name ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.
2. 2
   A gulf bordering El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.
3. 3
   A phantom island said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean at 12° 27' N and 54° 48' W, east of Barbados and Tobago.

Example

More examples

"Deodoro da Fonseca was the first president of Brazil. Galileo and Isaac Newton were great physicists."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Fonseca.

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