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Sotomayor

Sotomayor proper noun: a surname from Spanish or Galician.

Proper noun

Sotomayor

  1. A surname from Spanish or Galician.
    • Recently, the Supreme Court justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett spoke together publicly about how members of the court speak civilly to one another while disagreeing, sometimes vigorously, about the law.2024 April 3, Stephen Breyer, “Stephen Breyer: The Supreme Court I Served On Was Made Up of Friends”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2024

Origin of Sotomayor

From a Spanish habitational surname Sotomayor, from a locality in Galicia called Galician Soutomaior, from souto (“grove”) + maior (“larger”).

Questions about Sotomayor

What does Sotomayor mean?
Sotomayor means a surname from Spanish or Galician.
What part of speech is Sotomayor?
Sotomayor is a proper noun.

Words near Sotomayor in the dictionary

  1. sotolon
  2. sotolone
  3. Sotolongo
  4. Sotolongos
  5. sotols
  6. Sotomayor
  7. sotomuso
  8. Soton
  9. sotong
  10. Sotonian
  11. Sotonians

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