Arroyo
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Arroyo is a Spanish word that may refer to:
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- Arroyo (creek)Arroyo (creek)An arroyo , a Spanish word translated as brook, and also called a wash is usually a dry creek or stream bed—gulch that temporarily or seasonally fills and flows after sufficient rain. Wadi is a similar term in Africa. In Spain, a rambla has a similar meaning to arroyo.-Types and processes:Arroyos...
, an intermittently dry creek
People
Arts- Carlos Arroyo (architect)Carlos Arroyo (architect)Carlos Arroyo Zapatero is a contemporary architect, urbanist and critic from Madrid, Spain. His work claims to set the frame to a new architectural culture, language and aesthetics, through the ethics, technology and parameters of sustainability....
(born 1964), Spanish architect - Martina ArroyoMartina ArroyoMartina Arroyo is an operatic soprano of Puerto Rican and African-American descent who had a major international opera career during the 1960s through the 1980s...
, American soprano - Eduardo ArroyoEduardo ArroyoEduardo Arroyo is a Spanish painter and graphic artist. He is also active as an author and set designer.Arroyo, who was born in Madrid, studied art in his home city, but left Spain in 1958 because of his basic contempt for the regime of Francisco Franco and...
, Spanish painter - Joe ArroyoJoe ArroyoÁlvaro José Arroyo González was a Colombian salsa and tropical music singer, composer and songwriter. Considered one of the greatest performers of Caribbean music in his country....
, Colombian musician
Politics
- Carmen E. ArroyoCarmen E. ArroyoCarmen E. Arroyo is the first Puerto Rican and Hispanic woman elected to the New York State Assembly. She was also first female of Puerto Rican descent housing developer in the State of New York...
, the first Puerto Rican and Hispanic woman elected to the New York State Assembly - Carlos Alberto Arroyo del RíoCarlos Alberto Arroyo del RíoCarlos Alberto Arroyo del Río was President of Ecuador from 1940-1944. He was a member of the Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party. During his term, the country lost the 1941 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War.-External links:*...
(1893-1969), President of Ecuador from 1940-1944 - PFC Domingo Arroyo, Jr., the first United States soldier to be killed in "Operation Restore Hope" during the Somalian Civil War
- Felix D. ArroyoFelix D. ArroyoFelix D. Arroyo was a city councilor in Boston, Massachusetts, United States from January 2003 to January 2008.Arroyo completed his undergraduate studies and received a Masters in Secondary Education at the University of Puerto Rico...
, city councilor in Boston, Massachusetts from January 2003 to January 2008. - Gloria Macapagal-ArroyoGloria Macapagal-ArroyoGloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...
, former president of the Philippines. - Jose Miguel ArroyoJose Miguel ArroyoJose Miguel "Mike" Tuason Arroyo is a former First Gentleman of the Philippines. He is the husband of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the former President of the Philippines and the current Congresswoman of Pampanga 2nd District....
, former First Gentleman of the Philippines and husband of Gloria Arroyo. - Mikey ArroyoMikey ArroyoJuan Miguel Macapagal Arroyo, known as Mikey Arroyo is a Filipino actor and the representative of the party-list group Ang Galing Pinoy. He was the former congressman from second district of Pampanga from 2004 to 2010...
, son of Jose Miguel and Gloria Arroyo - Iggy ArroyoIggy ArroyoIgnacio Tuason Arroyo, Jr., also known as Iggy Arroyo, is a Filipino politician. He is a member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing the Fifth District of Negros Occidental. He is the brother of former First Gentleman, Jose Miguel Arroyo. He was born to Ignacio L. Arroyo and...
, member of the Philippine House of Representatives and brother of Jose Miguel Arroyo - Joker ArroyoJoker ArroyoJoker Paz Arroyo is a Filipino lawyer, politician and Senator of the Republic of the Philippines. He has no direct relation with former Presidential spouse Jose Miguel Arroyo.-Early life and career:...
, Philippine senator
Sports
- Bronson ArroyoBronson ArroyoBronson Anthony Arroyo , is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds and an aspiring musician. He has previously played for the Pittsburgh Pirates between 2000 and 2002 and Boston Red Sox from 2003 to 2005...
, pitcher with the Cincinnati Reds - Carlos ArroyoCarlos ArroyoCarlos Alberto Arroyo Bermúdez is a Puerto Rican professional basketball point guard who last played for the Boston Celtics. Arroyo is the fifth player from Puerto Rico to play in the NBA...
, Puerto Rican professional basketball player - David ArroyoDavid ArroyoDavid Arroyo Durán is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, riding on the UCI ProTeam . He is one of the best climbers on his team along with team leader Alejandro Valverde. After Valverde crashed on the first week of the 2006 Tour de France, Arroyo was made team leader, until Pereiro claimed...
