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Galician
Etymology
From mouro (“Moor”) + -amia. Compare Portuguese mourama.
Pronunciation
Noun
mouramia f (plural mouramias)
- (historical) the Moor nation; the Maghreb
1859, J. Domínguez d'Esquerdo, Coroas e cadeas do fidalgo povo galicián:¿Galicia? ... ¿Ónd'stá? ¿Ónde vai a nosa fermosa e podente Galicia? ¿Ónde pára? ¿ónde? aquela casta d'héroes fartos qu'o mesmo tremaron as follas das súas coitelas diante das naceós veciñas, acoradas, escorrentadas, por os bárbaros e a mouramia- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (folklore) the elven folk
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mouramia”, 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), “mouramia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega