Minerva (disambiguation)
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Minerva
is the Roman goddess of crafts and wisdom, but the name may also refer to:
Minerva
Minerva was the Roman goddess whom Romans from the 2nd century BC onwards equated with the Greek goddess Athena. She was the virgin goddess of poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, weaving, crafts, magic...
is the Roman goddess of crafts and wisdom, but the name may also refer to:
People
- Josephine BlattJosephine BlattJosephine Blatt , best known by her stage name Minerva, was a strongwoman. She married strongman Charles Blatt in 1888.-Early life:...
aka Minerva (c.1869 – 1923), strongwoman - Minerva UrecalMinerva UrecalMinerva Urecal was an American actressBorn as Minerva Holzer, Urecal was originally a radio and stage performer. She made her film debut in 1933...
(1894 – 1966), American film and television actress - Minerva Pérez Garrido, aka K.U. Minerva (born 1977), Spanish eurodanceEurodanceEurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...
singer - Minerva (cantante española), K.U. Minerva at the Spanish Wikipedia
- Minerva (Daum Agora user)Minerva (Daum Agora user)Minerva is the internet username of a "netizen" who wrote about the Korean economy and the economic policies of the Korean government. Minerva's writing evoked the ire of the Korean government, when an entry precipitated a run on the South Korean won...
, a South Korean netizen famous for his economic predictions.
Geography
- Minerva, New YorkMinerva, New YorkMinerva is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 796 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Minerva, goddess of wisdom.The Town of Minerva is located in the southwest corner of the county...
, United States - Minerva, OhioMinerva, OhioMinerva is a village in Carroll, Columbiana, and Stark counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 3,934 at the 2000 census.The Carroll and Stark County portions of Minerva are part of the Canton–Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Columbiana County portion is part...
, United States - Minerva, OregonMinerva, OregonMinerva is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States....
, United States - Minerva ReefsMinerva ReefsThe Minerva Reefs are a group of two submerged atolls located in the Pacific Ocean south of Fiji and Tonga. The reefs were named after the whaleship Minerva, was wrecked on what became known as South Minerva after setting out from Sydney in 1829...
, two submerged atolls between Tonga and New Zealand- The Republic of MinervaRepublic of MinervaThe Republic of Minerva was one of the few modern attempts at creating a sovereign micronation on the reclaimed land of an artificial island in 1972. The architect was Las Vegas real estate millionaire and political activist Michael Oliver, who went on to other similar attempts in the following...
, a self-declared South Pacific principality on these reefs
- The Republic of Minerva
- Recif de la Minerve, another submerged atoll in French Polynesia near MangarevaMangarevaMangareva is the central and most important island of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. It is surrounded by smaller islands: Taravai in the southwest, Aukena and Akamaru in the southeast, and islands in the north...
Land development
- Minerva plc, a major British development company
- Minerva BuildingMinerva BuildingThe Minerva Building was a skyscraper once planned for the eastern edge of London's main financial district, the City of London. If built, it would have been the first building in the City of London to contain more than of office space....
, a skyscraper planned for London's financial district by Minerva plc
- Minerva Building
- Minerva, MumbaiLokhandwala MinervaLokhandwala Minvera is a 82 floors Supertall skyscraper under construction in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It will have 2 towers of 82 floors each will encompass, parking floors from 2nd to 16th. Podium Garden on 17th floor, Residential floors on 26th to 79th, Service floor on 80th & Pent house on 81, 82...
, 82 floor super tall skyscraper under construction in MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, MaharashtraMaharashtraMaharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
Film production
- Minerva Productions, a BollywoodBollywoodBollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
film production house of Bombay, India, c. 1940-50s
Games
- MINERVA (mod)MINERVA (mod)MINERVA, created by Adam Foster, is an episodic series of single-player mods for Valve Corporation's Half-Life 2. Installments are released as each is finalized: the three releases for the Metastasis chapter have already been made, with the third installment released on October 1, 2007.The plot and...
, a modification for Half-Life 2 - Minerva, A character in the final cutscene of Assassin's Creed IIAssassin's Creed IIAssassin's Creed II is a historical third-person action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It is the second video game installment of the Assassin's Creed series, and is a sequel to the 2007 video...
- Minerva, the goddess of the Planet in Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VIICrisis Core: Final Fantasy VIIis an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix for the PlayStation Portable. First released in 2007, the game is a prequel to the video game Final Fantasy VII and is also the sixth installment in metaseries Compilation of Final Fantasy VII which includes products related to the game...
