Castro is a Romance language word that originally derived from Latin castrum, a pre-Roman military camp or fortification. The English-language equivalent is chester.
São Tomé is the capital and largest city of the Central African island country of São Tomé and Príncipe. Its name is Portuguese for "Saint Thomas". Founded in the 15th century, is one of Africa's oldest colonial cities.
Pinto is a Spanish, Jewish (Sephardic), Portuguese, and Italian surname. Historically, it has been common among political elite in Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries, as numerous Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Heads of State have shared the surname. The surname Pinto is largely found in Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Italy, Angola, and numerous South American nations. Pinto is also a high-frequency surname in Israel, Luxembourg, and East Timor. In many languages, Pinto means "colorful" or "painted" as it derives from the late Latin pinctus and classical Latin pictus, and in some cases, at least from the same word in the sense "lively or restless person". It is linguistically related to the name of Columbus' ship La Pinta, meaning "The Painted One", "The Look", or "The Spotted One". Also related, though greatly diverging in meaning, is the unit of measurement "pint", which comes from the Old French word pinte and perhaps ultimately from Vulgar Latin pincta meaning "painted", for marks painted on the side of a container to show capacity.
Pacheco is a noble lineage of Portuguese and Spanish origin. A Roman general called Vivio Pacieco, sent by Julius Caesar to fight in the Iberian peninsula, is one of the first persons recorded with this surname, which could translate to "Noble One". The surname has also a jewish variant traced to Morocco.
Fernando is a given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa and the Philippines,India and Sri Lanka equivalent to the Germanic given name Ferdinand, with an original meaning of "adventurous, bold journey".
Menezes, sometimes Meneses, was originally a Portuguese toponymic surname which originated in Montes Torozos, a region in Tierra de Campos, northeast of Valladolid and southeast of Palencia. The ancestor of the Meneses lineage was Tello Pérez de Meneses. The family wealth and power grew remarkably in the 13th and 14th centuries, through several marriages with the Castilian and Portuguese royal families.
Álvaro is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese male given name and surname. Some claim it may be related to the Old Norse name Alfarr, formed of the elements alf "elf" and arr "warrior", but the absence of Visigothic names containing the particle "alf" or "elf" evident in Kremer's Onomastik suggests that it may come from other forms, like "all" and maybe "ward".
Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to:
Escobar is a Spanish surname. It most commonly refers to the Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. Other notable people with the surname include:
Luisa, Luísa (Portuguese) or Louise (French) is a feminine given name; it is the feminine form of the given name Louis (Luis), the French form of the Frankish Chlodowig, from the Germanic elements hlod "fame" and wig "combat".
Francisco López or Francisco Lopez may refer to:
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name Franciscus.
Nelson is an English given name, in origin derived from the patronymic "son of Neil".
Castro is an Iberian surname coming from Latin castrum, a castle or Fort. It's English equivalent is Chester
Francisco Javier López may refer to:
Carlos Jorge is a Portuguese blended masculine given name that combines Carlos and Jorge, which translate to English names Charles and George, respectively, and which are names derived from Karl and Georgios, respectively. Notable people referred to by this name include the following:
Correa is a noble Spanish surname, with its origin in Paio Correia, a Portuguese knight and lord of Farelães, grandfather of Paio Peres Correia, Grand Master of the Order of Santiago; The remaining Correa, Currea and Currelha houses on the Iberian Peninsula flow from them.
Carlos Antonio is an Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese name. Carlos Antonio may refer to:
Carlota is a Catalan, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish feminine given name that is an alternate form of Charlotte and a feminine form of Charlot and Carl. Notable people known by this name include the following:
