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Meaning & History
Means "reed, rush" in Spanish (related to Juncal), taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen de la Junquera (Galician: A Virxe da Xunqueira), meaning "The Virgin of the Reed."
She is the patroness of Cee in the Galician province of A Coruña, hence the name's particularly high concentration there.
She is the patroness of Cee in the Galician province of A Coruña, hence the name's particularly high concentration there.