Acerca del nombre del río alavés Jugalez y su deformación en Inglares

Abstract

The name of the Jugalez river has undergone a number of alterations since it was first documented in the 17th century. During the 19th century, due to a succession of mistakes in geographical dictionaries and maps, the name gradually transformed and by the last decade of the century it had become Inglares. At the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th, the distorted name quickly spread, mainly via public administration. Even so, in popular usage along the lower course of the river, the name lived on as the variant Jubalez until the middle of the 20th century.