Madre de Dios
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Madre de Dios is a fairly common Spanish
designation for the Virgin Mary, literally meaning "mother of God". It can refer to:
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
designation for the Virgin Mary, literally meaning "mother of God". It can refer to:
Places
- Madre de Dios IslandMadre de Dios IslandMadre de Dios Island is an island in the Patagonian Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. Its area is 1,043 km². Madre de Dios Island is composed partly by limestone and has several natural caves...
, Chile - Madre de Dios MineMadre de Dios Minethumb|right|250px|View of one of the Mines in the Madre de Dios areaMadre de Dios, located east the town of Máfil in Chile, is a placer deposit of gold that has been mined several times since its discovery in 1556. The bedrock of the Madre de Dios area is made of metamorphic and crystalline rocks...
, Chile - Madre de Dios ProvinceMadre de Dios ProvinceMadre de Dios is one of the five provinces of the Bolivian Pando department and is situated in the department's southern parts. Its name derives from Río Madre de Dios which forms the province's northern border. - Location :...
, Bolivia - Madre de Dios RegionMadre de Dios RegionMadre de Dios is a region in southeastern Peru, bordering Brazil, Bolivia and the Peruvian regions of Puno, Cusco and Ucayali. Its capital is the city of Puerto Maldonado. The name of the region is a very common Spanish language designation for the Virgin Mary, literally meaning Mother of...
, Peru - Madre de Dios RiverMadre de Dios RiverThe Madre de Dios River, homonymous to the Peruvian region it runs through, then becomes the Beni River in Bolivia and then turns northward into Brazil, where it is called the Madeira River...
, Peru
Other
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in Spanish-speaking countries. It has decreased over time and as the American culture has seeped into those Spanish speaking countries. - Madre de DeusMadre de DeusMadre de Deus was a Portuguese ship, renowned for her fabulous cargo, which stoked the English appetite for trade with the Far East, then a Portuguese monopoly....
, a PortuguesePortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
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, sometimes referred to by its Spanish name