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, Portuguese explorer
Grão Vasco (Vasco Fernandes) (1475–1540), 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 (album), 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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