garça

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Celtiberian *cárcia, from Proto-Celtic *korksā.

Pronunciation

Noun

garça f (plural garças)

  1. heron

Descendants

  • Galician: garza
  • Portuguese: garça

Portuguese

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garça (Ardea cinerea)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese garça, from Celtiberian *cárcia, from Proto-Celtic *korksā; akin to Welsh crychydd, Breton kerc'heiz.

Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Spanish garza, Mirandese garça and (possibly) Catalan garsa.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: gar‧ça

Noun

garça f (plural garças)

  1. heron (any of the long-legged, long-necked wading birds of the family Ardeidae)

Descendants

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