Esperanza
Encyclopedia
Esperanza may refer to:
origin which means Hope
or Expectation
. One of the three virtues (other two are Faith
and Charity
).
Esperanza is a very popular first name for women and also a very popular surname or last name for all people.
First name
In her life time she adopted many orphan childs, among them Gabriel Esperanza's name is on the top list. She raised him like her own child though she never get married. She educated him and later he became Talmudic scholar and had studied together with David Conforte in Salonica. He later assumed Esperanza as his last name because he considered Esperanza as his whole family.
Gabriel Esperanza is the 1st person she has adopted. The history also accounts of the many other homeless and orphan children she took in her life and did all what best at that time could be. She also ministered to the poor, sick and dying. Her humanitarian work and advocacy for the rights of the poor and helpless is remarkable and can never be forgotten.
In 1984, at the age of 55, she suffered a heart attack. After a battle with sleeping disorder called Insomnia
, she suffered further heart problems. Later she fell and broke her hip bone. She passed away in the very same year on 02 october.
Esperanza Tanguilan was then entitled as the Saint. She was the first woman to be called as The Saint in Fundamentalist. She inspired a variety of commemorations. She has been memorialized through museums, been named patroness of various churches.
Surname/Last Name
- Esperanza (Jerusalem, New York), also known as John Rose House, is a historic home located at Jerusalem in Yates County, New York
- Esperanza FireEsperanza FireThe Esperanza Fire was a wind-driven, arson-caused wildfire that was started in a river wash near Cabazon, California, west of Palm Springs, California. By Sunday, October 29, 2006, it had burned over 61 square miles and was 85% contained...
, a wind driven arson fire that started in a river wash near Cabazon, California - MV EsperanzaMV EsperanzaMY Esperanza is a ship operated by Greenpeace. Previous to being a Greenpeace ship it was a fire-fighter owned by the Russian Navy, built in 1984. It was recommissioned in 2000 and launched in 2002 after being named Esperanza by visitors to the Greenpeace website. It had undergone a major refit...
, a Greenpeace ship - Próxima Estación: Esperanza, a 2001 album by Manu Chao
- Esperanza RisingEsperanza RisingEsperanza Rising is a 1000novel written by Pam Muñoz Ryan. Set during the time of the American Great Depression, it examines the plight of the Mexican farmworkers as they struggle to adapt and survive in the United States. This book has received many accolades, including the Pura Belpre...
, a 2000 book by Pam Munoz Ryan - Esperanza (1946 film)Esperanza (1946 film)Esperanza is a 1946 Mexican film. It was directed byFernando de Fuentes....
, a 1946 Mexican film - Esperanza (TV series)Esperanza (TV series)Esperanza is a Filipino primetime television drama that was aired by ABS-CBN and Canal de las Estrellas in 1997 to 1999. It was re-aired in Studio 23 and Kapamilya Channel, which are both an ABS-CBN subsidiaries....
, a TV series in the Philippines - Esperanza TVEsperanza TVEsperanza TV is a Spanish Christian TV channel for North and Central America. It is owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Esperanza TV features programming produced by Adventist churches, colleges, hospitals and institutions, covering religious, health, educational and family life topics...
, a TV channel of the Hope Channel - Tecoma stansTecoma stansTecoma stans is a species of flowering perennial shrub in the trumpet vine family, Bignoniaceae, that is native to the Americas. Common names include Yellow Trumpetbush, Yellow Bells , Yellow Elder, Ginger-thomas, and Esperanza...
, a yellow flower sometimes called esperanza - Esperanza (Esperanza Spalding album), 2008
- Esperanza (Michael Rother album)Esperanza (Michael Rother album)-Personnel:* Michael Rother - All Instruments, Electronics, Producer* Jens Harke - Vocals * Joachim Rudolph - Protools, DD-1000* Achim Kruse - Digital Mastering* Thomas Beckmann - Cover-Design, Photography...
, 1996 - "Esperanza" (song)Esperanza (song)"Esperanza" is the title of the first single released by Enrique Iglesias from his third studio album Cosas del Amor.-Song information:...
