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Niño (Spanish for boy) is a given name, nickname and surname of Spanish origin. The appearance of the surname dates back to medieval Spain, where several prestigious families had the surname, such as the Niño de Guevara family of Bishops from Andalusia, and the Niño brothers, who were involved in the Discovery of the Americas.
One of the most documented episodes of this persecution was the arrest of the Portuguese Sebastián Rodríguez, accused of being a Judaizer, meaning a practitioner of Judaism. Rodríguez led a group of Crypto-Jews, including Antonio de Ávila, González de Silva, Domingo de Almeyda, and a Mercedarian friar, all secretly practicing Judaism.
Nino Cottone, nickname of Antonio Cottone (1904/1905 – 1956), Sicilian Mafioso; Nino Culotta, pen name of John O'Grady, (1907 – 1981), Australian writer; Nino D'Angelo, nickname of Gaetano D'Angelo (born 1957), Italian singer; Nino de Angelo, stagename of Domenico Gerhard Gorgoglione (born 1963), German singer
A Hebrew name is a name of Hebrew origin. In a more narrow meaning, it is a name used by Jews only in a religious context and different from an individual's secular name for everyday use.
Monument to the Niños Héroes in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Juan de la Barrera was born in 1828 in Mexico City, the son of Ignacio Mario de la Barrera, an army general, and Juana Inzárruaga. He enlisted at the age of 12 and was admitted to the Academy on 18 November 1843.
Holy Infant of Atocha, Santo Niño de Atocha, Holy Child of Atocha, Saint Child of Atocha, or Wise Child of Atocha is a Roman Catholic image of the Christ Child popular among the Hispanic cultures of Spain, Latin America and the southwestern United States. It is distinctly characterized by a basket of bread he carries, along with a staff, and a ...
Nombre de Dios (Spanish: "Name of God") is a city and corregimiento in Santa Isabel District, Colón Province, Panama, on the Atlantic coast of Panama in the Colón Province. Founded as a Spanish colony in 1510 by Diego de Nicuesa , it was one of the first European settlements on the Isthmus of Panama .
Pedro Alonso Niño (c. 1455 – c. 1505) [1] was known in his time as Peralonso Niño, he was a Spanish navigator and discoverer. [2] He piloted the Santa María during Christopher Columbus 's first voyage to the Americas in 1492, [ 1 ] and accompanied him on his second voyage in 1493.