Chino
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Chino is a Spanish proper word for "Chinese", also used informally to refer to people with Asian features who may not be actually Asian. Chino, in Spanish can colloquially refer to curly hair.(pictured). Chino may also refer to:
Places
- Chino, CA, a city in Southern California sometimes referenced in popular culture
- Chino, Nagano, JapanChino, Naganois a city located in Nagano, Japan.As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 55,902 and the density of 209.83 persons per km². The total area is 266.41 km².The city was founded on August 1, 1958.- Geography :*mountain**Mount Yatsugatake...
a city in Japan
People
- David SilvaDavid SilvaDavid Josué Jiménez Silva is a Spanish footballer who plays for Manchester City and the Spanish national team. Silva is capable of playing on the wing, as a traditional number 10 and sometimes as a supporting striker...
, Spanish soccer player - Chino Benitez, Argentinian soccer player
- Alvaro RecobaÁlvaro RecobaÁlvaro Alexander Recoba Rivero , nicknamed "El Chino", is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Primera División Uruguaya side Club Nacional de Football...
, Uruguayan soccer player nicknamed El Chino - Chino CadahiaChino CadahiaAurelio "Chino" Cadahia is the current bench coach for the Kansas City Royals.Cadahia joined the Kansas City Royals in 2011 after spending the last 15 seasons in the Braves' organization, including the last four seasons as the bench coach for the Major League club...
, Cuban baseball coach - Marcos "Chino" MaidanaMarcos René MaidanaMarcos Maidana is an Argentine professional boxer from José Leon Suarez, Buenos Aires. He is and the current WBA light welterweight champion. His only professional losses have come against Andreas Kotelnik and Amir Khan both by Decision.-Fight with Kotelnik:On February 2, 2009, Andreas Kotelnik...
, Argentinian boxer - Chino MorenoChino MorenoChino Moreno is an American musician. He is best known as the lead singer and contributing guitarist of Deftones. He is also a member of the side-project bands Team Sleep and Crosses....
, American musician - Chino PozoChino PozoFrancisco "Chino" Pozo was a Cuban drummer.Pozo claimed to be the cousin of Chano Pozo, though this has been disputed. He was an autodidact on piano and bass, but concentrated on bongos, congas, and drums. He moved to the United States in 1937, and played with Machito from 1941–43 and with the...
, Cuban drummer - Chino SmithChino SmithCharles "Chino" Smith was an American outfielder in Negro league baseball who was one of the Negro leagues' most skillful hitters of the mid-1920s and early 1930s. He stood only 5'6" tall but could hit the ball with prodigious power and efficiency. In fact, Satchel Paige called him one of the two...
, negro league baseballNegro league baseballThe Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relatively successful leagues beginning in...
player - David RheemDavid RheemChino Rheem is a poker player from Los Angeles, California, and a reputed welcher. In November 2008, Rheem finished in seventh place at the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event, cashing for $1,772,650. He went out of this event on to Peter Eastgate's with Eastgate flopping a pair of queens on a...
, nicknamed "Chino", an American poker player - Jesús "Chino" Alberto Miranda Perez, Venezuelan singer and one half of reggaeton duo Chino & NachoChino & NachoChino y Nacho are a Venezuelan urban and tropical duo, consisting of Jesús Alberto Miranda Perez and Miguel Ignacio Mendoza . They are one of the first Venezuelan reggaeton labels that have gained international play...
- Chino XL, Derek Keith Barbosa (born April 8, 1974), American hip hop lyricist, battle rapper, and actor of Puerto Rican and African American descent.
- Chino Chan, A Professional Gamer From Florida
- Roberto LosadaRoberto LosadaRoberto Losada Rodríguez is a Spanish footballer who plays for Kitchee SC in the Hong Kong First Division League, as a striker.-Football career:...
, nicknamed "Chino", Spanish soccer player who plays for Hong Kong First Division LeagueHong Kong First Division LeagueHong Kong First Division League is the top division football league in Hong Kong which was established in 1908, the oldest in Asia. It does not affiliate to any football leagues in the People's Republic of China.-Competition format:...
club Kitchee SC
Other
- ChinòChinotto (soft drink)Chinotto is a type of carbonated soft drink produced from the juice of the fruit of the myrtle-leaved orange tree . The beverage is dark in color. Its appearance is similar to that of Coca-Cola, but it is not as sweet as Coca-Cola, having rather a bittersweet taste.Chinotto soda dates back to the...
, an Italian soft drink made from fruit of the myrtle-leaved orange tree (more commonly known as chinotto) - Chino (film), a 1973 film starring Charles Bronson
- Chino clothChino clothChino cloth is a twill fabric, originally made of 100% cotton. Today it is also found in cotton-synthetic blends.Developed in the mid-19th century for British and French military uniforms and known as khaki, it has since migrated into civilian wear. Pants of such a fabric gained popularity in the...
, used to make trousersTrousersTrousers are an item of clothing worn on the lower part of the body from the waist to the ankles, covering both legs separately... - Chino (prison), aka California Institution for MenCalifornia Institution for MenCalifornia Institution for Men is a male-only state prison located in the city of Chino, San Bernardino County, California. It is often colloquially referenced as "Chino." In turn, locals call the prison "Chino Men's" or just "Men's" to avoid confusion with the city itself...
, a prison in Chino, California