Bonaventure (disambiguation)

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Bonaventure, or the Latin original form Bonaventura, may refer to:

• the Italian saint, Bonaventure, Saint Bonaventura, John of Fidanza
• Other persons:
  • Bonaventura Baron, Irish Franciscan theologian, philosopher and writer of Latin prose and verse
  • Bonaventura Cavalieri, Italian mathematician
  • Bonaventura Hussey, Irish Franciscan author
  • Segna di Bonaventura, Italian painter
  • Bonaventure Kalou, Ivorian footballer
• several places in Quebec:
  • Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, Quebec
  • the city of Bonaventure, Quebec
  • the Bonaventure River
  • Bonaventure Island
  • the former federal electoral district of Bonaventure, now part of Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok
  • the provincial electoral district of Bonaventure
  • Place Bonaventure in Montreal which gave its name to the Bonaventure metro station
  • The Bonaventure Expressway / Autoroute Bonaventure
• the Canadian aircraft carrier, HMCS Bonaventure
• nine warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bonaventure, including a light cruiser of the Dido-class, and a galleon that fought against the Spanish Armada
• "Bonaventura" was also the pseudonym of Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann (1777 - 1831), a German writer and theatre director.
• The Bonaventure Hotel, the largest hotel in Los Angeles, California.
• Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia.

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• In California:
  • Bonaventura (VTA) light-rail station in San Jose
• In New York:
  • St. Bonaventure, New York
  • St. Bonaventure University
• Saint Bonaventure's College in Newfoundland
• Saint-Bonaventure in Quebec
• German exonym for the town of Baloži, Latvia.