Volante (meaning "flying" and "steering wheel" in several languages) may refer to:
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Volante (carriage)
Volante ( in Spanish) is a two-wheeled open carriage with a retractable hood that was popular in Cuba in the mid-1800s. The vehicle was directed by a postilion
A postilion or postillion is a person who rides a harnessed horse that is pullin ...
, two-wheeled carriage
* Volante, a racehorse, the 1885
American Derby
The American Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race first run at Chicago's old Washington Park Race Track on the city's South Side and raced there until 1905 when the facility was closed following the state's ban on gambling, and horse ra ...
winner
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The Volante
The University of South Dakota (USD) is a Public university, public research university in Vermillion, South Dakota, United States. Established by the Dakota Territory legislature in 1862, 27 years before the establishment of the state of Sout ...
'', newspaper of the University of South Dakota, United States, since 1887
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midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...
position in association football (''Volante'' means defensive midfielder in Brazilian language but midfielder elsewhere in Latin America)
* Former Brazilian soldiers combatting
cangaceiros
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Reparto volanti
The Reparto volanti ("Mobile Division"), that dispatch the various Squadre Volanti (mobile squads or flying squad (lit.)), is a section of the ''Ufficio Prevenzione Generale e Soccorso Pubblico'' (Office of General Prevention and Public Aid) o ...
or ''Squadra volante'', "flying squad" of the Italian State Police
People with the name Volante
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Carlos Volante
Carlos Martín Volante (November 11, 1905 – October 9, 1987) was an Argentine football defensive midfielder, who played in Argentine, Brazilian, French and Italian clubs.
Career
Volante begun his youth career at small clubs in Lanús. In 1 ...
(born 1905), Argentinian footballer
See also
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Aston Martin Volante
Volante is the name given to convertible
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A convert ...
, type of car
* The
Volante Handicap
The Twilight Derby is a Grade II
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, American horse race established 1969
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Disco Volante (disambiguation)
The term ''Disco Volante'' (Italian for ''flying disc'' or ''flying saucer'') may refer to;
* ''Disco Volante'' (Mr. Bungle album), a 1995 album by the band Mr. Bungle
* ''Disco Volante'' (Lisa album), a 2009 album by singer Lisa
* ''Disco Volan ...
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Papel volante Papel volante is a Portuguese name that designates a form of popular literature that may include popular prints. They date from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries, and are usually in an eight-page quarto format. They were at their height in th ...
, Portuguese popular literature
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Squadrone Volante
The Squadrone Volante (''"Flying Squad"'') was a 17th-century group of independent and liberal cardinals within the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church. It attempted to influence the outcome of a number of papal conclaves.
History
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, 17th-century "flying squad"
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