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Rodrigues

Rodrigues proper noun: a surname originating as a patronymic.

Proper noun

Rodrigues

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic
  2. An outer island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean.

Origin of Rodrigues

From Portuguese Rodrigues (“son of Rodrigo”). Also from Spanish Rodrigues, variant spelling of Rodríguez. The island is named after Portuguese explorer Diogo Rodrigues (c. 1490–1577).

Words formed from Rodrigues

Phrases with Rodrigues

Questions about Rodrigues

What does Rodrigues mean?
Rodrigues means a surname originating as a patronymic.
What part of speech is Rodrigues?
Rodrigues is a proper noun.

Words near Rodrigues in the dictionary

  1. Rodrick
  2. Rodricks
  3. Rodriguan
  4. Rodriguans
  5. Rodrigue
  6. Rodrigues
  7. Rodrigues night heron
  8. Rodrigues solitaire
  9. Rodrigues solitaires
  10. Rodriguez
  11. Rodriguez Camp

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Rodrigues (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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