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Guadalupe

town and monastery in Extremadura; its Virgin gave her name to Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexicopueblo y monasterio de Extremadura; su Virgen dio nombre a la de Guadalupe de México

Comes from Arabic

وَادِي

wādī

“river, valley (the second part of the name is uncertain)”«río, valle (la segunda parte del nombre es incierta)»

Arabic today says

وَادِي

wādī

And it still does

Root

و د ي

w-d-y

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

Guad- is almost certainly wādī, but the rest is disputed: some see Latin lupus ("river of wolves", a hybrid name), others an Arabic wādī al-lubb ("hidden river"), and no proposal has been proven. Mexico's Virgin of Guadalupe took her name from the one in Extremadura.Guad- es casi seguro wādī, pero el resto se discute: unos ven el latín lupus («río de lobos», nombre híbrido), otros un árabe wādī al-lubb («río escondido»), y ninguna propuesta está demostrada. La Virgen de Guadalupe de México tomó el nombre de la extremeña.

In a sentence

Millones de peregrinos visitan la Basílica de Guadalupe.

Millions of pilgrims visit the Basilica of Guadalupe.

يَزُور المَلَايِين كَنِيسَة غوادالوبي كُلّ عَام.

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