Armas (disambiguation)
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The Armas
Armas
The Arma people are an ethnic group of the middle Niger River valley, descended in part from Moroccan - Spanish invaders of the 16th century. The name, applied by other groups, derives from the Arabic word arrimah, « shooters »....

are an ethnic group of the Niger River valley.

Armas may also refer to:

People

  • Balthazar Armas
    Balthazar Armas
    Balthazar Armas is considered one of the pioneers in the contemporary figurative art movement in Latin America, where the industrial and urban influence of his paintings makes them approachable and distinguishable...

     (born 1941), Venezuelan painter
  • Carlos Castillo Armas
    Carlos Castillo Armas
    Carlos Castillo Armas was a Guatemalan Colonel who came to power in a CIA-orchestrated coup in 1954. He held the title of President of Guatemala from July 8, 1954 until his assassination in 1957.-The coup:...

     (1914-1957), Guatemalan president
  • Chris Armas
    Chris Armas
    Chris Armas is a retired American soccer player. He is currently the head women's soccer coach at Adelphi University. He was also a teacher of physical education at St. Anthony's High School in South Huntington, New York.-College:Armas is of Puerto Rican descent...

     (born 1972), American soccer player
  • Christian Armas
    Christian Armas
    Christian Michel Armas Curiel is a Mexican professional football defender who currently plays for Peñarol La Mesilla in the Liga Nacional de Guatemala.-External links:...

     (born 1986), Mexican footballer
  • Frederick A. de Armas
    Frederick A. de Armas
    Frederick A. de Armas is a literature professor at the University of Chicago, where he is Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Service Professor in Humanities and Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature. He also serves as Chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures .De Armas...

    , a University of Chicago literature professor
  • Joel Armas
    Joel Armas
    Joel Armas y Hernandez is the U.S. record holder in finswimming.Mr. Armas is the son of Ceren Armas and Maria Hernandez. His father, an athlete who once trained for the Cuban national basketball, successfully left Cuba on boat in 1979. A few months later, he and his mother , unsuccessfully tried...

     (born 1973), Cuban-American swimmer
  • Marcos Armas
    Marcos Armas
    Marcos Rafael Armas Ruiz , better known as Marcos Armas, is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and right-handed batter who played for the Oakland Athletics .Armas was born in Puerto Píritu, Anzoátegui State, Venezuela...

     (born 1969), Venezuelan baseball player
  • Naviera Armas
    Naviera Armas
    Naviera Armas Ferries is a company in Spain, founded in the 1940s, which operates at least 10 ferries.The company operates mainly in the Canaries, although services are available to the island of Madeira and Portugal, further north.-The Current Fleet:...

    , Spanish Ferry Company
  • Reynaldo Armas
    Reynaldo Armas
    Reynaldo Armas, born in Los Guatacaros, Santa María de Ipire, Guárico State, Venezuela, August 4, 1953, is a Venezuelan llanero singer and composer.-Early life and career:His parents were Nicasio Armas Figueroa and Modesta Enguaima Hernandez....

     (born 1953), Venezuelan singer and composer
  • Tony Armas
    Tony Armas
    Antonio Rafael Armas Machado is a former Venezuelan professional baseball player who played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He was one of the top sluggers in the American League in the early 1980s. Twice Armas led the league in home runs, and led all of Major League Baseball in RBIs in...

     (born 1953), Venezuelan baseball player
  • Tony Armas, Jr.
    Tony Armas, Jr.
    Antonio José Armas , better known as Tony Armas, Jr., is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who is currently a free agent. He last appeared in a Major League game in 2008...

     (born 1978), Venezuelan baseball player
  • Ximena Armas
    Ximena Armas
    Ximena Armas, born 29 July 1946 in Santiago , is a Chilean painter.-Biography:Ximena Armas Fernández first attended the Escuela de Bellas Artes at the Universidad de Chile, then the Escuela de Artes at the Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago, where she was trained by Mario Carreño, Eduardo...

    (born 1946), Chilean painter
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