Linares

//lɪˈnɑːɹɛs// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in Spain.
  2. 2
    A city in Chile.
  3. 3
    A province of Chile around the city.
  4. 4
    A surname from Spanish.

Etymology

From Spanish Linares, from linares (“flax fields”). For places outside Spain, derived from Spanish cities or from Spanish nobles bearing the name in their primary titles. As a surname mostly found in Venezuela, variously derived from all these sources.

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