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Help[Facts] Re: Dorleta
in reply to a message by Dorleta
Our Lady of Dorleta is venerated at Leintz-Gaztaga (Euskadi), a village well known for its salt-works.
Dorleta comes from the Basque dorla, name of the square used to obtain salt (near the sanctuary there are these squares). The suffix -eta is not a diminutive, but a locative "place of" (as in Zelaieta, e.g.): "place of dorlas".
You can have more information at:
http://www.euskaltzaindia.com/eoda/izenak.asp?onoma=izenak&hizkuntza=eu&testua=dorleta (Basque)
http://www.euskaltzaindia.com/eoda/izenak.asp?onoma=izenak&hizkuntza=es&testua=dorleta (Spanish)
Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
Dorleta comes from the Basque dorla, name of the square used to obtain salt (near the sanctuary there are these squares). The suffix -eta is not a diminutive, but a locative "place of" (as in Zelaieta, e.g.): "place of dorlas".
You can have more information at:
http://www.euskaltzaindia.com/eoda/izenak.asp?onoma=izenak&hizkuntza=eu&testua=dorleta (Basque)
http://www.euskaltzaindia.com/eoda/izenak.asp?onoma=izenak&hizkuntza=es&testua=dorleta (Spanish)
Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
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