English Explanatory Dictionary

Galvao

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Portuguese.
  2. A municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Word forms

Galvao Galvaos Galvão

Etymology

From Portuguese Galvão, ultimately from Latin Galbanus, from Galba + -anus (“-an”), from galba (“larva, worm, fatty”), from Gaulish of uncertain meaning. Doublet of Galvan, Galvano, and Galvani.

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