Aldeanueva del Camino
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Transparent compound: aldea (from the Arabic aḍ-ḍaīʿa, 'the estate, the village') + nueva (Latin nova) + del Camino. A medieval Christian foundation on the Roman road, with the qualifier added to distinguish it from the nearby Aldeanueva del Cañedo.
Evolution of the name
- aḍ-ḍaīʿa Andalusi Arabic 8th — 13th century
- aldea medieval Castilian from the 13th century
- Aldeanueva del Camino Castilian from the 14th century
Reflections, to the letter
From Aldeanueva, detour to the ruins of Cáparra (4 km) to cross under the Roman tetrapylum before continuing to Salamanca. If you stay in the village, look for the Roman bridge over the Ambroz river, preserved beneath the modern bridge: the 1st-century BC piers are still there, supporting the N-630 traffic that still follows, millimetre by millimetre, the course of Via XXIV.
Glossary
- Arabism
- A word or place name in Castilian, Portuguese or Catalan borrowed from Andalusian Arabic. The Peninsula preserves thousands: aceite, azúcar, almohada, alcázar, azulejo, Guadalquivir, Atalaia, Azofra, Azambuja.
- Repopulation
- A medieval process by which the Christian kingdoms of the northern Iberian peninsula resettled territories reconquered from al-Andalus. Generates a whole layer of repopulation toponyms: Bercianos (those from El Bierzo), Navarrete (little Navarre), Castellanos, Gallegos.
- Solar consonant
- In Arabic, a consonant that assimilates the article al- to its sound (al + s → as-, al + z → az-, al + ṭ → aṭ-). Hence azofra (al + sujra), atalaya (al + ṭalâʿiya), aceite, arroz.
Sources
- Corriente, F. — Diccionario de arabismos
- Roldán Hervás, J.M. — Itineraria Hispana
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