ORO

'Oro' may refer to:

★ Banco de Oro Universal Bank, one of the largest banks in the Philippines

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★ Banco de Oro-Equitable PCI Bank merger

★ Danu Oro Transportas, an airline based in Vilnius, Lithuania

★ Faja de Oro, ("Golden Belt"), a Mexican oil transporter that was sunk during World War II

★ Justo de Santa María de Oro (1772–1836), an Argentine statesman and bishop

★ 'Oro', a god of both war and peace in Polynesian mythology (Tahiti). During peacetime he was called Oro-i-Te-Tea-Moe ("Oro with the spear down"). He is a son of Tangaroa and Hina-Tu-A-Uta, and father of Hoa-Tapu, Toi-Mata, Ai-Tupuai and Mahu-Fatu-Rau.

★ 'Oro', the ancestor to the Rarotongan people.

★ Oro, a variation of the Orz emoticon.

★ Oro, a Balkan folk dance, see Hora.

★ Oro, the Italian and Spanish word for gold

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★ Compasso d'Oro, an industrial design award in Italy since 1954

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★ Copa Oro, Soccer Gold Cup played in 1993, 1995 and 1996

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★ Libro d'Oro, a list of the local Italian nobility

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★ Pala d'Oro, (literally, "Golden Pall"), a high altar retable of the Basilica di San Marco in Venice

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★ Siglo de Oro, meaning "golden century"

★ Oro Win language, a moribund Chapacuran language spoken in Brazil

★ Zecchino d'Oro, an international children's song festival every year since 1959

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Entertainment

Places

Entertainment

★ , a 1999 greatest hits album by ABBA, sung in Spanish.

★ De Oro Puro (1993-1994), a telenovela shown on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión

★ El árbol de oro, a short story in Spanish by Ana Maria Matute

★ El tiempo es oro, an album by Mexican singer Paulina Rubio released in 1995

★ Johnny Oro, aka. Ringo and His Golden Pistol, a 1966 spaghetti western directed by Sergio Corbucci

★ Oro (Street Fighter), a video game character from Street Fighter III created by Capcom

★ 'Oro', a certification by the RIAA for 100,000 units shipped. For more information see: RIAA certification

★ 'Oro', used as an exclamatory word for thoughts such as: uh-oh, oh-boy, eek, meep, ow, erk, gah, buh, etc in the Japanese Animation, Rurouni Kenshin

Places

★ Bloque de oro, "The Golden Block", a neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

★ Ca' d'Oro, (correctly Palazzo Santa Sofia), one of the most beautiful palazzos on the Grand Canal in Venice.

★ Cagayan de Oro City, the premier city of Northern Mindanao

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★ Xavier University (Cagayan de Oro), Catholic Christian university run by Jesuit priests

★ Cañada del Oro, (Spanish for Canyon of Gold), a primary watershed channel in the valley of Tucson, Arizona, USA

★ Canyon del Oro High School, (also known as CDO), a public high school, located in Oro Valley, Arizona

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★ Canyon del Oro High School Athletic Titles, list of the athletic titles won by teams and individuals

★ Casa de Oro, California, a neighborhood in east San Diego County, California, United States

★ Castilla de Oro, the name given by the Spanish settlers at the beginning of the 15th century, to the Central American territories from the Gulf of Urabá, near today's Colombian-Panamanian border, to the Belén River

★ Collina d'Oro, (Gold Hill), a municipality in the district of Lugano, in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland

★ Del Oro High School, located in Loomis, California

★ El Centro de Oro, (Center of Gold), a vibrant Latino area in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

★ El Oro, see dismbiguation page

★ Minas de Oro, a municipality in Honduras

★ Montaña de Oro State Park, a state park in California, United States

★ Oro Bay, also known as Dyke Ackland Bay, is a bay in Oro Province of Papua New Guinea

★ Oro concentration camp, a North Korean location for political prisoners. See:Human rights in North Korea

★ Oro Grande, California, a Mojave Desert town in San Bernardino County, California, United States

★ Oro-Medonte, Ontario, a township in south-central Ontario, Canada

★ Oro Province, a coastal province of Papua New Guinea

★ Oro Town, is a town located in the west of Nigeria; it is close to Esie, the home of the Esie Museum of carved images and stones.The people are Igbomina (a sub-tribe of the Yoruba people). The predominant occupation of the Oro people is trading. They constitute the majority of traders in the popular Docemo area of Lagos (Africa's commercial capital).The Oro people, like true Igbominas are very good in commerce, and have cut a niche for themselves and are usually aligned with the phrase "Owo ni e je" (literally translated as 'It is all about money').

★ Oro Valley, a suburban town located six miles north of Tucson, Arizona, USA

★ Playa de Oro International Airport, international airport located in Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico

★ Río de Oro, (Spanish for "Gold River"), one of two territories that formed the Spanish province of Spanish Sahara after 1969

★ Salinas de Oro, a town and municipality located in Navarre, northern Spain

★ Santa María del Oro, name of one municipality and three towns in Mexico

★ Torre del Oro, a military watchtower built in Seville, Spain