In various East Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese, the phrase "Wànsuì", "Banzai", "Manse", and "Vạn tuế", respectively, literally meaning "myriad years" is used to wish long life, and is typically translated as "Long live" in English. The phrase originated in ancient China as an expression used to wish long life to the emperor. Due to the historical political and cultural influence of Chinese culture on the East Asian cultural sphere, in the area, and in particular of the Classical Chinese language, cognates with similar meanings and usage patterns have appeared in many East Asian languages and Vietnamese. In some countries, this phrase is mundanely used when expressing feeling of triumph, typically shouted by crowds.
Reni Jusis is a Polish pop singer, songwriter and producer. At first, Jusis recorded R&B music, which evolved into electronic dance style in later albums. After ten years of her career, she recorded piano pop music.
Viva, vive, and vivat are interjections used in the Romance languages. Viva in Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian, Vive in French, and Vivat in Latin are subjunctive forms of the verb "to live." Being the third-person, subjunctive present conjugation, the terms express a hope on the part of the speaker that another should live. Thus, they mean "(may) he/she/it/they live!" and are usually translated to English as "long live."
Edyta Anna Górniak is a Polish pop singer. Górniak started as a musical theatre actress in 1990. She performed in the most popular musical in Polish history, the Tony Award-nominated Metro. Some of its shows took place on Broadway. Górniak was Poland's first representative in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 with the song "To nie ja". She placed second which still remains the country's best result at the competition. This started her decades-long career as a pop singer in her native country and internationally. She is the recipient of the Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis for her contributions to the arts.
The grammar of the Polish language is characterized by a high degree of inflection, and has relatively free word order, although the dominant arrangement is subject–verb–object (SVO). There commonly are no articles, and there is frequent dropping of subject pronouns. Distinctive features include the different treatment of masculine personal nouns in the plural, and the complex grammar of numerals and quantifiers.
Anna Jantar-Kukulska was a Polish singer and the mother of singer Natalia Kukulska. She is considered an icon of Polish pop music, and also one of the popular and famous Polish singers of the 1970s.
Irena Wanda Jarocka, was a Polish singer.
The Best Polish Songs... Ever! is a compilation released by EMI in late 2007. Generally, it has been released for Poles who live abroad and for Polish music fans.
Józef Kowalski was a Polish supercentenarian claimant, who was the last surviving military veteran of the Polish-Soviet War.
Murzyn is a common Polish word for a Black person. Since the 21st century it is often considered pejorative by some Black Polish people and Black people residing in Poland.
Irena "Kika" Szaszkiewiczowa was a Polish artist, writer and blogger.
Zofia Chądzyńska or Sophie Bohdan, was a Polish writer and translator of the Iberoamerican literature. Her first book was published in French under a pseudonym of Sophie Bohdan, entitled "Comme l'ombre qui passe", Publisher: Paris : Calmann-Lévy, 1960. Later she was publishing in Polish under her original name Zofia Chądzyńska.
Mnohaya lita is a traditional Ukrainian celebratory song. The song is based on both the Greek: Εις πολλά έτη Eis polla etē and on the Byzantine Rite polychronion or the hierarchical acclamation Ton Despotin, which is normally sung at the end of church services. The song is also sung at informal gatherings and at formal events, such as weddings, church events or other celebrations.
Stanisław Kowalski was a Polish supercentenarian masters athlete who, aged 105, became the oldest ever competing athlete in the newly formed M105 age division in sprinting, shot put, and discus throw.
Maciej Maciejewski was a Polish screen and stage actor.
Piotr Cugowski is a Polish musician, vocalist of the Bracia Group, which he founded together with his brother Wojciech. He comes from a musical family, being the son of Krzysztof Cugowski, who is the founder of a well known Polish 1970's rock band Budka Suflera. Piotr Cugowski is a member of the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.
Tomasz Knapik was a Polish film, radio and television voice-over translation artist, doctor of electrical engineering by education, lecturer at the Faculty of Transport of the Warsaw University of Technology. He was called legendary in the voice-over translation field in Poland.
The Sowa Company is a family-run patisserie firm created in 1946, in Bydgoszcz, Poland. In May 2022, the enterprise had 160 shops and selling points in Poland, Germany (Berlin) and England (London).
Nowa Ruda Literary Club Ogma was a Polish group of poets founded in 1990 by Lidia Bryk-Mykietyn, Daniel Gwoździk, Adam Kandefer, Bogdan Klim, Tomasz Leśniowski and Karol Maliszewski in Nowa Ruda (Poland).
