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Galician
Etymology
Attested as Asanza during the Middle Ages; from Alesantiam, Alesancia (775), ancient name of a local river (now Río Grande).[1][2] From a substrate language, perhaps from Celtic *Alisantiā;[3] cognate with French Alzette, Auxence,[4] German Elsenz,[5] and with other river names elsewhere in Europe.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
As Anzas
- A village in Covelas parish, Ribadeo, Lugo, Galicia
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Asanza”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “As Anzas” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- ^ Búa, Carlos (2018) Toponimia prelatina de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela: USC, →ISBN, page 78
- ^ Moralejo, J. J. (2005), "Hidrónimos galaicos con sufijo -antia", in Palaeohispanica, 5, pages 843-846.
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2012) Noms de lieux celtiques de l'Europe ancienne (-500 / +500): dictionnaire, Arles: Errance, →ISBN, page 46.
- ^ Nègre, Ernest (1990) Toponymie générale de la France. Genève: Droz, vol. I, page 23.
- ^ Greule, Albrecht (2014) Deutsches Gewässernamenbuch: Etymologie der Gewässernamen und der dazugehörigen Gebiets-, Siedlungs- und Flurnamen, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 612