Hesperia may refer to:
Places
* Hesperia, ancient name for the
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula (),
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* Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica''
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* french: Péninsule Ibérique
* mwl, Península Eibérica
* eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, def ...
used by both the Greeks and the Romans
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Hesperia, California
Hesperia is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is located north of downtown San Bernardino in Victor Valley and surrounded by the Mojave Desert. Because of its relatively high elevation and the unique and moderate w ...
, a city in the United States
* Hesperia, Iowa, a former name for
Burnside, Iowa
Burnside is an unincorporated community in Webster County, Iowa, United States. Its elevation is 1,138 feet (347 m). Burnside has a post office with the ZIP code 50521.
History
Present-day Burnside was laid out as a town named Buchanan ...
, an unincorporated community in the United States
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Hesperia, Michigan
Hesperia is a village in Newaygo and Oceana Counties in the U.S. state of Michigan; it is also the only village in Newaygo County. About half of the village lies in Newfield Township in Oceana County and half in Denver Township in Newaygo Count ...
, a village in the United States
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Hesperia Planum
Hesperia Planum is a broad lava plain in the southern highlands of the planet Mars. The plain is notable for its moderate number of impact craters and abundant wrinkle ridges. It is also the location of the ancient volcano Tyrrhena Mons ( Tyrrhe ...
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69 Hesperia
Hesperia ( minor planet designation: 69 Hesperia) is a large, M-type main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli on April 29, 1861 from Milan, while he was searching for the recently discovered 63 Auso ...
, an asteroid
Other uses
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Hesperia (actress)
Hesperia (born Olga Mambelli; 9 July 1885 – 30 May 1959) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than sixty films and shorts from 1912 to 1938. She was married to the director Baldassarre Negroni
Baldassarre Negroni (21 January 1877 &nd ...
(1885–1959), Italian actress
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''Hesperia'' (butterfly) (branded skippers), a genus in the skipper family, Hesperiidae
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''Hesperia'' (journal), an academic journal of Classical archaeology
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Hesperia (poem)
''Hesperia: A Poem'' is a lengthy verse volume by Richard Henry Wilde (1789–1847), an Irish-American lawyer, and first edited and published by his son in 1867. The title work is described as "a nationalistic poem in four cantos", named as "Florid ...
, 1867 book-length verse epic by Richard Henry Wilde
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Hesperia (mythology) In Greek mythology, Hesperia (Ancient Greek: Ἑσπερια) or Hesperie, may refer to the following characters and places:
* Hesperia, one of the Hesperides; in some versions, the daughter of Hesperus.
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* Hesperia, also called Asterope, the ...
, various people and places in Greek mythology
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Hesperian Foundation, an NGO which publishes Health guides
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Hesperia Hotels
NH Hotel Group is a Spanish multinational hotel company headquartered in Madrid, that operates over 350 hotels in 28 countries, currently under the Anantara, NH Collection, nhow Hotels, Tivoli, NH Hotels, Elewana Collection and Avani brands. The ...
, Spanish hotel chain owned by NH Hoteles group
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USS ''Hesperia'' (AKS-13), a general stores issue ship
See also
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Hesperides (disambiguation)
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