Vieira
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Vieira is the Galician
and Portuguese
word for "scallop
" http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact.aspx?&fid=10&fn=&ln=Vieira. It is a common Galician and Portuguese surname
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It may refer to:
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 Portuguese
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...
word for "scallop
Scallop
A scallop is a marine bivalve mollusk of the family Pectinidae. Scallops are a cosmopolitan family, found in all of the world's oceans. Many scallops are highly prized as a food source...
" http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact.aspx?&fid=10&fn=&ln=Vieira. It is a common Galician and Portuguese 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"...
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It may refer to:
- Adelino André Vieira Freitas, or Vieirinha (1986), Portuguese footballer
- Alice VieiraAlice VieiraAlice Vieira is a Portuguese children's book author.-Biography:She graduated from the University of Lisbon with a thesis about Bernard Shaw's theatre. She worked as a teacher and as a journalist before devoting all her time to writing books for children...
(1943 – ), Portuguese author - Álvaro Siza VieiraÁlvaro Siza VieiraÁlvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira, GOSE, GCIH, is a Portuguese architect, born 25 June 1933 in Matosinhos a small coastal town by Porto. He is internationally known as Álvaro Siza .-Life and career:...
(1933 – ), Portuguese architect - Anton de VieiraAnton de VieiraAntónio Manuel de Vieira, known in Russia as Count Anton Manuilovich Devier, Антон Мануилович Девиер , was one of Peter I's foreign associates, who proved to be an efficient administrator in St Petersburg and Siberia....
(1682 – 1745), Russian administrator - António VieiraAntónio VieiraFather António Vieira was a Portuguese Jesuit and writer, the "prince" of Catholic pulpit-orators of his time.-Life:Vieira was born in Lisbon to Cristóvão Vieira Ravasco, the son of a mulatto woman, and Maria de Azevedo. Accompanying his parents to Brazil in 1614, he received his education at the...
(1608 – 1697), Portuguese Jesuit and writer - Asia VieiraAsia VieiraAsia Molly Vieira is a Canadian actress.- Biography :She began her career as a child model at the age of four, later gaining her first major role in 1988 starring alongside Liam Neeson and Diane Keaton in The Good Mother. She is an accomplished gymnast and graduated from the Etobicoke School of...
(1982 – ), Canadian actress - Carlos Adriano de Souza VieiraCarlos Adriano de Souza VieiraCarlos Adriano de Souza Vieira or simply Adriano Gabiru , is a Brazilian attacking midfielder currently playing for Corinthians Paranaense....
(1977 – ), Brazilian author - Davi Santiago VieiraForro in the DarkForro in the Dark is a New York-based collective of Brazilian expatriates that formed in 2002. The group combines the musical style of forró , “the percussion-heavy, rhythmic dance music” of their native Brazil, with elements of rock, folk, jazz, and country....
, Brazilian pecussionist - Francisco Vieira de Matos, or Vieira Lusitano / Vieira Portuense (1699-1783), Portuguese royal painter
- João Bernardo VieiraJoão Bernardo VieiraJoão Bernardo "Nino" Vieira was the President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2009. After seizing power in 1980, Vieira ruled for 19 years, and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994. He was ousted at the end of the 1998–1999 civil war and went into exile...
(1939-2009), Guinea-Bissau politician - José Luandino VieiraJosé Luandino VieiraJosé Luandino Vieira is an Angolan writer of short fiction and novels.Vieira was born in Lagoa de Furadouro, Ourém, Portugal and was Portuguese by birth and ethnicity, but his parents immigrated to Angola in 1938 and he grew up immersed in the African quarters of Luanda...
(1935 – ), Angolan writer - Jussiê Ferreira VieiraJussiê Ferreira VieiraJussiê Ferreira Vieira is a Brazilian footballer who originally played in the striker position, but now often plays as an attacking midfielder. He currently plays for Bordeaux in the French Ligue 1.-Early career:...
, Brazilian footballer - Leonel VieiraLeonel VieiraLeonel Vieira is a Portuguese film director. He directed films such as Zona J , A Bomba , The Forest .-External links:...
(1969 – ), Portuguese film director - Leandro Ricardo VieiraLeandro Ricardo VieiraLeandro Ricardo Vieira is a former Brazilian footballer. He spent most of his career at Brazilian lower division, but made a successful career with Swiss club FC Thun, where he played at 2005–06 UEFA Champions League....
(born 1979) Brazilian footballer - Luís Filipe VieiraLuís Filipe VieiraLuís Filipe Vieira Ferreira , also known as "LFV" in Portugal, is a Portuguese businessman who is currently the chairman of Portuguese sports club Benfica...
(1949 – ), Portuguese footballer - Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior, Brazilian footballer
- Meredith VieiraMeredith VieiraMeredith Louise Vieira is an American journalist, television personality, and game show host. She is best known for her roles as the original moderator of the ABC talk program The View and co-host of the long-running NBC News morning news program, Today...
(1953 – ), United States television personality - Mestre Jelon VieiraMestre Jelon VieiraJelon Vieira is a Brazilian choreographer and teacher who, in 2000, achieved recognition by New York City's Brazilian Cultural Center as a pioneer in presenting to American audiences the...
, Brazilian dancer - Milton VieiraMilton VieiraMilton Vieira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who has competed in PRIDE Fighting Championship, DEEP, Bitetti Combat, M-1 Global, and Shooto promotions. Vieira is also credited as the inventor of the anaconda choke...
, Brazilian martial arts fighter - Patrick VieiraPatrick VieiraPatrick Vieira is a retired French footballer of Senegalese descent who is the Football Development Executive at Manchester City....
, French footballer - Paulo Afonso Evangelista VieiraPaulo Afonso Evangelista VieiraPaulo Afonso Evangelista Vieira, better known as Paulo Afonso, is a federal deputy and member of the PMDB of Santa Catarina. He was the governor of the state of Santa Catarina from 1995 to 1999, succeeding Antônio Carlos Konder Reis and being succeeded by Esperidião Amin Helou Filho.-External links:*...
, Brazilian politician - Vasco Joaquim Rocha VieiraVasco Joaquim Rocha VieiraVasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira was the last Governor of Macau.-Background:He is the son of João da Silva Vieira Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira (b. Lagoa, 16 August 1939) was the last Governor of Macau.-Background:He is the son of João da Silva Vieira Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira (b. Lagoa, 16 August 1939)...
, last Portuguese Governor of Macau - Waldo VieiraWaldo VieiraWaldo Vieira is a Brazilian dentist and physician who first proposed the theories of and , two closely related nascent sciences which posit that human consciousness is a non-physical phenomenon...
, Brazilian parapsychologist