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Encyclopedia > Pinto

Pinto, Portuguese or Spanish for "motley"[1] and for Baby chick, and also for "small penis" (Brazilian slang), may mean a number of different things. Motley refers to the traditional costume of the Court jester or the Harlequin character in Commedia dellarte. ... Trinomial name Gallus gallus domesticus A chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a type of domesticated bird which is often raised as a type of poultry. ...

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General

Conspiracy Of The Pintos, also known as Conspiracy Of Goa or Pinto Revolt was the little known rebellion against Portuguese rule in Goa, India in 1787. ... For other uses, see Goa (disambiguation). ... The Ford Pinto was an American subcompact car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company, first introduced in 1971, and built through the 1980 model year. ... The Ford Pinto engine is the unofficial but ubiquitous nickname for a 4 cylinder internal combustion engine built by the Ford Motor Company in Europe. ... now. ... European redirects here. ... Categories: Vegetables | Legumes | Food and drink stubs | Plant stubs ... Pinto is a horse coloring that consists of large patches of white and another color. ... Gallo pinto is a dish traditional to Nicaragua and Costa Rica consisting primarily of beans and rice. ...

Surname

Pinto is a common surname in the Portuguese, Italian and Spanish languages. It is a name associated with a great number of different people:

Fernão Mendes Pinto Fernão Mendes Pinto (pron. ... George Pinto (Lambeth, 25 September 1785 — Chelsea, 23 March 1806) was an English composer and keyboard virtuoso. ... João Pinto is also the name of another former Portuguese football player, see João Domingos Pinto. ... Sérgio Sousa Pinto is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party; part of the Party of European Socialists. ... Carlos Alberto da Mota Pinto, pron. ... Aníbal Pinto Aníbal Pinto Garmendia (March 15, 1825 - June 9, 1884) was a Chilean political figure. ... Manuel Pinto da Costa (b. ... Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto (April 20, 1846 - December 28, 1900) was a Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator who crossed southern and central Africa on a difficult expedition and mapped the interior of the continent. ... Robin Pinto (born May 25, 1961 in Penticton, B.C., Canada) is a former female boxer who fought professionally from 2001 to 2002. ... José de Magalhães Pinto (1909-1996) was a Brazilian politican and banker. ... Vance DeBar Pinto Colvig was a vaudeville actor, radio actor, newspaper cartoonist, prolific movie voice actor, and circus performer whose schtick was playing clarinet off-key while mugging. ... Francisco Pinto Balsemão, born in 1937, is a former Prime Minister of Portugal, who served from 1981 to 1983. ... Isaac de Pinto (1717 - August 14, 1787 in the Hague) was a dutch jew of Portuguese origin. ... Francisco Antonio Pinto Francisco Antonio Pinto Díaz (July 23, 1785 - July 18, 1858) was a Chilean political figure. ... Mário Coelho Pinto de Andrade (August 21, 1928 - August 26, 1990) was an Angolan poet and politician. ... Vivian de Sola Pinto (1895 - 1969) was a British poet, literary critic and historian. ... José María Orellana Pinto (1872 – 1926) was President of Guatemala from 10 December 1921 to 26 September 1926. ... João Domingos Silva Pinto, born 21 November 1961 in Vila Nova de Gaia, is a former Portuguese football player, and current coach of FC Porto junior team. ... Manuel Guillermo Pinto (1783 - June 28, 1853) was an Argentine general. ... Sara Pinto Coelho (born 1913, São Tomé e Príncipe; died 1990, Portugal) was a writer of fiction and plays in the Portuguese language. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... FC Porto emblem (Larger version) Futebol Clube do Porto (short: FC Porto, FCP) is a Portuguese sports club, best known for its football section. ... PIO GAMA PINTO was born in Nairobi on 31st March, 1927. ... José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, GCIH (pron. ... Jane Engelhard (Qingdao, China, 1917 - Nantucket, Massachusetts, February 29, 2004) was an American philanthropist of Brazilian, and Irish ancestry known for her marriage to billionaire industrialist Charles W. Engelhard, Jr. ... Prime Minister João Franco João Ferreira Franco Pinto Castelo Branco (1855-1929), Portuguese politician and Prime Minister in the last years of the Portuguese Monarchy. ... Helôísa Pinheiro Heloísa Pinheiro (née Heloísa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto, now known as Helô Pinheiro, born 1945) was the real-life Girl from Ipanema, a carioca whose strolls through the fashionable Ipanema district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil inspired the song Girl from Ipanema (originally titled... The Girl from Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema) is a well known bossa nova song, and was a worldwide hit in the mid-1960s. ... Silvia Corzo Silvia Corzo (born October 30, 1973 in Bucaramanga) is a Colombian lawyer, journalist and newscaster. ... David Pinto is the author of Baseball Musings, a general-interest baseball blog. ...

Places

Pinto is a town at the south of Madrid External links Pinto City Hall ... Location Location of Madrid in Europe Coordinates : 40° 23’N , 3°43′0″W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Villa de Madrid (Spanish) Spanish name Villa de Madrid Founded 9th century Postal code 28001-28080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 91 (Villa de... Pinto is an unincorporated community along the North Branch Potomac River in Allegany County, Maryland across from Rocket Center, West Virginia. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Palo Pinto County is a county located in the state of Texas. ... Official language(s) See: Languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq mi (695,622 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... Pinto Martins International Airport (IATA airport code: FOR) is an international airport located at Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. ... now. ... Flag of Ceará See other Brazilian States Capital Fortaleza Largest City Fortaleza Area 148,016 km² Population   - Total   - Density 6,500,000 43. ... Map of the itinerary of Rodovia Carvalho Pinto (in red) Rodovia Governador Carvalho Pinto (officially designated SP-070) is a highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. ... Flag of São Paulo See other Brazilian States Capital São Paulo Largest City São Paulo Area 248,176. ... Mineirão stadium, established in 1965, officially named for Governor Magalhães Pinto, is the largest soccer staduim in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. ... Flag of Minas Gerais See other Brazilian States Capital Belo Horizonte Largest City Belo Horizonte Area 586,528. ... Qormi (pronounced Qormee) or Citta Pinto is a city in Malta with a population of 18,553 (2002). ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

Reference

  1. ^ pinto in Diccionario de la Real Academia Española.

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