Manga and anime
- Minerva (Transformers), a character from the various Transformers universes
- Fencer of MinervaFencer of Minervais a five episode soft-core hentai anime series released domestically by Central Park Media in two DVD volumes.-Summary:Set in a world reminiscent of John Norman's Gor novels, the story has political intrigue, adventure, and romance...
, an adult animation - Minerva class battleship, a fictional class of space vessels from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
- Minerva Mink, a character from the Animaniacs series
- Minerva XMinerva XMinerva X is a fictional mecha from the anime and manga series Mazinger Z, created by Go Nagai. Within the story, Minerva X was designed by Professor Juzou Kabuto, but its plans were stolen and it was built by Doctor Hell...
, a female mecha character from the Mazinger Z series - Minerva, tenth planet of the solar system from the Space Battleship YamatoSpace Battleship Yamatois a Japanese science fiction anime series featuring an eponymous spacecraft. It is also known to English-speaking audiences as Space Cruiser Yamato; an English-dubbed and heavily edited version of the series was broadcast on North American and Australian television as Star Blazers...
series
Music
- "Minerva" (song)Minerva (song)"Minerva" is a song by American alternative metal band Deftones and the lead single from their fourth studio album, Deftones. Released in April 2003, it charted at #9 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, #16 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #15 on the UK Singles Chart...
, a 2003 single by Deftones - "Minerva", a 2005 song by Ani DiFranco, from her album Knuckle DownKnuckle DownKnuckle Down is the fourteenth studio album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco. It is the first album that DiFranco has collaborated with a producer; Joe Henry. The record is also her first studio album to feature a string section...
- The "goddess wise" to whom Princess IdaPrincess IdaPrincess Ida; or, Castle Adamant is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It was their eighth operatic collaboration of fourteen. Princess Ida opened at the Savoy Theatre on January 5, 1884, for a run of 246 performances...
appeals in her recitative and aria from act II of Princess IdaPrincess IdaPrincess Ida; or, Castle Adamant is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It was their eighth operatic collaboration of fourteen. Princess Ida opened at the Savoy Theatre on January 5, 1884, for a run of 246 performances...
by Gilbert and SullivanGilbert and SullivanGilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the librettist W. S. Gilbert and the composer Arthur Sullivan . The two men collaborated on fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S...
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Novels
- Minerva, a real-life character in the John Berendt novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvilMidnight in the Garden of Good and EvilMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a non-fiction work by John Berendt. Published in 1994, the book was Berendt's first, and became a The New York Times bestseller for 216 weeks following its debut....
- Minerva, a conscious computer character in the Robert A. Heinlein science fiction novel Time Enough for LoveTime Enough for LoveTime Enough for Love is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, first published in 1973. The work was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1973 and both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1974.-Plot:...
- Professor Minerva McGonagall, a wizard character in the J. K. Rowling Harry PotterHarry PotterHarry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
series - Minerva ParadizoMinerva ParadizoMinerva Paradizo is a fictional character from the Artemis Fowl series of books by Eoin Colfer and is one of the main antagonists in Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony....
, a girl genius character from the Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl series - Minerva, a ship/supporting character in Neal Stephenson's The Baroque CycleThe Baroque CycleThe Baroque Cycle is a series of novels by American writer Neal Stephenson. It was published in three volumes containing 8 books in 2003 and 2004. The story follows the adventures of a sizeable cast of characters living amidst some of the central events of the late 17th and early 18th centuries in...
- Minerva, a fictional planet in the Harry Turtledove novel A World of DifferenceA World of Difference (Harry Turtledove)A World of Difference is a 1990 science fiction novel by Harry Turtledove.-Plot introduction:The book begins with a space voyage that departed Earth in an alternate 1989...
- Minerva, a fictional planet in James P. HoganJames P. Hogan (writer)James Patrick Hogan was a British science fiction author.-Biography:Hogan was born in London, England. He was raised in the Portobello Road area on the west side of London...
's Giants series
Theatres and musicals
- Minerva Theatre, KolkataMinerva Theatre, KolkataThe Minerva Theatre is a theatre in Calcutta, built in 1893. It was erected at the site on Beadon Street where the Great National Theatre stood before. The maiden play held on this stage was 'Macbeth'. It was initially owned by Nagendra Bhusan Mukhopaddhaya. In course of time, it witnessed several...
