Blanca (meaning "white" in Spanish) may refer to:
Locations
United States
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Casa Blanca, California
Casa Blanca (Spanish language, Spanish for "White House") is a former unincorporated area, unincorporated community now an annexed neighborhood of Riverside, California, Riverside, in Riverside County, California, Riverside County, California. It l ...
or Blanca, a former unincorporated community
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Blanca, Colorado
The Town of Blanca is a Statutory Town located in Costilla County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 322 at the 2020 census. Blanca is located in the enormous San Luis Valley.
History
The town, named for Blanca Peak, was founded ...
, a Statutory Town
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Blanca Peak
Blanca Peak (Navajo: ) is the fourth highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The ultra-prominent peak is the highest summit of the Sierra Blanca Massif, the Sangre de Cristo Range, and the Sangre ...
, a mountain in Colorado
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Blanca Wetlands, a protected area in Colorado
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La Blanca, Texas
La Blanca is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hidalgo County, Texas. The population was 2,488 at the 2010 United States Census. It is part of the McAllen– Edinburg– Mission Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
La Blanca is loca ...
, a census-designated place
*one of many early names of Galveston Island, Texas - see
History of Galveston, Texas
The history of Galveston, Texas, begins with the archaeological record of Native Americans who used the island. The first European settlements on the island were constructed around 1816. The Port of Galveston was established in 1825 by the Congre ...
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Blanca Lake
Blanca Lake is located in the Henry M. Jackson Wilderness Area in the Cascade Mountains of the U.S. state of Washington.
Blanca Lake sits in a basin surrounded by the peaks of Monte Cristo, Kyes, and Columbia. The lake is fed by the Columbi ...
, a lake in Washington
Elsewhere
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La Blanca
La Blanca is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site in present-day La Blanca, San Marcos Department, western Guatemala. It has an occupation dating predominantly from the Middle Preclassic (900–600 BC) period of Mesoamerican chro ...
, an archeological site in Guatemala
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Blanca, Sevnica
Blanca () is a settlement on the left bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Sevnica in central Slovenia.The area is part of the historical region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region. The sett ...
, a settlement in Slovenia
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Blanca, Murcia
Blanca is a Spanish municipality in the Region of Murcia, located in the "Vega Alta del Segura". It belongs to one of the six municipalities of the Ricote Valley (Valle de Ricote), together with Abarán, Ojós, Ricote, Ulea, Archena and Villanu ...
, a town in Spain
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Isla Blanca (disambiguation) Isla Blanca or Blanca Island and their plurals may refer to:
Islands Argentina
* Islas Blancas ( es or es), Atlantic coastal islands off Chubut Province, Argentina, List of islands of Argentina
* Isla Blanca ( es), small island in Deseado Depart ...
People
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Blanca (given name) Blanca is a feminine Spanish given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Blanca of Navarre (disambiguation), the name of various members of the aristocracy
*Infanta Blanca of Spain (1868–1949), Archduchess and Princess of Austria and Prin ...
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Nida Blanca
Dorothy Guinto Jones (January 6, 1936 – November 7, 2001), popularly known by her stage name Nida Blanca, was a Filipina actress. After a successful acting career in films during the 1950s, many of which are with actor Nestor de Villa, sh ...
(1936–2001), Filipina actress
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Blanca (musician)
Blanca Elaine Reyes (born February 10, 1986), who goes by the mononym Blanca, is a Puerto Rican-born American Contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter. Until 2013, she was a member of Group 1 Crew. She is now a solo artist. She released h ...
, a contemporary Christian music artist
Other uses
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''Blanca'' (album), by Christian musician Blanca
* ''Blanca'', a 1971 film by
Walerian Borowczyk
Walerian Borowczyk (21 October 1923 – 3 February 2006) was an internationally known Polish film director described by film critics as a 'genius who also happened to be a pornographer'. He directed 40 films between 1946 and 1988. Borowczyk sett ...
See also
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Blanco (disambiguation)
Blanco (''white'' or ''blank'' in Spanish) or Los Blancos may refer to:
People
*Blanco (surname) Fictional characters
*Blanco, a hobbit in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth
*Blanco Webb, character in the BBC sitcom ''Porridge''
* El Blanco, albino ...
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Blanch (disambiguation)
Blanch or blanching may refer to:
People
* Andrea Blanch (born 1935), portrait, commercial, and fine art photographer
* Arnold Blanch (1896–1968), born and raised in Mantorville, Minnesota
* Stuart Blanch, Baron Blanch (1918–1994), Anglican ...
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Blanche (disambiguation)
Blanche may refer to:
People
*Blanche (singer), stage name of Belgian singer and songwriter Ellie Delvaux
*Blanche (given name)
* Blanche (surname)
Places Australia
*Blanche Harbor (South Australia), a bay on the east coast of Eyre Peninsula
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Blanka (disambiguation) Blanka may refer to:
People
*Blanka (given name)
Fictional characters
*Blanka, video game character from the ''Street Fighter'' series
* Queen Cecilia Blanka, fictional queen consort of Sweden invented by Jan Guillou
Infrastructure
*Blanka tunnel ...
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Hurricane Blanca The name Blanca has been used for eleven tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
* Hurricane Blanca (1966), never affected land, travelled 4,300 miles during its lifetime.
* Tropical Storm Blanca (1970), did not make landfall.
* Tropical St ...
, a list of tropical cyclones
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Laguna Blanca (disambiguation) Laguna Blanca (meaning "white lagoon" in Spanish) may refer to:
* Laguna Blanca, Chaco, a community in the Libertad Department of Argentina
* Laguna Blanca, Formosa, a community in the Pilcomayo Department of Argentina
* Laguna Blanca, Río Negr ...
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Sierra Blanca (disambiguation)
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