Cuevas
Cuevas is Spanish for "caves". Cuevas, as well as Cueva (the singular form), is a Spanish surname as well as a name used for many geographical places.
See also Cueva people.
People
Athletes
- José "Pipino" Cuevas, Mexican boxer
- Juan Cuevas, an Argentinian football (soccer) forward
- Nelson Cuevas, Paraguayan football (soccer) player
- Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player
Artists
- Patricio Cueva Jaramillo, Ecuadorian painter and journalist
- Juan Martín Cueva, Ecuadorian documentary film director
- Aida Cuevas, Mexican ranchera singer
- Luis Alberto "Beto" Cuevas Olmedo, the former lead singer of the now-defunct Chilean rock band, La Ley
- José Luis Cuevas, Mexican painter and sculptor
- Juan de la Cueva, Spanish dramatist and poet
- Manuel Arturo José Cuevas Martínez, a costume designer for Rock and Roll and Country and Western singers
- Minerva Cuevas, a Mexican conceptual artist
- Sal Cuevas, bassist for Ray Barreto and the Fania All-Stars
- George de Cuevas, a Chilean-born ballet impresario and choreographer
Politicians
- Carlos Cueva Tamaríz, Ecuadorian politician, lawyer and professor
- Fernando Cordero Cueva, Ecuadorian politician and architect
- Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva, Portuguese-born Sephardi gobernador of Nuevo León
- Alfonso de la Cueva, marqués de Bedmar, Spanish diplomat and bishop
- Gabriela Cuevas Barron, a Mexican politician affiliated to the National Action Party (PAN)
Other
- Altamiro de la Cueva, fictional character in a Spanish comic
- Juan de Cuevas, American hero during War of 1812 (see Cat Island (Mississippi))
- the Cueva people are an extinct indigenous people exterminated in the 16th century
Places
- Cueva de Ágreda, a municipality located in the province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain
- Cuevas Bajas, a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain
- Cuevas de Almudén, a town in the province of Teruel, Aragón, Spain
- Cuevas del Almanzora, a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain
- Cuevas del Becerro, a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain
- Cuevas del Valle, a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain
- Cuevas de Provanco, a municipality located in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain
- Cuevas de San Clemente, a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain
- Cuevas de San Marcos, a town and municipality in the province of Málaga
- Cuevas de Vera, a town in south-eastern Spain, on the right bank of the river Almanzora
- Cuevas Labradas, a town in the province of Teruel, Aragón, Spain
See also
Caves
- Cueva de La Pasiega, cave in the Spanish municipality of Puente Viesgo
- Cueva de las Manos, cave in Santa Cruz Province (Argentina)
- Cueva de los Casares, cave in Guadalajara, Spain
- La Cueva del Indio, cave in Puerto Rico
- Cueva de los Verdes, cave in the Canary Islands
- Cuevas de El Castillo, or the Cave of El Castillo, an archaeological site within the complex of the Caverns of Monte Castillo
- Cuevas del Indio, a cave in Venezuela
- Cuevas de Sorbas, limestone caves in Sorbas, Almeria, Spain
Institutions
- La Cueva High School, a public high school located in northeast Albuquerque, New Mexico
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