Cerrito
Appearance
Cerrito is the Spanish language diminutive of the word cerro, meaning "mountain" or "hill". Cerrito(s) may mean "little hill(s)"; El and los are articles equivalent to the English language word the (male/gender non-specific).
Cerrito, Cerritos, El Cerrito, or Los Cerritos may refer to:
Settlements
- Argentina
- El Cerrito District of San Rafael Department, Mendoza Province
- Brazil
- Cerrito, Rio Grande do Sul
- São José do Cerrito, state of Santa Catarina
- Colombia
- Mexico
- Panama
- United States of America
- Cerrito, Arizona, a Gila River Pima village in the 19th century.
- Cerritos, California, a city in Los Angeles County
- El Cerrito, California, a city in Contra Costa County
- El Cerrito, Riverside County, California, an unincorporated area in Southern California
- El Cerrito, San Diego, California, a neighborhood
- Los Cerritos, Long Beach, California, a neighborhood
- El Cerrito, New Mexico, village in San Miguel County
- Uruguay
Structures
In Cerritos, California, United States
- Cerritos Auto Square, an auto mall
- Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, the first fully re-configurable auditorium in the United States
- Cerritos College, a community college in Norwalk, California and serving as part of the inspiration for the naming of Cerritos, California
- Cerritos High School, an ABC Unified School District high school
- Cerritos Millennium Library, the first themed "Experience Library" in the world
- Cerritos Senior Center at Pat Nixon Park, a clubhouse located on the grounds of the former home of the late First Lady Pat Nixon
- Cerritos Towne Center, an open air shopping center
- Los Cerritos Center, an upscale super-regional shopping mall
- Cerritos Elementary School
- Cerritos Veterans Memorial
In Contra Costa County, California, United States
- El Cerrito Plaza (shopping center), an open air shopping center
- El Cerrito Plaza (BART station), a Bay Area Rapid Transit metro station adjacent to the shopping center of the same name
- El Cerrito del Norte (BART station), a Bay Area Rapid Transit metro station in northern El Cerrito, California and regional feeder bus hub to areas not served by BART
- El Cerrito High School a West Contra Costa Unified School District high school
Geography
- Cerrito Creek, a creek that runs between the Berkeley Hills and Eastshore Estuary in Contra Costa County, California, United States
- Albany Hill (Cerrito de San Antonio), a hill in Albany, California, United States
- Isla del Cerrito, an island in Bermejo department, Chaco province, Argentina
Organizations
- Club Sportivo Cerrito, a football (soccer) club in Montevideo, Uruguay
People
- Fanny Cerrito, a 19th Century Italian dancer