the last name hidalgo comes from nahuatl.
where does the last name hidalgo come from?
nahuatl
the mission was named after the fictional spanish knight from miguel de cervantes' renowned novel, don quixote, who charged against a windmill, thinking it to be a giant. like quixote, the hidalgo spacecraft was to 'attack' an object much larger than itself, hopefull making impressive results. 'sancho' was named after sancho panza, the quixote's squire, who preferred to stay back and watch from a safe distance, which was the role assigned to that probe. finally, the name hidalgo was a minor spanish title (roughly equivalent to a baronet), now obsolete. in the novel, it was the title alonso quijano had even before becoming don quijote.
don quijote (spacecraft)
bullet::::- villa hidalgo (tuzantán), chiapas





















































bullet::::- villa hidalgo, coahuila





















































bullet::::- villa hidalgo, durango





















































bullet::::- villa hidalgo, jalisco





















































bullet::::- villa hidalgo, nayarit





















































bullet::::- villa hidalgo, san luis potosí





















































bullet::::- villa hidalgo, sonora





















































bullet::::- villa hidalgo, tamaulipas





















































bullet::::- villa hidalgo, zacatecas





















































bullet::::- villa hidalgo (santa rita), zacatecas





















































section::::places.:united states.





















































bullet::::- hidalgo, illinois





















































bullet::::- hidalgo, texas





















































bullet::::- hidalgo county, new mexico





















































bullet::::- hidalgo county, texas





















































section::::places.:fiction.





















































bullet::::- hidalgo, name of a fictional country in central america in the doc savage stories





















































section::::other uses.
hidalgo