, the title of the first single released by Enrique Iglesias from his third studio album Cosas del Amor
Places
- Esperanza, Santa FeEsperanza, Santa FeEsperanza is a city in the center of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It has about 36,000 inhabitants as of the and it is the head town of the Las Colonias Department....
, a city in Argentina - Esperanza, UcayaliEsperanza, UcayaliEsperanza is a town in Peru, capital of the province Purus in the region Ucayali....
, a city in Peru - Esperanza (municipality)Esperanza (municipality)Esperanza is a town and municipality in Puebla in south-eastern Mexico....
, a town and municipality in Puebla in south-eastern Mexico - La Esperanza, HondurasLa Esperanza, HondurasLa Esperanza is the capital city and a municipality of the same name of the department of Intibucá, Honduras. The city of La Esperanza is merged indistinguishably with the city of Intibucá, the head of the neighboring municipality of Intibucá. Intibucá is the older of the two cities and was...
, a city in the department of Intibucá - Esperanza BaseEsperanza Base-References:*Antarctica. Sydney: Reader's Digest, 1985, p. 156-157.*Child, Jack. Antarctica and South American Geopolitics: Frozen Lebensraum. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1988, p. 73....
, a settlement in Antarctica - Esperanza, Dominican RepublicEsperanza, Dominican RepublicEsperanza is a municipality of the Valverde province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are four municipal districts : Boca de Mao, Jicomé, Maizal and Paradero....
, a municipality in Valverde province - Última Esperanza ProvinceÚltima Esperanza ProvinceÚltima Esperanza Province is one of four provinces in the southern Chilean region of Magallanes and Antártica Chilena . The capital is Puerto Natales...
, a province of Chile - Esperanza, Agusan del SurEsperanza, Agusan del SurEsperanza is a 1st class municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. It renowned as the "Tilapia Capital of the Province" and has an official moniker of "The Home of Cultural Diversity"...
, a municipality in the Philippines - Esperanza, MasbateEsperanza, MasbateEsperanza is a municipality in the Philippines, with a population of 16,209 people in 3,389 households.-Barangays:Esperanza is politically subdivided into 20 bangrays.* Agoho* Almero* Baras* Domorog* Guadalupe* Iligan* Labangtaytay* Labrador...
, a municipality in the Philippines - Esperanza, Sultan KudaratEsperanza, Sultan KudaratEsperanza is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Sultan Kudarat, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 47,578 people in 9,598 households.-Barangays:Esperanza is politically subdivided into 20 barangays.* Ala* Daladap...
, a municipality in the Philippines - Esperanza (New Hartford, Connecticut), a Registered Historic Place in New Hartford, Connecticut
- Esperanza, MississippiEsperanza, MississippiEsperanza is an unincorporated community in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States. On April 27, 2011, a tornado touched down in the Esperanza area as part of the April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak, but apparently caused no damage....
, an unincorporated community in the United States - Esperanza, Puerto RicoEsperanza, Puerto RicoEsperanza is a town on the south side of the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico.It is the location of Hacienda Casa del Frances, a historic site listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places....
, a town in Vieques, Puerto Rico - Esperanza, Cero Largo, a village in Uruguay
- Esperanza, Paysandú, a village in Uruguay
People
Esperanza, E-speran-za, Es-pera-nza is pronounced as Ess-per-AHN-zah. It is of SpanishSpanish people
The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....
origin which means Hope
Hope
Hope is the emotional state which promotes the belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life. It is the "feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best" or the act of "look[ing] forward to with desire and reasonable confidence" or...
or Expectation
Expectation
In the case of uncertainty, expectation is what is considered the most likely to happen. An expectation, which is a belief that is centered on the future, may or may not be realistic. A less advantageous result gives rise to the emotion of disappointment. If something happens that is not at all...
. One of the three virtues (other two are Faith
Faith
Faith is confidence or trust in a person or thing, or a belief that is not based on proof. In religion, faith is a belief in a transcendent reality, a religious teacher, a set of teachings or a Supreme Being. Generally speaking, it is offered as a means by which the truth of the proposition,...
and Charity
Charity
-Concepts and practices:* Charity , the practice of benevolent giving and caring* Charity , the Christian theological concept of unlimited love and kindness* Principle of charity in philosophy and rhetoric...
).
