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Heredia

Heredia proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Heredia (countable and uncountable, plural Heredias)

  1. A surname.
  2. A village in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain.
  3. A district and city, the capital of both Heredia canton and Heredia province, Costa Rica.
  4. A canton of Heredia province, Costa Rica.
  5. A province of Costa Rica.

Forms of Heredia

pluralHeredias

Origin of Heredia

Borrowed from Spanish Heredia, itself of Basque origin.

Questions about Heredia

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

Words near Heredia in the dictionary

  1. herebelow
  2. herebeneath
  3. herebeyond
  4. hereby
  5. Hereclean
  6. Heredia
  7. Heredias
  8. hereditabilities
  9. hereditability
  10. hereditable
  11. hereditably

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