Concha and Concho means "
shell
Shell may refer to:
Architecture and design
* Shell (structure), a thin structure
** Concrete shell, a thin shell of concrete, usually with no interior columns or exterior buttresses
** Thin-shell structure
Science Biology
* Seashell, a hard o ...
" in the Spanish and Portuguese languages. The word can also refer to:
Places
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Concho, Arizona, a frontier town now functioning as a retirement community in Apache County
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Concho, Oklahoma
Concho is an unincorporated community in Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States. It is north of the Concho Indian Boarding School. The post office opened April 20, 1915. The ZIP code is 73022. The school and post office were named for Indian agen ...
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Concho County, Texas
Concho County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,303. Its county seat is Paint Rock. The county was founded in 1858 and later organized in 1879. It is named for t ...
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Concho, West Virginia
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Concho Valley, a region in West Texas
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Fort Concho, a National Historic Landmark in San Angelo, Texas
Rivers
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Concho River
The Concho River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas.
''Concho'' is Spanish for "shell"; the river was so named due to its abundance of freshwater mussels, such as the Tampico pearly mussel ('' Cyrtonaias tampicoensis'').
Geography
The Con ...
, a tributary of the Colorado River in Texas
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North Concho River, a tributary of the Concho River in Texas
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Middle Concho River, a tributary of the Concho River in Texas
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South Concho River, a tributary of the Concho River in Texas
Other
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Concho Resources Inc., a Texas oil exploration company
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Concha (bread)
Concha (plural conchas, meaning "shell" in Spanish) is a traditional Mexican sweet bread roll (''pan dulce''). Conchas get their name from their round shape and their striped, seashell-like appearance. A concha consists of two parts, a sweetene ...
, a sweet baked bread originally from México
* Concha or concho, a round decorative piece of metal seen on a
western saddle and other horse equipment descended from the Spanish tradition
* The bowl-shaped part of the
auricle (anatomy)
The auricle or auricula is the visible part of the ear that is outside the head. It is also called the pinna ( Latin for " wing" or "fin", plural pinnae), a term that is used more in zoology.
Structure
The diagram shows the shape and locatio ...
(the external ear), nearest the ear canal
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Nasal concha
In anatomy, a nasal concha (), plural conchae (), also called a nasal turbinate or turbinal, is a long, narrow, curled shelf of bone that protrudes into the breathing passage of the nose in humans and various animals. The conchae are shaped lik ...
(plural conchae) also known as turbinates
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Concha, the word "shell" applied to a musical instrument made from an armadillo shell
See also
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Rio Conchos
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De la Concha (disambiguation)
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