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Alfonso

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Alfonso (Italian and Spanish), Alfons (Catalan and German), Afonso (Portuguese), Affonso (Ancient Portuguese), Alphonse (French and English), Alphons (Dutch), or Alphonso (English and Filipino) is a masculine name, originally from the Gothic language. The original meaning of the name is uncertain. It could be derived from adal "noble" and funs "ready" or from the name Hildefuns, which is preserved in the Spanish and Portuguese Ildefonso (Latinised as Ildephonsus) and means "battle ready" (hild "battle" combined with funs "ready"). It is the name of many historical personages and others:

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Kings of Portugal

Kings of Castile, León, Galicia or Asturias

Kings of Aragon

Kings of Spain

Kings of Naples

Manikongo (Kings of the Congo)

Other people

Afonso

Alfonso

Ildefonso/Ildephonsus

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Airports

Stadiums

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Treaty of San Ildefonso

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  1. ^ Head of the Royal House of Portugal and pretender to the Portuguese throne.

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