Socorro
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Socorro is a Portuguese-Spanish noun meaning "help" or "relief" (cf. succor). It may also refer to:
Places
[edit]- Socorro, São Paulo, a city in São Paulo state, Brazil
- Socorro (district of São Paulo), a district in São Paulo city, Brazil
- Socorro River, a river in Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil
- Socorro Island, an older name for Guamblin Island, Chile
- Socorro, Santander, a town and municipality in Santander Department, Colombia
- Socorro Province, in the former country of Gran Colombia
- Socorro, Goa, a village in Goa, India
- Socorro Island (Isla Socorro), Mexico
- Socorro, Surigao del Norte, Philippines, a municipality
- Socorro, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines, a municipality
- Socorro, Quezon City, a barangay of Quezon City
- Socorro (Lisbon), a parish in Portugal
- Socorro, New Mexico, a city in the United States
- Socorro County, New Mexico
- Socorro, Texas, a city in the United States
- El Socorro (disambiguation), multiple uses
- Socorro do Piauí, Brazil
People
[edit]- Héctor Socorro (1912–1980), Cuban footballer
- Juan Carlos Socorro (born 1972), Venezuelan footballer
- Socorro Acioli (born 1975), Brazilian author
- Socorro Santiago (born 1951), American actress
- Socorro Tellado Lopez (1927–2009), Spanish author
- Socorro Venegas (born 1972), Mexican writer
- Vilma Socorro Martínez (born 1943), American diplomat
Animals
[edit]- Socorro blenny
- Socorro dove
- Socorro elf owl
- Socorro isopod (Socorro sowbug)
- Socorro mockingbird
- Socorro parakeet
- Socorro springsnail
- Socorro towhee
- Socorro wren
Other uses
[edit]- Socorro (TransMilenio), a mass transit station in Bogotá, Colombia
- Church of Our Lord of Socorro, Ponte de Lima, Portugal
- socorro, a breakpad server written in Python
- Socorro Nobre, a 1995 documentary film
- Socorro Rojo Internacional, International Red Aid
- Socorro Rojo del P.O.U.M., a Spanish aid society during the 1930s civil war
- "Socorro", a song by Brazilian singer Bruno Sutter off his 2015 album Bruno Sutter