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Jonah Mae Panen Pacala also known by her pseudonym as Jonaxx, is a Filipino author, [1] born on 23 January 1991 and hailing from Cagayan de Oro, Philippines. She is currently the most followed Wattpad author worldwide with over 5 million followers [ 2 ] and is widely known as the "Wattpad Queen" and "Pop Fiction Queen". [ 3 ]
The term black swan was a Latin expression: its oldest reference is in the poet Juvenal's expression that "a good person is as rare as a black swan" ("rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno", 6.165). [18]
rara avis (rarissima avis) rare bird (very rare bird) An extraordinary or unusual thing. From Juvenal's Satires VI: rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno ("a rare bird in the lands, and very like a black swan"). rari nantes in gurgite vasto: Rare survivors in the immense sea: Virgil, Aeneid, I, 118: ratio decidendi: reasoning for the ...
The phrase "black swan" derives from a Latin expression; its oldest known occurrence is from the 2nd-century Roman poet Juvenal's characterization in his Satire VI of something being "rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno" ("a bird as rare upon the earth as a black swan").
Rara avis is a Latin phrase for 'rare bird'. Rara avis may refer to: Rara Avis, Mississippi, an American ghost town; Rara Avis, an artwork by Ralph Helmick; Rara avis, a 2005 exhibition about Iris Apfel; RARA AVIS, a musical ensemble featuring Ken Vandermark; Rara Avis, a 1985 documentary about Bridget Bate Tichenor
On September 13, 2005, the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City premiered the exhibition Rara Avis [Rare Bird]: The Irreverent Iris Apfel, showcasing her style. It was the museum's first time mounting an exhibit about clothing and accessories focused on a living person who was not a designer. [19]
Iris Apfel, known globally for her bold style and individuality, has died at 102. Her work appeared in the White House and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Rara Avis is a ghost town located in Itawamba County, Mississippi, approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 km) west of the Alabama state line. Rara Avis was settled in 1850, [1] and the town name translated to Latin means "rare bird". [citation needed] The population was 100 in 1900. [2] A post office was established in 1902. [3]