(a loanword from Spanish)
Headword:
Valencia.
Principal English Translation:
a place name and a Spanish last name, but it could also be used by indigenous people; e.g. don Pablo de Valencia, municipal governor of Tlaxcala in 1561 and 1562
Orthographic Variants:
Balençia, BalenÇia
Attestations from sources in English:
gor d: pablo de balençia (also written balenÇia) = The governor was don Pablo de Valencia. (entries for 1561 and 1562)