Amparo (name)
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Amparo is a Portuguese and Spanish word that means refuge or shelter (and in a broader sense, protection). Several places in the Iberian Peninsula and in Latin America are named Amparo, some associated with Our Lady of the Refuge (Portiiirdr dr.: Nossa Senhora do Amparo, Esp: Nuestra Señora del Amparo). Sometimes spelled Ámparo (in Spanish).