Vasco
The name Vasco, currently used as a Portuguese male name, derives from the medieval Iberian name Velasco, which probably has its origins in the Basque country (in Spanish: País Vasco).
Vasco may refer to:
People
- André Vasco (born 1984), Brazilian actor and television presenter
- María Vasco (born 1975), Spanish race walker
- Maurizio Vasco (born 1955), American television presenter
- Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese explorer
- Vasco Fernandes (1475–1540), known as Grão Vasco, a Portuguese painter
- Vasco da Gama Fernandes (1908–1991), Portuguese politician, Chairman of the Portuguese Parliament
- Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475-1519), a Spanish conquistador
- Vasco Gonçalves, Prime Minister of Portugal from 1974 to 1975
- Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira, last Portuguese Governor (1991-1999) of Macau
- Vasco Rossi (born 1952), an Italian singer-songwriter
Geography
- Vasco da Gama, Goa, a major city in the state of Goa, India
Engineering
- Vasco da Gama Bridge in Lisbon, the longest bridge in Europe
- Vasco da Gama Tower in Lisbon
- Vasco da Gama Shopping Center, in the Parque das Nações Quarter, Northeast Lisbon
In sports
- Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama, a Brazilian football club named after the explorer
- Vasco S.C., a Goan football club named after both the explorer and the Brazilian club
- Vasco da Gama (South Africa), a South African football club named after both the explorer and the Brazilian club
- Associação Desportiva Vasco da Gama, a Brazilian football club named after both the explorer and the Brazilian club
- Vasco Esporte Clube, a Brazilian football club named after both the explorer and the Brazilian club
In business
- Vietnam Air Services Company, a regional airline in southern Vietnam - subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines
Fiction
- Jane Vasco, the lead character in the Painkiller Jane TV series
In music
- The Vasco Era, an Australian rock/blues band
- Vasco, a two-part EP by minimal techno producer Ricardo Villalobos
- Vasco Rossi, an Italian singer-songwriter
Other
- Spanish and Latin for "Basque"
- Vasco, the abbreviation for the orchid genus Vascostylis
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