Grixoa

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese grijoa, from Late Latin ecclesiola (little church).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɾiˈʃɔa̝/

Proper noun

Grixoa f

  1. a parish of Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia
  2. a parish of Santa Comba, A Coruña, Galicia
  3. Grixoa de Esternande (a parish of Santa Comba, A Coruña, Galicia)
  4. a parish of San Amaro, Ourense, Galicia
  5. a parish of Viana do Bolo, Ourense, Galicia
  6. a village in Berdoias parish, Vimiando, A Coruña, Galicia

References

  • Grixoa” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “grijoa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Heinz Jürgen Wolf (2007) “Le type *PALATIOLUM et autres diminutifs en toponymie”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique[1], volumes 47-48, →ISSN, pages 229-243.