Andorra

Andorra (a microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France)


Albania

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Armenia

Armenia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)


Bulgaria

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Bahamas

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Cuba

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Indonesia

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)


Malta

Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)

Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)


México

Borrowed from Spanish México, borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco.


Brasil

Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)


Portugal

From Old Galician-Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portucale < Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)


URSS

Initialism of Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas.


Australia

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


Costa Rica

Costa Rica (a country in Central America)


Eritrea

Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)


Pernambuco

Northeast Region
Northeast Region#English

A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife


Brasilia

Distrito Federal
Distrito Federal#English

Brasília (a municipality, the capital city of Brazil; state capital of Distrito Federal, Brazil)


español

gl-adj

español (feminine española, masculine plural españois, feminine plural españolas)

española (feminine)
españois (masculine plural)
españolas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese espanhol. Compare Portuguese espanhol and Spanish español.

inh+

Spanish; pertaining to Spain, its people, culture, or language


canal

From Old Galician-Portuguese canal (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): cana (“cane, reed”) + -al. Cognate with Spanish cañal.

V casares en Cesar os quaes fforon de Mayor Aras moller de Martin Sanchez Xarpa com huum paaço et con huum canal enno Tamare.

1375, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 385:

5 farmhouses in Cesar, which belonged to Maior Aras, wife of Martín Sánchez Xarpa, with a manor and a fishery on the river Tambre

(dated) fish-weir; place or installation for fishing, on a river


Asia

América

Norteamérica/América do Norte, Suramérica/América do Sur


chan

From Old Galician-Portuguese chão, from Latin plānum. Compare Portuguese chão, Spanish llano.


Madrid

Community of Madrid
Community of Madrid#English

autonomous community
autonomous community

Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)

Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)


California

California (a state of the United States)


area

From Old Galician-Portuguese arẽa, from Latin arēnā (“sand”). Cognate with Portuguese areia and Spanish arena.


Toscana

administrative region
administrative region

Tuscany (an administrative region of Italy, located north of Lazio and south of Emilia-Romagna)


Liguria

Liguria (an administrative region of northwest Italy)


Tarragona

Tarragona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)

Tarragona (a city in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain)


Valencia

Valencia (the capital city of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)

Valencian Community
Valencian Community#English

Valencia, Valencian Community (an autonomous community of Spain)

Valencia (a province of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)


Calabria

Calabria (a peninsula and administrative region of southern Italy)


Campania

Campania (an administrative region of southern Italy)


España

Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)


libra

From Old Galician-Portuguese livra, attested in the 13th-century Cantigas de Santa Maria, from Latin libra (“Roman pound”). Doublet of lira. In reference to the English unit, a calque of English pound. Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish libra and Catalan lliura.

British pound, a unit of British currency originally notionally equal to a pound of sterling silver


serra

From Old Galician-Portuguese serra, from Latin serra. Cognate with Portuguese serra and Spanish sierra.


rego

From the interaction of diverse sources: Latin rigāre (“to water”), a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *reku ("river"), and Proto-Celtic *ɸrikā (“furrow”). Compare Old Breton rec (“furrow”).

furrow (a trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop)


corda

From Old Galician-Portuguese corda (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin chorda (“cord”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”).


lago

From Old Galician-Portuguese lago, from Latin lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).


Rusia

From Medieval Latin Russia, from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ, “Varangians, inhabitants of Rus”).

der

Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


mar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mar, from Latin mare. Compare Portuguese mar.


val

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese vale, from Latin vallis, vallem.

c1350, Kevin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, page 122

As they clashed, they shouted and cried so aloud that the valleys resounded.

Et ao ferir, braadarõ et deron tan grãdes vozes que os vales rretenyam.


costa

From Old Galician-Portuguese costa, from Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European *kost-.


Sicilia

Sicily (The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily)


Piemonte

Piedmont (an administrative region in the north of Italy)


Europa

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Europa, from Latin Eurōpa, borrowed from Doric Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

América

Norteamérica/América del Norte, Sudamérica/Suramérica/América del Sur

(astronomy) Europa (large moon of Jupiter)


Estados Unidos

United States (a country in North America)


Grecia

Learned borrowing from Latin Graecia, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

República Helénica
República Helénica#Galician

Greece (a country in Southeast Europe; official name: República Helénica)


Siria

Etymology tree
Akkadian Aššūrbor.
Ancient Greek Σῠ́ρος (Sŭ́ros)
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek Σῠρῐ́ᾱ (Sŭrĭ́ā)bor.
Latin Syrialbor.
Old Galician-Portuguese Siria
Galician Siria
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Siria, borrowed from Latin Syria, borrowed from Ancient Greek Σῠρῐ́ᾱ (Sŭrĭ́ā), from Σῠ́ρος (Sŭ́ros) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


UE

Initialism of Unión Europea. (English: EU)


Samos

From an earlier Samãos. Attested as Samanos in local early Medieval Latin documents, it being the name of a local monastery founded under Suevic or Gothic rule in the 6th or 7th century; either from Proto-Germanic *samanai, cf. Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰 (samana, “together”) and Old High German gisemini (“congregation”), or from a a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from a Celtic cognate of this Germanic forms.

cog

A town and municipality of Lugo, Galicia, Spain


Serbia

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Serbia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Montenegro

Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Acre

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Acre, ultimately from Hebrew עכו (ʿAkko).


Acre

Acre (a state of the North Region, Brazil; capital: Rio Branco)


Colonia

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)


Deva

A hydronym, attested in Medieval Latin as Deva. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *deiwā (“goddess”), from Proto-Celtic *deiwos (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”). Cognate of English Dee.

A river in Ourense, Galicia, flowing some 20 km to the river Minho at Arbo

A river in Pontevedra, Galicia, flowing some 20 km to the river Minho at Pontedeva


Granada

[ɡɾaˈna.ð̞ɐ]

[ɡɾaˈna.ð̞ɐ]

[ħɾaˈna.ð̞ɐ]


Porto

a large number of villages and parishes throughout Galicia

Porto (a city and municipality, the district capital of Porto district, Portugal)


Sa

Attested in Medieval Latin charters as Sala, from Suevic [Term?] or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *salą (“house, dwelling”).

der

A village in Senra parish, Ortigueira, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Veiga parish, Ortigueira, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Pezobre parish, Santiso, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Cordido parish, Foz, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Recaré parish, O Valadouro, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Covelas parish, Ribadeo, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Mouricios parish, Chantada, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Baltar parish, A Pastoriza, Lugo, Galicia

A village in San Xiao de Mos parish, Castro de Rei, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Insua parish, Vilalba, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Araúxo parish, Lobios, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Albarellos parish, Boborás, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Valongo parish, Cortegada, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Serantes parish, Leiro, Ourense, Galicia

Negueira de Ramuín
Negueira de Ramuín#English

A village in Armariz parish, Negueira de Ramuín, Ourense, Galicia

A village in O Condado parish, Padrenda, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Domés parish, Verea, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Borraxeiros parish, Agolada, Pontevedra, Galicia

A village in Val de Sangorza parish, Agolada, Pontevedra, Galicia

A village in Camposancos parish, A Guarda, Pontevedra, Galicia


ría

Attested since 1432. From río (“river”).

o dito seu lugar e vila da Proba ena ria dela

1448, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 560:

said place and town of A Pobra [do Caramiñal] in its bay

Et logo comesçou a rreparrar o castello do Est por gardar a terra dos ysmaelitas et normanos, que entrauã porla rria e estragauã toda a terra.

1460, Rui Vasques, Crónica de Santa María de Iria, Santiago: Ediciós do Castro, page 135:

And then he began to repair the castle of Oeste, for protecting the country from the Ismaelites and the Norsemen, who used to enter through the bay, then wasting all the land

(geography) Geographical coastal landform where a river valley is partially subducted under the sea level; similar to a firth, although usually translated into English cartography as bay


Andrade

English: Andrade

Cebuano: Andrade

Portuguese: Andrade

Spanish: Andrade

Spanish: Andrada

Tagalog: Andrade

[an̪ˈd̪ɾa.ð̞ɪ]

From Late Latin Andreati (attested in Dalmatia, 6th century, CIL III 9561), late genitive form of Andreas (“Andrew”), from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέᾱς (Andréās); so meaning "Andrew's" (place/villa/property).
During the Late Middle Ages this became the surname of a powerful noble family from Northern Galicia, later passing into Portugal, Spain, the rest of Europe, the New World and the Philippines.

A parish of Pontedeume, A Coruña, Galicia

Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela#English

A village in Aríns parish, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Calde parish, Lugo, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Las parish, San Amaro, Ourense, Galicia


montaña

From Old Galician-Portuguese montanna (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem. Compare Portuguese montanha, Spanish montaña.


Bosnia-Hercegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Lisboa

From Old Galician-Portuguese Lixbõa, from Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna) from Vulgar Latin Olisipona, from Latin Olisīpō, possibly from Phoenician or Tartessian.


marco

From Medieval Latin marcus. As a German currency, a calque of German Mark. As a Finnish currency, a calque of Finnish markka. Cognate with Catalan marc and Spanish and Portuguese marco.


Londres

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Londres, borrowed from Old French Londres, possibly from Old English Lunden, possibly from Latin Londinium.

etymon

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)


cabeza

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabeça, from Vulgar Latin capitia, from the neuter plural (reanalyzed as a feminine singular) of Latin capitium, diminutive of caput (“head”). Cognate with Portuguese cabeça and Spanish cabeza.


continente

Learned borrowing from Latin continens, continentem.


Líbano

Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Cantabria

[kɑn̪ˈt̪a.β̞ɾjɐ]

Cantabria (an autonomous community and province of Spain)


riba

From Old Galician-Portuguese riba, from Latin ripa (“bank”).


Abkhazia

Republic of Abkhazia
Republic of Abkhazia

Abkhazia (A region and de-facto independent but largely unrecognized country on the coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus, which considers itself an independent state called the Republic of Abkhazia; considered part of Georgia's territory by the Georgian government and the vast majority of the international community)


Galicia

From Medieval Latin Gallicia, from Classical Latin Gallaecia, from Gallaecī (“a tribe in the region”).

Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)


Santiago

[s̺an̪ˈt̪jɑ.ɣ̞ʊ]

[s̺an̪ˈt̪jɑ.ɣ̞ʊ]

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k-der.
Proto-Italic *sankjō
Proto-Italic *sanktos
Latin sānctus
Hebrew עקב
Hebrew יַעֲקֹבbor.
Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb)
Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos)bor.
Latin Iācōbus
Old Galician-Portuguese Santiago
Galician Santiago
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Santiago, from Latin Sānctus Iācōbus (“Saint James”).
Cognate with Fala, Portuguese, and Spanish Santiago.

inh+

Santiago, Santiago de Compostela (the capital city of Galicia, Spain)

Santiago de Chile
Santiago de Chile#English

Santiago, Santiago de Chile (the capital city of Chile)


fraga

13th century, from Old Galician-Portuguese, from an Iberian Vulgar Latin fraga, plural of fragum, from fragōsus (“rough”), from fragor, from frangō (“break, shatter”).

Iba sempre a cabalo, pois tiña que andar máis de catro légoas por fragas, devesas e caborcos.

