Horta

Meaning

• horta
  Huerta
  A huerta or horta , from Latin hortis, "garden", is a fertile area, or a field in a fertile area, common in Spain and Portugal, in which a variety of common vegetables and fruit trees, are cultivated for family consumption and sale...
  
  , 'orchard' or 'vegetable garden' in Portuguese
  Portuguese language
  Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
  
   and Valencian/Catalan
  Catalan language
  Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
  
  , Spanish huerta
  Huerta
  A huerta or horta , from Latin hortis, "garden", is a fertile area, or a field in a fertile area, common in Spain and Portugal, in which a variety of common vegetables and fruit trees, are cultivated for family consumption and sale...
  
  

People

• Nelson Horta (born 1945), a Cuban Journalist, now living in Miami,Florida USA
• Adolfo Horta
  Adolfo Horta
  Adolfo Horta is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal in the Men's Featherweight division at age 22 at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow...
  
   (born 1957), a Cuban boxer
• José Ramos-Horta (born 1949), an East Timor politician
• Victor Horta
  Victor Horta
  Victor, Baron Horta was a Belgian architect and designer. John Julius Norwich described him as "undoubtedly the key European Art Nouveau architect." Indeed, Horta is one of the most important names in Art Nouveau architecture; the construction of his Hôtel Tassel in Brussels in 1892-3 means that...
  
   (1861–1947), a Belgian architect who worked in the Art Nouveau style
• Salvator of Horta
  Salvator of Horta
  Saint Salvator of Horta is a Roman Catholic saint from the Catalonia province of Spain. His feast day is celebrated on March 18...
  
   (1520–1567), 16th century Spanish saint

Spain

• Horta (Barcelona) is an area in the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona
  • Horta (Barcelona Metro)
    Horta (Barcelona Metro)
    Horta is a station in the Barcelona metro network, served by L5, located under carrer de Lisboa, in the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona. It was opened in 1967, when an extension of the line into the neighbourhood of the same name from Vilapicina was opened.The partially curved island-platform...
    
    , the northern terminus of Barcelona metro line 5
• L'Horta (disambiguation)
  • Horta of Valencia, a horticultural region and historic comarca
    Comarca
    A comarca is a traditional region or local administrative division found in parts of Spain, Portugal, Panama, Nicaragua, and Brazil. The term is derived from the term marca, meaning a "march, mark", plus the prefix co- meaning "together, jointly".The comarca is known in Aragonese as redolada and...
    
     of the Valencian Community
  • Horta Nord
    Horta Nord
    Horta Nord is a comarca in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain.-Municipalities:*Albalat dels Sorells*Alboraya*Albuixech*Alfara del Patriarca*Almàssera*Bonrepòs i Mirambell*Burjassot*Emperador*Foios*Godella*Massalfassar...
    
    , a present-day comarca in the Valencian Community
  • Horta Sud
    Horta Sud
    Horta Sud is a comarca in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain.- Municipalities :*Albal*Alcàsser*Alfafar*Benetússer*Beniparrell*Catarroja*Lugar Nuevo de la Corona*Massanassa*Paiporta*Picassent*Sedaví*Silla...
    
    , a present day comarca in the Valencian Community
  • Horta Oest
    Horta Oest
    Horta Oest is a comarca in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain.-Municipalities:*Alaquàs*Aldaia*Manises*Mislata*Paterna*Picanya*Quart de Poblet*Torrent*Xirivella...
    
    , a present-day comarca in the Valencian Community

Portugal

• Horta (Vila Nova de Foz Côa), a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Foz Côa

• Horta (Azores)
  Horta (Azores)
  Horta is a single municipality and city in the western part of the Archipealgo of the Azores, encompassing the island of Faial. Horta has a population of about approximately 15,038 people and an area of 173.1 square kilometers. The population density is about 88 persons per square kilometer...
  
  , a municipality and city on the island of Faial

Other

• Horta (mythology)
  Horta (mythology)
  Horta is an improbable Etruscan goddess of agriculture or placename. This is based on a conjecture that the personal name Hurtate- is based on a root name *Hurta and on a chance similarity with the Latin word hortus "garden."....
  
  , a goddess in Etruscan mythology
• Horta (Star Trek), a silicon-based intelligent lifeform from the Star Trek episode "The Devil in the Dark"
• Horta (food), Greek boiled green vegetables
• HORTA
  HORTA (mining)
  HORTA is an underground geographic positioning technology utilized in the mining industry and being considered for extraterrestrial space mining applications...
  
  , an underground geographic positioning technology used in mining