Núria () is a

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girls' name taken from the

Virgin of Núria Virginity is the state of a person who has never engaged in sexual intercourse. The term ''virgin'' originally only referred to sexually inexperienced women, but has evolved to encompass a range of definitions, as found in traditional, modern ...

, a Marian shrine located in the eponymous valley, the

Vall de Núria ''La Vall de Núria'' (, "The Valley of Núria") is a south-opening valley coming down from the crest of the Pyrenees within the municipality of Queralbs, province of Girona, community of Catalonia, Spain. The floor of the valley lies about abo ...

. The name also occurs in

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without the accent as Nuria, given that the Spanish name of the valley is ''el valle de Nuria''. The placename, Núria, is believed to be of Basque origin according to

Joan Coromines Joan Coromines i Vigneaux (; also frequently spelled ''Joan Corominas''; Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico, by Joan Corominas icand José Antonio Pascual, Editorial Gredos, 1989, Madrid, . Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 1 ...

, and related to the word ''Norra'', a variant of

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, and meaning "place between valleys." The name Nuria ( ar, نوريّة) has also been linked to the

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unisex name Nur meaning

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. The name, originally Mare de Déu de Núria, derives from Marian devotion to the

Virgin of Nuria The Virgin of Nuria (Catalan ''Mare de Déu de Núria'') is a popular Roman Catholic shrine in the Valley of Nuria. The Catalan girls' name Núria ( es, Nuria) derives from the shrine.Marc Dubin The Rough Guide to the Pyrenees - Page 176 2004 - ...

(Catalan ''Mare de Déu de Núria''). The name is very popular in Catalonia, especially in the ''comarques'' of

Ripollès Ripollès (; es, link=no, Ripollés) is a comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain. It is located in the Ribes and Camprodon river valleys. In 2001, its population was 25,744, about 40% of whom lived in the capital, Ripoll. Ripollès borders the c ...

—where the sanctuary is located in the municipality of

Queralbs Queralbs () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Ripollès in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the Pyrenees to the north of Ribes de Freser, near the peaks of Puigmal (2909 m), Infern (2896 m) and ...

—

Priorat Priorat () is a comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain. The central part of the comarca, "Priorat històric," produces the highly regarded wines that are certified under the DOQ Priorat. Wines from elsewhere in the comarca are certified as DO M ...

Pallars Jussà Pallars Jussà () is a comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain. It was established as a ''comarca'' in 1936, out of the old county of Pallars. The name means "Lower Pallars"; to the northeast and into the mountains is Pallars Sobirà. Its capital a ...

Osona Osona () is a comarca situated in Catalonia, Northeast Spain. Its capital is Vic. Its population in 2001 was 129,543. Osona covers roughly the same area as the historic Catalan county of Osona. The name Osona comes from ''Ausetans'', a group of ...

, Noguera,

Conca de Barberà Conca de Barberà () is a comarca (county) in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Its total area is . At its creation in 1936, it contained 23 municipalities, but in 1990, several of these were amalgamated; Rojals was combined with Mon ...

, and

Cerdanya Cerdanya () or often La Cerdanya ( la, Ceretani or ''Ceritania''; french: Cerdagne; es, Cerdaña), is a natural comarca and historical region of the eastern Pyrenees divided between France and Spain. Historically it was one of the counties ...

. In 2007 it was the seventh most common female name in

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

, with its most recent peak of popularity recorded in the decade of the 1970s.Història del nom Núria
a l'Idescat. The

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is September 8, for Our Lady of Nuria.

People

Núria Añó Núria Añó (, ; born 1973) is a Catalan writer and a translator. Añó has exhibited her work in universities and institutions giving papers on literary creation or authors like Elfriede Jelinek, Patricia Highsmith, Salka Viertel, Franz Werf ...

(1973,

Lleida Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...

) Spanish writer and novelist *

Nuria Cabanillas Nuria Cabanillas Provencio (born 9 August 1980) is a Spanish rhythmic gymnast and Olympic Champion. She won a gold medal with the Spanish group at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The team was formed by Nuria, Estela Giménez, M ...

(1980) Spanish rhythmic gymnast and Olympic champion *

Nuria Bages Nuria Bages ( born Nuria Bages Romo on December 23, 1950) is a Mexican actress better known for her work in television and the stage. Active in Mexican television since the early 1980s, Bages became a household name after winning the role of Si ...

(1955,

Monterrey Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anchor ...

) Mexican actress *

Nuria Benzal Nuria Benzal Andaloussi (born 3 April 1985) is a Spanish handball player who most recently played for Üsküdar Bld. SK and formerly was a member of the Spanish women's national team. Benzal was part of the Spanish team at the 2008 European W ...

(1985) Spanish handball player *

Nuria Bermúdez Nuria Bermúdez Antona (born 12 January 1980) is a Spanish FIFA-certified football agent. She became famous for revealing her personal life to the public, and by appearing nude on multiple occasions in magazines and on television. She also i ...

