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Galician
Etymology
From an older navanco, from nava (“valley”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈbaŋko/
- Rhymes: -aŋko
- Hyphenation: la‧van‧co
Noun
lavanco m (plural lavancos)
- mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- duck
- Synonyms: parro, parrulo, pato
- (regional) shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
- Synonym: corvo de mar
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “labanco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lavanco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lavanco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lavanco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Noun
lavanco m (plural lavancos)
- great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
2016 July, “La solución al problema del hambre”, in El Nacional:Hay calle de caza, donde venden todos los linajes de aves que hay en la tierra, así como gallinas, perdices, codornices, lavancos, dorales, zarcetas, tórtolas, palomas, pajaritos en cañuela, papagayos, búharos, águilas, falcones, gavilanes y cernícalos, y de algunas aves destas de rapiña venden los cueros con su pluma y cabezas y pico y uñas.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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