Brión

See also: Brion and brión

Galician
Ruins of the castle of Altamira, Brión

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brigū or *brigiū , from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”).[1] The word is documented in a medieval local charter from 818 as the name of an Iron Age hill-fort.[2][3] Cognate with French Brion.[4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɾiˈoŋ/

Proper noun

Brión m

  1. A municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
  2. A parish of Brión, A Coruña, Galicia
  3. A parish of Ferrol, A Coruña, Galicia
  4. A locality in Boiro parish, Boiro, A Coruña, Galicia
  5. A locality in Leiloio parish, Malpica de Bergantiños, A Coruña, Galicia
  6. A locality in Roo parish, Outes, A Coruña, Galicia
  7. A locality in Leiro parish, Rianxo, A Coruña, Galicia
  8. a toponymycal surname

References
  • “Brión” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • “Brión” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 77.
  2. "Brion" in Biblioteca Dixital da Galicia Medieval.
  3. Cabeza Quiles, Fernando (2014) A Toponimia Celta de Galicia. Noia: Toxosoutos, pages 165-69.
  4. Nègre, Ernest (1990) Toponymie générale de la France. Genève: Droz, vol. I, page 149.
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