Altamirano
Proper noun
Meaning
Altamirano (plural Altamiranos)
A surname from Spanish.
Examples
Hernán's mother was Catalina Pizarro Altamirano.
The players were chosen following a recommendation from the SBP Selection Committee consisting of SBP executive director Sonny Barrios as chairman, and coaches Jong Uichico, Pat Aquino, Ronnie Magsanoc and Eric Altamirano.
Bella Altamirano, a fearless local, is on her own crusade to pierce the settlement's code of silence, ignoring repeated death threats.
Although Morales may lack his predecessor's three decades-plus experience, his roots in the community go every bit as deep as those of Altamirano — to whom, in fact, he's distantly related.
In areas such as Ocosingo, Altamirano and Las Margaritas, the towns where the Zapatistas first came into prominence in 1994, 48% of the adults are illiterate.
State Sen. John Arthur Smith, a Deming Democrat who chairs the powerful Finance Committee once headed by Altamirano, is one of those Morales credits for helping him get oriented to the legislature.