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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese andorinna (“swallow”), from a Vulgar Latin root *harundina, from hirundina-, from Latin hirundō, hirundine; cf. also harundō, which may have influenced it.
Pronunciation
Noun
andoriña f (plural andoriñas)
- barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)