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Means "reed bed" in Spanish, a combination of junco meaning "reed, rush" and the suffix -al, indicating a place where something is grown, or where there is plenty of it. It is taken from the titles of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen del Juncal and Nuestra Señora del Juncal, meaning "The Virgin of the Reed Bed" and "Our Lady of the Reed Bed" respectively.
She is venerated at the church of Santa María del Juncal in Irun in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa and also at the hermitage of La Virgen del Juncal in Valdeande in the central-northern province of Burgos.