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Subject: Re: Castañares (Spanish or Portuguese)
Author: Marc   (guest, 184.144.165.147)
Date: March 8, 2012 at 5:45:58 PM
Reply to: Castañares (Spanish or Portuguese) by Phoebe
The family name Castañares denotes a person from one of the places so named in Spain. It comes from castañar 'chestnut grove'.

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