Luís

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Luís is a common Portuguese male given name, historically associated with notable figures such as the poet Luís de Camões.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Luís canonical 9
Lluís 1
Luísinho 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Portuguese masculine given name
given name
accentMark acute accent on the letter i
associatedWithNotableBearer Luís Figo
linked to: Luis Figo

Luís Inácio Lula da Silva
Luís de Camões
Luís de Freitas Branco
category Masculine given names
Portuguese masculine given names
derivedFrom Latin name Ludovicus
endsWith s
equivalentNameInFrench Louis
equivalentNameInGerman Ludwig
equivalentNameInItalian Luigi
equivalentNameInSpanish Luis
etymologicalElements hlūd (famous) + wīg (war) in Germanic
gender masculine
hasDiminutive Luizinho
linked to: Luis

Luísinho
linked to: Luís
hasFeminineForm Luisa
Luísa
linked to: Luisa
hasOrthographicVariant Luiz
hasVariant Louis
Ludovicus
linked to: Ludovic

Ludwig
Luigi
Luis
IPAInBrazilianPortuguese /luˈis/
IPAInEuropeanPortuguese /luˈiʃ/
isCommonInCentury 16th century Portugal
20th century Brazil
20th century Portugal
languageOfUse Portuguese
meaning famous warrior
renowned fighter
originatesFrom Old Frankish name Chlodowig
orthographicVariantUsedIn Brazil (Luiz)
regionOfUsage Brazil
Lusophone countries
Portugal
startsWith L
stressPatternInPortuguese stressed on the second syllable
syllableStructure two syllables
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (11)

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