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Fresca is a grapefruit -flavored citrus soft drink created by The Coca-Cola Company. Borrowing the word Fresca (meaning "fresh") from Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, it was introduced in the United States in 1966. Originally a bottled sugar-free diet soda, sugar sweetened versions were introduced in some markets.
Main article: Etymology of Argentina. The first description of the region by the word Argentina has been found on a Venetian map in 1536. [28] The name "Argentina" comes from Italian. Argentina (masculine argentino) means in Italian " (made) of silver, silver coloured", derived from the Latin "argentum" for silver.
Brandy McDonnell, The Oklahoman. November 5, 2023 at 4:01 AM. “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” singer Gayla Peevey poses with a plush hippo. Over the past few decades, Gayla Peevey has ...
The campaign succeeded, and she was presented with an actual hippopotamus, which – as had been planned all along – she donated to the city zoo. [11] The hippopotamus lived for nearly 50 years. [10] In 2017, Peevey, then 73 years old, was again present when the Oklahoma City Zoo acquired a rare pygmy hippopotamus from the San Diego Zoo. [11 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 September 2024. American-Canadian animated children's television series The Backyardigans The main characters of the series. From left: Tyrone, Pablo, Uniqua, Austin, and Tasha Also known as Backyardigans Genre Adventure Comedy Musical Created by Janice Burgess Directed by Bill Giggie (season 1) Mike ...
Fiona was the 71st most popular name for baby girls born in 2023 in Germany. [11] The name was the most common female name in the ranking of most popular names for baby girls born in Liechtenstein in 2022. [12] In 2022, in Switzerland, Fiona was the 57th most popular name. [13] In Australia it is the 138th most popular baby name since the 1930s ...
Vanessa is a feminine given name. It was invented by the Anglo-Irish writer Jonathan Swift for Esther Vanhomrigh, whom Swift had met in 1708 and whom he tutored. The name was created by taking "Van" from Vanhomrigh's last name and adding "Essa", a pet form of Esther. [1] In 1726, the name Vanessa appeared in print for the first time in "Cadenus ...
Linda is a female given name, of German origin, but widespread in the English-speaking world since the end of the nineteenth century. [1] The German name Linde was originally an abbreviated form of older names such as Dietlinde and Sieglinde. [2] In the form Linda, it was used by the writer Jean Paul for a leading character in his four-volume ...