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Alzate

Alzate proper noun: a surname from Spanish of Basque origin.

Proper noun

Alzate (plural Alzates)

  1. A surname from Spanish of Basque origin.

Forms of Alzate

pluralAlzates

Origin of Alzate

From Basque Alzate, a surname. The meaning of Alzate is not clear. It is thought that Alzate is composed of haltz (“alder tree”) + ate (“door, entrance, pass, gorge”). Some think that the second part, ate, could be a variation of eta (“and, a plurality”). So the meaning of the surname seems to be: [the house] at the entrance of the alder tree place, or [the house] in the gorge of the alder trees, or [the house] in the alder tree place.

Questions about Alzate

What does Alzate mean?
Alzate means a surname from Spanish of Basque origin.
What part of speech is Alzate?
Alzate is a proper noun.

Words near Alzate in the dictionary

  1. Alytus
  2. Alyutor
  3. Alyvia
  4. Alzamora
  5. Alzamoras
  6. Alzate
  7. Alzates
  8. Alzette
  9. Alzheimer
  10. Alzheimer's
  11. Alzheimer's Disease

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