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Nájera

/ˈnaxeɾa/

proper noun/ˈnaxeɾa/

a municipality of La Rioja, Spain

Either from Arabic *نَاخِرَة (*nāḵira, “a derelict place”) from the verb نَخَرَ (naḵara, “to gnaw, to pierce, to bite”); or from *نَاهِرَة (*nāhira, “a place endowed by a river”), from نَهْر (nahr, “river”).