Editing Valladolid (section)

== Name ==
There is no direct evidence for the origin of the modern name of Valladolid.

It is mentioned as ''Valledolit'' in the ''[[Estoria de España|Primera Crónica General]]''; earlier documented variants include ''Valledolidi'', ''Valleolide'' (1092) and ''Valleolit'', ''Valleoleti'', ''Valleoliti'' (1095).{{Sfn|Martín Montes|1999|p=162}}{{dead link|date=September 2023}}{{dubious|reason=Some are inflected Latinised forms? If so, they should be cited with the context causing the inflection.|date=September 2023}}

One widely held etymological theory suggests that the modern name ''Valladolid'' derives from the [[Celtiberian language]] expression {{lang|xce|Vallis Tolitum}}, meaning "valley of waters", referring to the confluence of rivers in the area. Another theory suggests that the name derives from the Arabic expression ({{langx|ar|بلد الوليد}}, {{lang|ar-Latn|Balad al-Walid}}), which is the [[:ar:بلد الوليد|Arabic exonym currently used]] and means 'city of al-Walid', referring to [[Al-Walid I]].<ref name=" Marín, Manuela 1998">Marín, Manuela et al., eds. 1998. The Formation of Al-Andalus: History and Society. Ashgate. {{ISBN|0-86078-708-7}}</ref><ref>[[Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari]], v. 23 The Zenith of the Marwanid House, transl. Martin Hinds, Suny, Albany, 1990</ref> Yet a third claims that it derives from {{lang|la|Vallis Olivetum}}, meaning 'valley of the [[olive]]s'; however, no olive trees are found in that terrain. Instead, innumerable pine trees abound in the south part of the city. The gastronomy reflects the importance of the {{lang|es|piñón}} (pine nut) as a local product, rather than olives. In texts from the [[Middle Ages]] the town is called ''Vallisoletum'', meaning 'sunny valley', and inhabitants are still called today {{lang|es|Vallisoletano}} (male) and {{lang|es|Vallisoletana}} (female).

The city is also popularly called {{lang|es|Pucela}}, a nickname whose origin is not clear, but may refer to knights in the service of [[Joan of Arc]], known as {{lang|fr|La Pucelle}}. Another theory is that {{lang|es|Pucela}} comes from the fact that [[Pozzolana]] cement was sold there, the only city in Spain that sold it.