Coronado (surname) Coronado is a Spanish surname derived from the village of Cornado, near A Coruña, Galicia.
People with the name
* Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (1510–1554), Spanish explorer often referred to simply as "Coronado"
* Abraham Coronado (born 1992), ...
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Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (; 1510 – 22 September 1554) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who led a large expedition from what is now Mexico to present-day Kansas through parts of the southwestern United States between 1540 and 1542 ...
(1510–1554), Spanish explorer often referred to simply as "Coronado"
* Coronado Chávez (1807–1881), President of Honduras from 1845 to 1847
Places
United States
* Coronado Butte, a summit in the Grand Canyon, Arizona
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Coronado, California
Coronado (Spanish language, Spanish for "Crowned") is a resort town, resort city in San Diego County, California, United States, across San Diego Bay from downtown San Diego. It was founded in the 1880s and incorporated in 1890. Its population ...
, a city
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Coronado Heights
Coronado Heights is a hill northwest of Lindsborg, Kansas, United States. It is alleged to be near the place where Francisco Vásquez de Coronado gave up his search for the seven cities of gold and turned around to return to Mexico. Coronado ...
, Kansas, a hill with a public park
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Coronado, Kansas
Coronado is an unincorporated community in Wichita County, Kansas, United States. It is located a couple of miles east of Leoti.
History
Platted in 1885, Coronado was involved in one of the bloodiest county seat fight in the history of the A ...
Coronado National Forest
The Coronado National Forest is a United States National Forest that includes an area of about 1.78 million acres (7,200 km2) spread throughout mountain ranges in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.
It is located in parts of ...
Coronado Islands
The Coronado Islands (''Islas Coronado'' or ''Islas Coronados''; ; Kumeyaay language, Kumeyaay: ) are a group of islands located off the northwest coast of the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Baja California. Battered by the wind and ...
, island group in Tijuana municipality, Baja California, Mexico
* Isla Coronado, an island and volcano in Ensenada municipality, Baja California, Mexico
* Isla Coronados, Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Vázquez de Coronado (canton)
Vázquez de Coronado, and commonly known just as Coronado, is the eleventh canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The head city of the canton is San Isidro.
Toponymy
Named in honor of the first Spanish colonial governor of Costa R ...
, commonly shortened to Coronado, a canton in Costa Rica
* Coronado, Panama, a city
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Coronado (São Romão e São Mamede)
Coronado (São Romão e São Mamede) is a civil parish in the municipality of Trofa, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes São Romão and São Mamede. The population in 2011 was 9,119,Coronado, Uruguay, a village in Artigas Department
Fender Coronado
The Fender Coronado is a double-cutaway thin-line hollow-body electric guitar, announced in 1965. It is manufactured by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. The aesthetic design embodied in the Coronado represents a departure from previous F ...
, an electric guitar
* "Coronado" is a song by American indie rock band
Deerhunter
Deerhunter is an American indie rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 2001. The band currently consists of Bradford Cox (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Moses Archuleta (drums, electronics, sound treatments), Lockett Pundt (guitar, vocals, ...
Military
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Operation Coronado
Operation Coronado was a series of 11 operations conducted by the American Mobile Riverine Force in conjunction with various units of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) in the waterways of the Mekong Delta in the south of the coun ...
, a series of military operations in the Vietnam War
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Consolidated PB2Y Coronado
The PB2Y Coronado is a large flying boat Maritime patrol aircraft, patrol bomber designed by Consolidated Aircraft, and used by the US Navy during World War II in bombing, antisubmarine, medical/hospital plane, and transport roles. Obsolete b ...
, a World War II United States Navy flying boat
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Naval Base Coronado
Naval Base Coronado (NBC) is a consolidated Navy military base, installation encompassing eight military facilities in southern California, stretching from San Clemente Island, located 70 miles west of San Diego, to Mountain Warfare Training Camp ...
, a United States Navy base in California
Transportation
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Convair 990 Coronado
The Convair 990 Coronado is a retired American narrow-body aircraft, narrow-body four-engined jet airliner produced between 1961 and 1963 by the Convair division of American company General Dynamics. It was a stretched version of its earlier Co ...
, a passenger jet
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Coronado Yachts
Coronado Yachts was an American sailboat manufacturer located in Southern California
Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and Cultural area, cultural List of regions of California, region that generally comprises ...
, an American sailboat manufacturer
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Freightliner Coronado
The Freightliner Coronado is a truck classification, Class 8 conventional truck, intended for long haul and vocational use. It was introduced in January 2001, with production starting for the 2002 model year. It featured Cummins, Caterpillar Inc ...
, a model of truck
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Coronado Railroad
Coronado Railroad was a gauge railroad which operated in a copper mining region of eastern Arizona.
The Coronado Railroad was the first narrow gauge railroad in Arizona, constructed by Henry Lesinsky in 1879 along Chase Creek, between mines a ...
Coronado Coronado may refer to:
People
* Coronado (surname) Coronado is a Spanish surname derived from the village of Cornado, near A Coruña, Galicia.
People with the name
* Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (1510–1554), Spanish explorer often referred t ...