Esmoriz
Galician
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Esmoriz
Etymology
Attested in 1201 as Hermeriz; from Late or Medieval Latin Hermerici, in origin a Germanic personal name expressed as a Latin genitive, so meaning "Hermeric's property"; from Suevic (it's the same name of one Suevic king) or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *Ermunarīks, from *ermunaz (“whole”) + *rīks (“king”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esmoˈɾiθ/
Proper noun
Esmoriz
- A parish of Chantada, Lugo, Galicia.
- A village in Bacoi, Alfoz, Lugo, Galicia.
- A village in San Pedro da Torre, Padrenda, Ourense, Galicia.
- A village in Mourentán, Arbo, Pontevedra, Galicia.
- A village in Besexos, Vila de Cruces, Pontevedra, Galicia.
Related terms
- Almariz
- Armariz
- Esmeriz
- Esmorís
References
- “Esmoriz” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- Piel, J. M., & Kremer, D. (1976). Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch: der Niederschlag des Westgotischen in den alten und heutigen Personen- und Ortsnamen der Iberischen Halbinsel. Heidelberg: Carl Winter.