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Carlos

American  
[kahr-lohs, -luhs, kahr-laws] / ˈkɑr loʊs, -ləs, ˈkɑr lɔs /

noun

  1. Don Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón, 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.

  2. a male given name.


Carlos British  
/ ˈkɑːlɒs /

noun

  1. Don. full name Carlos María Isidro de Borbón. 1788–1855, second son of Charles IV: pretender to the Spanish throne and leader of the Carlists.

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Here’s Bhatt, in his own words, from our interview in San Carlos, Calif.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

Ghana's wily coach Carlos Queiroz seemed to take great pleasure in suggesting - several times - that England had "no solutions".

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

Somewhere in the middle of that woo-woo spectrum lies the work of Carlos Castaneda.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

“Restrepo was not very good when he was in government,” says Carlos de Sousa, emerging markets debt strategist at Vontobel Asset Management.

From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026

I stare at Hana’s poster of two track runners from the Olympics, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, with their fists raised on the winners’ platform.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

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