Banco may refer to:
Places
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Banc (Barcelona Metro)
Banc, also called Banco, is a defunct metro station of the Barcelona metro. Built in 1911 as part of the first Barcelona metro line, it has never been opened to the public.
History
The station was built in 1911 as part of the original tunnel bui ...
, also called Banco, a closed metro stop on the Barcelona metro
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Banco, Virginia
Banco is an unincorporated community located in Madison County, Virginia, United States.
References
Unincorporated communities in Virginia
Unincorporated communities in Madison County, Virginia
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, an unincorporated community
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Banco, West Virginia
Banco is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The Un ...
, an unincorporated community
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Banco National Park
Banco National Park is a national park in Ivory Coast, located along Highway North in the district of Attécoubé (Abidjan). It is one of the only dense, primary tropical forest located in the heart of an urban area, other than the Tijuca Nati ...
, a national park in Côte d'Ivoire
Arts and architecture
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''Banco'' (Banco del Mutuo Soccorso album), 1975 album by Italian progressive rock band Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
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''Banco'' (Sir Michael Rocks album), 2014 album by American rapper Sir Michael Rocks
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''Banco'' (novel), 1972 autobiography by Henri Charrière
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Banco architecture
Mudbrick or mud-brick, also known as unfired brick, is an air-dried brick, made of a mixture of mud (containing loam, clay, sand and water) mixed with a binding material such as rice husks or straw. Mudbricks are known from 9000 BCE.
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, a West African type of mudbrick, and the architecture made with it
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Banco (building material)
Adobe (from arabic: الطوب Attub ; ) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. is Spanish for mudbrick. In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term is u ...
; fermented mud; made by fermenting mud with rice husks
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Banco (typeface)
Banco is an inclined Title (publishing), titling typeface designed by Roger Excoffon for the Fonderie Olive Type foundry, foundry in 1951.
History
Like Excoffon's prior fonts Mistral (typeface), Mistral and Choc (typeface), Choc, Banco was design ...
, a decorative typeface
* Banco, an alternate Spanish spelling of
bangka (boat)
Bangka are various native watercraft of the Philippines. It originally referred to small double-outrigger dugout canoes used in rivers and shallow coastal waters, but since the 18th century, it has expanded to include larger lashed-lug ships, ...
of the Philippines
* Banco, another name for the parlor game
Bunco
Bunco (also bunko or bonko or buncko) is a dice game with twelve or more players, divided into groups of four, trying to score points while taking turns rolling three dice in a series of six rounds. A bunco is achieved when a person rolls thr ...
* Banco, part of the ''nomenclature'' of the game known commonly as
Baccarat
Baccarat or baccara (; ) is a card game. It is now mainly played at casinos, but formerly popular at house-parties and private gaming rooms. The game's origins are a mixture of precursors from China, Japan, and Korea, which then gained popularit ...
Other
* Banco, a historical reference to the
Bank of Sweden and Swedish coinage
See also
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Banc, a word used in certain contexts instead of "bank"
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Banko (disambiguation)
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