Although it may seem unreasonable, batuecas is probably a word " fossil " heiress of the Basque language as well as " hurdes " ( 41 pigs; This word would be composed of " batu " and " ekaiz ". Find yourselves in A Dictionary of BASQUE meaning... you will be surprised if you know the place you will see that it makes sense. As has been shown that in 40 Georgia;Country in Eastern Europe ) there are words " fossil " the Basque language, there are also in many places in Europe.But unfortunately as this language is so old and lacked writing, most have been lost or have been transformed as batu-ekaiz (Batuecas ). Ah! A final curiosity. Not only is there the Batuecas Valley in Salamanca-Cáceres. It also exists in the State of Sonora (41 Mexico, a village near the Bay.Look for it's great.