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A given name in Spanish, Portuguese and 1 more
[uˈra.ka] · Spanish
01 / Meaning & origin
Urraca is a feminine given name documented in Spanish, Portuguese and Basque. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.
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Presumably from urraca (“magpie”), of imitative origin. Alternatively, both words could be of Paleo-Hispanic origin.
De origen incierto.
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04 / Through time
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Urraca— “council of war”
_Rad_ is chiefly a Frankish prefix, though we had one king Redwald. Radegond, or war council, was a Frankish queen who became a nun at Poitiers, and left a name still used by French girls in that neighbourhood. King Ordoño of Gallicia married, about the year 910, a lady recorded as Radegonda, or Arragonda, or Urraca, so that the perplexing Urraca may possibly be a contraction of this name. In the Spanish vernacular a magpie is called _urraca_, but probably from the likeness…
_Rad_ is chiefly a Frankish prefix, though we had one king Redwald. Radegond, or war council, was a Frankish queen who became a nun at Poitiers, and left a name still used by French girls in that neighbourhood. King Ordoño of Gallicia married, about the year 910, a lady recorded as Radegonda, or Arragonda, or Urraca, so that the perplexing Urraca may possibly be a contraction of this name. In the Spanish vernacular a magpie is called _urraca_, but probably from the likeness of the word to the note of the bird.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter V (The Karling Romances), Section III (Roland, &c) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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Spanish queen
Queen of Portugal
Portuguese nun from the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Queen of León
Queen consort of León and later of Navarre
Leonese infanta
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