Meagens

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Guanche [Term?]. The name was found on a list of Guanche slaves as the name of a 30-year-old woman from La Palma, sold on the slave market of Valencia on 28 January 1494.^[1]

Proper noun

Meagens f

a female given name from Guanche

Alternative forms

Magens

References

^ Anónimo (2014 March 15) “Registro de canarios vendidos como esclavos en Valencia”, in Pequeñas Historias de canarias (blog), retrieved 13 March 2016

[1] Anónimo (2014 March 15) “Registro de canarios vendidos como esclavos en Valencia”, in Pequeñas Historias de canarias (blog), retrieved 13 March 2016

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