Cortina
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Things

  • Cortina (tango)
    Cortina (tango)
    A cortina is a short piece of non-dance music that is played between tandas at a milonga . The cortina lets the dancers know that the tanda has ended. The partners can then without insult thank each other and return to their own tables, to find a new dance partner at the next tanda...

  • Ford Cortina
    Ford Cortina
    As the 1960s dawned, BMC were revelling in the success of their new Mini – the first successful true minicar to be built in Britain in the postwar era...

    , a medium-sized family car built by Ford of Britain from 1962 to 1982
    • Lotus Cortina
      Lotus Cortina
      The Lotus-Cortina is a high-performance car, which was produced in the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1970 by the Ford in collaboration with Lotus Cars. The original version, which was based on the Ford Cortina Mark 1, was promoted by Ford as the "Consul Cortina developed by Lotus", with "Consul"...

      , a 1963–1968 performance variant on the above
  • In mycology, a cobweb-like partial veil
    Partial veil
    thumb|150px|right|Developmental stages of [[Agaricus campestris]] showing the role and evolution of a partial veilPartial veil is a mycological term used to describe a temporary structure of tissue found on the fruiting bodies of some basidiomycete fungi, typically agarics...

     on certain types of mushroom, a Panamanian passenger ship in service 1996-97

Places

  • Cortina d'Ampezzo
    Cortina d'Ampezzo
    Cortina d'Ampezzo is a town and comune in the southern Alps located in Veneto, a region in Northern Italy. Located in the heart of the Dolomites in an alpine valley, it is a popular winter sport resort known for its ski-ranges, scenery, accommodations, shops and après-ski scene...

    , a town in the province of Belluno, northern Italy
  • Cortina sulla strada del vino, Italian name of Kurtinig an der Weinstraße
    Kurtinig an der Weinstraße
    Kurtinig an der Weinstraße is a comune in the province of South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 25 km northeast of the city of Trento and about 30 km southwest of the city of Bolzano....

    , a town in South Tyrol, northern Italy

People

  • Adela Cortina
    Adela Cortina
    Adela Cortina is a Spanish philosopher born in Valencia, Spain.After getting her degree of philosophy and letters in the University of Valencia, she entered the metaphysics department in 1969...

    , a Spanish philosopher
  • Alfonso Cortina
    Alfonso Cortina
    Alfonso Cortina de Alcocer . Ex-President, ex-Chairman, and ex-Chief Executive Officer of Repsol YPF, Spain's largest oil and gas group. He graduated in Industrial Engineering and holds a further degree in Economic Sciences...

    , a Spanish businessman
  • Jon Cortina
    Jon Cortina
    Jon de Cortina Garaigorta, S.J. was a Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, engineer, and activist founder of Pro-Búsqueda, an organization dedicated to searching for the missing children of the Salvadoran civil war...

    , a Spanish Jesuit priest active in Central America
  • Juan Cortina
    Juan Cortina
    Juan Nepomuceno Cortina Goseacochea , also known by his nicknames Cheno Cortina and the Red Robber of the Rio Grande, was a Mexican rancher, politician, military leader, outlaw and folk hero...

    , a Mexican rancher, politician, military leader, outlaw and folk hero
    • Cortina Troubles
      Cortina Troubles
      The Cortina Troubles is the generic name for the First Cortina War in 1859 and Second Cortina War in 1861, in which paramilitary Mexican forces, led by the local leader Juan Nepomuceno Cortina, confronted elements of the United States Army, the Confederate Army, the Texas Rangers, and the local...

      , protagonised by the above

Companies

  • Cortina Cycles
    Cortina Cycles
    Cortina Cycles is a bicycle frame manufacturer in Santa Barbara, California. It has made frames for Italian companies such as Bennotto, and Gios.-Background:...

    , a U.S. manufacturer of mountain bike frames based in Santa Barbara, California
  • Cortina Systems
    Cortina Systems
    Cortina Systems, Inc. is a supplier of integrated circuits for broadband communications founded in 2001. It is based in California.- History :...

    , a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California
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