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Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Origins The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also thLodewijs in the Dutch given names database Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form Lodewijk. and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the French name Louis, a deriv ...
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Luisa
Luisa (Italian language, Italian and Spanish language, Spanish), Luísa (Portuguese language, Portuguese) or Louise (given name), Louise (French language, French) is a feminine given name; it is the feminine form of the given name Louis (given name), Louis (Luis), the French form of the Frankish Clovis (given name), Chlodowig (German Ludwig (given name), Ludwig), from the Germanic name, Germanic elements ''hlod'' "fame" and ''wig'' "combat". Variations include Luisinha, Luisella, Luisana, Luisetta, Luigia, Luisel. Its popularity derives from the cult of Saint Louise de Marillac of Paris, and from Giuseppe Verdi's opera ''Luisa Miller''. People with the given name Luisa *Luisa Accati (born 1942), Italian historian, anthropologist and feminist public intellectual *Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi (1799–1866), heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence *Luisa Baldini, Anglo-Italian news reporter and presenter, presently working for BBC News *Luisa Bradshaw-White (born 1975), Englis ...
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Iberian Romance Languages
The Iberian Romance, Ibero-Romance or sometimes Iberian languages Iberian languages is also used as a more inclusive term for all languages spoken on the Iberian Peninsula, which in antiquity included the non-Indo-European Iberian language. are a group of Romance languages that developed on the Iberian Peninsula, an area consisting primarily of Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, Andorra and southern France. They are today more commonly separated into West Iberian languages, West Iberian and Occitano-Romance language groups. Evolved from the Vulgar Latin of Iberia, the most widely spoken Iberian Romance languages are Spanish language, Spanish, Portuguese language, Portuguese, Catalan language, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, and Galician language, Galician. These languages also have their own regional and local varieties. Based on mutual intelligibility, Dalby counts seven "outer" languages, or language groups: Galician-Portuguese, Spanish language, Spanish, Asturleonese, "Wider"-Aragonese lang ...
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Luis Alberto González
Luis Alberto González Gallego (born July 27, 1965 in Palestina, Caldas Palestina is a town in the south central region of the state of Caldas, Colombia. Located in the Triangle of Coffee Area, with a culture and tradition related to the colonization of Antioquia and the coffee growing. Because of this, the historic ...) is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1987 to 1996. Career ;1987 :1st in General Classification Vuelta al Valle del Cauca (COL) ;1988 :1st in General Classification Vuelta a Cundinamarca (COL) ;1989 :1st in General Classification Vuelta a Boyacá (COL) ;1992 :3rd in General Classification Vuelta a Colombia (COL) :1st in General Classification Vuelta a Cundinamarca (COL) ;1993 :4th in General Classification Vuelta a Colombia (COL) :1st in General Classification Clásico RCN (COL) :1st in General Classification Vuelta a Cundinamarca (COL) ;1994 :1st in Stage 7 Vuelta a Colombia, Pereira (COL) :1st in National Champions ...
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