Dubra
Galician
Etymology
A hydronym, attested in medieval local Latin documents as Dubria, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *dubros (“dark water”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈduβɾa̝/
Proper noun
Dubra m
- a river tributary to the Tambre, in the province of A Coruña in Galicia, which flows for some 20 km
- A toponymical surname.
Derived terms
- dubrés
- Val do Dubra
References
- "Dubra" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. <http://ilg.usc.es/cag/>
- Moralejo, Juan José (2009). "Hidronimia prerromana de Gallaecia". In Kremer, Dieter. Onomástica galega II : onimia e onomástica prerromana e a situación lingüística do noroeste peninsular : actas do segundo coloquio, Leipzig, 17 3 18 de outubro de 2008. Santiago de Compostela: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. p. 63. →ISBN.
- García Trabazo, José Virgilio (2016), “Prelatin Toponymy of Asturies: a critical review in a historical-comparative perspective”, in Lletres Asturianes, issue 115, retrieved 14 June 2018, pages 51-71