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Ventura
Ventura (Italian, Portuguese and Spanish for "fortune") may refer to:
Batista
Batista is a Spanish or Portuguese surname. Notable persons with the name include:
Camargo
Camargo may refer to:
Viana
Viana may refer to:
Aveiro
Aveiro may refer to:
Aveiro, Pará, a municipality in Brazil
Aveiro, Portugal, a city and municipality in Portugal
Região de Aveiro, surrounding the city above
Aveiro District, surrounding the municipality above
Roman Catholic Diocese of Aveiro, surrounding the city above
Aveiro Lagoon (Ria de Aveiro), near the city above
Aveiro Light, at the entrance to the lagoon above
Vitoria
Vitoria or Vitória may refer to:
Paz
Paz or Pas may refer to:
Chaves
Chaves is a modern Portuguese and old Spanish word derived from Latin Flaviae (Chávez in Spanish), and may refer to:
Lagoa
Lagoa (Portuguese for lagoon) may refer to the following:
Ramos
Ramos is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin that means "bouquets" or "branches". People with the surname Ramos are most commonly found in Mexico, Brazil or Puerto Rico.
Barreiros
Barreiros may refer to:
Alvarenga
Alvarenga may refer to:
Carmo
Carmo may refer to:
Batalha
Batalha (Portuguese for battle) may refer to:
Neto
Neto is a surname which may refer to:
Ribeiro
Ribeiro is a Portuguese and Galician surname, also common in Brazil. Origin: Latin riparius, ("small stream" or "by the river"). It is also a wine-making region of central Galicia. In Galicia the surname may have been Castilianized as Riveiro.
Silva
Silva is a surname of Portuguese or Galician origin which is widespread in the Portuguese-speaking countries including Brazil. The name is derived from Latin ("forest" or "woodland"). It is the family name of the House of Silva.
Sampaio
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Pinheiro
Pinheiro is a Portuguese surname of Jewish origin (Sephardic); a topographic name for someone who lived by a conspicuous pine tree or by a pine forest, from pinheiro ‘pine’, or habitational name for any of the numerous places named Pinheiro.
Jardim
Jardim (Portuguese for "garden") may refer to:
Nogueira
Nogueira is a surname of Galician and Portuguese origin meaning walnut tree.
Gomes
Gomes is a common Portuguese and Old Galician surname.
Vicente
Vicente is a Spanish and Portuguese name. Like its French variant, Vincent, it is derived from the Latin name Vincentius meaning "conquering" (from Latin vincere, "to conquer").
Loureiro
Loureiro may refer to:
==People==
Artur Loureiro (1853–1932), Portuguese painter
Bruno Loureiro (born 1989), Portuguese footballer
Claudio Loureiro, Brazilian advertising executive and entrepreneur
Cleber Santana Loureiro (1981–2016), Brazilian footballer
Daniel Pedrosa Loureiro (born 1996), Spanish footballer
Fábio de Souza Loureiro (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
Felipe Jorge Loureiro (born 1977), Brazilian football player and coach
João de Loureiro (1717–1791), Portuguese Jesuit missionary and botanist
João Loureiro (born 1963), Portuguese football administrator
José Jorge Loureiro (1791–
Osorio
Osorio (also Osório) is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin. Notable people with this surname include:
Brito
Brito or Britto may refer to:
Coutinho
Coutinho is a noble Portuguese language surname. It is a diminutive of Couto (Couto means 'enclosed pasture'). It is from Late Latin cautum, from the past participle of cavere ‘to make safe.'
It may refer to:
Araújo
Araújo or Araujo or Araúxo, and various other spellings, (, , ) is a Galician and Portuguese surname of noble medieval origin. The name is topographic and derives from various places named "Araújo" found on both sides of the bordering regions. The most prominent origin is likely the parish of Araújo in Valença, Portugal, near the Spanish border. The meaning of "Araújo" is debated, but a common theory traces it back to the Latin "altariculus" or "arauciculus," meaning "small altar." This suggests the original settlements named Araújo may have been located near ancient religious sites or places
Saldanha
Saldanha may refer to:
Leal
Leal can refer to:
Couto
Couto may refer to:
Capela
Capela may refer to:
Figueira
Figueira may refer to:
Silvestre
Silvestre is a Spanish and Portuguese given name or surname, or a French surname. Notable people with the name include:
Figueiredo
Figueiredo may refer to:
Passos
Passos may refer to:
Morais
Morais or Moraes (the latter is an archaic spelling in Portugal, but contemporary in Brazil and Goa (India) — or for both variants) is a Portuguese surname.
Lins
Lins may refer to:
Lemos
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Lopes is a Portuguese and Galician surname. Origin: Germanic patronymic for son of Lopo, itself being derived from Latin wolf. This surname occurs in other Romance variants, such as Spanish , Italian , French , and Romanian or .
Paranhos
Paranhos may refer to:
==Places==
Paranhos (Amares), a parish (freguesia) in Amares municipality
Paranhos (Mato Grosso do Sul)
Paranhos (Porto)
Meira
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Novais
Novais may refer to:
Peixoto
Peixoto is a Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Encarnação
Encarnação may refer to:
Medeiros
Medeiros may refer to:
Goulart
Goulart is a Portuguese-language surname of Flemish roots, derived from Lodewijk Govaert, migrant to the Azores, where he came to be known as Luis Govarte. His descendants later migrated to the Americas, where the surname became well known: Goulart.
The surname is frequent in Portugal, and in Brazil.
Costa
family name
Chagas
Chagas (Portuguese: or ) may refer to:
Chagas disease
9483 Chagas, a main-belt asteroid
a Portuguese-language family name, translating to wounds
Santos
family name
Castro
family name
Machado
alt=Coat of arms|thumb|Machado family coat of arms (Portuguese)
Machado is a surname of Portuguese origin meaning "axe" or "hatchet", with the surname attested as far back as the 12th century. It is commonly found in Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Hispanic America, the Philippines, India (former Portuguese colony of Goa, Mangalore, Southern Tamil Nadu and Southern Kerala), as well as former Portuguese colony of Macao in China and several former Portuguese territories in Africa. It is also attested among Sephardic Jews, while in Italy, the surname may be associated with Jewish heritage, particularly
Mercado
Mercado is the Portuguese and Spanish word for market. It may refer to:
Almada
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Mendonça
Mendonça () is a Portuguese and Galician surname of Basque origin. It sometimes appears as the anglicized forms Mendonca or Mendonsa. The Spanish variant is Mendoza. The name has been often linked with royalty. The name may refer to:
Torres
family name
Parra
Parra (Hebrew: גפן) is a Spanish, Portuguese, and also Jewish surname, meaning grapevine or trellis, for example, a pergola. It is taken from the word meaning latticework and the vines raised on it. In Hebrew context the surname is used for Jewish people whose ancestors were wine makers as "Parra" (גפן "Geffen") is the Hebrew word in Spanish for vitis.
Pinto
Pinto is a Portuguese surname. It is a high-frequency surname in all Portuguese-speaking countries and is also widely present in Spanish-speaking countries, Italy, India (especially in Mangalore, Karnataka), France and Israel.
Delgado
Delgado is a Spanish and Portuguese surname originating from Latin delicatus, meaning 'delicate' or 'soft'. Notable people with the surname include:
Leão
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