MENDOZA
Mendoza
Mendoza is a surname of Basque origin, also occurring as a place name. It means 'cold mountain', from the words in the Basque language mendi and otz + definite article '-a' . The original Basque language form with an affricate sibilant evolved in Spanish to the current form Mendoza.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Mendoza
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