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Veracruz (other)
Veracruz is a state in Mexico. Veracruz or Vera Cruz (literally "True Cross") may also refer to: People * María González Veracruz (born 1979), Spanish politician * Philip Vera Cruz (1904–1994), Filipino American labor leader * Tomé Vera Cruz (born 1955?), São Tomé and Príncipe politician * Vera Cruz, a fictional character in Pedro Almodóvar's 2011 Spanish-language film ''The Skin I Live In'' Places Brazil: * Ilha de Vera Cruz, the name originally given to Brazil by its first Portuguese colonizers * Vera Cruz, Bahia * Vera Cruz, Rio Grande do Sul * Vera Cruz, São Paulo East Timor: * Vera Cruz (East Timor), a subdistrict of Dili District Honduras: * Veracruz, Copán Mexico: * Veracruz, a state in Mexico *Veracruz (city), largest city in the state of Veracruz (formerly spelled "Vera Cruz") ** Attack on Veracruz, 1683 ** United States occupation of Veracruz 1914 * Veracruz (Mexibús), a BRT station in Ecatepec de Morelos Panama: *Veracruz, Panama Portugal: * Vera Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veracruz
Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. Located in eastern Mexico, Veracruz is bordered by seven states, which are Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo (state), Hidalgo, Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabasco. Veracruz is divided into Municipalities of Veracruz, 212 municipalities, and its capital city is Xalapa, Xalapa-Enríquez. Veracruz has a significant share of the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico on the east of the state. The state is noted for its mixed ethnic and indigenous populations. Cuisine of Veracruz, Its cuisine reflects the many cultural influences that have come through the state because of the importance of the port of Veracruz (city), Veracruz. In addition to the capital city, the state's largest cities include Veracruz, Coatzacoalcos, Córdoba, V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Cruz, Aveiro
Vera may refer to: Names *Vera (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Vera (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name) **Vera (), archbishop of the archdiocese of Tarragona Places Spain *Vera, Almería, a municipality in the province of Almería, Andalusia * Vera de Bidasoa, a municipality in the autonomous community of Navarra *La Vera, a comarca in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura United States * Vera, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Vera, Kansas, a ghost town * Vera, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Vera, Oklahoma, a town * Vera, Texas, an unincorporated community * Vera, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Veradale, Washington, originally known as Vera, CDP Elsewhere * Vera, Santa Fe, a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina * Vera Department, an administrative subdivision (departamento) of the province of Santa Fe * Vera, Mato Grosso, Brazil, a municipality * Cape Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Cruz Futebol Clube
Vera Cruz Futebol Clube, commonly known as Vera Cruz, is a Brazilian football club based in Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco state. They competed in the Série C once. History The club was founded on 3 February 1960. Vera Cruz won the Campeonato Pernambucano Third Level in 2002, and the Campeonato Pernambucano Second Level in 2006 and in 2009. They competed in the Série C in 2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ..., when they were eliminated in the First Stage of the competition. Honours * Campeonato Pernambucano Série A2 ** Winners (4): 2006, 2009, 2014, 2020 * Campeonato Pernambucano Série A3 ** Winners (1): 2002 Stadium Vera Cruz Futebol Clube play their home games at Estádio Municipal Severino Cândido Carneiro, nicknamed ''Carneirão''. The sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyundai Veracruz
The Hyundai Veracruz (), also known as the Hyundai ix55 in Europe and Russia, is a mid-size crossover that was manufactured by the South Korean manufacturer Hyundai from 2006 to 2015. The Veracruz was sold in the United States, Canada, South Korea, China, Morocco, South America and the Middle East. It was also imported to Europe and parts of Asia from 2007 to 2011. The Veracruz was discontinued in other countries, except South Korea. Its name refers to the Mexican state of Veracruz; however, despite being named after the Mexican state, it was never actually sold in Mexico. History The official date of unveiling in South Korea was October 12, 2006, and was made available in the United States as a 2007 model. The Veracruz went on sale in March 2007, and is Hyundai's largest crossover SUV. It replaced the truck based Terracan that was sold worldwide except for North America. The Veracruz is built on a Hyundai Santa Fe platform. The revamped 2011 Veracruz was based on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veracruz Canyon
The Veracruz Canyon is an underwater canyon. It is located off the eastern coast of Mexico in the Gulf of Mexico not far from the port city of Veracruz, Veracruz. Pemex is considering drilling for oil An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) and lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturate ... in the area in and around Veracruz Canyon. Canyons and gorges of Mexico Landforms of Veracruz Submarine canyons of the Gulf of Mexico {{Veracruz-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ping-Pong Virus
The Ping-Pong virus (also called Boot, Bouncing Ball, Bouncing Dot, Italian, Italian-A or VeraCruz) is a boot sector virus discovered on March 1, 1988, at the '' Politecnico di Torino'' (Turin Polytechnic University) in Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b .... It was likely the most common and best known boot sector virus until outnumbered by the Stoned virus. Replication method Computers could be contaminated by an infected diskette, showing up as a 1 KB bad cluster (the last one on the disk, used by the virus to store the original boot sector) to most disk checking programs. Due to being labelled as a bad cluster, MS-DOS will avoid overwriting it. It infects disks on every active drive and will even infect non-bootable partitions on the hard disk. Upon i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Excitable Boy
