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Aitor Míguez
Aitor is a Basque people, Basque masculine given name, created by Agosti Xaho for a Basque ancestral patriarch descending from the Biblical Tubal in his work "The Legend of Aitor" (published in French in the journal ''Ariel'', 1845). Koldo Mitxelena believes that Xaho created it from the Souletin Basque expression ''aitoren semeak'' or ''aitonen semeak'' ("gentry", literally "sons of good fathers" interpreted as "sons of Aitor", ''aita'' meaning "father" and ''on'' meaning "good"Aitor in the Spanish-language Auñamendi Encyclopedia.) After Xaho, it was popularized by the Spanish-language novel ''Amaya o los vascos en el siglo VIII''. Nowadays it is a common name among Basque males. People with the name Aitor include: * Txiki Beguiristain, Aitor 'Txiki' Beguiristain (born 1964), Spanish retired footballer * Aitor Embela * Aitor Gal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agosti Xaho
Augustin Chaho in French or Agosti Xaho in Basque was an important Romantic Basque writer. He was born in Tardets (Atharratze in basque), Soule, French Basqueland on 10 October 1811 and died in Bayonne (Baiona in Basque), Labourd 23 October 1858. He is considered a precursor of left-wing Basque patriotism. It is usually said that he studied in Paris with Charles Nodier. In Paris he developed his esoteric thought. He wrote ''Travel to Navarre during the insurrection of the Basques (1830-1835)'' (1836, in French, on his experiences in the First Carlist War, which he interprets as an ethnic war of Basques against Spain that would bring about a basque republic.), ''The Legend of Aitor'' (in which he invented a national creation myth, that had great acceptance for some time) Azurmendi, J. 2020: ''Pentsamenduaren historia Euskal Herrian'', Andoain, Jakin. pp.341–342. and ''Azti-Begia'' (''The Soothsayer's Eye'' in Souletin Basque). He was a republican supporter, and became counc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
