House Names (thus Family Names)
- Uhalde or Ugalde, from ur alde 'water side'; Family names: Duhalde, Uhalt, Duhalt.
- Uharte or Ugarte, from ur arte 'between water' ('between two brooks'; 'island'); Family names: Duhart, Duarte'.
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Famous quotes containing the words house, names and/or family:
“Every spirit builds itself a house; and beyond its house a world; and beyond its world, a heaven. Know then that the world exists for you.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Watt’s need of semantic succour was at times so great that he would set to trying names on things, and on himself, almost as a woman hats.”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
“It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)