, India, built in 1893 - Minerva Theatre, ChichesterMinerva Theatre, ChichesterThe Minerva Theatre is a studio theatre seating at full capacity 283. It is run as part of the adjacent Chichester Festival Theatre, located in Chichester, England, and was opened in 1989...
, England, opened in 1989 - Minerva Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland, opened in 1927
- Minerva, a character in the 1929 West End musical Mr. CindersMr. CindersMr. Cinders is a musical. The music is by Vivian Ellis & Richard Myers, and the libretto by Clifford Grey & Greatorex Newman. The story is an inversion of the Cinderella fairy tale with the gender roles reversed. The Prince Charming character has become a modern young and forceful woman, and Mr....
Journals
- "Minerva", a section heading in the British Medical JournalBritish Medical JournalBMJ is a partially open-access peer-reviewed medical journal. Originally called the British Medical Journal, the title was officially shortened to BMJ in 1988. The journal is published by the BMJ Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association...
- Minerva, a triannual magazine for members of the Royal Dublin SocietyRoyal Dublin SocietyThe Royal Dublin Society was founded on 25 June 1731 to "to promote and develop agriculture, arts, industry, and science in Ireland". The RDS is synonymous with its main premises in Ballsbridge in Dublin, Ireland...
- Minerva: A review of science, learning and policy, a journal published by Springer Verlag.
- MinervaMinerva (archaeology journal)Minerva magazine is an international review of ancient art and archaeology, featuring the most extensive and contemporary coverage by any magazine worldwide of excavations and exhibitions, the latest numismatic news, lost/stolen objects and auction news....
: The International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology - Minerva Medica, an Italian publisher of medical journals and books
- MinervaMinerva (Norwegian periodical)Minerva is a Norwegian liberal conservative periodical that started publishing in 1924. It was started by members of the Conservative Students' association in Oslo. In , Nils August Andresen is executive editor, Torbjørn Røe Isaksen editor on society, Kristian Meisingset on culture and Fredrik...
, a Norwegian periodical - Mars and Minerva, journal of the Special Air Service Regiment of the British Army, named from the Artists Rifles regimental badge
- Minerva, journal of the Royal Institution of South WalesRoyal Institution of South WalesThe Royal Institution of South Wales is a Welsh learned society founded in Swansea in 1835 as the Swansea Philosophical and Literary Society with objectives:In 1838, the Society received its Royal charter as the Royal Institution....
, Swansea
Astronomy and space
- UranusUranusUranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. It is named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus , the father of Cronus and grandfather of Zeus...
, before its name was settled upon in 1850, was proposed to be called Minerva - 93 Minerva93 Minerva93 Minerva is a large trinary main-belt asteroid. It is a C-type asteroid, meaning that it has a dark surface and possibly a primitive carbonaceous composition. It was discovered by J. C. Watson on August 24, 1867, and named after Minerva, the Roman equivalent of Athena, goddess of wisdom...
, an asteroid discovered in 1867 - PlutoPlutoPluto, formal designation 134340 Pluto, is the second-most-massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the tenth-most-massive body observed directly orbiting the Sun...
, before its name was decided shortly after its discovery in 1930, was proposed to be called Minerva - MINERVA mini-lander, MIcro/Nano Experimental Robot Vehicle for Asteroid, which failed to deploy upon asteroid Itokawa in 2005
Automotive
- Minerva (automobile), a Belgian luxury automobile manufactured from 1902 until 1938
Computing and telecommunication
- Minerva (QDOS reimplementation)Minerva (QDOS reimplementation)Written by Laurence Reeves in England, Minerva was a reimplementation of Sinclair QDOS, the built-in operating system of the Sinclair QL line of personal computers. Minerva incorporated many bug fixes and enhancements to both QDOS and the SuperBASIC programming language...
, a reimplementation of Sinclair QDOS - Minerva NetworksMinerva NetworksMinerva Networks, Inc. is an American company based in Silicon Valley that develops video compression technology and broadcast systems used for delivery of video services over broadband IP networks, interactive television services, and video conferencing....
, a company that develops video compression technology and broadcast systems - Project MINERVA, Mapping the INternet Electronic Resources Virtual Archive, the Library of Congress Web Archive and Preservation Project
- Minerva, the e-learning platform of Ghent UniversityGhent UniversityGhent University is a Dutch-speaking public university located in Ghent, Belgium. It is one of the larger Flemish universities, consisting of 32,000 students and 7,100 staff members. The current rector is Paul Van Cauwenberge.It was established in 1817 by King William I of the Netherlands...
that uses Dokeos as its course management system - Minerva, the electronic registration system of McGill UniversityMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
, Montreal - MINERVAMINERVAThe MInisterial NEtwoRk for Valorising Activities in digitisation, or MINERVA, is a European Union organization concerned with the digitisation of cultural and scientific content....
