Nebra

Galician
Cruceiro (high cross) at Quintáns, Nebra

Etymology

Attested as Nevare circa 830,[1] and later as valle de Nevar in 1220.[2] From a substrate language; if cognate with French Nièvre, then from a pre-Celtic river-name *nevara.[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈnɛβɾɐ]

Proper noun

Nebra

  1. A parish of Porto do Son, A Coruña, Galicia
  2. a surname

References
  • “Neuar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “Nebra” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • “Nebra” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. "Nevare" in Biblioteca Dixital da Galicia Medieval .
  2. "Neuar" in Gallaecieae Monumenta Historica.
  3. Nègre, Ernest (1990) Toponymie générale de la France. Genève: Droz, vol. I, page 40.
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