Gabriela (given name)
Encyclopedia
Gabriela is the Spanish
feminine
form of the Hebrew
name Gabriel
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Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
feminine
Grammatical gender
Grammatical gender is defined linguistically as a system of classes of nouns which trigger specific types of inflections in associated words, such as adjectives, verbs and others. For a system of noun classes to be a gender system, every noun must belong to one of the classes and there should be...
form of the Hebrew
Hebrew language
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
name Gabriel
Gabriel (name)
Gabriel is a given name or surname derived from the Hebrew name "Gabriel" meaning "able-bodied one of God". It was popularized by the association with the Biblical archangel Gabriel....
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Entertainment
- "Gabriela", Mexican guitarist of the duo Rodrigo y GabrielaRodrigo y GabrielaRodrigo y Gabriela , also known as "El Rodri y La Gabi", are a Mexican musical duo who specialize in playing fast, rhythmic acoustic guitars...
who specializes in a rhythmic acoustic guitar style - Gabriela SpanicGabriela SpanicGabriela Spanic , or Gaby Spanic, is an award-winning Venezuelan actress best known for her roles in telenovelas. Her twin sister is model/actress Daniela Spanic. She has a younger sister Patricia, and two brothers Antonio and Adiel...
Utrera (b.1973), award-winning Venezuelan actress best known for her roles in telenovelas - Gabriela BeňačkováGabriela BenackováGabriela Beňačková is a Slovak soprano.She specializes in the music of her compatriots, particularly Eugen Suchoň, as well as Czech composers, notably Bedřich Smetana and Leoš Janáček. She is considered to be one of the greatest 'Jenufa's' in Janáček's opera of the same name...
(b.1947), Slovak soprano opera singer - Gabriela RobinGabriela RobinGabriela Robin is a singer and lyricist, credited for lyrics and vocals on many songs composed and arranged by Yoko Kanno.She has long been rumored to be Kanno's pseudonym. Robin stated in a print interview that she was going to sing in front of an audience for the first time at Kanno's...
, singer and lyricist, credited for lyrics and vocals on many songs composed and arranged by Yoko KannoYoko Kannois a composer, arranger and musician best known for her work on the soundtracks for many games, anime films, TV series, live-action movies, and advertisements...
, who is speculated to be Yoko's pseudonym - Gabriela MonteroGabriela MonteroGabriela Montero is a Venezuelan-American pianist.Born in Caracas, Venezuela, of an American-born mother and a Venezuelan father, Gabriela Montero was barely a seven-month-old infant when her parents, at the insistence of her maternal grandmother, placed a toy piano in her playpen. It had been...
(b.1970), Venezuelan-American pianist - Cecilia GabrielaCecilia GabrielaCecilia Gabriela Vera Sandoval, known professionally as Cecilia Gabriela, is a Mexican actor known best for her work in telenovelas.-Telenovelas:* Llena de amor .... Camila "Muñeca" Rivero de Porta-Lopez...
Vera Sandoval, Mexican actor known best for her work in telenovelas - Gabriela VergaraGabriela VergaraGabriela Vergara Aranguren is an actress and model. She is best known as the 3rd runner-up in Miss Venezuela 1996. The following year she started acting in many telenovelas like Destino de Mujer as Vanessa in 1997 and La Mujer as Barbara Montesinos de Mutti in 2004. She recently gave birth to two...
Aranguren (b.1974), Venezuelan model and telenovelas actress - Gabriela PalacioGabriela PalacioGabriela Palacio Díaz de León is a Mexican beauty pageant titleholder who obtained the 2010 Nuestra Belleza Internacional México title....
Díaz de León (b.1989), Mexican winner of the 2010 Nuestra Belleza Internacional México beauty pageant - Gabriela OrtizGabriela Ortiz-Biography:Gabriela Ortiz Torres was born in Mexico City of parents who were folk musicians. She learned folk music at home, and then studied in Paris at the Ecole Normale de Musique. She returned to Mexico City due to the illness of her mother, and studied composition there with Mario Lavista at...
