhorne) (1879–1964), daughter of a VA planter. She became the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons as a member of Parliament.
PREDA
PREDA
Girl/Female
Muslim
Close, Intimate, Good friend, Continuous
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Earth
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian form of Greek Christianos, KRISZTIÃN means "believer" or "follower of Christ."
Boy/Male
Sikh
Warrior of peace, Champion of peace
Girl/Female
Tamil
Hamsadhvani | ஹமஸாதவாநீ
Name of a Raga
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Lord Ganesh
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a spicer (see Spicer).
Boy/Male
Indian
Blossoming.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Elavendhan | à®à®²à®¾à®µà¯‡à®¨à¯à®¤à®¨
The honorable person in the world
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Telugu
A Bird
PREDA
PREDA
PREDA
PREDA
PREDA
n.
One who plunders or pillages without the authority of national warfare; a member of a predatory band; a pillager; a buccaneer; a sea robber.
adv.
In a predatory manner.
a.
Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits.
a.
Of or pertaining to prey; plundering; predatory.
v. i.
To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste.
v. t.
To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or letter.
n.
One who carries on, or assists in carrying on, irregular warfare; especially, a member of an independent band engaged in predatory excursions in war time.
n.
The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey.
n.
The act of ravaging; a ravaging; a predatory excursion. See Foray.
n.
A carnivorous animal.
n.
A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
n.
The act of pillaging.
n.
A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
n.
A running into; hence, an entering into a territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or harassing inroad; a raid.
a.
Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party.
a.
Living by preying upon other animals; carnivorous.
a.
Living by prey; predatory.