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

Culture

Calavera A calavera (Spanish – for "skull"), in the context of the Day of the Dead, is a representation of a human skull or skeleton. The term is often applied to edible or decorative skulls made (usually with molds) from either sugar (called Alfeñi ...

s, any of various skull-shaped things associated with the *

Literary Calavera The Literary Calavera or ''calavera literaria'' (Spanish: ''literary skull'') is a traditional Mexican literary form: a satirical or light-hearted writing in verse, often composed for the Day of the Dead. In some parts of Mexico, it is a common ...

, traditional Mexican composition in verse

Places

Calaveras River Lead 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 St ...

, in the Central Valley of California, USA *

Calaveras Creek (California) Calaveras Creek is a northward-flowing stream in Alameda and Santa Clara counties of California. It runs for , starting from Poverty Ridge, passing through Calaveras Reservoir, and emptying into Alameda Creek east of Fremont, California. Its ...

, 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 2020 census, the population was 45,292. The county seat is San Andreas. Angels ...

, 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, California, USA; a granite dome * Cerro de la Calavera (), Carlsbad, California, USA * Calaveras Unified School District, 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 aseis ...

, a geological fault in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA * Calaveras Valley, 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) Calaveras Lake is a reservoir on Calaveras Creek, located 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Downtown San Antonio, Texas, US. The reservoir was formed in 1969 by the construction of a dam to provide a cooling pond for a series of power plan ...

, 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 (Santa Clara County, ...

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

People

* Jordi Calavera (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 wrestling, professional wrestler. Her ...

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 f ...

, 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 backgroun ...

, 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 the summer of 2014. The company develops and produces traditi ...

Other uses

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El Calavera ''El Calavera'' is a 1954 Argentinian film of the classical era of Argentine cinema. 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 deli ...

'' (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 Guillerm ...