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Spanish language
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Galician
Galician language
Galician is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it is co-official with Castilian Spanish, as well as in border zones of the neighbouring territories of Asturias and Castile and León.Modern Galician and...
and Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. The surname Araújo is of toponymic origin derived from a place where a nobleman held land. The place name Araújo is taken from the Galician
Galician
Galician can refer to:* Something of, from, or related to Galicia * Galician language* Galician people, an ethnic group of Galicia, Spain* Galician wine, wine produced in Galicia, Spain*Galician cuisine- See also :* Galicia...
and Old Portuguese word "araujo" which is a poisonous plant with white fragrant flowers known in Latin
Latin
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as Araujia sericifera
Araujia sericifera
Araujia sericifera is a perennial ornamental plant in the genus Araujia belonging to Apocynaceae family. This plant has been described in 1818 by the Portuguese botanist Félix Avelar Brotero...
. In Portugal it seems to be a habitational name from any of various places called Araújo: in Portugal
Portugal
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, in Coimbra
Coimbra
Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...
, Elvas, Estremoz, Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
, Torre de Moncorvo, Monção
Monção
Monção is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 211.3 km² and a total population of 19,738 inhabitants .The municipality is composed of 33 freguesias , and is located in the district of Viana do Castelo....
, Serpa, Setúbal
Setúbal
Setúbal is the main city in Setúbal Municipality in Portugal with a total area of 172.0 km² and a total population of 118,696 inhabitants in the municipality. The city proper has 89,303 inhabitants....
, and Villa Verde
Villa Verde
Villa Verde is a comune in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 70 km northwest of Cagliari and about 25 km southeast of Oristano. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 370 and an area of 17.3 km².Villa Verde borders the following...
.
History
The progenitor of this surname Araújo is Rodrigo Anes, who was lord of the lands known as Araújo located in Southern Kingdom of GaliciaKingdom of Galicia
The Kingdom of Galicia was a political entity located in southwestern Europe, which at its territorial zenith occupied the entire northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Founded by Suebic king Hermeric in the year 409, the Galician capital was established in Braga, being the first kingdom which...
in modern NW Spain
Spain
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close to the Miño
Mino
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/Minho
Minho
-People:* Lee Min Ho, a South Korean actor* Choi Minho , a member of the Korean boy-band Shinee-Portugal:* Entre-Douro-e-Minho, a historical province of Portugal * Minho Province, a historical province of Portugal...
river. This river marked the border between Kingdom of Galicia
Kingdom of Galicia
The Kingdom of Galicia was a political entity located in southwestern Europe, which at its territorial zenith occupied the entire northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Founded by Suebic king Hermeric in the year 409, the Galician capital was established in Braga, being the first kingdom which...
(Spain) and Northern Portugal
Portugal
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, which had been a part of the Kingdom of Galicia
Kingdom of Galicia
The Kingdom of Galicia was a political entity located in southwestern Europe, which at its territorial zenith occupied the entire northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Founded by Suebic king Hermeric in the year 409, the Galician capital was established in Braga, being the first kingdom which...
in the 12th century. Rodrigo Anes better known as Rodrigo Anes de Araújo descended from the Royal Families of France via a Knight named Jean Tiranoth born around 1100 A.D who defeated the first King of Portugal, D. Afonso Henriques, in a battle at
the River Lima, Portugal. Jean Tiranoth with a number of Burgundian and French crusaders moved to Galicia to participate in the reconquesta of the Iberian Peninsula. It was very common for Frenchmen to participate in the reconquest of Spain and Portugal from Islamic control between the 8th and 14th centuries. Their reward for participating were reconquered lands. Jean Tiranoth was a contemporary of Afonso Henriques the first King of Portugal and witnessed the separation of County of Portugal
County of Portugal
The County of Portugal was the region around Braga and Porto, today corresponding to littoral northern Portugal, from the late ninth to the early twelfth century, during which it was held in vassalage from the Kingdom of León.-History:...
from the Kingdom of Galicia
Kingdom of Galicia
The Kingdom of Galicia was a political entity located in southwestern Europe, which at its territorial zenith occupied the entire northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Founded by Suebic king Hermeric in the year 409, the Galician capital was established in Braga, being the first kingdom which...
in 1139.
