Fonseca
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Fonseca is a common Portuguese
, Galician
and Italian
surname
, whilst the variation Fonseka is common in Sri Lanka
. A habitational name from any of several places named for a spring that dried up during the summer months, from fonte seca ‘dry well.’
It may refer to:
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
, Galician
Galician language
Galician is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it is co-official with Castilian Spanish, as well as in border zones of the neighbouring territories of Asturias and Castile and León.Modern Galician and...
and Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
, whilst the variation Fonseka is common in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
. A habitational name from any of several places named for a spring that dried up during the summer months, from fonte seca ‘dry well.’
It may refer to:
People
- Blanca Fonseca Vda. de Diaz, former business owner diseased in Granada.
- Roberto Antonio Diaz Fonseca, Veterinarian; graduated from University of California at Davis, USA. Currently has a veterinary clinic in Managua, Nicaragua.
- William Jose Diaz Fonseca, former business owner, Kodak GM, and current attorney-at-law in Granada, Nicaragua.
- Jorge Luis Diaz Fonseca, Doctor of Veterinary, owner of veterinary hospital in Managua, Nicaragua. Attneded a university in Paris, France.
- Fonseca, Colombian singer
- Adriana FonsecaAdriana FonsecaAdriana Fonseca Castellanos is a Mexican actress.- Biography :Adriana started her acting career performing in a local television show. At the age of 16 she was accepted in C.E.A. in Mexico...
, Mexican actress - Alonso III FonsecaAlonso III FonsecaAlonso III Fonseca was a Galician archbishop and politician. He was archbishop of Santiago de Compostela from 1507, and archbishop of Toledo from 1523. He was a major supporter of the University of Santiago de Compostela...
(1475-1534), Galician archbishop and politician. - Angelo da FonsecaAngelo da FonsecaAngelo da Fonseca was a Goan painter, and a pioneer of the Christian Cultural Renaissance in India.- Early life :Angelo da Fonseca was born in St Estevam, Goa in 1902...
(1902-1967), Goan Catholic artist - Bruno FonsecaBruno FonsecaBruno Fonseca was an American artist who shifted between abstract and figurative styles and worked in both painting and sculpture....
(1958-1994), United States artist - Carlos Fonseca Amador, Nicaraguan founder of the Sandinistas
- Carlos FonsecaCarlos Fonseca (boxer)Carlos Antunes Fonseca is a retired boxer from Brazil, who competed in the men's middleweight division during the late 1970s and early 1980s....
, Brazilian boxer - Carolyn De FonsecaCarolyn De FonsecaCarolyn De Fonseca is an American actress and voice dubbing artist based in Rome. She has worked extensively as a voice actress for the English-language dubbing of several hundred foreign films from the early 1960s and onwards...
, United States actress - Celso FonsecaCelso FonsecaCelso Fonseca is a Brazilian guitarist and singer. He is noted for samba and Música Popular Brasileira.He began on guitar at age 12 and by 19 dedicated himself to music as a profession. He counts Baden Powell de Aquino as an influence and has worked with Gilberto Gil, Marisa Monte, Bebel Gilberto...
, Brazilian Samba, Bossa Nova and MPB guitarist and vocalist - Daniel FonsecaDaniel FonsecaDaniel Fonseca Garis is an Uruguayan former footballer, now a football agent . As a forward, he played for Italy's S.S.C Napoli, A.S. Roma and Juventus....
, Uruguayan football (soccer) player - Danny Fonseca, Costa Rican football (soccer) player
- David FonsecaDavid fonsecaDavid Fonseca is a Portuguese musician, singer-songwriter, and plays several instruments, including acoustic guitar and organ. He is mainly recognised because of his successful music career, as member of Silence 4 and as a solo singer...
, Portuguese singer - Deodoro da FonsecaDeodoro da FonsecaMarshal Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca became the first president of the Republic of Brazil after heading a military coup that deposed Emperor Pedro II and proclaimed the Republic in 1889, disestablishing the Empire of Brazil.- Biography :...
, first President of the Republic of Brazil - Edgar FonsecaEdgar FonsecaCarlos Edgar Fonseca is a male professional road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:200520072008-References:...
, Colombian road cyclist - Edison FonsecaEdison FonsecaEdison Fonseca is a Colombian footballer who is currently signed with Mes Rafsanjan F.C. of Iran. He has played in 14 matches for the Colombian national team, scoring six goals....
, Colombian football (soccer) player - Francisco FonsecaFrancisco FonsecaJosé Francisco "Kikin" Fonseca Guzmán is a Mexican football striker. He currently plays for Atlante F.C..-Career:...
, Mexican football (soccer) player - Fumilay FonsecaFumilay FonsecaFumilay Fonseca is a São Toméan race walker.At the age of sixteen, she appeared at the 2004 Summer Olympics finishing at 52nd place with a time of 2:04.54 hours. She was also the flag bearer for her country at the opening ceremony....
, São Toméan race walker - Graciano FonsecaGraciano FonsecaGraciano Fonseca Fuken is a retired male professional road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:199620002001...
