Vinca (disambiguation)
Vinca is one of two genera of plants with the common name Periwinkle.
Vinca may also refer to:
People
- Juozas Vinča (1905–1990), Lithuanian boxer
- Vinca Petersen (born c. 1973), British photographer
Places
- Vinça, a commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales département in France
- Canton of Vinça, former canton that contained Vinça commune
- Vinca, Hungarian name for Vinţa village, Lupșa commune, Alba County, Romania
- Vinča, a suburb of Belgrade, Serbia
- Vinča (Topola), village in Topola municipality, Serbia
Plants
- Catharanthus, genus of flowering plants, the species of which are commonly called, as with Vinca species, Periwinkle
- Catharanthus roseus, annual bedding plant, formerly included in the Vinca genus as Vinca rosea. It shares its common name Periwinkle with Vinca species
Other
- Vinča culture, Neolithic culture of the Balkans, 5400–4500 BC
- Vinca massacre, 1944 massacre of Italian citizens by the SS
See also
- Vesna de Vinča (born 19567), Serbian writer and producer
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