Boca or BOCA may refer to:
Entertainment
*''Boca'', a 1994 film starring
Rae Dawn Chong
Rae Dawn Chong (born February 28, 1961) is a Canadian-American actress. She made her big screen debut appearing in the 1978 musical drama film '' Stony Island'', and in 1981 starred in the fantasy film '' Quest for Fire'', for which she received ...
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''Boca'' (2010 film), a 2010 Brazilian film
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"Boca" (''The Sopranos'' episode), a 1999 episode of the American television series ''The Sopranos''
*"Boca", a song by
Dreamcatcher
In some Native American and First Nations cultures, a dreamcatcher ( oj, asabikeshiinh, the inanimate form of the word for 'spider') is a handmade willow hoop, on which is woven a net or web. It may also be decorated with sacred items such as ...
from ''Dystopia Lose Myself'' (2020)
Locations
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La Boca
La Boca (; "the Mouth", probably of the Matanza River) is a neighborhood (''barrio'') of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. It retains a strong Italian flavour, many of its early settlers having originated in the city of Genoa.
Geography
L ...
, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina
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La Boca Formation, a geological formation in Mexico
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Boca, California
Boca (Spanish for "Mouth") is a former settlement in Nevada County, California. Situated at an elevation of above sea level, Boca is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, northeast of Truckee.
History
Boca was named by Judge Edwin Brya ...
, a former settlement
*Boca, a village in
Samarinești
Samarinești is a commune in Gorj County, Oltenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to ...
Commune, Gorj County, Romania
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Boca Chica
Boca Chica is a municipality ('' municipio'') of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there is one municipal district (''distritos municipal''): La Caleta. As of the 2012 census it had 123,510 inhabita ...
, a municipality of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic
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Boca Chica Key, an island in the lower Florida Keys
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Boca Chica (disambiguation), several places
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Boca, Novara, a municipality in the Province of Novara, Italy
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Boca Del Mar, Florida
Boca Del Mar was a census-designated place (CDP) in an unincorporated area near Boca Raton in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 21,832 at the 2000 census. While it is not officially in the City of Boca Raton, the communi ...
, a census-designated place in Palm Beach County, Florida
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Boca del Río, Veracruz
Boca del Río is a city and municipality located in the center of the Mexican state of Veracruz. The small city of Boca del Río serves as the seat of the municipality. The municipality lies just south of the municipality of Veracruz, and contains ...
, a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz
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Boca Grande, Florida
Boca Grande is a small residential community on Gasparilla Island in southwest Florida. Gasparilla Island is a part of both Charlotte and Lee counties, while the actual village of Boca Grande, which is home to many seasonal and some year-roun ...
, a town on Gasparilla Island, Florida
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Boca grande (disambiguation), several places
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Boca Pointe, Florida, a census-designated place in Palm Beach County, Florida
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Boca Raton, Florida, a city in Palm Beach County, Florida
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Boca Raton (disambiguation), several places
*Several straits separating Trinidad and Tobago from the South American mainland:
**The
Bocas del Dragón
The Bocas del Dragón (Dragon's Mouths) is the name of the series of straits separating the Gulf of Paria from the Caribbean Sea. There are four Bocas, from west to east:
* The Boca Grande or Grand Boca separates Chacachacare from the Paria Penins ...
(consisting of the Boca Grande, Boca de Navios, Boca de Huevos, and Boca de Monos)
**The
Boca del Serpiente
The Columbus Channel or Serpent's Mouth ( es, Boca de la Serpiente), is a strait lying between Icacos Point in southwest Trinidad and Tobago and the north coast of Venezuela. It leads from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Paria
The Gulf of Pari ...
or Columbus Channel
**The
Bocas Islands
This is a list of islands of Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic republic in the southern Caribbean.
Major islands
* Trinidad
* Tobago
Bocas Islands
The Bocas Islands lie between Trinidad and Venezuela, in the Bocas d ...
