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Galician
Etymology
From braña (“marsh”) + -ego.
Pronunciation
Noun
brañego m (plural brañegos, feminine brañega, feminine plural brañegas)
- a person from the lowlands known as A Terrachá, Lugo, Galicia
- a person from one of several places called Braña
- a highlander
Adjective
brañego (feminine brañega, masculine plural brañegos, feminine plural brañegas)
- marshy; belonging to the marsh
References
- “brañego” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “brañego”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “brañego”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024