Cerrito

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Cerrito, Cerritos or El Cerrito may refer to:

Contents 1 Language 2 Settlements 3 Structures 3.1 In Cerritos, California, United States 3.2 In Contra Costa County, California, United States 4 Geography 5 Organizations 6 People

[edit] Language

• Cerrito is the Spanish language diminutive of the word for mountain or hill, cerro. Cerrito(s) may mean Little Hill(s); El is an article equivalent to the English language word the (male/gender non-specific).

[edit] Settlements

• Argentina
  • El Cerrito, Mendoza (department of San Rafael, Mendoza province)

• Brazil
  • São José do Cerrito, state of Santa Catarina

• Colombia
  • Cerrito, Santander
  • El Cerrito, Valle del Cauca

• Mexico
  • Cerritos, San Luis Potosí

• United States of America
  • California
    • Cerritos, California, a city in Los Angeles County
    • El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, California, a city in the San Francisco Bay Area
    • El Cerrito, Riverside County, California, an unincorporated area in Southern California
    • El Cerrito, San Diego, California, a neighborhood
  • Arizona
    • Cerritos Elementary School, a primary school in the Ahwatukee area

[edit] Structures

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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
• Cerrito Street, a street in Albany, California, United States
• Isla del Cerrito, an island in Bermejo department, Chaco province, Argentina

[edit] Organizations

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

[edit] People

• Fanny Cerrito, a 19th Century Italian dancer