Rodrigues (disambiguation)
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Rodrigues, originally a Portuguese surname, can mean a number of different things:
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[edit] Surname
Rodrigues is a Portuguese Patronymic (meaning Son of Rodrigo) and a common family name (surname) in the Portuguese speaking world and other places. Its Spanish equivalent is Rodríguez. It is a name associated with a great number of different people - see List of people named Rodrigues.
[edit] Places
- Rodrigues Island, one of the Mascarene Islands.
- Cândido Rodrigues, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Rodovia Floriano Rodrigues Pinheiro, a single-lane highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
[edit] Animals
- Rodrigues Solitaire, a flightless member of the pigeon family endemic to Rodrigues Island.
- Rodrigues giant day gecko, extinct diurnal species of geckos of the island of Rodrigues.
- Rodrigues day gecko, extinct diurnal species of geckos of the island of Rodrigues.
- Rodrigues fruit bat, megabat (flying fox) of the island of Rodrigues.
- Rodrigues fody, a bird of the island of Rodrigues.
- Rodrigues Owl, an extinct Owl from the island of Rodrigues.
- Rodrigues Starling, a bird of the island of Rodrigues.
[edit] Mathematics
- Euler-Rodrigues parameters, a mathematical expression.
- Rodrigues' rotation formula, a vector formula for a rotation in space, given its axis.
- Rodrigues' formula, a mathematical expression.
[edit] Schools
- Rodrigues College, secondary school in Rodrigues Island.
- Fr. Conceição Rodrigues College of Engineering, engineering institutes in Mumbai, India.
[edit] Politics
- Rodrigues Movement, political party in Rodrigues Island.
- Rodrigues People's Organisation, political party in Rodrigues Island.
- Chief Commissioner of Rodrigues, the head of the Rodrigues island regional government.
[edit] See also
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