FAMILY ABAÑA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name AbaƱa

Coat of arms and family crest of AbaƱa.

Genealogy of family AbaƱa, origin of AbaƱa, provenance of the family name AbaƱa.

History and meaning for AbaƱa.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name AbaƱa.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name AbaƱa.

The family name AbaƱa is of SPANISH origin, since the letter Ƒ is typical of Spain, although in Latin America many indigenous languages such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Otomi, Quechua, Aymara, Mapuche and Guarani also have with the Ƒ

SEVEN things you should know about the family name AbaƱa:

1) The origin of the family name AbaƱa.

2) The meaning of the family name AbaƱa.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name AbaƱa.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name AbaƱa.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name AbaƱa has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

As stated in the archives of the Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, the AbaƱa proved their chivalry in this institution.

It is known that the AbaƱa have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Galicia (Spain).

* Asturias (Spain).

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family AbaƱa:

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Linajes y Blasones de Galicia, by Father Crespo.

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

* Heraldica de los apellidos asturianos, by Francisco Sarandeses.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name AbaƱa appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name AbaƱa. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including AbaƱa.

The history and heraldry of the family name AbaƱa appears in the book "Heraldica de los apellidos asturianos" by Francisco Sarandeses Perez. Here the lineage AbaƱa It is found together with its heraldry in Asturias. This book is the fruit of more than 10 years of tireless work, of many excursions throughout the Asturian geography, crossing valleys, mountains, hamlets, places, villages, towns and cities, searching and searching in the most isolated corners that house that had a shield on its facade, like those of the lineage of the family name AbaƱa, which led him to possess a formidable photographic archive on Asturian heraldry. It is a must for all those who want to undertake the study of Asturian heraldry. The heraldry and history of the name AbaƱa appears here very well documented.

The work "Linajes y Blasones de Galicia", by Father Crespo, where the heraldry and the history of the family name AbaƱa appears, is the most important treatise of the heraldry of Galicia (Spain), and was published three hundred years after the appearance of the posthumous "Nobiliario, Armas y Triunfos de Galicia", by Father Felipe de la Gandara. Its author Father Crespo Pozo, had for his investigations, vigils and costly walks that were rewarded with the kind collaboration of Nobles as the Dukes of Medinaceli facilitating the archive of the Grand Casa Marquesal de Camarasa, etc. All this resulted in a plurality of sources of consultation that make the scholarly work, encyclopedic and illustrative in Galician heraldry. This work collects, as we have already said, the history and heraldry of family AbaƱa so the AbaƱa or they are Galician or linked in some of their branches to Galicia.

One of the most distinctive qualities of heraldry is the use of a limited palette of colours and patterns, usually referred to as tinctures. These are divided into three categories, known as metals, colours, and furs.

Next we are going to see the meanings of three tinctures:

1) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

2) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

3) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

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* COCK: The Cock is a symbol of Vigilance and Tenacity in the fight.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

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