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Jijona

/xiˈxona/

proper noun/xiˈxona/

a town in the Valencian Community, Spain, famous for its turron.

From Andalusian Arabic شَاشُونَة, as it was an originally an Arab settlement named Sexona, though probably ultimately of non-Arabic origin, perhaps an interpretation of Latin Saxona, saxum (“hard stone”).