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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources
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Jaca f. Uncertain. Perhaps a derivative of Old High German jagōn 'to hunt'.

France
Latin
● 1138x1162 Jaca (abl) clairvaux-12thc 82
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Jaca". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2018, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2018/1/name/Jaca.