Biography Veronica
Veronica is a Latin female given name popularly supposed to derive from Vera Icon (true image).http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15362a.htm Veronica is, in fact, the Latin form of the Greek name, Berenice. Berenice is derived from pherein (bring) and nikę (victory), meaning "she who brings victory".http://www.cedarseed.com/air/greeknames.htmlhttp://www.behindthename.com/name/berenice
Botany
- Veronica, the Speedwells, a genus of plants.
Music
- Veronica, an American dance singer
- Veronica, a song by Elvis Costello
- Veronica Mehta, a British Asian singer
- The Veronicas, the twin sister pop rock group from Australia
- Verónica Orozco, a Colombian actress and singer.
Literature
- Veronica is a 2005 novel by Mary Gaitskill
- Veronica Lodge - rich teenage girl in the Archie Comics universe
People
- Veronica Castro - Mexican actress and Mexican Soap Opera Queen
- Veronica De La Cruz - A CNN News anchor
- Veronica Finn - A former pop singer
- Veronica Franco - a poet and courtesan in sixteenth-century Venice
- Veronica Guerin - Irish journalist
- Veronica Giuliani - Italian mystic
- Veronica Lake - American film actress, star of such films as Sullivan's Travels, The Glass Key and The Blue Dahlia
- Verónica Páez - Argentine marathon runner
- Veronica Ruiz de Velasco - a neo-figurative Mexican artist
- Saint Veronica with her famous veil (Veil of Veronica) is part of Christianity's many legends
Places
- Veronica, a city of Argentina
- Vero Beach, Beach of Florida
Science and technology
- V.E.R.O.N.I.C.A. (Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-Wide Index to Computer Archives) - computer search engine for Gopher.
- Veronica, the Speedwells, a genus of plants.
Television
- Veronica, a television channel in The Netherlands
- Veronica Mars, a television series starring Kristen Bell
Other
- Veronica , a technique in bullfighting
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica
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