Ferrari (disambiguation)
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Ferrari is a common Italian surname that etymologically
means "blacksmith
" (from Old Italian
"ferraro" or "fabbro ferraro", ultimately from the Italian word
"ferro", meaning "iron
").
Ferrari may refer to:
People
Onomastics
Onomastics or onomatology is the study of proper names of all kinds and the origins of names. The words are from the Greek: "ὀνομαστικός" , "of or belonging to naming" and "ὀνοματολογία" , from "ὄνομα" "name". Toponymy or toponomastics, the study of place names, is one of the principal branches of...
means "blacksmith
Blacksmith
A blacksmith is a person who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal; that is, by using tools to hammer, bend, and cut...
" (from Old Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
"ferraro" or "fabbro ferraro", ultimately from the Italian word
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
"ferro", meaning "iron
Iron
Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is the most common element forming the planet Earth as a whole, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust...
").
Ferrari may refer to:
- FerrariFerrariFerrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947...
S.p.A., an Italian automobile manufacturer- Enzo FerrariEnzo FerrariEnzo Anselmo Ferrari Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian race car driver and entrepreneur, the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari car manufacturer...
, founder of Ferrari - Scuderia FerrariScuderia FerrariScuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing....
, racing division of Ferrari S.p.A. - Autodromo Enzo e Dino FerrariAutodromo Enzo e Dino FerrariThe Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari is an auto racing circuit near the Italian town of Imola, east of Bologna and east of the Ferrari factory in Maranello....
, auto racing circuit - Galleria FerrariGalleria FerrariGalleria Ferrari is a Ferrari company museum dedicated to the Ferrari sports car marque. The museum is not purely for cars;also on view are prizes, photographs and other historical objects relating to the Italian motor racing industry...
, museum of the automobile manufacturer - F1 HeroF1 Herois a Formula One video game endorsed by Satoru Nakajima that was released in 1992 for the Sega Mega Drive. The North American and European versions of the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive game are known as Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge in honor of the Ferrari brand of racing vehicles.-Sega Mega Drive:The...
, also known as Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge, a Formula One racing video game for multiple console systems.
- Enzo Ferrari
- Ferrari SpumanteFerrari SpumanteFerrari Spumante is a brand of Italian sparkling wine, manufactured in Trento since 1902, by Cantine Ferrari, founded by Giulio Ferrari. The metodo Ferrari is essentially the same as le methode Champenoise, with the wine being aged for four to five years, though being Italian, the product cannot be...
, the Italian "champagne" producers.
People
- Benedetto FerrariBenedetto FerrariBenedetto Ferrari was an Italian composer, particularly of opera, librettist and theorbo player.Ferrari was born in Reggio nell'Emilia. He worked in Rome , Parma , and possibly in Modena at some time between 1623 and 1637. He created music and libretti in Venice and Bologna, 1637-44...
, an Italian composer in the 17th century. - Defendente FerrariDefendente FerrariDefendente Ferrari was an Italian painter active in Piedmont.Ferrari was born at Chivasso, near Turin, and worked in the workshop of Giovanni Martino Spanzotti....
, an Italian painter active in the 16th century. - Fausto Ferrari, Italian footballer
- Lodovico FerrariLodovico FerrariLodovico Ferrari was an Italian mathematician.Born in Milan, Italy, grandfather, Bartholomew Ferrari was forced out of Milan to Bologna. He settled in Bologna, Italy and he began his career as the servant of Gerolamo Cardano. He was extremely bright, so Cardano started teaching him mathematics...
, an Italian mathematician in the 16th century. - Luc FerrariLuc FerrariLuc Ferrari was of an Italian heritage but French born composer, particularly noted for his tape music.-Biography:...
(1929-2005), French born Italian composer - Matteo FerrariMatteo FerrariMatteo Ferrari is an Italian footballer, currently a free agent after being released by Beşiktaş J.K..-Early career:Ferrari started his career at SPAL in 1995, and he can play as left-back or centreback....
, Italy international footballer - Michele FerrariMichele FerrariMichele Ferrari is an Italian physician, cycling coach and author.-Biography:Ferrari was born in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, where he still lives...
, a sports trainer with links to many professional cyclists - Paulo FerrariPaulo FerrariPaulo Andrés Ferrari is an Italian Argentine football right full back.-Career:Ferrari grew as a product of Rosario Central, where he had his youth career. He later became a symbol and captain of Central before joining River Plate at the start of the 2006 Apertura tournament...
, an Argentine footballer
See also
- Ferraris (disambiguation)
- Ferretti (disambiguation)
- Ferreira (disambiguation)