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Feijó.

a surname from Old-Galician Portuguese

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

name/fe(j)ˈʒɔ/Brazil[fe(ɪ̯)ˈʒɔ]Brazil/fɐjˈʒɔ/Portugal/fejˈʒɔ/Northern, Portugal
  1. a surname from Old-Galician Portuguese

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Feijoo, from feijoo (“bean”). Cognate with Galician Feijóo; doublet of feijão. The municipality in Acre is named after Brazilian politician and priest Diogo Antônio Feijó (1784–1843), whence also Regente Feijó, a municipality in São Paulo.

name/fe(j)ˈʒɔ/Brazil[fe(ɪ̯)ˈʒɔ]Brazil/fɐjˈʒɔ/Portugal/fejˈʒɔ/Northern, Portugal
  1. a municipality of Acre, Brazil

    masculine
  2. a settlement in the city of Almada; a former civil parish of the municipality of Almada, Portugal

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Feijoo, from feijoo (“bean”). Cognate with Galician Feijóo; doublet of feijão. The municipality in Acre is named after Brazilian politician and priest Diogo Antônio Feijó (1784–1843), whence also Regente Feijó, a municipality in São Paulo.

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