Palmas may refer to:
Places
Brazil
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Palmas, Tocantins
Palmas (, ''Palm trees''; Akwẽ-Xerénte: ''Akwẽ krikahâzawre wam hã'' ) is the capital and largest city of the state of Tocantins, Brazil. According to IBGE estimates from 2020, the city had 306,296 inhabitants.
Palmas is located at the s ...
, the capital of the state of Tocantins in Brazil
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Palmas Airport
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Palmas, Paraná, a centenary small city in the south of the state of Paraná in Brazil
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Das Palmas River, Brazil
Elsewhere
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Palmas Arborea, a commune in Sicily, Italy
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Palmas, Sardinia, a
place on the island of Sardinia, Italy
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Miangas
Miangas or Palmas is North Sulawesi's northernmost island, and one of 92 officially listed outlying islands of Indonesia.
Etymology
''Miangas'' means "exposed to piracy", because pirates from Mindanao used to visit the island. In the 16th centur ...
, a small Indonesian island also known as Palmas
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Island of Palmas Case'', a 1928 territorial dispute between the Netherlands and the United States
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Cape Palmas
Cape Palmas is a headland on the extreme southeast end of the coast of Liberia, Africa, at the extreme southwest corner of the northern half of the continent. The Cape itself consists of a small, rocky peninsula connected to the mainland by a s ...
, a headland on the coast of Liberia
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Palmas, Aveyron, a commune in Aveyron department, France
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Palmas, Cataño, Puerto Rico, a barrio in Cataño, Puerto Rico (U.S.)
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Palmas, Guayama, Puerto Rico, a barrio in Guayama, Puerto Rico (U.S.)
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Palmas, Arroyo, Puerto Rico
Palmas is a barrio in the municipality of Arroyo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,789.
History
Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an ...
, a barrio in Arroyo, Puerto Rico (U.S.)
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Palmas, Salinas, Puerto Rico, a barrio in Salinas, Puerto Rico (U.S.)
People
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Gérald de Palmas
Gérald Gardrinier (; born 14 October 1967 in Saint-Denis, Réunion), better known by his stage name Gérald de Palmas, is a French singer-songwriter.
Biography
Early life
Gérald de Palmas was born in France. His father was a land surveyor ...
(born 1967), French singer
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Giorgia Palmas
Giorgia Palmas (born 5 March 1982) is an Italian television personality, actress and model. She became famous following her appearances on the Italian television show '' Striscia la notizia''.
Biography
Palmas was born in Cagliari. She began ...
(born 1982), Italian television personality and model
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Laurent de Palmas (born 1977), French footballer
Other uses
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''Palmas'' (album), by
Eddie Palmieri
Eddie Palmieri (born December 15, 1936) is an American Grammy Award-winning pianist, bandleader, musician, and composer of Puerto Rican ancestry. He is the founder of the bands La Perfecta, La Perfecta II, and Harlem River Drive.
Early life
Pal ...
(1994)
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Palmas (music) Palmas is a handclapping style which plays an essential role in Flamenco music. It used to help punctuate and accentuate the song and dance
Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully s ...
hand clapping which is the basis for improvisation in Flamenco
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Banco Palmas, a bank in Brazil
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Palmas Futebol e Regatas
Palmas Futebol e Regatas, or Palmas, as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Palmas in Tocantins, founded on 31 January 1997. It competes in the Campeonato Tocantinense, the top flight of the Tocantins state football lea ...
, football team in Palmas, Brazil
See also
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Las Palmas (disambiguation)
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Palma (disambiguation)
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