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unusual facts about Leônidas


Leonidas, New Orleans

A subdistrict of the Uptown/Carrollton Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: South Claiborne Avenue, Leonidas and Fig Streets to the north, South Carrollton Avenue to the east, the Mississippi River and Jefferson Parish to the west.


17th Ward of New Orleans

Going roughly from the river to the lake, the 17th Ward includes the Carrollton Riverbend area, Upper or West Carrollton with the noted Oak Street commercial area, the Leonidas neighborhood, Palmer Park at Carrollton and Claiborne, Northwest Carrollton, Hollygrove and Dixon neighborhoods (known for producing a number of rap music artists, such as Lil Wayne, Mack Maine, Fiend, and DJ Hollygrove.

Amado García Guerrero

A member of the Military Aides-de-Camp of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, he was the person who informed the other conspirators that Trujillo would later leave that night for San Cristóbal.

Best Man Wins

But Bob is made fun of by one of the judge's own spoiled sons, Monty (Bill Sheffield), and Jim becomes determined to win back both his son and his wife from the snobby Leonidas.

Carboxybenzyl

The method was first used by Max Bergmann and Leonidas Zerwas in 1932 for the synthesis of peptides.

Christian Gyan

Christian Attah Gyan (born 2 November 1978 in Tema) is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for Leonidas

Dorieus

Dorieus was a half-brother to King Cleomenes I and a brother of Leonidas, who later became king and famous as the Spartan commander at the Battle of Thermopylae.

Gates of Fire

The novel also details the heroics of several dozen Spartans, including their king, Leonidas, the Olympic champion Polynikes, a young Spartan warrior named Alexandros, and the Spartan officer Dienekes.

Giacomo Leopardi

In the poem All'Italia, Leopardi laments the fallen at the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC, fought between the Greeks under Leonidas and the Persians under Xerxes), and evokes the greatness of the past.

Gorgo

Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, 5th-century B.C. Queen of Sparta, daughter of Cleomenes and wife of Leonidas I

Juan José Nogués

After the World Cup was over, Brazil, with a team that included Leônidas, played the Catalan XI twice before going home and Nogués played in both games.

Konstantinos Gofas

He had six sons, Themistiklos, a landowner who died early, Michail Gkofas, a trader which finance for forty years and the first council president, Panagos Gkofas for many years, Greek consul to Tbilisi and in Batumi along with Spyridon, Vasileios and Leonidas Gkofas in which survives many relatives.

McHenry West High School

The school colors are orange and black, and the mascot is Leonidas the Warrior.

United 300

In between fighting, the terrorists' emperor Jerxes (wearing the same costume as Xerxes in 300) holds audience with Leonidas while sitting on his "throne" (the plane lavatory's toilet).

Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil

UCSG was created on May 17, 1962, at the request of the board of Catholic college pro presiding Bishop Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral, Archbishop of Guayaquil, the jurist Dr. Leonidas Ortega Moreira and P. Joachim Flor Vásconez SJ, who were its founding authorities, as Chancellor, first president and director, respectively.


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