Irixoa

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese irijoa, from Late Latin ecclesiola (“little church”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /iɾiˈʃɔa̝/

Proper noun

Irixoa f

  1. A municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
  2. A parish of Muras, Lugo, Galicia
  3. Irijoa; a toponymical surname

References
  • “Irixoa” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • “irijoa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “Irijoa” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • Heinz Jürgen Wolf (2007) “Le type *PALATIOLUM et autres diminutifs en toponymie”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique‎, volumes 47-48, →ISSN, pages 229-243.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.