[Facts] Re: do you know the meaning of Acosta ??
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According to Hanks & Hodges' A Dictionary of Surnames, Acosta is normally a Spanish or Portuguese surname for someone who lived on a hillside or near the coast, and comes from a misdivision of the original Portuguese "Da Costa" into "D'Acosta".
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do you know the meaning of Acosta ??  ·  Nadal  ·  6/16/2010, 9:44 AM
Re: do you know the meaning of Acosta ??  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  6/16/2010, 12:31 PM
Re: do you know the meaning of Acosta ??  ·  Nadal  ·  6/17/2010, 3:22 AM