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MACARENA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: mah-kah-RE-nah   [key]

From the name of a barrio (district) in Seville, which got it's name from a temple which may have been named for a person Macarius (see MACARIO). The Virgin of Macarena, that is Mary, is widely worshipped in Seville.
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