Gavilán, meaning
sparrowhawk
Sparrowhawk (sometimes sparrow hawk) may refer to several species of small hawk in the genus ''Accipiter''. "Sparrow-hawk" or sparhawk originally referred to ''Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus'', now called "Eurasian" or "northern" sparrowha ...
in Spanish, may refer to:
People
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Antonio Lara de Gavilán
Antonio Lara de Gavilán (22 September 1896 – 4 January 1978), mostly known by his pen name Tono, was a Spanish graphic artist, editorial cartoonist and author of comic theatre. His work was strongly influenced by Ramón Gómez de la Serna ...
(1896–1978), Spanish graphic artist, editorial cartoonist and author of comic
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Diego Gavilán
Diego Antonio Gavilán Zarate (born 1 March 1980) is a Paraguayan former footballer and current coach. He is the current interim manager of Cerro Porteño's reserve team.
Career
Gavilán's nickname '' pampero'' – literally meaning the horse ...
(born 1980), Paraguayan football player
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Giuliana Gavilan (born 1996), Argentine handball player
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Jaime Gavilán (born 1985), Spanish football player
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Kid Gavilán
Gerardo González (January 6, 1926 – February 13, 2003), better known in the boxing world as Kid Gavilan, was a Cuban boxer. Gavilán was the former undisputed welterweight champion from 1951 to 1954 having simultaneously held the NYSAC, WBA ...
(1926–2003), Cuban former welterweight boxer
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Marcelino Gavilán (1909–1999), Spanish horse rider
Places
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Galivan, California
Galivan (Spanish: ''Gavilán'', meaning "Sparrow Hawk") is a location in Orange County, California. Most internet-based mapping websites locate Galivan as a neighborhood or small locale near the cities of Mission Viejo and Laguna Niguel, about two ...
, United States
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Gavilan Hills
Gavilan Hills, sometimes called the Gavilan Mountains, are a range of the Temescal Mountains, in Riverside County, California. The name given them came from local New Mexican and Californio miners of the mountains and Gavilan Plateau. In Spani ...
, a range in the Temescal Mountains in Riverside County, California
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Gavilán Peak, now called Fremont Peak, in the Gavilan Hills
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Gavilan Peak (disambiguation), a hill near Anthem, Arizona, north of Phoenix
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Gavilan Plateau Gavilan Plateau is a plateau in Riverside County, California. It lies at an elevation of 2083 feet on the north slope of the Temescal Mountains overlooking the Cajalco Valley south of Riverside, California.
History
The Gavilan Hills and Gavilan ...
, in the Temescal Mountains
Other uses
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''Gavilan'' (TV series), a 1982 TV series
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Gavilan College
Gavilan College is a public community college in Santa Clara County, California.
History
The college was established in 1919 as the San Benito County Junior College. It operated as such until 1963, when a new community college district was draw ...
, a community college located in Gilroy, California
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Gavilán G358, a Colombian light utility transport aircraft of the 1990s
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Gavilan SC
The Gavilan SC is a laptop computer and was the first ever to be marketed as a "laptop".
History
The brainchild of Gavilan Computer Corp. founder Manuel (Manny) Fernandez, the Gavilan was introduced in May 1983, at approximately the same time ...
, an early laptop computer
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Hydra Technologies Gavilán, an unmanned electrical-surveillance airplane
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