Rovira (surname)
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Rovira is a surname
of Catalan
origin. It's derived from the Latin word robereda, "oak grove", meaning it's etimologically akin to another Catalan surname, Roureda. Variants of Rovira include Rovires, Robira, Ruvira, Rubires, Roïra and Ruyra, as well as the compound forms Roviralta, Roviro, Rovireta, Rovirola and Rubirosa.
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of Catalan
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
origin. It's derived from the Latin word robereda, "oak grove", meaning it's etimologically akin to another Catalan surname, Roureda. Variants of Rovira include Rovires, Robira, Ruvira, Rubires, Roïra and Ruyra, as well as the compound forms Roviralta, Roviro, Rovireta, Rovirola and Rubirosa.
List of persons with the surname
- Antoni Rovira i VirgiliAntoni Rovira i VirgiliAntoni Rovira i Virgili was a Catalan Spanish politician and journalist who was president of Catalonia's Parliament on the exile after the Spanish Civil War. His term of office lasted from 1940 to 1949....
(1882–1949), Spanish Catalan politician - Antoni Rovira i TriasAntoni Rovira i TriasAntoni Rovira i Trias was a Catalan architect, urban planner and founder of several associations, among them Societat Filomàtica de Barcelona. He's known as the architect of several buildings in Barcelona, among them the markets of Barceloneta , La Concepció , El Born and Sant Antoni...
(1816–1889), Spanish Catalan architect - Carlos RoviraCarlos RoviraCarlos Eduardo Rovira is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician, until 2007 governor of Misiones Province at the head of the Front for Renewal....
(born 1956), Argentine politician - Custodio García RoviraCustodio García RoviraJosé Custodio Cayetano García Rovira was a Neogranadine general, statesman and painter, who fought for the independence of New Granada from Spain, and became President of the United Provinces of the New Granada in 1816...
(1780–1816), Neogranadine general and statesman - Francisco Rovira BeletaFrancisco Rovira BeletaFrancisco Rovira Beleta was a twice Academy Award nominee Spanish screenwriter and film director. His film Los atracadores was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1962 film Los Tarantos was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Film category...
(1913–1999), Spanish Catalan screenwriter and film director - Jacme RoviraJacme RoviraJacme Rovira was a Catalan poet who wrote in Occitan and competed within the Consistori del Gay Saber.On 3 May 1386 Jacme participated in a partimen with Bernat de Palaol before the judges Ramon Galbarra and Germà de Gontaut...
, medieval Catalan poet - Josep Rovira i Soler (1900–1998), Spanish Catalan painter
- Josep-Lluis Carod-RoviraJosep-Lluís Carod-RoviraJosep-Lluís Carod-Rovira was the Vice-president of the Catalan Government from 2006 to 2010. From 1996 to 2008 he was the leader of ERC Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya ....
(born 1952), Spanish Catalan politician