, Spanish cyclist - Fernando ArroyoFernando ArroyoFernando Arroyo was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers , Minnesota Twins , and Oakland Athletics ....
, former Major League pitcher - Harold ArroyoHarold ArroyoHarold Arroyo is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico. He won the silver medal in the Men's Super Heavyweight division at the 1991 Pan American Games. Arroyo also represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he was defeated in the second round by Poland's Janusz...
, Puerto Rican boxer - Luis ArroyoLuis ArroyoLuis Enrique "Tite" Arroyo, , is a former major league baseball pitcher.-Baseball career:Luis Arroyo, from Peñuelas, Puerto Rico, made his Major League Baseball debut on April 20, 1955. A stocky left-hander, he spent one season primarily as a starter with the St. Louis Cardinals...
, Major League relief pitcher - Ángel ArroyoÁngel ArroyoAngel Arroyo Lanchas is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. In the 1983 Tour de France, Arroyo won one stage and finished 2nd place in the general classification....
, Spanish cyclist
Other
- Raymond ArroyoRaymond ArroyoRaymond Arroyo is a New York Times bestselling author, and a producer. He is the news director and lead anchor of EWTN News, the news division of the Eternal Word Television Network, a Catholic broadcast network founded by Mother Angelica, a nun of the Poor Clare order...
, Catholic broadcaster
United States
California- Arroyo de la LagunaArroyo de la LagunaArroyo de la Laguna is a southward-flowing stream in Alameda County, California, USA which originates at the confluences of South San Ramon Creek and Arroyo Mocho. The Arroyo de la Laguna is fed by tributaries in the Amador Valley and certain eastern slope drainages of the Diablo Range; these...
, a watercourse in the San Francisco Bay Area, California - Arroyo del ValleArroyo del ValleArroyo del Valle or Arroyo Valle is a westward-flowing stream in Alameda County and Santa Clara County, California, USA, that is tributary to Arroyo de la Laguna which in turn flows into Alameda Creek. The stream drains much of the southern portion of the city of Livermore, and it also flows...
, a stream in the Livermore Valley, California - Arroyo Grande, CaliforniaArroyo Grande, CaliforniaArroyo Grande is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. The population was 17,252 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Arroyo Grande is a small coastal town with historic, suburban, and rural elements located at...
, a city - Arroyo MochoArroyo MochoArroyo Mocho is a stream in eastern Alameda County, California that traverses the cities of Livermore and Pleasanton.The underlying aquifer is the Mocho Subbasin, whose eastern boundary is the Tesla Fault...
, a watercourse in Alameda County, California
Pennsylvania
- Arroyo, PennsylvaniaArroyo, PennsylvaniaArroyo was a lumber town in western Pennsylvania in the United States, founded by Thomas Irwin and located in the township of Spring Creek, on the Clarion River, and from Ridgway. The Arroyo Bridge Company was incorporated in April, 1883, with F. Shaffner, E. M. Rogers, C. H. Smith, James B....
Puerto Rico
- Arroyo, Puerto RicoArroyo, Puerto RicoArroyo is a municipality located along the southern coast of Puerto Rico and bordered by the Caribbean Sea, east of the municipality of Guayama and northwest of the municipality of Patillas. Arroyo is spread over 5 wards and Arroyo Pueblo...
, a municipality
Texas
- Arroyo Alto, TexasArroyo Alto, TexasArroyo Alto is a neighborhood of the city of La Feria in Cameron County, Texas, United States. Annexed by the city in 2004, Arroyo Alto was a census-designated place at the 2000 census, at which time it had a population of 320...
, a neighborhood in the city of La Feria - Arroyo Gardens-La Tina Ranch, TexasArroyo Gardens-La Tina Ranch, TexasArroyo Gardens-La Tina Ranch is a census-designated place in Cameron County, Texas, United States. The population was 732 at the 2000 census...
, a census-designated place
Other
- Restaurante ArroyoRestaurante ArroyoRestaurante Arroyo is the world's largest single Mexican restaurant, located in the Tlalpan area of Mexico City. The restaurant has seating for 2,200 patrons in 9 dining rooms and parking for 600 cars...
in Mexico City, the world's largest Mexican restaurant - Arroyo (Fallout), a fictional village in the computer game Fallout 2
- USS Arroyo (SP-197)USS Arroyo (SP-197)USS Arroyo was a U.S. Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.Arroyo was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1913 by the Luders Marine Construction Company at Stamford, Connecticut. The U.S. Navy leased her for one dollar from her owner, Mr. A. M. Huntington, on 21 April...
, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918
See also
- Arroyo Seco (disambiguation)
- Arroyo Hondo (disambiguation)
- Arroyo High School (disambiguation)