Rancho
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Rancho may refer to:
- Alta California land grants in the 19th century; see Ranchos of CaliforniaRanchos of CaliforniaThe Spanish, and later the Méxican government encouraged settlement of territory now known as California by the establishment of large land grants called ranchos, from which the English ranch is derived. Devoted to raising cattle and sheep, the owners of the ranchos attempted to pattern themselves...
- Rancho High SchoolRancho High SchoolRancho High School is a high school located at 1900 Searles Avenue in North Las Vegas, Nevada. It is part of the Clark County School District. Opened in 1954, Rancho High School was the third high school founded in the Las Vegas Valley after Las Vegas and Basic....
, a North Las Vegas high school - Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation CenterRancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation CenterRancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center is a rehabilitation hospital located in Downey, California, United States. Its name in Spanish means "Friend's Ranch". It is accredited by the Joint Commission and the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities...
- Rancho Los Amigos ScaleRancho Los Amigos ScaleThe Rancho Los Amigos Scale is a medical scale used to assess individuals after a closed head injury, including traumatic brain injury, based on cognitive and behavioural presentations as they emerge from coma...
- Rancho Los Amigos Scale
- Matra RanchoMatra RanchoThe Matra Rancho was a leisure activity vehicle created by the French engineering group Matra in cooperation with the automaker Simca to capitalize on the off-road trend, started by the Range Rover, by providing the "off-road look" at a lower price....
, an early French leisure activity vehicle - Rancho San Joaquin Middle SchoolRancho San Joaquin Middle SchoolRancho San Joaquin Middle School, commonly referred to as Rancho, is a middle school in Irvine, California, serving the southern part of Irvine, including the neighborhoods of University Park, Turtle Rock, Turtle Ridge, Quail Hill, Shady Canyon, and University Hills. It is part of the Irvine...
- A brand of shock absorber, manufactured by Tenneco Automotive
- The name of a character in the Bollywood film 3 Idiots, played by Aamir Khan
- Rancho carnavalesco ("Carnival ranch") an early type of Brazilian carnival schools