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Cortez

Cortez proper noun: a surname from Spanish.

Proper noun

Cortez (countable and uncountable, plural Cortezs or Cortezes)

  1. A surname from Spanish.
  2. A city, the county seat of Montezuma County, Colorado, United States.

Forms of Cortez

pluralCortezs
pluralCortezes

Origin of Cortez

From Spanish Cortez, variant of Cortés.

Words formed from Cortez

Phrases with Cortez

Questions about Cortez

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

Words near Cortez in the dictionary

  1. cortexillin
  2. cortexillins
  3. cortexless
  4. cortexolone
  5. cortexone
  6. Cortez
  7. Cortez sea chub
  8. cortical
  9. cortical column
  10. cortical columns
  11. cortical plate

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