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  2. Via Verde - Wikipedia

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    Via Verde (literally "Green Lane") is an electronic toll collection system used in Portugal since April 1991. It is available at all toll roads and bridges in the country since 1995. Toll roads and bridges are operated by multiple operators, the main being Brisa - Auto-estradas de Portugal .

  3. List of state and territory name etymologies of the United ...

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    Nahuatl via Spanish: Mēxihco via Nuevo México: From Spanish Nuevo México. [73] The name Mexico comes from Nahuatl Mēxihca (pronounced [meːˈʃiʔko]), which referred to the Aztec people who founded the city of Tenochtitlan. [74] [75] Its literal meaning is unknown, though many possibilities have been proposed, such as that the name comes ...

  4. List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States

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    Arizona Either from árida zona, meaning "Arid Zone", or from a Spanish word of Basque origin meaning "The Good Oak" California (from the name of a fictional island country in Las sergas de Esplandián, a popular Spanish chivalric romance by Garci Rodríguez de Mon talvo) Colorado (meaning "red [colored]", "ruddy" or "colored" in masculine form.

  5. Template:Etymology - Wikipedia

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    Takes groups of three parameters (triplets) that indicate a part of an etymology and produces formatted output Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Language 1 1 ISO 639 code or name for the language of the word or first root Example gre String suggested Orthography 1 2 How the word or first root is written in the original language Example ''βίος ...

  6. List of Mexican state name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Language of origin Source word Meaning and notes Aguascalientes: Spanish: aguas calientes "Hot waters". When the city was first founded in 1575, it was given this name for the abundance of hot springs in the region, which still are exploited for numerous spas and for domestic use. The state was named after its capital city, Aguascalientes City.

  7. List of English words of Spanish origin - Wikipedia

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    via American English from Spanish lazo meaning "tie; or rope" ultimately from Latin laqueum, "noose, snare." [16] Latino English short for the Spanish word latinoamericano, formed by latino "related to the Latin empire and language" and americano "from the Americas" llama via Spanish llama, from Quechua llama Llanos

  8. List of national capital city name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Ashgabat derives from a folk etymology suggesting that the name is a dialect version of the Persian word of عشق (eshq meaning "love") and Persian آباد (ābād meaning "inhabited place" or "city", etymologically "abode"), and hence loosely translates as "the city of love" or "the city that love built".

  9. List of country-name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The meaning and origin of name of Latvian people is unclear, however the root lat-/let- is associated with several Baltic hydronyms and might share common origin with the Liet-part of neighbouring Lithuania (Lietuva, see below) and name of Latgalians – one of the Baltic tribes that are considered ancestors of modern Latvian people.