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Chaves

Chaves proper noun: a surname from Galician. Also the ellipsis of Chaves County.

Proper noun

Chaves

  1. A surname from Galician.
  2. An Andalusian Jewish surname.
  3. A surname from Portuguese.
  4. A city and municipality in Vila Real district, Portugal.
  5. A municipality of Pará, Brazil.

Also used as

Chaves is also the ellipsis of Chaves County.

Origin of Chaves

From Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish Chaves, a city and castle in Portugal. Doublet of Chavez.

Words formed from Chaves

Questions about Chaves

What does Chaves mean?
Chaves means a surname from Galician.
What part of speech is Chaves?
Chaves is a proper noun.

Words near Chaves in the dictionary

  1. chaverim
  2. Chavero
  3. Chaveros
  4. chaverot
  5. chaveroth
  6. Chaves
  7. Chaves County
  8. chavette
  9. chavettes
  10. Chavez
  11. Chavez Pass

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