Word origins

• UriosteA surname.
• UriosteguiA surname.
• UristaA surname.
• UrizarA surname.
• UrquidezA surname.
• UrquidiA surname.
• UrquijoA surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
• UrquillaA surname.
• UrquizaA surname.
• UrquizoA surname.
• UrsuaA surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
• UrueñaA village in the province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain.
• UruetaA surname.
• UrzuaA surname.
• UscangaA surname.
• UsedaA surname from Spanish.
• UsulutánA department of El Salvador.
• uveroSea grape (Coccoloba uvifera)
• ValdespinoA surname from Spanish.
• ValtierraA surname.
• VaqueraA surname from Spanish.
• varguenoA decorative cabinet of a kind originating near Toledo in Spain, having a rectangular body supported on legs or an ornamental framework, and a front that opens downwards on hinges to serve as a writing desk.
• VasconezA surname from Spanish.
• VeladorA surname from Spanish.
• veletaA dance to waltz music in triple time.
• vellonAn old Spanish coin made from copper-based billon.
• ventannaA window.
• VeraguasA province of Panama.
• VerdeciaA surname from Spanish.
• verdolagaPortulaca oleracea, common purslane.
• verdugadoA type of dress with a hoop, similar to the farthingale.
• veredaA scattered settlement in Latin America.
• VertizA surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
• VidaurreA surname from Spanish
• VidaurriA surname.
• ViedmaA city, the capital of Río Negro province, Argentina.
• VielmaA surname from Spanish.
• ViescaA surname from Spanish.
• VilarromarísA civil parish of Oroso, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
• VilcanotaA mountain range in the southeast of Peru, part of the Andes.
• Villa ClaraA province of Cuba.
• Villa ConstituciónA city in Santa Fe province, Argentina.
• VillacortaA surname from Spanish.
• VillacresA surname from Spanish.
• VillaflorA surname from Spanish.
• VillagranaA surname from Spanish.
• Villa MercedesA city in San Luis province, Argentina.
• villancicoA traditional Spanish (or Portuguese) folk song with short stanzas and a refrain; now especially common as a Christmas carol.
• VillanedaA surname from Spanish.
• VillapandoA surname from Spanish.
• VillarinA surname from Spanish.
• VillistaA supporter of Pancho Villa (1878-1923), a leader of the Mexican Revolution.
• Viña del MarA seaside city in Valparaíso province, Valparaíso region, Chile, known for its music festival, beach resorts, and a monumental garden clock.
• ViñalesA surname from Spanish
• vinchucaThe kissing bug Triatoma infestans
• VindiolaA surname from Spanish.
• vinegaroonA whip scorpion (arachnid of order Thelyphonida), which when threatened may eject a liquid containing acetic acid.
• viruelaSynonym of apricot pseudopox (“a disease of apricots”).
• viscachaAny of the several South American rodents, native to the Andes Mountains, of the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus.
• viscacheraA warren inhabited by viscachas.
• ViscarraA surname.
• ViveroA surname.
• voladorA flying fish of California (Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus californicus).
• volapiéA mortal thrust to the bull. The bullfighter runs towards the stationary bull, facing it head-on, jumps on top of it and thrusts the estocada into the bull's back.
• vomitoThe most virulent form of yellow fever.
• Vuelta a EspañaAn annual long-distance cycling race in Spain.
• webnovelaA Latin American or European dramatized series, inspired by fan fiction, that is presented as a set of video chapters on the internet.
• WencesA surname from Spanish.
• XibalbaThe underworld in Mayan mythology.
• XochapaA town in Alcozauca de Guerrero, Guerrero, Mexico.
• XochistlahuacaA town in Guerrero, Mexico.
• XocomilA wind over Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
• xoconostleA prickly pear cactus of species Opuntia matudae, native to Central Mexico.
• xucA danceable traditional music style from El Salvador developed in the 1940s; a dance related to said style.
• yaccaEither of two large evergreens of the West Indies, Podocarpus coriaceus and Podocarpus purdieanus.
• yaconThe Peruvian ground apple, Smallanthus sonchifolius
• yageAyahuasca.
• yanosA surname from Spanish.
• YayantiqueA town in La Unión department, El Salvador.
• YbanezA Hispanic and Filipino surname from Spanish.
• YecapixtlaA town in Morelos, Mexico.
• YepezA surname from Spanish.
• YepizA surname from Mexico.
• yerbalA field for growing maté.
• yerba mansaA fragrant plant, used medicinally, and native to the southern US and northern Mexico, Anemopsis californica.
• yerba mateIlex paraguariensis, a plant used to make maté.
• yeroA surname from Spanish.
• YoloaiquínA town in Morazán department, El Salvador.
• YosondúaA town in Oaxaca, Mexico.
• YosoyuxiA village in Santiago Juxtlahuaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.
• YucatánA peninsula in North America incorporating the Mexican states of Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo as well as Belize and northeastern Guatemala.
• YucuaiquínA town in La Unión department, El Salvador.
• YucunicocoA community in Santiago Juxtlahuaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.
• yugadaA traditional Spanish unit of land area, equivalent to about 32.2 hectares.
• yungaAn area of forest in the eastern Andes, located between the highlands and eastern forests.
• ZaballosA surname from Spanish.
• zabraA small sailing vessel used off the coasts of Spain and Portugal.
• ZacatecoA member of a Native American indigenous group who inhabited most of what is now the state of Zacatecas and the northeastern part of Durango.
• ZacatecolucaA town in La Paz department, El Salvador.
• zaguanA passageway of a central passage plan house, or the complex as a whole, in Territorial or Territorial Revival architecture in the American Southwest.