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Matos

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* As a Spanish and Galician surname, from the plural of mato (“brushwood”). See Mato. This is also found in Portuguese through placenames from the same noun. Compare De Matos.

* As a Hungarian surname, variant of Matus.

* As a Serbo-Croatian and Slovak surname Matoš, Máťoš, from a pet form of derivations of the name Matthaeus, see Matthew. This is also found in Slovene.

proper noun Matoses · Mattos

  1. A surname.

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"Matos." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/matos. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Matos. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/matos

Chicago

"Matos." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/matos.

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@misc{matos_2026,
  title = {Matos},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/matos},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}