La Guardia
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La Guardia is the Italian
or Spanish
word for "the guard". It can refer to:
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
or Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
word for "the guard". It can refer to:
Places
- La Guardia (Catamarca)La Guardia (Catamarca)La Guardia is a village and municipality in Catamarca Province in northwestern Argentina....
, a municipality in Catamarca Province (Argentina) - La Guardia, SpainLa Guardia, SpainLa Guardia is a Spanish village in Toledo province. There is documented presence since Bronze Age, Romans, Jews and documents since 12th century.-Population:*2.329 inhabitants 2006.*1166 men and 1163 women....
, a municipality in Toledo province (Spain) - Laguardia, ÁlavaLaguardia, ÁlavaLaguardia is a town and municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain.The site of a 10th century castle, of which two towers remain, the present village has medieval walls dating back to the 15th century surrounding the houses and old cobblestoned streets.The...
, a municipality in Álava province (Spain) - Campo de La GuardiaCampo de La GuardiaCampo de la Guardia is one of only nine Denominaciones de Origen de Pago existing in Spain as of 2009. This is the highest category on the quality scale of Spanish wines and means that in addition to having a proven track record of consistent quality, the wines have to be both produced from...
, a wine region in Spain - Roc de la Guàrdia (Balenyà)Roc de la Guàrdia (Balenyà)Roc de la Guàrdia is a mountain of Catalonia, Spain. It has an altitude of 809 metres above sea level.It is the emblematic mountain of Els Hostalets de Balenyà town nearby....
, a mountain in Catalonia (Spain) - Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Performing Arts, a specialized school in New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, U.S.A.
People
- Fiorello La Guardia (1882–1947), American politician, mayor of New York City from 1934–1945
- Bernardo de la GuardiaBernardo de la GuardiaBernardo de la Guardia was a Costa Rican Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual sabre event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.-References:...
(1900-19??), Costa Rican fencer - Ernesto de la Guardia (1904–1983), Panaman politician
- Ponç de la GuàrdiaPonç de la GuàrdiaPonç de la Guàrdia was a Catalan knight of the family of Saguàrdia, lords of the castle of Ripoll. He was not a professional jongleur, but a troubadour who wrote songs for amusement which were much celebrated, so we are told, by Occitan women.Ponç participated in the Siege of Conca on the side of...
(1154–1188), Spanish knight - Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia ArangoRicardo Adolfo de la Guardia ArangoRicardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango was president of Panama from October 9, 1941 to June 15, 1945. He did not belong to any political party....
(1899–1969), Panaman politician - Tony de la GuardiaTony de la GuardiaTony de la Guardia was a Colonel in the Cuban Ministry of Interior. He worked in Fidel Castro's administration, and in 1989 was executed, convicted of cocaine trafficking.He was the son of Mario de Guardia y Curbelo and Graziella Font...
(1939–1989), Cuban military personnel - La Guardia (band)La Guardia (band)La Guardia is a Spanish pop-rock band. They were especially famous in the late 1980s and early 1990s, although they are still active today...
, a Spanish pop-rock band - Holy Child of La GuardiaHoly Child of La GuardiaThe Holy Child of La Guardia was the purported victim of a ritual murder by the Jews in the town of La Guardia in the central Spanish province of Toledo . On November 16, 1491 an auto-da-fé held outside of Ávila concluded the case with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects...
, a Spanish Catholic saint
Other
- LaGuardia AirportLaGuardia AirportLaGuardia Airport is an airport located in the northern part of Queens County on Long Island in the City of New York. The airport is located on the waterfront of Flushing Bay and Bowery Bay, and borders the neighborhoods of Astoria, Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst. The airport was originally...
, airport in New York named after Fiorello LaGuardia
See also
- Guardia (disambiguation)
- Guard (disambiguation)
- Guardian (disambiguation)