Quintana

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Quintana f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poeciliidae – a fish, barred topminnow.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Osteichthyes – superclass; Actinopterygii – superclass; Actinopteri – class; Neopterygii – subclass; Teleostei – infraclass; Acanthopterygii – superorder; Percomorpha – series; Ovalentaria, Atherinomorpha – clades; Cyprinodontiformes – order; Cyprinodontoidei – suborder; Poeciliidae – family; Poeciliinae – subfamily; Girardinini – tribe

• (genus): Quintana atrizona (barred topminnow) – sole species

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From Romance (Spanish Quintana and Portuguese Quintana).

Quintana (countable and uncountable, plural Quintanas)

1. (countable) A surname from Spanish.
2. A placename
   1. An island of Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
   2. A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil.
   3. A district of Puerto Rico, United States.
   4. A town in Brazoria County, Texas, United States.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
• Hyphenation: Quin‧ta‧na

Quintana ?

1. a municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

Quintana m or f by sense

1. a surname

From the noun quintana (“country house”)

• IPA^(key): /kinˈtana/ [kĩn̪ˈt̪a.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Quin‧ta‧na

Quintana m or f by sense

1. a surname