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Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

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noun meaning "help" or "relief" (cf. '' succor''). It may also refer to:

Places

* Socorro, São Paulo, a city in São Paulo state, Brazil *

Socorro (district of São Paulo) Socorro (Portuguese for "Help") is a district in the subprefecture of Capela do Socorro, in southern São Paulo, Brazil. Between the Guarapiranga and Billings Reservoirs, lies the Autódromo José Carlos Pace. Education Colégio Humboldt São ...

, a district in São Paulo city, Brazil * Socorro River, a river in Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil * Socorro Island, an older name for

Guamblin Island __FORCETOC__ Guamblin Island, also known as Socorro Island, Nuestra Señora del Socorro, or Huamblin, is a Chilean island located in the Pacific Ocean. The island is designated as a National Park and is recognized as an Important Bird Area due t ...

, Chile *

Socorro, Santander Socorro is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. It was founded in 1681 by José de Archila and José Díaz Sarmiento.The town was very influential in the history of Colombia. There began the revolt of the ...

, a town and municipality in Santander Department, Colombia *

Socorro Province Socorro Province was one of the provinces of Gran Colombia. It belonged to the Boyacá Department which was created in 1824. See also *Revolt of the Comuneros (New Granada) The Revolt of the Comuneros was a popular uprising in the Viceroyal ...

, in the former country of Gran Colombia *

Socorro, Goa Socorro is a village that lies five kilometres to the east of Mapusa town in Bardez taluka. It is administered by a ''panchayat'' represented by members from the seven wards of Ambirna, Arrarim, Carrem, Maina, Porvorim, Vaddem and Zosvaddo. It i ...

, a village in Goa, India *

Socorro Island Socorro Island ( es, Isla Socorro) is a small volcanic island in the Revillagigedo Islands, a Mexican possession lying off the country's western coast. The size is 16.5 by 11.5 km (10.25 by 7.15 miles), with an area of . It is the largest ...

(''Isla Socorro''), Mexico *

Socorro, Surigao del Norte Socorro, officially the Municipality of Socorro ( Surigaonon: Lungsod nan Socorro; tl, Bayan ng Socorro), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Surigao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 25,942 ...

, Philippines, a municipality *

Socorro, Oriental Mindoro Socorro, officially the Municipality of Socorro ( tgl, Bayan ng Socorro), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 41,585 people. Socorro is located at th ...

, Philippines, a municipality * Socorro, a barangay of Quezon City * Socorro (Lisbon), a parish in Portugal *

Socorro, New Mexico Socorro (, '' sə-KOR-oh'') is a city in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is in the Rio Grande Valley at an elevation of . In 2010 the population was 9,051. It is the county seat of Socorro County. Socorro is located south of A ...

, a city in the United States *

Socorro County, New Mexico Socorro County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,866. The county seat is Socorro. The county was formed in 1852 as one of the original nine counties of New Mexico Territory. Socorro was ...

Socorro, Texas Socorro is a city in El Paso County, Texas, United States. It is located on the north bank of the Rio Grande southeast of El Paso, and on the border of Mexico. El Paso adjoins it on the west and the smaller city of San Elizario on the southeast; sm ...

, a city in the United States *

El Socorro (disambiguation) El Socorro may refer to * Socorro, Santander (Colombia) * El Socorro, Venezuela and its El Socorro Municipality * El Socorro, Trinidad and Tobago * Villa Angélica (Argentina) {{Disambig ...

, multiple uses * Socorro do Piauí, Brazil

People

Héctor Socorro Héctor Socorro Varela (26 June 1912 – 1980) was a Cuban footballer. International career He represented Cuba at the 1938 World Cup in France, scoring three goals in the two matches against Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a co ...

(1912–1980), Cuban footballer *

Juan Carlos Socorro Juan Carlos Socorro Vera (born 13 May 1972) is a Venezuelan retired footballer who played as a midfielder, currently manager of Spanish club UD San Fernando. Club career Save for one season, Caracas-born Socorro spent his entire professional ca ...

(born 1972), Venezuelan footballer *

Socorro Acioli Socorro Acioli was born in Fortaleza, Ceará in 1975. She is a journalist, has a master's degree in Brazilian literature and is currently following a PhD. in Literary Studies at the Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro. She started h ...

