Rodriguez ( in Peninsular Spain or in Latin America) is a Hispanic surname meaning "son of
Rodrigo
Rodrigo () is a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian name derived from the Germanic name ''Roderick'' ( Gothic ''*Hroþareiks'', via Latinized ''Rodericus'' or ''Rudericus''), given specifically in reference to either King Roderic (d. 712), the la ...
". It is often rendered without the accent mark, primarily outside Spanish-speaking countries. It may refer to:
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Rodríguez (surname)
Rodríguez (, ) is a Spanish-language patronymic surname of Visigothic origin (meaning literally ''Son of Rodrigo''; Germanic: ''Roderickson'') and a common surname in Spain and Latin America. Its Portuguese equivalent is Rodrigues.
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, people with the surname or mononym ''Rodríguez''
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Rodrigues (surname), people with the surname ''Rodrigues''
Music
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Sixto Rodriguez
Sixto Diaz Rodríguez (July 10, 1942 – August 8, 2023), mononymously known as Rodríguez, was an American musician from Detroit, Michigan.
Though his career was initially met with little fanfare in the United States, he found success in Sou ...
(1942–2023), singer-songwriter who recorded and performed under the mononym Rodriguez
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Rodriguez (band), American rock band active in the mid-late 1990s
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Adrián Rodríguez, Spanish actor and singer
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Adrian Rodriguez (DJ)
Adrian Rodriguez, also known by the name Rodriguez, is a trance producer and DJ from Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany who debuted in 1994, pairing with Sash! to create hits such as "Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is ...
, German trance producer and DJ, known as Rodriguez
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Adrian Rodriguez (musician), American musician, bassist of The Airborne Toxic Event
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Magan & Rodriguez, Spanish musical duo
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Martínez Rodríguez, Cuban vocalist who collaborated with Tacabro
Place names
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Rodrigues
Rodrigues ( ; Mauritian Creole, Creole: ) is a Autonomous administrative division, autonomous Outer islands of Mauritius, outer island of the Republic of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, about east of Mauritius. It is part of the Mascarene Isl ...
Island, a dependency of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean
* Rodriguez, California, alternate name of
Muroc, California, United States
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Rodriguez, Rizal
Rodriguez, officially the Municipality of Rodriguez () and still commonly known by its former name Montalban, is a municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 443,954 people making it ...
, municipality in the Philippines
American court cases
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San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
''San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez'', 411 U.S. 1 (1973), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that San Antonio Independent School District's financing system, which was based on local property taxes, ...
'' (1973), a decision in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution does not confer a fundamental right to receive an education
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Rodriguez v. United States'' (2015), a decision in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that, without reasonable suspicion, police officers may not extend the length of a traffic stop to conduct a dog sniff
See also
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Rodríguez Saá Rodríguez Saá is the surname of a powerful family of the San Luis Province in Argentina, whose members include:
* Adolfo Rodríguez Saá (elder), governor of the province (1909–12)
* Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, former senator and governor of the pr ...
, Argentine family
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Rodrigues (disambiguation) Rodrigues is an island in the Indian Ocean, administratively part of Mauritius.
Rodrigues may also refer to:
Places
* Rodrigues triple junction, a tectonic triple junction near Rodrigues
* Rodrigues College, a secondary school on Rodrigues
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Rodriquez (disambiguation)
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Justice Rodriguez (disambiguation)
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