Garcia

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Garcia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – plants of Central America and Colombia.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids, COM clade – clades; Malpighiales – order; Euphorbiaceae – family; Crotonoideae - subfamily; Aleuritideae - tribe; Garciinae - subtribe

• (genus): Garcia nutans - type species; Garcia parviflora - other species

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• Garcia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Garcia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Garcia at USDA Plants database

Borrowed from Spanish García.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːˈsiː.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɑɹˈsiː.ə/
• Rhymes: -iːə

Garcia (countable and uncountable, plural Garcias)

1. A surname from Spanish of Spanish and Portuguese origin.
   • 2025 April 8, John Fritze, “Supreme Court ruling on Alien Enemies Act raises new due process concerns for migrants”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     In another case pending at the Supreme Court, the administration conceded it made an error in deporting Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to El Salvador last month but is fighting efforts to bring him back to the US.

2. A municipality in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
3. García, a municipality in Nuevo León, Mexico.
4. An unincorporated community in Costilla County, Colorado, United States.

• carry the message to Garcia
• Diego Garcia

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Garcia is the 6^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1,166,120 individuals. Garcia is most common among Hispanic/Latino (92.0%) individuals.

• agaric, Garica, Arciga, Gracia

From Spanish García. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

García

1. a surname from Spanish [in turn originating as a patronymic], equivalent to Spanish García

From Spanish García, possibly of Basque origin. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

• Hyphenation: Gar‧ci‧a
• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾˈsia/ [ɡaɾˈsi.a]

García

1. a common surname from Spanish [in turn originating as a patronymic], equivalent to Spanish García

From Spanish García, possibly of Basque origin. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

• Hyphenation: Gar‧ci‧a
• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾˈsija/ [ɡɐɾ̪ˈs̪i.jɐ]

García

1. a common surname from Spanish

From Spanish García, possibly of Basque origin. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

• Hyphenation: Gar‧ci‧a
• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾˈsia/ [ɡaɾˈsi.a]

García

1. a common surname from Spanish

From Spanish García, possibly of Basque origin. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾˈsia/ [ɡɐɾˈsi.ɐ]
• Hyphenation: Gar‧ci‧a

García

1. a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish García

Borrowed from Spanish García, possibly of Basque origin. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

García

1. a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish García

From Spanish García, possibly of Basque origin. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

• Hyphenation: Gar‧ci‧a
• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾˈsia/, [ɡaɾˈsɪ.a]

García

1. a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish García

Garcia m or f by sense

1. a surname

Borrowed from Spanish García, possibly of Basque origin. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡaɾˈsia/ [ɡɐɾˈsiː.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: Gar‧ci‧a

García (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish García, one of the commonest surnames in the Philippines

Toponyms

• Carlos P. Garcia (“municipality in Bohol, Philippines”)
• Garcia Hernandez (“municipality in Bohol, Philippines”)
• Padre Garcia (“municipality in Batangas, Philippines”)

• Caraig

Borrowed from Spanish García, possibly of Basque origin.

García

1. a common surname from Spanish