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English
Proper noun
Barcia (plural Barcias)
- A surname from Galician.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Barcia is the 5316th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6555 individuals. Barcia is most common among Hispanic/Latino (81.69%) and White (15.51%) individuals.
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
From the older spelling of varcia (“floodplain”). Attested as Varzena in local Medieval Latin documents;[1] ultimately from a substrate language.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Barcia m
- A parish of Navia de Suarna, Lugo, Galicia
- Barcia de Mera (a parish of Covelo, Pontevedra, Galicia)
- A parish of Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia
- A Barcia do Seixo (a parish of A Lama, Pontevedra, Galicia)
- a large number of hamlets and villages throughout Galicia
- a toponymical surname
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “varzea”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “Barcia” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- “Barcia” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ "Varzena" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Histori|gl|ca.