HIDALGO

Definition: HIDALGO

HIDALGO

Noun

1. A title, denoting a Spanish nobleman of the lower class.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "HIDALGO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references)

Etymology: Hidalgo \Hi*dal"go\, noun. [Spanish expression, contr. from hijo de algo, i. e., son of something; hijo son (fr. late Latin filius) algo something, from the Latin expression aliquod. Compare to Fidalgo.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Hidalgo The title in Spain of the lower nobility. (According to Bishop St. Vincent, the word is compounded of hijo del Goto, son of a Goth; but more probably it is hijo and dalgo. Hija = child or son, and dalgo = respect, as in the phrase, "Facer mucho dalgo," to receive with great respect. In Portuguese it is Fidalgo. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Hidalgo can mean:

A traditional title of a person of nobility or gentry in the Spanish language, derived from Hijo de algo, "Son of someone".
Miguel Hidalgo, father of the independence of Mexico.
Hidalgo State, a state in central Mexico.
The asteroid 944 Hidalgo

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Nobility	Peer, peerage; house of lords, house of peers; lords, lords temporal and spiritual; noblesse; noble, nobleman; lord, lordling; grandee, magnifico, hidalgo; daimio, daimyo, samurai, shizoku; don, donship; aristocrat, swell, three-tailed bashaw; gentleman, squire, squireen, patrician, laureate.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: HIDALGO

English words defined with "HIDALGO": Fidalgo. (references)

Etymologies containing "HIDALGO": Fidalgo. (references)

Non-English Usage: "HIDALGO" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (hidalgo), Romanian (hidalgo), Spanish (noble, nobleman).

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Hidalgo (2003)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Aventuras del ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha [ABRIDGED] (reference) El ingenioso Hidalgo (reference) Hidalgo County: Texas (Images of America) (reference) Hidalgo State (reference) The Sanctification of Don Quixote: From Hidalgo to Priest (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Noe Gerza, NRCS District Conservationist discusses ranch operations with Edinburg, TX landowner and chairman of the Hidalgo Soil & Water Conservation District. [Slide 97CS3001].Credit: Ken Hammond.		NRCS District Conservationist Noe Garza discusses ranch operations with Edinburg, TX landowner and chairman of the Hidalgo Soil & Water Conservation District. [Slide 97CS3002].Credit: Ken Hammond.
	Board members of the Hidalgo County, TX, Soil and Water Conservation District interact at meeting. [Slide 97CS3028].Credit: Ken Hammond.		Luis Hidalgo, half-length portrait, facing front, holding one of his wax sculptures, others are displayed on table in foreground.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Statue of Hidalgo in the Alameda.Credit: Library of Congress.		Chicken house of tenant purchase client. Hidalgo County, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress.
	FSA (Farm Security Administration) client and wife noting farm income in ledger. Hidalgo County, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress.		Living room of Mexican farm owner. Hidalgo County, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Verdadera imagen del Sr. de la Salud que se venera en Mezuititlán de la Sierra. Estado de Hidalgo.Credit: Library of Congress.		Viva la república! Viva el Cura Hidalgo! Una página de gloria.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		There are more than 22,240 firms in Pachuca, the capital of the state of Hidalgo. (references)
		Of the 31 states and the Federal District, only Hidalgo lacks a law prohibiting torture. (references)
		The CNDH organized training courses on human rights for indigenous communities in Chiapas, Hidalgo, Mexico, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Chiapas and Nayarit. (references)
Economic History	Mexico	The central area of Mexico includes Mexico City, State of Mexico, State of Morelos, State of Hidalgo and the State Puebla. (references)
	Mexico	Independence from Spain was proclaimed by Father Miguel Hidalgo on September 16, 1810; this launched a war for independence. (references)
	Mexico	HIDALGO has 84 municipalities and over 26,000 firms concentrated basically in the industrial cities of Ciudad Sahagun, Tula, Pachuca, Tulancingo, and Ixmiquilpan. (references)
Human Rights	Mexico	There were no developments in the June 1999 murder of Jose Hidalgo Perez in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas. (references)
	Mexico	The 15 displaced families subsequently took refuge in the nearby village of Hidalgo Joshil, and at year's end the families had not returned to their homes. (references)
	Mexico	According to the Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez Human Rights Center (PRODH), harassment of the Hidalgo Perez family continued during the year, and unidentified individuals fired shots in front of the family home in March and April. (references)
Minorities	Mexico	Approximately 130 children of evangelicals have been denied access to the local public schools in 6 communities since 1994. On April 12, in the community of San Nicolas, Ixmiquilpan municipality, Hidalgo, more than 30 Protestant Evangelical families were threatened by a local official with expulsion by June 18, if they did not contribute money and cement blocks to a community celebration. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"HIDALGO" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "HIDALGO" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	75%	6	143,867
Noun (proper)	25%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	8	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "HIDALGO" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Hidalgo	Last name	5,000	2,646
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

