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Galvao

Galvao proper noun: a surname from Portuguese.

Proper noun

Galvao (plural Galvaos)

  1. A surname from Portuguese.
  2. A municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Forms of Galvao

pluralGalvaos
alternative formGalvão

Origin of Galvao

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.

Questions about Galvao

What does Galvao mean?
Galvao means a surname from Portuguese.
What part of speech is Galvao?
Galvao is a proper noun.

Words near Galvao in the dictionary

  1. galvanothermometers
  2. galvanothermy
  3. galvanotonus
  4. galvanotropic
  5. galvanotropism
  6. Galvao
  7. Galvaos
  8. Galvayne
  9. Galvayne's groove
  10. Galvayned
  11. Galvaynes

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