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Ortiz (wrestler)
Ortiz () is a Spanish-language patronymic surname meaning "son of Orti". "Orti" seems to be disputed in meaning, deriving from either Basque language, Basque, Latin ''fortis'' meaning "brave, strong", or Latin ''fortunius'' meaning "fortunate". Officials of the Spanish Inquisition in Toledo, Spain, wrote in the 1590s that "this surname Ortiz, although they have few ''sanbenitos'', is in this city a very ''converso'' lineage and surname".Linda Martz, ''A Network of Converso Families in Early Modern Toledo: Assimilating a Minority'' (2003), pp. 78-79. People *Aaron Ortiz (born 1991), U.S. politician, Illinois state Representative *Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz (born 1952), president of Ecuador 1996–1997 *Adalberto Ortiz (1914–2003), Ecuadorian novelist, poet and diplomat *Aldo Ortiz (a.k.a. Ricky Santana) (born 1960), Mexican professional wrestler *Alfonso Ortiz (1939–1998), Native American cultural anthropologist * Alfredo Ortiz, American businessman; president and CEO of Job Creato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish-language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