, MInisterial NEtwoRk for Valorising Activities in digitisation, a European Union organization concerned with the digitisation of cultural and scientific content - MINERVA (cable system)MINERVA (cable system)The MINERVA cable system is a submarine telecommunications cable system connecting Italy with Cyprus.It has cable landing points at:* Mazara del Vallo, Province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy* Catania, Province of Catania, Sicily, Italy...
, a submarine telecommunications cable system linking Italy and Cyprus - Minerva, a scalable OWL ontology storage and inference engineInference engineIn computer science, and specifically the branches of knowledge engineering and artificial intelligence, an inference engine is a computer program that tries to derive answers from a knowledge base. It is the "brain" that expert systems use to reason about the information in the knowledge base for...
Medicine
- Minerva cast, a type of orthopedic cast enclosing the patient's trunk and head
Physics
- MINERνA, Main INjector ExpeRiment Neutrino-A, a short-baseline neutrino experiment at Fermilab
Other science and technology
- Minerva, a genus of prehistoric owlOwlOwls are a group of birds that belong to the order Strigiformes, constituting 200 bird of prey species. Most are solitary and nocturnal, with some exceptions . Owls hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds, although a few species specialize in hunting fish...
s - Minerva Medal, an award in the field of design by the Chartered Society of Designers
- Minerva, a luxury Swiss watch company purchased by RichemontRichemontCompagnie Financière Richemont S.A. is a Swiss luxury goods holding company founded in 1988 by the South African businessman Johann Rupert. Richemont categorizes its businesses into four areas: jewellery, watch making, writing instruments and other, which encompasses clothing and firearms. The...
in 2006 - La Minerve, a giant ascension balloon envisioned by Étienne-Gaspard RobertÉtienne-Gaspard RobertÉtienne-Gaspard Robert , often known by the stage name of "Robertson", was a prominent Belgian stage magician and influential developer of phantasmagoria. He was described by Charles Dickens as "an honourable and well-educated showman"...
in 1820
Ships
, various ships of the British Royal Navy- French ship MinerveFrench ship MinerveFifteen ships of the French Navy have born the name Minerve, in honour of goddess Minerva:* Minerve, a 26-gun frigate, lead ship of her class * Minerve, a 32-gun frigate...
, fifteen ships of the French navy - Minerva (1864)Minerva (1864)The Minerva was a ship that was possibly wrecked on the Auckland Islands on 10 May 1864.James Teer, a survivor of the shipwreck of the General Grant recorded that in April 1867 the survivors found a stave on the mainland on a point inside Enderby Island...
, a ship possibly wrecked on the Auckland IslandsAuckland IslandsThe Auckland Islands are an archipelago of the New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands and include Auckland Island, Adams Island, Enderby Island, Disappointment Island, Ewing Island, Rose Island, Dundas Island and Green Island, with a combined area of... - Australian whaler Minerva, wrecked in 1829 on the Minerva ReefsMinerva ReefsThe Minerva Reefs are a group of two submerged atolls located in the Pacific Ocean south of Fiji and Tonga. The reefs were named after the whaleship Minerva, was wrecked on what became known as South Minerva after setting out from Sydney in 1829...
(then known as Nicholson's Shoal). - MV Minerva, a cruise ship built in 1989
- Minerva II, a cruise ship launched in 2000, various ships of the United States Navy
Sports
- Minerva F.C., a 19th century West London soccer team
- Minerva (Norwegian athletics club), a Norwegian athletics club
Other
- Editura MinervaEditura MinervaEditura Minerva is one of the largest publishing houses in Romania. Located in Bucharest, it is known, among other things, for publishing classic Romanian literature, children's books, and scientific books.-External links:**...
, a Romanian publishing house - Minerva Central, the name of the first book store in MozambiqueMozambiqueMozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
- The Minerva, oldest pub in PlymouthPlymouthPlymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...
, England - Minerva roundabout, famous landmark in GuadalajaraGuadalajaraGuadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...
, JaliscoJaliscoJalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...
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See also
- Minerve (disambiguation)
- French ship Minerve (disambiguation)