''Calavera'' (Spanish for ''skull'') or its plural ''calaveras'', may refer to:

Culture

Calavera A calavera (Spanish – for "skull") is a representation of a human skull. The term is most often applied to edible or decorative skulls made (usually by hand) from either sugar (called Alfeñiques) or clay, used in the Mexican celebration of t ...

s, any of various skull-shaped things associated with the * Literary Calavera, traditional Mexican composition in verse

Places

Calaveras River The Calaveras River is a river in the San Joaquin Valley of California. It flows roughly southwest for from the confluence of its north and south forks in Calaveras County to its confluence with the San Joaquin River in the city of Stockt ...

, in the Central Valley of California, USA * Calaveras Creek (California), USA *

Calaveras County, California Calaveras County (), officially the County of Calaveras, is a county in both the Gold Country and High Sierra regions of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 45,292. The county seat is San Andreas. Angels C ...

, USA *

Rancho Calaveras, California Rancho Calaveras is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 5,325 at the 2010 census, up from 4,182 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has ...

, USA *

Calaveras Dome Calaveras Dome is a Granite dome Granite domes are domical hills composed of granite with bare rock exposed over most of the surface. Generally, domical features such as these are known as bornhardts. Bornhardts can form in any type of pluto ...

, California, USA; a granite dome * Cerro de la Calavera ( en, Mount Calavera), Carlsbad, California, USA *

Calaveras Unified School District Calaveras Unified School District is a public school district based in Calaveras County, California Calaveras County (), officially the County of Calaveras, is a county in both the Gold Country and High Sierra regions of the U.S. state of Ca ...

, Calaveras County, California, USA *

Calaveras Fault The Calaveras Fault is a major branch of the San Andreas Fault System that is located in northern California in the San Francisco Bay Area. Activity on the different segments of the fault includes moderate and large earthquakes as well as aseismi ...

, a geological fault in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA *

Calaveras Valley Calaveras Valley is a valley east of Milpitas, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has formed primarily as a result of the actions of the Calaveras Fault. The southern end of the Calaveras Valley is a few miles south of Calaveras Reservoir ...

, California, USA * La Calavera Historical Neighborhood, Smeltertown, Texas, USA * Calaveras, Texas, USA; a small town near San Antonio * Calaveras Creek, Texas, USA * Calaveras Lake (Texas), USA * Isla Calavera, an island in the Gulf of California

Facilities and structures

* Calaveras Power Station, San Antonio, Texas, USA *

Calaveras Reservoir Calaveras Reservoir is located primarily in Santa Clara County, California, with a small portion and its dam in Alameda County, California. In Spanish, Calaveras means "skulls". The reservoir is fed mainly by Arroyo Hondo and Calaveras Cree ...

, California, USA * Calaveras County Airport, Calaveras County, California, USA * Calaveras station, BART, Silicon Valley, California, USA

People

Jordi Calavera Jordi Calavera Espinach (born 2 August 1995) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a right back. Club career Born in Cabra del Camp, Tarragona, Catalonia, Calavera finished his youth formation with Gimnàstic de Tarragona, and was called up to ...

(born 1995) Spanish soccer player * ''Calavera II'', a former ring name for pro-wrestler luchador Jesús Javier Hernández Silva (1971–1993) aka

Oro (wrestler) Jesús Javier Hernández Silva (December 24, 1971 – October 26, 1993) was a Mexican professional wrestler known under the ring name Oro (''Gold''), a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler. Hernández died in 1993 as ...

Fictional characters

* Calaveras, a member of the

Black Moon Clan The is a group of fictional characters in the ''Sailor Moon'' manga series by Naoko Takeuchi. It comprises the main villains of the second major story arc, which is called the ''Black Moon'' in the manga and '' Sailor Moon Crystal'', and which fi ...

, the primary villains in the ''Sailor Moon R'' manga and anime series * Calaveras, the subordinates of the Arrancar Rudobone in the ''Bleach'' manga and anime series * Francisca Calavera, titular character of the comic ''Calavera'' (comics) *

Manuel Calavera ''Grim Fandango'' is a 1998 adventure game directed by Tim Schafer and developed and published by LucasArts for Microsoft Windows. It is the first adventure game by LucasArts to use 3D computer graphics overlaid on pre-rendered static backgrou ...

, the protagonist in the LucasArts 1998 adventure game, ''Grim Fandango'' * Maria Calvera, a character from RWBY * Robi Calavera, titular character of the animated series ''

The Swashbuckling Adventures of Capitán Calavera Powerhouse Animation Studios, Inc. is an American animation studio based in Austin, Texas. It was founded in April 2001 with a subsidiary called Powerhouse Animation LLC, established in summer of 2014. The company develops and produces tradition ...

Other uses

* ''

El Calavera ''El Calavera'' is a 1954 Argentinian film. Directed by Carlos F. Borcosque, script by Emilio Villalba Welsh and Wilfredo Jimenez, based on Maurice Hennequin's and Pierre Veber's theater play ''Las delicias del hogar'' (''Les Joies du foyer''). ...

'' (film), 1954 Argentinian film * ''Calavera'' (album), a 2001 album by 'Fiskales Ad-Hok' * ''Calavera'' (comics), an adult comic featuring a female assassin with razor claws named Francisca Calavera *

Trío Calaveras Trío Calaveras is a Mexican guitar and vocal trio, notable for its performances and recordings with the pop singer Jorge Negrete. History ''Calaveras'', in Spanish, means "skulls". The original members of the trio in the 1930s were Guillermo ...