Guadalupe
English
Proper noun
Guadalupe
- Any of several places in Iberia and the Americas, chiefly an island off Baja California.
Catalan
Cebuano
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Guadalupe.
Spanish
Etymology
Epithet of Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe, patron of Mexico, from the place name, Guadalupe, where the image is kept, which from Arabic وَادِي ال (wādī l-, “valley of the”) + Latin lupum (“wolf”).
Proper noun
Guadalupe f
- A female given name.
- (rare) A male given name
- Guadeloupe (overseas department of France)
- Guadalupe (island off Baja California)
Usage notes
- (male given name): Often when used as a family 'heirloom' name that is passed down to the first born whether they are male or female.
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