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Márquez

British  
/ ˈmɑːkɛz /

noun

  1. Gabriel García. See (Gabriel) García Márquez

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The organization, New Marquetalia, operates in Colombia and Venezuela under the leadership of Luciano Marin, better known by his alias, Iván Márquez.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

"I think the trains aren't as safe as before," says Olga Márquez, another resident of Córdoba.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

That bloody chapter in Colombian history provided a factual basis for a subplot in “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” an epic novel by Gabriel García Márquez, who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1982.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026

Márquez ran to the roof of her house, where the roar of planes overhead filled the night sky.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

Many years before, when he was still almost a child, Gerineldo Márquez had declared his love for Amaranta.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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