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Vasco Da Gama–Kacheguda Amaravati Express
Vasco may refer to: People Given name Middle Ages * Vasco da Gama (c. 1460s–1524), Portuguese explorer * Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475–1519), Spanish conquistador * Vasco Fernandes Coutinho, captain of Espírito Santo (1490–1561), Portuguese nobleman and first donatary of the Captaincy of Espírito Santo * Vasco Fernandes (artist) (1475–1540), Portuguese painter * Vasco de Quiroga (1470/78–1565), Spanish bishop and judge, first bishop of Michoacán, Mexico * Vasco Martins de Sousa (1320s–1387), Lord of Mortágua and Chancellor mor under King Peter I of Portugal Modern world * Vasco Cordeiro (born 1973), Portuguese politician * Vasco da Gama Fernandes (1908–1991), Portuguese politician, Chairman of the Portuguese Parliament * Vasco Fernandes (footballer) (born 1986), Portuguese footballer * Vasco Gonçalves, Portuguese army officer and Prime Minister of Portugal from 1974 to 1975 * Vasco Lopes (born 1999), Portuguese footballer * Vasco Oliveira (footballer, born 192 ...
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Vasco Da Gama
Vasco da Gama ( , ; – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and nobleman who was the Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India, first European to reach India by sea. Da Gama's first voyage (1497–1499) was the first to link Europe and Asia using an Cape Route, ocean route that rounded the southern tip of Africa. This route allowed the Portuguese to avoid sailing across the highly disputed Mediterranean Sea and traversing the dangerous Arabian Peninsula, Arabian Peninsula. A milestone in Portuguese maritime exploration, this voyage marked the beginning of a sea-based phase of international trade and an age of global imperialism. The Portuguese later established a Portuguese Empire, long-lasting colonial empire along the route from Africa to Asia. The outward and return voyages constituted the longest known ocean voyages ever completed. Sailors had been trying to reach the Indies for decades, with thousands of lives and dozens of vessels lost in shipwrecks and ...
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Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira
Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira, GCTE GCC GCIH ComA (; 16 August 1939 – 22 January 2025) was a Portuguese Army officer who was the last Governor of Macau. Background Vieira was born on 16 August 1939. He was the son of João da Silva Vieira and Maria Vieira Rocha, as well as the paternal grandson of André de Sousa Vieira and his wife, Teresa de Jesus da Silva. Vieira married in Alcântara, Lisbon, Portugal, on 20 November 1976, Maria Leonor de Andrada Soares de Albergaria, born in Lisbon on 18 April 1949, Licentiate in Roman Philology at the University of Lisbon and the daughter of João José Cabral Soares de Albergaria, 3rd Viscount (formerly Baron) of Torre de Moncorvo (with a Coat of arms of ''de Morais'' and ''Sarmento'') and Representative of the Title of Viscount de Morais Sarmento, a mechanical engineer, and wife Maria Júlia Pellen de Campos de Andrada, of the Family of the former Counters of the Counts of the Realm and House, and had three sons. Vieira died on ...
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Vasco (album)
''Vasco'' is a two-part EP by Ricardo Villalobos Ricardo Villalobos (born 6 August 1970) is a Chilean-born German electronic music producer and DJ. He is well known for his work in the minimal techno and microhouse genres, and is one of the most significant figures in the minimal techno scene. .... It was released by Perlon on LP and CD in the spring and fall of 2008. The original 12" vinyl pressings include "Minimoonstar", "Electronic Water" and "Amazordum", alongside remixes of each song by Shackleton, San Proper and Baby Ford. The CD release discards the remixes, but adds "Skinfummel" and the full 32 minutes of "Minimoonstar", extending the song by over twice its length. Track listing ;Vinyl pressing - ''Part One'' ;Vinyl pressing - ''Part Two'' ;CD pressing Credits * Ricardo Villalobos - writer, producer, main performer * Rashad Becker - mastering * Double Standard - sleeve artwork References {{DEFAULTSORT:Vasco (album) 2008 albums Ricardo Villalo ...
