Altamira

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish Altamira, from Galician.

Proper noun

Altamira (plural Altamiras)

1. A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician]

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Altamira is the 50275^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 416 individuals. Altamira is most common among Hispanic/Latino (84.62%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (10.82%) individuals.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese Altamira.

Proper noun

Altamira

1. A municipality of Pará, Brazil.
   • 2019 November 18, Jonathan Watts, “Amazon deforestation 'at highest level in a decade'”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The new numbers, showing almost 10,000 sq kms were lost in the year to August, were released as emboldened farm owners scuffled with forest defenders in Altamira, the Amazonian city at the heart of the recent devastation.

Galician

Torres de Altamira (Altamira towers ruins), Brión

Etymology

Alta (“high”) +‎ mira (“watch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /altaˈmiɾa̝/

Proper noun

Altamira f

1. a number of villages throughout Galicia, Spain

See also

• Altamira on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

• “Altamira” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Altamira”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.taˈmi.ɾɐ/ [aʊ̯.taˈmi.ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.taˈmi.ɾɐ/ [aʊ̯.taˈmi.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.taˈmi.ɾa/ [aʊ̯.taˈmi.ɾa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.tɐˈmi.ɾɐ/ [aɫ.tɐˈmi.ɾɐ]

Proper noun

Altamira f

1. a municipality of Pará, Brazil

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /altaˈmiɾa/ [al̪.t̪aˈmi.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Syllabification: Al‧ta‧mi‧ra

Proper noun

Altamira m or f by sense

1. a surname

Proper noun

Altamira ?

1. a town in Huila department, Colombia
2. a town in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic