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plural form of ''nieve'' (), is a

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''Nuestra Señora de las Nieves'' ( Our Lady of the Snows), a reference to the 4th-century Catholic miracle of a summertime snowfall on the

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, and particularly

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, where it is most densely concentrated. Within

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, it is most common in

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, and Galicia. According to Roser Saurí Colomer and Patrick Hanks of

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, the Spanish surname ''Nieves'' is of Asturian-Leonese origin. The Portuguese variant is Neves, and it is most common in

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''Nieves'' surname that originated in ''Nevay'', located in

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, and thus can be found in the

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Notable people with the given name Nieves

Nieves Anula Nieves Emilia Anula Alameda, known as Nieves Anula (born 1 May 1973 is a Spanish former basketball player. She scored 28 points against Lithuania in the third-place match of the 2001 Eurobasket, winning the bronze medal with the Spanish nationa ...

(born 1973), Spanish basketball player *

Nieves Confesor Maria Nieves R. Confesor, commonly known as Nieves Confesor, is the former Executive Director of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) TeaM Energy Center for Bridging Leadership, a private educational institution based in the Philippines. She w ...

, Filipino politician *

Nieves Herrero Nieves Herrero Cerezo (born 23 March 1957) is a Spanish journalist, television presenter, and writer. Career Beginnings: TVE Born in Madrid, Nieves Herrero graduated in Journalism from the Complutense University of Madrid in 1980, and in Law fr ...

(born 1957), Spanish journalist, presenter, and writer *

Nieves Hidalgo Nieves Díaz Hidalgo (born 19 November 1976) is a Spanish singer known for participating in the Spanish version of '' The Voice''. Biography She was born in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Her style of music is flamenco although she also ...

(born 1976), Spanish singer * Nieves Mathews (1917–2003), author of Scottish and Spanish parentage * Nieves Barragán Mohacho, Spanish chef *

Nieves Navarro Nieves Navarro García (born 11 November 1938) is a retired Spanish actress and fashion model. She worked extensively in Italian cinema appearing alongside actors such as Totò and Lino Banfi in the 1960's and 1970's. She later adopted the Anglic ...

(born 1938), Spanish-born Italian actress and fashion model * Nieves Panadell (born 1956), Spanish swimmer * Nieves Yankovic (1916–1985), Chilean actress and documentary maker *

Nieves Zuberbühler Nieves Zuberbühler (born 1987) is an Argentine journalist, reporter, and producer. She worked as an associate producer for ''60 Minutes'', where she interviewed the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, before working as a correspo ...

(born 1987), Argentine journalist

Notable people with the surname Nieves

* Antonio Nieves, American professional boxer * Brian Nieves, American politician *

Christian Nieves ''Christian Nieves'' is a Puerto Rican cuatro player. Nieves is mostly known for having been a performer in the American reality television series Q'Viva!: The Chosen, where his performance became famous for bringing singer Jennifer Lopez to te ...

, Puerto Rican

cuatro Cuatro, Spanish (and other Romance languages) for the 4, number 4, may refer to: * Cuatro (instrument), a family of Latin American string instruments, including: ** Cuatro (Venezuela) ** Puerto Rican cuatro * Cuatro (TV channel), a Spanish free-to ...

player * Christine Nieves, Puerto Rican climate activist * Daniela Nieves Venezuelan-American actress * Javi Nieves, Spanish radio host * José Alvarado Nieves, Mexican wrestler *

José Antonio Nieves Conde José Antonio Nieves Conde (22 December 1911http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/45978/jose-antonio-nieves-conde José Antonio Nieves Conde. Diccionario biográfico español. Real Academia de la Historia. Access 15 february 2020. in Segovia, Castilla y L ...

, Spanish

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and

screenplay writer A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

José Miguel Nieves José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced ...

, retired Venezuelan baseball player *

Juan Nieves Juan Manuel Nieves Cruz (born January 5, 1965) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher and coach who is currently the assistant pitching coach for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Milwaukee Brewers of ...

, retired Puerto Rican baseball player *

Lisette Nieves Lisette Nieves is an American academic, non-profit leader, and public official. She is the president of the Fund for the City of New York and a Distinguished Clinical Instructor with New York University. In July 2022, she became a U.S. Senate-co ...

, Puerto Rican-American businesswoman * Luis López Nieves, Puerto Rican author * Maikel Nieves, Spanish footballer for Norwegian club Råde * María Antonieta de las Nieves, Mexican actress * Melvin Nieves, retired Puerto Rican baseball player * Nelson Nieves, Venezuelan fencer * Néstor Nieves, Venezuelan long-distance runner * Osvaldo Nieves, Puerto Rican track and field athlete *

Roberto González Nieves Roberto Octavio González Nieves (born June 2, 1950) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico since 1999. González previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston from 198 ...

, Puerto Rican church leader *

Tito Nieves Humberto "Tito" Nieves (born June 4, 1958; also known as "El Luciano Pavarotti, Pavarotti de la Salsa") is a Puerto Rican musician who became one of the leading Salsa music, salsa singers of the 1980s and the early 1990s. Early life Humberto "Ti ...

, Puerto Rican singer * Wil Nieves, Puerto Rican baseball player

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