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    22 April 1519, he founded a city here, which he named Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz, referring to the area's gold and dedicated to the "True Cross", because...
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    Vera Cruz is a 1954 American Western film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, featuring Denise Darcel, Sara Montiel...
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  • Veracruz or Vera Cruz (literally "True Cross") may also refer to: María González Veracruz (born 1979), Spanish politician Philip Vera Cruz (1904–1994)...
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    Vera Cruz is a town in Harrison Township, Wells County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 80 at the 2010 census. Vera Cruz was laid out...
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    Ilha de Vera Cruz (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈiʎɐ dʒi ˈvɛɾɐ ˈkɾu(j)s]) (Portuguese for Island of the True Cross) was the first name given by the Portuguese...
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    Basilica of Vera Cruz (Spanish: Basílica de la Vera Cruz) is a Roman Catholic Church (minor basilica) in town Caravaca de la Cruz. The church was given...
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    Veracruz (redirect from Vera Cruz, Mexico)
    the city of Veracruz (From Latin Vera Crux, "True Cross"), which was originally called the Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz. The suffix is in honor of Ignacio...
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    On 9 March 1847, during the Mexican–American War, the United States military made an amphibious landing and besieged the key Mexican seaport of Veracruz...
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    santa, Mexican pepperleaf, acuyo, tlanepa, anisillo, root beer plant, Vera Cruz pepper and sacred pepper. It is a perennial herbaceous plant with heart-shaped...
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  • Philip Villamin Vera Cruz (December 25, 1904 – June 12, 1994) was a Filipino American labor leader and farmworker. He helped found the Agricultural Workers...
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    is often understood as the sighting of the land later named Island of Vera Cruz, near Monte Pascoal, by the fleet commanded by Portuguese navigator Pedro...
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    Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanta ˈfe ðe la ˈβeɾa ˈkɾus]; usually called just Santa Fe, lit. "Holy Faith") is the capital city...
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    Marlon Andrés Vera Delgado (born December 2, 1992), also known as Chito Vera, is an Ecuadorian professional mixed martial artist who currently competes...
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    original text related to this article: Report of Action, USS Chester, Vera Cruz April 21–22, 1914 On April 26, Fletcher declared martial law, and started...
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    remained held by Iran. On 24 April 2024, Madeira-flagged cargo ship MSC Vera Cruz, while about 72 nautical miles southeast of Djibouti, was unsuccessfully...
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    and flooding of its storage facilities. The Companhia Cinematográfica Vera Cruz was a production company founded in the state of São Paulo during the...
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    other sources. The inscription off the coast of vera cruz (America/Brazil) says: “The land called Vera Cruz was found by Pedro Alvares Cabral, a gentleman...
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    Ipomoea purga is a species of flowering plant in the genus Ipomoea. It is commonly referred to as jalap and is probably also the source of the John the...
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    Rebellion in June 1900. His second Medal of Honor came in 1915 for action in Vera Cruz, Mexico, in April 1914. John J. McCloy was born on January 3, 1876, in...
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  • UFC on ESPN: Vera vs. Cruz (also known as UFC on ESPN 41) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place...
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  • Fort Vera Cruz (Forte de Vera Cruz in Portuguese), also known as Fort Vera Cruz da Figueira (Forte da Vera Cruz da Figueira in Portuguese) or Figueira...
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    occurred since 2004. Caravaca is dominated by the medieval Santuario de la Vera Cruz (Shrine of the True Cross), a complex of several convents and a parish...
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    Vera Cruz (Bahia) is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. It occupies 87% of the island of Itaparica; the remainder...
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  • Guillén Piñeiro (voice) / Vera Cruz / Gal Ledgard Marisa Paredes as Marilia Jan Cornet as Vicente Guillén Piñeiro / Vera Cruz (voice) Roberto Álamo as...
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  • 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. A post...
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    survives as a surname. The word "Cruz" (Spanish for "Cross"), as well as "Vera Cruz" ("True Cross") and "Santa Cruz" ("Holy Cross") are used as surnames...
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    adventure Vera Cruz with Burt Lancaster. In the film, Cooper plays an American adventurer hired by Emperor Maximilian I to escort a countess to Vera Cruz during...
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  • Billy Vera (born William Patrick McCord; May 28, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, author, and music historian. He has been a singer and...
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    supporting roles in China Corsair (1951), From Here to Eternity (1953), Vera Cruz (1954), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), and The Wild Bunch (1969). He also...
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    28°40′23″S 66°57′36″W / 28.67306°S 66.96000°W / -28.67306; -66.96000 Santa Vera Cruz (La Rioja) is a municipality and village in La Rioja Province in northwestern...
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