Veracruz is a state in Mexico. Veracruz or Vera Cruz (literally "True Cross") may also refer to:

People

  • María González Veracruz (born 1979), Spanish politician
  • Philip Vera Cruz (1904–1994), Filipino American labor leader
  • Tomé Vera Cruz (born 1955?), São Tomé and Príncipe politician
  • Vera Cruz, a fictional character in Pedro Almodóvar's 2011 Spanish-language film The Skin I Live In

Places

Brazil:

  • Ilha de Vera Cruz, the name originally given to Brazil by its first Portuguese colonizers
  • Vera Cruz, Bahia
  • Vera Cruz, Rio Grande do Sul
  • Vera Cruz, São Paulo

East Timor:

  • Vera Cruz (East Timor), a subdistrict of Dili District

Honduras:

  • Veracruz, Copán

Mexico:

  • Veracruz, a state in Mexico
  • Veracruz (city), largest city in the state of Veracruz (formerly spelled "Vera Cruz")
  • Attack on Veracruz, 1683
  • United States occupation of Veracruz 1914
  • Veracruz (Mexibús), a BRT station in Ecatepec de Morelos

Panama:

  • Veracruz, Panama

Portugal:

  • Vera Cruz, Aveiro, former civil parish, incorporated into Glória e Vera Cruz

Spain:

  • Veracruz, Huesca

United States:

  • Vera Cruz, Indiana
  • Vera Cruz, Missouri
  • Vera Cruz, Ohio
  • Vera Cruz, Pennsylvania

Arts and entertainment

  • Vera Cruz (film), 1954 motion picture starring Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster
  • Vera Cruz (album), 2021 release by Edu Falaschi
  • "Veracruz", a song from Warren Zevon's 1978 album Excitable Boy
  • Verra Cruz, an English rock band

Other

  • Glória e Vera Cruz, civil parish in the municipality of Aveiro
  • C.D. Veracruz, defunct Mexican football club
  • VeraCruz (computer virus), alternative name for the extinct Ping-Pong virus
  • Veracruz Canyon, deep-sea canyon in the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Hyundai Veracruz, mid-size 5-door SUV
  • Vera Cruz Futebol Clube, Brazilian football club
  • Classic Veracruz culture (c. 100 to 1000 CE), a cultural area of the present-day Mexican state of Veracruz

See also

  • Battle of Veracruz (disambiguation)