Guadalupe

  • [ gwah-dhah-LOO-pe ]
  • Spanish
From a Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, meaning "Our Lady of Guadalupe". Guadalupe is a Spanish place name, the site of a famous convent, which means "river of the wolf" in Arabic. In the 16th century Our Lady of Guadalupe supposedly appeared in a vision to a native Mexican man, and she is now regarded as a patron saint of the Americas.

DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
SPANISH: Lupe, Lupita