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Fonseca

Fonseca proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Fonseca (plural Fonsecas)

  1. A surname.
  2. A gulf bordering El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.
  3. A phantom island said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean at 12° 27' N and 54° 48' W, east of Barbados and Tobago.

Forms of Fonseca

pluralFonsecas

Origin of Fonseca

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Fonseca.

Questions about Fonseca

What does Fonseca mean?
Fonseca means a surname.
What part of speech is Fonseca?
Fonseca is a proper noun.

Words near Fonseca in the dictionary

  1. Fonoifua Island
  2. FONOPs
  3. fons
  4. fons et origo
  5. fons honorum
  6. Fonseca
  7. Fonseca's disease
  8. Fonsecas
  9. fonsecinone
  10. fonsecinones
  11. FONSI

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