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ARROITA This house or palace is located in a village named BERRIZ, and in
the quarter of Murgoitio (located between Berriz and Elorrio in the south
east of Bizkaia), close to it there is other house named simply
"Arroitajauregi"
The meaning is something like a pass between two mountains, ravine, gorge
etc.. and...there are mountains between Berriz and Elorrio. , the original
word is ARROETA, ARRO is pass, gorge, and ETA is a sufix that in toponims
means place.
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