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Cruz is a surname of Iberian origin, first found in Castile, Spain, but later spread throughout the territories of the former Spanish and Portuguese Empires. In Spanish and Portuguese, the word means "cross", either the Christian cross or the figure of transecting lines or ways. For example, in the Philippines, the adopted Tagalog word is rendered to "krus" in plain usage, but the Spanish spelling survives as a surname.

The word "Cruz", as well as "Vera Cruz" ("True Cross") and "Santa Cruz" ("Holy Cross") are used as surnames and topological names. Its origin as a surname particularly flourished after the Alhambra Decree of 1492 and the increasing activities of the Spanish Inquisition, when New Christian families with Crypto-Jewish, Moorish, and/or mixed religious heritage converted to the state-enforced religion of Catholicism and subsequently fashioned and adopted surnames with unambiguous religious affiliation.

Cruz (disambiguation)

Real and fictional characters with Cruz as a first or last name. Cruz is a surname of Iberian origin.

Cruz or La Cruz may also refer to:

Cruz (Velocity Micro)

Cruz is a line of Android-based e-book readers and tablet computers by Velocity Micro, a privately held computer manufacturer located in Richmond, Virginia that specializes in custom high-end computers.

Usage examples of "cruz".

I believe Cruz is coming for you tomorrow afternoon to show you whatever you need to see to decide which instruments of death your government will provide us.

I gave him the shopping list Cruz and I had come up with the night before.

But Carlos had vanished, with a muttered excuse that he had to prepare for the evening, so Cruz had settled for me.

I was getting a little drunk, but Cruz showed no sign that the alcohol was affecting him.

I sensed the approach of an aircraft before I saw it, and touched Cruz on the shoulder.

I pulled stuff from the capsule and handed it to Cruz, who loaded each man as heavily as possible.

It rocked slightly as we stepped in and Cruz reached under the decking.

I found Cruz behind the biggest window of all, in the center of the building, stretching from roof line to the ground.

I had to hope that either Cruz would come back, or I would find a boat to steal somewhere on the island.

I decided it had to be Cruz, but the problem was how to get his attention.

A reply formed on his lips, but before he could speak, Cruz broke in again.

We had an hour from the time we slipped into the water until Cruz was scheduled to signal the start by taking out the first popper.

Everybody knew Cruz was making it up as he went along, and everybody smiled and applauded enthusiastically as each station of the Cross was passed in this odd little homily.

I asked Cruz, as we crossed to Janitzio Island so that I could finally send a message to Nordeen.

There were no seats, but Cruz came up with some straw mats and blankets to provide a little padding.