Given name & surname · also Old Galician-Portuguese
Almada
“the mine”
Almada is a surname from Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Almada goes back to Arabic معدن, meaning “the mine.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Almada comes from Old Galician-Portuguese, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Galician-Portuguese Almadã, from Arabic معدن (“the mine”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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