Sanchez

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proper noun

A surname from Spanish [in turn originating as a patronymic]; variant form Sánchez.

OriginSpanish Sánchez →
CommonScrabble 21
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Meanings

proper nounSanchez (plural Sanchezes or Sanchezs)

plural Sanchezes · plural Sanchezs

  1. A surname from Spanish [in turn originating as a patronymic]; variant form Sánchez.
    1 more example

    […]—clearing out by military murders,—since they are executions without judicial trials—the descendants of the Sanchezs, the Garcias and the Remirezs,—the brave men who had achieved all that has been done for liberty and independence,—the result of Spain’s surrender of her colony by the Treaty of Bâle.

    1862, Richard Hill, Haïti and Spain: A Memorial, by Richard Hill, Dedicated to the Honorable W. H. Seward, Secretary of State at Washington, Jamaica: M. De Cordova & Co., […], page 10
proper nounSanchez (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA barangay of Asingan, Pangasinan, Philippines.

Origin

  1. SpanishSánchez
  2. SpanishSánchez
  3. EnglishSanchez

Borrowed from Spanish Sánchez.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 桑切斯
  • 桑切斯 (Sāngqièsī)Translations
Hindi सांचेस
  • सांचेस (sāñces)Translations
Portuguese Sanches
  • SanchesTranslations
Spanish Sánchez
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Tagalog Sanchez
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Cite this entry
APA

Sanchez. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sanchez

MLA

“Sanchez.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sanchez. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sanchez,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sanchez.

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