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Meaning of arantxa by Francisco Valdez Mendoza





Francisco Valdez Mendoza

arantxa
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Female. Name of person, Basque. It is the short ( love ) of Arantzazu, advocation of the Virgin Mary. Is composed of: ) ARA: extensive mountain, sierra; (b) ) antz ( of an: elevation, and tz: contraction, tip ): picacho ( metaphorically skewer, spina ) c ) a: locative suffix; (d) ) zu: abundancial ending. In other words, sierra of abundant picachos, allusive to the terrain where stands the sanctuary of Aránzazu, near Oñate, Guipúzcoa. A: 1 etymology is popularly attributed ) arantz: Hawthorn; 2 ) an: in; 3 ) zu: you, or 'you in the Hawthorn', concerning the appearance of the Virgin Mary on a Hawthorn. ( Information taken from the «dictionary etymological compared the names of person», Gutierre Tibón )

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