Cunquilla de Vidriales
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Cunquilla de Vidriales is a town in the Spanish municipality of Granucillo, in the province of Zamora, in the autonomous community of Castilla y León.[1][2]
The toponym Cunquilla could derive from the Latin word concha, meaning basin, with a possible evolution of conc-/cunc-/cunq-, in the sense of territory surrounded by heights, as Madoz points out when he says that it is "the village that is located in the lowest and narrowest part of the Vidriales Valley". The diminutive would also have Latin origin, -ella (-illa), meaning small, as in other villages in the surrounding area (Vecilla de la Polvorosa, Vecilla de Trasmonte and Quintanilla de Urz). In other words, Cunquilla would refer to a small basin, as shown by its landscape.[3]