Sanchez

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Spanish [in turn originating as a patronymic] of Spanish origin.

    "[…]—clearing out by military murders,—since they are executions without judicial trials—the descendants of the Sanchezs, the Garcias and the Remirezs,—the brave men who had achieved all that has been done for liberty and independence,—the result of Spain’s surrender of her colony by the Treaty of Bâle."

  2. 2
    A barangay of Asingan, Pangasinan, Philippines. uncountable

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ilich ramirez sanchez

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"Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, in announcing the measures, said that starting immediately, residents would be allowed to leave their homes only to buy food or medicine, to go to work, to find medical care or to help care for the young or elderly."

Etymology

From Spanish Sánchez.

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