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Gender Feminine
Usage Catalan (Rare)
Meaning & History
Means "clod" (a word referring to a lump of earth or clay) in Catalan. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary Mare de Déu de la Gleva meaning "Mother of God of the Clod". She is the patron saint of the municipality of Vic, in Barcelona, Spain. According to folk legend, a young shepherdess found the image of the Virgin inside a cave formed by two columns supporting a clod. A chapel was then built in the same spot.