name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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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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2
name
Meaning 2
A placename
Ellipsis of Hidalgo County.
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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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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