Arroyo
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Arroyo is a Spanish word that may refer to:
- Arroyo (creek), an intermittently dry creek
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People
- Arts
- Carlos Arroyo (architect) (born 1964), Spanish architect
- Miss Arroyo, the pseudonym of a porn star who contracted HIV
- Martina Arroyo, American soprano
- Eduardo Arroyo, Spanish painter
- Politics
- Carmen E. Arroyo, the first Puerto Rican and Hispanic woman elected to the New York State Assembly
- Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río (1893-1969), President of Ecuador from 1940-1944
- PFC Domingo Arroyo, Jr., the first United States soldier to be killed in "Operation Restore Hope" during the Somalian Civil War
- Felix D. Arroyo, city councilor in Boston, Massachusetts from January 2003 to January 2008.
- Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, current president of the Philippines.
- Javier Arroyo, Bolivian General de Division
- Joker Arroyo, Philippine senator
- Sports
- Bronson Arroyo, pitcher with the Cincinnati Reds
- Carlos Arroyo, Puerto Rican professional basketball player
- David Arroyo, Spanish cyclist
- Fernando Arroyo, former Major League pitcher
- Harold Arroyo, Puerto Rican boxer
- Luis Arroyo, Major League relief pitcher
- Other
- Raymond Arroyo. Catholic broadcaster
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Places
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United States
- California
- Arroyo de la Laguna, a watercourse in the San Francisco Bay Area, California
- Arroyo del Valle, a stream in the Livermore Valley, California
- Arroyo Grande, California, a city
- Arroyo Mocho, a watercourse in Alameda County, California
- Puerto Rico
- Arroyo, Puerto Rico, a municipality
- Texas
- Arroyo Alto, Texas, a neighborhood in the city of La Feria
- Arroyo Gardens-La Tina Ranch, Texas, a census-designated place
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Spain
- Arroyomolinos de León, a town and municipality in the province of Huelva
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Other
- Restaurante Arroyo in Mexico City, the world's largest Mexican restaurant
- Arroyo (Fallout), a fictional village in the computer game Fallout 2
- USS Arroyo (SP-197), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918
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See also
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