Mendonça
Mendonça is a common Portuguese and Old Galician surname (sometimes anglised versions appear as Mendonca). The Spanish variant is Mendoza. The name derives from Basque mendi (mountain) and (h)otz (cold), which in turn provides the name for a village in Álava featuring a castle-tower that belonged to a noble family of the Middle Ages. The name may refer to:
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- Ana de Mendonça, Portuguese mistress of King John II of Portugal
- Carla Mendonça, English actress
- Cristóvão de Mendonça, Portuguese explorer
- Duda Mendonça, Brazilian public relations specialist
- Fernando Mendonça D'Oliveira, Portuguese diplomat
- Gilberto Mendonça Teles, Brazilian writer
- Henrique Lopes de Mendonça, Portuguese poet, playwright and naval officer
- Leroy A. Mendonca, United States Army posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor for action in Korea
- Leoni Mendonça, Brazilian Senator and businessman
- Nuno José Severo de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Portuguese prime minister
- Eneida A. Mendonça, Brazilian-born physician-scientist / biomedical informatician
- Gilbert John Mendonca,the first Eastindian MLA(member of legislative asembly India)
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