Hidalgo Definition

hĭ-dălgō, ē-thäl-
hidalgos
noun
A Spanish nobleman of secondary rank, below that of a grandee.
Webster's New World
A member of the minor nobility in Spain.
American Heritage
pronoun

A state of Mexico.

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Noun

Singular:
hidalgo
Plural:
hidalgoes, hidalgos

Origin of Hidalgo

  • Spanish alteration of hijo dalgo from Old Spanish fijo dalgo fijo son (from Latin fīlius dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots) de of (from Latin dē de–) algo something, possession (from Latin aliquō) (ablative of aliquid) (alius some al-1 in Indo-European roots) (quid something kwo- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Named after the Mexican independence leader Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Spanish

    From Wiktionary

Hidalgo Sentence Examples

  • Another institution is the college of San Nicolas de Hidalgo, which was.

  • By the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, negotiated in 1848, at the close of the war with Mexico, Nevada became United States territory.

  • It was the birthplace of both Morelos and Iturbide, and was captured by Hidalgo at the beginning of the revolutionary outbreak of 1810-1 1, and by Iturbide in 1821 when on his march to Mexico City, where he was crowned emperor.

  • After the close of the war with Mexico Green was sent to that country in 1849 by President Taylor to negotiate concerning the moneys which, by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the United States had agreed to pay; and he saved his country a considerable sum by arranging for payment in exchange instead of in specie.

  • After the sale of Upper California to the United States, effected by the treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo (1848), the Mexican government refused to pay the proportion of the interest to which Upper California was entitled.

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Words Starting With

HHIHID

Words Ending With

OGOLGO

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Words Starting With H and Ending With O

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