(b.1964), Mexican music educator and composer - Gabriela BöhmGabriela BöhmGabriela Böhm is an award-winning independent documentary filmmaker from Buenos Aires, Argentina now living in Los Angeles.-Background:...
(b.1964), Argentinian independent documentary filmmaker - Gabriela Lena FrankGabriela Lena FrankGabriela Lena Frank is an American composer of contemporary classical music and pianist.- Biography :...
(b.1972), American composer of contemporary classical music and a pianist - Gabriela AndersGabriela AndersGabriela Anders is an Argentine singer and pianist, specializing in soul, jazz and Latin. Her debut album was Wanting from 1998, including tracks as "You Know What It's Like", "Wanting" and "I'll Be Loving You"...
(b.1972), Argentine singer and pianist specializing in soul, jazz and Latin music - Monique Gabriela CurnenMonique Gabriela CurnenMonique Gabriela Curnen is an American film and television actress.- Early life :Curnen's mother is from Puerto Rico and her father is of German and Irish descent. Growing up in Framingham, Massachusetts, she attended Framingham South High School, where she was president of the Drama Club and acted...
(b.1970), American film and television actress - Gabriela BarrosGabriela BarrosGabriela Barros Tapia, Miss Chile Universe 2004, was chosen on May, 2004 under the organization of Ana María Cummins and Zegers DDB Agency. The first runner-up was Francisca Silva .-Miss Universe 2004:...
Tapia (b.1980), model and winner of Miss Chile Universe 2004 beauty pageant - Gabriela VillalbaGabriela Villalba-Early life:Gabriela Villalba was born in Quito, Ecuador on September 20, 1985. Her full birth name is María Gabriela Villalba Jervis. Her nickname is Gaby and she has seven brothers: Juan Carlos, Ricardo, Diego, Sandra, Mateo, Santiago and Alessandro. Her parents are Juan Carlos Villalba and...
(b.1985), Ecuadorian singer and actress - Gabriela Irimia (b.1982) of Romania is part of the pop music duo The Cheeky GirlsThe Cheeky GirlsThe Cheeky Girls are a pop duo consisting of twin sisters Gabriela and Monica Irimia, from Cluj-Napoca in Transylvania, Romania, but based in Britain. After appearing as auditionees in Popstars: The Rivals, they achieved success in the charts with four top ten hits between 2002 and 2004...
with her twin sister Monica - Gabriela KownackaGabriela KownackaGabriela Anna Kownacka was a Polish film and theater actress, best-known for playing in the Polish TV series Rodzina zastępcza...
(1952–2010), Polish television, film and theater actress - Gabriela MoyseowiczGabriela MoyseowiczGabriela Maria Moyseowicz is a Polish composer and pianist.- Biography :Gabriela Moyseowicz played piano skillfully at the age of three. She was recognized as a musical prodigy at music schools in Gdańsk, Bytom and Gliwice. At the age of 13, Gabriela composed a 25-minute concerto for two pianos...
(b.1944), Polish composer and pianist - Gabriela KulkaGabriela KulkaGabriela Kulka is an independent artist, a songwriter and performer.- Biography :Gabriela Kulka was born to a family of musicians, her father Konstanty Kulka is a well known Polish violinist and a professor at Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw...
(b.1979), Polish independent musician with classical, jazz and pop influences - Gabriela FríasGabriela FríasGabriela Alejandra Frías is a Mexican journalist who is a business anchor for CNN en Español and host of En Efectivo, the network's personal finance show....
(b.1971), Mexican journalist who is a business anchor for CNN en Español and host of En Efectivo - Gabriela SchererGabriela Scherer- Birth and education :Gabriela Scherer was born in 1981 in Zurich, Switzerland. She grew up in Switzerland where she was exposed to music at an early age. Having spent many years singing and learning music with the local choir she began her studies with Helen Keller in Zurich.Between 2002 and...
