Nance (disambiguation)
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Nance
a name for tropical American
trees:
Nance could also refer to:
Nance
Byrsonima crassifolia is a species of flowering plant in the acerola family, Malpighiaceae, that is native to tropical America. It is valued for its small, sweet, yellow fruit, which are strongly scented....
a name for tropical American
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
trees:
- Usually it refers to Byrsonima crassifolia (MalpighiaceaeMalpighiaceaeMalpighiaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. It comprises approximately 75 genera and 1300 species, all of which are native to the tropics and subtropics...
), also called "golden spoon". - More broadly, it means a tree of the genus ByrsonimaByrsonimaByrsonima is one of about 75 genera in the Malpighiaceae, a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. In particular in American English, they are known as locustberries...
. - In EcuadorEcuadorEcuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
, it more often means Albizia pistaciifoliaAlbizia pistaciifoliaAlbizia pistaciifolia is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.Local names include Guayacán Cenega, Guayacán Chaparro or Guayacán Hobo in Colombia, "Nance" or Tinto de Bajos in Ecuador, and Carabali, Quiebrahacho or Vera Macho in Venezuela.Junior...
(FabaceaeFabaceaeThe Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
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Nance could also refer to:
- Places:
- Nance, JuraNance, JuraNance is a commune in the Jura department in Franche-Comté in eastern France.- Demographics :As of the census of 1999, the population was 429.The estimate for 2007 was 467.- References :*...
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... - Nance County, NebraskaNance County, Nebraska-History:The land that comprises Nance County was originally part of the Pawnee Reservation, created in 1857 when the Pawnee Indians signed a treaty with the United States ceding its lands in exchange for the reservation. After the state of Nebraska was admitted into the Union, the state government...
- Nance, Jura
- People:
- Jack NanceJack NanceMarvin John Nance , known professionally as Jack Nance and occasionally credited as John Nance, was an American actor of stage and screen, primarily starring in offbeat or avant-garde productions...
, actor - Jim NanceJim NanceJames Solomon "Big Jim" Nance was an American collegiate and Professional Football fullback with the Boston Patriots during their days in the American Football League...
, professional football player - J. Milton NanceJ. Milton NanceJoseph Milton Nance, known as J. Milton Nance , was an American historian who specialized in the study of his native Texas. He was affiliated with Texas A&M University in College Station from 1941 until his retirement in 1979...
, historian at Texas A&M UniversityTexas A&M UniversityTexas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school... - John J. NanceJohn J. NanceJohn J. Nance is an American pilot, aviation safety expert, and author. His novels are largely about aviation, while his non-fiction covers various other areas.-Biography:Nance was born in Dallas, Texas...
, pilot, author - Malcolm Wrightson NanceMalcolm Wrightson NanceMalcolm Wrightson Nance is a formerU.S. Navy Senior Chief, SERE instructor, and expert in prisoners of war and terrorist hostage survival techniques. He also has recognized the Iraq insurgency, Jihadist tactics and Al Qaeda’s global organization...
, counter-terrorism intelligence consultant - Ray NanceRay NanceRay Willis Nance was a jazz trumpeter, violinist and singer.Nance is best known for his long association with Duke Ellington through most of the 1940s and 1950s, after he was hired to replace Cootie Williams in 1940...
, musician - Roger David Nance, filed a false police report
- Robert Morton NanceRobert Morton NanceRobert Morton Nance was a leading authority on the Cornish language, nautical archaeologist, and joint founder of the Old Cornwall Society....
, Cornish language expert - Walter E. Nance (1933- ), American medical geneticist
- Larry Nance, professional basketball player
- NanceNancy CoolenNancy Anna Francina Coolen, known as Nance is a Dutch TV host who was previously the lead-singer of a Eurodance group called Twenty 4 Seven....
, female singer for the Dutch Eurodance act Twenty 4 SevenTwenty 4 SevenTwenty 4 Seven is a Eurodance act, created by Dutch record producer Ruud van Rijen in 1989. Active sporadically ever since, the act has featured nine different vocalists, has performed across Europe and Africa, and as of 2010 is fronted by Li Ann and Stacey "Stay-C" Paton.One of the earliest...
- Jack Nance
- Other
- Nancy BoyHomosexualityHomosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same...
, A shortened nickname/slur for Nancy Boy which refers to effeminate homosexual men
- Nancy Boy