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Cruz is a surname of Iberian origin, first found in Castile, [citation needed] Spain, but later spread throughout the territories of the former Spanish and Portuguese Empires. In Spanish and Portuguese, the word means "cross", either the Christian cross or the figure of transecting lines or ways.
Persia (former name): from Latin, via Greek Περσίς Persis, from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 Pārsa, originally the name of Persis (modern-day Fars or Pars), a place name of a central district within the region. A common Hellenic folk-etymology derives "Persia" from "Land of Perseus". [citation needed]
Although several travelers who visited the Holy Land during the 12–14th centuries (e.g. Riccoldo da Monte di Croce, Burchard of Mount Sion, and James of Verona), mention a "Via Sacra", i.e. a settled route that pilgrims followed, there is nothing in their accounts to identify this with the Way of the Cross, as we understand it. [15]
Gaspar da Cruz (c. 1520 – 5 February 1570; sometimes also known under an Hispanized version of his name, Gaspar de la Cruz [1]) was a Portuguese Dominican friar born in Évora, who traveled to Asia and wrote one of the first detailed European accounts about China.
La Cruz District, Tumbes, a district of Tumbes province, in the Tumbes region ' Portugal: Achadas da Cruz, parish in the district of Porto Moniz, Madeira; Cruz, Vila Nova de Famalicão, parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Famalicão; Porto da Cruz, parish in the district of Machico, Madeira; Puerto Rico
The Templete (small temple) of the Cruz del Campo, destination of the Via Crucis. Interior of the Templete of the Cruz del Campo The Templete illuminated at night. The Via Crucis to the Cruz del Campo (Spanish: Vía Crucis a la Cruz del Campo) in Seville, Andalusia, Spain is believed to be Spain's only Via Crucis that runs through the streets ...
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages).. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j.
Estela de la Cruz, a character in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why; Mitch de la Cruz, a character from the animated series Get Blake! Montgomery “Monty” de la Cruz, a character in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why; Guillermo de la Cruz, a vampire servant / hunter in the HBO series What We Do in the Shadows (TV series)