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Quesada

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Type Surname (from location)
Usage Spanish

Meaning & History

Habitational name from Quesada, a place in Jaén in southern Spain. The place name is of uncertain derivation; it could be connected to Old Spanish requexada meaning "corner, tight spot".

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anthropologists, ballerinos, chess Grandmasters, places, uncertain etymology
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Entry added April 25, 2021

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