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Encyclopedia > Berastegi

Berastegi is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the North of Spain. Guipúzcoa province Guipúzcoa (Basque Gipuzkoa, Spanish Guipúzcoa, in English sometimes as Guipuscoa) is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ... The Basque Country (Euskal Herria in Basque) straddles the western Pyrenees mountains that define the border between France and Spain, extending down to the coast of the Bay of Biscay. ...


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  • BERASTEGI in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) Information available in Spanish


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Municipalities in Guipúzcoa
Abaltzisketa |Aduna | Aia | Aizarnazabal | Albiztur | Alegia | Alkiza | Altzaga | Altzo | Amezketa | Andoain | Anoeta | Antzuola | Arama | Aretxabaleta | Arrasate/Mondragón | Asteasu | Astigarraga | Ataun | Azkoitia | Azpeitia | Baliarrain | Beasain | Beizama | Belauntza | Berastegi | Bergara | Berrobi | Bidegoyan | Deba | Donostia-San Sebastián | Eibar | Elduain | Elgeta | Elgoibar | Errenteria | Errezil | Eskoriatza | Ezkio-Itsaso | Gabiria | Gaintza | Gaztelu | Getaria | Hernani | Hernialde | Hondarribia | Ibarra | Idiazabal | Ikaztegieta | Irun | Irura | Itsasondo | Larraul | Lasarte-Oria | Lazkao | Leaburu | Legazpi | Legorreta | Leintz-Gatzaga | Lezo | Lizartza | Mendaro | Mutiloa | Mutriku | Oiartzun | Olaberria | Oñati | Ordizia | Orendain | Orexa | Orio | Ormaiztegi | Pasaia | Segura | Soraluze/Placencia de las Armas | Tolosa | Urnieta | Urretxu | Usurbil | Villabona | Zaldibia | Zarautz | Zegama | Zerain | Zestoa | Zizurkil | Zumaia | Zumarraga

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Buber's Basque Page: Azkue (558 words)
AZKUE is a tipical surname of Gipuzkoa, there are houses with this name in: Oiarzun (quarter Ergoien), Berastegi, Ibarra(Tolosa), Hondarrabia, Elgoibar (quarter San Roke), Aia (quarter Arruti-Egia), Zestona,,,,,,,,, I think than the closest one to Mutriku is Elgoibar.
Proves of Nobility and documented presence: In 1477 Juan Ruiz Azkue lived in O=F1ate, Pedro Garcia Azkue lived in Zumaia in 1592, Gracian Azkue lived in Antzuola in 1621, Martin Azkue in Berastegi in 1828, Juan Azkue-Aldalur in Zestona 1650, Martin Azkue-Uztaeta in Asteasu, In Bilbao lived a Azkue family in 1790.
Meaning: the first part AZ is AITZ: and the meaning is rock or boulder, the secon element is GUNE or KU(N)E, and the meanig is zone, or place, so the meaning of AZKUE is: (The house) in the rock place.
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