(1980) Spanish football agent and actress *

Núria Camón Núria Camón Farell (born 3 March 1978 in Terrassa, Barcelona) is a Spanish field hockey player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, in the 2004 Summer Olympics, and in the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially t ...

(1978,

Terrassa Terrassa (, es, Tarrasa) is a city in the east central region of Catalonia, Spain, in the province of Barcelona, ''comarca'' of Vallès Occidental, of which it is the co-capital along with Sabadell. The name ''Terrassa'' derives from Latin ' ...

) Spanish field hockey player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. *

Nuria Domínguez Nuria Domínguez Asensio (born 30 January 1974 in Toronto, Ontario) is a female competition rower from Spain, who was born in Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlan ...

(1974,

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

) Canadian-born Spanish competition rower *

Núria Espert Núria Espert Romero (born 11 June 1935 in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish theatre and television actor, and theatre and opera director. When she was 19 years old, she married the actor :es:Armando Moreno, Armando Mo ...

(1935,

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

) Spanish actress *

Nuria Fernández Nuria Fernández Domínguez (born 16 August 1976 in Luzern, Switzerland) is a Spanish middle distance runner. She specialises in the 1500 metres and is the Spanish record holder in the mile run and the 1500 m indoors. Career Fernández ha ...

(1976,

Lucerne Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking po ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

) Spanish middle-distance runner * Nuria Fernández Gómez, "Nuria Fergó," (

Nerja Nerja () is a municipality on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is part of the comarca of La Axarquía. It is on the country's southern Mediterranean coast, about 50 k ...

, 1979) Spanish singer and actress *

Nuria González Nuria González (born 16 May 1962) is a Spanish actress. She became popular to a television audience for her performances in series such as '' Manos a la obra'', ''Los Serrano'' and ''Física o Química''. Life and career Nuria González was ...

(1962,

Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...

) Spanish actress *

Nuria Llagostera Vives Nuria Llagostera Vives (; born 16 May 1980) is a retired Spanish tennis player. In June 2005, Llagostera Vives reached her best singles ranking of world No. 35. In November 2009, she peaked at No. 5 in the WTA doubles rankings. Professional ca ...

(1980,

Majorca Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean. The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Bal ...

) Spanish tennis player *

Núria López Núria López is a Spanish chemist who is Professor of Chemistry at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ). She was awarded the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry Prize for Excellence in 2015. Early life and education López ...

, Spanish chemistry professor * Nuria Lopez Bigas, Spanish biologist *

Núria Madruga Núria Madruga (born 28 August 1980) is a Portuguese actress and model. She first appeared in cinema, in the movie '' Zona J'', of Leonel Vieira (1998). Since then, she became popular with her works in television, participating in soap operas an ...

(1980) Portuguese actress and model *

Nuria Martínez Nuria Martínez Prat (born February 29, 1984) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Spar CityLift Girona. Club career Martínez made her debut in the Spanish top tier Liga Femenina in hometown club UB-Barça in 2002, soon signing ...

(1984) Spanish professional basketball player in the WNBA *

Nuria Moreno Nuria Moreno de Pedrón (born 7 June 1975 in Madrid) is a retired female field hockey player from Spain. She was a member of the women's national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVI ...

(1975,

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

) Spanish field hockey player *

Nuria Olivé Nuria Olivé Vancells (born 20 August 1968 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a former field hockey player from Spain. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics on home soil (Barcelona Barc ...

(1968, Barcelona) Spanish field hockey player *

Nuria Párrizas Díaz Nuria Párrizas Díaz is a Spanish professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 45 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she first achieved in March 2022, and 320 in doubles, attained in September 202 ...

(born 1991, Spanish tennis player *

Nuria Quevedo Nuria Quevedo Teixidó (born 18 March 1938) is a Spanish painter and graphic artist, affiliated with the Communist Party, who has lived in Berlin since age 15. Biography Nuria Quevedo's father, José Quevedo Fernández, was an aviator of the Spa ...

(born 1938), Spanish-German painter *

Nuria Pomares Nuria Pomares is a dancer. She was born in Madrid and studied Spanish and Classical ballet at the Royal High School of Dance. Her professional debut was at Lincoln Center in 1991. She has danced at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid and the Gra ...

(Madrid) Spanish ballet dancer *

Núria Rial Núria Rial (born 1975 in Manresa, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish soprano. In recent years, Rial has specialized in the music of the renaissance and baroque eras, such as the works of Handel and Monteverdi. Her repertoire also includes Johann Seb ...

, Spanish soprano *

Nuria Torray Nuria Torray (24 September 1934 - 7 June 2004) was a Spanish film, television and theatre actress. Career Television Torray also made numerous appearances in television productions including the television series '' Un Mito Llamado...''. The ...

(1934–2004) Spanish film, television, and theatre actress *

Nuria Zufía Nuria Zufía Elizalde is a former Spanish football who played as a forward. She played for SD Lagunak, Rayo Vallecano (with whom she won two leagues) and AD Torrejón in Spain and Clemson Tigers in the United States The United States o ...

Spanish footballer

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