Viera
Encyclopedia
Names
- Viera, possibly a variant spelling of Vieira, is a common Galician surname.http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Viera-family-history.ashx
- Viera is an Italian surname, mostly of the north.
- Viera is a female name in SlovakiaSlovakiaThe Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
(English meaning: faithFaithFaith is confidence or trust in a person or thing, or a belief that is not based on proof. In religion, faith is a belief in a transcendent reality, a religious teacher, a set of teachings or a Supreme Being. Generally speaking, it is offered as a means by which the truth of the proposition,...
). - Viera is a female name in BelarusBelarusBelarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
(English meaning: faithFaithFaith is confidence or trust in a person or thing, or a belief that is not based on proof. In religion, faith is a belief in a transcendent reality, a religious teacher, a set of teachings or a Supreme Being. Generally speaking, it is offered as a means by which the truth of the proposition,...
).
Places
- Viera, FloridaViera, FloridaViera is a master planned community located in the central coastal region of Brevard County, Florida. It is part of an unincorporated section adjacent to the Melbourne, Florida area.-Geography:...
, a community in the United States. - Viera, PiedmontPiedmontPiedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...
, a subdivision in the municipality of CoggiolaCoggiolaCoggiola is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 15 km northeast of Biella...
, province of BiellaBiellaBiella is a town and comune in the northern Italian region of Piemonte, the capital of the province of the same name, with some 45,800 inhabitants as of 2009. It is located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 80 km west-northwest of Milan.It lies in the foothills of the Alps,...
on ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. - The Dolmen de VieraDolmen de VieraThe Dolmen de Viera or Dolmen de los Hermanos Viera is a dolmen—a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb—located in Antequera, province of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. It is located only from the Dolmen de Menga and about of another structure known as Tholos de El Romeral...
in Antequera, Spain.
People
Viera is a common Galician and an ItalianItaly
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
surname.
- José de Viera y ClavijoJosé de Viera y ClavijoJosé de Viera y Clavijo , Spanish was an ecclesiastic, historian, botanist, ethnographer, and professor, best known for his exhaustive History of the Canary Islands . Born in Realejo de Arriba, on the island of Tenerife, he was the son of the town's mayor, Gabriel Viera del Álama...
, Spanish historian - Feliciano VieraFeliciano VieraFeliciano Alberto Viera Borges was a Uruguayan political figure.-Background:He was a member of the Colorado Party and closely identified with the liberal former President José Batlle y Ordóñez, who long dominated Uruguayan political life...
, President of Uruguay (1915-1919) - Helvecia VieraHelvecia VieraHelvecia Viera was a Chilean actress and comedian. Viera appeared in Chilean television and theater productions throughout her career, which spanned over three decades...
, Chilean actress and comedian - Millaray Viera, Chilean actress and television presenter
- Patrick VieiraPatrick VieiraPatrick Vieira is a retired French footballer of Senegalese descent who is the Football Development Executive at Manchester City....
, French footballer - Sebastián VieraSebastián VieraMario Sebastián Viera Galaín is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Junior Barranquilla in Colombia, as a goalkeeper.-Club career:...
, Uruguayan-born footballer
Other
- VIERA audiovisual is a design and installation company in Florida
- VIERA line of PanasonicPanasonicPanasonic is an international brand name for Japanese electric products manufacturer Panasonic Corporation, which was formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd...
LCD and plasma television sets - Viera CastViera CastViera Cast is a Smart TV platform by Panasonic that makes it possible to stream multimedia content from the Internet directly into select Viera HDTVs and Blu-ray disc players...
, multimedial technology by Panasonic