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A = going to

Mezquita = holy temple

English Word: mosque = A Muslim house of worship

Spanish Word: mezquita

hence amezquita means literally going to the house of worship or temple or it means lack of a mosque since the a in spanish can mean to take or make or do as in asemjar or acallar or the lack of as in abiology the study of non-living organism.

Additionaly:

1. Spanish (Amézquita): Castilianized form (alongside Amézqueta) of Basque Amezketa, a habitational name from a place in Gipuzkoa province named Amezketa, from Basque ametz 'Pyrenean oak' + -(k)eta 'group of', 'place of'.

(from Ancestry.com )

2. AMEZQUITA.- (Amezkita) -1. This surname is originally found in Guipuzkoa, and from there to Lekeitio (Bizkaia). It also went to Chile and Colombia. It is also a variation of Amezqueta. The name "Amez" refers to a tree of the same name that grows in the mountains of the Basque country, or more specifically, to the place where this tree grows.

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