Begoña or more puristically but also more rarely spelled Begoina, meaning "the lower foot" (of Mount Artxanda), is a historical municipality of Biscay

Biscay

Biscay is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lord of Biscay. Its capital city is Bilbao...

 (Basque Country

Basque Country (autonomous community)

The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....

) that was incorporated to Bilbao

Bilbao

Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain...

 in 1925.
Originally it included all the uplands south and east of the medieval walled town, that now form the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and parts of 5th urban districts of Bilbao. Nowadays the name is limited to the district including Santutxu

Santutxu

Santutxu is one of the most populous neighbourhoods of Bilbao . It belongs to the 4th urban district, named Begoña...

, Bolueta and Begoña proper, a small residential neighbourhood between the Basilica

Basilica of Begoña

The Basilica of Begoña is a basilica in Bilbao, in Spain, dedicated to the patron saint of Biscay, the Virgin Begoña.The current parish priest is Jesús Francisco de Garitaonandia.-History:...

 and the garden area of Etxebarria Parkea (Basque)/Parque Etxebarria (Spanish).

Due to its association with a church dedicated to Our Lady of Begoña

Our Lady of Begoña

The cult of Our Lady of Begoña celebrates an apparition of the Virgin Mary at the site of the Basilica of Begoña, in Bilbao, Spain...

, the name of the neighbourhood is also a popular name of women in the Basque Country (and also in some other Spanish-speaking areas).