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- ↑ "Eskerrik asko Ezkibel". Blas Uberuaga. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
- ↑ "Significado del Apellido Esquivel". Portal de Euskadi. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
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