Cristóbal
Encyclopedia
Cristóbal or Cristobal may refer to:
Dominican Republic
Panama
Spain
Christopher Columbus
Other
Dominican Republic
- CristóbalCristóbal, IndependenciaCristóbal is a town in the Independencia province of the Dominican Republic. The town was settled in 1845 by Cristóbal DelaCruz after he decided to leave his wife and children and run away with their housekeeper, a young Canadian woman named Elizabeth Hughes. Soon after, adulterers from all over...
(municipality of the IndependenciaIndependencia (province)Independencia is a province of the Dominican Republic, located in the west, on the border with Haiti. It was split from Baoruco Province in 1950.-Municipalities and municipal districts:...
) province
Panama
- Cristóbal, ColónCristóbal, ColónCristóbal is a port in the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal. It is located on the western edge of Manzanillo Island and is part of the Panamanian city and province of Colón...
Spain
- Cristóbal, SalamancaCristóbal, SalamancaCristóbal de la Sierra is a village and large municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon....
Christopher Columbus
- Cristóbal ColónChristopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...
, the Spanish rendition of Christopher Columbus' name
Other
- Carmen Lelia CristóbalCarmen Lelia CristóbalCarmen Lelia Cristóbal is an Argentine professor of botany at the National University of the Northeast in Corrientes.In 1959, she earned her doctorate degree in botany at the National University of Tucumán...
, an Argentinian professor of botany - Cristobal HuetCristobal HuetCristobal Huet is a French professional ice hockey goaltender playing for Fribourg-Gottéron of the Swiss National League A, on loan from the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. He developed his goaltending skills in Grenoble with Les Brûleurs de Loups. He has also played with the...
, a French professional ice hockey goaltender - Cristóbal Márquez CrespoCristóbal Márquez CrespoCristóbal Márquez Crespo, simply Cristóbal , is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Karpaty Lviv in Ukraine, as a midfielder.-External links:** *...
, a Spanish football (soccer) player known as simply Cristóbal - Cristobal (carbine)Cristobal (carbine)The .30 Kiraly-Cristobal carbine, also known as the San Cristobal or Cristobal automatic rifle was manufactured by the Dominican Republic’s Armeria San Cristobal Weapon Factory....
, a Dominican-made automatic rifle - Cristobal (horse)Cristobal (horse)Cristobal is an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who has raced in France. He is owned by Rancho Santa Fe, California businessman Edmund A. Gann, best known as the owner of Medaglia d'Oro and Peace Rules as well as the 1988 Japan Cup winner, Pay the Butler.Cristobal received his name, as did...
, Thoroughbred racehorse - Fort San Crist%C3%B3bal, Puerto Rico
- Tropical Storm Cristobal (disambiguation), several tropical storms
- Marco Antonio Orozco, Chilean singer known as Cristóbal