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[Facts] Re: do you know the meaning of Acosta ??
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Cleveland Kent Evans
(clevelandkentevans)
6/16/2010, 12:31 PM
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a message by Nadal
According to Hanks & Hodges'
A Dictionary of Surnames
, Acosta is normally a Spanish or Portuguese surname for someone who lived on a hillside or near the coast, and comes from a misdivision of the original Portuguese "
Da
Costa" into "D'Acosta".
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do you know the meaning of Acosta ??
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Nadal
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6/16/2010, 9:44 AM
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Re: do you know the meaning of Acosta ??
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Cleveland Kent Evans
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6/16/2010, 12:31 PM
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Re: do you know the meaning of Acosta ??
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Nadal
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6/17/2010, 3:22 AM