(b.1981), Swiss mezzosoprano opera singer - Gabriela FloresGabriela FloresGabriela Flores is an Argentine film actress.She has made some 20 film appearances since her debut in 1984 in the film Pasajeros de una pesadilla alongside Federico Luppi.-Footnotes:...
, Argentine television and film actress - Maria Gabriela de FaríaMaria Gabriela de FaríaMaria Gabriela de Faria Chacón is a Venezuelan actress and singer, better known for her role as Isabela Pasquali in the Nickelodeon novel called "Isa TKM" in Latin America.- Career :...
Chacón (b.1992), Venezuelan television actress and singer
Politics and history
- María Josefa Gabriela SilangGabriela SilangMaría Josefa Gabriela Cariño Silang was the wife of the Ilocano insurgent leader, Diego Silang. Following Diego's assassination in 1763, she led the group for four months before she was captured and executed....
(1731–1763) was the wife of the Ilocano insurgent leader, Diego Silang. After her husband's assassination, she led the insurgency for four months before she was captured and executed - Archduchess Gabriela von HabsburgGabriela von HabsburgGabriela von Habsburg, , also known as Archduchess Gabriela of Austria, is the Ambassador of Georgia to Germany since 2009. She is best known as the granddaughter of Charles I, the last Emperor of Austria...
(b.1956), Ambassador of Georgia to Germany is the granddaughter of the last Emperor of Austria. She is also an abstract sculptor and lithographer - Gabriela ShalevGabriela ShalevGabriela Shalev is an Israeli jurist. She was Israeli ambassador to the United Nations.-Early life:Shalev was born in Tel Aviv in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1941...
(b.1941), Israeli ambassador to the United Nations from 2008 to 2011 - Gabriela CreţuGabriela CretuGabriela Creţu is a Romanian politician and member of the Social Democratic Party , part of the Party of European Socialists...
(b.1965), Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Party of European Socialists - Gabriela Masłowska (b.1950), Polish politician and member of Sejm from 2001 to 2007
- Gabriela Cuevas BarronGabriela Cuevas BarronGabriela Cuevas Barron is a Mexican politician affiliated to the National Action Party who has served as head of Miguel Hidalgo and as a federal deputy in the lower house of the Mexican Congress.- Personal life and education :Cuevas Barron holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the...
(b.1979), Mexican politician with the National Action Party (PAN) who has served as a federal deputy of the Mexican Congress from 2000 to 2003 and 2009 to 2012 - Gabriela Konevska-TrajkovskaGabriela Konevska-TrajkovskaGabriela Konevska-Trajkovska Габриела Конеска-Трајковска, née Konevska was a Macedonian politician who served as the country's Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs from 2006 until 2008....
(1971–2010), Macedonian politician who served as the country's Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs from 2006 until 2008 - Gabriela Silva Leite, Brazilian retired prostitute, sociologist and founder of DavidaDavidaDavida – Prostituição, Direitos Civis, Saúde is an NGO that supports sex workers in Brazil. It was founded in 1992, is based in Rio de Janeiro, and gained international notoriety in 2005 when it launched the fashion line Daspu.-Goals:Davida works in HIV/AIDS prevention and tries to improve the...
Sports
- Gabriela SabatiniGabriela SabatiniGabriela Beatriz Sabatini is a former professional Argentine tennis player. She was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s...
(b.1970), professional Argentine tennis player - Gabriela SzaboGabriela SzaboGabriela Szabo is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively....
(b.1975), retired Romanian track and field athlete, a three-time world champion and 2000 Summer Olympics gold medal winner - Gabriela NavrátilováGabriela NavrátilováGabriela Navrátilová is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.Until 2003, Navrátilová played mainly on the ITF circuit in Europe, garnering over 60 titles....
