 According to some linguists it owes its present name to the inhabitants of the city of Baeza, called "Beatia" by the Romans, who were banished after the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa and settled here outside the walls.Other linguists assert that the name derives from the Arabic "al-bayyāzīn" (pronounced "al-bayyīzīn" with the imāla vowel-shift), meaning "suburb of falconers".However, the fact that in Andalusia there are many other neighborhoods with that name, including those in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Alhama de Granada, Salobreña, and Antequera, among others, casts doubt on this thesis.