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Vasco Road
Vasco Road is a roadway over the Diablo Range that connects Livermore and Brentwood, California. Although it is not part of the California State Highway system, it is the principal north–south commuter route serving eastern Alameda and Contra Costa counties. The two counties are each responsible for maintaining the portion of the road within their boundaries. The traffic count in 2008 was estimated at more than 25,000 vehicles per day. Weekend traffic is also heavy in spring and summer, when residents from other parts of California flock to the recreation areas along the Sacramento - San Joaquin River Delta. History Originally, Vasco Road was a two-lane, very narrow road that began at U.S. Highway 50 (now Interstate 580) and wound over the Diablo Range and through the Kellogg Creek valley. In 1957, Alameda County linked three other streets inside Livermore to extend Vasco to Tesla Road. A ribbon-cutting ceremony opened the new Vasco Road on August 1, 1958. Boomin ...
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Vasco Da Gama, Goa
Vasco da Gama (), often shortened to Vasco, is a city in the state of Goa on the west coast of India. It is named after the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama. It is sometimes also referred to as Sambhaji Nagar after Sambhaji. It is the headquarters of the Mormugão taluka (subdistrict). The city lies on the western tip of the Mormugao peninsula, at the mouth of the Zuari River, about from Panaji, Goa's capital, from Margao, the district headquarters and about from Dabolim Airport. The city was developed along with the nearby Mormugao Port in 1886 and remained with the Portuguese Empire until the 1961 Indian military operation that annexed Goa. The 1888-constructed Mormugao Port remains a busy shipping route in Asia. This port is built by the Portuguese king in alliance with Gali Sidhayya who is the then zamindar of the Goa region. It is one of the major ports of independent India. The shipbuilding area of Goa Shipyard Limited that builds Indian Navy and Coast Guard ...
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Basque Language
Basque ( ; ) is a language spoken by Basques and other residents of the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country, a region that straddles the westernmost Pyrenees in adjacent parts of northern Spain and southwestern France. Basque is classified as a language isolate (unrelated to any other known languages), the only one in Europe. The Basques are indigenous to and primarily inhabit the Basque Country. The Basque language is spoken by 806,000 Basques in all territories. Of them, 93.7% (756,000) are in the Spanish area of the Basque Country and the remaining 6.3% (50,000) are in the French portion. Native speakers live in a contiguous area that includes parts of four Spanish provinces and the French Basque Country, three "ancient provinces" in France. Gipuzkoa, most of Biscay, a few municipalities on the northern border of Álava and the northern area of Navarre formed the core of the remaining Basque-speaking area before measures were introduced in the 1980s to stre ...
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Vasco SC
Clube de Desportos Vasco da Gama (simply known as both Vasco Sports Club, and Vasco SC) is an Indian professional football club based in Vasco da Gama, Goa, part of the same named multi-sports club. Incorporated in 1951, the club is nicknamed "The Port Towners", and competes in the Goa Professional League. Vasco is the first Goan club run under public shareholding. It previously competed in the National Football League, then highest division of Indian football league system. The club also appeared in the I-League 2nd Division in later years. History Formation In 1951, residents from the port town of Vasco da Gama, Goa, including the Portuguese garrison stationed there, formed the club called Clube de Desportos Vasco da Gama. Tenente Avila became first president of the club. On 1 September of that year, the club earned certification; they became affiliated to the Associação de Futebol de Goa (GFA) in 1959. It was named after the famous Brazilian club Club de Regatas Va ...
