Ocaña, Nambroca, Recas y otros nombres de lugar ¿repoblación vascófona en Toledo?

Abstract

The analysis of some place-names in the province of Toledo, such as Ocaña, Nambroca Recas, allows us to postulate with some certainty the existence of a Basque-speaking group among the Christian repopulation of this territory. The placenames studied here manifiest in different ways that such a fact can be demonstrated through toponymy, and all these names inevitably lead us to the same historical conclusion: they are the consequence of Basque-speaking repopulation that had already been demonstrated in other neighbouring territories but had not been pointed out in such a relevant place as Toledo. The lack of written documents is once more compensated for by the valuable testimony offered by place-names.