montaña
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Pena Surbia (2116 m) and Pena Trevinca (2127 m), highest mountains in Galicia 
Vivir na montaña ("living in the highlands"), Pradorramisquedo, Ourense
Galician
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Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese montanna (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem. Compare Portuguese montanha, Spanish montaña.
Pronunciation
Noun
montaña f (plural montañas)
- highlands
- 1853, J. M. Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, page 58:
- Alá de donde vimos na montaña a miseria é tan grande que non pode a xente se queixar
- There, where we came from, in the highlands, misery is so large that people can't even complain
- mountain
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References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “montaña”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “montaña”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “montanna”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “montaña”, 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), “montaña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “montaña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- “montaña”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish montanna, from Early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem.
Pronunciation
Noun
montaña f (plural montañas)
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Descendants
- → English: Montana
Further reading
- “montaña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28