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  2. List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States

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    Lampasas County, Texas. Laredo, Texas ("scree") (Laredo city in Cantabria) Lavaca County, Texas ("La vaca", literally "the cow") Leon County, Florida (named for Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León; it is his surname, which means lion, as well as the name of a Spanish city, León, Spain. Leon County, Texas.

  3. Spanish naming customs - Wikipedia

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    Spanish naming customs. Spanish names are the traditional way of identifying, and the official way of registering, a person in Spain. They are composed of a given name (simple or composite [ a]) and two surnames (the first surname of each parent). Traditionally, the first surname is the father's first surname, and the second is the mother's ...

  4. Naming customs of Hispanic America - Wikipedia

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    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).

  5. Forms of address in Spain - Wikipedia

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    Baroness or Doña Name: Lord: The Most Ill The Lord of Z (Ilmo. Sr. Señor de Z) Ilustrísimo Señor: Lord or Don Name: Lady: The Most Ill The Lady of Z (Ilma. Sra. Señora de Z) Ilustrísima Señora: Lady or Doña Name: Grandee's male heir: The Most Ext Don X (Excmo. Sr. Don X) Excelentísimo Señor: Don Name: Grandee's female heir: The Most ...

  6. Provinces of Spain - Wikipedia

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    A province in Spain [note 1] is a territorial division defined as a collection of municipalities. [1] [2] [3] The current provinces of Spain correspond by and large to the provinces created under the purview of the 1833 territorial re-organization of Spain, with a similar predecessor from 1822 (during the Trienio Liberal) and an earlier precedent in the 1810 Napoleonic division of Spain into ...

  7. Spanish nobility - Wikipedia

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    Portrait of a Spanish nobleman, The 5th Duke of Alburquerque, Grandee of Spain, at the height of the Spanish Empire, 1560 The Spanish nobility are people who possess a title of nobility confirmed by the Spanish Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes, as well as those individuals appointed to one of Spain's three highest orders of knighthood, the Order of the Golden ...

  8. 75 Top Spanish Names for Boys and Their Meanings - AOL

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    Francisco. The name Francisco means “Frenchman” or “ free man .”. It is the Spanish cognate of the name Francis. Babies named Francisco are often nicknamed Frank, Frankie, Paco, Paquito ...

  9. Documento Nacional de Identidad (Spain) - Wikipedia

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    The first DNI was issued in 1951. The current document is an electronic identification laminated card –or polycarbonate– with NFC technology, in the standard credit card size, which details the full name of the holder, legal ascendant(s), place and date of birth, address, signature, and contains a photograph.