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Branco (meaning White) can refer to:

Branco is a common surname in Portugal and Brazil. It is a name associated with a great number of different people.
The Branco River, a waterway in Brazil.
Branco, the Brazilian footballer.
Camilo Castelo Branco, a Portuguese writer and poet
Humberto Castelo Branco, a Brazilian military officer and former president
Cristina Branco, a Portuguese fado singer
Branco, Cape Verde, an uninhabited island of the Barlavento archipelago.

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Categories: Disambiguation | Portuguese surnames A family name, or surname, is that part of a persons name that indicates to what family he or she belongs. ... The Branco is the principal affluent of the Venezuela and Guyana from Brazil. ... Branco, real name Claudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal, (born April 4, 1964 in Bage, Brazil) is a football (soccer) defender, a deadly free kick taker, and a World Champion for Brazil in the 1994 World Cup. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Camilo Castelo Branco (16th March 1825 - 1st June 1890) (sometimes called the Portuguese Balzac) was a portuguese writer born in Lisbon, he is creditted with 100 volumes of poems and plays, but is best known for his 58 novels. ... Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (September 20, 1900 - July 18, 1967). ... Cristina Branco was born in 1972 in Almeirim, in the Ribatejo region, Portugal, where she still lives. ... Fado singer DÃ©bora Rodrigues performs in Lisbon Fado (translated as destiny or fate) is a music genre which most likely originated in the 1820s in Portugal, but probably with much earlier origins. ... Branco is a small island in the Barlaventos archipelago of Cape Verde. ... The Barlavento archipelago (literally, the Windward), is the northern island group of Cape Verde. ...

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Branco Enterprises, Inc. (306 words)
	Branco Enterprises, Inc. is a leading Midwest construction services provider.
	We are headquartered in Southwestern Missouri and have been working in the four state area for over 70 years.
	Beyond Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas we have also completed many construction projects throughout the United States.We are committed to completing all projects on time and on budget.

BoxingTimes.com - Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Gianluca Branco (March 4, 2006) (1256 words)
	Cotto tagged Branco with a arcing left hook to the jaw in the 2nd, and by the end of the round there was noticeable swelling under the challenger right eye as he sat on his stool discussing his fate with his seconds.
	Branco didn't have enough steam on his shots to cause much damage and he was forced to give up more and more real estate in the middle rounds.
	Branco remained upright but by the end of the round he returned to his corner with the right side of his face battered and with heavy swelling on the right side of his profile.

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