Maldonado

South American port

Maldonado is a Spanish surname meaning "ill-given" or "unlucky," from *mal* (bad) and *donado* (given).

It ranks among the hundred most common Hispanic surnames in the United States.

The name also belongs to a department and coastal city in southeastern Uruguay, a popular resort destination: We spent a week in Maldonado.

place

Uruguay

South American republic

beaches · resort · tourism · department · peninsula · port · lighthouse · estuary

surname

genealogy

Study of family descent

lineage · patronymic · Spanish · descent · bloodline · relatives · kin · pedigree · Hispanic · Sephardic

Opposites
uruguayan regional contrast

MaldonadoMontevideo

Uruguayan capital city

Rivera

Family

mal

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Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G