Matanza (Spanish for "slaughter" or "killing") may refer to:
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La Matanza (1910–1920)
''La Matanza'' ("The Massacre" or "The Slaughter") and the ''Hora de Sangre'' ("Hour of Blood") was a period of anti-Mexican violence in Texas, including lynchings and massacres, between 1910 and 1920 in the midst of tensions between the United S ...
, a series of attacks and lynchings of Mexican ethnics by Anglo Texans between 1910 and 1920
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La Matanza
''La Matanza'' (Spanish for "The Massacre") refers to a communist-indigenous rebellion in El Salvador that took place between 22 and 25 January 1932. It was succeeded by large-scale government killings in western El Salvador, which resulted ...
, the 1932 Salvadoran peasant massacre
* Matanza Cueto, ring name for Guamanian professional wrestler
Jeff Cobb
Jeffrey Cobb (ジェフ・コブ ''Jefu Kobu'', born July 11, 1982) is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) where he is a two-time IWGP Tag Team Champion with United Emp ...
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Matanza Inc, a Brazilian country/hardcore band formerly known as Matanza
Mattanza (Italian for "slaughter" or "killing") may refer to:
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Mattanza
''Mattanza'', literally 'slaughter' or 'killing' in Italian, also known as ''Almadraba'' in Spanish and ''Almadrava'' in Portuguese, is a traditional tuna fishing technique that uses a series of large nets to trap and exhaust the fish.
There ar ...
, a traditional form of tuna fishing practiced in Sicily and Sardinia
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Mattanza
''Mattanza'', literally 'slaughter' or 'killing' in Italian, also known as ''Almadraba'' in Spanish and ''Almadrava'' in Portuguese, is a traditional tuna fishing technique that uses a series of large nets to trap and exhaust the fish.
There ar ...
, a synonym in Sicily for the
Second Mafia War
The Second Mafia War was a period of conflict involving the Sicilian Mafia, mostly taking place from the late 1970s to the early 1990s and involved thousands of homicides. Sometimes referred to as The Great Mafia War or the ''Mattanza'' (Italian ...
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Places
Argentina
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La Matanza Partido
La Matanza ('The Slaughter' in Spanish) is a ''Partidos of Buenos Aires, partido'' (county or department) located in the urban agglomeration of Greater Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
This provincial subdivision had 1,775,272 inh ...
, a district of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
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Matanza River
The River
The Matanza River is known by several names, including, in Spanish, Río de la Matanza ("the slaughter river" in English), Río Matanza ("slaughter river"), Río Mataderos ("slaughterhouses river"), Río de la Manzana ("the apple rive ...
, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Colombia
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Matanza, Santander, a municipality of the Santander Department
Perú
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La Matanza District
La Matanza District is one of ten districts of the province Morropón in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática
The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) ("National Institute of Statistics and Informatics" ...
, a district in Morropón Province, Piura Region
Spain
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La Matanza de Acentejo
La Matanza de Acentejo is a town near the north coast of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. It is located 10 km east of Puerto de la Cruz, and about 20 km west of the island's capital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Its name means "the Slaughter o ...
, a municipality on Tenerife
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Matanza de los Oteros
Matanza de los Oteros is a municipality in the province of León, Spain. It has an area of 20.69 mi2 (53,58 km²) with a population of 179, as of 2017. It is about 28.58 mi (46 km) south of the Leonese capital, León.
Geography
Matanza de los ...
, a city in León, Spain
See also
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Matanzas (disambiguation)
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