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== | ==Surnames== | ||
*Basque surnames are surnames with Basque-language origins or a long, identifiable tradition in the Basque Country (which comprises the '''Autonomous Communities of the Basque Country and Navarre in Spain''' and the '''Northern Basque Country in France'''). | |||
*Basque surnames can be divided into two main types, '''patronymic and non-patronymic'''. | |||
*Patronymics are by far the most common surnames in the whole of the '''Basque Autonomous Community and Navarre'''. The patronymics are derived from the father through the suffix '''-ez, -oz, -iz or -az which means 'of''''. | |||
*The Basque language also expresses family links with the genitive '''suffix -(r)ena, e.g. Perurena, Arozena, etc., meaning 'belonging to''''. | |||
*The non-patronymic surnames are often '''toponymic (geographical) ones that refer to the family's "etxea", the historically all important family home'''. When a farm (baserri) was rented to another family, often the new tenants were known locally by the farm name rather than by their officially registered surname. | |||
*Medieval Basque names follow a descriptive naming pattern about the person, pointing to physical features, family relations, or geographical origin. | |||
==Given Names== | |||
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