Veracruz (disambiguation) explained

Veracruz is a state in Mexico. Veracruz or Vera Cruz (literally "True Cross") may also refer to:

People

• María González Veracruz (born 1979), Spanish politician
• Philip Vera Cruz (1904–1994), Filipino American labor leader
• Tomé Vera Cruz (born 1955?), São Tomé and Príncipe politician
• Vera Cruz, a fictional character in Pedro Almodóvar's 2011 Spanish-language film The Skin I Live In

Places

Brazil:

• Ilha de Vera Cruz, the name originally given to Brazil by its first Portuguese colonizers
• Vera Cruz, Bahia
• Vera Cruz, Rio Grande do Sul
• Vera Cruz, São Paulo

East Timor:

• Vera Cruz (East Timor), a subdistrict of Dili District

Honduras:

• Veracruz, Copán

Mexico:

• Veracruz, a state in Mexico
• Veracruz (city), largest city in the state of Veracruz (formerly spelled "Vera Cruz")
  • Attack on Veracruz, 1683
  • United States occupation of Veracruz 1914
• Veracruz (Mexibús), a BRT station in Ecatepec de Morelos

Panama:

• Veracruz, Panama

Portugal:

• Vera Cruz, Aveiro, former civil parish, incorporated into Glória e Vera Cruz

Spain:

• Veracruz, Huesca

United States:

• Vera Cruz, Indiana
• Vera Cruz, Missouri
• Vera Cruz, Ohio
• Vera Cruz, Pennsylvania

Arts and entertainment

• Vera Cruz (film), 1954 motion picture starring Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster
• Vera Cruz (album), 2021 release by Edu Falaschi
• "Veracruz", song from Warren Zevon's 1978 album Excitable Boy

Other

• Glória e Vera Cruz, civil parish in the municipality of Aveiro
• C.D. Veracruz, defunct Mexican football club
• VeraCruz (computer virus), alternative name for the extinct Ping-Pong virus
• Veracruz Canyon, deep-sea canyon in the Gulf of Mexico.
• Hyundai Veracruz, mid-size 5-door SUV
• Vera Cruz Futebol Clube, Brazilian football club
• Classic Veracruz culture (c. 100 to 1000 CE), a cultural area of the present-day Mexican state of Veracruz

See also

• Battle of Veracruz (disambiguation)