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Eight of the top 11 surnames end with "ez", the distinctive suffix of Castilian family names. The suffix "ez" means "son of"; thus, González means "son of Gonzalo", Benítez is "son of Benito" and Martínez means "son of Martín".
The German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller created the earliest known map showing the name America, which he applied to the South American continent only. 1594 world map by Petrus Plancius. The 1594 map by Petrus Plancius labels the two landmasses "America Mexicana" and "America Peruana", two terms still used in the 17th century. [1]
Western United States (in all three cases, the nickname is associated with an apocryphal Native American legend of "The Sleeping Lady"): Mount Susitna, near Anchorage, Alaska; Mount Timpanogos, near Provo, Utah [1] Mount Tamalpais, near San Francisco, California.
The Cardiel Formation is a Maastrichtian geologic formation of the Austral Basin in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. The formation comprises sandstones and conglomerates with abundant tuff beds. [1] The formation is overlain by the Slogget and San Julián Formations and overlies the Divisadero and Kachaike Formations. [2]
Pages in category "Feminine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,864 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Circum-Caribbean cultural region was characterized by anthropologist Julian Steward, who edited the Handbook of South American Indians. [1] It spans indigenous peoples in the Caribbean, Central American, and northern South America, the latter of which is listed here.
The history of South America is the study of the past, particularly the written record, oral histories, and traditions, passed down from generation to generation on the continent of South America. The continent continues to be home to indigenous peoples, some of whom built high civilizations prior to the arrival of Europeans in the late 1400s ...
Spanish masculine given names (2 C, 343 P) Pages in category "South American given names" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.