Lobera or La Lobera is the Spanish word for "wolves' lair", “wolf trap”, "wolf pack" or "wolf woman." It is equivalent to Portuguese
Lobeira and Italian
Luparia.
It may refer to:
Places
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Lobera de Onsella
Lobera de Onsella (in Aragonese: Lobera d'Onsella) is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE
INE, Ine or ine may refer to:
Institutions
* Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German ...
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Lobera de la Vega
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Lobera de Orense
* Cave on
San Pedro Nolasco Island
San Pedro Nolasco Island, sometimes called Seal Island, is a small and rugged Mexican island in the Gulf of California. It is 4.2 km long by 1 km wide, and lies 15 km from the nearest point of the Mexican coast and about 28 k ...
* "Wolf's Lair," or La Lobera, isolation blockhouse in
Callao
Callao () is a Peruvian seaside city and Regions of Peru, region on the Pacific Ocean in the Lima metropolitan area. Callao is Peru's chief seaport and home to its main airport, Jorge Chávez International Airport. Callao municipality consists o ...
Naval Base prison in Peru housing inmates such as Shining Path terrorist leader Abimael Guzman.
People
* Lobera, a common Spanish surname
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Pedro Mariño de Lobera
Pedro Mariño de Lobera (1528–1594) was a Galician soldier, conquistador and chronicler of the Arauco War in the Captaincy General of Chile.
Biography
A professional soldier who served in the war between Spain and France, he went to the Americ ...
* Ana María García, la Lobera, who appeared before the
Inquisition
The Inquisition was a group of institutions within the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy, conducting trials of suspected heretics. Studies of the records have found that the overwhelming majority of sentences consisted of penances, ...
of Toledo in 1648 accused of controlling seven demonic wolves
Other
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wolf trap
A wolf trap (Spanish ''lobera'', Italian ''luparia'') was a chase ending in a pit with trapdoor and stakes used by beaters in hunting wolves in medieval Europe.Towards a History of the Basque Language José Ignacio Hualde, Joseba A. Lakarra, Rob ...
, funnel-like walls leading to a pit with stakes for hunting wolves in Spain
* Wolf-slayer
Lobera (sword)
The sword Lobera ( es, la espada lobera, literally: "the wolf-slaying sword") was the symbol of power used by Saint Ferdinand III of Castile, instead of the more traditional rod, and so the king will be depicted with orb and sword in hand.
Histo ...
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Digitalis purpurea
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* Wolf apple
Solanum lycocarpum
''Solanum lycocarpum'', or wolf apple, is common in the Brazilian savanna, the Cerrado ecoregion. The plant is called ''lobeira'' ("wolf's plant") or ''fruta-do-lobo'' ("wolf's fruit") in Portuguese.
The name "wolf apple" comes from the fact t ...
common in the Brazilian savanna.
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