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Galician
Etymology 1
From Latin olivaria, so attested in 934, from oliva (“olive tree”) + aria.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Olveira f
- A parish of Dumbría, A Coruña, Galicia
Etymology 2
From Latin ulvaria, so attested in 1168, from ulva (“sedge”) + aria.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Olveira f
- A parish of Ribeira, A Coruña, Galicia
- a toponymycal surname
References
- "Olveira" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. <http://ilg.usc.es/cag/>