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* As a Spanish and Galician surname, from the plural of mato (“brushwood”). See Mato. This is also found in Portuguese through placenames from the same noun. Compare De Matos. * As a Hungarian surname, variant of Matus. * As a Serbo-Croatian and Slovak surname Matoš, Máťoš, from a pet form of derivations of the name Matthaeus, see Matthew. This is also found in Slovene.
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APA
Matos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Matos
MLA
“Matos.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Matos. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Matos,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Matos.
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