, Colombian road cyclist - Hermes Rodrigues da FonsecaHermes Rodrigues da FonsecaHermes Rodrigues da Fonseca was a Brazilian soldier and politician. The nephew of Deodoro da Fonseca, the first Brazilian President, he was the country's Minister of War in 1906...
, President of Brazil - Isaac Aboab da FonsecaIsaac Aboab da FonsecaIsaac Aboab da Fonseca was a rabbi, scholar, kabbalist and writer. In 1656, he was one of several elders within the Portuguese-Israelite community in the Netherlands who excommunicated Baruch Spinoza for the statements this philosopher made concerning the nature of God.Isaac Aboab da Fonseca was...
(1605-1693), rabbi, scholar, kabbalist and writer - Luis FonsecaLuis Fonseca (athlete)Luis Heberto Fonseca is a male long-distance runner from Venezuela, who twice represented his native country in the men's marathon race at the Summer Olympics: in 2004 and 2008. He set his personal best in the men's marathon on April 15, 2002 in the Boston Marathon.-Achievements:-References:*...
, Venezuelan long-distance runner - Lyndsy FonsecaLyndsy FonsecaLyndsy Marie Fonseca is an American actress known for playing Colleen Carlton on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and The Restless, Dylan Mayfair on the ABC series Desperate Housewives, and Ted Mosby's daughter on How I Met Your Mother. She also played Katie Deauxma in the 2010 superhero film...
, United States actress - Pablo Fonseca de Pinho, Brazilian fine artist and jazz musician
- Peter FonsecaPeter FonsecaPeter Fonseca is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Mississauga East—Cooksville for the Ontario Liberal Party from 2003-2011.-Background:...
, Canadian politician - Roberto FonsecaRoberto FonsecaRoberto Fonseca is a Cuban jazz pianist.. From an early age, Fonseca was surrounded by music: his father was a drummer, his mother, Mercedes Cortes Alfaro, a professional singer , and his two older half-brothers, Emilio Valdés and Jesús “Chuchito” Valdés Jr...
, Cuban jazz pianist - Rolando FonsecaRolando FonsecaRolando Fonseca Jiménez is a Costa Rican footballer. He currently plays as a striker for Comunicaciones of the Guatemalan National League...
, Costa Rican football (soccer) player - Sarath FonsekaSarath FonsekaGardihewa Sarath Chandralal Fonseka, known as Sarath Fonseka is a former commander and General of the Sri Lanka Army and a former candidate for President of Sri Lanka. As Commander of the Army, he played an instrumental role in ending the 26 year Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009, defeating the...
, Former GeneralGeneralA general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
and the Commander of Sri Lankan Army, Chief of Defense staff Sri Lankan Tri Forces and later Sri Lankan presidential candidate 2010 - Todd A. FonsecaTodd A. FonsecaTodd A Fonseca is a contemporary American author of Juvenile Fiction. Mr. Fonseca resides in Andover, Minnesota.-History:Todd Fonseca began writing during his college years at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and a...
, American author of juvenile fiction - Tiago Cardoso FonsecaTiago Cardoso FonsecaTiaguinho real name Tiago Cardoso Fonseca is a former Brazilian footballer.-Biography:He spent most of his career with São Cristóvão, and played at Campeonato Carioca Segunda Divisão...
, Brazilian footballer - Leonardo Fonseca Romoleroux, Colombian marketing executive with Service Magic, Inc.
Other
- Fonseca (cigar brand)Fonseca (cigar brand)Fonseca is the name of two brands of premium cigar, one produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and the other produced in the Dominican Republic for MATASA.-History:Don Francisco E...
, two brands of Cuban and Dominican cigars - Fonseca (port), brand of Portuguese port winePort winePort wine is a Portuguese fortified wine produced exclusively in the Douro Valley in the northern provinces of Portugal. It is typically a sweet, red wine, often served as a dessert wine, and comes in dry, semi-dry, and white varieties...
- Fonseca (Niterói), neighborhood of NiteroiNiteróiNiterói is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeast region of Brazil. It has an estimated population of 487,327 inhabitants and an area of ², being the sixth most populous city in the state and the highest Human Development Index. Integrates the Metropolitan Region of Rio de...
in Brazil - Fonseca, La GuajiraFonseca, La GuajiraFonseca is a town and municipality located in the Colombian Department of La Guajira. The town celebrates the Festival del Retorno in honor of St Augustine with religious celebrations, vallenato music events and others.-Geography:...
, town and municipality in Colombia. - Gulf of FonsecaGulf of FonsecaThe Gulf of Fonseca , part of the Pacific Ocean, is a gulf in Central America, bordering El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.-History:Fonseca Bay was discovered in 1522 by Gil Gonzalez de Avila, and named by him after his patron, Archbishop Juan Fonseca, the implacable enemy of Columbus.In 1849, E. G...
, gulf in Central America - Fonseca Atlético ClubeFonseca Atlético ClubeFonseca Atlético Clube, commonly known as Fonseca, is a Brazilian football club based in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro state. They competed three times in the Taça Brasil.-History:...
, a Brazilian football (soccer) club