What Does Zorro Mean?

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1. Zorronoun

   A daring and mysterious avenger (after the fictional character created in 1919 by pulp writer Johnston McCulley).

2. Zorronoun

   Fictional character created in 1919 by pulp writer Johnston McCulley.

3. Etymology: From Spanish zorro.

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1. Zorro

   Zorro (Spanish for 'fox') is a fictional character created in 1919 by American pulp writer Johnston McCulley, appearing in works set in the Pueblo of Los Angeles in Alta California. He is typically portrayed as a dashing masked vigilante who defends the commoners and indigenous peoples of California against corrupt and tyrannical officials and other villains. His signature all-black costume includes a cape, a hat known as a sombrero cordobés, and a mask covering the upper half of his face. In the stories, Zorro has a high bounty on his head, but is too skilled and cunning for the bumbling authorities to catch, and he also delights in publicly humiliating them. Because of this, the townspeople started calling him "El Zorro" due to his foxlike cunning and charm. Zorro is an acrobat and an expert in various weapons, but the one he employs most frequently is his rapier, which he uses often to carve the initial "Z" on his defeated foes, and other objects to "sign his work". He is also an accomplished rider, his trusty steed being a black horse called Tornado. Zorro is the secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega (originally Don Diego Vega), a young man who is the only son of Don Alejandro de la Vega, the richest landowner in California, while Diego's mother is dead. In most versions, Diego learned his swordsmanship while at university in Spain, and created his masked alter ego after he was unexpectedly summoned home by his father because California had fallen into the hands of an oppressive dictator. Diego is usually shown living with his father in a huge hacienda, which contains a number of secret passages and tunnels, leading to a secret cave that serves as headquarters for Zorro's operations and as Tornado's hiding place. In order to divert suspicion about his identity, Diego hides his fighting abilities while also pretending to be a coward and a fop. Zorro made his debut in the 1919 novel The Curse of Capistrano, originally meant as a stand-alone story. However, the success of the 1920 film adaptation The Mark of Zorro starring Douglas Fairbanks and Noah Beery, which introduced the popular Zorro costume, convinced McCulley to write more Zorro stories for about four decades: the character was featured in a total of five serialized stories and 57 short stories, the last one appearing in print posthumously in 1959, the year after his death. The Curse of Capistrano eventually sold more than 50 million copies, becoming one of the best-selling books of all time. While the rest of McCulley's Zorro stories did not enjoy the same popularity, as most of them were never reprinted until the 21st century, the character also appears in over 40 films and in ten TV series, the most famous being the Disney-produced Zorro series of 1957–1959, starring Guy Williams. Other media featuring Zorro include stories by other authors, audio/radio dramas, comic books and strips, stage productions and video games. Being one of the earliest examples of a fictional masked avenger with a double identity, Zorro inspired the creation of several similar characters in pulp magazines and other media, and is a precursor of the superheroes of American comic books, with Batman drawing particularly close parallels to the character.

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1. Zorro

   Zorro is a fictional character created in 1919 by New York–based pulp writer Johnston McCulley. The character has been featured in numerous books, films, television series, and other media. Zorro is the secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega, a Californio nobleman and master living in the Spanish colonial era. The character has undergone changes through the years, but the typical image of him is a dashing black-clad masked outlaw who defends the people of the land against tyrannical officials and other villains. Not only is he too cunning and foxlike for the bumbling authorities to catch, but he delights in publicly humiliating them.

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1. Zorro

   zor′ō, n. a South American fox-wolf. [Sp.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Zorro in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Zorro in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Wiktionaryhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Zorro
2. ^ Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorro
3. ^ Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Zorro
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionaryhttps://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Zorro

Translations for Zorro

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• زوروArabic
• zorroDanish
• zorroGerman
• zorroEsperanto
• ZorroSpanish
• zorroFrench
• ज़ोरोHindi
• zorroIndonesian
• zorroItalian
• זורוHebrew
• The word "zorro" translates to "ゾロ" in Japanese. If you meant it as a reference to the character Zorro, you can also use "ザロ" or write it in katakana as "ゾロ." If you have a specific context in mind, please provide more details!Japanese
• ಜೋರೋKannada
• The word "zorro" can be translated to Korean as "여우" (yeou), which means "fox." If you are referring to the character Zorro from literature or film, it is often transliterated as "조로" (Joro). Please clarify if you meant one of these or something elseKorean
• zorroLatin
• zorroNorwegian
• zorroPolish
• zorroPortuguese
• ZorroRussian
• zorroSwedish
• சோரோTamil
• The word "zorro" translates to "జొర్రో" in Telugu. If you meant something different or require more context, please let me know!Telugu
• zorroTurkish
• ZorroUkrainian
• zorroYiddish
• 佐羅Chinese

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