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Tobas, the Origin of the Place Name

Villatobas, Mesa de Ocaña, Toledo

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Tobas, the Origin of the Place Name

Curiosity · Villatobas, Mesa de Ocaña, Toledo

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The name combines villa and tobas, perhaps with an intermediate preposition de that was lost over time. Tobas is the plural of the term toba, from the Vulgar Latin tofa and the Classical Latin tofus, which can refer either to a porous, lightweight limestone or to a variety of thistle, the cotton thistle. According to the article on the municipality, the toponym most likely refers to the abundance of wild thistles in the place where the town was founded, rather than to the stone.

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