The Reconquista was the gradual military retaking ("reconquering") of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors.
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Reconquest or Reconquista may also refer to:
- Pueblo Revolt Reconquest, the restoration of colonial government in Spanish New Mexico following the Pueblo Revolt of 1680
- Reconquista de Buenos Aires, the restoration of Spanish control of Buenos Aires in 1806; see British invasions of the River Plate § First invasion
- Reconquista (Spanish America), the restoration of Spanish colonial possessions in the New World, typically control of colonial governments loyal to Ferdinand VII of Spain following the Peninsular War in Europe
- Reconquest (Chile), the restoration of Spanish colonial possession of Chile during the War of Independence
- Reconquista (Colombia), the restoration of Spanish colonial possession following a rebellion in what is now Colombia; see Spanish reconquest of New Granada
- Santo Domingo / Dominican Republic:
- Reconquista (Santo Domingo), the restoration of Spanish colonial possession of Santo Domingo following a period of French occupation
- Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic, the retaking of the former colony by Spain 17 years after it gained independence
- Spanish attempts to reconquer Mexico
- Reconquista, the restoration of Portuguese colonial possession (or joint Portuguese and Spanish rule) following periods of Dutch occupation
- Reconquista (Mexico), an irredentist movement advocating restoration of Mexican sovereignty over territories taken by the United States
- Operación Reconquista de España, the 1944 invasion of the Aran Valley by the Spanish Maquis