1. Hidalgo, IL (village, FIPS 34553)
Location: 39.15659 N, 88.15066 W
Population (1990): 122 (53 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 62432
Country: USA

2. Hidalgo, TX (city, FIPS 33560)
Location: 26.10185 N, 98.25837 W
Population (1990): 3292 (880 housing units)
Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 78557
Country: USA

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Expression: HIDALGO

Expression using "HIDALGO": Hidalgo County. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: HIDALGO

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
hidalgo	7,216	sabinas hidalgo	17
miguel hidalgo	147	hidalgo mexico sabinas	16
hidalgo county	99	universidad michoacana de san nicolas de hidalgo	15
hidalgo jewelry	81	delegacion hidalgo miguel	15
miguel hidalgo y costilla	69	hidalgo isd	15
de estado hidalgo	54	de hidalgo mexico poza rica	14
the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo	53	hidalgo mexico villa	14
appraisal county district hidalgo	46	appraisal county hidalgo	14
hidalgo mexico	42	carla hidalgo	13
hidalgo movie	41	biografia de hidalgo miguel	13
hidalgo county texas	36	disney hidalgo	13
hidalgo ring	32	hidalgo del parral	12
del hidalgo mexico parral	29	aseguradora hidalgo	12
hidalgo tx	29	hidalgo texas	12
universidad autonoma del estado de hidalgo	27	hidalgo tula	12
giovanni hidalgo	21	richard hidalgo	11
hidalgo pachuca	21	acuamanala de hidalgo mexico miguel	11
dolores hidalgo	20	costilla don hidalgo miguel y	10
dolores hidalgo mexico	18	county courthouse hidalgo	10
hidalgo yadira	18	el ingenioso hidalgo don quijote de la mancha	9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: HIDALGO

Language		Translations for "HIDALGO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		fisnik spanjol. (various references)

Arabic		‏الهيدلج من نبلاء الأسبان. (various references)

Bulgarian		хидалго. (various references)

Czech		stát v mexiku. (various references)

Farsi		مرد (Chap, Groom, Guy, Man). (various references)

French		hidalgo. (various references)

Greek		ισπανόσ ευγενήσ. (various references)

Hungarian		hidalgó. (various references)

Pig Latin		idalgohay

Romanian		hidalgo. (various references)

Russian		идальго. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		španski plemić (grandee). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: HIDALGO

Derivations
	Words beginning with "HIDALGO": hidalgos. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"HIDALGO" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hidage, Hidaldo, Hildago, Hoidal, Rhydtalog. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "HIDALGO"

Words rhyming with "HIDALGO" (pronounced 'Hi*dal"go'): AErugo, Amigo, Arango, Argo, Bongo, Botargo, Bungo, Caligo, Camerlingo, Cargo, Cerago, Chimango, Colugo, Contango, Cundurango, Dago, Dingo, Drongo, Ego, Ergo, Eringo, Eryngo, Fandango, Farrago, Ferrugo, Fidalgo, flamingo, galago, Ginkgo, gringo, Hogo, imago, Imbargo, impetigo, intertrigo, jingo, lanugo, Largo, lentigo, lingo, lumbago, mango, Melligo, Non-ego, Pichiciago, plumbago, Pongo, Potargo, Prurigo, Rubigo. (additional references)

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Anagrams: HIDALGO

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-g-h-i-l-o"
	-1 letter: algoid, dialog, haloid.
	-2 letters: ahold, algid, halid, laigh, logia.
	-3 letters: agio, dago, dahl, dhal, dial, diol, gadi, gaol, gild, glad, glia, goad, goal, gold, hail, halo, hila, hold, idol, laid, lido, load, ohia.
	-4 letters: ado, ago, aid, ail, dag, dah, dal, dig, dog, dol, gad, gal, ghi, gid, goa, god, had, hag, hao, hid.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-g-h-i-l-o"
	+1 letter: hidalgos.
	+2 letters: glochidia.
	+3 letters: holidaying, longhaired.
	+4 letters: diphthongal, handholding, landholding, roadholding.
	+5 letters: anthologized, chalcogenide, handholdings, heliographed, hydrological, hydroplaning, landholdings, lithographed, overhandling, roadholdings, slaveholding, smallholding.
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