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Matar

Matar proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Matar (plural Matars)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Matar

pluralMatars

Origin of Matar

From the Spanish and Portuguese habitational surname based on several places in the Iberian peninsula, ultimately from mata (“forest, woods”).

Questions about Matar

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

Words near Matar in the dictionary

  1. matapees
  2. matapi
  3. matapis
  4. Mataporquera
  5. Mataquito
  6. Matar
  7. Matara
  8. Mataram
  9. Matarazzo
  10. Matarazzos
  11. Matarese

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