Anseán
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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Ultimately from a lost common noun (vila, agro, castro, busto vel sim) and the name of a 5th-10th centuries landowner, Late Latin Ansilani, improper or late genitive of Ansila; from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name, from Proto-Germanic *Ansilô, from *ansuz (“deity”) and the diminutive personal suffix *-ilan-.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Anseán m
- A parish of O Corgo, Lugo, Galicia
- A parish of Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia
- A village in Buxantes parish, Dumbría, A Coruña, Galicia
- a toponymical surname
See also
Anseán on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Ansian”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “Anseán” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- “Anseán” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.