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Paco is a Spanish nickname for Francisco.According to folk etymology, the nickname has its origins in Saint Francis of Assisi, who was the father of the Franciscan order; his name was written in Latin by the order as pater communitatis (father of the community); hence "Paco" was supposedly obtained by taking the first syllable of each word.
In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco".San Francisco de Asís was known as Pater Communitatis (father of the community) when he founded the Franciscan order, and "Paco" is a short form of Pater Communitatis.
Paco, a 2009 Argentine film; Paco (band), an American indie rock band; Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, an American youth orchestra; Paco (comics), a DC Comics character; Paco, the protagonist of the Ernest Hemingway short story "The Capital of the World" Prince Paco, the protagonist of the arcade game Marvel Land
The name Francisco means “Frenchman” or “free man.” It is the Spanish cognate of the name Francis. Babies named Francisco are often nicknamed Frank, Frankie, Paco, Paquito, Pancho, and ...
Coca paste (paco, basuco, oxi, pasta) is a crude extract of the coca leaf which contains 40% to 91% cocaine freebase along with companion coca alkaloids and varying quantities of benzoic acid, methanol, and kerosene. In South America, coca paste, also known as cocaine base and, therefore, often confused with cocaine sulfate in North America, is ...
Spanish rendering of the old Tagalog name bakladan/baklaran which means a place of rattan fence (baklád) used as fish corral. [4] Bagong Ilog: Pasig: Filipino for "new river." Bagong Lipunan ng Crame: Quezon City: Filipino phrase which means "New Society of Crame." It is named after Camp Crame, which was named after Rafael Crame. [5] Bagong ...
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Paco de Lucía was born on 21 December 1947 [5] as Francisco Sánchez Gómez in Algeciras, [6] province of Cádiz, in southern Spain.He was the youngest of the five children of flamenco guitarist Antonio Sánchez Pecino and Portuguese mother Lucía Gomes; [7] his brothers include flamenco singer Pepe de Lucía and flamenco guitarist Ramón de Algeciras (now deceased).