Guadalupeña/o
English translation: Guadalupan
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| 03:12 Aug 22, 2013 |
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Guadalupean Explanation: I´ve seen it in some sites. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 mins (2013-08-22 03:28:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.trinitytravelpty.com/#!__guadalupean-pilgrimage-t... http://books.google.com.br/books/about/Guadalupean_Eyes.html... |
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2 days 12 hrs confidence:
Guadalupan Explanation: I don't think there's just one authoritatively correct answer here; all we can do is go by precedents (quantity and quality), and on the whole, as I've indicated above, they point towards "Guadalupan". First, I agree that we should avoid "Guadalupian", since a quick Google search confirms that this form is overwhelmingly associated with the geological period, named after the Guadalupe mountains in Texas. Even within Mexico, there is more than one Guadalupe, and of course as well as a place name it is an overwhelmingly important religious phenomenon. Information on what people from the town/city of Guadalupe are called is scant, but the adjective in Spanish associated with the religious phenomenon is "guadalupano/a". Specifically, Our Lady of Guadalupe is known as "La Guadalupana": "El 6 de septiembre de 1556, Montúfar predicó una homilía en la cual se pronunciaba partidario de la promoción del culto a la Guadalupana entre los indígenas." http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuestra_Señora_de_Guadalupe_(Mé... And indeed, people who come from Guadalupes in various places always seem to be called "guadalupanos", not "guadalupeanos": http://www.google.es/search?num=100&biw=1024&bih=677&q="guad... http://www.google.es/search?num=100&biw=1024&bih=677&q="guad... So really, "Guadalupan" is the obvious way to go. This doesn't alter the fact that the form "Guadalupean" is found and used, as Vidomar has shown, including references in published books, though a number of these references are to the geological term: http://www.google.es/search?num=100&biw=1024&bih=677&hl=es&t... And indeed, the possible confusion between "Guadalupian" and "Guadalupean" might be regarded as another reason to avoid it and go for "Guadalupan", which is more common in a general Google search and also in a specific Google Books search: http://www.google.es/search?num=100&biw=1024&bih=641&hl=es&t... The first one on the list here is The Guadalupan Controversies in Mexico (Stanford UP, 2006), which might be taken as a suitable model to follow (although of course it refers to the devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe rather than the place name). -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 days13 hrs (2013-08-25 17:10:11 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- A pleasure, as always, Christine! |
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