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The Arabic name of Azuqueca

Azuqueca de Henares, La Campiña, Guadalajara

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The Arabic name of Azuqueca

Curiosity · Azuqueca de Henares, La Campiña, Guadalajara

Image of Azuqueca de Henares, not of the place itself.

The place name comes from the Arabic al-zuqayqa, meaning little street. In 1961 a 2nd-century Roman villa and a Visigothic necropolis were discovered in the municipal district.

Photo: Viquipèdia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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