# Chaves

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #77,521

## Definitions
1. A surname from Ibero-Romance.
2. A surname from Ibero-Romance.
3. A surname from Ibero-Romance.
4. A city and municipality in Vila Real district, Portugal.
5. A municipality of Pará, Brazil.
6. Ellipsis of Chaves County: a county of New Mexico, United States.

## Etymology
From Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish Chaves, a city and castle in Portugal. Doublet of Chavez.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/chaves