Almeida

English

Alternative forms

• Almeyda

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Almeida.

Proper noun

Almeida (plural Almeidas)

1. A surname from Portuguese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Almeida is the 2166^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 16760 individuals. Almeida is most common among White (58.19%) and Hispanic/Latino (32.04%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Almeida”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 27.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْمَائِدَة (al-māʔida, “the plateau”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈmej.dɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈmeɪ̯.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈmej.dɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈmeɪ̯.dɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈmej.da/ [aʊ̯ˈmeɪ̯.da]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈmɐj.dɐ/ [aɫˈmɐj.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈmɐj.dɐ/ [aɫˈmɐj.ðɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈmej.dɐ/ [aɫˈmej.ðɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈmej.dɐ/ [aɫˈmej.ðɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈme.dɐ/ [aɫˈme.ðɐ]

• Audio (Portugal)

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• Hyphenation: Al‧mei‧da

Proper noun

Almeida

1. A village and municipality of Guarda district, Portugal

Derived terms

• almeidense

Proper noun

Almeida m or f by sense

1. a toponymical surname

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈmeida/ [alˈmei̯.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -eida
• Syllabification: Al‧mei‧da

Proper noun

Almeida m or f by sense

1. a surname