Cerrito

Cerrito is the Spanish language diminutive of the word cerro, meaning "mountain" or "hill". Cerrito(s) may mean "little hill(s)"; El and los are articles equivalent to the English language word the (male/gender non-specific).

Cerrito, Cerritos, El Cerrito, or Los Cerritos may refer to:

Settlements

• Argentina
  • El Cerrito District of San Rafael Department, Mendoza Province
• Brazil
  • Cerrito, Rio Grande do Sul
  • São José do Cerrito, state of Santa Catarina
• Colombia
  • Cerrito, Santander
  • El Cerrito, Valle del Cauca
• Mexico
  • Cerritos, San Luis Potosí
• Panama
  • Los Cerritos, Panama
• United States of America
  • Cerrito, Arizona, a Gila River Pima village in the 19th century.
  • Cerritos, California, a city in Los Angeles County
  • El Cerrito, California, a city in Contra Costa County
  • El Cerrito, Riverside County, California, an unincorporated area in Southern California
  • El Cerrito, San Diego, California, a neighborhood
  • Los Cerritos, Long Beach, California, a neighborhood
  • El Cerrito, New Mexico, village in San Miguel County
• Uruguay
  • Cerrito, Montevideo

Structures

In Cerritos, California, United States

• Cerritos Auto Square, an auto mall
• Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, the first fully re-configurable auditorium in the United States
• Cerritos College, a community college in Norwalk, California and serving as part of the inspiration for the naming of Cerritos, California
• Cerritos High School, an ABC Unified School District high school
• Cerritos Millennium Library, the first themed "Experience Library" in the world
• Cerritos Senior Center at Pat Nixon Park, a clubhouse located on the grounds of the former home of the late First Lady Pat Nixon
• Cerritos Towne Center, an open air shopping center
• Los Cerritos Center, an upscale super-regional shopping mall
• Cerritos Elementary School
• Cerritos Veterans Memorial

In Contra Costa County, California, United States

• El Cerrito Plaza (shopping center), an open air shopping center
• El Cerrito Plaza (BART station), a Bay Area Rapid Transit metro station adjacent to the shopping center of the same name
• El Cerrito del Norte (BART station), a Bay Area Rapid Transit metro station in northern El Cerrito, California and regional feeder bus hub to areas not served by BART
• El Cerrito High School a West Contra Costa Unified School District high school

Geography

• Cerrito Creek, a creek that runs between the Berkeley Hills and Eastshore Estuary in Contra Costa County, California, United States
• Albany Hill (Cerrito de San Antonio), a hill in Albany, California, United States
• Isla del Cerrito, an island in Bermejo department, Chaco province, Argentina

Organizations

• Club Sportivo Cerrito, a football (soccer) club in Montevideo, Uruguay

People

• Fanny Cerrito, a 19th Century Italian dancer

War

• Battle of Cerrito