1948, Revista de Guimarães, volumes 58-60, page 303:

He always rode a horse, as he had to travel over four leagues through isolated forests, sparse woods and gullies.

an isolated forest with deciduous trees, herbs, mosses, lichens and a diverse fauna


bullo

(geography) muddy well, spring or puddle


Sevilla

[s̺eˈβ̞i.ɟɐ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Sevilha, from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), from Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /sefela/, “plain, valley”). Compare Portuguese Sevilha.

der

إِشْبِيلِيَة

Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya)

Seville (the capital city of Andalusia, Spain)

Seville (a province of Andalusia, Spain)


Zaragoza

Zaragoza (a province of Aragon, Spain; capital: Zaragoza)


Murcia

Murcia (an autonomous community and province in southeast Spain)

Murcia (the capital city of Murcia, Spain)


Cataluña

Catalonia (an autonomous community of Spain)


Aragón

Aragon (an autonomous community of Spain)


País Vasco

Basque Country (an autonomous community of Spain)


Navarra

Navarre (an autonomous community and province of Spain)


Praga

Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)


Irán

Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


Luxemburgo

Luxembourg (the capital city of Luxembourg)


portugués

gl-adj

portugués (feminine portuguesa, masculine plural portugueses, feminine plural portuguesas)

portuguesa (feminine)
portugueses (masculine plural)
portuguesas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese portuguees, portugaes, from the older form portogales: Portugal + -és.

Portuguese (relating to Portugal, its people, or language)


andorrano

andorrano (feminine andorrana, masculine plural andorranos, feminine plural andorranas)

andorrana (feminine)
andorranos (masculine plural)
andorranas (feminine plural)


andorrano

gl-noun

andorrano m (plural andorranos, feminine andorrana, feminine plural andorranas)

andorranos (plural)
andorrana (feminine)
andorranas (feminine plural)


Berlín

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)


Andalucía

Andalusia (an autonomous community of Spain)


Letonia

Latvia (a country in Eastern Europe; capital and largest city: Riga)


Eslovenia

Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe)


Croacia

Croatia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


París

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


roca

From Old Galician-Portuguese roca (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) borrowed from Old Catalan roca, from Early Medieval Latin rocca, of unknown origin. Doublet of rocha.


cabo

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabo, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput (“head, source”).


Afganistán

Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)


Copenhague

Ultimately from Danish København, from Old Danish Køpmannæhafn.

Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)


República Checa

Czech Republic
Czech Republic#English:_Q213

Czech Republic (a country in Central Europe)


condado

From Old Galician-Portuguese condado (“county”), from Latin comitātus.

inh

(government) county (administrative subdivision used in some countries)


Laredo

From laredo (“scree”), from Latin glārētum, from glārea (“gravel”) + -ētum, "place with gravel".

A village in Chapela parish, Redondela, Pontevedra, Galicia


praia

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese praia, from Medieval Latin plagia, possibly from Latin plaga + Ancient Greek πλάγῐος (plágĭos).

etymon

beach (shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly)


Ulla

Attested as Ulla in Classical Latin (Pomponius Mela) and as Ulia during the Middle Ages. From a substrate language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *u̥lHyeh₂, from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”).

der

A village in Maceda parish, Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Berres parish, A Estrada, Pontevedra, Galicia


tonelada

From tonel (“tun”) + -ada (“-ful”), from Old French tonel (“little tun, cask”), from tone + -el (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Late Latin tunna (“tun”), from Proto-Celtic *tunna (“hide, skin”). Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish tonelada.

metric ton, a unit of mass equal to exactly 1000 kg

English or American ton, a unit of mass equivalent to about 1016 or 907 kg respectively

(historical) tonelada, Spanish ton, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 920 kg


península

Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsula (“peninsula”), from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).


Moscova

Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)


Osmo

Documented as Osamo in 1158. A Celtic place name, from Proto-Celtic *uxsamo- (“the uppermost”), from Proto-Celtic *owxs- (from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewps-, "high") + Proto-Celtic *-samo-, a superlative suffix.


Picardía

Picardy (a former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France)


Nápoles

From Latin Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), from νέα πόλις (néa pólis, “new city”).

Naples (a city and province, the regional capital of Campania, Italy)


Ames

Attested as Oliames in 1143; as Oiames in 1145; and as Ames and Oames in the 14th and 15th centuries. Probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

A municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain


Xibraltar

[ʃi.β̞ɾɑl̪ˈt̪aɾ]

Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)


Arabia Saudita

Saudi Arabia (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


lisboeta

gl-noun

lisboeta m or f by sense (plural lisboetas)

Lisboner (native or inhabitant of Lisbon)


Chequia

República Checa
República Checa#Galician

Czech Republic, Czechia (a country in Central Europe; official name: República Checa)


Centroamérica

From centro (“centre”) + América (“America”).


Chao

From chao (“plain”), from Old Galician-Portuguese chão, from Latin planus (“flat”).

a large number of villages and places in Galicia


birmano

gl-adj

birmano (feminine birmana, masculine plural birmanos, feminine plural birmanas)

birmana (feminine)
birmanos (masculine plural)
birmanas (feminine plural)


birmano

gl-noun

birmano m (plural birmanos, feminine birmana, feminine plural birmanas)

birmanos (plural)
birmana (feminine)
birmanas (feminine plural)


Bután

Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)


Cabo Verde

[ˈkɑ.β̞ʊ ˈβ̞eɾ.ð̞ɪ]

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Estrasburgo

Strasbourg (the capital city of the Bas-Rhin department, France; capital city of the region of Grand Est)


Países Baixos

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands#English

constituent countries
constituent country

Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)

Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)


Bretaña

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Bretanha, from Latin Britannia.

inh+

Brittany (an administrative region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France)


Edimburgo

Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)


Oviedo

Oviedo (the capital city of Asturias, Spain)


EUA

Estados Unidos da América
Estados Unidos da América#Galician

USA (a country in North America); initialism of Estados Unidos da América (“United States of America”)


Estados Unidos de América

United States of America
United States of America#English

United States of America (a country in North America)


Marrocos

From Old Galician-Portuguese Marrocos (“Marrakech”), from Arabic مَرَّاكُش (marrākuš).


Asturias

autonomous community
autonomous community

Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain)


Grenlandia

Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)


Serra Leoa

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone#English:_Q1044


Bama

Documented in 912 as Vama. A Celtic place name: from Proto-Celtic *uɸo- (“under”) + Proto-Celtic *-amo-, a superlative suffix. From Proto-Indo-European *(s)úp-m̥mo- (“uppermost”): Latin summus, Sanskrit उपम (upama), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌿𐌼𐌰 (auhuma).


cantil

15th century. From canto (“rim, border”) + -il.


Gante

Ghent (the capital city of East Flanders, Belgium)


Toledo

Castile-La Mancha
Castile-La Mancha#English

Toledo (a province of Castile-La Mancha, Spain; capital: Toledo)


Turquía

Turkey (a country located in eastern Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)


eurozona

Derived from euro- (“Euro-”) + zona (“zone”).


regato

Rego (“stream”) + -ato, a diminituve suffix.

Adios rios, adios fontes,
Adios regatos pequenos,
Adios vista dos meus ollos
Non sei cando nos veremos.

1861, Rosalia de Castro, Cantares Gallegos:

Farewell, rivers; farewell, fountains;
Farewell, little brooks;
Farewell, sight of my eyes
I don't know when we'll meet again


páramo

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, compare local Latin parămus, from a superlative of Proto-Indo-European *per- (“before”) meaning "the highest" vel sim. Cognate with, for example, Pali parama (“superior, excellent”).
This same element is present in Hispanic autochthonous personal names (Anparamo), theonyms (Paramaecus) and toponyms (Paramica) recorded in Roman inscriptions, or by Greek or Roman authors.

mesa, plateau, high wasteland or moorland


fanega

From Spanish fanega attested from the 13th century, from Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (faníqa, “sack”), from Arabic.

der

English or American bushel, a dry measure

Desa leira tirei eu o ano pasado vinte fanegas de trigo. Cen ferrados.

That field gave last year 20 fanegas of wheat. A hundred ferrados.

cen carros de pan entre trigo et centeo et vi armentios et iiii bois et ii uacas et La roxellos entre cabras et ouellas et oyto fanegas de ligoyma entre fuas et eruellas et ii ferrados de noses et vii anssaras et dos capoos et v galinas et ii porcas et iiii trens de nauios que tinna en pinor por vi centos mor.

1291, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Transcrición íntegra dos documentos, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 78:

a hundred carts of grain, wheat and rye; and 6 cattle, 4 oxen and 2 cows; and 50 kids, sheep and goats; and eight fanegas of legume, beans and peas; and two ferrados of nuts; and 7 geese, and two capons and 5 hens and 2 sows; and 4 sails of ships that he had pawned for 600 mor.

tres fanegas, è decir quince ferrados de centeo
three fanegas, that is, fifteen ferrados or rye

1823, Pedro Boado Sánchez, Diálogo entre dos Labradores gallegos afligidos:

(historical) fanega, the Spanish bushel, a traditional dry measure, sometimes varying from the Castilian standards in Galician-speaking areas of Spain and closer to 60 L


Chipre

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia)


ribeira

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ribeira, from Early Medieval Latin rīpāria.


Niza

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

Nice (a coastal city, the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France)


baixo

From Old Galician-Portuguese baixo, from Late Latin bassus (“low, short”).


Xerusalén

Jerusalem (the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine)


Xamaica

Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


San Mariño

San Marino (a landlocked microstate in Southern Europe, located within the borders of Italy)

San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


Suíza

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)


Ucraína

Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)


Antiga República Iugoslava da Macedonia

República Iugoslava da Macedonia (canonical feminine)

former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia


ARIM

Antiga República Iugoslava da Macedonia#Galician

Acronym of Antiga República Iugoslava da Macedonia (FYROM, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)


Cidade do Vaticano

Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)


Bosnia e Hercegovina

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Bélxica

Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)


Alemaña

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Alamanha, from Latin Alemānnia,
from Proto-Germanic *Alamanniz.

Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)


Xordania

Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Xeorxia

Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)

Dorian segue a súa traxectoria cara a Florida con ventos de 175 km por hora. Despois chegará a Xeorxia e Carolina do sur.

2019 September 3, “O Furacán Dorian chegará á costa da Florida con menos forza”, in TVG:

Dorian follows its trajectory toward Florida with 175 km per hour winds. Afterward it will arrive at Georgia and South Carolina.

Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)


Aquitania

Aquitaine (a historical region in France)


Hamburgo

Hamburg (the second-largest city in Germany)

Hamburg (a state of Germany containing the city of the same name)


estreito

From Old Galician-Portuguese estreito (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin strictus. Compare Portuguese estreito, Spanish estrecho and French étroit. Doublet of estrito, which was a borrowing.


Lacio

administrative region
administrative region

Lazio (an administrative region of Italy, situated in the central peninsular section of the country with Rome as its capital)


quenlla

From Latin canalicula (“gutter”), diminutive of canālis (“channel”).


Quioto

Kyoto (the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)


Véneto

Veneto (an administrative region of northern Italy, roughly corresponding to the ancient Venetia)


Guinea Ecuatorial

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English:_Q983

Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


Mauricio

Mauritius (A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)

Mauritius (The main island of the country of Mauritius)


Coira

Attested in the Middle Ages as Cauria; from Hispano-Celtic *kauria, from Proto-Celtic *kawaros (“strong”).

