Banco may refer to:
Places
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Banc (Barcelona Metro)
Banc, also called Banco, is a defunct metro station of the Barcelona metro. Built in 1911 as part of the first Barcelona metro line, it has never been opened to the public.
History
The station was built in 1911 as part of the original tunnel buil ...
, also called Banco, a closed metro stop on the Barcelona metro
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Banco, Virginia
Banco is an unincorporated community located in Madison County, Virginia
Madison County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,837. Its county seat is Madison.
History
Madison Co ...
, an unincorporated community
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Banco, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
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Banco National Park, a national park in Côte d'Ivoire
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Banko, Guinea, a town and sub-prefecture in the Dabola Prefecture in the Faranah Region
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Banko, Mali
Banko (Bambara language, Bambara: ߓߊߣߞߏ tr. Banko) is a Communes of Mali, rural commune and village in the Dioïla Cercle, Cercle of Dioïla in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The village lies on the Banifing River. The commune co ...
, a rural commune and village in the Cercle of Dioïla in the Koulikoro Region
* Banko, a town in the
Sekyere Kumawu district og Ghaba
Arts and architecture
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''Banco'' (Banco del Mutuo Soccorso album), 1975 album by Italian progressive rock band Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
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''Banco'' (Sir Michael Rocks album), 2014 album by American rapper Sir Michael Rocks
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''Banco'' (novel), 1972 autobiography by Henri Charrière
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Banco architecture
A mudbrick or mud-brick is an air-dried brick, made of a mixture of loam, mud, sand and water mixed with a binding material such as rice husks or straw. Mudbricks are known from 9000 BCE, though since 4000 BCE, bricks have also bee ...
, a West African type of mudbrick, and the architecture made with it
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Banco (building material)
Adobe ( ; ) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. is Spanish for '' mudbrick''. In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term is used to refer to any kind of ...
; fermented mud; made by fermenting mud with rice husks
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Banco (typeface)
Banco is an inclined titling typeface. It was designed by Roger Excoffon for the Fonderie Olive foundry
A foundry is a factory that produces metal castings. Metals are cast into shapes by melting them into a liquid, pouring the metal int ...
, a decorative typeface
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Banko ware
is a type of Japanese pottery (Stoneware) traditionally from Yokkaichi, Mie. It is therefore also known as Yokkaichi-Banko ware.
It is believed to have originated in the 18th century.
Most products are teacups, teapots, flower vases, and ''sak ...
, a type of Japanese ceramics.
* Banco, an alternate Spanish spelling of
bangka (boat)
Bangka are various native watercraft of the Philippines. It originally referred to small double-outrigger dugout canoes used in rivers and shallow coastal waters, but since the 18th century, it has expanded to include larger lashed-lug ships, ...
of the Philippines
* Banco, another name for the parlor game
Bunco
Bunco (also spelled bunko or bonko) is a dice game generally played with twelve or more players, divided into groups of four, trying to score points while taking turns rolling three dice in a series of six rounds. A bunco is achieved when a p ...
* Banco, part of the ''nomenclature'' of the game known commonly as
Baccarat
Baccarat or baccara (; ) is a card game played at casinos. It is a comparing card game played between two hands, the "player" and the "banker". Each baccarat coup (round of play) has three possible outcomes: "player" (player has the higher score ...
Other
* Banco, a historical reference to the
Bank of Sweden
Sveriges Riksbank, or simply the ''Riksbank'', is the central bank of Sweden. It is the world's oldest central bank and the fourth oldest bank in operation.
Etymology
The first part of the word ''riksbank'', ''riks'', stems from the Swedish ...
and Swedish coinage
See also
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