(b.1976), professional tennis player from the Czech Republic - Gabriela DabrowskiGabriela DabrowskiGabriela Dabrowski is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 359 on November 7, 2011. She is currently playing on the Junior Circuit and on the ITF Circuit.-Early life:...
(b.1992), Canadian professional tennis player - Gabriela DrăgoiGabriela DragoiGabriela Drăgoi is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic bronze medalist and a European gold medalist with the team...
(b.1992), Romanian artistic gymnast and Olympic bronze medalist - Gabriela MedinaGabriela MedinaGabriela Elizabeth Medina Solórzano is a Mexican sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.Her personal best time is 51.25 seconds, achieved in May 2007 in Xalapa.-Achievements:-References:...
Solórzano (b.1985), Mexican sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres - Gabriela PotoracGabriela PotoracGabriela Potorac is a Romanian artistic gymnast who represented Romania at the 1988 Olympic Games.She is a three-time Olympic medalist a two-time world medalist and a European champion. Her best event was the balance beam on which she is an Olympic and a world bronze medalist and a European...
(b.1973), Romanian artistic gymnast who is a three time Olympic medalist and a two time world medalist for the balance beam - Gabriela TruşcăGabriela TruscaGabriela Truşcă is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic silver medalist with the team. After retiring from gymnastics she became a coach at CSS Buzău. She coached several generations of young gymnasts among which junior Gabriela Drăgoi.-External links:*...
(b.1957), retired Romanian artistic gymnast and Olympic silver medalist with her team. She has coached young gymnasts including Gabriela Dragoi - Gabriela MargineanGabriela MargineanGabriela Mărginean is a Romanian professional women's basketball player playing for Panathinaikos of Greece. She is the second Romanian who has played in the WNBA after Florina Paşcalău who was the player of Seattle Storm in 2008. She was drafted 26th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft to the...
(b.1987), Romanian professional women's basketball player who has playing for Panathinaikos of Greece and in early 2010 in the WNBA with the Minnesota Lynx - Gabriela Paz-FrancoGabriela Paz-FrancoGabriela Paz-Franco is a Venezuelan tennis player. She has a career high of 230 and has won five ITF titles in her career.-Career:...
(b.1991), Venezuelan professional tennis player - Gabriela PandoGabriela PandoGabriela Pando is a retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She was a member of the Women's National Team that competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, after having won the gold medal the previous year at the 1995 Pan American Games....
(b.1970), retired Argentine female field hockey player and 1995 Pan American Games gold medalist - Gabriela StacherováGabriela StacherováGabriela Stacherová is a Slovak slalom canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. She won a silver medal in the K-1 team event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell....
(b.1980), Slovak slalom canoer who won a silver medal in the K-1 team event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships - Gabriela SvobodováGabriela SvobodováGabriela Svobodová . is a former Czech cross country skier who competed during the 1970s until 1984. She won a silver medal in the 4 x 5 km relay at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and a bronze medal in the same event at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.-External links:...
(b.1953), retired Czech cross country skier whose team won a silver metal in the 1984 Winter Olympics - Gabriela LizGabriela LizGabriela A. Liz is a retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She was the captain of the Women's National Team that finished in seventh place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea...
(b.1961), retired female field hockey player from Argentina whose team won a gold medals at the 1987 and 1991 Pan American Games - Gabriela GrilloGabriela GrilloGabriela Grillo is a German equestrian and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in team dressage and placed fourth in individual dressage at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....
(b.1952), German equestrian whose team won a gold medal in dressage at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Gabriela Andersen-Schiess (b.1945), former Swiss long-distance runner who won the inaugural California International Marathon in 1983
- Gabriela Pérez del SolarGabriela Pérez del SolarGabriela Lourdes Pérez del Solar Cuculiza is a Peruvian female volleyball player and politician . On July 27, 2006 she assumed a position in the Peruvian Congress, representing Lima.-Sports career:...