San Fiz de Monfero
San Fiz de Monfero#English

A village in San Fiz de Monfero parish, Monfero, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Nebra parish, Porto do Son, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Biduído parish, Ames, A Coruña, Galicia

Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela#English

A village in Laraño parish, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Reis parish, Teo, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Folgoso parish, Allariz, Ourense, Galicia


Casanova

[ˌkɑ.s̺aˈnɔ.β̞ɐ]

a large number of hamlets and villages throughout Galicia


Rial

From Latin rivalis, from rivus (“brook”).

A parish of Val do Dubra, A Coruña, Galicia

A parish of Antas de Ulla, Lugo, Galicia


América Central

* América ("America") + central ("central")


Seúl

Borrowed from Korean 서울 (Seoul, literally “capital city”).


Escandinavia

(geology) Scandinavia (a peninsula in northern Europe)


Estremadura

Extremadura (an autonomous community of Spain)


Málaga

Malaga (a city and province of Andalusia, Spain)


Filadelfia

Philadelphia (a large city in the United States)


Iemen

Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Capetón

Cape Town (the legislative capital of South Africa)


Pequín

Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)


Badaxoz

Badajoz (a province of Extremadura, Spain)

Badajoz (a city, the provincial capital of Badajoz, Spain)


Tolosa

From Latin Tolōsa, probably of Gaulish origin.

Toulouse (the capital city of the Haute-Garonne department, France; capital city of the region of Occitanie)


Nixeria

Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)


Oural

Unknown. Primarily an oronym attested in local Latin documents since the 10th century as Aural; perhaps from Latin aurum (“gold”) or from aurora (“dawn”).

A parish of Boqueixón, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Mántaras parish, Irixoa, A Coruña, Galicia

Filgueira de Barranca
Filgueira de Barranca#English

A village in Filgueira de Barranca parish, Oza-Cesuras, A Coruña, Galicia

San Tomé de Lourenzá
San Tomé de Lourenzá#English

A village in San Tomé de Lourenzá parish, Lourenzá, Lugo, Galicia

A town in Chorente parish, Sarria, Lugo, Galicia

Santa Cruz do Oural; A village in Vila de Mouros parish, O Incio, Lugo, Galicia

Salvaterra de Miño
Salvaterra de Miño#English

A village in Fornelos parish, Salvaterra de Miño, Pontevedra, Galicia


Amarante

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Amarante, from the genitive of the Latin personal name Latin Amaranthus, from Ancient Greek αμάραντος (amárantos). Compare Portuguese Amarante.

inh+

San Fiz de Amarante
San Fiz de Amarante#English

San Fiz de Amarante (a parish of Antas de Ulla, Lugo, Galicia)

San Martiño de Amarante
San Martiño de Amarante#English

San Martiño de Amarante (a parish of Antas de Ulla, Lugo, Galicia)

Santa Mariña do Castro de Amarante#English

Santa Mariña do Castro de Amarante (a parish of Antas de Ulla, Lugo, Galicia)

Santo Estevo do Castro de Amarante#English

Santo Estevo do Castro de Amarante (a parish of Antas de Ulla, Lugo, Galicia)

A locality in Cuíña parish, Oza-Cesuras, A Coruña, Galicia


Gondomar

From Medieval Latin Gundemari, genitive of Gundemarus, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from a compound of Proto-Germanic *gunþiz (“battle”) and *mērijaz (“great; famous”).

A town and municipality of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain

A parish of Gondomar, Pontevedra, Galicia

A village in San Xiao de Vea parish, A Estrada, Pontevedra, Galicia


Acerbaixán

Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)


Monforte

From Old French Monfort (“stronghold”). Its earlier name was Pino, former Dactonium.

Monforte de Lemos: A municipality and city in Lugo, Galicia, Spain


Vigo

A Latin place name: from Old Galician-Portuguese Vigo, already a toponymical form, from Latin vīcus (“village, hamlet”); from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“village”).
(Cognates):
From the same Latin vicus via Latin villa: Catalan vila, French village, English village
From the same Latin vicus: Galician veciño, Galician vila, Catalan Vic, Italian vico, Italian vicolo, Italian vicolo cieco, [Term?]
From the same Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- via Proto-Germanic *wīhsą: Dutch wijk, German Weichbild, English Greenwich, English Gatwick

col

Cognates

Vigo (a city and municipality on the southwest coast of Galicia, Spain)

San Xulián de Vigo
San Xulián de Vigo#English

San Xulián de Vigo (a parish of Paderne, A Coruña, Galicia)

A village in Larín parish, Arteixo, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Dexo parish, Oleiros, A Coruña, Galicia

Vilanova de Santiso
Vilanova de Santiso#English

Malpica de Bergantiños
Malpica de Bergantiños#English

A village in Vilanova de Santiso parish, Malpica de Bergantiños, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Callobre parish, Miño, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Cervás parish, Ares, A Coruña, Galicia

San Xurxo de Moeche
San Xurxo de Moeche#English

A village in San Xurxo de Moeche parish, Moeche, A Coruña, Galicia

San Martiño de Duio
San Martiño de Duio#English

A village in San Martiño de Duio parish, Fisterra, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Dodro parish, Dodro, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Cruces parish, Padrón, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Lamas parish, Boqueixón, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Vilaronte parish, Foz, Lugo, Galicia

Santiago de Mondoñedo
Santiago de Mondoñedo#English

A village in Santiago de Mondoñedo parish, Mondoñedo, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Miñotos parish, Ourol, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Mariz parish, Chanta, Lugo, Galicia

Vigo de Mosteiro
Vigo de Mosteiro#English

Vigo de Mosteiro (a village in Mosteiro parish, Guntín, Lugo, Galicia)

A village in Zolle parish, Guntín, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Bacurín parish, Lugo, Lugo, Galicia


lagoa

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese lagõa, from Latin lacūna (“pit”), from Latin lacus (“lake”).


Carballo

A town and municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

San Xil de Carballo
San Xil de Carballo#English

San Xil de Carballo (a parish of Samos, Lugo, Galicia)

several villages and hamlets all along Galicia


vao

From Old Galician-Portuguese vao, from Latin vadum (“ford”), from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm, from *weh₂dʰ-.


A Rioxa

autonomous community
autonomous community

La Rioja (an autonomous community and province of Spain)


comunidade autónoma

gl-noun

comunidade autónoma f (plural comunidades autónomas)


devesa

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin [terra] dēfēnsa (“defended land”). Cognate with Portuguese, Occitan devesa and Spanish dehesa.

inh

Iten enna Morgan hun pedaso de devesa acerca do camino publico segun que parte per hum marqo que esta ao pee de hun carvallo grande que sou [son] nove carvallos entre grandes et pequenos

1447, María C. Sánchez Carrera, editor, El Bajo Miño en el siglo XV. El espacio y los hombres, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 328:

Item, in Morgan a piece of a devesa near the public way as it goes from a boundary stone at the feet of a large oak tree; and those are nine oak trees, large and small

He always rode a horse, for he had to travel over four leagues through isolated forests, sparse woods and gullies.

a vast woodland, usually walled or fenced, whose trees are not very densely packed


A Coruña

Uncertain. Predominant theories are:
* A corruption of the word for “crown”;
* From French Cluny, a commune in eastern France;
* From Scottish Gaelic cork orrunach (literally “harbor of the brave men”): Celtic settlers had been known to explore the coast;
* From Crunia, a medieval Leonese name of unknown origin.

bor

A Coruña (a province of Galicia, Spain; capital: A Coruña)

A Coruña (a city in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain)


O Salvador

El Salvador (a country in Central America)


Exipto

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Costa do Marfil

Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)


Níxer

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)

Niger (a major river in West Africa, that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)


San Tomé e Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe


Cervantes

From the mountain river of the same name, from a substrate language, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to cut off”) (compare Latin curvus).


Sardeña

Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)


Ámsterdam

Amsterdam (the capital city of the Netherlands)


Normandía

administrative region
administrative region

Normandy (an administrative region, historical province, and medieval kingdom in northwest France, on the English Channel)


Lombardía

Lombardy (an administrative region in northern Italy, where its capital and the largest city Milan is founded in the Po Valley)


vilancico

From Spanish villancico, from villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”).

(music, poetry) villancico (traditional Spanish or Portuguese folk song)


Ancara

Ankara (the capital city and province of Turkey)


Istambul

Istanbul (the largest city and province of Turkey)


Nova Hampshire

New Hampshire (a state of the United States)


Nova Inglaterra

New England (a traditional region in the United States)


Novo México

New Mexico (a state of the United States)


insua

From the earlier ynsoa, from Old Galician-Portuguese insua, inssoa, from Latin īnsula (“island”). Cognate with Portuguese ínsua and Spanish isla.

islet, eyot, holm; peninsula; place totally or partially surrounded by rivers and waters


Comunidade Valenciana

Valencian Community
Valencian Community#English

Valencian Community (an autonomous community of Spain)


eurodeputado

gl-noun

eurodeputado m (plural eurodeputados, feminine eurodeputada, feminine plural eurodeputadas)

eurodeputados (plural)
eurodeputada (feminine)
eurodeputadas (feminine plural)

(politics) MEP (Member of the European Parliament)


Santiago de Compostela

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Santiago de Compostela.

etymon

A city in A Coruña, Galicia. Allegedly, the cathedral was built over the resting place of St James the Great


Lugo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Lugo, from Latin Lūcus Augustī, founded by Augustus as capital of the Roman district of Gallaecia Lucense after the conquest of northwestern Iberia. From lūcus (“sacred wood”). Compare Portuguese Lugo, Italian Lugo (and Lucania).

inh+

Lugo (a city, the provincial capital of Lugo, Galicia, Spain)


Pontevedra

[pon̪.t̪eˈβ̞ɛ.ð̞ɾɐ]

A place name with medieval origin; from ponte (“bridge”) + vedra (“old”).

Pontevedra (a city in Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain)

Pontevedra (a province of Galicia, Spain; capital: Pontevedra)

A village in Liñaio parish, Negreira, A Coruña, Galicia


República de Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia

Republic of North Macedonia
Republic of North Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia, former partially recognised name of the Republic of North Macedonia


Camberra

Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory#English

Canberra (the capital city of Australia; located in the Australian Capital Territory)


Columbia Británica

British Columbia
British Columbia#English


Foz

From foz (“rivermouth”), from Latin faux.

A municipality and town in Lugo, Galicia

Santa Cruz de Ribadulla
Santa Cruz de Ribadulla#English

A village in Santa Cruz de Ribadulla parish, Vedra, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Grou parish, Lobios, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Ribeira parish, Crecente, Pontevedra, Galicia

A village in Ramallosa parish, Nigrán, Pontevedra, Galicia


Marsella

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

Marseille (the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)


Eo

Attested as Euue during the Middle Ages. As most Galician river names, from a substrate language. Doublet of Ove, a riverside parish.