(born 1975), Brazilian author *

Socorro Santiago Socorro Santiago is an American actress who has made occasional appearances in ''Law & Order'' and a recurring role on ''All My Children'' as Isabella Santos from 1993 to 2004. Santiago was born in New York City to a Puerto Rican mother and Me ...

(born 1951), American actress *

Socorro Tellado Lopez Socorro is a Portuguese-Spanish noun meaning "help" or "relief" (cf. '' succor''). It may also refer to: Places * Socorro, São Paulo, a city in São Paulo state, Brazil * Socorro (district of São Paulo), a district in São Paulo city, Br ...

(1927–2009), Spanish author *

Socorro Venegas Socorro Venegas (born in 1972) is a Mexican writer. Biography Socorro Venegas was born in San Luis Potosí in 1972. She currently lives in Cuernavaca Cuernavaca (; nci-IPA, Cuauhnāhuac, kʷawˈnaːwak "near the woods", ) is the capital ...

(born 1972), Mexican writer *

Vilma Socorro Martínez Vilma Socorro Martínez (born October 17, 1943) is an American lawyer, civil rights activist and diplomat who formerly served as the U.S. Ambassador to Argentina from 2009 to 2013 under President Barack Obama. Biography Early life Vilma Soc ...

(born 1943), American diplomat

Animals

Socorro blenny Socorro is a Portuguese-Spanish noun meaning "help" or "relief" (cf. '' succor''). It may also refer to: Places * Socorro, São Paulo, a city in São Paulo state, Brazil * Socorro (district of São Paulo), a district in São Paulo city, Br ...

* Socorro dove *

Socorro elf owl The elf owl (''Micrathene whitneyi'') is a small grayish-brown owl about the size of a sparrow found in the Southwestern United States, central Mexico, and the Baja California peninsula. It has pale yellow eyes highlighted by thin white "eyebro ...

Socorro isopod ''Thermosphaeroma thermophilum'' is a crustacean in the family Sphaeromatidae. It is commonly known as the Socorro isopod or Socorro sowbug. It was endemic to the thermal water oSedillo Spring This was located in Socorro County in the state of ...

( Socorro sowbug) *

Socorro mockingbird The Socorro mockingbird (''Mimus graysoni'') is an endangered mockingbird endemic to Socorro Island in Mexico's Revillagigedo Islands. The specific epithet commemorates the American ornithologist Andrew Jackson Grayson. ''Mimus graysoni'' shows ...

Socorro parakeet The Socorro parakeet (''Psittacara brevipes'') is a species of parrot endemic to Socorro Island in the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico. Some ornithologists consider it to be a subspecies of the green parakeet (''Psittacara holochlorus''). Its natur ...

Socorro springsnail The Socorro springsnail, scientific name ''Pyrgulopsis neomexicana'', is an endangered species of minute freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Hydrobiidae, the mud snails. Thi ...

Socorro towhee The spotted towhee (''Pipilo maculatus'') is a large New World sparrow. The taxonomy of the towhees has been debated in recent decades, and until 1995 this bird and the eastern towhee were considered a single species, the rufous-sided towhee. A ...

Socorro wren The Socorro wren (''Troglodytes sissonii'') is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is endemic to Socorro Island, Mexico. It was formerly placed in ''Thryomanes'' but was moved to ''Troglodytes'' considering "manners, song, plumage, ...

Other uses

* Socorro (TransMilenio), a mass transit station in Bogotá, Colombia * Church of Our Lord of Socorro, Ponte de Lima, Portugal * socorro, a breakpad server written in Python * '' Socorro Nobre'', a 1995 documentary film *

Socorro Rojo Internacional International Red Aid (also commonly known by its Russian acronym MOPR ( ru , МОПР, for: ''Междунаро́дная организа́ция по́мощи борца́м револю́ции'' - Mezhdunarodnaya organizatsiya pomoshchi bor ...

, International Red Aid *

Socorro Rojo del P.O.U.M. ''Socorro Rojo del P.O.U.M.'' ('POUM Red Aid') was a volunteer organization in Spain, active during the Spanish Civil War. The organization was set up by the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM), modelled after the Communist Party-led Intern ...

, a Spanish aid society during the 1930s civil war * "Socorro", a song by Brazilian singer Bruno Sutter off his 2015 album '' Bruno Sutter'' {{disambiguation, geo, surname