Rodrigo Anes de Araújo constructed the Castle of Araújo in the Kingdom of Galicia
Kingdom of Galicia
The Kingdom of Galicia was a political entity located in southwestern Europe, which at its territorial zenith occupied the entire northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Founded by Suebic king Hermeric in the year 409, the Galician capital was established in Braga, being the first kingdom which...
and married Doña Mayor Alvares de Aza, who was the daughter of a noble family which was somehow related to Rodrigo Anes de Araújo. Doña Mayor Alvares de Aza was the daughter of Don Rodrigo Alvares de Aza and Doña Maria Pires de Ambia. From this marriage descended the Araújo family of Kingdom of Galicia
Kingdom of Galicia
The Kingdom of Galicia was a political entity located in southwestern Europe, which at its territorial zenith occupied the entire northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Founded by Suebic king Hermeric in the year 409, the Galician capital was established in Braga, being the first kingdom which...
, who were lords of many houses in the Kingdom of Galicia
Kingdom of Galicia
The Kingdom of Galicia was a political entity located in southwestern Europe, which at its territorial zenith occupied the entire northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Founded by Suebic king Hermeric in the year 409, the Galician capital was established in Braga, being the first kingdom which...
through marriage.
Later in 1492, the Kingdom of Galicia
Kingdom of Galicia
The Kingdom of Galicia was a political entity located in southwestern Europe, which at its territorial zenith occupied the entire northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Founded by Suebic king Hermeric in the year 409, the Galician capital was established in Braga, being the first kingdom which...
along with other Kingdoms in the Iberian peninsula joined to become the Kingdom of Spain. Throughout Spain's colonial period between the 16th and 19th century a number of Galician Spaniards bearing the surname Araújo in the service of the King of Spain moved to colonize Spain's Empire in North America
North America
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and South America
South America
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.
One of the grandchildren of Rodrigo Anes de Araújo known in Portugues chronicles as Vasco Rodriguez de Araújo, decided to leave Spain and settle in Portugal, were he entered the service of the Kings of Portugal. Throughout Portugals colonial period a number of Portuguese bearing the Araújo surname moved to settle Portugal's overseas empire.
People
- Antonio de AraujoAntônio de AraújoAntônio de Araújo was a Brazilian Jesuit missionary.Araújo was born at St. Michael's in the Azores. He entered the Society of Jesus in Bahia, and was for nine years Superior of the Missions of Brazil. He edited for publication in 1618 a catechism in the Old Tupi language of Brazil...
(d. 1632), Brazilian Jesuit missionary - Daniel AraújoAraújoAraújo or Araujo or Arauxo is a Spanish Galician and Portuguese surname. The surname Araújo is of toponymic origin derived from a place where a nobleman held land. The place name Araújo is taken from the Galician and Old Portuguese word "araujo" which is a poisonous plant with white fragrant...
(born 1967) Biological Chemical TechnologistChemical TechnologistChemical technologists and technicians are workers who provide technical support or services in chemical-related fields. They may work under direct supervision or may work independently, depending on their specific position and duties. Their work environments differ widely, and include but are...
, HistorianHistorianA historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
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. - Francisco Correa de Araujo (1584-1654) Spanish renaissance organist, composer, and theorist.
- Emanuel AraújoEmanuel AraújoEmanuel Araújo or Emanuel Oliveira de Araújo was born on December 24, 1942, in Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil and died on July 15, 2000, in Brasília, Brazil....
(born 1942), history professor - Luís AraújoLuís AraújoGeneral Luís Evangelista Esteves de Araújo is the Chief of Staff of the Portuguese Air Force.-External links:*...
(born 1949), Chief of Staff of the Portuguese Air Force - Cheryl AraujoCheryl AraujoCheryl Ann Araujo was an American rape survivor whose case became national news, and was the basis of the 1988 film The Accused. Araujo was gang-raped in 1983 at age 21 by four men on a pool table in a tavern while other patrons watched but did not interfere...
(1961-1986), American rape victim - Gwen AraujoGwen AraujoGwen Amber Rose Araujo , born Edward Araujo, Jr., an American teenage pre-operative transgender woman, was murdered in Newark, California, in October 2002. She was killed by four men, with two of whom she had been sexually intimate, who beat and strangled her after discovering she was transgender...
(1985-2002), transgendered teenager - Eugênio de Araújo SalesEugênio de Araújo SalesEugênio de Araújo Sales is, as of 2011, the longest-serving cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church, having been elevated by Pope Paul VI on April 28, 1969. He served as archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro for thirty years until his resignation was accepted in 2001, when he had already...
