Aguiar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Aguiar.

Proper noun

Aguiar (plural Aguiars)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Aguiar is the 4227th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8390 individuals. Aguiar is most common among Hispanic/Latino (48.09%) and White (47.62%) individuals.

Anagrams

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin aquilāris (“place inhabited by eagles”), from aquila (“eagle”). Compare Spanish Aguilar, originally meaning "from the eagle's lair." In older toponyms, it might come from Latin [Villa] Guilari.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ɡiˈaʁ/ [a.ɡɪˈah], (faster pronunciation) /aˈɡjaʁ/ [aˈɡjah]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.ɡiˈaɾ/ [a.ɡɪˈaɾ], (faster pronunciation) /aˈɡjaɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.ɡiˈaʁ/ [a.ɡɪˈaχ], (faster pronunciation) /aˈɡjaʁ/ [aˈɡjaχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ɡiˈaɻ/ [a.ɡɪˈaɻ], (faster pronunciation) /aˈɡjaɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈɡjaɾ/ [ɐˈɣjaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈɡja.ɾi/ [ɐˈɣja.ɾi]

  • Homophone: a guiar
  • Hyphenation: A‧gui‧ar

Proper noun

Aguiar ?

  1. a Portuguese toponym
    1. a parish of Barcelos, Portugal
    2. a parish of Viana do Alentejo, Portugal

Derived terms

  • Águias
  • Aguieira
  • Aguieiras
  • Aguieirinho
  • Aguieiro
  • Aguilares

Proper noun

Aguiar m or f by sense

  1. a toponymic surname

References

  1. ^ “Aguiar”, in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Aguiar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɡjaɾ/ [aˈɣ̞jaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: A‧guiar

Proper noun

Aguiar m or f by sense

  1. a surname
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.