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galvao

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables
gal-vao
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Portuguese.

name

A municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Etymology

From Portuguese Galvão, ultimately from Latin Galbanus, from Galba + -anus (“-an”), from galba (“larva, worm, fatty”), from Gaulish of uncertain meaning. Doublet of Galvan, Galvano, and Galvani.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Galvão, Galbanus, -

Inflected Forms

Galvaos (plural) Galvão (alternative)

Questions

What does galvao mean?
A surname from Portuguese.
Where does galvao come from?
It is traced to Portuguese.

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