Vela

Vela is the Latin plural form for sailing. Derived from it are called:

  • A constellation, see sailing ship a pulsar in this constellation, the Vela pulsar PSR 0833-45 or

Vela designated places:

  • Vela ( Guarda ), town in Portugal
  • Vela ( Dolj ), commune in Dolj county (Romania )

Vela is the surname of the following persons:

  • Alejandro Vela ( born 1984 ), Mexican football player
  • Blasco Núñez de Vela (1490-1546), the first viceroy of the Viceroyalty of Peru (1544-1546)
  • Carlos Vela (* 1989), Mexican football player
  • Carlos Zapata Vela (1906-1990), Mexican ambassador
  • Filemon Vela Jr. ( born 1963 ), American politician
  • Francisco Vela (1859-1909), Guatemalan engineer and cartographer
  • José Vela († 2004), Mexican football player and coach
  • Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga ( born 1934 ), Ecuadorian priest, archbishop of Quito, Cardinal
  • Rodolfo Neri Vela ( born 1952 ), Mexican spaceman
  • Vincenzo Vela (1820-1891), Swiss freedom fighter and artist

VELA stands for:

  • Very Efficient Large Aircraft, Experimental Aircraft
  • Association of senior staff in Berlin before the First World War

See also:

  • Vella
  • Disambiguation
  • Abbreviation
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