Grixoa
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician grijoa, from Late Latin ecclesiola (“little church”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɾiˈʃɔa̝/
Proper noun
Grixoa f
- A parish of Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia.
- A parish of Santa Comba, A Coruña, Galicia.
- Grixoa de Esternande (a parish of Santa Comba, A Coruña, Galicia)
- A parish of San Amaro, Ourense, Galicia.
- A parish of Viana do Bolo, Ourense, Galicia.
- A village in Berdoias, Vimiando, A Coruña, Galicia.
Related terms
- Grixó, Irixoa
References
- “Grixoa” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- “grijoa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- Heinz Jürgen Wolf (2007), “Le type *PALATIOLUM et autres diminutifs en toponymie”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique, volume 47-48, ISSN 0755-7752, pages 229-243.