holidays—Līgo Day and Jāņi Day—are on the 23rd and 24th of June. The day before Jāņi is known as Līgosvētki, Līgovakars or simply known as Līgo. On Jāņi, people travel...
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Jāņi cheese (Latvian: Jāņu siers) is a Latvian sour milk cheese, traditionally eaten on Jāņi, the Latvian celebration of the summer solstice. Nowadays...
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Look up Jani in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jani may refer to: Jani (given name) Jani (surname) Jani, Iran, a village Jāņi, a Latvian summer solstice...
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Janis may refer to: Janis (film), a 1974 film about Janis Joplin Janis (1975 album), a compilation and the soundtrack album for the film Janis (1993 album)...
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politician and mathematician Janis (disambiguation) Jāņi Jacobs, Timothy (February 28, 2002). "Latvian names are more than just Janis". The Baltic Times. Retrieved...
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Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer and songwriter. One of the most iconic and successful rock performers of...
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with garlic or herbs. Jāņi cheese, a fresh sour milk cheese with caraway seeds, is made and served during the Midsummer festival Jāņi and considered a symbol...
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Janis Paige (born Donna Mae Tjaden; September 16, 1922 – June 2, 2024) was an American actress and singer. With a career spanning nearly 60 years, she...
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Jani (born Shaik Jani Basha; 2 July 1982) is an Indian dance choreographer who predominantly works in Telugu and Tamil language films. He has also worked...
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Jani Kovačič (born 14 June 1992) is a Slovenian professional volleyball player who plays as a libero for ACH Volley and the Slovenia national team. With...
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Jānis Porziņģis (born 13 July 1982) is a Latvian former professional basketball player. At a height of 2.02 m (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in), he played at the small...
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Jānis Lūsis (19 May 1939 – 29 April 2020) was a Latvian track and field athlete who competed in javelin throw. Lūsis trained at Daugava Voluntary Sports...
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Mike Janis is a race car driver from Lancaster, New York. Janis began drag racing in 1978. He won the 2001 and 2004 IHRA Pro Mod World Championships. In...
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Janis Carter (born Janis Elinore Dremann, October 10, 1913 – July 30, 1994) was an American stage and film actress who performed throughout the 1940s and...
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Jani Lane (born John Kennedy Oswald; February 1, 1964 – August 11, 2011) was an American singer and the lead vocalist, frontman, lyricist and main songwriter...
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Jānis Mendriks (21 January 1907 – 1 August 1953) was a Latvian Catholic priest who was killed in a Soviet Gulag during the Vorkuta uprising. Mendriks...
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Byron Janis (né Yanks; March 24, 1928 – March 14, 2024) was an American classical pianist. He made numerous recordings for RCA Victor and Mercury Records...
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Janis Jonathan Blaswich (born 2 May 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig. Blaswich started...
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Jānis Pīnups (Latgalian: Juoņs Pynups; 10 May 1925 – 15 June 2007) was the last of the Forest Brothers to come out of hiding, in 1995, at the age of 70...
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Janis Guðrún Johnson CM OM (born April 27, 1946) is a retired Canadian politician who served as a senator, representing the province of Manitoba. Serving...
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Amy Adams (redirect from Janis Joplin: Get It While You Can)
Amy Lou Adams (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress. Known for both her comedic and dramatic roles, she has been featured three times in annual...
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Chirag Jani is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati and Hindi language films. He made his acting debut in the Hindi serial Sapne...
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century.[citation needed] In Latvia, Midsummer is called Jāņi (plural of Latvian name Jānis, which is equivalent to John) or Līgo svētki (svētki = festival)...
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Janis Ian, also referred to as Janis Sarkisian or Janis ʻImiʻike in the musical versions, is a character from the Mean Girls franchise. She is portrayed...
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Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink; April 7, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter who was most commercially successful in the 1960s and 1970s. Her signature...
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Jani Beg (Persian: جانی بیگ, Turki/Kypchak: جانی بک; died 1357), also known as Janibek Khan, was Khan of the Golden Horde from 1342 until his death in...
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Antoine Janis (March 26, 1824–1890) was a 19th-century French-American fur trader and the first white homesteader in Larimer County, Colorado, in the...
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Jānis Timma (born 2 July 1992) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Monbus Obradoiro of the Liga ACB. He also represents the senior Latvian...
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Natvarlal Jani (20 November 1921 – 16 May 2003), known as A. N. Jani, was a Gujarati and Sanskrit scholar, and Indologist from India. A. N. Jani was born...
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Jānis Mažeiks (born 31 January 1973) is a Latvian diplomat, who currently serves as the Ambassador of the European Union to Moldova. Previously he worked...
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