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Goes
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goes Góes goês gös Goes.
Translingual
thumb|Goes pulverulentus species.
Etymology
Borrowed from mul grc γόης sorcerer, wizard.
Proper noun
m 1
genus family Cerambycidae certain longhorn beetles
See also
Q5577165 1
mul Chrysomeloid beetles
English
+ (surname)
Etymology
Two possible origins:
Borrowed from en nl Goes, a habitational surname from a city in the province of nl Zeeland.
Borrowed from en pt Goes, a habitational surname from any of several places called pt Góis.
Proper noun
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en.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Goes is the 40610th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 538 individuals. Goes is most common among White (89.41%) individuals.
Further reading
en surnames from Dutch surnames from Portuguese
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as curtagosu in 976. Derived from an ancient hydronym, which in turn derives from nl odt gus stream.
Pronunciation
nl /ɣus/
nl Nl-Goes.ogg
nl Goes
nl us 1
Proper noun
n
nl city/and/municipality p/Zeeland c/Netherlands
nl Ganzestad<qq:nickname>
nl Abbekinderen Blauwewijk Eindewege Goese Sas Kattendijke Kloetinge Monnikendijk Noordeinde Oude Veerdijk Oud-Sabbinge Planketent Roodewijk 's-Heer Arendskerke 's-Heer Hendrikskinderen Sluis De Piet Tervaten Waanskinderen Wilhelminadorp Wissekerke Wolphaartsdijk
nl — famously held by:
Willem Goes (1611–1686), Dutch writer who wrote frequently under the pseudonym “Lucius Verus”
Derived terms
nl Goesenaar
nl Goese Meer
nl Goese Polder
nl Goese Sas
Descendants
la Goesius 1
References
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