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Spanish naming customs include the orthographic option of conjoining the surnames with the conjunction particle y, or e before a name starting with 'I', 'Hi' or 'Y', (both meaning "and") (e.g., José Ortega y Gasset, Tomás Portillo y Blanco, or Eduardo Dato e Iradier), following an antiquated aristocratic usage.
The naming customs of Hispanic America are similar to the Spanish naming customs practiced in Spain, with some modifications to the surname rules.Many Hispanophones in the countries of Spanish-speaking America have two given names, plus like in Spain, a paternal surname (primer apellido or apellido paterno) and a maternal surname (segundo apellido or apellido materno).
Finally, it is theorized that the word "Mexia" used to mean "medicine" in an old variant of Spanish. [citation needed] Note that Mexía is the older Spanish spelling of the name. In the modern orthography of Spain, the spelling is Mejía, though in Mexico the older orthography is still considered correct.
Vera (Cyrillic: Вера: Véra, "faith") is a female given name of Slavic origin, and by folk etymology it has also been explained as Latin vera meaning "true". In Slavic languages, Vera means faith. [1] The name Vera has been used in the English speaking world since the 19th century and was popular in the early 20th century. [2]
Fera may refer to: Fera (band), a pop rock/singer-songwriter duo from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Fera (constellation), old name for the southern constellation Lupus; Fera (fish), a local name for several fish species and the eponymous dish; Fera Airport, Fera Island, the Solomon Islands; Fera Island, an island in Isabel Province ...
The fera is a freshwater whitefish that typically grows to between 35 and 40 centimeters in length. [1] It is a member of the common whitefish complex (Coregonus lavaretus sensu lato). The identity of the fera is disputed. In 1950, Emile Dottrens described Coregonus fera as native to both Lake Geneva and Lake Constance.
Phoneutria fera is a species of spider with medically significant venom in the family Ctenidae found in South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Suriname, and Guyana). [1] It is commonly known as the Brazilian wandering spider and the banana spider, [ 2 ] although these names are applied to other species in the genus Phoneutria ...
In Castilian Spanish, the initial J is similar to the German ch in the name Bach and Scottish Gaelic and Irish ch in loch, though Spanish j varies by dialect. Historically, the modern pronunciation of the name José in Spanish is the result of the phonological history of Spanish coronal fricatives since the fifteenth century, when it departed ...