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Origin of Aitana: Spanish place-name

The name of a Spanish mountain used by the poet Rafael Alberti for his daughter. He reportedly chose it because the mountain was his last glimpse of Spain when he went into exile after the Spanish Civil War. The name was popularized by Aitana Alberti's goddaughter and namesake, actress Aitana Sánchez-Gijón.

From Aitana, the name of a mountain range in the province of Alicante, Spain. It was first (?) used as a feminine name by the Spanish poet Rafael Alberti who named his daughter it in 1941. In was then popularised by Spanish-Italian actress Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (born in 1968).

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