A river in Galicia, Spain. Its estuary marks part of the border between Galicia and Asturias


Rodeiro

A town and municipality of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain

A parish of Rodeiro, Pontevedra, Galicia

A parish of Oza-Cesuras, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Seavia parish, Coristanco, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Queixeiro parish, Monfero, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in As Enchousas parish, As Somozas, A Coruña, Galicia

San Adrao de Lourenzá
San Adrao de Lourenzá#English

A village in San Adrao de Lourenzá parish, Lourenzá, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Duarría parish, Castro de Rei, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Bexán parish, Cospeito, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Labrada parish, Guitiriz, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Lobios parish, Sober, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Abelenda parish, Avión, Pontevedra, Galicia

San Xosé de Ribarteme
San Xosé de Ribarteme#English

A village in San Xosé de Ribarteme parish, As Neves, Pontevedra, Galicia

A village in Taboexa parish, As Neves, Pontevedra, Galicia


océano Ártico

Arctic Ocean (an ocean in the northern polar regions)


océano Antártico

Antarctic Ocean, Southern Ocean (an ocean in the southern polar regions)


corgo

Attested in local Medieval Latin documents as corrego, from local Vulgar Latin (documented by Pliny the Elder as corrugus), from a local Indo-European substrate language. Cognate with Portuguese córrego and Spanish cuérrago.


Guipúscoa

Guipúzcoa (a province of the Basque Country, Spain)


Mera

Unknown. From a substrate language. Compare also Spanish Miera and Italian Mera.
It is registered also as the ancient name of a number of other rivers and rivulets throughout Galicia.

A river in Ortigueira, A Coruña, Galicia

Mera de Arriba (a parish of Ortigueira, A Coruña, Galicia)

Mera de Abaixo (a parish of Ortigueira, A Coruña, Galicia)

San Pedro de Mera
San Pedro de Mera#English

San Pedro de Mera (a parish of Lugo, Lugo, Galicia)

Santalla de Bóveda de Mera
Santalla de Bóveda de Mera#English

Santalla de Bóveda de Mera (a parish of Lugo, Lugo, Galicia)

Vilachá de Mera (a parish of Lugo, Lugo, Galicia)

Barcia de Mera (a parish of Covelo, Pontevedra, Galicia)

San Martiño de Calvos de Sobrecamiño#English

Muíños da Mera (a village in San Martiño de Calvos de Sobrecamiño parish, Arzúa, A Coruña, Galicia)

A village in Barcia parish, Navia de Suarna, Lugo, Galicia


Biscaia

Biscay (a province of the Basque Country, Spain)


Tuche

From Latin Teodiscli, genitive of Teodisclus, from a Suevic and/or Gothic compound personal name, from Proto-Germanic *þeudō (“people, nation”) and *gīslaz (“hostage”).

der

A locality in Reigosa parish, Pastoriza, Lugo, Galicia


europarlamentario

gl-noun

europarlamentario m (plural europarlamentarios, feminine europarlamentaria, feminine plural europarlamentarias)

europarlamentarios (plural)
europarlamentaria (feminine)
europarlamentarias (feminine plural)


Miño

Attested as Miino in the 13th century, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

A town and municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain


Casaquistán

Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)


Baiona

From Old French Bayonne, itself probably from Basque. The town was renamed in the 13th century; its earlier name was Hiriçãa or Erizana.

A municipality and town in Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain


Banco Central Europeo

European Central Bank
European Central Bank

European Central Bank (central bank for the European Union)


Vila

a large number of villages and parishes throughout Galicia


Viana

From Old French Vienne or Old Occitan Viana.

Viana do Bolo: A municipality and town in Ourense, Galicia, Spain


Neda

Attested as Nedda, Nebda and Nepta in Medieval Latin local deeds and charters; from a substrate language, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”).

A municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

A village in Arxemil parish, O Corgo, Lugo, Galicia

Vilariño de Neda
Vilariño de Neda#English

Vilariño de Neda (a village in Augasantas parish, Rois, A Coruña, Galicia)


Ledesma

From a local Celtic substrate language: a superlative in *-isamo- from either *ɸletos (“breadth”) or *ɸleitos (“grey”). So, either from Proto-Celtic *ɸletisamā (“the broadest one”) or from Proto-Celtic *ɸleitisamā (“the greyest one”). Cognate with Spanish Ledesma and French Louesme.

der

A parish of Boqueixón, A Coruña, Galicia


Saavedra

/saːˈβɛðɾa̝/

Attested in the 12th century as Salavetera and Saavetra. From Saa + vedra: Saa from Proto-Germanic *salą (“hall, house”), and vedra from Latin vetera (“old”).

A village in Dadín, O Irixo, Ourense, Galicia


Ulloa

From Latin Uliola, a diminutive, ancient name of the river Pambre, a tributary of the Ulla river.

A village in Curbián parish, Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia

Vilar de Ulloa (a village in Meixide parish, Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia)

A village in San Breixo parish, Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Oroso parish, Oroso, A Coruña, Galicia


Barcia

From the older spelling of varcia (“floodplain”). Attested as Varzena in local Medieval Latin documents; ultimately from a substrate language.

A parish of Navia de Suarna, Lugo, Galicia

Barcia de Mera (a parish of Covelo, Pontevedra, Galicia)

A Barcia do Seixo
A Barcia do Seixo#English

A Barcia do Seixo (a parish of A Lama, Pontevedra, Galicia)

a large number of hamlets and villages throughout Galicia


Couto

A village in Mavegondo parish, Abegondo, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Meangos parish, Abegondo, A Coruña, Galicia

San Pedro de Mor
San Pedro de Mor#English

A village in San Pedro de Mor parish, Alfoz, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Frexulfe parish, O Valadouro, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Mañente parish, Pantón, Lugo, Galicia

A village in O Pao parish, Gomesende, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Coruxo parish, Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia


Moscoso

From Latin muscōsum, accusative singular of muscōsus, meaning mossy. Doublet of musgoso. Early forms of the surname came in the form "Mosscosso," which supports the aforementioned origin, given it is the voicing of late Latin 's' that gave rise to the g in 'sc' clusters in Spanish and Galician (such as in musgoso). Alternatively, from mosca (“fly”) + -oso (“place with”). However, there are few, if any examples, in which Latin word-final "a" becomes "o", making this latter etymology unlikely. The surname, from a Galician Medieval noble house.

A parish of Pazos de Borbén, Pontevedra, Galicia

A village in Rodeiro parish, Oza-Cesuras, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Ardemil parish, Ordes, A Coruña, Galicia


Balboa

From Valboa, from Latin vallis bona, "Good Valley".

Valboa (a municipality of León, Castilla y León, Spain)

Valboa (a parish of Monterroso, Lugo, Galicia)

Valboa (a parish of Trabada, Lugo, Galicia)


Taboada

From Late Latin (ponte) tabulata, "wooden (bridge)".

A town and municipality of Lugo, Galicia, Spain

Taboada dos Freires
Taboada dos Freires#English

Taboada dos Freires (a parish of Taboada, Lugo, Galicia)

A parish of Silleda, Pontevedra, Galicia

San Mamede de Ferreiros
San Mamede de Ferreiros#English

A village in San Mamede de Ferreiros parish, O Pino, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Entrecruces parish, Carballo, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Paderne parish, Oza-Cesuras, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Mandiá parish, Ferrol, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Bembibre parish, Val do Dubra, A Coruña, Galicia


Cambra

From Latin Calambriga. Compare Portuguese Cambra.

A village in Palmeira parish, Ribeira, A Coruña, Galicia

San Xoán do Campo
San Xoán do Campo#English

A village in San Xoán do Campo parish, Lugo, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Frades parish, Mondariz, Pontevedra, Galicia


Castelo

a large number of hamlets and villages throughout Galicia

A parish of Culleredo, A Coruña, Galicia

Castelo de Pallares
Castelo de Pallares#English

Castelo de Pallares (a parish of Guntín, Lugo, Galicia)

Castelo de Rei (a parish of Outeiro de Rei, Lugo, Galicia)

Castelo de Somoza
Castelo de Somoza#English

Castelo de Somoza (a parish of O Incio, Lugo, Galicia)

Castelo dos Infantes
Castelo dos Infantes#English

Castelo dos Infantes (a parish of Sarria, Lugo, Galicia)


Portela

From portela (“mountain pass”), from Latin porta (“gate”).

A Portela do Trigal
A Portela do Trigal#English

Carballeda de Valdeorras
Carballeda de Valdeorras#English

A Portela do Trigal (a parish of Carballeda de Valdeorras, Ourense, Galicia)

Vilamartín de Valdeorras
Vilamartín de Valdeorras#English

A parish of Vilamartín de Valdeorras, Ourense, Galicia

A parish of Rodeiro, Pontevedra, Galicia

a large number of villages all along Galicia


Somoza

Attested as Submoncia in 569 and as Somoça in Medieval Galician; from Latin sub- (“under; before”) and *montia, an accusative plural (compare Zanfoga) of a neuter form of mōns (“mountain”), so meaning "beneath the mountains".

A village in Asados parish, Rianxo, A Coruña, Galicia

A Rúa de Valdeorras
A Rúa de Valdeorras#English

A village in A Rúa de Valdeorras parish, A Rúa, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Asadur parish, Maceda, Ourense, Galicia

A parish of Pobra de Trives, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Botos parish, Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia


Sar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Sar, from Medieval Latin Saris, from Sars, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; a root noun from the Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow”).


Sarria

Originally a hydronym; the river Sarria was already documented as Sarria in local Medieval Latin in the 8th century. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow”). Related to the rivers Sarre and Sar.

A town and municipality of Lugo, Galicia, Spain


Cambre

Attested as Calambre since the 10th century, in local Medieval Latin documents, and later as Caambre in Medieval Galician. From a substrate Celtic language, from a compound of *kala- (“stone?”) + the zero grade of *mrogis (“mark, territory”).

Santa María de Cambre
Santa María de Cambre#English

Santa María de Cambre (a parish of Cambre, A Coruña, Galicia)

Santa Martiño de Cambre
Santa Martiño de Cambre#English

Santa Martiño de Cambre (a parish of Carballo, A Coruña, Galicia)

A village in Cambre, Carballo, A Coruña, Galicia


Viveiro

A city and municipality of Lugo, Galicia, Spain


Céltigos

From Latin Celticōs, from the local pre-Roman Celtic tribe of the Celticī Supertamarcī.

A parish of Ortigueira, A Coruña, Galicia


Suevos

From Latin suēvōs (“Suebi”), from Proto-Germanic *swēbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”): probably because these places were settled by the Suebi people who established in Galicia and Northern Portugal in the 5th century.

A village in Mazaricos, A Coruña, Galicia


Souto

From souto (“chestnut grove”), from Latin saltus (“forest”).

Souto de Torres (a parish of Castroverde, Lugo, Galicia)

Souto de Ferradal
Souto de Ferradal#English

Souto de Ferradal (a parish of Láncara, Lugo, Galicia)

Souto de Limia (a parish of Muíños, Ourense, Galicia)

San Cristovo de Cea
San Cristovo de Cea#English

A parish of San Cristovo de Cea, Ourense, Galicia

A parish of A Estrada, Pontevedra, Galicia


Tambre

A hydronym, from an older Tamar, attested in Medieval Latin as Tamare and Tamara, attested in Classical Latin as Tamaris, and in Ancient Greek as Ταμάρα (Tamára). From a substrate language, probably from Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥Hrós, from *temH- (“dark”); or alternatively from Proto-Celtic *tamo- (compare Welsh tawdd (“melts”)) or Proto-Celtic *tā-, *tāyo- (“to melt, flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”), or from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥h₁-ró-, from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- (“to cut”). See also English Thames, Tamar and German Zembs.

