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Hidalgo

//hɪˈdælɡəʊ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename; A state of Mexico. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename; Ellipsis of Hidalgo County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
  3. 3
    A surname from Spanish. countable

    "Speaker after speaker, gathered in the courtyard of the Chateau de Blois, turned to Ms. Hidalgo to say they dreamed of a “Madame la Présidente,” stressing the last “e”-accentuated syllable denoting the feminine form. Up to now, the Fifth Republic has produced eight male “présidents” over six decades."

  4. 4
    the asteroid (944) Hidalgo countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A barangay of Tanauan, Batangas, Philippines. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the Spanish nobility, especially one without a title.

    "The young man seems to entertain but an imperfect appreciation of the respect due from a menial to a Castilian hidalgo."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish hidalgo. Doublet of fidalgo.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish Hidalgo, from Spanish hidalgo, from Old Spanish fijo d'algo (“son of something”). The Mexican state is named after independence leader Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.

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