Soledad
Encyclopedia
Soledad is a Spanish
word meaning solitude
or loneliness. It is also a female given name
. It may also refer to:
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 meaning solitude
Solitude
Solitude is a state of seclusion or isolation, i.e., lack of contact with people. It may stem from bad relationships, deliberate choice, infectious disease, mental disorders, neurological disorders or circumstances of employment or situation .Short-term solitude is often valued as a time when one...
or loneliness. It is also a female given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
. It may also refer to:
Places
- Soledad, CaliforniaSoledad, CaliforniaSoledad, meaning "solitude" and "loneliness" in Spanish, is a city in Monterey County, California, United States. Soledad is located southeast of Salinas, at an elevation of 190 feet...
- Soledad, AtlánticoSoledad, AtlánticoSoledad is a municipality in the Colombian department of Atlántico part of the metropolitan area of Barranquilla is 6th in population in Colombia and the 3rd in the Caribbean region, after Barranquilla and Cartagena. It is also the city with the highest population growth in Colombia and in 2005 was...
, Colombia - Soledad AtzompaSoledad AtzompaSoledad Atzompa is a municipality located in the montane central zone in the State of Veracruz, about 90 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 65.80 km2. It is located at . To the consumarse the independence, the village of Soledad Atzompa formeda municipality, it was bordering in...
, Veracruz, Mexico - Soledad Correctional Training FacilityCorrectional Training FacilityCorrectional Training Facility is a state prison located on U.S. Highway 101, north of Soledad, California. Randy Grounds is the current Warden of the prison.-Facilities:...
- Soledad de DobladoSoledad de DobladoSoledad de Doblado is a municipality located in the semiarid zone of the center of the State, in the plains of the Sotavento of Veracruz, about 75 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 370.96 km2. It is located at...
, Veracruz, Mexico - Mission Nuestra Señora de la SoledadMission Nuestra Señora de la SoledadMission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad is in the Salinas Valley near Soledad, in central Monterey County, California. The mission was founded on October 9, 1791 for the increasing settlement of upper Las Californias Province of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, and for the Indian Reductions to convert...
People
- ChalonChalonThe Chalon are one of eight divisions of the Ohlone people of Native Americans who lived in Northern California. Chalon is also the name of their spoken language, listed as one of the Ohlone languages of the Utian family...
or Soledad, a native people and language of Salinas Valley, California - Soledad AquinoSoledad Aquino- Filmography :* Nahuling Pagsisisi * Ang Ganid * Luha ng Ina * Sa Paanan ng Krus * Anak-Dalita * Nasaan ka, Irog * Inang Mahal - Sampaguita Pictures...
, actress - Soledad AlvearSoledad AlvearMaría Soledad Alvear Valenzuela , is a Chilean lawyer and Christian Democrat politician, who was a cabinet member of the Aylwin, Frei and Lagos administrations. She was president of the Christian Democrat Party from 2006-2008...
, politician - Soledad Bazaine, first wife of François Achille BazaineFrançois Achille BazaineFrançois Achille Bazaine was a French General and from 1864, a Marshal of France, who surrendered the last organized French army to the Prussians during the Franco-Prussian war. He was the first Marshal who had started as a legionnaire and like the great Marshals of the First Empire, he had risen...
- Soledad BravoSoledad BravoSoledad Bravo , is a Venezuelan singer.Born in Logroño, La Rioja, Spain her father was a Spanish republican, moving to Venezuela with his family when his daughter was still at an early age. At 24, Soledad began studying architecture and philosophy at the Universidad Central de Venezuela, where she...
, Venezuelan singer - Soledad O'BrienSoledad O'BrienMaría de la Soledad Teresa O'Brien is an American Broadcast journalist. She is currently the host of the "In America" documentary unit on CNN, and is best known for anchoring the CNN marquee morning newscast American Morning from July 2003 to April 2007, with Miles O'Brien...
, journalist - Soledad MirandaSoledad MirandaSoledad Rendón Bueno , better known by her stage names Soledad Miranda or Susann Korda , was an actress who was born in Seville, Spain to Portuguese parents of Roma ancestry. She frequently starred in the films of Jess Franco, such as Count Dracula and Vampyros Lesbos...
, actress - Soledad PastoruttiSoledad PastoruttiSoledad "La Sole" Pastorutti is an Argentine folk singer, who brought the genre to the younger generations at the end of the 20th century, and the beginning of the 21st....
, Argentine folklore singer - Soledad BrothersSoledad BrothersThe Soledad Brothers were an American garage rock trio from Maumee, Ohio. Taking strong influence from blues rock, the band consisted of Ben Swank on drums, Johnny Walker on guitar and vocals, and Oliver Henry on sax and guitar...
, inmates, including George Jackson, involved in a notable row
Patron saints
- Nuestra Señora dela Soledad de Porta VagaNuestra Señora dela Soledad de Porta VagaNuestra Señora de la Soledad de Porta Vaga, also called "Reina de Cavite" and "La Virgen de la Soledad", is the patroness of Cavite City.-Description:...
is the patroness of Cavite City, Philippines.
Music
- "Soledad", a song by Carlos GardelCarlos GardelCarlos Gardel was a singer, songwriter and actor, and is perhaps the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was born in Toulouse, France, although he never acknowledged his birthplace publicly, and there are still claims of his birth in Uruguay. He lived in Argentina from the age of two...
- "Soledad", a song by Eric Burdon and Jimmy Witherspoon from Guilty!
- "Soledad", a song by Mano Negra from Puta's FeverPuta's FeverPuta's Fever is an album by Mano Negra, released on September 1, 1989.-Track listing:# "Mano Negra" – 0:57# "Rock'N' Roll Band" – 2:33# "King Kong Five" – 1:56# "Soledad" – 2:34...
- "Soledad", a song by MC LarsMC LarsAndrew Robert MacFarlane Nielsen is an American rapper, known by his stage name MC Lars. He is the self-proclaimed originator of "post-punk laptop rap". He was one of the first underground rappers to sample and reference post-punk and emo bands...
from Indie Rocket Science - "Soledad", a song by Westlife from Coast to Coast
- "La Soledad", a song by Pink Martini from SympathiqueSympathiqueSympathique is the first full-length album from the band Pink Martini. It was released on November 11, 1997 by Pink Martini's own record label, Heinz Records...
Television
- Soledad, a 2001 Peruvian telenovela starring Coraima TorresCoraima TorresCoraima Alejandra Torres Díaz was born on June 6, 1973 in Valencia, Venezuela. She started her acting career in Venezuela, in the late '80s. Her first roles were in the telenovelas "Gardenia" and "Alondra". She got her first leading role in 1992, in the famous telenovela "Kassandra", which was...
and Guillermo Pérez