(born 1920), longest-serving cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church - Serafim Fernandes de Araújo (born 1924), cardinal archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Manuel de AraújoManuel de AraujoManuel de Araújo is a Mozambican politician for the constituency of central Zambezia. He was educated in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and in the UK at the School of Oriental and African Studies...
, Mozambican politician
Arts and entertainment
- Ana Paula AraújoAna Paula AraújoAna Paula Araujo is a Brazilian model who appeared in the 2007 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. In addition to working with world-class photographers on her SI shoots, she was the object/subject of Joanne Gair body painting works in the 2007 edition. She has also appeared in advertisements for...
(born 1981), model - Cândido José de Araújo Viana (1793-1875), Brazilian writer
- César Calvo de AraujoCésar Calvo de AraujoCésar Calvo de Araujo was a Peruvian writer and painter. He was born in Yurimaguas, Loreto, Peru in 1910 and died in Lima in 1970. A street and an art gallery in Iquitos are named after him.-Paintings:...
(1910-1970), Peruvian writer and painter - Juan de AraujoJuan de AraujoJuan de Araujo was a musician and composer of the Early to Mid Baroque.Araujo was born in Villafranca, Spain. By 1670 he was nominated maestro di capella of Lima Cathedral. In the following years he travelled to Panama and most probably to Guatemala...
(1646-1712), Spanish-Peruvian Musician - Loipa Araújo (born 1943), Cuban prima ballerina
- Manuel de Araújo Porto-alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo (1806-1876), Brazilian poet and playwright
- Nelson de AraújoNelson de AraujoNélson Correia de Araújo was born in Capela, state of Sergipe, in Northeast Region, Brazil, on September 4, 1926, and died in Salvador, state of Bahia, on April 7, 1993...
(1926-1993), renowned author - Taís AraújoTaís AraújoTaís Bianca Gama de Araújo is a Brazilian actress. She was the first black Brazilian actress to be a protagonist in a Brazilian telenovela, Xica da Silva , in Rede Manchete...
(born 1978), Brazilian actress - Sonia AraujoSónia AraújoSónia Araújo is a Portuguese TV hostess, known for her work in the Portuguese talk show Praça da Alegria. More recently, she participated in the 2007 edition of the Eurovision Dance Contest, in which she won the fifth place, and she has stated that she had not expected to reach such a high...
(born 1970), Portuguese TV presenter - Kate DeAraugoKate DeAraugoKatherine Jenna "Kate" DeAraugo, pronounced de roosh , is an Australian singer-songwriter who was the third winner of Australian Idol in 2005. After idol, DeAraugo signed to Sony BMG and released her debut single, "Maybe Tonight", in November 2005. The single debuted and peaked at Number 1 on the...
(born 1985), Australian singer
Politician
- Álvaro Araújo CastroÁlvaro Araújo CastroÁlvaro Araújo Castro is a Colombian economist and former actor and Senator of Colombia. A Liberal politician, and leader of the ALAS-Team Colombia political movement, he was arrested and jailed in 2007 for participating in parapolitics...
(born 1967), Colombian politician - Arturo AraujoArturo AraujoArturo Araujo was the president of El Salvador from March 1, 1931 to December 2, 1931. He was overthrown in a military coup led by junior officers, and was forced to flee the country for Guatemala...
, president of El Salvador - Consuelo Araújo (1940-2001), Colombian politician, writer and self-taught journalist
- Fernando Araújo PerdomoFernando Araújo PerdomoFernando Araújo Perdomo is a Colombian politician. He was the Minister of Development during the administration of Andrés Pastrana. He resigned from this post after the Chambacú land deal scandal. He was later kidnapped by the FARC-EP guerrillas and held for six years until he eventually escaped...
(born circa 1955), Minister of Development of Colombia - Fernando de AraújoFernando de Araújo (East Timorese politician)Fernando de Araújo, also known by Lasama is an East Timorese politician and the current President of the National Parliament of East Timor. He was also serving as the Acting President of East Timor for two months in early 2008. He is also the President of the Democratic Party. He is married to...
(born 1962), East Timorese politician - Hernando Molina AraújoHernando Molina AraújoHernando César Molina Araújo is a Colombian politician. Son of Hernando Molina Céspedes and Consuelo Araújo, he studied at the Colegio Nacional Loperena in Valledupar and later studied Law in the Antonio Nariño University, but dropped out. He declares himself a self-taught man...
