Aguda

See also: aguda, agudă, and aguɖã

Tagalog

Etymology

Ultimately from Spanish aguda, feminine form of agudo (“sharp, keen”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈɡuda/, [ʔɐˈɣu.dɐ]

Proper noun

Aguda

  1. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Aguda is the 2,236th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 5,285 individuals.

Yoruba

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese algodão.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /à.ɡù.dà/

Proper noun

Àgùdà

  1. (historical) Afro-Brazilian Yoruba people who were sold into slavery and upon being freed returned to Nigeria, often characterized by the maintaning of Portuguese names
  2. Catholic (many Afro-Brazilian returnees were Catholic)
  3. Portuguese people

Derived terms
  • Àgùdà ò jẹ lábẹ́ Gẹ̀ẹ́sì
  • ìjọ Àgùdà (“Catholic Church”)
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