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Petronila.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
Petronila.
Principal English Translation: 

a Spanish name for a female

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

nochpotzin Pedronilatzin = mi hija Petronila (Ecatepec, 1625)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVII, vol. 3, Teresa Rojas Rabiela, et al, eds. (México: CIESAS, 2002), 148–149.