Chaves

See also: chaves

English

Etymology

From Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish Chaves, a city and castle in Portugal. Doublet of Chavez.

Proper noun

Chaves

  1. A surname from Ibero-Romance.
    1. A Hispanic surname from Spanish.
      1. A surname from Galician.
      2. An Andalusian Jewish surname.
    2. A surname from Portuguese.
  2. A city in Vila Real district, Portugal.
  3. A municipality of Pará, Brazil.
  4. Ellipsis of Chaves County: a county of New Mexico, United States.

Derived terms

Translations

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Chaves is the 4368th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8137 individuals. Chaves is most common among Hispanic/Latino (54.97%) and White (39.67%) individuals.

Galician

Proper noun

Chaves

  1. a surname

Descendants

  • Spanish: Chaves
  • English: Chaves

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin [Aquae] Flāviae (Flavian Waters/Thermae), from Flāvius (Flavian gens, adjective).[1] Doublet of flávio.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃa.vis/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʃa.viʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃa.ves/
 

  • Audio (Portugal):(file)
  • Homophone: chaves
  • Hyphenation: Cha‧ves

Proper noun

Chaves ?

  1. a city and municipality of the district of Vila Real, Portugal

Usage notes

Chaves is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Proper noun

Chaves m or f by sense

  1. a toponymic surname

Descendants

  • English: Chaves
  • Chinese: 沙維斯 / 沙维斯 (Shāwéisī) (transliteration)

References

  1. ^ Chaves”, in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician Chaves.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃabes/ [ˈt͡ʃa.β̞es]
  • Rhymes: -abes
  • Syllabification: Cha‧ves

Proper noun

Chaves m or f by sense

  1. a surname
    1. a surname from Galician
    2. a Jewish Andalusian surname

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Chaves
  • Chinese: 查韋斯 / 查韦斯 (Cháwéisī) (transliteration)