Cortes

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology
From, descriptive surname from. Compare, from a variant spelling, by analogy with surnames ending with (patronymic suffix).

For the municipality (formerly named Pamingwitan), multiple theories exist:
 * Named after, a village in Navarre, Spain
 * Named in honor of, conqueror of the Aztec Empire.
 * From

Etymology
A proper noun usage of from, plural of , a short form via syncope of  from  from  from.

Proper noun

 * 1) any of several legislative assemblies of Spain and Portugal; parliamentary chambers which exercise the power to craft legislation and control the actions of government as elected representatives of the public or, historically, in an advisory role to a reigning monarch