(born 1961), Colombian politician - João Augusto de Araújo CastroJoão Augusto de Araújo CastroJoao Augusto de Araujo Castro was a Brazilian lawyer and diplomat, serving as Brazilian Ambassador to the US and UN, and Minister of Foreign Affairs during the government of Joao Goulart....
, Brazilian diplomat and minister - João Batista Oliveira de AraujoJoão Batista Oliveira de AraujoJoão Batista Oliveira de Araujo is a Brazilian politician. He is a former member of the Workers' Party , and a founding member of the Socialism and Freedom Party .- References :...
, Brazilian politician - Manuel Enrique AraujoManuel Enrique AraujoDr. Manuel Enrique Araujo was President of El Salvador 1 March 1911 - 8 February 1913. was a physician and political Salvadoran President of the Republic .Of maternal Portuguese blood.Born in the town of Alegria, in the department of Usulután, El Salvador...
(1865-1913), President of El Salvador - María Consuelo AraújoMaria Consuelo AraujoMaría Consuelo Araújo Castro is a Colombian politician. In 2006 she was appointed Minister of Foreign Relations of the government of President Álvaro Uribe Vélez...
(born 1971), Colombian politician - Mariano de Araújo MatsinheMariano de Araújo MatsinheMariano de Araújo Matsinhe is a Mozambican politician. He was a member of the Politburo of FRELIMO during the 1980s . Matsinhe also served as the Mozambican Security Minister in the 1980s.-Sources:*...
(born 1953), Mozambican politician - Theolinda Olympio de AraújoTheolinda Olympio de AraújoTheolinda Olympio de Araújo was a Brazilian politician. She contested the October 14, 1934 elections to the State Constitutive Assembly of Ceará as a candidate of the Catholic Electoral League. She was the sole woman getting elected, gaining the position as a replacer in the assembly. In total five...
, Brazilian politician - José Sarney de Araújo Costa, Brazilian President
Sportspeople
- Eronilde de AraújoEronilde de AraújoEronilde Nunes de Araújo is a Brazilian athlete who specializes in 400 metres hurdles. He dominated the event on the South American scene during the 1990s, and personal best of 48.04 seconds is also the South American record.-Achievements:-External links:...
(born 1970), Brazilian athlete - Márcio AraújoMarcio AraujoMárcio Henrique Barroso Araújo is a beach volleyball player from Brazil. He won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany, partnering Fábio Luiz Magalhães.Araújo represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
(born 1973), beach volleyball player - Mário de Araújo CabralMário de Araújo CabralMário Veloso de Araújo Cabral , commonly known by the nickname "Nicha" Cabral , is a former racing driver from Portugal. He participated in four Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 23 August 1959. He scored no championship points.-Complete Formula One World Championship...
(born 1934), former racing driver - Rafael Paulo de Lara Araújo (born 1980), Brazilian professional basketball player
- Armindo AraujoArmindo AraújoArmindo Araújo is a Portuguese rally driver. He won the Production World Rally Championship in the 2009 season, repeating the accomplishment in the next year , to become the first pilot to ever win this cup twice in a row since its creation back in 2002.-Career:Araújo began rallying in 2000,...
(born 1977), Portuguese rally driver
Footballers
- Alcides Araújo AlvesAlcides Araújo AlvesAlcides Eduardo Mendes de Araújo Alves, simply Alcides , is a Brazilian footballer who plays for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in Ukraine....
(born 1985), Brazilian footballer - Carlos Luciano AraujoCarlos AraujoCarlos Luciano Araujo is an Argentine football full back who plays for Lanús.-Career:Araujo started his career with Independiente Rivadavia. He then played for Atlético de Rafaela, with which he won 2002–03 season of the Primera B Nacional , earning promotion to the Primera Division...
(born 1981), Argentinian defender - Clemerson de Araújo SoaresClemerson de Araújo SoaresClemerson de Araújo Soares, best known as Araújo is a Brazilian footballer. Currently playing for Fluminense in Brazil after recently moving from Al-Gharafa ....
(born 1977), Brazilian footballer - Denílson de Oliveira AraújoDenílson de Oliveira AraújoDenílson de Oliveira Araújo , commonly known as Denílson, is a Brazilian former footballer, who played mostly as a left winger...
(born 1977), football winger - Gustavo Lazzaretti de AraújoGustavo Lazzaretti de AraújoGustavo Lazzaretti de Araújo, known as Lazzaretti , is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Clube Atlético Paranaense reserves, as a central defender. He also holds an Italian passport.-External links:** * * * *...
