Hidalgo

See also: hidalgo

English

Map of Mexico highlighting Hidalgo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Hidalgo, from Spanish hidalgo, from Old Spanish fijo d'algo (“son of something”). The Mexican state is named after independence leader Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.

Proper noun

Hidalgo (countable and uncountable, plural Hidalgos)

1. A placename
   1. A state of Mexico.
   2. Ellipsis of Hidalgo County.
2. (countable) A surname from Spanish.
3. (astronomy) the asteroid (944) Hidalgo

Derived terms

• Hidalgo County

 

Translations

state of Mexico

• Central Nahuatl: Hidalgo
• Marathi: इदालगो n (idālgo)
• Spanish: Hidalgo (es) m

surname

• French: Hidalgo (fr)
• Marathi: इदालगो (idālgo)
• Spanish: Hidalgo (es)

asteroid

• Chinese: 希达尔戈 (PRC), 希達戈／希达戈 (ROC)
• Russian: Идальго (ru) (Idalʹgo)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Spanish Hidalgo.

Proper noun

Hidalgo

1. Hidalgo (a state of Mexico)

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

Spanish Hidalgo.

Proper noun

Hidalgo

1. Hidalgo (a state of Mexico)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Hidalgo.

Proper noun

Hidalgo m or f

1. a surname, Hidalgo, from Spanish

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈdalɡo/ [iˈð̞al.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -alɡo
• Syllabification: Hi‧dal‧go

Etymology 1

Named after the Mexican independence leader Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.

Proper noun

Hidalgo m

1. Hidalgo: A state of Mexico

Related terms

• hidalguense

 

Etymology 2

From hidalgo, from Old Spanish fijo d'algo.

Proper noun

Hidalgo m or f by sense

1. a surname, Hidalgo, from Old Spanish

Descendants

• English: Hidalgo
• French: Hidalgo
• Apiaká: Hidalgo
• Central Nahuatl: Hidalgo