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the origin of the name should be revised and documented.
How? It's a secretive organization. This is one of those things where you have to trust popular knowledge. And it is as stated in the article: literally "the northerners", word-play: "etarrak of the North". --Sugaar18:58, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
But etarra is not proper Basque. Basque language sources prefer etakide. Anyway there are those who interpret as you say. Maybe there is a founding communiqué? --Error21:23, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You do have a point, Error. Still etarra is colloquial and most common. Maybe the pun is just some journalist interpretation.