Cortina
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Cortina may refer to:
Things
[edit]- Cortina (tango), a short piece of music played during a tango dance event
- Ford Cortina, a medium-sized family car built by Ford of Britain from 1962 to 1982
- Lotus Cortina, a 1963–1968 performance variant on the above
- Cortina (mycology), a cobweb-like partial veil on certain types of mushroom (which gives name to the genus Cortinarius)
- MV Cortina, a Panamanian passenger ship in service 1996-97
Places
[edit]- Cortina d'Ampezzo, a town in the province of Belluno, northern Italy
- Cortina sulla strada del vino, Italian name of Kurtinig an der Weinstraße, a town in South Tyrol, northern Italy
- Cortina Elementary School, in Queen Creek, Arizona
- Cortina Indian Rancheria, California, a Native American reservation in Colusa county, California
People
[edit]- Adela Cortina, Spanish philosopher
- Alfonso Cortina (1944–2020), Spanish businessman
- Jon Cortina (1934–2005), Spanish Jesuit priest
- Juan Cortina (1824–1894), Mexican rancher, politician, military leader, outlaw and folk hero
- Cortina Troubles (1859-1861), in which paramilitary forces led by Juan Cortina engaged various regular and militia forces
Companies
[edit]- Cortina, a bicycle brand of a Dutch bicycle wholesaler Kruitbosch B.V. from Zwolle
- Cortina Cycles, a defunct US manufacturer of mountain bike frames based in Santa Barbara, California
- Cortina Systems, a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California
- Cortina Watch, a Singapore-based luxury watch retailer