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Guadalupe

/ɡwadaˈlupe/

proper noun/ɡwadaˈlupe/

a female given name transferred from the place name; a male given name; Guadeloupe (an island at the northeastern edge of the Caribbean); Guadeloupe (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, including the island of Guadeloupe); Guadalupe (island off Baja California)

Related: guadalupense, guadalupeño

From the epithet of the Virgin Mary as “Our Lady of Guadalupe”, patron of Mexico. The place name, where the image is kept, is from a combination of Arabic وَادِي ٱل (wādī l-, “valley of the”) and Latin lupus (“wolf”).