Figueira may refer to:

Places

Brazil

Figueira, Paraná Figueira is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the states of Brazil, state of Paraná (state), Paraná in the South Region, Brazil, Southern Region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Paraná References

Municipalities ...

Cape Verde

Figueira Pavão Figueira Pavão is a settlement in the southeastern part of the island of Fogo, Cape Verde. In 2010 its population was 320. It is situated 3 km southwest of Cova Figueira and 20 km east of the island capital São Filipe. Nearby settlem ...

, Fogo Island *

Figueira (Maio) Figueira is a settlement in the southern part of the island of Maio. It consists of the villages Figueira da Horta and Figueira Seca. Figueira is 7 km east of the island capital Porto Inglês. As of the 2010 census, its population was 529. ...

, Maio Island * Figueira da Naus, Santiago Island

Portugal

Figueira da Foz Figueira da Foz (), also known as Figueira for short, is a city and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. Practically at the midpoint of the Iberian Peninsula's Atlantic coast, it is located at the mouth of the Mondego River, west ...

, a city and municipality in the district of Coimbra *

Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo () is a municipality in the District of Guarda in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 6,260,Figueira (Faro) Figueira () is a village near Portimão in the Algarve in Portugal. In the English-speaking world its main claim to fame is the disappearance there, on 12 September 2004, of a local girl, eight-year-old Murder of Joana Cipriano, Joana Cipriano, ...

, a village in the municipality of Faro * Figueira, a civil parish in the municipality of

Lamego Lamego (; cel-x-proto, Lamecum) is a city and municipality in the Viseu District, in the Norte Region, Portugal, Norte Region of the Douro Subregion, Douro in northern Portugal. Located on the shores of the Balsemão River, the municipality has a ...

* Figueira, a civil parish in the municipality of

Penafiel Penafiel ( or () is a municipality and former bishopric (now a Latin Catholic titular see) in the northern Portuguese district of Porto. Capital of the Tâmega Subregion, the population was 72,265 in 2011, in an area of . History The region ...

* Figueira (Proença a Nova), a village in the civil parish of Sobreira Formosa

People

* Daniel Figueira (born 1998), a Portuguese footballer *

Edmar Figueira Edmar Figueira (born 13 May 1984) is a Brazilian professional footballer who last played for SC São Paulo. He is a left-footed striker. Career Figueira made his first football steps as a youth in Brazilian clubs Paraná Soccer Technical Cente ...

(born 1984), a Brazilian footballer *

Gilberto Figueira Gilberto Víctor Figueira, nicknamed Uaué, (born 25 January 1988) is an Angolan handball player for Marinha de Guerra and the Angolan national team. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Men's Handb ...

, nicknamed Uaué, (born 1988), an Angolan handball player *

Guilhem Figueira Guillem or Guilhem Figueira or Figera was a Languedocian jongleur and troubadour from Toulouse active at the court of the Emperor Frederick II in the 1230s.Graham-Leigh, 30. He was a close associate of both Aimery de Pégulhan and Guillem Augier ...

, Languedocian jongleur and troubadour of XIII century *

José Figueira José Manuel Figueira (born 9 February 1982 in Crawley, England) is an English football coach of Spanish descent, who is the current manager of Northern League club Auckland United. Figueira previously held notable roles as the head coach of T ...

, (born 1982), an English-Spanish football manager *

Manuel Figueira Manuel Figueira (born November 1, 1938 – died October 8, 2023) is a Cape Verdean artist. Biography Figueira was born in the city of Mindelo on the island of São Vicente. When he was a student, he attended the art school of Escola Superior da ...

(born 1938), a Cape Verdean artist * Maria Luisa Figueira (born 1944), a Portuguese psychiatrist * Maria Tomásia Figueira Lima (1826-1902), Brazilian aristocrat, abolitionist * Nayara Figueira (born 9 June 1988), a Brazilian synchronized swimmer. * Roberto Horcades Figueira (born 1947), a Brazilian cardiologist * Tchalé Figueira (born 1953), a Cape Verdean artist *

Tony Figueira (footballer) José Antonio Pestana Figueira, known as Tony Figueira (born 1 August 1981) is a Venezuela-born Portugal, Portuguese retired association football, football player. Club career He made his professional debut in the Primeira Liga for C.S. Marítimo ...

(born 1981 as José Antonio Pestana Figueira), a Venezuela-born Portuguese footballer * Tony Figueira (photographer) (1959–2017), a Namibian photographer * Walter Figueira (born 1995), English footballer

Other uses

Fig tree ''Ficus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending int ...

, the literal translation of Portuguese "figueira".