Cuculiza (b.1968), Peruvian female volleyball player whose team that won the silver medal in the 1988 Olympic Summer Games. In 2006 she was elected to the Peruvian Congress with the party Unidad Nacional - María Gabriela PazosMaría Gabriela PazosMaría Gabriela Pazos is a retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She was a member of the Women's National Team that finished in seventh place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Three years later she claimed the gold medal at the Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba.-...
(b.1967), retired Argentine female field hockey player whose team won a gold medal at the 1991 Pan American Games - Gabriela SánchezGabriela Sánchez (field hockey)Gabriela Edith Sánchez Grossi is a retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She twice was a member of the Women's National Team that competed at the Summer Olympics: in 1988 and 1996. Sánchez also twice won a gold medal at the Pan American Games: 1987 and 1995.- References :...
Grossi (b.1962), retired Argentine female field hockey player whose team won gold medals at the 1987 and 1995 Pan American Games
Literature and art
- Gabriela MistralGabriela MistralGabriela Mistral was the pseudonym of Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, a Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, and feminist who was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1945...
(1889–1957) was the pseudonym of Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, a Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, feminist and winner of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Literature- Gabriela Mistral Inter-American Prize for CulturePremio Gabriela MistralThe Premio Gabriela Mistral was an award made by the Organization of American States...
, award by the Organization of American States from 1979 to 2000 in her memory
- Gabriela Mistral Inter-American Prize for Culture
- Maria Gabriela Stefania Korwin-Piotrowska (1857–1921), known as Gabriela ZapolskaGabriela ZapolskaMaria Gabriela Stefania Korwin-Piotrowska , known as Gabriela Zapolska, was a Polish novelist, playwright, naturalist writer, feuilletonist, theatre critic and stage actress. Zapolska wrote 41 plays, 23 novels, 177 short stories, 252 works of journalism, one film script, and over 1,500...
, Polish novelist, playwright, and stage actress - Gabriela AdameșteanuGabriela AdamesteanuGabriela Adameșteanu is a Romanian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and translator. The author of the celebrated novels The Equal Way of Every Day and Wasted Morning , she is also known as an activist in support of civil society and member of the Group for Social Dialogue , as...
(b.1942), Romanian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and translator - Gabríela FriðriksdóttirGabríela FriðriksdóttirGabríela Friðriksdóttir is an Icelandic artist and sculptor.Outside of her contributions in the art world, she is known for her collaboration with the Icelandic musician and superstar Björk. The two have collaborated on Björk's 2002 CD box set Family Tree and on the 2005 video for Björk's song...
(b.1971), Icelandic artist and sculptor - Gabriela BrimmerGabriela BrimmerGabriela "Gaby" Brimmer , a writer and activist for persons with disabilities, was born in Mexico as a daughter of Austrian Jewish immigrants. Gaby was born with cerebral palsy and since childhood learned to act in a world that has difficulty accepting diversity...
(1947–2000), Mexican writer and activist for persons with disabilities who was b.with cerebral palsy - Gabriela PreissováGabriela PreissováGabriela Preissová, née Gabriela Sekerová, sometimes used pen name Matylda Dumontová , was a Czech writer and playwright. Her play Její pastorkyňa was the basis for the opera Jenůfa by Leoš Janáček...
was the pen name of Matylda Dumontová (1862 March 23 – 1946 March 27) a Czech writer and playwright - Gabriela DauererGabriela DauererGabriela Dauerer is a contemporary German painter. She is representative of a kind of minimalistic painting.- Life :...
(b.1958), German painter - Gabriela BusteloGabriela BusteloGabriela Bustelo is a Spanish author and translator.Included in the 1990 neorealist generation of Spanish novelists, Bustelo made her debut with Veo Veo , a postmodern "cult" novelette. She shares with José Ángel Mañas, Ray Loriga and Lucía Etxebarria a crisp style visibly influenced by commercial...
(b.1962), Spanish neorealist novelist and translator