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Getaria is a coastal town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the North of Spain. This coastal village is located in the Urola Coast, concretely in the middle of Zarautz and Zumaia. Getaria is known for being Juan Sebastián Elcano’s hometown, who was a well-known seaman for being the first man in the world to go on a round-the-world-tour. He was captain of the ''Nao Victoria''. Nowadays, Getaria is also famous for its restaurants serving grilled fish and white wine with a protected designation of origin which is cultivated in the surroundings of this coastal town and takes the name of Getariako Txakolina. Moreover, the Cristobal Balenciaga Museum is also located in this village. Thus, its most famous sons are Juan Sebastián Elcano, captain of the ''Nao Victoria'', Admiral Miguel de Oquendo, who commanded the Guipúzcoa Squadron of the Spanish Armada, the explorer Domingo de Bonechea, and the couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre. In May 2012, a two-man team from Getaria won Google's "Model Your Town" competition by creating a complete 3D representation of their hometown.〔McDuffie, Allyson. (Google competition announcement ) ''And the 2012 Model Your Town Competition winner is...''. Google Lat Long Blog, retrieved 2012-05-18.〕 The team was rewarded with a US$25,000 contribution to a local school and a party honoring the team and town. ==Etymology== Apart from the Getaria from Gipuzkoa, there is also another town in the coast at 61 kilometers from this, in Lapurdi (Labourd), the French Basque Country, also called Guéthary. In Basque, however, both are called in the same way. Both villages are located in the Basque coast. However, throughout history, many have been the ones trying to look for the difference of both names. Based on arquelogical findings, today, the most convincing hypothesis is that the name of Getaria comes from the latin word "cetaria". In the classic latin pronounced as (), it means the name of the place were canned fish is done. Indeed, in both places, evidence of roman installations for doing canned fish have been found. Another possible origin of its name is that both names come from "guaita" in Gascon language which means “lookout”. During the Middle Ages, various villages on the Basque coast were colonialized by gascons among these villages both Getarias could be found. Therefore, it was believed that Getari could be the result of a mix between "guaita" and "–ari", a suffix that is used in Basque language for professions and would mean the vigilant. For others, though, the name of Getaria would come from the mix of "guaita" and "–erri" which these word put together mean the town of the vigilants. Traditionally, the name of this location has been written as Guetaria. However, since 1980, the official toponym has become Getaria, which is the adaptation of the modern Basque orthography. Thus, in spanish it is called Guetaria, whereas in Basque, even if it is pronounced in the same way, it is written Getaria. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Getaria, Gipuzkoa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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