Spanish: habitational name, from the name of a mountain and an
ancient city in the province of Burgos, probably derived from Basque
amai ‘end’ + the article suffix -a.Japanese:
usually written with characters meaning ‘heavenly valley’. It is
pronounced Amaya or Amagai in eastern Japan and
Amatani in western Japan.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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