Vitureira

Galician

Etymology

From Medieval Latin vulturaria (“place with vultures”), from vultur (“vulture”) + -aria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bituˈɾejɾa̝/

Proper noun

Vitureira f

  1. a village in Langueirón parish, Ponteceso, A Coruña, Galicia
  2. a village in San Salvador de Budiño parish, O Porriño, Pontevedra, Galicia
  3. a surname transferred from the place name

References

  • “Vitureira” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • “Vitureira” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ulturaria”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
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