Miño

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See also: mino, Mino, minó, minò, minő, and miño

Galician

Miño / Minho River

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Minho, from Latin Minius, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Celtic, either from Proto-Celtic *mino- ("mild", compare Welsh mwyn, Irish mín),[1] or from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to wander”).[2] Compare Portuguese Minho.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Miño m

  1. Minho (a river in Galicia, Spain, and Portugal)
  • Fomiñá (from Fonte Miniana; source of the river)

Etymology 2

Miño, A Coruña

Attested as Miino in the 13th century, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Miño m

  1. A town and municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
  2. a surname

References

  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Mineo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • "Miño" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Curchin, Leonard A. (2008). "The toponyms of the Roman Galicia: New Study", Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos, LV (121), pages 109-136.
  2. ^ Falileyev, Alexander (1997). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names, Aberystwyth University, s.v. Minius.

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es
río Miño

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Minius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmiɲo/
  • Rhymes: -iɲo
  • Syllabification: Mi‧ño

Proper noun

Miño m

  1. Minho (a river in Spain and Portugal)
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