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 (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 Service 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

Other

• Spanish and Latin for "Basque"
• Vasco, the abbreviation for the orchid genus Vascostylis

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