Couto

Couto may mean a number of different things:

Surname

Couto is a common surname in the Galician and Portuguese language, namely in Portugal, Galicia and Brazil. Its meaning is game reservation or feudal land. Sometimes a diminutive form occurs, Coutinho. It is a name associated with a great number of different people:

• André Couto, Portuguese/Macanese racing driver.
• Fernando Couto, Portuguese football player.
• Mia Couto, Mozambican writer.
• Maria Aurora Couto, Goan Catholic writer, historian and educationalist.
• Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes, longest-lived person to be documented in Portugal.
• Gago Coutinho, Portuguese aviation pioneer.
• Vasco Coutinho, founder of the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo.
• Alex Couto American politician/ intellectual

Places

• Couto de Santa Cristina, in Santo Tirso, Portugal.
• São Miguel do Couto, in Santo Tirso, Portugal.
• Couto do Mosteiro, in Santa Comba Dão, Portugal.
• Couto de Esteves, in Sever do Vouga, Portugal.
• Couto, in Barcelos, Portugal.
• Couto de Baixo, in Viseu, Portugal.
• Couto, in Abegondo, Galicia.
• Couto de Riba, in Alfoz, Galicia.
• Couto, in Gomesende, Galicia.
• Couto de Abaixo, in Vigo, Galicia.
• Couto de Cima, in Viseu, Portugal.
• Couto, in Pantón, Galicia.
• Couto, in Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal.
• Couto de Magalhães de Minas, in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
• Couto, Resendes do Ponta Delgada, Portugal.

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