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Mendoza is a Basque surname, also occurring as a place name. The name Mendoza means "cold mountain", derived from the Basque words mendi ( mountain ) and (h)otz (cold) + definite article -a ( Mendoza being mendi+(h)otza).
Mendoza (Latin American Spanish:), officially the City of Mendoza (Spanish: Ciudad de Mendoza), is the capital of the province of Mendoza in Argentina. It is located in the northern-central part of the province, in a region of foothills and high plains, on the eastern side of the Andes .
The Mendoza family was a powerful line of Spanish nobles. Members of the family wielded considerable power, especially from the 14th to the 17th centuries in Castile . The family originated from the village of Mendoza ( Basque mendi+oza , 'cold mountain') in the province of Álava in the Basque countries .
Mendonça (Portuguese pronunciation: [mẽˈdõsɐ]) is a Portuguese and Galician surname of Basque origin. It sometimes appears as the anglicized forms Mendonca or Mendonsa. The Spanish variant is Mendoza. The name has been often linked with royalty. The name may refer to:
Greater Mendoza, the name given to the large urban conurbation around the city of Mendoza; Mendoza, Argentina, the capital of the province of Mendoza; Mendoza Department, subdivision of the Mendoza Province; Mendoza Province; Mendoza River, a river in the Mendoza Province; Mendoza wine, a wine region located in the Mendoza province
The Mendoza Line is baseball jargon for a .200 batting average, the supposed threshold for offensive futility at the Major League level. [1] It derives from light-hitting shortstop Mario Mendoza , who failed to reach .200 five times in his nine big league seasons. [ 2 ]
The Codex Mendoza is an Aztec codex, believed to have been created around the year 1541. [1] It contains a history of both the Aztec rulers and their conquests as well as a description of the daily life of pre-conquest Aztec society .
Mendoza (Spanish pronunciation:), officially Province of Mendoza, is a province of Argentina, in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders San Juan to the north, La Pampa and Neuquén to the south, San Luis to the east, and the republic of Chile to the west; the international limit is marked by the Andes mountain range.