A river in Galicia, Spain. It flows some 125 km to the Atlantic Ocean near Noia


Támega

A hydronym, attested in Medieval Latin as Tamice. An *-ikos suffixed form, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably from Proto-Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *temH- (“dark”); or alternatively from Proto-Celtic *tā-, *tāyo- (“to melt, flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”). See also Thames.
Cognate with Portuguese Tâmega.

an international river flowing 145 km from the Serra de San Mamede mountain range in Galicia, to the Douro river in Entre-os-Rios, Portugal


Támoga

A hydronym, attested in Medieval Latin as Tamega. An *-ikos suffixed form, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably from Proto-Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *temH- (“dark”); or alternatively from Proto-Celtic *tā-, *tāyo- (“to melt, flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”). See also Thames.

a river flowing 25 km to the Minho river in Cospeito, Galicia


Tamuxe

A hydronym, attested in the 15th century as Tamuja. A suffixed form from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably from Proto-Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *temH- (“dark”); or alternatively from Proto-Celtic *tā-, *tāyo- (“to melt, flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”). See also Thames.

a river flowing 15 km to the Minho river in O Rosal, Galicia


Canedo

From canedo, from Latin cannetum (“reed bed”).

A Pobra do Brollón
A Pobra do Brollón#English

A parish of A Pobra do Brollón, Lugo, Galicia

a number of villages and hamlets throughout Galicia


Pesqueira

A village in Castro parish, Boiro, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Xustás parish, Cospeito, Lugo, Galicia


regueiro

From Old Galician-Portuguese regueiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from rego + -eiro. Compare Spanish reguero.


Navia

Attested as Navia in Classical Latin (Pliny). From a Celtic or pre-Celtic substrate language, ultimately a derivation of Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”), *(s)neh₂- (“to swim”), perhaps meaning "navigable" (cf. Proto-Indo-Iranian *naHwiyás).
Cognate, among others, with the rivers Nahe ( < Nava) in Germany and Noe ( < Navio) in England.

A river in Spain. It flows for some 160 km from Galicia to the Bay of Biscay in Asturias. In Roman times it marked the boundary in between Gallaeci and Astures


Bazar

From local Late Latin Bazari, genitive of Bazarius, probably from a Suevic personal name, a compound from Proto-Germanic *baz-, perhaps a hypocoristic form of *badwō (“fight”), and *harjaz (“army; warriot”).

A parish of Santa Comba, A Coruña, Galicia

A parish of Castro de Rei, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Trobe parish, Vedra, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Abades parish, Silleda, Pontevedra, Galicia


Camba

From a local Celtic substrate language: from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to curve”). Compare German Chamb, a river in Germany and Czechia.

der

A river in Ourense, Galicia, which flows for some 56 km before draining into the Bibei, a subaffluent of the Minho river

San Xoán de Camba
San Xoán de Camba#English

San Xoán de Camba (a parish of Rodeiro, Pontevedra, Galicia)

San Salvador de Camba
San Salvador de Camba#English

San Salvador de Camba (a parish of Rodeiro, Pontevedra, Galicia)

Santa Baia de Camba
Santa Baia de Camba#English

Santa Baia de Camba (a parish of Rodeiro, Pontevedra, Galicia)

A parish of Castro Caldelas, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Ourol parish, Ourol, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Xuances parish, Xove, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Samarugo parish, Vilalba, Lugo, Galicia


Brión

From Proto-Celtic *brigū or *brigiū , from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”). The word is documented in a medieval local charter from 818 as the name of an Iron Age hill-fort. Cognate with French Brion.

A municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

A locality in Boiro parish, Boiro, A Coruña, Galicia

Malpica de Bergantiños
Malpica de Bergantiños#English

A locality in Leiloio parish, Malpica de Bergantiños, A Coruña, Galicia

A locality in Roo parish, Outes, A Coruña, Galicia

A locality in Leiro parish, Rianxo, A Coruña, Galicia


Ombre

Attested in local medieval documents as Anobre, from Proto-Celtic *ɸenos (“water”) + *brixs (“hill; fort”).

A parish of Pontedeume, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Viceso parish, Brión, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Almeiras parish, Culleredo, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Vilanova parish, Miño, A Coruña, Galicia


Méixamo

From a local Celtic substrate language, from Proto-Celtic *magisamo-, superlative of Proto-Celtic *magyo- (“great”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”). Cognate with Latin maximus, from *magissimus, *magsimus.

A village in Queizán parish, Navia de Suarna, Lugo, Galicia


Triacastela

From Latin tria + castella, both expressed as accusative plural, thus meaning "Three Castles".


Sandiás

Documented in 934 as Sindilanes. From Suevic or Gothic, from a genitive form of the Germanic personal name *Sinþilô or *Swinþilô. From *sinþaz (“journey”) or *swinþaz (“strong”) and the diminutive personal suffix *-ilô derived from *-ilaz.

A town and municipality of Ourense, Galicia, Spain

A village in Vilaúxe parish, Chantada, Lugo, Galicia


Randufe

From Late Latin Randulfi, genitive of Randulfus; from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from Proto-Germanic *Randiwulfaz, from *randiz (“shield”) + *wulfaz (“wolf”).

A village in Gondomar, Gondomar, Pontevedra, Galicia

A village in As Achas, A Caniza, Pontevedra, Galicia

A village in Santa Comba, Santa Comba, A Coruña, Galicia


Randulfe

Documented in 1246 as Randulfi, a Latin genitive form of a Germanic composite personal name; from Suevic or Gothic, from *randiz (“shield”) + *wulfaz (“wolf”).

A village in Paradela, Paradela, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Árbol, Antas de Ulla, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Lamas, San Sadurniño, A Coruña, Galicia


Randolfe

Documented in 1325 as Randulfe, from a Latin genitive form of a Germanic composite personal name; from Suevic or Gothic, from *randiz (“shield”) + *wulfaz (“wolf”).

A village in Bermún, Chantada, Lugo, Galicia


Brandariz

Documented in 1087 as Branderici; from Late or Medieval Latin Branderici, in origin a Germanic personal name expressed as a Latin genitive, so meaning "Branderic's property"; from Suevic or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *Branderīks, from *brandaz (“sword”) + *rīks (“king”).

A parish of Vila de Cruces, Pontevedra, Galicia

A locality in A Baíña parish, Agolada, Pontevedra, Galicia

A locality in Luama parish, Ortigueira, A Coruña, Galicia


Brandarís

From Late or Medieval Latin Branderici, in origin a Germanic personal name expressed as a Latin genitive, so meaning "Branderic's property"; from Suevic or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *Branderīks, from *brandaz (“sword”) + *rīks (“king”).

A village in Bardaos, Tordoia, A Coruña, Galicia


Brandufe

From Late Latin Brandulfi, genitive of Brandulfus; from a Germanic composite personal name; from Suevic or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“sword”) + *wulfaz (“wolf”).

A village in Vincios, Gondomar, Pontevedra, Galicia


Gondulfe

From local Medieval Latin Gundulfi; from Suevic or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *Gunþiwulfaz, from *gunþiz (“battle”) + *wulfaz (“wolf”).

A village in Vilapedre, Vilalba, Lugo, Galicia


Vilargondurfe

From local Medieval Latin villarem Gundulfi ("Gundulf's hamlet"); from Suevic or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *Gunþiwulfaz, from *gunþiz (“battle”) + *wulfaz (“wolf”).

A village in Vilaboa, A Pontenova, Lugo, Galicia


Gondulfes

Attested as Gundulfis in 1132; from Suevic or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *Gunþiwulfaz, from *gunþiz (“battle”) + *wulfaz (“wolf”).

A parish of Catrelo do Val, Ourense, Galicia


Gondufe

From local Medieval Latin Gundulfi; genitive of the personal name Gundulfus, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from Proto-Germanic *Gunþiwulfaz, from *gunþiz (“battle”) + *wulfaz (“wolf”).

A village in Cristimil, Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia

A village in Saiáns, Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia


Esmeriz

Attested in 1297 as Ermeriz; from Late or Medieval Latin Hermerici, in origin a Germanic personal name expressed as a Latin genitive, so meaning "Hermeric's property"; from Suevic (it's the same name of one Suevic king) or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *Ermunarīks, from *ermunaz (“whole”) + *rīks (“king”).


Esmoriz

Attested in 1201 as Hermeriz; from Late or Medieval Latin Hermerici, in origin a Germanic personal name expressed as a Latin genitive, so meaning "Hermeric's property"; from Suevic (it's the same name of one Suevic king) or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *Ermunarīks, from *ermunaz (“whole”) + *rīks (“king”).

A village in Bacoi, Alfoz, Lugo, Galicia

San Pedro da Torre
San Pedro da Torre#English

A village in San Pedro da Torre, Padrenda, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Mourentán, Arbo, Pontevedra, Galicia

A village in Besexos, Vila de Cruces, Pontevedra, Galicia


Esmorís

Attested in 1140 as Ermoriz; from Late Latin Hermerici, in origin a Germanic personal name expressed as a Latin genitive, so meaning "Hermeric's property"; from Latin-Suevic Hermericus, from Proto-Germanic *Ermunarīks, from *ermunaz (“whole”) + *rīks (“king”).

Cabana de Bergantiños
Cabana de Bergantiños#English

A village in Cesullas, Cabana de Bergantiños, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Berdillo, Carballo, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Fisteus, Curtis, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Buscás, Ordes, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Curantes, A Estrada, Pontevedra, Galicia


Armariz

Attested circa 1000 as Armarici; from Late or Medieval Latin Hermerici, in origin a Germanic personal name expressed as a Latin genitive, so meaning "Hermeric's property"; from Suevic (it's the same name of one Suevic king) or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *Ermunarīks, from *ermunaz (“whole”) + *rīks (“king”).

Nogueira de Ramuín
Nogueira de Ramuín#English

A parish of Nogueira de Ramuín, Ourense, Galicia

Xunqueira de Ambía
Xunqueira de Ambía#English

A parish of Xunqueira de Ambía, Ourense, Galicia


Almariz

Attested in 1065 as Armariz; from Late or Medieval Latin Hermerici, in origin a Germanic personal name expressed as a Latin genitive, so meaning "Hermeric's property"; from Suevic (it's the same name of one Suevic king) or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *Ermunarīks, from *ermunaz (“whole”) + *rīks (“king”).

Santo André de Penosiños
Santo André de Penosiños#English

A village in Santo André de Penosiños, Ramirás, Ourense, Galicia


Maceda

Attested in the 10th century as Mazaneta; from Vulgar Latin *mattianēta (“place with apple trees”).

A village in Montecubeiro, Castroverde, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Mosteiro, Outeiro de Rei, Lugo, Galicia


Felmil

Attested as Felmiri in 966, a Latin genitive of a Germanic composite personal name; from Suevic or Gothic, from *felu (“much”) + *mēraz (“excellent; famous”).


Mariñas

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin marina (“marine”).

A comarca in A Coruña, Galicia: As Mariñas


Val do Dubra

From val (“valley”) + de (“of”) + Dubra, the name of a local river attested in medieval local documents as Dubria, from Proto-Celtic *dubros (“dark water”).