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Vasco Esporte Clube
Vasco Esporte Clube, commonly known as Vasco, is a Brazilian football club based in Aracaju Aracaju () is the capital of the state of Sergipe, Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country on the coast, about 350 km (217 mi) north of Salvador, Bahia, Salvador. According to the 2020 estimate, the city has 664,908 inha ..., Sergipe state. They won the Campeonato Sergipano four times. History The club was founded on August 15, 1931, as Vasco da Gama Futebol Clube, and changed to its current name in 1946. Vasco won the Campeonato Sergipano in 1944, 1948, 1953, and in 1987. Honours * Campeonato Sergipano ** Winners (4): 1944, 1948, 1953, 1987 ** Runners-up (5): 1945, 1949, 1962, 1993, 1998 * Torneio Início do Sergipe ** Winners (2): 1947, 1961 Stadium Vasco Esporte Clube play their home games at Estádio Lourival Baptista, nicknamed ''Batistão''. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 14,000 people. References {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2011 Assoc ...
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Vasco Da Gama F
Vasco may refer to: People Given name Middle Ages * Vasco da Gama (c. 1460s–1524), Portuguese explorer * Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475–1519), Spanish conquistador * Vasco Fernandes Coutinho, captain of Espírito Santo (1490–1561), Portuguese nobleman and first donatary of the Captaincy of Espírito Santo * Vasco Fernandes (artist) (1475–1540), Portuguese painter * Vasco de Quiroga (1470/78–1565), Spanish bishop and judge, first bishop of Michoacán, Mexico * Vasco Martins de Sousa (1320s–1387), Lord of Mortágua and Chancellor mor under King Peter I of Portugal Modern world * Vasco Cordeiro (born 1973), Portuguese politician * Vasco da Gama Fernandes (1908–1991), Portuguese politician, Chairman of the Portuguese Parliament * Vasco Fernandes (footballer) (born 1986), Portuguese footballer * Vasco Gonçalves, Portuguese army officer and Prime Minister of Portugal from 1974 to 1975 * Vasco Lopes (born 1999), Portuguese footballer * Vasco Oliveira (footballer, born 1 ...
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CR Vasco Da Gama
Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (; English: Vasco da Gama Club of Rowing), commonly referred to as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco, is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Although originally a rowing club and then a multi-sport club, Vasco is mostly known for its men's Association football, football team, which currently competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, and in the Campeonato Carioca, the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro's premier State football leagues in Brazil, state league.Unzelte, Celso – O Livro de Ouro do Futebol; page 689 (Editora Ediouro, 2002) – Named after Vasco da Gama 400 years after his Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India, European–Asian sea route in 1498, the club was founded in 1898 as a rowing club by Brazilian workers, Portuguese Brazilians and newly arrived Portuguese Brazilians#Portuguese immigration to Brazil, Portuguese immigrants. Vasco created its ...
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Bill Stax
Shin Dong-yeol (; born December 18, 1980), better known by his stage name Bill Stax (), previously known as Vasco (), is a South Korean rapper. He was a contestant on '' Show Me the Money 3''. He released his first album, ''The Genesis'', on July 13, 2004. Discography Studio albums Extended plays Mixtapes Charted singles References {{DEFAULTSORT:Stax, Bill 1980 births Living people South Korean hip-hop musicians South Korean male rappers South Korean hip-hop singers South Korean hip-hop record producers Rappers from Seoul ...
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Vassil Evtimov
Vassil Iliev "Vasco" Evtimov () (born 30 May 1977) is a French-Bulgarian former professional basketball player and head coach of Cherno More Ticha in National Basketball League. A 2.08 m power forward, he played professionally in ten different countries throughout his career. He is the son of and Rosalina Evtimov; his father was also a professional basketball player who relocated the family to France during his career. Vasco's younger brother Ilian is also a professional basketball player. Player profile After being selected as a 1996 McDonald's All American, Evtimov played NCAA Division I college basketball with the University of North Carolina. Although he saw limited action off the bench, he participated in two Final Fours with the Tar Heels. Evtimov was recruited by the legendary coach Dean Smith and was then caught in the transition to coach Bill Guthridge. Despite this, his sophomore year Evtimov led his Tar Heel team in rebounds and points preseason until the NCAA ...
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