Mariana
Encyclopedia
Places
- Mariana, Minas GeraisMariana, Minas GeraisMariana is the oldest city in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is a touristic city, founded on July 16, 1696, and retains the characteristics of a baroque city, with its churches, buildings and museums.-Further reading:...
, Brazil - Mariana, SpainMariana, SpainMariana is a municipality located in the province of Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2006 census , the municipality has a population of 334 inhabitants.on of 313....
, Cuenca province, Castile-La Mancha, Spain - Mariana IslandsMariana IslandsThe Mariana Islands are an arc-shaped archipelago made up by the summits of 15 volcanic mountains in the north-western Pacific Ocean between the 12th and 21st parallels north and along the 145th meridian east...
, in the north-western Pacific Ocean - Mariana Lake, AlbertaMariana Lake, AlbertaMariana Lake is an unincorporated community in northern Alberta within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, located on Highway 63, southwest of Fort McMurray....
, Canada - Mariana TrenchMariana TrenchThe Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench is the deepest part of the world's oceans. It is located in the western Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Mariana Islands. The trench is about long but has a mean width of only...
, the deepest trench in the world's oceans - Mariana, CorsicaMariana, CorsicaMariana is a Roman site south of Biguglia, in the Haute-Corse département of the Corsica région of south-east France. It lies in the littoral area known as La Marana, near the present town of Lucciana. There are several old churches in the area including the Church of Santa Maria Assunta and San...
, Roman site in Corsica - Mariana MantovanaMariana MantovanaMariana Mantovana is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 110 km southeast of Milan and about 25 km west of Mantua. , it had a population of 648 and an area of 8.8 km²....
, a commune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region of Lombardy - Terra Mariana, a one-time principality of the Holy Roman Empire, comprising modern-day Estonia and Latvia
In arts and entertainment
- Marianas Trench (band)Marianas Trench (band)Marianas Trench is a Juno-nominated Canadian pop punk band from Vancouver, British Columbia, formed in 2001. They have released three full length albums, the most recent titled Ever After, released on November 21, 2011...
, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
In literature
- Mariana (poem)Mariana (poem)Mariana is a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson published in 1830. The poem follows a common theme in much of Tennyson's work—that of despondent isolation. The subject of Mariana is a woman who continuously laments her lack of connection with society. The isolation defines her existence, and her longing...
, a poem written by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson - Mariana PinedaMariana PinedaMariana Pineda is a play by the Spanish playwright and poet Federico García Lorca. It is based on the life of Mariana de Pineda Muñoz, whose republican opposition to Ferdinand VII had become part of the folklore of Granada. The play was written between 1923 and 1925 and was first performed in June...
, a play written by Federico García Lorca - Mariana (novel)Mariana (novel)Mariana is the first novel by the author Monica Dickens. Mariana is a coming of age novel, which describes the growth and experience of a young English girl in the 1930s as the first hints of war begin to permeate English domestic life...
, a 1940 novel by Monica Dickens
In film
- Mariana, the main character in the short film TormentedTormented (short film)Tormented is a computer animated short film written and directed by Sergio Rosa. Produced by El Salvador-based Do Studio, it was be projected in selected theaters as part of the Film and TV Workshop by Escuela de Comunicaciones Mónica Herrera in November 2009...
See also
- Mariana (name)
- MarianoMarianoMariano is a masculine name from the Romance languages, corresponding to the feminine Mariana.It is an Italian and Spanish variant of the Roman Marianus which derived from Marius, and Marius derived from the Roman god Mars or from the Latin maris "male" .Mariano and Marian are sometimes seen as a...
- Marian (disambiguation)