Dubra

A hydronym, attested in medieval local Latin documents as Dubria, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *dubros (“dark, water”).


Beresmo

It is probably the same toponym attested as (castello) Berisamo in a Roman Latin inscription. A Celtic place name: from a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to praise”) + Proto-Celtic *-isamo-, a superlative suffix.

A village in Avión parish, Avión, Ourense, Galicia


Sésamo

A Celtic place name: from Proto-Celtic *segos (“force”) + Proto-Celtic *-isamo-, a superlative suffix.

A parish of Culleredo, A Coruña, Galicia


Bamio

Documented circa 1250 as Vamyo. A Celtic place name: from Proto-Celtic *uɸo- (“under”) + Proto-Celtic *-amo-, a superlative suffix, + Proto-Celtic *-yo-. From Proto-Indo-European *(s)úp-m̥mo- (“uppermost”): Latin summus, Sanskrit उपम (upama), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌿𐌼𐌰 (auhuma).

Vilagarcía de Arousa
Vilagarcía de Arousa#English

A parish of Vilagarcía de Arousa, Pontevedra, Galicia

Santo Eusebio da Peroxa
Santo Eusebio da Peroxa#English

A village in Santo Eusebio da Peroxa, Coles, Ourense, Galicia


Bertamil

From Late or Medieval Latin Bertamiri, in origin a Germanic personal name expressed as a Latin genitive, so meaning "Bertamir's property"; from Suevic or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *Berhtamēraz, from *berhtaz (“bright”) + *mēraz (“famous”).

A village in Entrambasaugas, Guntín, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Lobás, O Carballiño, Ourense, Galicia


Bertomil

A village in Brates, Boimorto, A Coruña, Galicia


Bertamiráns

From *Bertamiranis or *Bertamiranes, a derivative of Bertamirus, in origin a Germanic personal name, and meaning "Bertamir's property" or "Bertamir's descendants"; from Suevic or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *Berhtamēraz, from *berhtaz (“bright”) + *mēraz (“famous”).

A town in Ortoño parish, Ames, A Coruña, Galicia


Moimenta

Attested as Monimenta in 958; from the accusative plural of Latin monimentum (“memorial, tomb”), so meaning "the tombs", in probable reference to the presence of ancient dolmens and barrows. Cognate with Portuguese Moimenta.

A village in Macenda parish, Boiro, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Milmanda parish, Celanova, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Vilela parish, Cualedro, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Traseirexa parish, Vilardevós, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Arnois parish, A Estrada, Pontevedra, Galicia

A parish of Campolameiro, Pontevedra, Galicia

A village in Saídres parish, Silleda, Pontevedra, Galicia


Muimenta

Attested as Monimenta in 1135; from the accusative plural of Latin monimentum (“memorial, tomb”), so meaning "the tombs", in probable reference to the presence of ancient dolmens or barrows.

Carballeda de Avia
Carballeda de Avia#English

A parish of Carballeda de Avia, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Salcedo parish, Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Galicia


Mormenta

From *monmenta, from the accusative plural of Latin monimentum (“memorial, tomb”), so meaning "the tombs", in probable reference to the presence of ancient dolmens and barrows.

San Lourenzo de Trives
San Lourenzo de Trives#English

A village in San Lourenzo de Trives, Pobra de Trives, Ourense, Galicia


Cospeito

From Latin cōnspectus (“visible, distinguished”). Compare Italian cospetto.

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Santo André de Logares
Santo André de Logares#English

A village in Santo André de Logares parish, A Fonsagrada, Lugo, Galicia


Celanova

Originally, a monastery founded by Saint Rudesind in 936 in the village then named villare. From Latin cella (“cell, shrine”) + nova (“new”): "New Monastery".


Triabá

Attested as Triavada in 969; from Latin tria (“three”) + vada (“fords”), expressed as accusative plural, so meaning "the three fords".

A parish of Castro de Rei, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Perdecanai, Barro, Pontevedra, Galicia


Compostela

Attested as Conpostella in 966, from Latin compositella, diminutive of composita (“ordered, arranged”), meaning "the (well) composed little one" vel sim.
Cognate with Spanish Compostilla.

A village in Abeancos parish, Melide, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in A Mezquita parish, A Mezquita, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Manín parish, Lobios, Ourense, Galicia


Zanfoga

Attested as Centum Foca in 897; from Latin centum (“hundred”) and *foca, an accusative plural of a neuter *focum, from Latin focus (“fire; home”), so meaning "a hundred homes". Compare Spanish Cienfuegos.

Pedrafita do Cebreiro
Pedrafita do Cebreiro#English

A parish of Pedrafita do Cebreiro, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Montemaior parish, A Laracha, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Corzón parish, Mazaricos, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Coristanco parish, Coristanco, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Armental parish, Vilasantar, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Maside parish, Sarria, Lugo, Galicia


Camouco

From Medieval Latin calamaucum, a cap, originally made in camel hide, used in the Middle Ages by bishops and the Pope, from Ancient Greek καμελαύκιον (kamelaúkion), from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”).

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A village in Berbetouros parish, Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia


Caamouco

Attested as Calamauco in 1157; from Medieval Latin calamaucum, a cap, originally made in camel hide, used in the Middle Ages by bishops and the Pope; from Ancient Greek καμελαύκιον (kamelaúkion), from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”).


Barallobre

/baɾaˈʎɔβɾe̝/

Attested in local medieval documents as Baraliobre, from a first theme related to Hispanic Medieval Latin baralia (“dispute; talk”) and a deuterotheme derived from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“fort; hill”).

A village in Bravío parish, Betanzos, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Carballo parish, Friol, Lugo, Galicia


Olveira

From Latin olivaria, so attested in 934, from oliva (“olive tree”) + aria.


Olveira

From Latin ulvaria, so attested in 1168, from ulva (“sedge”) + aria.


Entrecinsa

From Latin intercisa (“cut, divided”), so attested in 1029.

Vilariño de Conso
Vilariño de Conso#English

A village in Sabuguido parish, Vilariño de Conso, Ourense, Galicia


Cedofeita

From Medieval Latin Citofacta, from citō (“quickly; soon; early”) + facta (“made, done”). By surface analysis, cedo + feita. Compare Portuguese Cedofeita.


Cedofeito

From Medieval Latin Citofactum, from cito (“quickly; soon; early”) + factum (“made, done”).

A village in Toxos Outos parish, Lousame, A Coruña, Galicia


Costoia

Attested as Custodia since 945 in local Medieval Latin documents. Together with Custoia and Costoira, from Latin custōdia (“protection, custody”), in probable reference to the ancient presence of watchtowers or guard posts. Cognate with Portuguese Custóias and Catalan Costoja.

A village in Biduído parish, Ames, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Grixalba parish, Sobrado, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Lobás parish, O Carballiño, Ourense, Galicia

A village in O Couto parish, A Caniza, Pontevedra, Galicia

A village in Vilanova parish, Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia

A village in Fiestras parish, Silleda, Pontevedra, Galicia

A village in Siador parish, Silleda, Pontevedra, Galicia


chaira

→ Spanish: chaira

From proto-Galician *chãaira, from Latin plānāria (“planar”), from Latin plānus (“flat”).


A Baña

Attested as Avania in 1153; Probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”).

A town and municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain


A Capela

From a + capela: "The Chapel", in reference to the local church of Saint James, attested since the 10th century.

A municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain


Arteixo

Attested as Artasio in 942; from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, perhaps from Celtic.


Bergantiños

Attested as Bregantinos since the 9th century; either from Latin Brigantīnōs (“people of Brigantium”), from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, or directly from Proto-Celtic *brigantīnos (“king”) (compare Old Welsh brennin, brennhin).


Allariz

From Medieval Latin Aliarici, genitive of Aliaricus, from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name, a compound, from Proto-Germanic *aljaz and *rīks (“king”).

A town and municipality of Ourense, Galicia, Spain

A village in San Román parish, Lugo, Lugo, Galicia

San Tomé de Piñeiro
San Tomé de Piñeiro#English

A village in San Tomé de Piñeiro parish, Marín, Pontevedra, Galicia


Mondariz

From Medieval Latin Munderici, genitive of Mundericus, from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name, a compound, from Proto-Germanic *mundō (“protection”) + *rīks (“king”).

A town and municipality of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain

A parish of Mondariz, Pontevedra, Galicia


Forcarei

From Medieval Latin Fulcaredi, genitive of Fulcaredus, from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name, a compound, from Proto-Germanic *fulką (“people”) and *rēdaz (“advice”).

A parish of Forcarei, Pontevedra, Galicia


Nendos

Attested as Nemitos since the 9th century; from Proto-Celtic *nemetom, meaning either "the sanctuaries" or "the powerful/privileged ones".

An an ancient comarca in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. It comprised the lands in between the rivers Mero and Mandeo


Lemos

Attested as Lemaos since the 9th century; from Latin Lemavos, a local Celtic tribe; probably from Proto-Celtic *limos (“elm”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“elm”).


Salnés

This name is attested as Salinense at least since the 9th century; from Latin territorium Salinensem (“territory of the salt works”), from salīna (“salt pan”) + -ēnsis, because of the many salt pans established there during the High Middle Ages.


As Saíñas

From Latin salīnas (“salt pan”), preceded by the Galician definite article as.

A village in Palmeira parish, Ribeira, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Noicela parish, Carballo, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Cedeira parish, Cedeira, A Coruña, Galicia

Celeiro de Mariñaos
Celeiro de Mariñaos#English

A village in Celeiro de Mariñaos parish, Barreiros, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Navia parish, Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia


Baltar

From Latin Baltarii, genitive of Baltarius, from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Balþaharjaz, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz (“bold”) and *harjaz (“army, warrior”).

A Pobra do Caramiñal
A Pobra do Caramiñal#English

A village in Lesón parish, A Pobra do Caramiñal, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Artes parish, Carballo, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Mántaras parish, Irixoa, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Souto parish, Paderne, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Grandal parish, Vilarmaior, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in O Val parish, Narón, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Vilastose parish, Muxía, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in O Vicedo parish, O Vicedo, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Brigos parish, Chantada, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Damil parish, Begonte, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Belesar parish, Vilalba, Lugo, Galicia

San Clemente de Cesar
San Clemente de Cesar#English

A village in San Clemente de Cesar parish, Caldas de Reis, Pontevedra, Galicia

A village in Castrelo parish, Cambados, Pontevedra, Galicia

A village in Adina parish, Sanxenxo, Pontevedra, Galicia

A village in Xuntáns parish, Ponte Caldelas, Pontevedra, Galicia


O Grove

Medieval Latin Ogrobre, from Gallaecian (Hispano-Celtic) *Okrobris, from Proto-Celtic *okro- and *brixs (“hill, hill-fort”).

A town, municipality, and peninsula in Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain


Ons

The island's name is from Medieval Latin Aunes; it was attested by Pliny as Aunios, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably from Proto-Celtic *au- (“away, off”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó.

An island and parish of Bueu, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain


Trives

Attested as Tepores in 569 and as Tybris since the 10th century; from Latin Tibures, the pre-Latin name of a local tribe of Gallaecia, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

A Pobra de Trives
A Pobra de Trives#English

A parish of A Pobra de Trives, Ourense, Galicia


Serantes

From Medieval Latin Sarantes, attested in a Roman era Latin inscription as Serante (ablative), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“protect”) or *serh₃- (“to go on (hostilely)”) + the participial suffix *-nt-.

