Derque

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Guanche . Derque was the name of a nephew of a leader (mencey) of the kingdom of Adeje on the island of Tenerife.^[1]

Proper noun

Derque m

a male given name from Guanche
- 2013 August 23, Antonio Cabrera, “En busca de la memoria popular”, in La Provincia, edición Fuerteventura, retrieved 24 February 2016:
  Para Derque Castellano la realización de estas prácticas “está siendo un trabajo muy interesante, porque hemos podido recopilar la memoria y la tradición oral de muchos mayores. [...]”
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- 2014 May 22, Anónimo, “El 29 de mayo, primer concierto de alumnos del Conservatorio en la Fundación”, in Weblog de Fundación Juan Negrín, retrieved 24 February 2016:
  El primer concierto será de guitarra, tendrá lugar el 29 de mayo a partir de las 19:30 horas y correrá a cargo de los estudiantes de música Esther Checa Serrano y Derque Martín Cruz.
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References

^ Ignacio Reyes Garcia (2012) Nombres Personales de las Islas Canarias, 1 edition, Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Le Canarien ediciones - Libreando, →ISBN, page 37; similar entry to be found online in: Ignacio Reyes Garcia (2012) “Derque”, in Ínsuloamaziq (blog), retrieved 24 February 2016

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