 Coat of arms | |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Red cave(s) |
| Region of origin | Covarrubias, Burgos, Castile and León, Spain |
Covarrubias is a surname in the Spanish language, indicating place of origin, the village and municipality of Covarrubias ( province of Burgos, Spain), that was founded in the 7th century by the visigothic king Chindasuinth.
It is compounded of the words cova (cave), [1] ruber (red) [2] and the suffix ia (that has the quality of), [3] meaning "the cave that is red" or simply "red cave". [4]
In 1592, A. Sales, in the Book of Armoria, described the coat of arms used by a Covarrubias family of the village of Cocentaina ( Province of Alicante, Spain). [5] [6]
The Book of Armoria describes the coat of arms of the Covarrubias family of Cocentaina as consisting of a quartered Spanish shield with the following characteristics and tinctures:
- 1st field: Azure (blue), with five stars in azure
- 2nd field: Or (gold), with four fess (bands) in gules (red)
- 3rd field: Argent (silver), and a fess in sable (black)
- 4th field: Azure, and a cross in argent
- Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican artist, ethnologist and art historian
- Sebastián de Covarrubias, a lexicographer
- Marita Covarrubias, fictional character from the television series The X-Files
- ^ RAE Dictionary: «Cueva»,
- ^ RAE Dictionary: «Rubor».
- ^ l'Enciclopèdia Diccionari (Catalan Dictionary), "-Ia"[ permanent dead link]
- ^ Mis apellidos.com, "Covarrubias"
- ^ "Libro de Armoria, Heráldica del apellido Covarrubias". Archived from the original on 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ^ Document in the Library of the Royal Academy of History of Spain (in spanish).[ permanent dead link]
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Coat of arms | |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Red cave(s) |
| Region of origin | Covarrubias, Burgos, Castile and León, Spain |
Covarrubias is a surname in the Spanish language, indicating place of origin, the village and municipality of Covarrubias ( province of Burgos, Spain), that was founded in the 7th century by the visigothic king Chindasuinth.
It is compounded of the words cova (cave), [1] ruber (red) [2] and the suffix ia (that has the quality of), [3] meaning "the cave that is red" or simply "red cave". [4]
In 1592, A. Sales, in the Book of Armoria, described the coat of arms used by a Covarrubias family of the village of Cocentaina ( Province of Alicante, Spain). [5] [6]
The Book of Armoria describes the coat of arms of the Covarrubias family of Cocentaina as consisting of a quartered Spanish shield with the following characteristics and tinctures:
- 1st field: Azure (blue), with five stars in azure
- 2nd field: Or (gold), with four fess (bands) in gules (red)
- 3rd field: Argent (silver), and a fess in sable (black)
- 4th field: Azure, and a cross in argent
- Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican artist, ethnologist and art historian
- Sebastián de Covarrubias, a lexicographer
- Marita Covarrubias, fictional character from the television series The X-Files
- ^ RAE Dictionary: «Cueva»,
- ^ RAE Dictionary: «Rubor».
- ^ l'Enciclopèdia Diccionari (Catalan Dictionary), "-Ia"[ permanent dead link]
- ^ Mis apellidos.com, "Covarrubias"
- ^ "Libro de Armoria, Heráldica del apellido Covarrubias". Archived from the original on 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ^ Document in the Library of the Royal Academy of History of Spain (in spanish).[ permanent dead link]
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.