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  2. List of organisms with names derived from Indigenous ...

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    The common name is from the Tupi name of the animal, eîrara, via Spanish or Portuguese, while the generic name is from the (related) Guarani name of the animal, eira. [241] [242] Tehuelchesaurus † sauropod: Named in honor of the Tehuelche people: Tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius) bean: Uncertain

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

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    DeSoto County, Florida (named after the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto) DeSoto County, Mississippi (named after the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto) Del Norte County, California ("Northern" in Spanish, also the northernmost county in California. This county was actually named and pioneered by portuguese settlers, and is pronounced ...

  4. Apis mellifera iberiensis - Wikipedia

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    This subspecies is well characterized towards the south and west of a line passing from Zaragoza to Barcelona in the Iberian Peninsula, [3] belonging to the A lineage of Apis mellifera originating from Africa (formally mis-identified as belonging to the M Lineage originating from central Asia), colonizing Iberia across the Strait of Gibraltar.

  5. List of birds of Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them. Unless otherwise noted, the species on this list are considered to occur regularly in Mexico as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants.

  6. List of Spanish words of Nahuatl origin - Wikipedia

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    Documented Nahuatl words in the Spanish language (mostly as spoken in Mexico and Mesoamerica), also called Nahuatlismos include an extensive list of words that represent (i) animals, (ii) plants, fruit and vegetables, (iii) foods and beverages, and (iv) domestic appliances. Many of these words end with the absolutive suffix "-tl" in Nahuatl.

  7. List of Mexican state name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The state is named after its capital city, Querétaro City. Quintana Roo: Spanish: Named after Andrés Quintana Roo, a hero from the War of Independence. San Luis Potosí: Spanish: Named after Louis IX, and the mines of Potosí in Bolivia. Sinaloa: Mayo: sinalobola: Origin of name is disputed. May mean "round pitahaya (cacti)" or "cut corn" [8 ...

  8. List of mammals of peninsular Spain - Wikipedia

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    Spanish red deer in El Pardo. European bison in San Cebrián de Mudá. Male Iberian ibex Pyrenean chamois. The even-toed ungulates are ungulates whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 222 artiodactyl species, including many that are of ...

  9. List of Spanish words of Indigenous American Indian origin

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    Quechuan /ˈkɛtʃwən/, also known as runa simi ("people's language"), is a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language. It is the most widely spoken language family of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, with a total of probably some 8 million to 10 million speakers