It is compounded of the words cova (cave),[1]ruber (red)[2] and the suffixia (that has the quality of),[3] meaning "the cave that is red" or simply "red cave".[4]
Coat of armsedit
In 1592, A. Sales, in the Book of Armoria, described the coat of arms used by a Covarrubias family of the village of Cocentaina (Province of Alicante, Spain).[5][6]
The Book of Armoria describes the coat of arms of the Covarrubias family of Cocentaina as consisting of a quartered Spanish shield with the following characteristics and tinctures:
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December 15, 2023
covarrubias, surname, other, uses, covarrubias, disambiguation, covarrubias, surname, spanish, language, indicating, place, origin, village, municipality, covarrubias, province, burgos, spain, that, founded, century, visigothic, king, chindasuinth, covarrubias. For other uses see Covarrubias disambiguation Covarrubias is a surname in the Spanish language indicating place of origin the village and municipality of Covarrubias province of Burgos Spain that was founded in the 7th century by the visigothic king Chindasuinth CovarrubiasCoat of armsLanguage s SpanishOriginMeaningRed cave s Region of originCovarrubias Burgos Castile and Leon SpainIt is compounded of the words cova cave 1 ruber red 2 and the suffix ia that has the quality of 3 meaning the cave that is red or simply red cave 4 Coat of arms editIn 1592 A Sales in the Book of Armoria described the coat of arms used by a Covarrubias family of the village of Cocentaina Province of Alicante Spain 5 6 The Book of Armoria describes the coat of arms of the Covarrubias family of Cocentaina as consisting of a quartered Spanish shield with the following characteristics and tinctures 1st field Azure blue with five stars in azure 2nd field Or gold with four fess bands in gules red 3rd field Argent silver and a fess in sable black 4th field Azure and a cross in argentPeople with the surname editMiguel Covarrubias Mexican artist ethnologist and art historian Sebastian de Covarrubias a lexicographer Marita Covarrubias fictional character from the television series The X FilesReferences edit RAE Dictionary Cueva RAE Dictionary Rubor l Enciclopedia Diccionari Catalan Dictionary Ia permanent dead link Mis apellidos com Covarrubias Libro de Armoria Heraldica del apellido Covarrubias Archived from the original on 2009 01 13 Retrieved 2008 07 03 Document in the Library of the Royal Academy of History of Spain in spanish permanent dead link nbsp This page lists people with the surname Covarrubias If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page you may wish to change that link by adding the person s given name s to the link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Covarrubias surname amp oldid 1188514319, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,