Cortina Explained

Cortina may refer to:

Things

• Cortina (tango), a short piece of music played during a tango dance event
• Ford Cortina, a medium-sized family car built by Ford of Britain from 1962 to 1982
  • Lotus Cortina, a 1963–1968 performance variant on the above
• Cortina (mycology), a cobweb-like partial veil on certain types of mushroom (which gives name to the genus Cortinarius)
• , a Panamanian passenger ship in service 1996-97

Places

• Cortina d'Ampezzo, a town in the province of Belluno, northern Italy
• Cortina sulla strada del vino, Italian name of Kurtinig an der Weinstraße, a town in South Tyrol, northern Italy
• Cortina Elementary School, in Queen Creek, Arizona
• Cortina Indian Rancheria, California, a Native American reservation in Colusa county, California

People

• Adela Cortina, Spanish philosopher
• Alfonso Cortina (1944–2020), Spanish businessman
• Jon Cortina (1934–2005), Spanish Jesuit priest
• Juan Cortina (1824–1894), Mexican rancher, politician, military leader, outlaw and folk hero
  • Cortina Troubles (1859-1861), in which paramilitary forces led by Juan Cortina engaged various regular and militia forces

Companies

• Cortina, a bicycle brand of a Dutch bicycle wholesaler Kruitbosch B.V. from Zwolle
• Cortina Cycles, a defunct US manufacturer of mountain bike frames based in Santa Barbara, California
• Cortina Systems, a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California
• Cortina Watch, a Singapore-based luxury watch retailer