Ribadavia

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Galician

River Avia at Ribadavia
Ribadavia

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the medieval form Burgo de Riba d'Avia, "Burg upon (the river) Avia"; it was awarded the title of town and a constitution in the 12th century. From riba + de + Avia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ribaˈdabja/
  • Rhymes: -abja
  • Hyphenation: Ri‧ba‧da‧via

Proper noun

Ribadavia

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

See also

References

  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “burgo de Ribadauya”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “Ribadavia” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • “Ribadavia” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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