Oñate
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Oñate is an older spelling of Oñati
, a town in Gipuzkoa, Spain
It is also a Basque
surname and may refer to:
Oñati
Oñati is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the north of Spain. It has a population of approximately 10,500 and lies in a valley in the center of the Basque country. It lies about 40 km south of the Bay of Biscay and is about 236 m...
, a town in Gipuzkoa, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
It is also a Basque
Basque people
The Basques as an ethnic group, primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country , a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France.The Basques are known in the...
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- Juan de OñateJuan de OñateDon Juan de Oñate y Salazar was a Spanish explorer, colonial governor of the New Spain province of New Mexico, and founder of various settlements in the present day Southwest of the United States.-Biography:...
, an explorer and early governor of the New Spain province of New Mexico - Cristóbal de OñateCristóbal de OñateCristóbal de Oñate was a Spanish Basque explorer, conquistador and colonial official in New Spain. He is considered the founder of the contemporary city of Guadalajara in 1531, as well as other places in Nueva Galicia .-Background:Oñate was born in 1552 in Vitoria or Oñate, in the Basque country...
, a conquistador and father of Juan de Oñate - Íñigo Vélez de Guevara, 7th Count of OñateÍñigo Vélez de Guevara, 7th Count of OñateÍñigo Vélez de Guevara, seventh Count of Oñate and Count of Villamediana was a Spanish political figure. He played an important role in the Thirty Years War....
- Íñigo Vélez de Guevara, 8th Count of OñateÍñigo Vélez de Guevara, 8th Count of OñateÍñigo Vélez de Guevara , 8th Count of Oñate was a Spanish political figure.He was the son of Íñigo Vélez de Guevara, 7th Count of Oñate and Catalina Vélez. His younger brother was Beltrán, Viceroy of Sardinia....
- Íñigo Vélez de Guevara, 10th Count of Oñate
- Santiago Oñate LabordeSantiago Oñate LabordeSantiago Oñate Laborde is a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party .Santiago Oñate has served in several positions inside the PRI and in the Mexican government...
, a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) - Jorge OñateJorge OñateJorge Oñate born March 31, 1949 in the town of Los Robles La Paz, near the city of Valledupar in northern Colombia, is one of the most renown singers and composers of the vallenato musical genre. As of 2004 and since the beginning of his career in 1968 he has achieved 25 gold discs, 7 platinum...
- Eugenio Oñate Ibañez de NavarraEugenio Oñate Ibañez de NavarraEugenio Oñate Ibañez de Navarra , often referred as Eugenio Onãte, is a Spanish engineer who works in computational mechanics.-Books:...
, a Spaniard engineer and a leading figure in computational mechanics.