Blanca (meaning "white" in Spanish) may refer to:
Locations
United States
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Casa Blanca, California or Blanca, a former unincorporated community
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Blanca, Colorado, a Statutory Town
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Blanca Peak
Blanca Peak (Navajo: ) is the fourth highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The ultra-prominent peak is the highest summit of the Sierra Blanca Massif, the Sangre de Cristo Range, and the Sangr ...
, a mountain in Colorado
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Blanca Wetlands, a protected area in Colorado
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La Blanca, Texas
La Blanca is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hidalgo County, Texas. The population was 2,488 at the 2010 United States Census. It is part of the McAllen– Edinburg– Mission Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
La Blanca is loca ...
, a census-designated place
*one of many early names of Galveston Island, Texas - see
History of Galveston, Texas
The history of Galveston, Texas
Galveston ( ) is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. The community of , with a population of 47,743 in 2010, i ...
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Blanca Lake
Blanca Lake is located in the Henry M. Jackson Wilderness Area in the Cascade Mountains of the U.S. state of Washington.
Blanca Lake sits in a basin surrounded by the peaks of Monte Cristo, Kyes, and Columbia. The lake is fed by the Columbi ...
, a lake in Washington
Elsewhere
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La Blanca
La Blanca is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site in present-day La Blanca, San Marcos Department, western Guatemala. It has an occupation dating predominantly from the Middle Preclassic (900–600 BC) period of Mesoamerican ch ...
, an archeological site in Guatemala
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Blanca, Sevnica
Blanca () is a settlement on the left bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Sevnica in central Slovenia.The area is part of the historical region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region. The sett ...
, a settlement in Slovenia
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Blanca, Murcia, a town in Spain
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Isla Blanca (disambiguation)
People
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Blanca (given name) Blanca is a feminine Spanish given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Blanca of Navarre (disambiguation), the name of various members of the aristocracy
*Infanta Blanca of Spain (1868–1949), Archduchess and Princess of Austria and Pri ...
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Nida Blanca
Dorothy Guinto Jones (January 6, 1936 – November 7, 2001), popularly known by her stage name Nida Blanca, was a Filipina actress. After a successful acting career in films during the 1950s, many of which are with actor Nestor de Villa, ...
(1936–2001), Filipina actress
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Blanca (musician)
Blanca Elaine Reyes (born February 10, 1986), who goes by the mononym Blanca, is a Puerto Rican-born American Contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter. Until 2013, she was a member of Group 1 Crew. She is now a solo artist. She released ...
, a contemporary Christian music artist
Other uses
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''Blanca'' (album), by Christian musician Blanca
* ''Blanca'', a 1971 film by
Walerian Borowczyk
Walerian Borowczyk (21 October 1923 – 3 February 2006) was an internationally known Polish film director described by film critics as a 'genius who also happened to be a pornographer'. He directed 40 films between 1946 and 1988. Borowczyk set ...
See also
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Blanco (disambiguation)
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Blanch (disambiguation)
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Blanche (disambiguation)
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Blanka (disambiguation)
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Hurricane Blanca The name Blanca has been used for eleven tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
* Hurricane Blanca (1966), never affected land, travelled 4,300 miles during its lifetime.
* Tropical Storm Blanca (1970), did not make landfall.
* Tropical St ...
, a list of tropical cyclones
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Laguna Blanca (disambiguation)
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Sierra Blanca (disambiguation)
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