''Excitable Boy'' is the third studio album by American musician Warren Zevon. The album was released on January 18, 1978, by Asylum Records. It includes the single " Werewolves of London", which reached No. 21 and remained in the American Top 40 for six weeks. The album brought Zevon to commercial attention and remains the best-selling album of his career, having been certified platinum by the RIAA and reaching the top ten on the US ''Billboard'' 200. A remastered and expanded edition was released in 2007. Music and lyrics "Excitable Boy" and "Werewolves of London" were considered macabrely humorous by some critics. The historical "Veracruz" dramatizes the United States occupation of Veracruz. It was the first song Zevon wrote with Jorge Calderón. Likewise, " Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" is a fictionalized account of former mercenary David Lindell's experiences in Africa. " Lawyers, Guns and Money" is a tongue-in-cheek tale of a young American man's adventures in Cold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Cruz (album)
''Vera Cruz'' is the third solo album by Brazilian Heavy metal music, heavy metal singer Edu Falaschi, the first with all-new material, released initially on May 12, 2021, in Japan via MS Metal Records, digitally to the rest of the world on May 18, 2021. The album was then released physically, first in Brazil on May 31, 2021, and then to the rest of the world on June 15, 2021. Released to celebrate the 30 years of his career, it is a concept album that tells an adventure story between Brazil and Portugal around the time of the discovery of Brazil and that features several guests, such as Elba Ramalho and Max Cavalera (who hadn't guest performed in the past 25 years). Background ''Vera Cruz'' is the first solo album featuring new material only by Falaschi (outside of his project Almah (band), Almah). It comes after two cover albums (''Moonlight'' (2016) and ''Ballads'' (2017)), one EP featuring two new songs and some live performances (''The Glory of Sacred Truth'') and one live r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Cruz (film)
''Vera Cruz'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, featuring Denise Darcel, Sara Montiel, Cesar Romero, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson and Jack Elam. Set during the Franco-Mexican War, the film centers on a group of American mercenaries tasked with transporting a large shipment of Imperial gold to the port of Veracruz, but begin to have second thoughts about their allegiances. It was produced by Hecht-Lancaster Productions and released by United Artists on 25 December 1954. The picture's amoral characters and cynical attitude towards violence (including a scene where Lancaster's character threatens to murder child hostages) were considered shocking at the time and influenced future Westerns such as '' The Magnificent Seven'' (1960), '' The Professionals'' (1966), Sam Peckinpah's '' The Wild Bunch'' (1969), and the spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone, which often featured supporting cast members from ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Cruz, Pennsylvania
Vera Cruz is a small village in Upper Milford Township, Pennsylvania located south of Emmaus. It is part of the Lehigh Valley, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. Vera Cruz uses the Emmaus Zip Code of 18049. History Jasper mines Prior to its settlement, the area that is present-day Vera Cruz was inhabited by the Lenape Indian tribes. Vera Cruz was the location of the earliest jasper mines on the North American continent, dating back to 8000 BC. At the height of Lenape Indian jasper mining activities, more than 100 small jasper pits were operated in the area of Vera Cruz, primarily in what is now Jasper Park. The quarries were eventually abandoned in the 1680s. The jasper mines of Vera Cruz supported tool production for the Lenape in the area, including arrowheads and other small tools used in both hunting and battle. The jasper from Jasper Park has since been found as far away as New England, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Cruz, Ohio
Vera Cruz is an unincorporated community in Brown County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is the location of the McCafferty Road Covered Bridge. History A post office was established at Vera Cruz in 1872, and remained in operation until 1905. The community was named in commemoration of the Siege of Veracruz in the Mexican–American War The Mexican–American War (Spanish language, Spanish: ''guerra de Estados Unidos-México, guerra mexicano-estadounidense''), also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, .... References Unincorporated communities in Brown County, Ohio 1872 establishments in Ohio Unincorporated communities in Ohio {{BrownCountyOH-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Cruz, Missouri
Vera Cruz is an unincorporated community in central Douglas County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Bryant Creek, approximately east of Ava, at the terminus of Route AB.''Ava, Missouri,'' 30x60 Minute Topographic Quad, USGS, 1985 History Vera Cruz was established in the 1840s and named for Vera Cruz in Mexico. The village was originally called Red Bud and was at the junction of the Rockbridge– Hartville road, up Bryant valley with the Old Salt Road or Rockbridge Road, which ran northwest through Smallett to Springfield.Vinyard, J. C., ''The Battles of Vera Cruz'', Nov. 7 1862 — Nov. 3, 1864, Douglas County Historical Society Journal, May, 1994, pp 18–21 The name was changed to Vera Cruz in 1859. It was the first county seat of Douglas County. In 1870, the county seat was moved to Arno and shortly after to Ava. The Civil War A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same Sovereign state, state (or country). The aim of one side may be t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
