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English

Etymology
From Spanish querencia#Spanish|querencia.

Pronunciation
IPA|/kɛ'rɛnsɪə/

Noun
en-noun

1. context|bullfighting the area of the bull-ring where the bull makes its stand

#:*1994: The wolf paced and circled limping on three legs and then crouched by the iron stake where it seemed she’d made her querencia. — Cormac McCarthy?, The Crossing

Spanish

Etymology
From querer.

Pronunciation
IPA|/ke'renθja/

Noun
querencia f

1. an animal's lair
2. (Bullfighting) the bull's querencia#English|querencia
3. the homing instinct of an animal
4. homesickness, nostalgia

es:querencia
ru:querencia

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