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Derque

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Derque m

  1. a male given name from Guanche

References

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  1. ^ 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