(born 1984), Brazilian central defender - Ilan Araujo Dall'IgnaIlan Araujo Dall'IgnaIlan Araújo Dall'Igna , commonly known as Ilan, is a Brazilian footballer who is playing for AC Ajaccio...
(born 1980), Brazilian football forward - José Carlos da Costa Araújo (born 1962), Brazilian football goalkeeper
- Joubert Araújo MartinsJoubert Araújo MartinsJoubert Araújo Martins or simply Beto , is a Brazilian attacking midfielder. During his career, he has played for clubs such as Botafogo, Grêmio, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama....
(born 1975), Brazilian association football player - Leonardo AraújoLeonardo AraújoLeonardo Nascimento de Araújo, known as Leonardo , is a football manager and a former midfielder. He is currently active as director of football of French club Paris Saint-Germain....
(born 1969), football midfielder - Márcio Rodrigues AraújoMárcio Rodrigues AraújoMárcio Rodrigues Araújo or simply Márcio Araújo , is a Brazilian Márcio Rodrigues Araújo or simply Márcio Araújo , is a [[Brazil]]ian...
(born 1984), Brazilian defensive midfielder - Marcos Gomes de AraujoMarcos Gomes de AraujoMarcos Gomes de Araujo, better known as Marquinhos , is a Brazilian striker who currently plays for Clube Atlético Mineiro. He has spent his career playing mostly in the J. League.-Biography:...
(born 1976), Brazilian striker - Néstor AraujoNestor AraújoNéstor Alejandro Araujo Razo; in Guadalajara, Jalisco, is a Mexican footballer Defender, currently playing for Cruz Azul in Mexico's Primera Division....
(born 1991), Mexican footballer - Oélilton Araújo dos Santos (born 1981), Brazilian-born Croatian footballer
- Patricio AraujoPatricio AraujoPatricio Gabriel Araujo Vázquez is a Mexican footballer. He currently plays for C.D. Guadalajara as a defender in the Primera División de México.-Club career:...
(born 1988), Mexican footballer - Paulo Araujo Jr.Paulo Araujo Jr.Paulo Araujo Jr. is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer, on loan from Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League.-Brazil:...
(born 1989), Brazilian striker - Rafael Caetano de Araújo (born 1985), footballer
- Reginaldo AraújoReginaldo AraújoAntónio Reginaldo Matias de Araújo or simply Reginaldo Araújo is a Brazilian defender who last played football for Criciúma Esporte Clube.Reginaldo Araújo had a spell in Portugal with S.C. Beira-Mar....
(born 1977), Brazilian defender - Ricardo Martins de AraújoRicardo Martins de AraújoRicardo Martins de Araújo, or simply Kadu is a Brazilian central defender who is equally adept as a defensive midfielder.-Bragantino:Kadu has started your career in Bragantino since the 2006 season...
(born 1986), Brazilian footballer - Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo (born 1986), Brazilian football defender
- Saulo Araújo FontesSaulo Araújo FontesSaulo Araújo Fontes or simply Saulo , is a Brazilian goalkeeper. He currently plays for Sport.Saulo scored a last minute winner against Vitoria in February 2011, his first ever professional goal-External links:**...
(born 1989), Brazilian goalkeeper - Sérgio AraújoSérgio AraújoSérgio Araújo de Melo, usually known as Sérgio Araújo , was an association football winger...
(born 1963), Brazilian winger - Telmario de Araújo SacramentoTelmario de Araújo SacramentoTelmário de Araújo Sacramento known by his nickname Dinei , is a Brazilian football Striker. He currently plays for Palmeiras, on loan from Atlético Paranaense.-External links:*...
(born 1983), Brazilian striker - Thiago Luiz Moreira de AraújoThiago Luiz Moreira de AraújoThiago Luiz Moreira de Araújo or simply Araújo , is a Brazilian full back. He currently plays for Sport Club Corinthians Paranaense.-External links:***...
(born 1988), Brazilian full back
Place
- Ponta Araújo, São VicenteSão Vicente, Cape VerdeSão Vicente , also Son Visent or Son Sent in Cape Verdean Creole, is one of the Barlavento islands of Cape Verde. It is located between the islands of Santo Antão and Santa Luzia, with the Canal de São Vicente separating it from Santo Antão.- Geography :The island is roughly rectangular in shape...
, Cape VerdeCape VerdeThe Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...