Arantza or Arantxa is a
Basque feminine
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given name
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, meaning "thornbush".
It is a
hypocoristic for ''
Our Lady of Arantzazu
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The image is widely known due to claims of miraculous healing and flood safety ...
'', a shrine of
Mary, mother of Jesus
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jews, Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Jose ...
, in
Gipuzkoa
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.
People with the name Arantxa include:
Tennis
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Arantxa Parra Santonja
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Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
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Arantxa Rus
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Other
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Arantxa Castilla-La Mancha
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Arantxa King
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Arantxa Ochoa
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Arantxa Urretavizcaya
References
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Basque feminine given names
Feminine given names