Nájera
Spanish
Etymology
Either from Arabic *نَاخِرَة (nāḵira, “a derelict place”) from the verb نَخَرَ (naḵara, “to gnaw, to pierce, to bite”); or from *نَاهِرَة (nāhira, “a place endowed by a river”), from نَهْر (nahr, “river”)
Proper noun
Nájera f
- A municipality in the state of La Rioja, Spain.