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Saldanha is a Portuguese surname. Saldanha may refer to:

Places

Portugal

  • Saldanha (Mogadouro), a civil parish in the municipality of Mogadouro, Portugal
  • Saldanha (Lisbon), in the heart of Lisbon with a subway station within the civil parish in the municipality of Arroios, Portugal.

South Africa

  • Saldanha Bay, a natural bay in Western Cape, South Africa
  • Saldanha, Western Cape, a town on the northern shore of the bay
  • Saldanha Bay Local Municipality, the unit of government that administers the Saldanha Bay region

People

  • António de Saldanha, a Portuguese explorer after whom the bay was named
  • Carlos Saldanha, a Brazilian movie director
  • Duke of Saldanha, a Portuguese title granted by royal decree
  • João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha, a Portuguese marshal and statesman
  • Jacintha Saldanha, a nurse for King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes, prank call victim
  • João Saldanha, a Brazilian journalist and football manager
  • José Pintos Saldanha, a Uruguayan footballer
  • Lawrence Saldanha, Indian Catholic priest, 10th Archbishop of Lahore
  • V. J. P. Saldanha, Indian litterateur, dramatist, musician, and poet
  • Josh Saldanha, an Indian Drummer and multi-instrumentalist

Other

  • Saldanha Steel, a South African steel company
  • Beals v. Saldanha, a Supreme Court of Canada decision
  • Saldanha catshark, Apristurus saldanha
  • Battle of Saldanha Bay (1781), in which a large squadron of the Royal Navy captured five Dutch East Indiamen
  • Capitulation of Saldanha Bay, the surrender of a navy of the Batavian Republic squadron to a Royal Navy squadron at Saldanha Bay in 1796
  • 1456 Saldanha, an asteroid
  • Saldanha (plant genus), a former genus in the plant family Rubiaceae
  • HMS Saldanha, either of two vessels of the Royal Navy

See also

  • Saldaña (disambiguation), the Spanish form of this name
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