Coronado
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Coronado may refer to:
- Francisco Vásquez de CoronadoFrancisco Vásquez de CoronadoFrancisco Vásquez de Coronado y Luján was a Spanish conquistador, who visited New Mexico and other parts of what are now the southwestern United States between 1540 and 1542...
, a Spanish explorer - Rodney Coronado, a US activist
- Coronado, CaliforniaCoronado, CaliforniaCoronado, also known as Coronado Island, is an affluent resort city located in San Diego County, California, 5.2 miles from downtown San Diego. Its population was 24,697 at the 2010 census, up from 24,100 at the 2000 census. U.S. News and World Report lists Coronado as one of the most expensive...
- Coronado, ChihuahuaCoronado, ChihuahuaCoronado is a one of the 67 Municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Villa Coronado. The municipality covers an area of 1,756.1 km². It is a place in Mexico, in North America....
- Coronado, KansasCoronado, KansasCoronado, now a siding on the Union Pacific railroad in Wichita County, Kansas, United States, was once a thriving community. Platted in 1885, Coronado was involved in the bloodiest county seat fight in the history of the American West. The shoot-out on February 27, 1887, with boosters—some...
- Coronado (volcano)Coronado (volcano)Coronado is a volcano on Isla Coronado, in the state of Baja California, Mexico.Located in the Bahia de los Angeles , Isla Coronado is just off the eastern shoreline of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, in the Gulf of California...
- Coronado YachtsCoronado YachtsCoronado Yachts was a US sailboat manufacturer located in Southern California which produced several popular lines in the 1960s and early 1970s. Many hulls are still sailing and racing today.-History:...
- Coronado 15Coronado 15The Coronado 15 is a one-design class of sailing dinghy. These boats first came onto the scene in the late sixties and have gained the attention of racing and recreational skippers nationwide. The earlier boats are still raced and competitive, but new boats are still being produced. There is much...
- USS CoronadoUSS CoronadoUSS Coronado may refer to:, a patrol frigate, served in World War II as a convoy escort., an auxiliary command ship, hosted the Navy's Sea Based Battle Lab ., the fourth littoral combat ship named on 12 March 2009...
, one of several naval vessels - Consolidated PB2Y Coronado, a military flying boat
- Fender CoronadoFender CoronadoThe Fender Coronado was a double-cutaway thin-line hollow-body electric guitar, manufactured by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. The very un-Fender like instrument was designed by Roger Rossmeisl in an attempt to capitalise on the increasing popularity of...
, an electric guitar - Convair 990Convair 990The Convair 990 Coronado was a narrow-body jet airliner produced by the Convair division of General Dynamics, a "stretched" version of their earlier Convair 880 produced in response to a request from American Airlines. The 990 was lengthened by 10 feet, which increased the number of passengers from...
, a passenger jet - Naval Base CoronadoNaval Base CoronadoNaval Base Coronado is a consolidated Navy installation encompassing eight military facilities stretching from San Clemente Island, located seventy miles west of San Diego, California, to the La Posta Mountain Warfare Training Facility and Camp Morena, located sixty miles east of San...
, a U.S. Navy base in southern California - CoronadoCoronado: StoriesCoronado: Stories is a collection of five short stories and a play by the American author Dennis Lehane. "Until Gwen", the collection's fifth story, was published in the June 2004 edition of The Atlantic prior to its inclusion in Coronado....
, collection of short stories by Dennis LehaneDennis LehaneDennis Lehane is an American author. He has written several award-winning novels, including A Drink Before the War and the New York Times bestseller Mystic River, which was later made into an Academy Award-winning film. Another novel, Gone, Baby, Gone, was also adapted into an Academy...