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Mạc Cửu (Chinese: 鄚玖; pinyin: Mò Jiǔ, chữ Hán: 鄚玖, Vietnamese: Mạc Cửu; Khmer: ម៉ាក គីវ [1] or ម៉ាក គូ; 1655– July 18, 1735), also spelled Mok Kui, was an exile from China who founded the Principality of Hà Tiên and ruled as its first monarch.
The main Vietnamese term used for Chinese characters is chữ Hán (𡨸漢).It is made of chữ meaning 'character' and Hán 'Han (referring to the Han dynasty)'.Other synonyms of chữ Hán includes chữ Nho (𡨸儒, literally 'Confucian characters') and Hán tự [a] (漢字) which was borrowed directly from Chinese.
Francis Nguyễn Trọng Trí, penname Hàn Mặc Tử (September 22, 1912 – November 11, 1940), was a Vietnamese poet.He was the most celebrated Vietnamese Catholic literary figure during the colonial era.
Clint Walker was born in Hartford, Illinois. [2] His mother was Czech. [3] He had a fraternal twin sister, Neoma Lucille "Lucy" Westbrook [4] and another half-sister. [1] Walker left school to work at a factory and on a riverboat, then joined the United States Merchant Marine at the age of 17.
Jeffrey Duncan Jones (born September 28, 1946) is an American actor, known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in Amadeus (1984), Edward R. Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Charles Deetz in Beetlejuice (1988), Dr. Skip Tyler in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Eddie Barzoon in The Devil's Advocate (1997), and A.W. Merrick in both Deadwood (2004–2006) and Deadwood: The Movie (2019).
Jones was born in West Lafayette, Indiana, in 1958 and was raised in Charleston, West Virginia, until the age of 5.Her maternal grandparents were Lebanese and Jones' middle name is used by Lebanese Maronites instead of Agnes, [2] [3] because it derives from Persian Anahid, Anahit or Anaïs, [4] meaning immaculate. [5]
James Todd Spader (born February 7, 1960; / ˈ s p eɪ d ər / SPAY-dər) is an American actor.He is known for often portraying eccentric and morally ambiguous characters. He began his career in critically acclaimed independent films before transitioning into television, for which he received many awards and acclaim, including three Primetime Emmy Awards and nominations for three Golden Globe ...