Linares
See also: linares
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Spanish Linares, from linares (“flax fields”). For places outside Spain, derived from Spanish cities or from Spanish nobles bearing the name in their primary titles. As a surname mostly found in Venezuela, variously derived from all these sources.
Proper noun
Linares (plural Linareses)
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Linares is the 1820th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 19688 individuals. Linares is most common among Hispanic/Latino (93.21%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Linares”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 439.
Spanish
Etymology
From linares (“flax fields”). Outside of Spain, variously named for Spanish cities or for Spanish nobles bearing the name in their primary titles.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liˈnaɾes/ [liˈna.ɾes]
- Rhymes: -aɾes
- Syllabification: Li‧na‧res
Proper noun
Linares m or f by sense
- a surname
Proper noun
Linares ?
- a province of Chile
- a city in Chile
- (historical) a department of Chile
- (historical) a province of Chile until 1976.