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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Mendes.
Proper noun
Mendes
- A municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- A surname from Portuguese.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mendes is the 3514th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10,162 individuals. Mendes is most common among White (56.33%), Hispanic/Latino (23.86%) and Black/African American (13.12%) individuals.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μένδης (Méndēs).
Pronunciation
Adjective
Mendēs (genitive Mendētis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- of or belonging to Mendes, a town of Lower Egypt on the delta of the Nile (in modern times called Tell El-Ruba)
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Derived terms
References
- “Mendes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Mendes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Mendes”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Portuguese
Etymology
From Mendo + -es (“son of”). Compare Spanish Méndez.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mendes m or f by sense
- a surname
Proper noun
Mendes
- A municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mendes m or f by sense
- a surname, variant of Méndez