name
Guadalupe
gwah-dah-LOO-peh
ɡwɑdɑˈluːpɛListen
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Syllable breakdown
Guadalupe
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Tarahumara (Mexico)
- Meaning
- a name used among Rarámuri communities honouring the Virgin of Guadalupe, the syncretic figure at the centre of Mexican popular Catholicism; the name fuses the Arabic wad al-lubb meaning hidden river with the Nahuatl suffix added by early missionaries; among the Rarámuri the Virgin of Guadalupe has been incorporated into a rich syncretic spiritual practice blending Catholic imagery with indigenous ceremonies including the tutuburi and yumari dances performed to call rain and maintain cosmic balance
- Gender
- unisex
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