Alcobre
Galician
Etymology
Attested in medieval charters as Arcobre and castro Alcobre; from a Celtic composite noun, from the deuterotheme *brixs (“hill”) and perhaps a prototheme ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow; arrow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈkɔβɾe̝/
Proper noun
Alcobre m
- A village in Piloño, Vila de Cruces, Pontevedra, Galicia.
- A toponymical surname.
References
- “Alcobre” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- “Alcobre” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.