Amorim
Encyclopedia
Amorim is a Portuguese
surname
. A habitational name from any of the various places named Amorim, originally (villa) Amorini, from the name of the estate owner.
It may refer to:
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
surname
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"...
. A habitational name from any of the various places named Amorim, originally (villa) Amorini, from the name of the estate owner.
It may refer to:
People
- Ana AmorimAna AmorimAna Carolina Amorim is a Brazilian handball player who was most recently under conract with Alcoa FKC....
, Brazilian handball player - Celso AmorimCelso AmorimCelso Luiz Nunes Amorim is a Brazilian diplomat who has been Minister of Defence since August 2011. Amorim was the Minister of Foreign Relations from 1993 to 1995 under President Itamar Franco and again from 2003 to 2011 under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.Before his appointment by Lula,...
, Foreign Minister of Brazil - Eduarda AmorimEduarda AmorimEduarda Idalina "Duda" Amorim is a Brazilian handball player. She plays for the Hungarian club Győri Audi ETO KC and for the Brazilian national team...
, Brazilian handball player - Enrique AmorimEnrique AmorimEnrique Amorim was an Uruguayan novelist and writer, best known for his story Las quitanderas whose plot centres on rural prostitution; also known for his left-wing politics....
, Uruguayan novelist and writer - Nuno Amorim (Ni AmorimNi AmorimNuno Amorim, better known as Ni Amorim, is a racecar driver born in Porto, Portugal on March 1, 1962.-National career:Amorim started competing in circuit racing and rallying in 1982, but in the mid-1980s he was almost exclusively a touring car racing driver, becoming a mainstay in various one-make...
), Portuguese racecar driver - Patrícia AmorimPatricia AmorimPatrícia Filler Amorim was born on February 13, 1969 in Rio de Janeiro, to a bossa nova bassist and a primary school teacher. She is a former freestyle swimmer from Brazil...
, Brazilian swimmer - Ruben AmorimRuben AmorimRuben Filipe Marques Amorim is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica as a midfielder....
, Portuguese footballer - Camila Amorim, Linda e Maravilhosa