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Almodóvar

/almoˈdobaɾ/

proper noun/almoˈdobaɾ/

a surname from Portuguese

Borrowed from Portuguese Almodôvar, from Arabic الْمُدَوَّر (al-mudawwar, “the round thing”). The name probably refers to a nearby hill; تَلّ اَلْمُدَوَّر (tall al-mudawwar, “round hill”) is a fairly common Arabic placename.