Coira

Galician

Etymology

Attested in the Middle Ages as Cauria; from Hispano-Celtic *kauria, from Proto-Celtic *kawaros (“strong”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkojɾa̝/

Proper noun

Coira

  1. A village in San Fiz de Monfero parish, Monfero, A Coruña, Galicia
  2. A village in Nebra parish, Porto do Son, A Coruña, Galicia
  3. A village in Biduído parish, Ames, A Coruña, Galicia
  4. A village in Laraño parish, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia
  5. A village in Reis parish, Teo, A Coruña, Galicia
  6. A village in Folgoso parish, Allariz, Ourense, Galicia
  7. a toponymical surname

See also

References
  • “Coira” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “Coira” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • “cauri” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  1. Blanca María Prósper (2002) Lenguas y religiones prerromanas del occidente de la Península Ibérica‎, Salamanca: Universidad de Salamanca, →ISBN, retrieved 24 September 2018, page 119.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Curia Raetorum.

Proper noun

Coira f

  1. Chur (a town in Switzerland)

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