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  2. Borges (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Borges (Spanish:, European Portuguese: [ˈbɔɾʒɨʃ]) is a Portuguese and Spanish surname. Jorge Luis Borges , the most notable person with this name, notes that his family name, like Burgess in English, means "of the town", "bourgeois".

  3. House of Borgia - Wikipedia

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    The House of Borgia (/ ˈ b ɔːr (d) ʒ ə / BOR-zhə, BOR-jə; [2] [3] [4] Italian:; Spanish and Aragonese: Borja; Valencian: Borja [ˈbɔɾdʒa]) was a Spanish noble family, which rose to prominence during the Italian Renaissance. [5]

  4. Borge (surname) - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish version of the surname is a variant of Borges, or a toponymic surname from El Borge. The Norwegian-Danish version is a variant of Borg , meaning 'fortification'. [ 1 ] Notable people with the surname include:

  5. Goan Catholic names and surnames - Wikipedia

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    Konkani language variants of most Goan Catholic names are derived from Hebrew, Greek, and Latin names from the Old and New Testament Biblical canons.Nowadays Hindu names like Sandeep, Rahul and Anita, etc. are also given.

  6. List of popes from the Borgia family - Wikipedia

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    The Borgias, also known as the Borjas, were a European papal family of Spanish origin that became prominent during the Renaissance.The family produced three popes of the Catholic Church:

  7. Jorge Luis Borges - Wikipedia

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    Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (/ ˈ b ɔːr h ɛ s / BOR-hess; [2] Spanish: [ˈxoɾxe ˈlwis ˈboɾxes] ⓘ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature.

  8. Borghese family - Wikipedia

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    The House of Borghese is a family of Italian noble and papal background, originating as the Borghese or Borghesi in Siena, where they came to prominence in the 13th century and held offices under the commune.

  9. Borg (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Borg is a common surname in the Nordic countries as well as in Malta.. The Nordic surname comes from the Old Norse borg, meaning "town"; while the Maltese surname comes from the word borġ, itself ultimately from the Arabic burj (برج), meaning "castle" or "tower".

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