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Origin of the name HIRAO.
Etymology of the
name HIRAO.
Meaning of the baby name HIRAO.
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HIRAO.
Chamorro name, said to mean "emotion." It may be from
Spanish influence. Its variants are Hurao,
and
Irao. Spanish I'ra = "passion, rage." Huracan
= "hurricane." (A Dictionary of the Spanish and English
Languages, de la Cadena, 1883). Hurao is identical to the
International word for "a hurrah!" (English-International
Dictionary, Beaufront-Couturat, 1908).
...The disaffection did not
disappear with the making of this peace, however, and the Chamorros still
hoped to throw off the yoke of the conquerors. This feeling was
fostered by the chiefs and macajnas, who saw the new régime usurping their
power and authority... troubles culminated on April 2, 1672, in the murder
of the president of the mission, Padre Sanvitores, and his servant at
Timbon, a spot on the beach of Tumon Bay near Lovers Point. The old
padre was macheted while in the act of baptizing a child by Matapang and Hirao,
two chieftains or nobles of the people. His body was thrown into the
sea and floated ashore at a spot on the beach one-fourth of a mile east of
Agana, and rude wooden crosses mark this place to-day. (The Island of
Guam, Cox, 1917)
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