Mosteirón

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mosteyroo, from Medieval Latin monasteriolo, from Late Latin monasteriolum (“little abbey”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mostejˈɾɔŋ/

Proper noun

Mosteirón m

  1. a parish of Sada, A Coruña, Galicia
  2. a village in Santa María de Neda parish, Neda, A Coruña, Galicia
  3. a village in Covas parish, San Cristovo de Cea, Ourense, Galicia

References

  • “Mosteirón” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mosteyroo”, 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.
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