Pacifica may refer to:
Art
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''Pacifica'' (statue), a 1938 statue by Ralph Stackpole for the Golden Gate International Exposition
Places
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Pacifica, California
Pacifica ( es, Pacífica, meaning "Peaceful") is a city in San Mateo County, California, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean between San Francisco and Half Moon Bay.
Overview
The City of Pacifica is spread along a stretch of coastal beaches and hi ...
, a city in the United States
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Pacifica Pier
Pacifica Pier is a fishing pier in Pacifica, in western San Mateo County, California. The L shaped pier spans out into the Pacific Ocean for a quarter mile from the City of Pacifica. Its official name is the Rev. Herschell Harkins Memorial Pacific ...
, a fishing pier
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Pacifica, a conceivable union of Guam, the Northern Marianas, and a number of the former Trust Territories of the United States in the central Pacific Ocean
Media
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Pacifica Radio
Pacifica may refer to:
Art
* ''Pacifica'' (statue), a 1938 statue by Ralph Stackpole for the Golden Gate International Exposition
Places
* Pacifica, California, a city in the United States
** Pacifica Pier, a fishing pier
* Pacifica, a conceiv ...
, a non-commercial radio network in the United States, founded on the principles of pacifism
* ''
Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation
''Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation'', 438 U.S. 726 (1978), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court that defined the power of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over indecent material as applied to broadcas ...
'', a landmark court case for the regulation of indecency in U.S. broadcasting
* ''Pacifica'', a newsletter published by the
Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
The Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (APCG) promotes scholarly research in geography and disseminates geographic information in the Pacific Coast region of North America.
History
The organization was founded in 1935 at the University of C ...
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''Pacifica'' (journal), theological journal
Music
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''Pacifica'' (Fred Frith album), 1998
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''Pacifica'' (The Presets album)
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Yamaha Pacifica
Yamaha Pacifica is the name of a series of electric guitars manufactured by Yamaha. The line was originally designed in Yamaha's California custom-shop by Rich Lasner, working with guitar builder Leo Knapp. Initially intended by Lasner and Knapp ...
, a model of electric guitar
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Pacifica Quartet
The Pacifica Quartet is a professional string quartet based in Bloomington, Indiana. Its members are: Simin Ganatra, first violin; Austin Hartman, second violin; Mark Holloway, viola; and Brandon Vamos, cello. Formed in 1994 by Ganatra and Vamos wi ...
, an American string quartet
Fictional
* Pacifica, a planet in
"Manhunt" ''(Star Trek: The Next Generation)''
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Pacifica Casull
The following is a list of characters from the light novel series and anime ''Scrapped Princess'', written by Ichiro Sakaki with illustrations by Yukinobu Azumi.
Humans
Pacifica Casull
, also referred to as the Scrapped Princess. According t ...
, a character in the ''Scrapped Princess'' anime
* Pacifica, a state in the
Crimson Skies
''Crimson Skies'' is a tabletop and a video game media franchise created by Jordan Weisman and Dave McCoy, first released as a board game in 1998 and then as a PC game in 2000.
The series' intellectual property is currently owned by Microsoft C ...
universe
* Pacifica, a state in the video game ''
Shattered Union
''Shattered Union'' is a turn-based tactics video game developed by PopTop Software and published by 2K Games in October 2005.
Plot
In 2008, David Jefferson Adams becomes the 44th President of the United States following a disputed election and ...
''
* Pacifica, a bonus world in the Game Boy Advance version of ''
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
* Pacifica, a nation that rivals the eastern alliance in the video game ''
Fracture
Fracture is the separation of an object or material into two or more pieces under the action of stress. The fracture of a solid usually occurs due to the development of certain displacement discontinuity surfaces within the solid. If a displa ...
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* Pacifica, an underwater city in the TV series ''
Stingray
Stingrays are a group of sea rays, which are cartilaginous fish related to sharks. They are classified in the suborder Myliobatoidei of the order Myliobatiformes and consist of eight families: Hexatrygonidae (sixgill stingray), Plesiobatidae ( ...
''
* Pacifica, an
airline in Flight Simulator X
* Pacifica, an underwater city in the 1971 TV movie ''
City Beneath the Sea''
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Pacifica Northwest, a character from the 2012 Disney Channel original TV series ''Gravity Falls''
Other uses
* Chrysler Pacifica, a
crossover sport utility vehicle
A crossover, crossover SUV, or crossover utility vehicle (CUV) is a type of automobile with an increased ride height that is built on unibody chassis construction shared with passenger cars, as opposed to traditional sport utility vehicles (S ...
and a
minivan model
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Gavia pacifica
The Pacific loon or Pacific diver (''Gavia pacifica''), is a medium-sized member of the loon, or diver, family.
Taxonomy and etymology
The Pacific loon, previously considered conspecific with the similar black-throated loon, was classified as a ...
'', a species of loon
* Pacifica, a division of French insurance company
Crédit Agricole
Crédit Agricole Group (), sometimes called La banque verte ( en, The green bank) due to its historical ties to farming, is a French international banking group and the world's largest cooperative financial institution. It is France's second lar ...
* Pacifica, the codename for computer x86 virtualization technology from AMD, currently known as
AMD-V
x86 virtualization is the use of hardware-assisted virtualization capabilities on an x86/x86-64 CPU.
In the late 1990s x86 virtualization was achieved by complex software techniques, necessary to compensate for the processor's lack of hardware-as ...
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Pacifica Graduate Institute
Pacifica Graduate Institute is a private for-profit graduate school with two campuses near Santa Barbara, California. The institute offers masters and doctoral degrees in the fields of clinical psychology, counseling, mythological studies, dep ...
, an educational institution offering degrees in psychology, mythological studies, and the humanities
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Pacifica Forum
The Pacifica Forum was a discussion group in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was hosted by retired University of Oregon professor Orval Etter. It culminated a long slide into extremism by ceasing operations after Etter's death and has not been r ...
, a controversial discussion group based in Eugene, Oregon
See also
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Pasifika (disambiguation) Pasifika may refer to:
*Pacific Islander people, indigenous peoples of the Pacific Islands
**Pasifika New Zealanders, Pacific peoples living in New Zealand
* Pacific islands, including Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia
*The Pasifika Festival, an a ...
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Pacifika
Pacifika is a Canadian world music band formed in Vancouver, British Columbia by high school friends Silvana Kane (vocals) and Adam Popowitz (guitar) in 2004 and joined by Toby Peter (bass and drums) in 2006. According to Kane, who sings in ...
, a Canadian world music group
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Pacifica High School (disambiguation) Pacifica High School may refer to:
* Pacifica High School (Garden Grove, California)
Pacifica High School is a high school in Garden Grove, California, United States, within the Garden Grove Unified School District. It opened in 1965 and has enr ...
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