Chaves

See also: chaves

English

Etymology

From Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish Chaves, a city and castle in Portugal. Doublet of Chavez.

Proper noun

Chaves

1. A surname from Ibero-Romance.
   1. A Hispanic surname from Spanish.
      1. A surname from Galician.
      2. An Andalusian Jewish surname.
   2. A surname from Portuguese.
2. A city in Vila Real district, Portugal.
3. A municipality of Pará, Brazil.
4. Short for Chaves County, a county of New Mexico, United States.

Derived terms

• Chaves County
• Chavism
• Chavist
• Chavista

Translations

Translations

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chaves is the 4368^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8137 individuals. Chaves is most common among Hispanic/Latino (54.97%) and White (39.67%) individuals.

Galician

Proper noun

Chaves

1. a surname

Descendants

• → Spanish: Chaves
  • Spanish: Chávez
    • → English: Chavez
• → English: Chaves

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin [Aquae] Flāviae (“Flavian Waters/Thermae”), from Flāvius (“Flavian gens”, adjective). Doublet of flávio.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.vis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.vis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.viʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.ves/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.vɨʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.vɨʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃa.bɨʃ/ [ˈt͡ʃa.βɨʃ]

• Homophone: chaves
• Hyphenation: Cha‧ves

• Audio (Portugal):

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Proper noun

Chaves

1. A city and municipality of the district of Vila Real, Portugal

Usage notes

Chaves is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Related terms

• Chave
• Chaviães
• Chavião
• flaviense

Proper noun

Chaves m or f by sense

1. a toponymic surname

Descendants

• → English: Chaves
• → Chinese: 沙維斯 / 沙维斯 (Shāwéisī) (transliteration)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician Chaves.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃabes/ [ˈt͡ʃa.β̞es]
• Rhymes: -abes
• Syllabification: Cha‧ves

Proper noun

Chaves m or f by sense

1. a surname
   1. a surname from Galician
   2. a Jewish Andalusian surname

Derived terms

• Chávez

Descendants

• English: Chaves
• → Chinese: 查韋斯 / 查韦斯 (Cháwéisī) (transliteration)