López de Lacalle is a Spanish surname. It derives from the patronymic '' López'' and from the

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surname ''Lacalle'', ''De La Calle'', ''De Lacalle'' or ''Calle''. The

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'') were called ''los de la calle'' ("the ones from the street") because they lived in the " street of the Jews" or ''call'' , from Hebrew ''kahal'' (קהל), a word used in Catalan-speaking areas.

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José Luis López de Lacalle José Luis López de Lacalle Arnal (1938 – 7 May 2000) was a Spanish journalist and trade unionist. A columnist for '' El Mundo'' newspaper, he was killed by ETA. Biography López de Lacalle was born during the Spanish Civil War in a family ...

(1938–2000), Spanish journalist *

Lorena López de Lacalle Arizti Lorena López de Lacalle Arizti (born in Vitoria-Gasteiz on 16 August 1959) is a Basque politician, president of the European Free Alliance since 2019. Biography She was a professor of translation and interpretation at the University of Gene ...

(born 1959), Basque politician

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Calle Calle means "street" in Spanish and Venetian. Calle may also refer to: Places * Calle-Calle River, southern Chile *Stations of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia: ** Suba Calle 95 (TransMilenio) **Suba Calle 100 (TransMil ...

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