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Galician
Etymology
Documented in 1325 as Randulfe, from a Latin genitive form of a Germanic composite personal name; from Suevic or Gothic, from *randiz (“shield”) + *wulfaz (“wolf”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ranˈdolfe/
- Rhymes: -olfe
- Hyphenation: Ran‧dol‧fe
Proper noun
Randolfe
- A village in Bermún, Chantada, Lugo, Galicia
- a toponymic surname
References
- "Randolfe" 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/>
- ^ Piel, J. M., & Kremer, D. (1976). Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch: der Niederschlag des Westgotischen in den alten und heutigen Personen- und Ortsnamen der Iberischen Halbinsel. Heidelberg: Carl Winter. Page 221-222.