Xavier or Xabier may refer to:
Place
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Xavier, Spain
Xavier (Xabier in Basque language, Basque and Navarro-Aragonese; and Javier in Spanish language, Castilian) is a town and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain, with a po ...
People
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Xavier (surname)
Xavier (, , , , ; ; ) is a Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Abel Xavier (born 1972), Portuguese footballer
* Anderson Conceição Xavier (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
* Arlene Xavier (born 1969), Brazilian volle ...
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Xavier (given name)
The given name Xavier (, , , , ; ; ) is a masculine name derived from the 16th-century Navarrese Roman Catholic Saint Francis Xavier.
Etymology
Xavier comes from the name of the Jesuit missionary saint Francis Xavier, where ''Xavier'' stands fo ...
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Francis Xavier
Francis Xavier, Jesuits, SJ (born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta; ; ; ; ; ; 7 April 15063 December 1552), venerated as Saint Francis Xavier, was a Kingdom of Navarre, Navarrese cleric and missionary. He co-founded the Society of Jesus ...
(1506–1552), Catholic saint
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St. Francis Xavier (disambiguation)
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St. Xavier (disambiguation)
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Xavier (footballer, born January 1980)
Anderson Conceição Xavier or simply Xavier (born January 22, 1980), is a Brazilian former football player.
Honours
*Bahia State League: 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
*Brazilian North Cup: 1997, 1999
*Tournament Rio — São ...
(Anderson Conceição Xavier), Brazilian midfielder
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Xavier (footballer, born March 1980)
José Xavier Costa, or simply Xavier (born March 17, 1980, was a Brazilian left back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks durin ...
(José Xavier Costa), Brazilian left-back
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Xavier (footballer, born 2000) (João Vitor Xavier de Almeida), Brazilian midfielder
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Xavier (wrestler)
John Jairo Bedoya Jr. (December 28, 1977 – August 16, 2020) was an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Xavier. He was best known for his appearances with Ring of Honor (ROH) between 2002 and 2004, where he was the sec ...
, American professional wrestler
Arts and entertainment
* ''
Xavier: Renegade Angel'', an animated TV series
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Xavier Institute
X-Mansion and Xavier Institute are the common names for a mansion and research institute appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The mansion is depicted as the private estate of Charles Francis Xavier and serves as the bas ...
, a fictional school in Marvel comics
* Charles Xavier,
Professor X
Professor X (Prof. Charles Francis Xavier) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men, ''The X-Men'' #1 ( ...
, a fictional Marvel Comics character
* "Xavier", a song by Casseurs Flowters from the 2015 soundtrack album ''
Comment c'est loin
''Comment c'est loin'' is a 2015 French quasi-autobiographical musical comedy-drama film written by French rapper Orelsan and directed by Orelsan and Christophe Offenstein. The film stars Orelsan and fellow French rapper Gringe, both of whom form ...
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* "Xavier", a song by Dead Can Dance from the 1987 album ''
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
''Within the Realm of a Dying Sun'' is the third studio album by Australian band Dead Can Dance. It was released on 27 July 1987 by 4AD.
Background
By this time, Dead Can Dance were predominantly a duo of Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry, alon ...
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Other uses
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Xavier University
Xavier University ( ) is a private Jesuit university in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It is the sixth-oldest Catholic and fourth-oldest Jesuit university in the United States. Xavier had an enrollment of approximately 5,600 undergraduate an ...
, in Cincinnati, U.S.
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Xavier University of Louisiana
Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) is a Private university, private Historically black colleges and universities, historically black Roman Catholic, Catholic university in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the only Catholic Historically black c ...
, in New Orleans, U.S.
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Tropical Storm Xavier The name Xavier has been used for three tropical cyclones and one extratropical cyclone
Extratropical cyclones, sometimes called mid-latitude cyclones or wave cyclones, are low-pressure areas which, along with the anticyclones of high-pressure ...
, the name of several storms
* Drive PX Xavier, an
Nvidia Drive
NVIDIA DRIVE is a computer platform by Nvidia, aimed at providing autonomous car and driver assistance functionality powered by deep learning. The platform was introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January 2015. An en ...
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Tegra#Xavier, a system on a chip
See also
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Javier (disambiguation)
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