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Guadalupe, or Guadeloupe (pronounced [ˌɣwað̪aˈlupe]) was originally a Spanish toponym that derives from the Arabic word for "valley" or "river" (wadi) and the Latin word lupus, meaning wolf.^[1] The name referred to the Guadalupe River in Spain.

The name may refer to:

Religious images

• Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Mexico City
• Santa María de Guadalupe, in Extremadura, Spain

Places

Bolivia:

• Guadalupe, Potosí

Brazil:

• Guadalupe, Piauí

Colombia:

• Guadalupe, Antioquia, a municipality and town
• Guadalupe, Santander, a municipality and town
• Guadalupe Hill, a hill in Bogotá

Costa Rica:

• Guadalupe, Costa Rica, a suburb of San José, Costa Rica

El Salvador:

• Guadalupe, San Vicente

France:

• Guadeloupe, a French overseas département

Mexico:

• Guadalupe, Baja California
• Guadalupe, Chihuahua
• Guadalupe, Chihuahua (municipality), Chihuahua
• Guadalupe y Calvo (municipality), Chihuahua
• Guadalupe, Nuevo León, part of the metropolitan area of Monterrey
• Guadalupe, Nuevo León (municipality)
• Guadalupe, Oaxaca
• Guadalupe, Puebla
• Guadalupe, Zacatecas
• Villa Guadalupe, a former town near Mexico City
• Sierra de Guadalupe, hill near Mexico City
• Presa de Guadalupe, lake near Cuautitlán Izcalli
• Isla de Guadalupe, an oceanic island off Baja California
• Valle de Guadalupe: several locations so named

Peru:

• Guadalupe, Lambayeque

Philippines:

• Guadalupe, Cebu City, a barangay located in the northeastern part of Cebu City
• Guadalupe Nuevo and Guadalupe Viejo, two barangays in Makati
• Guadalupe City, Mindanao
• Guadalupe Bridge and Guadalupe MRT station, EDSA, Metro Manila

Spain:

• Guadalupe, Cáceres
• Guadalupe River (Spain)
• Santa María de Guadalupe, in Extremadura

United States:

• Guadalupe, Arizona
• Guadalupe, California
• Guadalupe County, Texas
• Guadalupe Mountains, in New Mexico and Texas
• Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas
• Guadalupe River (California)
• Guadalupe River (Texas)
• Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, in California

Buildings

• The Basilica of Guadalupe, a Roman Catholic shrine in Mexico City
• The Basilica of Guadalupe, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
• Santa María de Guadalupe, a monastery in Guadalupe, Extremadura, Spain
• Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe, a church in Dallas, Texas, USA

People

• Guadalupe (or Lupe), a common female and male name in Spanish-speaking countries, particularly Mexico
• Guadalupe Victoria, nom de guerre of the first President of Mexico
• Guadalupe Canseco (born 1962), Mexican Olympic diver

Ships

• USS Guadalupe (AO-32), a United States Navy replenishment oiler in commission from 1941 to 1974
• USNS Guadalupe (T-AO-200), a United States Navy fleet replenishment oiler in service since 1992

References

1. ^ St. Louis - News - The Mexican explains why Our Lady of Guadalupe is Muslim, sorta

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