Chavez
name
name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Spanish.
- 2 Former name of Santa Cruz: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador. historical
Synonyms
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More examples"Cesar Chavez was born on a small farm near Yuma, Arizona in 1927."
Etymology
From Spanish Chávez, variant of Chaves, from Galician Chaves (“Chaves in Portugal and its castle”).