Socorro

Socorro is a Portuguese and Spanish word, a cognate of the English word succor (sometimes spelled succour, especially in Britain), which means "aid" or "help." When used as a place name, it often originates as a reference to the Blessed Virgin Mary as Virgen del Perpetuo Socorro (Our Lady of Perpetual Succour). It can mean:

Places:

• 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 (Serula) a village in Goa, India
• Socorro Island (Isla Socorro), Mexico
• Socorro, Surigao del Norte, Philippines, a municipality
• Socorro, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines, a municipality
• Socorro (Lisbon), a parish in Portugal
• Socorro, New Mexico, a city in the United States
• Socorro County, New Mexico
• Socorro, Texas, a village in the United States
• Socorro (Star Wars), a planet in the fictional Star Wars universe

People:

• Héctor Socorro (1912-?), Cuban footballer
• Juan Carlos Socorro (born 1972), Venezuelan footballer
• Socorro Acioli (born 1975), a Brazilian author
• Socorro Herrera, an American actress
• Socorro Santiago (born 1951), an American actress
• Socorro Tellado Lopez (1927-2009), Spanish author
• Socorro Venegas (born 1972), Mexican writer
• Vilma Socorro Martínez (born 1943), an American diplomat

Animals:

• Socorro blenny
• Socorro Dove
• Socorro Elf Owl
• Socorro isopod (Socorro sowbug)
• Socorro Mockingbird
• Socorro Parakeet
• Socorro springsnail
• Socorro Towhee
• Socorro Wren

Other uses:

• 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 and Pylons
• Socorro, a First Aid (Medical and Fire Rescue) Foundation in Winterswijk, the Netherlands
• 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