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Jaén

Andalusian city, world capital of olive oilciudad andaluza, capital mundial del aceite de oliva

Comes from Arabic

جَيَّان

jayyān

“Arabic name of the city, of earlier origin”«nombre árabe de la ciudad, de origen anterior»

Arabic today says

جَيَّان

jayyān

And it still does

The article

It came in without the article.

Arabic itself had taken it from Latin.

The story

Jaén comes from Andalusi Jayyān. Jayyān in turn is usually explained from a Latin (villa) Gaiena, "the estate of Gaius", though this is not proven. The idea that it means "caravan route" is folk etymology.Jaén viene del andalusí Jayyān. Jayyān, a su vez, se suele explicar desde un latín (villa) Gaiena, «la finca de Gayo», aunque no está probado. La idea de que significa «camino de caravanas» es etimología popular.

In a sentence

Los olivos de Jaén llegan hasta el horizonte.

Jaén's olive groves stretch to the horizon.

تَمْتَدّ أَشْجَار الزَّيْتُون في جَيَّان حَتَّى الأُفُق.

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