Esperanza is a very popular first name for women and also a very popular surname or last name for all people.
First name
- Esperanza Tanguilan was a female religious philosopher, rationalist, activist and fundamentalist denomination of Christianity of late 19th century and early 20th century among evangelical Christians. She was born on 23 July 1915 in the PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. She was the youngest of the children of a family. Her father was a political leader and died when she was eight years old. After her father's death, her mother raised her as a Fundamentalist.
In her life time she adopted many orphan childs, among them Gabriel Esperanza's name is on the top list. She raised him like her own child though she never get married. She educated him and later he became Talmudic scholar and had studied together with David Conforte in Salonica. He later assumed Esperanza as his last name because he considered Esperanza as his whole family.
Gabriel Esperanza is the 1st person she has adopted. The history also accounts of the many other homeless and orphan children she took in her life and did all what best at that time could be. She also ministered to the poor, sick and dying. Her humanitarian work and advocacy for the rights of the poor and helpless is remarkable and can never be forgotten.
In 1984, at the age of 55, she suffered a heart attack. After a battle with sleeping disorder called Insomnia
Insomnia
Insomnia is most often defined by an individual's report of sleeping difficulties. While the term is sometimes used in sleep literature to describe a disorder demonstrated by polysomnographic evidence of disturbed sleep, insomnia is often defined as a positive response to either of two questions:...
, she suffered further heart problems. Later she fell and broke her hip bone. She passed away in the very same year on 02 october.
Esperanza Tanguilan was then entitled as the Saint. She was the first woman to be called as The Saint in Fundamentalist. She inspired a variety of commemorations. She has been memorialized through museums, been named patroness of various churches.
- Esperanza Aguirre (born 1952), President of the Spanish autonomous community of Madrid since 2003
- Esperanza Andrade (born 1949)
- Esperanza Baur (1924–1955), Mexican actress and second wife of John Wayne
- Esperanza Cabral, current Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Philippines
- Esperanza Guisán, Spanish philosopher
- Esperanza Malchi (died 1600)
- Esperanza Martinez (1934–1998), Mexican painter
- Esperanza Osmeña (1896–1978), second wife of Philippine President Sergio Osmeña and is considered the fourth First Lady of the Philippines
- Esperanza Roy (born 1935), Spanish actress
- Esperanza Spalding (born 1984), American multi-instrumentalist best known as a jazz bassist, singer and composer
Surname/Last Name
- Gabriel Esperanza, 17th-century rabbi
Fictional
- Esperanza Cordero, the main character of The House on Mango StreetThe House on Mango StreetThe House on Mango Street is a coming-of-age novel by Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros, published in 1984. It deals with a young Latina girl, Esperanza Cordero, growing up in Chicago with Chicanos and Puerto Ricans. Esperanza is determined to "say goodbye" to her impoverished Latino...
- General Ramon Esperanza, one of the main antagonists in Die Hard 2Die Hard 2Die Hard 2 is a 1990 action film and the second in the Die Hard film series. The film was directed by Renny Harlin, and stars Bruce Willis as John McClane...
Organisations
- Esperanza Unida, Inc.Esperanza Unida, Inc.Esperanza Unida, Inc. is a non-profit first organized by Ted Uribe in 1971 to represent Latino workers in worker's and unemployment compensation hearings. Esperanza Unida's founder and long time executive director was Richard Oulahan...
, a non-profit organization that provides job training and placement to unemployed minority workers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA - Esperanza High SchoolEsperanza High SchoolEsperanza High School is a 9th–12th grade public high school located in Anaheim, California and is part of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District....
, a 9th–12th grade public high school located in Anaheim, California, USA - Esperanza Drum and Bugle CorpsEsperanza Drum and Bugle CorpsThe Esperanza Drum and Bugle Corps was a World Class drum and bugle corps based in San Diego, California and founded in the fall of 1999, and was a member of Drum Corps International ....
, a modern drum corps from San Diego, California, USA - Esperanza networkEsperanza networkEsperanza Network International is a non-profit organisation founded in 2006. It seeks to connect volunteers and experts with voluntary projects and organisations worldwide....
, a non-profit organisation that connects volunteers and international voluntary projects
See also
- EsperantoEsperantois the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto , the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887...
, the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language