Guadalupe
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Guadalupe (or Guadeloupe) was originally a Spanish toponym that derives from the Arabic word for "valley" or "river" (wadi) and the Latin word lupus, meaning wolf.[1] The name referred to the Guadalupe River in Spain.
Pronounced: Whada-LOO-pay.
The name may refer to:
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[edit] Religious images
- Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Mexico City
- Santa María de Guadalupe, in Extremadura, Spain
[edit] Places
- Guadeloupe, a French overseas département
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Guadalupe, Piauí
- Colombia
- Guadalupe, Antioquia, a municipality and town
- Guadalupe, Santander, a municipality and town
- Guadalupe Hill, a hill in Bogotá
- Costa Rica
- Guadalupe, Costa Rica, a suburb of San José, Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Mexico
- Guadalupe, Baja California
- Guadalupe, Nuevo León, part of the metropolitan area of Monterrey
- Guadalupe, Puebla
- Guadalupe, Zacatecas
- Villa Guadalupe, a former town near Mexico City
- Sierra de Guadalupe, hill near Mexico City
- Presa de Guadalupe, lake near Cuautitlán Izcalli
- Isla de Guadalupe, an oceanic island off Baja California
- Peru
- Guadalupe, Lambayeque
- Philippines
- Guadalupe, Cebu City, a barangay located in the northeastern part of Cebu City
- Guadalupe Nuevo and Guadalupe Viejo, two barangays in Makati
- Guadalupe City, Mindanao
- Guadalupe Bridge and Guadalupe MRT station, EDSA, Metro Manila
- Spain
- Guadalupe, Cáceres
- Guadalupe River (Spain)
- Santa María de Guadalupe, in Extremadura, Spain
- United States
- Guadalupe, Arizona
- Guadalupe, California
- Guadalupe County, Texas
- Guadalupe Mountains, in New Mexico and Texas
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas
- Guadalupe River (California)
- Guadalupe River (Texas)
- Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, in California
[edit] Buildings
- The Basilica of Guadalupe, a church in Mexico City
- The Basilica of Guadalupe, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
- Santa María de Guadalupe, a monastery in Guadalupe, Extremadura
- Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe, a church in Dallas, Texas
[edit] People
- Guadalupe (or Lupe), a common female and male name in Spanish-speaking countries, particularly Mexico
- Guadalupe Victoria, nom de guerre of the first President of Mexico