A village in Oza parish, Carballo, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Moraime parish, Muxía, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Veiga parish, Ortigueira, A Coruña, Galicia

San Cosme de Outeiro
San Cosme de Outeiro#English

A village in San Cosme de Outeiro parish, Outes, A Coruña, Galicia

Vilanova de Arousa
Vilanova de Arousa#English

A village in Baión parish, Vilanova de Arousa, Pontevedra, Galicia


Toiberde

Bascuas 2005:55.4 proposes from PIE *tugia, 'wet spot'. Maybe related to the placename Toiverde, in As Pontes de García Rodríguez. Joseph Piel (apud Bascuas) defends from Medieval Latin Teodeberti, genitive of Teodebertus, from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name, from *Þeudōberhtaz, from Proto-Germanic *þeudō (“nation”) and *berhtaz (“bright”).

A village in Mougás parish, Oia, Pontevedra, Galicia


Saa

Attested in Medieval Latin charters as Sala, from Suevic [Term?] or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *salą (“house, dwelling”).

A Pobra do Brollón
A Pobra do Brollón#English

A parish of A Pobra do Brollón, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Esteiro parish, Cedeira, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Meixide parish, Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia

San Lourenzo de Aguiar
San Lourenzo de Aguiar#English

A village in San Lourenzo de Aguiar parish, Outeiro de Rei, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Cadoalla parish, Becerreá, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Cedrón parish, Láncara, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Toubille parish, Láncara, Lugo, Galicia

San Pedro do Incio
San Pedro do Incio#English

A village in San Pedro do Incio parish, O Incio, Lugo, Galicia

Santa María do Mao
Santa María do Mao#English

A village in Santa María do Mao parish, O Incio, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Saavedra parish, Begonte, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Labrada parish, Guitiriz, Lugo, Galicia

Santa Locaia de Parga
Santa Locaia de Parga#English

A village in Santa Locaia de Parga parish, Guitiriz, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Marrube parish, O Saviñao, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Toiriz parish, Pantón, Lugo, Galicia

San Salvador de Mourisco
San Salvador de Mourisco#English

Paderne de Allariz
Paderne de Allariz#English

A village in San Salvador de Mourisco parish, Paderne de Allariz, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Seoane de Arcos parish, O Carballiño, Ourense, Galicia

Carballeda de Avia
Carballeda de Avia#English

A village in Carballeda parish, Carballeda de Avia, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Sadurnín parish, Cenlle, Ourense, Galicia

San Cibrao de Armental
San Cibrao de Armental#English

A village in San Cibrao de Armental parish, A Peroxa, Ourense, Galicia

Santa Mariña de Pescoso
Santa Mariña de Pescoso#English

A village in Santa Mariña de Pescoso parish, Rodeiro, Pontevedra, Galicia

Salvaterra de Miño
Salvaterra de Miño#English

A village in Fornelos parish, Salvaterra de Miño, Pontevedra, Galicia

A village in Beade parish, Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia


Bendia

Attested in Medieval Latin charters as Vendena, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *windenā, from *windos (“white”).

A parish of Castro de Rei, Lugo, Galicia


Loentia

Attested in Medieval Latin charters as Luentena, ultimately probably from Proto-Celtic *lowentenā, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”).


Rosomil

From Medieval Latin *Rosomiri, genitive of *Rosomirus, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from a compound of Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”) and *mēraz (“great; famous”).

A village in Lampón parish, Boiro, A Coruña, Galicia


Eiré

From Medieval Latin Ageredi, genitive of Ageredus, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Agarēdaz, from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“dread”) and *rēdaz (“advice, counsel”).


Golmar

From Medieval Latin Gualamari, genitive of Gualamarus, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from a compound of Proto-Germanic *wala- (“power, authority”) (compare *waldaną, "to rule") and *mērijaz (“great; famous”).

A parish of A Laracha, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Cervo parish, Cedeira, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Roade parish, Sobrado, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Narla parish, Friol, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Prógalo parish, Lugo, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Abrence parish, A Pobra do Brollón, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Noceda parish, Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia


Ansemar

From Medieval Latin Ansemari, genitive of Ansemarus, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from a compound of Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“deity”) and *mērijaz (“great; famous”).


Baldomar

From Medieval Latin Baldemari, genitive of the personal name Baldemarus, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from a compound of Proto-Germanic *balþaz (“bold”) and *mērijaz (“great; famous”).

A village in Rus parish, Carballo, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Bardullas parish, Muxía, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Mera de Arriba parish, Ortigueira, A Coruña, Galicia

Santa Cruz de Parga
Santa Cruz de Parga#English

A village in Santa Cruz de Parga parish, Guitiriz, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Beacán parish, A Peroxa, Ourense, Galicia

Nogueira de Ramuín
Nogueira de Ramuín#English

A village in Nogueira de Ramuín parish, Nogueira de Ramuín, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Covelo parish, Covelo, Pontevedra, Galicia


Tixoa

From Medieval Latin *Tugiola, a diminutive of the name of the local river Toxa, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *Tugia. For the evolution, compare filloa.

A village in Refoxos parish, Silleda, Pontevedra, Galicia


Toimil

From Latin Theudemiri, genitive of Theudemirus, from a Suevic and Gothic personal name (cf. Theodemir), from a compound *Þeudōmēraz, from Proto-Germanic *þeudō (“nation”) and *mēraz (“great, famous”).

A village in Xuances parish, Xove, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Barán parish, Paradela, Lugo, Galicia

Santalla de Pena
Santalla de Pena#English

A village in Santalla de Pena parish, Begonte, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Galegos parish, Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia


Tuimil

A village in O Sequeiro parish, Valdoviño, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in O Viso parish, Redondela, Pontevedra, Galicia


Milmanda

Founded in the 12th century. From Old French mirmande (“maison fortifiée”).


Salvaterra

From Old French or Old Occitan: compare French Sauveterre and Occitan Sauvatèrra. Its earlier name was Lazoiro, former Lacedurium, of probable Celtic origin.

Salvaterra de Miño: A municipality and town in Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain


Rozavales

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Roncevallis, whence Spanish Roncesvalles, because of these places being possessions of the abbey of Roncesvalles.

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Monforte de Lemos
Monforte de Lemos#English

A parish of Monforte de Lemos, Lugo, Galicia

San Martiño de Manzaneda
San Martiño de Manzaneda#English

A village in San Martiño de Manzaneda parish, Manzaneda, Ourense, Galicia


Valdeorras

Attested as Geurres in 569 and as Geurres, Iurres or Iorres since the 9th century, later Valdeorres (from val + de, "Valley of Orres"); from Latin Gigurri, the pre-Latin name of a local tribe of Gallaecia, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.


Bendollo

Attested in Medieval charters as Vendollo, from *Windocelo-, a compound of Proto-Celtic *windos (“white”) and Proto-Celtic *okelos (“hill”).


caivanca

From older cavianca, attested in local Latin documents since 940 CE, perhaps from Latin cavea (“hollow, cavity”) and a substrate prefix -anca.


Sanxenxo

From Medieval Latin Sanctus Genesius, from Ancient Greek Γενέσιος (Genésios), patron saint of the local parish of San Xenxo de Padriñán, attested as San Gẽes de Padriñán in 1396. A similar development led to San Xens de Bamio, attested as Sam Gẽgo de Vámeo in 1457.

A town and municipality of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain


San Sadurniño

A parish and municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

A village in Cebreiro parish, Arzúa, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Rus parish, Carballo, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Piñeiró parish, O Saviñao, Lugo, Galicia

A ruined tower in Cambados, Pontevedra, Galicia


Guillade

From a lost common noun (vila, agro, castro, busto vel sim) and the name of a 5th-10th centuries landowner, Latin Viliati, genitive of Viliatus; from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from Proto-Germanic *Wiljahaþuz, from *wiljô (“will”) and *haþuz (“battle”).

A parish of Ponteareas, Pontevedra, Galicia

San Román de Montoxo
San Román de Montoxo#English

A village in San Román de Montoxo parish, Cedeira, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Vilamor parish, Mondoñedo, Lugo, Galicia

Santalla de Arxemil
Santalla de Arxemil#English

A village in Santalla de Arxemil parish, Sarria, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Filgueira parish, Crecente, Pontevedra, Galicia


Gontade

From Latin Guntati, genitive of Guntatus, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Gunþihaþuz, from Proto-Germanic *gunþiz (“battle”) and *haþuz (“battle”).

A village in Ardaña parish, Carballo, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Os Ánxeles parish, Brión, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Piñeiro parish, Cuntis, Pontevedra, Galicia

A village in Oia parish, Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia


Guillufe

From Latin Viliulfi, genitive of Viliulfus, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Wiljawulfaz, from Proto-Germanic *wiljô (“will”) and *wulfaz (“wolf”).

A village in Gorgullos parish, Tordoia, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Morgadáns parish, Gondomar, Pontevedra, Galicia


Guillurfe

A village in Cabalar parish, A Capela, A Coruña, Galicia


Vilaguillulfe

From Latin villa + Viliulfi, genitive of Viliulfus, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Wiljawulfaz, from Proto-Germanic *wiljô (“will”) and *wulfaz (“wolf”).

A village in Cartelos parish, Carballedo, Lugo, Galicia


Nandulfe

From Latin Nandulfi, genitive of Nandulfus, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Nanþawulfaz, from Proto-Germanic *nanþaz (“daring”) and *wulfaz (“wolf”).

A village in Pedrafita parish, Chantada, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Os Vilares parish, Guitiriz, Lugo, Galicia


Nandufe

A village in Noicela parish, Carballo, A Coruña, Galicia


Canzobre

Attested as Caranzobre and Caançovre in the 14th century. From a Celtic composite noun *Karantyobrix, from the deuterotheme *brixs (“hill”)
and a prototheme derived from Proto-Celtic *karants (“friend”).

A village in Morás parish, Arteixo, A Coruña, Galicia


Cezobre

From a Celtic composite noun *Kaityobrix, from the deuterotheme *brixs (“hill”) and a prototheme derived from Proto-Celtic *kaito- (“wood”). Cognate with Portuguese Setúbal, attested as Καιτόβριξ (Kaitóbrix).

A village in Borraxeiros parish, Agolada, Pontevedra, Galicia


Callobre

From a Celtic composite noun *Kalyobrix or *Kallyobrix, from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”).

A village in Cuíña parish, Oza-Cesuras, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Céltigos parish, Ortigueira, A Coruña, Galicia


Cillobre

From a Celtic composite noun, from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”).

A village in Sésamo parish, Culleredo, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Cornado parish, Touro, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Torás parish, A Laracha, A Coruña, Galicia


Lestrobe

From a Celtic composite noun *Lestrobrix, from the deuterotheme *brixs (“hill”) and a prototheme derived from Proto-Celtic *lestro- (“vessel”).

A village in Dodro parish, Dodro, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Benza parish, Trazo, A Coruña, Galicia


Lesende

From Latin Hildesindi, later attested as Elsendi, genitive of Hildesindus, from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Hildesinþaz, from Proto-Germanic *hildiz (“fight”) and *sinþaz (“journey; companion”).


