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hidalgo

name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /hɪˈdælɡəʊ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈdɑːlɡəʊ/ hispanicized
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AH0 D AE1 L G OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A placename

A state of Mexico.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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2

name

Meaning 2

A placename

Ellipsis of Hidalgo County.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

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3

name

Meaning 3

A surname from Spanish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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4

name

Meaning 4

the asteroid (944) Hidalgo

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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5

name

Meaning 5

A barangay of Tanauan, Batangas, Philippines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A member of the Spanish nobility, especially one without a title.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Hidalgo, from Spanish hidalgo, from Old Spanish fijo d'algo (“son of something”). The Mexican state is named after independence leader Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.

Borrowed from Spanish hidalgo. Doublet of fidalgo.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 伊達爾戈 /伊达尔戈 (Yīdáěrgē) — state of Mexico
  • Hindi: इदाल्गो (idālgo) — state of Mexico
  • Marathi: इदालगो (idālgo) — state of Mexico
  • Central Nahuatl: Hidalgo — state of Mexico
  • Polish: Hidalgo — state of Mexico
  • Russian: Ида́льго (Idálʹgo) — state of Mexico
  • Spanish: Hidalgo — state of Mexico
  • French: Hidalgo — surname
  • Hindi: इदाल्गो (idālgo) — surname
  • Marathi: इदालगो (idālgo) — surname
  • Polish: Hidalgo — surname
  • Spanish: Hidalgo — surname
  • Chinese: 希达尔戈 — asteroid
  • Chinese: 希達戈 /希达戈 — asteroid
  • Polish: Hidalgo — asteroid
  • Russian: Идальго (Idalʹgo) — asteroid
  • Esperanto: hidalgo — member of the Spanish nobility
  • Esperanto: nobelido — member of the Spanish nobility
  • Italian: idalgo — member of the Spanish nobility
  • Polish: hidalgo — member of the Spanish nobility
  • Portuguese: fidalgo — member of the Spanish nobility
  • Spanish: hidalgo — member of the Spanish nobility
  • Ukrainian: іда́льго (idálʹho) — member of the Spanish nobility
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