Couto may refer to:

Surname

Couto is a common

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in the Galician and

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, namely in

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, Galicia and

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. Its meaning is game reservation or feudal land. Sometimes a diminutive form occurs, . It is a name associated with a great number of different people: * André Couto, (born 1976) Portuguese/Macanese racing driver * Eric Couto, Executive Director of Wisconsin Progress (c. 1978-Present), founding member of Meat Knights * Fernando Couto, (born 1969) Portuguese football player * Grant Andrew DeCouto, (born 1995), American producer *

Mia Couto António Emílio Leite Couto, better known as Mia Couto (born 5 July 1955), is a Mozambican writer. He won the Camões Prize in 2013, the most important literary award in the Portuguese language, and the Neustadt International Prize for Litera ...

, (born 1955) Mozambican writer * Maria Aurora Couto, Goan Catholic writer, historian and educationalist * Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes, (1890-2005) longest-lived person to be documented in Portugal * Gago Coutinho, (1869-1959) Portuguese aviation pioneer *

Vasco Fernandes Coutinho, 1st Count of Marialva Vasco Fernades Coutinho ( 1385 – 1450) was a distinguished Kingdom of Portugal, Portuguese nobleman, the 3rd Marshal of Portugal and 1st Count of Marialva (from 1440/41). Personal life Fernandes Coutinho was the son of Gonçalo Vasques Cout ...

(c. 1385-1450), Marshal of Portugal *

Vasco Fernandes Coutinho, captain of Espírito Santo Vasco Fernandes Coutinho (1490–1561) was a Portuguese fidalgo and the first donatary of the Captaincy of Espírito Santo, a colonial territory in what is now Brazil. Biography Vasco Fernandes Coutinho was born in Portugal. He was later amo ...

(1490-1561), founder of the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo

Places

* Couto (Santa Cristina), in Santo Tirso, Portugal. * Couto (São Miguel), in Santo Tirso, Portugal. * Couto do Mosteiro, in Santa Comba Dão, Portugal * Couto de Esteves, in Sever do Vouga, Portugal * Couto (Barcelos), in Barcelos, Portugal * Couto de Baixo, in

Viseu Viseu () is a city and municipality in the Centro Region of Portugal and the capital of the Viseu District, district of the same name, with a population of 100,105 inhabitants in the entire municipality, and center of the Viseu Dão Lafões Interm ...

, Portugal *Couto, in Abegondo, Galicia. * Couto de Riba, in

Alfoz Alfoz () is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It is in the comarca of A Mariña Central. It borders the municipalities of Foz, Mondoñedo, Abadín and O Valadouro. The population in 200 ...

, Galicia *Couto, in

Gomesende Gomesende is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca A ''comarca'' (, , , ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain, and s ...

, Galicia * Couto de Abaixo, in

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, Galicia * Couto de Cima, in

, Portugal *Couto, in Pantón, Galicia * Couto (Arcos de Valdevez), in Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal * Couto de Magalhaes de Minas, in Minas Gerais, Brazil *Couto, Resendes do

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, Portugal {{Disambiguation, geo, surname Portuguese-language surnames