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[Surname] Re: BEZOS and CHUMPITAZ's origin and meaning
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Bezos means 'thick lips' in Spanish. I don't know the origin of Chumpitaz.
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Chumpitaz appears on this list of Quechua surnames -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Quechuan-language_surnames
but it's meaning is not given. The name appears to be confined to Peru. Quechua was the language of the Inca people of Peru, Bolivia, etc.
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