Troitosende

From Latin Tructesindi, genitive of Tructesindus, from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Druhtesinþaz, from Proto-Germanic *druhtiz (“troop”) and *sinþaz (“journey; companion”).


Gomesende

From Latin Gumesindi, genitive of Gumesindus, from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name, from Proto-Germanic *Gumasinþaz, from *gumô (“man”) + *sinþaz (“journey; companion”).

A municipality of Ourense, Galicia, Spain

A village in Monteagudo parish, Arteixo, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Dombodán parish, Arzúa, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Arcos parish, Chantada, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Pol parish, Meira, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Padrenda parish, Padrenda, Ourense, Galicia


Requesende

From Latin Reccesuindi, genitive of Reccesuindus, from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Rīkjaswinþaz, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją (“rulership”) and *swinþaz (“strong”).

A village in Golmar parish, A Laracha, A Coruña, Galicia

Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela#English

A village in Sabugueira parish, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia


Friosende

From Latin Fredesindi, genitive of Fredesindus, from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Friþusinþaz, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz (“peace”) and *sinþaz (“journey; companion”).

A village in Viladavil parish, Arzúa, A Coruña, Galicia


Formosende

From Latin Frumesindi, genitive of Frumesindus, from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Frumôsinþaz, from Proto-Germanic *frumô (“first”) and *sinþaz (“journey; companion”).

A village in Fene parish, Fene, A Coruña, Galicia


Gosende

From Latin Godesindi, genitive of Godesindus, from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Godesinþaz, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (“good”) and *sinþaz (“journey; companion”).

A village in A Ermida parish, A Baña, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Andeiro parish, Cambre, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Tabeaio parish, Carral, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Soutullo parish, A Laracha, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Valadares parish, Outes, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Rodís parish, Cerceda, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Castro parish, Mesía, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Ordes parish, Ordes, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in As Neves parish, Ortigueira, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Os Ánxeles parish, Brión, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Marantes parish, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Coiro parish, Mazaricos, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Lousada parish, Samos, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Vilamarín parish, Vilamarín, Ourense, Galicia


Mosende

From the older form Moosende, from Latin Manosindi, genitive of Manosindus, from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Manôsinþaz, from Proto-Germanic *manô (“man”) and *sinþaz (“journey; companion”).

A parish of O Porriño, Pontevedra, Galicia

A village in Piñeiro parish, Cedeira, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Lago parish, Valdoviño, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Ourol parish, Ourol, Lugo, Galicia


Gulfián

From local Late Latin Gulfiani, an improper genitive form of Gulfila, from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name Wulfila, from *Wulfilô, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz (“wolf”) and the diminutive personal suffix *-ilan-.

San Cosme de Outeiro
San Cosme de Outeiro#English

A village in San Cosme de Outeiro parish, Outes, A Coruña, Galicia


Tragove

From a Celtic composite noun *Trāgobrixs, "Fort by the beach" vel sim., from the deuterotheme *brixs (“hill; fort”) and a prototheme derived from Proto-Celtic *trāgi (“beach, low tide”).

A village in Corvillón parish, Cambados, Pontevedra, Galicia


Cerponzóns

Attested as Serponções in 1433 and as Serpenciones in 1019. From Serpentiōnis, genitive of Serpentiō, from the Latin personal name Serpentius.

A parish of Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Galicia


Freán

From local Late Latin villa Froilani, from an improper genitive form of Froila, from a Suevic and Gothic personal name, from Proto-Germanic *Frawilô, from *frawjô (“lord”) and the diminutive personal suffix *-ilan-.

A village in Vilacova parish, Abegondo, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Morás parish, Arteixo, A Coruña, Galicia

A Pobra do Caramiñal
A Pobra do Caramiñal#English

A village in Lesón parish, A Pobra do Caramiñal, A Coruña, Galicia

San Mamede de Carnota
San Mamede de Carnota#English

A village in San Mamede de Carnota parish, Carnota, A Coruña, Galicia

Santa Mariña do Castro
Santa Mariña do Castro#English

A village in Santa Mariña do Castro parish, Carballedo, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Argozón parish, Chantada, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Líncora parish, Chantada, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Sirvián parish, Guntín, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Muras parish, Muras, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Cazás parish, Xermade, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Atán parish, Pantón, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Vinseiro parish, A Estrada, Pontevedra, Galicia


Bustofreán

From busto and Froilani, an improper genitive form of Late Latin Froila, from a Suevic and Gothic personal name, from *Frawilô, from Proto-Germanic *frawjô (“lord”) and the diminutive personal suffix *-ilan-.

A village in Vilapedre parish, Vilalba, Lugo, Galicia


Donfreán

From Late Latin Domni Froilani ("Lord Froila's"), an improper genitive form of Froila, from a Suevic and Gothic personal name, from *Frawilô, from Proto-Germanic *frawjô (“lord”) and the diminutive personal suffix *-ilan-.


Freás

From earlier Freães, from local Late Latin villa Froilanis, a genitive form of Froila, from a Suevic and Gothic personal name, from *Frawilô, from Proto-Germanic *frawjô (“lord”) and the diminutive personal suffix *-ilan-.

Freás de Eiras; A parish of Ramirás, Ourense, Galicia

Freás da Canda; A village in A Canda parish, Piñor, Ourense, Galicia

Castrelo de Miño
Castrelo de Miño#English

A village in Astariz parish, Castrelo de Miño, Ourense, Galicia


Freáns

A village in Crespos parish, Padrenda, Ourense, Galicia

Freáns de Deva; A village in Pontedeva parish, Pontedeva, Ourense, Galicia


Lourenzá

From the earlier Lourençãa, from Latin Laurentiana, from Laurentius + -ana: the villa or possession of Lawrence.

A town and municipality of Lugo, Galicia, Spain


Vilasantar

From Latin villa Sentarii, genitive of Sentarius, from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Sinþaharjaz, from Proto-Germanic *sinþaz (“journey; companion”) and *harjaz (“army, warrior”).

der

A municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain


Touriñán

From the earlier Touriñãa, from Latin Tauriniana, from Taurinius + -ana: the villa or possession of Taurinius.


Atián

From local Late Latin Attilani, an improper genitive form of Attila, from a Suevic and Gothic personal name, from *Attilô, from Proto-Germanic *attô (“father”) and the diminutive personal suffix *-ilan-.

A village in Miñotos parish, Ourol, Lugo, Galicia


Ateán

A village in Botos parish, Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia


Requián

From local Late Latin Richilani, an improper genitive form of Richila, from a Suevic personal name (Rechila, Richila), from *Rīkjilô, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“noble, mighty”) and the diminutive personal suffix *-ilan-.

A village in Cacheiras parish, Teo, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Merille parish, Ourol, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Augas Santas parish, Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Saldanxe parish, A Pastoriza, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Parada de Sil parish, Parada de Sil, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Frades parish, A Estrada, Pontevedra, Galicia


Riquián

A village in Covas parish, Viveiro, Lugo, Galicia


Requiá

From *Requiãa, from local Late Latin Richilani, an improper genitive form of Richila, from a Suevic personal name (Rechila, Richila), from *Rīkjilô, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“noble, mighty”) and the diminutive personal suffix *-ilan-.

San Xurxo de Moeche
San Xurxo de Moeche#English

A village in San Xurxo de Moeche parish, Moeche, A Coruña, Galicia


Requiás

From Riquiaás, attested as Riquilanes (11th century), from a genitive form of Richila, from a Suevic personal name (Rechila, Richila), from *Rīkjilô, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“noble, mighty”) and the diminutive personal suffix *-ilan-.


Xiabre

A Celtic place name: from *Senabre, from Proto-Celtic *Senobrix or *Senā brix, from *seno- (“old >? tall”) + *brixs (“hill, hill-fort”).


Castrove

A Celtic place name attested as alpe Castovre in the 11th century. From Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill, hill-fort”).


Guxeva

From Late Latin Gudigeba, in origin a Germanic personal name, from Suevic [Term?] or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *Gudagebō, from *gudą (“god”) + *gebō (“gift”).

Santiago de Arriba
Santiago de Arriba#English

A village in Santiago de Arriba parish, Chantada, Lugo, Galicia


Franzomil

From Latin Francemiri, genitive of Francemirus, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Frankômēraz, from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“spear, javelin; Frank”) and *mēraz (“great”).

A village in Sendelle parish, Boimorto, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Liáns parish, Oleiros, A Coruña, Galicia


Francuín

From Latin Francolini, genitive of Francolinus, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from *Frankôlīnaz, from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“spear, javelin; Frank”) and a complex hypocoristic suffix *-l-īnaz.

An uninhabited place in Asados parish, Rianxo, A Coruña, Galicia

An uninhabited place in Recesende parish, Teo, A Coruña, Galicia


Gontar

From Latin Guntari, genitive of Guntarius, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Gunþiharjaz, from Proto-Germanic *gunþiz (“battle”) and *harjaz (“army, warrior”). Compate with German Günther and Old Norse Gunnar.

A village in Coucieiro parish, Val do Dubra, A Coruña, Galicia


Gonxar

From Latin Gundiari, genitive of Gundiarius, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Gunþiharjaz, from Proto-Germanic *gunþiz (“battle”) and *harjaz (“army, warrior”). Compate with German Günther and Old Norse Gunnar.

A village in Agar parish, A Estrada, Pontevedra, Galicia


Gunxar

A village in Santaballa parish, Vilalba, Lugo, Galicia


Gonzar

From Latin Guntiari, genitive of Guntiarius, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Gunþiharjaz, from Proto-Germanic *gunþiz (“battle”) and *harjaz (“army, warrior”). Compate with German Günther and Old Norse Gunnar.


Bóveda

From bóveda (“arch, vault”), from Old Galician-Portuguese boveda (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Attested during the High Middle Ages as bovata. From Germanic, probably from a Gothic *buwitha, from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *būaną (“to dwell, reside, build”).

A town and municipality of Lugo, Galicia, Spain

Santalla de Bóveda de Mera; A parish of Lugo, Lugo, Galicia

A parish of Vilar de Barrio, Ourense, Galicia

Bóveda de Amoeiro; A parish of Amoeiro, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Churío parish, Irixoa, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Miñotos parish, Ourol, Lugo, Galicia


Gulfar

From Late Latin Gulfari, genitive of Gulfarius, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Wulfaharjaz, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz (“wolf”) and *harjaz (“army, warrior”).

A village in A Viña parish, Irixoa, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Xián parish, Taboada, Lugo, Galicia

A village in Amarante parish, Maside, Ourense, Galicia

A village in Morgadáns parish, Gondomar, Pontevedra, Galicia


Gulfariz

From Latin Gulfarici, genitive of Gulfaricus, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Wulfarīks, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz (“wolf”) and *rīks (“king”).

A village in Graíces parish, A Peroxa, Ourense, Galicia


Golfariz

A village in Pardemarín parish, A Estrada, Pontevedra, Galicia


Castromaior

From castro (“hillfort”) + maior (“main; major”): "Main Castle".


Meitufe

From local Late Latin Mactulfi, genitive of Mactulfus, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Mahtiwulfaz, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz (“power”) and *wulfaz (“wolf”).

A village in Valdoviño parish, Valdoviño, A Coruña, Galicia

A village in Leira parish, Ordes, A Coruña, Galicia