, which lie in the Bocas del Dragón
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Boca (river)
The Boca is a left tributary of the river Siret in Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgari ...
, a tributary of the Siret in eastern Romania
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La Boca, New Mexico
La Boca is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
The CDP is in the northeast corner of the county, bordered to the nort ...
, a census-designated place
People
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Andrea Del Boca
Andrea del Boca (born 18 October 1965, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine actress and singer. She began her career as a child actress and subsequently became popular in the 1980s and 1990s for her roles in telenovelas, such as '' Estrellita mía'', ...
, an Argentine television actress
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Carlos Bocanegra
Carlos Manuel Bocanegra (born May 25, 1979) is an American sports executive and former professional soccer player. A two-time MLS Defender of the Year, Bocanegra also played professionally in England, Scotland, France, and Spain. He earned over ...
, nicknamed 'Boca', an American soccer player
Sports
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Boca Juniors, a sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Boca Unidos
Club Atlético Boca Unidos (mostly known simply as Boca Unidos) is an Argentine football and basketball club from Corrientes Province. The football squad currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of Argentine football leagu ...
, a sports club based in Corrientes, Argentina
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Boca F.C., a defunct football team from Belize
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A.S.D. Boca Pietri, a football team from Bologna, Italy
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Boca Ascesa Val Liona
A.S.D. Boca Ascesa Val Liona is an Italian association football club located in Val Liona, Veneto. It currently plays in Eccellenza.
History
The origins of football in Grancona go back to 1969 when was founded A.C. Grancona Calcio that was ...
, a football team from Grancona, Italy
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Sociedade Boca Júnior Futebol Clube
Sociedade Boca Júnior Futebol Clube, commonly known as Boca Júnior, is a Brazilian football club based in Cristinápolis, Sergipe state. The women's team competed in the Copa do Brasil twice.
History
The club was founded on 25 October 1993, an ...
, a football club based in Cristinápolis, Sergipe, Brazil
Other uses
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Bird Observation & Conservation Australia, the former Bird Observers Club of Australia
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Bloque Obrero Comunista de Andalucía
Communist Workers Bloc of Andalusia (in Spanish: ''Bloque Obrero Comunista de Andalucía'') is a political formation in the municipality of Jódar, Jaén province, Spain. BOCA emerged from a split from the Communist Party of the Andalusian Peop ...
, an Andalusian Communist group
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Boca Burger
Boca Burger is a veggie burger produced by Kraft Heinz in Chicago, Illinois. Like all of Boca Foods' products, Boca Burgers serve as a meat alternative.
History
The Boca Foods Company began in 1979 with the vegetarian "Sun Burger" product, as on ...
, an American brand of vegetarian hamburger
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Bureau of Consular Affairs (Republic of China)
The Bureau of Consular Affairs (BOCA; ) is the agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (ROC) which provide passport services, visa services, document authentication and th ...
, a government agency in Taiwan
*BOCA National Property Maintenance Code, a publication created by the Building Officials Code Administrators International (BOCA). See
International Building Code
The International Building Code (IBC) is a model building code developed by the International Code Council (ICC). It has been adopted for use as a base code standard by most jurisdictions in the United States. The IBC addresses both health and saf ...
*Boca Research Inc., was a
modem
A modulator-demodulator or modem is a computer hardware device that converts data from a digital format into a format suitable for an analog transmission medium such as telephone or radio. A modem transmits data by Modulation#Digital modulati ...
manufacturer, acquired at 2000 by
Zoom Telephonics
* Boulevard Oaks Civic Association, for the neighborhood of
Boulevard Oaks, Houston
Boulevard Oaks is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States, containing 21 subdivisions north of Rice University and south of U.S. Highway 59. Developed primarily during the 1920s and 1930s, Boulevard Oaks contains two National Register his ...
, Texas
See also
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Boca Chica (disambiguation) (Small Boca; es, small mouth)
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Boca grande (disambiguation) (Large Boca; es, large mouth)
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